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Being one of the few people involved in 4k gaming atm.
I thought it might be helpful to people, to let people know some things that have helped me.
Some things that have solved problems and game settings information, that people should consider, when gaming in 4k.
Took some time to figure out whats what, so maybe it'll save some people some time.
1. Make sure you check the picture options on your TV and if it has an option to "enable UHD colors" do that on every port, that you have a UHD capable device connected to.
Turning UHD colors on for a device that does not support 4k, may have problems.
I was watching firefly in HD on Sci fi channel and I had tons of vertical lines pop up.
Disabled it and problem gone.
If you don't enable UHD colors, you cannot run 4k resolutions, it will black screen and timeout the monitor/TV.
2. Sharpening is not necessarily your friend.
If you notice flashing textures when you move or look around in games, you should consider lowering your sharpening a lot or all the way, until it stops.
Sharpening seems to be overkill on my 4k and makes things look odd at higher rates for sure.
Different games will react differently to sharpening I think.
3. On the same note if you notice flashing in games, you should enable vsync.
That solved problems for me as well.
4k seems less forgiving in screen tearing and vsync has been a must for me so far.
4. Shadows in games don't always have to be set to ultra anymore.
in Arma 3, shadows look differently at different res than they use to.
While in 1080p, shadows on high, literally look like dots and on low they are just horrid.
In 4k, there are no dots, just a solid shadow.
There are other shadow differences that will make ultra shadows worth having though I'm sure.
Not all games react the same, test them out because it hits you harder, to go for
higher settings obviously.
5. AA, less is more is the motto again here.
2X AA is pretty much the most you will ever need in 4k.
The pixel density in 4k, makes AA much less necessary in all things.
6. A general statement of "less is more" seems to be a good idea here.
Check all settings in game and see what actually matters.
Even texture settings can go from ultra to very high or high, with 0 loss in humanly visible quality.
7. NEW problem and solution added:
I was having two different no signal problems, with my 4k TV.
Both of which were the TV's problem NOT the GPU as samsung had me believing.
Problem one was what I mentioned in statement 1, above.
UHD colors were not enabled.
Problem two was that if I ever switched HDMI ports, by changing input, I would loose signal if I tried to switch back to any 4k Device.
I had an automatic firmware update to my Samsung TV and what they don't tell you is this.
"It is a good idea to reset factory defaults after a firmware update or maybe even initially"
It is exactly like why it is sometimes a good idea to reset bios.
It allows the TV to reregister the new information properly.
It may take up to 30 seconds with the "no input" message on the screen, before the screen actually comes on, when you switch HDMI ports.
So wait for it.
without doing that my problem was this:
I would play games on HDMI 2, in 4k, with UHD colors enabled.
Then I would switch to HDMI 1, at 1080p and watch TV.
If I ever tried to switch back to HDMI 2, after I had switched HDMI inputs, I would loose signal.
Reset factory defaults solved it.
So all in all, don't forget to check your TV setting thoroughly.
Keep in mind to try not being a graphics whore with 4k.
You sincerely don't need or want to set everything to ultra.
Even with my 2x gtx 980 SC's, overclocked.
I can still drop down to the 30fps mark or under if I push it.
Some games are likely still unplayable.
So less is more and check all settings visually.
I did 30 to 91 fps, in Valley benchmark, on ultra settings with 2X AA, 3840 X 2160.
Should give you an idea of how it runs but the drivers are currently shite for the 9 series.
I am getting worse performance on these than I was on my gtx 680's.
Happy trails and GG.
EDIT: Display started timing out on me again when switching HDMI ports for no apparent reason. Waiting for samsung top tier support to call me back.
Also here is another article I found extremely informative and an absolutely necessary read, for anyone considering 4k.
http://www.amazon.com/review/R2PGTJ...electronics</span></blockquote>&tag=tec06d-20
I thought it might be helpful to people, to let people know some things that have helped me.
Some things that have solved problems and game settings information, that people should consider, when gaming in 4k.
Took some time to figure out whats what, so maybe it'll save some people some time.
1. Make sure you check the picture options on your TV and if it has an option to "enable UHD colors" do that on every port, that you have a UHD capable device connected to.
Turning UHD colors on for a device that does not support 4k, may have problems.
I was watching firefly in HD on Sci fi channel and I had tons of vertical lines pop up.
Disabled it and problem gone.
If you don't enable UHD colors, you cannot run 4k resolutions, it will black screen and timeout the monitor/TV.
2. Sharpening is not necessarily your friend.
If you notice flashing textures when you move or look around in games, you should consider lowering your sharpening a lot or all the way, until it stops.
Sharpening seems to be overkill on my 4k and makes things look odd at higher rates for sure.
Different games will react differently to sharpening I think.
3. On the same note if you notice flashing in games, you should enable vsync.
That solved problems for me as well.
4k seems less forgiving in screen tearing and vsync has been a must for me so far.
4. Shadows in games don't always have to be set to ultra anymore.
in Arma 3, shadows look differently at different res than they use to.
While in 1080p, shadows on high, literally look like dots and on low they are just horrid.
In 4k, there are no dots, just a solid shadow.
There are other shadow differences that will make ultra shadows worth having though I'm sure.
Not all games react the same, test them out because it hits you harder, to go for
higher settings obviously.
5. AA, less is more is the motto again here.
2X AA is pretty much the most you will ever need in 4k.
The pixel density in 4k, makes AA much less necessary in all things.
6. A general statement of "less is more" seems to be a good idea here.
Check all settings in game and see what actually matters.
Even texture settings can go from ultra to very high or high, with 0 loss in humanly visible quality.
7. NEW problem and solution added:
I was having two different no signal problems, with my 4k TV.
Both of which were the TV's problem NOT the GPU as samsung had me believing.
Problem one was what I mentioned in statement 1, above.
UHD colors were not enabled.
Problem two was that if I ever switched HDMI ports, by changing input, I would loose signal if I tried to switch back to any 4k Device.
I had an automatic firmware update to my Samsung TV and what they don't tell you is this.
"It is a good idea to reset factory defaults after a firmware update or maybe even initially"
It is exactly like why it is sometimes a good idea to reset bios.
It allows the TV to reregister the new information properly.
It may take up to 30 seconds with the "no input" message on the screen, before the screen actually comes on, when you switch HDMI ports.
So wait for it.
without doing that my problem was this:
I would play games on HDMI 2, in 4k, with UHD colors enabled.
Then I would switch to HDMI 1, at 1080p and watch TV.
If I ever tried to switch back to HDMI 2, after I had switched HDMI inputs, I would loose signal.
Reset factory defaults solved it.
So all in all, don't forget to check your TV setting thoroughly.
Keep in mind to try not being a graphics whore with 4k.
You sincerely don't need or want to set everything to ultra.
Even with my 2x gtx 980 SC's, overclocked.
I can still drop down to the 30fps mark or under if I push it.
Some games are likely still unplayable.
So less is more and check all settings visually.
I did 30 to 91 fps, in Valley benchmark, on ultra settings with 2X AA, 3840 X 2160.
Should give you an idea of how it runs but the drivers are currently shite for the 9 series.
I am getting worse performance on these than I was on my gtx 680's.
Happy trails and GG.
EDIT: Display started timing out on me again when switching HDMI ports for no apparent reason. Waiting for samsung top tier support to call me back.
Also here is another article I found extremely informative and an absolutely necessary read, for anyone considering 4k.
http://www.amazon.com/review/R2PGTJ...electronics</span></blockquote>&tag=tec06d-20
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