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    LETTERS

    Jan 04, 2022 6 minutes

    you write, we respond

    > 8K gaming

    > HDD performance issues

    > Integrated graphics

    8K gaming…?

    What would be the best and cheapest build for an 8K 60Hz HDMI Windows 11 gaming desktop?

    –Shane Johnson

    MAXIMUM PC EDITOR, JEREMY LAIRD RESPONDS: The first question you need to ask yourself, Shane, concerns the notion of 8K gaming. Are you sure that’s what you really want? Sure, 8K sounds sexy, but it makes for no fewer than 33 million pixels, each of which has to be rendered, rasterized, and kicked out to the display. The net result is a truly debilitating workload for any GPU, even the latest and greatest.

    If you are intent on the 8K prize, the best starting point is an 8K TV. Full 8K monitors arguably don’t make much sense for gaming. Dell’s 8K monitor, for instance, is a 32-incher and therefore arguably too small to really do justice to 8K content. Just imagine a 16-inch 4K gaming monitor. Exactly!

    What you want is an 8K TV. Go

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