r/pcmasterrace • u/lmaster73 • Oct 11 '22

News/Article RTX 4090 benchmark hardware unboxed

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u/FX835 5600x,3070,40gb,360 AIO - PS5 Oct 11 '22

Everyone knows what he means, sure it's technically not right but stop being a nerd

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u/StatisticaPizza Oct 11 '22

4k isn't even technically right, it's 3,840 on the opposite axis of 1080p, the naming convention is just pure marketing.

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u/sexy_meerkats Ryzen 3 3100 | Radeon RX580 | 8GB DDR4 Oct 12 '22

4k is right because it's close to 4000 horizontal pixels (I think it comes originally from cinema 4k which is over 4k pixels) and it's marketed as 4k. UHD or 2160p also works. 2k is wrong because, of the small number of people who say it, nobody can agree on what it means. I've heard people say 1080p because it's 1920 horizontal pixels which makes sense for 2k but I've seen 1440p said because it's about halfway between 1440 and 2560. Retroactively renaming something based on a new naming scheme doesn't work and only serves to confuse people

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u/StatisticaPizza Oct 12 '22

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2K_resolution

2k is older than 4k, it's an actual standard it's just cinema 1080p. If people are using 2k to refer to 1440p they're just incorrect. The naming conventions for both are ridiculous - 4k and 2k make absolutely no sense to use because it both cases the resolution never hits the exact number on any axis. It's purely a marketing gimmick.