r/pcmasterrace • u/Antique_Designer69 • 15h ago

Game Image/Video RDR 2 still looks incredible on pc even without rtx

Doesn't feel 8 years old at all

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u/Underl3veled 9h ago

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

2K is a standard that's been around for decades. 2048×1080. Basically, 2K is 1080p. We think of 1080p these days as 1920×1080, because that's the cropped version for 16:9 screens. Same with 4K. Industry standard is 4096×2160. 3840×2160 is the 16:9 cropped version.

So.

2048 = 2K

4096 = 4K

Pretty simple to understand that the "K" = 1000 pixels wide.

So how the hell did 2560 become 2K? Lazy ass marketing, that's how.

The actual term for 2560×1440 is QHD, or Quad HD. 4x the pixel count of HD, which was originally coined for 720p. 1080p is FHD, or Full HD. 4K is UHD, or Ultra HD. These are basically the "16:9" terms for all these industry standard resolutions. But alas.... lazy and easy to understand marketing won out.

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u/Ben892010 Intel i7-6500u | Nvidia 940M 4GB | 16GB DDR4 9h ago

This sub is so inconsistent I've said the same thing like twice and got bombarded with down votes. This guy is speaking the truth.

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u/ninnnnnja 8h ago

I mean a quick Google search would show you're correct - is it possible that you got downvoted moreso due to the way you bring it up? If it is an "ACKSHULLY" type remark I can understand getting downvoted

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u/Ben892010 Intel i7-6500u | Nvidia 940M 4GB | 16GB DDR4 8h ago

I said "2k is 1080p btw" lol

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u/l2aiko 9800x3d + 9070xt Nitro+ 6h ago

And there you go lmao

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u/Ben892010 Intel i7-6500u | Nvidia 940M 4GB | 16GB DDR4 5h ago

I have to respect it

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u/Alarmed-Newspaper994 8h ago

Not sure what you expected to see here, it's not like we're in the highly viewed section of the comments lol. 3 comments up the tree and there are only +3 votes...

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u/MumrikDK 2h ago

Pure matter of momentum.

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u/Alarmed-Newspaper994 8h ago

If I'm honest I've seen QHD refererred to far more than 2K. Not saying you're wrong on the technical stuff, I'm just not sure I'd share your conclusion regarding the lazy marketing.

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u/anethma RTX4090, 7950X3D, SFF 3h ago

Wish people would use those for all the res’

5k2k is such a stupid name for a res. It’s just wide UHD (what people call 4K.) Same pixel density etc same as 4K just more room horizontally.

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u/Curious_Cantaloupe65 7h ago

this guys displays

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u/Linkarlos_95 R5600/A750/32GB 6h ago

I always thought in the early days that people said 2k as in 2 times 1080p as a metric