masterotaku Wrote:Well, I usually play in 3D at 3xIR or 4xIR (depending on the game, and in N64 games usually more) with 2xMSAA, which is more than double of 1920x1080 (3D is like rendering double the pixels), and 3D requires a bit more than just the resolution increase. And I have an overclocked GTX 760.
3D is quite literally doubling the pixels, but it isn't much compared to 4k.
1920*1080 = 2,073,600
2,073,600*2 = 4,147,200
Comparing to some common resolutions...
1440p = 2560*1440 = 3,685,400
4k = 3840*2160 = 8,294,400
So "double" of 1080p by pixel count in rendered pixels is roughly 4.5x native. And 4k has double the rendered pixels of 1080p3D. Both of which make sense, since 4k is 1080p with doubled height and doubled width, and 1080p3D is basically just doubled width. Both 1080p3D and 1440p are a lot easier to run than 4k!
Just to be clear, you don't need 5x native for 1080p3D. The 3D system in Dolphin will double the rendered pixels for you; all you need is 3x native.
guevp619 Wrote:I am in the same boat. I want to run Dolphin at 4k. TRUE 4K (4096 x 2160) not "4k" (3840 X 2160)
Um... the numbers matching "4000" is irrelevant... Though admittedly "4k" is a silly silly name. >_< I always preferred "Quad HD" myself, but they didn't go with that... 3840x2160 is double the height and width of 1920x1080, and that's what the industry is calling 4k and what displays are being made for. Of course there are a lot of reasons for using 3840x2160, since it has excellent backwards compatibility with 1080p, remains in 16:9 so no format changes are required, and "double the resolution" is easy to sell (as Quad HD which they should have done, grr).
Of course you can render 4096x2160 on a 4k device if you want, but 4096x2160 isn't even 16:9. 4096/2160 = 1.89629629629 (629 repeating forever) which is 16:8.4375, or 256:135. 16:9 is 1.77777 (7 repeating forever), or 256:144. Running in 4096x3160 would result in cropping on any 16:9 display and it would stretch Dolphin's output horizontally. It wouldn't really be good by any measure...
Anyway, the wrong people on the internet have been informed! *flies off*
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