While 8K resolutions on televisions It didn’t change the game. For big screens, Samsung still imagines a future where 4K is considered old-fashioned. Now we have to consider the latest Odyssey G8 gaming monitor supporting 6K resolutions, which promises sharper details and sharper images in the few games that support such a high pixel count.
the new Samsung Odyssey G80HS It is a 32-inch IPS LCD monitor that offers the legendary 6K (6144 x 3456) resolution at 165 Hz. With the flip of a switch, the monitor can reduce its pixel count to 3K (3072 x 1728) and 330 Hz if you expect faster gaming scenarios. Higher resolutions will require higher pixel counts, and the new G8 can max out at 224 PPI (pixels per inch). Visual clarity has less to do with resolution and more to do with maximizing the pixels on the screen, which is where 6K resolution may make the most sense for a 32-inch monitor.
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Samsung’s Odyssey monitors are focused on gaming first and foremost, so you might be wondering what the point of a $1,600 non-OLED monitor like the G80HS is. Samsung promises a relatively wide viewing angle for 178-degree LCD screens without losing visual quality. It also meets a pixel-to-pixel response time of 1ms, meaning the monitor can change images relatively quickly. But in reality, it is for viewing content with an even higher pixel density.
For comparison, 6K has almost 2.5 times the number of pixels as 4K, often referred to as UHD. The problem with 8K televisions was not so much the technology as the scarcity of content that could support that scale of resolution. Some titles, such as Cyberpunk 2077 and Ghost of TsushimaYou should be able to reach a resolution of 6K. Samsung’s latest monitors still support its own HDR10+ standard, but not Dolby Vision for high dynamic range content.
The Odyssey G80HS promises to achieve a typical brightness of 350 nits and a maximum luminance of 400 nits. It doesn’t exactly look very bright for an IPS monitor that commands such a high price.
If you were looking for something more standard, the $1,300 Odyssey G80SH (don’t get confused now) is the 32-inch 4K OLED variant that promises 300 nits typical and 1,000 nits with HDR.
Samsung is also pushing another G80HF (Okay, really…) 27-inch monitor that maxes out at 5K resolution and has an IPS display, although this one only costs $950.
Whether you can achieve playable frame rates at that maximum resolution and still push your graphics settings or ray tracing to their maximum will depend on your PC’s capabilities. There are reasons why 5K or even 6K monitors exist. Those who work in creative fields and need high-end, pixel-perfect displays like Apple XDR Studio Display You can make use of those higher resolutions, although mainly when editing videos or 3D objects that require higher resolutions.
Compared to 4K, 6K is relatively untested in gaming circles. At the very least, you’ll probably avoid a situation like the one that happened with the PlayStation 5 which promised that it was compatible with 8K. Sony finally removed all mentions of its console package when it became clear that few games supported that resolution. Things may be different with 5K and 6K, although we can’t promise you’ll be able to tell the difference between UHD and the new appeal of high-resolution monitors.
