I put you in a room with the same games running in 720,1080,4k,8k resolutions: can you make a difference?

[fireflame]

Assuming there is no text,, could you make a visual difference between the different resolutions. People sometimes get really frustrated when a game does not support 4k, but if I claim I run a game in 4k, can you say if I am truly running it at 4 k or not?
Update: Let us say for example youare two meters away from the screen witha 24'' screen.

 

[Deleted member 54320]

Yeah. The difference between each are clear enough to me.

 

[Deleted member 21709]

Yes, just as easy as telling the difference between 30 and 60fps.

Compare a X enhanced 360 game to a non-enhanced one, the difference is night and day.

 

[Dest]

Yes...?

 

[Son Lamar]

Lmao this gonna go well yes you can tell the difference between a good bit if these resolutions anyone that cant is lying

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

What even is this question.
Yes. Especially between HD and 4K.

 

[Owl]

Next to each other they are very easy to see.

It's when you show someone a random monitor that they may trip up.

 

[Completely Anonymous]

Depends on the size of the screen, honestly

 

[CrazyAndy]

Sure. Everyone should.

 

[Psamtik]

Just look at the edge of a model, let alone a fence or power line.

 

[Zhukov]

Never actually seen 4k or 8k, but I can tell the difference between 720 and 1080, so presumably yes?

 

[Dyle]

How big is the monitor and how far away is it from the viewer? If you made the room big enough and the monitor small enough it wouldn't be possible but under normal circumstances the difference should be pretty clear

 

[The Cowpuncher]

If you put them right next to each other yeah probably.

 

[Mullet2000]

You'd have to be being intentionally dismissive or have very poor eyesight to not see the difference side by side.

You can argue the ultimate value of higher resolutions all day but it'll visually be very obvious side by side.

 

[Theorry]

Offcourse.

 

[Lump]

Depends solely on screen size, distance from the screen, and individual vision. Anyone with working vision can tell the difference between all sizes when close enough to each screen.

 

[AfropunkNyc]

As a PC gamer i can tell the difference....

 

[Massicot]

In the same room side by side? Pretty sure it would be easy to tell just on a relative basis.

Now if you shuffled me from room to room with the displays in a random order, maybe it would be trickier at the high end, but I'm still reasonably confident.

 

[Mantrox]

100%

 

[Dark-VIII]

You would be blind if you don't

 

[Sotha_Sil]

Yes, of course. It's not a high priority for me, though.

 

[Smurf]

never gamed in 8k, but I can definitely notice the difference between the other 3.

 

[BlueManifest]

I can see a difference, not enough difference for it to matter though

 

[Adamska]

Yeah, as long as the screens are big enough (it'd be probably hard to tell the difference if all of them were displayed on something of the size of a smartphone, for instance).

 

[abellwillring]

I don't know if I've even seen 8k before. I assume the difference between 1080p and 4k is far more obvious than 4k and 8k is... kinda like 720p to 1080p isn't entirely "generational."

 

[sheaaaa]

Yes obviously. Is this meant to be a gotcha? Have you ever seen 4k in person?

 

[Expy]

Yes. Easily.

 

[sredgrin]

I could tell it was 8k because it was running at 7 FPS.

 

[Deleted member 20852]

If you're in a room with all of them at the same time, it's obviously easy to put them in order. If you are presented with one randomly and you have to know what it is, I'd probably struggle.

 

[gblues]

Depends on the size of the display. On a 5" screen you're not going to see a difference between 4K and 8K. You're probably not going to see much difference between 1080P and 4K either. As the screen gets bigger, the resolution differences become more apparent.

 

[WhiteNovember]

In this scenario, am I blind?

 

[mrglcs]

Uh, yes.

 

[Lant_War]

Unless you have a severe visual impairment and don't have your glasses on, everyone will be able to see the difference.

 

[Kaako]

Yes.
I can also tell the difference between 30hz, 60hz, 80hz, 100hz, 120hz, 144hz, 165hz+ realtime.

 

[Farrac]

Of course I can. It's harder to tell the resolution without a comparison, but having both at the same time? Night and day.

 

[Hippopuncher12]

How big is the screen?

 

[Deleted member 4869]

Not sure about being able to see the difference between 8K and 4K, but I can definitely see the differences between 4K and the lower resolutions.

 

[axo_tio]

This question makes little sense without specifying screen size and distance from the viewer.

 

[jrDev]

Not me...I wouldn't be able to tell after a certain point...

 

[JonnyDBrit]

As long as it's not like a 900p monitor, should do.

 

[Keyouta]

Yes

 

[maximumzero]

Probably not. The majority of the games I play are 720p via the Wii U and Switch and I think they look fine.

 

[DarthWalden]

Yes.
The higher the resolution the marginal the difference and the less impact it has but I can definitely tell when something is running at 4K vs. 1080 vs. 720.

 

[BennyWhatever]

I've never seen 4k or 8k.
I cannot tell the difference between 720p and 1080p.

I might be able to see the difference between 720p and 8k maybe? But that's it.

 

[zephiross]

If it's trully native 720p, 1080p and 4k compared, then yeah pretty easily.

Can't say about 8k since I never saw it. But with intermediate res such as 1800p, I don't think I would be able to tell them appart if not side to side.

 

[collige]

This is entirely dependent on the size of the screen and viewing distance.

 

[ClarkusDarkus]

HDR alone would be noticeable

HD to UHD Is very noticeable

 

[FancyPants]

Lol this backfired on OP. Of course one would be able to. The difference is very obvious.

 

[BRSxIgnition]

I mean, anyone can make a difference if they try hard enough.

As far as telling the difference, that will vary.

 

[Mozendo]

Only if they are developed on the highest quality pixels that are only possible with the Xbox One X