[News] Sharp Shows 27-inch 8K 120Hz HDR IGZO monitor

[StyM]

http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/sha...o-monitor.html

Over at CEATEC (Japanese technology show) Sharp shows something rather special, a 27-inch with an 8K resolution at 120Hz HDR IGZO monitor. It is an incredible achievement PPI wise to get that many pixels on such a small screen.

The IGZO based display offers a pixel density of 326 PPI, next to that it is HDR compatible and offers 1000 nits in brightness. 8K120 with HDR is 7680x4320 at 10 bits per color channel, at 120 times a second you'd need 120 gigabits per second of bandwidth at a minimum (~ 15 GB/sec). As the photo shows to be able to drive such a high bandwidth, the monitor needs eight DP connections. Each DP connection would offer 32 Gb/s (if DP 1.4).

IGZO is a type of transistor used in a display's TFT backplane, which is what controls the display panel (whether that panel is TN, IPS, or even OLED). It uses Indium-Gallium-Zinc-Oxide as a semiconductor instead of Silicon. IGZO just means some power savings especially on mobile devices with ultra-dense displays. There is no difference in image quality, accuracy, or what have you, between aSi-TFT-driven IPS displays and IGZO-TFT-driven IPS displays. The monitor on display obviously is a prototype to showcase IGZO technology from Sharp.

[AliG]

But.... why?

4K at 120 Hz is already way overkill for that size. I fail to see why 8K would offer any noticeable improvement - or more importantly would even be serviceable in games. Perhaps maybe SLI Titan XP could drive it in some games?

[StyM]

you need 16 hdmi ports to drive that thing... lolol

[Particle]

The elimination of the need of anti-aliasing and all the compromises that entails is nice. That said, I'd like this thing to be MVA or OLED.

[AliG]

The elimination of the need of anti-aliasing and all the compromises that entails is nice. That said, I'd like this thing to be MVA or OLED.

But could you even drive this monitor with any graphics card on the market? I think even SLI Titans would struggle at 8K.

[Chrono Detector]

Meh, 27" is just too small at 8K, let alone 4K. But still nice to see a huge resolution though that is over 60Hz at least.

[madcho]

2k is enough for almost any uses.

They are trying to sell "new tech" even you don't need whatever the marketing cost ...

[zalbard]

Text and photos must look amazing on that screen.

[SinOfLiberty]

do games support 8k already so i buy this monitor;

[Particle]

But could you even drive this monitor with any graphics card on the market? I think even SLI Titans would struggle at 8K.

An interesting question becomes what is the maximum supported resolution of current graphics cards. Many will not support this resolution (7680 x 4320). The GTX 1080 does. The Fury does not seem to, though that is less certain. This isn't a specification that appears to be commonly published for graphics cards anymore. In terms of processing power instead of link bandwidth, I would think it's perfectly doable with non-demanding titles. To your point, you're certainly not going to play DOOM at a great framerate at QUHD or whatever they end up calling it set to maximum settings even with a Titan. Could you play it with low settings? I would think probably yes.