Gaming in 4K resolution is still not a reality for everyone, that's a fact. Even so, the Linus Tech Tips channel team is already experimenting with 16K games. That's right, a totally new resolution and far from what you see today. Despite some problems, everything worked as expected.
To understand the range, 16K is equivalent to 64 times our standard Full HD 1080p. So, if you already have a 4K TV, the Linus setup has 16 times more pixels than your device.
In order for the equipment to work as expected, the channel people used four NVIDIA Quadro P5000 video cards, which are quite powerful GPUs. To join such boards, they needed a "Quadrosync". These plates alone cost around US$ 10 thousand, that is, more than R$ 30 thousand.
To complete the feat, 16 4K IPS Acer Predator XB1 monitors were used to mount the image. Taking into account only the part of the displays, not counting the edges, the super screen measured 2,39 X 1,35 meters. The motherboard used was a Rampage V Edition 10 6900K from Asus and 32GB of RAM from Corsair.
To connect the monitors, a total of 1100 W of power was needed. 32 cables were used, measuring more than 90 meters in total, to connect the monitors to the computer and synchronize them. See the result below:
Even with all this, some games didn't run at 16K, like Rise of The Tomb Raider, which, with the scaling, ended up crashing at 3 or 2 frames per second. Simpler titles like Minecraft and Half-Life 2 managed to work without any problems, with an average of 40 fps.
