Max resolution, how does it work?

[Harrison]

Like the title says, I'd like to know how max resolution works. For example, on nvidia's website it says the max resolution for a 1080 Ti is 7680x4320@60hz.

My question:
Does the max resolution represent a hard limit, no more than 7680 pixels horizontal or 4320 vertical?

-or-

Is it a resolution that represents the maximum number of pixels the GPU can output at 60hz?

Revised questions in my second post.

[Washell]

Number of pixels @60Hz.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Originally posted by Harrison:

Like the title says, I'd like to know how max resolution works. For example, on nvidia's website it says the max resolution for a 1080 Ti is 7680x4320@60hz.

My question:
Does the max resolution represent a hard limit, no more than 7680 pixels horizontal or 4320 vertical?

-or-

Is it a resolution that represents the maximum number of pixels the GPU can output at 60hz?

The max res listed for a GPU, yes that is a hard limit, based around a few things:
what the GPU is ultimately capable of, and what that generation of GPUs tends to have onboard for Ports that would support such specs.


Is it a resolution that represents the maximum number of pixels the GPU can output at 60hz?
^ You basically answered your own question there.

[Harrison]

I appreciate the answer I received. However, after taking a few days to consider the answers I got and, more importantly, the questions I asked, I find I may have asked the wrong questions.

7680x4320 is basically four 4K (3840x2160) monitors setup 2x2.

Does it have to be this setup? Is the number of pixels horizontally and vertically important? Or is the total number of pixels output the important factor?

Could someone do, for example, the same four 4K monitors in a completely horizontal setup, so say a resolution of 15,360x2160? Or, inversely, all vertical for 3840x8640? The total number of pixels hasn't changed but the resolutions are vastly different.

[vadim]

Originally posted by Harrison:

Is it a resolution that represents the maximum number of pixels the GPU can output at 60hz?

This mode is limited by single DispplayPort 1.4 bandwidth. So you can connect several monitors to different DP sockets.