What is a 4K monitor and is it worth it?
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ImperialistMillitant
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3840x2160 Resolution monitor, very very sharp and can set you behind £2500 ($3200?)? They are NOT cheap. Very few people have them.
Is it worth getting? Up to you, personally its a big fat NO. I wont bother until they are affordable.
Is it worth getting? Up to you, personally its a big fat NO. I wont bother until they are affordable.
508Parkour
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4K resolution is a resolution that has 4 times the pixels of 1080p, double the amount of pixels each way. There are many standards, a cinema one that is 4096x2160, and the UHD standard, or monitor and other thin standard that is 3840x2160.
The cheapest "commercial" solution is the Asus PQ321Q, which retails for $3500.
Non "brand names" start at about $700 from a company called seiki with their 39 inch "SE39UY04" 4K televesion.
You only need (or want) 4K if you are a professional (or "well budgeted" hobbyist) doing graphic design/video editing. For gaming, unless you have multiple titans, it's gonna lag. It depends what you are doing, and is it worth is is a question to ask yourself.
The cheapest "commercial" solution is the Asus PQ321Q, which retails for $3500.
Non "brand names" start at about $700 from a company called seiki with their 39 inch "SE39UY04" 4K televesion.
You only need (or want) 4K if you are a professional (or "well budgeted" hobbyist) doing graphic design/video editing. For gaming, unless you have multiple titans, it's gonna lag. It depends what you are doing, and is it worth is is a question to ask yourself.
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It's like going back several years and asking "What's an LCD widescreen monitor and do I need one?"
You will eventually, but if your current hardware doesn't support it, probably not yet.
4k = more resolution (and more money) than the current crop of monitors.
16bit
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This tomshardware article about the new R9 290 has 4k benchmarks of some gpus. GPUs that have 4k benchmarks are the Titan, gtx 780, gtx770, r9 280x, r9 290x, and the r9 290.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-r9-290-review-benchmark,3659.html
The cheaper cards of this bunch do alright at 4k on a couple of the games that were tested.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-r9-290-review-benchmark,3659.html
The cheaper cards of this bunch do alright at 4k on a couple of the games that were tested.
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