re: PC Discussion - Gaming, Performance and Enthusiasts

Yeah, I have the Acer XG270HU 1440p 144Hz freesync right now, good display for being a TN panel.

But frick it I want 4K and have money.

There should be at least a couple new 1440p 144Hz monitors releasing over the next few months as the 2016 models start to come out, I'd imagine a few will be IPS this go around.

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I suppose I don't need a tv in there if I get like 27" monitor right? I mean I can use a the display port for pc and then hdmi to PS4. That'll work right?

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Yep.

Screw that. So what does this mean now, Big Pascal Q4? Good timing for me.

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LG 4K UHD 27UD88-W

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Really nice looking monitor. Price is still just a little too high when you can buy a Korean for half that listing. Yes there is no Free/Gsync, but honestly haven't seen much use for it in my play style. I don't mind locking frames and playing @ 60-80fps.

Does this LG monitor go in portrait also?

Also saw that article today, seems likely it's true, good track record with leaks there.

Obviously I give no fricks unless it means the 2016 Fury X will be HBM again instead of HBM2 but AMD is also well ahead there so I have no idea. If it's HBM2 I'll updgrade.

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Yeah, I really don't care about price, I don't find it too bad for the quality, 4K has come down a decent chunk especially a lot of the 2015 models

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I usually don't give a shtt about price, just buy the best. Damn Koreans have spoiled me and I do want something bigger than 27" this go around. 31-32" is what i'm planning for the main display with a 27-28" in portrait to the side.

Now I do also love LG monitors and TVs for their aesthetics. Their panels are usually among the best or right up there with any other offering. Oddly they make the panels in most other monitor and TV brands. LG really does dominate the display market.

What I really want is OLED. I will pay $700-$1000 for a decent OLED monitor. Having purchased a 4K TV around Christmas (LG also), it is obvious the progression forward isn't simply with pixel density. The tech which will help produce a more vivid image without sacrificing color correction and darker truer blacks are where we should put the big money for display upgrades moving forward. Our best offerings for great image quality have been IPS panels for several years now. We are in need for newer tech like OLEDs to start making their way into gaming monitors.

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2016 Fury X will be HBM again instead of HBM2 but AMD is also well ahead there so I have no idea. If it's HBM2 I'll updgrade.

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We read rumors/reports 6 months ago about this HBM2 shortage or lack of enough supply for both AMD and nVidia to mainstream the modules. Guess those statements had been closer to the truth than we wanted to believe.

Honestly IDK how you would handle 4K with just 4GB VRAM. I'm on 1440 and the AAA titles in 2015 pushed the limits of my 6GBs. A heavy modded FO4 stays between 4-5.5GBs and Tomb Raider would often hit my 6144MB VRAM limit at 1440. Man 4K will be a mutha fckka.

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30" OLED 4K 120Hz 0.1 refresh rate monitor.

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Yeah I remember that.

.. you should say fckk price and purchase that thing!

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Honestly IDK how you would handle 4K with just 4GB VRAM. I'm on 1440 and the AAA titles in 2015 pushed the limits of my 6GBs. A heavy modded FO4 stays between 4-5.5GBs and Tomb Raider would often hit my 6144MB VRAM limit at 1440. Man 4K will be a mutha fckka.

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The 2016 Fury X will have 32GB of HBM2 with 1TB/s of memory bandwidth per reports, I think she'll do fine.

There's also the Fury X2 launching next week

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Dual Fiji XT GPU
– 8192 Stream Processor
– 8GB HBM (2x 4GB)
– 4096-bit Bus x2
– 128 ROP
– 512 TMU
– Bandwidth of 1 TB / s
– 300 Watt TDP
– Liquid Cooling

To put it in perspective, the Fury X2 equates to more than four R9 380 graphics cards, and is expected to deliver up to 80% boost in 4K and 2560×1440 gaming performance as compared to a single Fiji XT GPU at the same frequencies.

Further, the dual-GPU will boast of around 12 TFLOP of Single Precision compute performance, fastest GPU solution in the world, inside of Tiki.

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None at 4K this year. Granted I don't want ultrawide anyways.

AMD for whatever reason got to HBM way quicker than Nvidia, I suspect it was that Samsung deal announced last year with AMD.

Samsung has already started making their HBM2 chips for the AMD summer lineup and AMD got priority.

Nvidia is delayed because they are using Hynix HBM2 which won't be available until Q3 2016.

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As for dual GPU cards. Owned a few, garbage compared to just doing SLi/CFx. You are so limited buy your thermals. They are cool for SFF builds but i'm starting to see them as gimmicks instead of solutions to any real problem.

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Interesting, I always heard good things about the 295x2.