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Not quite sure why anyone would hook up a $1600 60Hz monitor to a *Gaming PC*
But in general, this monitor, though it's impressive, does not have the features needed for gaming.
I don't know why anyone would buy this goofy monitor, the LG 27GN950-B has a gorgeous 4K@144Hz HDR screen, works great for gaming and for reading text / coding, and is cheaper too. You could get this monitor, a pair of great AudioEngine A2 speakers and a webcam, and still have money left over
A 5K display offers about 1,000 extra horizontal and 700 extra vertical pixels. When you're working with 4K images and video, that’s enough space for video editing tools on the side and timelines at the bottom, all while viewing "UltraHD" in its full, unscaled beauty. Until you've experienced what it's like to use a 5K (or even 6K, which will really spoil you), it's hard to appreciate why 4K is insufficient for many…
Reading VSCode off this monitor feels like reading analog text on paper. It's amazing for eye strain. Really doesn't feel like you're staring at a screen all day.
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A 5K display offers about 1,000 extra horizontal and 700 extra vertical pixels. When you're working with 4K images and video, that’s enough space for video editing tools on the side and timelines at the bottom, all while viewing "UltraHD" in its full, unscaled beauty. Until you've experienced what it's like to use a 5K (or even 6K, which will really spoil you), it's hard to appreciate why 4K is insufficient for many…
Pixels are nothing without the corresponding physical real estate imo
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It's not >60 Hz though
You don't really ever need >60Hz for editing though. You're working with 60fps, at most, but even more likely 30fps or 24fps.
It looks like it only has a 60hz refresh rate, interesting that someone would pay that premium for it as a gaming monitor. I would much rather have 120hz with a quarter of the resolution, personally. Guess it depends on what kind of games you play.
Or you can get a 4K Eve Spectrum with a 144 Hz refresh rate for less than half the price. There's no need to sacrifice in resolution very much either.
I'll never understand why the display industry went went with 720/1080/4k/5k etc. (And the camera industry with another, but I digress) — but:
4k: ~8.3 megapixels
5k: ~14.7 megapixels
That's a huge difference in resolution.
The author appears to have bought a monitor that's advertised as requiring a Thunderbolt 3 connection, and being compatible with a limited number of Apple products, and is complaining that it doesn't integrate nicely with his gaming PC (which has neither Thunderbolt 3 graphics connectivity nor appears on the compatibility list). I don't want to be the Apple apologist here, but ... really?
It's DisplayPort over USB-C though. Shouldn't DisplayPort output with a passive USB-C adapter work fine? edit: Sounds like it does, but missing the additional features like audio.
I don't know why anyone would buy this goofy monitor, the LG 27GN950-B has a gorgeous 4K@144Hz HDR screen, works great for gaming and for reading text / coding, and is cheaper too. You could get this monitor, a pair of great AudioEngine A2 speakers and a webcam, and still have money left over
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He's not complaining. He had a problem and found a solution and published it. The only person complaining here is you.
The subtitle is "You're right, it shouldn't be this hard."
I don't know why anyone would buy this goofy monitor, the LG 27GN950-B has a gorgeous 4K@144Hz HDR screen, works great for gaming and for reading text / coding, and is cheaper too. You could get this monitor, a pair of great AudioEngine A2 speakers and a webcam, and still have money left over