CES 2014

Man that would fit great in my basement! Lol

If the 4k screens for the PC are not running at 120hz, not sure that is a good enough tradeoff.

Be interesting to see the new Nvidia screens with the built in chip.

Column_sl said:

If the 4k screens for the PC are not running at 120hz, not sure that is a good enough tradeoff.

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I think it's going to be a while before most people have the hardware in their PC to run a game at 3840x2160 at higher than 60fps. By the time we all have graphics cards that can pull that off with ease I'm sure 120hz 4K monitors will be readily available.

Heres a benchmark of 4K skyrim


Benchmarking Skyrim At 3840x2160

A titan can only push slightly more than 60FPS, and SLI'd Titans can't even hit 120fps, and that's a 2+ year old game at this point.

Yeah, I dont think that is a good tradeoff then.

Monitors are insanely sharp right now. The 120hz -144hz versus going back to 60hz is just too big of a compromise imho.

This new Asus monitor looks lovely

http://www.anandtech.com/show/7627/asus-at-ces-2014

Lenas_sl said:

Alienware has announced a box that is smaller than Xbone/PS4, more powerful than both of them, and will be competitively priced. There you go. Hopefully it makes sense now.

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Sounds like you should throw windows on it and just call it a computer.

Morbeas_sl said:

I wonder how well this really works.

PlayStation Now actually works! (update: hands-on video)

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I really hope it is great, but I feel like it's going to be shitty for 75% of people.

I can't even imagine what you would need harware-wise to run Skyrim with high-rez texture packs and various mods at 4K. something like triple SLI Titans just to get to 30FPS probably.

Looks like the next few generations of graphics cards may be really pushed by monitor technology rather than software/games(which honestly has been pretty lacking in pushing forward graphically in recent years)

We're not ready for 4k at 60fps. Fuck 30fps.

I don't believe gamers are the target demograph for that screen. They may do better to wait til BenQ or someone gets involved.

I however am quite interested at that pricetag.

I really like the curved-screen phones that LG and Samsung have shown. They are supposed to be AMAZING for not reflecting glare, especially outside in sunlight. I don't think Samsung even mentioned a release date though

If you're on Verizon, look into the LG G2. I'm returning my Note 3 (too big) for it. Same processor, better camera, amazing form factor for a 5.2" screen, and the screen is 1080p IPS instead of amoled. The clincher for me is that it has pretty much the best battery life of any phone except for the droid ultra.

Only downsides would be the LG skin (root and/or Nova Launcher for that) and button placement on the back of the phone below the camera (some love it, some hate it). I've already read up on cases that have button covers to make then easier to press. Also, you can double tap the screen to turn it on.

Nothing else is even close to competitive except the Note 3, which is $150 more on contact. Moto X tempted me, but the fact that it's the same price as the G2 for universally worse specs makes me worry about lag in the future. My galaxy nexus has awful lag these days simply due to it's hardware that wasn't even top of the line when it was released.

This post evolved into something that should have been in the phone thread.

I was in the exact same boat. Battery life and poor camera were my biggest issues with the GNex. Note 3 had amazing battery life and camera, and so does the G2. I think right now the Moto X is about perfect, I just hate how my Nexus ended up laggy and slow all the time due to its hardware after a year or two and I want to avoid that as much as I can in the future, so I'm sticking the cutting edge specs.