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Acer adds 15.6-inch gaming laptop with 4K screen
At one point you need to realize that you do not see the dot pixels anymore as they are too close to each other for the eyes to see. Anyway, Acer adds the V Nitro Black Edition notebook which has a 4K 3840 x 2160 IPS screen. It is a spicy laptop alright as next to UHD it gets a Core i7-4710HQ quad-core processor, GeForce GTX 860M graphics card, 16GB DDR3 memory, 256GB SSD and a 1TB HDD. The MSRP is just $1,499.99.
Acer today announced the expansion of its V Nitro Black Edition Series of powerful notebook PCs, adding a configuration featuring a 15.6-inch 4K Ultra High Definition (UHD) display. With a resolution of 3840 x 2160, the UHD display delivers four times the pixels of a 1080p Full HD display, delivering brilliant imagery with stunning clarity and crystal clear details. "The addition of an Ultra High Definition display to the V Nitro Black Edition Series makes it one of the most compelling yet affordable high-performance notebooks on the market today," said Eric Ackerson, senior product marketing and brand manager.
Ideally suited for graphic intensive applications, including gaming, photo and video editing and 3D modeling, it also features a host of powerful technologies including a 4th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-4710HQ Quad Core processor, Nvidia® GeForce® GTX860M graphics, dual wireless antennas supporting both 2.4GHz and 5GHz frequencies for speedy Internet connections, 16GB of memory, a 256GB(2) SSD and a 1TB(2) hard drive.
Recently introduced, Acer’s powerful V Nitro Black Edition notebook PCs offer superior performance and a host of multimedia and entertainment features in a sleek and elegant design. The V Nitro’s workstation class capabilities make it a great tool for work or play, and its sleek and elegant design allows it to fit into a professional work environment. Lightning fast processing, cutting-edge graphics, brilliant displays, four built-in speakers (8W total output) and Dolby Digital Plus Home Theater™ deliver powerful surround sound for gaming, movies and music. It is the ultimate platform for any power user.
In addition, Acer’s Build Your Own Cloud (BYOC) is also included, so users can use the storage capacity on their notebook as their own personal cloud storage device, for ultimate privacy and security. With BYOC Apps, users can sync wirelessly to other devices and get access to their digital files anytime, anywhere.
Assassin’s Creed Unity, free digital download with purchase of qualifying models
Beginning November 3, 2014(3) and while supplies last, Acer will offer a code for a free digital download of Ubisoft’s highly anticipated PC game, Assassin’s Creed® Unity. Assassin’s Creed® Unity is the next-gen evolution of the blockbuster Assassin’s Creed franchise. It is a historical action-adventure game set within Paris during the French Revolution. Customers who purchase qualifying Acer Aspire V Nitro Black Edition notebooks with a Full High Definition display (1920 x 1080) from participating partners(1), Amazon.com, Newegg.com and TigerDirect.com, will receive the code for the complimentary digital download, while code supplies last.
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#4953725 Posted on: 11/07/2014 05:51 AM
Is the 860M even capable of displaying at that resolution with any kind of decent framerates? I read that it can't run ultra settings in Crysis 3 or Battlefield 4 at 1080p. If not and the native resolution of the screen is 4K, even running at 1080 will look like crap.
Is the 860M even capable of displaying at that resolution with any kind of decent framerates? I read that it can't run ultra settings in Crysis 3 or Battlefield 4 at 1080p. If not and the native resolution of the screen is 4K, even running at 1080 will look like crap.
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#4953763 Posted on: 11/07/2014 08:57 AM
1. It will not run Battlefield at 4k. In fact, there is not a single card out there, including the desktop ones, capable of running it at 4k and acceptable frame rate. If you set it to medium-high with disabled AA, it will look fine, and the framerates should be decent. Again, this is not a SLI/Crossfire gaming rig with 5GHz CPU.
2. If you play at 1080p, it will work just fine, and will look good. This is the "magic" of UHD screens. You get the nice and sharp text and graphics, but when you want to launch some games, you run them at 1080p when the card can't handle the load. Each pixel from the graphics card is mapped to 2x2 pixel square on the display, so there is no blur whatsoever. It just looks like a regular 1080p screen. I've checked that with both UHD (sometimes called 4k) 3840x2160 -> 1920x1080 and "3K" 2880x1620 -> 1440x810. There is no blur, everything looks ok, just the pixels are bigger.
Is the 860M even capable of displaying at that resolution with any kind of decent framerates? I read that it can't run ultra settings in Crysis 3 or Battlefield 4 at 1080p. If not and the native resolution of the screen is 4K, even running at 1080 will look like crap.
1. It will not run Battlefield at 4k. In fact, there is not a single card out there, including the desktop ones, capable of running it at 4k and acceptable frame rate. If you set it to medium-high with disabled AA, it will look fine, and the framerates should be decent. Again, this is not a SLI/Crossfire gaming rig with 5GHz CPU.
2. If you play at 1080p, it will work just fine, and will look good. This is the "magic" of UHD screens. You get the nice and sharp text and graphics, but when you want to launch some games, you run them at 1080p when the card can't handle the load. Each pixel from the graphics card is mapped to 2x2 pixel square on the display, so there is no blur whatsoever. It just looks like a regular 1080p screen. I've checked that with both UHD (sometimes called 4k) 3840x2160 -> 1920x1080 and "3K" 2880x1620 -> 1440x810. There is no blur, everything looks ok, just the pixels are bigger.
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