Samsung Launches Largest QLED Gaming Monitor at Gamescom 2017
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robintson
Everything is great, just 1080p, that is the only disadvantage.
Robbo9999
cryohellinc
While this is great screen for what ever
Wouldn't agree to that. Things I personally see wrong with this screen:
a) Aspect ratio - Sure screen has great workspace, however this monitor tries to be a gaming monitor, not a Work oriented one. After using 21:9 for a while, I find this aspect ratio as a must have now, but there are some older games (or even new ones - example Resident Evil 7 with its horrid fixed aspect ratio) that have troubled running anything over 16:9. There are plenty of tools, hacks, guides to fix those issues for most of the games, however some just refuse to work. And that is for 21:9, this monstrosity has 32:9, I can't imagine how many games won't run in 32:9.
b) 1080p for a screen of such size, indeed that is a disadvantage. I do understand where it comes from, dev's try to make it playable on 1080 / 1080Ti as an example, however still that is a drawback.
c) 144hz - Ideally for that you need to achieve 142fps stable. Single 1080Ti won't allow you to do that on modern AAA games, hence you need second one.
Two GPU's = SLI. SLI has a whole truck of its own issues, add 32:9 issues on top of that and you receive a monitor that will probably work with 2-5 games that natively support it out of the box.
d) Down the road usability potential of such screen is also a big question, what will be the percentage of market that will use this screen? 0.1%?
Many developers will as always simply ignore the need to implement support for such aspect ratio.
geogan
Looks like Samsung is trying to get rid of some of the unwanted large curved TV panels no one wants any more, so they just sliced them into two horizontally and sell them as ultra-wide monitor panels 😉
superpoeper
am i the only one... i wonder...
I don't see a gaming purpose for this monitor (other than the racing sims or maybe some competitive fps gaming)
For what type of games is a monitor this wide actually usefull....?
i use a 43" 3840x2160 60hz as my main monitor.
For most games i use 2560x1440 to get a solid 60fps since i only have a single gtx 1070 (i disable antialiasing and DSR and enable triple buffering and Vsync)
I also disable depth of field and motion blur if possible but that is personal preference
ok mine is only 60hz but put that aside for a moment...
16:9 monitors have twice the height and none of the 32:9 issues....
What is the gaming purpose of this monitor...?
MaCk0y
What a strange second photo.
ignigena
A 54" 4K 144hz would give you the posibility of playing games at 32:9 3840x1080 49" or 4K 16:9 as well lower resolutions 16:9 as well. That would give you more options. 4K 144hz HDR 27" panels are coming Q1 2018, so maybe a massive one (even with lower dpi) would be available next year.
EJocys
Technical Specifications, Brightness: 350 cd/m² (Typ.), 250 cd/m² (Min.)
http://www.samsung.com/us/computing/monitors/gaming/49--chg90-qled-gaming-monitor-lc49hg90dmnxza/#specs
Another false advertised "HDR" monitor which can't produce high-dynamic-range (HDR) image. There are two popular HDR standards. "HDR10" and "Dolby Vision". Lower quality one - HDR10, have minimum requirements of 1000 cd/m² brightness and 10-bit color depth. This monitor doesn't meet even lowest requirements for HDR.
BReal85
EJocys
fry178
Main reason for curved screens is because samsung made so many, they had to push them.
except for watching tv/movies, its virtually useless, as any line/square etc will be warped.
and even then, watch sports and look at the outlines of tennis/soccer/football fields etc...
not even talking about the low res, no real hdr, no sync for gpu, nor true 10 bit panel.
i might have to get a curved screen as the next one, as no one offers screens larger than 39" without it.
but hey, at least its the largest gaming moni in that aspect ratio.
Lane
Well, double the height on this monitor and it will be all good. (at least 1.5x )
AndyF1
This 3840 x 1080 looks like very good replacement for my current triplemonitor eyefinity setup (5040x 1050).
Luckily most of my favourite games are tweakable and run well at any custom ultrawide resolutions.
Vertical 1080 is still suficient and not so taxing on GPU like 2160 lines.
AndyF1