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    Toshiba released 15inch IPS display on a laptop @ 4k res.

    Discussion in 'Alienware 18 and M18x' started by Rayleyne, Jun 8, 2014.

  1. Rayleyne

    Rayleyne Notebook Consultant

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    Wonder when we will get 18's with the new 4k displays, I mean we are an enthusiast brand.
     
  2. TBoneSan

    TBoneSan Laptop Fiend

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    Good luck trying to run a modern game on it at 4k.
    I'm all for having the option though. I'd sooner take a 1080/1440p and spend that extra $$$ on a larger external 4k display that I could actually notice the extra res on.
    Windows still needs to address scaling issues too.
    I'm sure 4k at 15 inches looks great though, but all it can do is look at super high res photos and look pretty on a coffee table.
    2 x 295x2's can't seem to run 4k @ 60fps on all games yet. I get ya though, I wish we had the grunt but we don't have a 'Maxwell's' chance in hell unless some serious quality is sacrificed :(
     
  3. TurbodTalon

    TurbodTalon Notebook Virtuoso

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    Agreed. That would take some serious horsepower. It wouldn't be worth the sacrifice in visual quality. You wouldn't need to run any anti aliasing though!
     
  4. UltraGSM

    UltraGSM ...so many Alienwares...

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    Golden Words Bro San!!!!

    Thats all there it is, attention to the detail that you will not be able to distinguish if image reproduced in fact was of a 4K or beyond res ;) for gaming laptop there's a reason its 1080p only and not more (not yet)
     
  5. Mr. Fox

    Mr. Fox BGA Filth-Hating Elitist®

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    Yeah, but remember what we're dealing with in many cases is talking heads that don't think big picture. They only start going goo-goo-gah-gah over stuff like 4K until they discover their anemic little turd Ultrabook has to bust a gut to merely render the desktop wallpaper at 4K. And, then it is suddenly somebody else's fault in spite of their stupidity for buying it in the first place, LOL. I know there are still some fanboys that refuse to admit it was a problem, but Apple Retina is an example of getting the cart before the horse. It doesn't make good sense to release a ridiculously high display resolution without an abundance of graphics processing power. You need to at least to support it well enough to make it a nice experience.
     
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  6. UltraGSM

    UltraGSM ...so many Alienwares...

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    HAHAHAH !!! :D Yo MrFox just made my day! :D
     
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