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a simple hardware question

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Akita T
Caldari Navy Volunteer Task Force
#21 - 2012-09-15 07:51:31 UTC
AlleyKat wrote:
I'll see that 660 and raise you a 650, for EVE

Performance-wise, it's allegedly in between a Radeon HD 7750 and 7770 (starting at 100 USD and 125 USD, respectively), and that puts it a bit below the performance of an old GTX 460 - but that's still quite enough for dual-client EVE in most circumstances. Quite nice price too, starting at around 120 USD.
It only has a 64 W max TDP (no idea of target power though, a bit lower for sure), which is really good IMO - you shouldn't even need a PCI-E power connector unless you overclock it (and I hear it's quite overclockable).
Yup, if two-client EVE is all you ever need, a GTX 650 would be an even better choice (at least price-wise, if you want to stick with NVIDIA).
AlleyKat
The Unwanted.
#22 - 2012-09-15 12:28:52 UTC
What do you think about the ea93 from LG, 'kita?

AK

This space for rent.

Caleidascope
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#23 - 2012-09-15 20:37:14 UTC
AlleyKat wrote:
What do you think about the ea93 from LG, 'kita?

AK

You can fit a lot of tiles on it. ☺

Engadget, LG AE93: http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/30/lgs-ea93-29-inch-display-hands-on/

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Akita T
Caldari Navy Volunteer Task Force
#24 - 2012-09-16 05:10:33 UTC  |  Edited by: Akita T
AlleyKat wrote:
What do you think about the ea93 from LG, 'kita?

Since I've mostly been using 4:3 (or, if you prefer, 12:9) aspect ratio since, like, ever, this 21:9 one would essentially be two of them squashed together without the bezels (and in the case of CRTs, which I've been using mainly up until a couple of weeks ago, that's a truckload of bezel), so the aspect ratio is nice.
Coming from a 1200 height, it's a bit iffy to get used to only 1080 vertical (frankly, I would have preferred even more pixels on the vertical, not less, but 1440 pixel on the vertical monitors are way out of my price-comfort-zone), and I would really have loved it if this one would have been a 2800x1200 monitor or something similar, but I guess 2520x1080 is close enough.

I also have to reserve final judgment until I see some input lag testing - the one I have has negligible input lag (response time is not that great though, but that's quite ok when you have virtually no input lag to speak of) - I'd MUCH rather have mediocre response time and no input lag than awesome response time and iffy input lag.
In fact, average input lag time of over 17 ms would pretty much be a deal breaker, and I would strongly prefer an average input lag time of well under 10 ms.

The no-bezel thing is a nice extra, but frankly, not extremely critical (at least, not for me, personally, since I generally keep windows on a single monitor, not stretched across monitors), so I guess it depends A LOT on the price.

If it comes out at around 350 USD and has virtually no input lag to speak of, then it gets dual thumbs up.
If it gets at most 10 ms average input lag (not to be confused with response time) -OR- costs around 400 USD, then it gets a single thumbs up.
If input lag is closer to 17 ms average and price is over 400 USD, it's a resounding "meh".
If input lag is over 20 ms and/or price is over 450 USD, thumbs down.

...

My IDEAL "Holy Grail" monitor would be a 36" (33.7x12.64) IPS screen, with 3840x1440 resolution (24:9 AR), 10-bit color depth, 120 Hz refresh rate, and under 4 ms average input lag.
Sadly, I don't expect to see anything like that until well after 2020, if ever, and most likely costing an insane amount of cash (way, WAY above my comfort level).

P.S. This one - http://www.eizo.com/global/products/duravision/fdh3601/index.html - comes pretty damn close to my ideal (it's actually a 36.4" 4096x2160 and if it's not IPS, it's at least an IPS-like screen), but it's only 60Hz and costs a wallet-maiming 30++k USD.
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