I literally crapped my pants when I plugged this baby in for the first... effin amazing. Colors were simply spectacular out of the box. I usually almost always have to do some sort of mediocre color calibrating with my TV's or monitors, but not here. I am sure I will get bored and mess around with it later, but the mere fact that I didn't have to do it as soon as I opened the box was pretty impressive. So what else, well first let me show you the set up:
Windows 8.1
I7- 920 @ 3.26Ghz
6GB DDR3 RAM at 1600MHZ
Single XFX 280x with 3GB of RAM (AMD Catalyst 14.4)
256 GB SSD
Alright, Well besides spectacular colors. I was not not sure what to expect. I read so many reviews, so many people talking. (bleeding, driver issues, non readable text and etc) I must say I was worried at first. When I first started my exploration in 4k, text looked fuzzy and icons small.. I am sure you've heard it before, but after a simple restart. Everything seems to reset itself into place. Text is suddenly sharp, icons don't look so small anymore and even the task bar was ever so slightly more visible. I know you guys are going to get all excited after plugging in your monitor for the first time, but do yourself a favor, ***after initial setup in windows at 4K, restart your computer with your 4k monitor still the default screen and things should be ever so slightly better****
Games
Now lets talk about games... This is when the crapping starts. I have crapped my pants multiple times now, its nearly impossible for me to get away from my computer. This thing is better than a LSD trip with your ex-girlfriend from college. Its simply an out of body experience. My first benchmark was TitanFall. I was scared, I didn't know what my card would be able to handle, so I placed the settings on "Very High" with no AA.. I was getting between 45 to 60 FPS.. Playable for sure at full 4K and the game looked incredible. I decided to step it up and try "insane" still playable on a single 280x, but FPS ranged from 30-60. some chop suey.
I know there are a lot of next gen games coming out. Graphic cards capable of playing those games at max'd out settings are sadly costly. The good news is you can scale down games to 2560*1440 and they look great! The bad news is that you do not get a higher refresh rate by doing this, but its entirely feasible for the mid-class gamer like myself to still play games at 4k. I looked further to some older classics, like COD modern warefare, GTA4, GRID 2 and counter strike.. All earning 60 FPS with settings maxed out with the exception of GRID, had to take out AA. ***This monitor doesn't really need AA enabled BTW the pixel density is so high that it really doesn't make a difference. I don't think I need to explain videos too much.
Movies
There are a plethora of 4k videos on youtube, so if you want to quickly impress skeptical friend. Just show them anyone of those videos and they wont question your over priced monitor anymore. Other than that, I have been having issues finding movies that are native 4k. It will likely be some time before we get there.
SPACE
There is so much space at 4k, I can actually multi-task comfortably. Its like, I even have gaps between windows, so much space, so little brain cells.
ERGO
I have nothing more to say, its great, I love it, beat my expectations, my friends don't care, but I care. Hopefully someone else cares. I didn't edit, hopefully its not to bad.
| Standing screen display size | 28 Inches |
|---|---|
| Screen Resolution | 3840x2160 |
| Max Screen Resolution | 3840 x 2160 |
