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I'll necro bump this thread - if anyone is interested, there seems to be one 8k monitor announced in CES 2021 and it's Viewsonics VP3286-8K (32 inches). It seems to be targeted at photo editing and content creation? Priced at $5000 (very pricey). I didn't see any other monitors with 5k, 6k, 8k resolutions. There is Dell's 5k2k (it's just a wide 4k) and it's, imho, a disappointment. Oh and bunch of 4k, and even 1080 monitors.

Hmm it makes sense. If gaming and digital content creation are not really in dire need of higher resolution then the only major "segment" is text processing (e.g. coding). In that case it would be understandable if the manufacturers are not pushing hard for this. To be honest I'm not eager to shed thousands of dollars for sharper text when 4k is alright ... but it would be nice. I just thought that the technology would catch up by now and even have time for prices to drop to reasonable levels. I read somewhere about someone using the Dell 8k monitor for text processing / coding and he/she was claiming that it was a huge improvement switching back to 4k was very very noticeable. So maybe we are not able to distinguish individual pixels but the higher detail and sharpness are noticeable, especially in text. Now, a lot of people would probably claim that text sharpness is not a good use case (after all, you can pretty much do the same thing with lower resolution) but if you are staring at pixels the whole day you might as well make it a better experience. On the plus side, if you are working in the browser / text editor, you don't really care if there is 8k content or stuff like that - just by having the higher resolution, you already benefit from it. What I can say, from my experience, is that the LG monitors I bought a while ago were well worth it (they were about $600 back then, now the prices have dropped significantly). I guess it's just a matter of time. I'm sure a lot of people would be happy to make the switch if they don't have to sell a kidney in exchange. My totally unverified and amateur prediction would be that we are soon (end of this, beginning of next year) to have higher resolution options, because 1) DP/hdmi standards have caught up to the higher resolutions (and we have video cards supporting them) 2) apple has a 6k display, now everyone wants one ... that doesn't cost the equivalent amount in dollars (ok fine, not everyone, calm down) 3) we already have a lot of options from normal displays, to hdr displays, to different variants of ultra-wide, etc... if a manufacturer wants to stand out - maybe that's the way 4) it really isn't groundbreaking technology at this point

A TV isn't useful for work.

I know there is the 8k Dell monitor from 3 (!!!) years ago and the apple (not usable by mortals) 6k display and a couple of 5k displays on the market but I thought by now more variety of 4k+ resolutions/displays would exist. I know that for gaming even 4k is still a bit too much but for work I'd think there are plenty of people that would like to switch to something packed with more pixels. I bought a couple of 4k/27'' LG monitors a few years ago and I have to say, switching to anything less (e.g. 1440p) feels like a huge downgrade. For reading text/code they are really great. I still think there is room for improvement and the extra sharpness from a 6k or 8k in 27-32 inch format would be nice. I've searched several times and I can't find any information on higher resolution upcoming displays. I thought that by now there would be a lot of choices, 3 years after Dell's 8k display and now with video cards on the market that can run such a display off of 1 cable. What's the deal with that? Is there really no market for these? Is anyone else looking for an upgrade from 4k? Are they just around the corner? Share your thoughts. EDIT: I've read somewhere apple's xdr display is using an LG panel and maybe at some point there would be a normal monitor with the same panel/resolution?

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I see. It looks like the only option is a new MB. Thanks!

I understand this. I won't try the first thing on the internet immediately. I'm using this as a chance to learn something new. No need to guide me through it yourself. Just not sure where to begin (google didn't yield useful results). Thanks anyway!

Maybe but I would like to read about it and maybe try it. Could you point me to guides / resources on the topic?

I bought 7600k a while ago and up to this point I haven't taken advantage of its overclocking capabilities. My motherboard is Asrock H270m performance. I couldn't find settings in the BIOS to overclock it and I didn't have much success with the desktop tool (intel extreme tuning utility ?). I have never overclocked anything. After a bit of googling I was led to believe that this motherboard does not support CPU overclocking. So I need a bit of help: - Is this true? Is the motherboard not capable of overclocking the CPU? Is it a matter of updating the BIOS? - Can anything be done to overclock this CPU with this motherboard (maybe something a bit hacky?) - If this motherboard is a no-no when it comes to overclocking, what motherboard would you guys recommend? I think I read somewhere that for overclocking you need a Z series chipset? This is a last resort as currently I don't really want to buy a new motherboard and move all the parts. Any help would be much appreciated!