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I'm a film student at my school and recently got a monitor for 4k mastering. -& the gamer in me is currently wondering if 4k gaming is a thing thats possible on a budget. Does anybody have any gpu suggestions right now or should I wait a while for the new Intel cards to come? Thanks! Edit: I have a $500 budget for the card.

Hey! A little bit about my current setup. I prefer to game at my desk, which currently has 3 monitors. My primary monitor is the ASUS ROG Swift 27" 1440p (PG279QZ). There is a 1080p monitor on the left and on the right of the primary monitor. I also have a TV in the same room. It's a 4k Toshiba HDR10 60hz tv that I bought for a few hundred bucks a couple of years ago (not great, but passable). I have a gaming PC with a 2080 Super/Ryzen 5 3600 (I want to stay in 1440p for PC). I also have a PS5/XBSX/Switch. The PS5 is hooked up to my main 1440p nice monitor. The XBSX is hooked up to my crappy 4k tv for movies and stuff. The Switch is hooked up to my left-side 1080p monitor because Switch sucks and doesn't look good on a 1440p monitor. With all of that said, my problem is the PS5. It forces me into using 1080p on my nice 1440p gaming monitor. I want to get a new 4k monitor exclusively for the PS5 and as a non-primary monitor for my PC. I am considering the Gigabyte M32U, but it doesn't have HDR. I want to be able to use ALL the features on the PS5, if possible. I'm struggling to find a solution here. TV marketing and spec sheets are very difficult to read/look at but I wouldn't be opposed to maybe getting a 32-40" small TV that has all the bells and whistles and just hook that up to the right of my main 1440p desk monitor, but I don't know what's actually good. Should I just forget about HDR and get the M32U, is there a better monitor that I'm not seeing, or should I go with a smaller TV with all the features (and if so, which one)?

Hi all My family is wiring our new house for TVs and in some spots we need a 15ft HDMI cable (the shortest length it can possibly be). I wanted to put in HDMI 2.1 cables because they are the latest and I know I am only getting one chance at wiring this house so I want to use the newest standard. Does anyone have any recommendations for a REAL HDMI 2.1 cable as a lot of the ones on Amazon are snake oil and don't actually meet the HDMI 2.1 standard. I know Linus did the HDMI cable test video but he didn't give model numbers for the cables and also I think I need "In wall" rated cables to pass inspection. Thanks all

Hi so I am in the market for a 4k TV. I have never really been someone who thought too much of the color and all that jazz but I definitely want the most bang for my buck. This TV will be used more so jyst for watching youtube/movies. Intense gaming won't really happen on it besides the occasional party game. If you have links to the TV I'd appreciate it! Price can be like loose if there are deals or like an installment thing

Hey there folks. Recently bought a 4K display (LG C1 48 to be exact). Since I purchased the display, I have been having pretty sizeable issues playing games. Namely, games keep constantly freezing every 10 seconds or so. Goes down to one frame every 3 seconds, maybe? It's an issue regardless of if the game is fullscreen, windowed or borderless. But the weird thing is, it is fixed if you tab out, and then back into the game. Only for a few more seconds, mind, then it comes back again. This happens across pretty much all of my games, and has only started being an issue since I went 4K. I have a 3090 and 10850K, so I'm pretty sure it's not poor performance. That and when you hold down alt tab and see all your other windows, the game is running as usual. But as soon as I go back to it, it goes back to freezing. Has anyone else had this issue? If so, how did you fix it (besides wiping Windows, which I really don't want to do)? Thanks in advance. (Running Windows 11 btw, though this wasn't an issue before the 4K shift) (Edit to add: Sorry if I have posted this in the wrong place)

Budget (including currency): 15 000 USD Country: US Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Adobe Creative Suite (Primarily Premiere, Photoshop, Lightroom). Up to 8 simultaneous 4K video-projects plus, at most, a handful of photo-projects. Other details: NAS: Synology RackStation RS3621xs+ SSD Cache: 2 x WD_BLACK 2TB SN750 M.2 adapter card: Synology M2D20 Hard drives: 12 x Seagate IronWolf Pro 14TB NIC: Synology E10G18-T2 dual 10GbE RAM: Synology D4EC-2400-16G Hello there! My colleagues and I are interested in upgrading our existent workflow. At the moment, we are storing what is being edited on separate machines with, essentially, only the final results being stored on a NAS (a Synology DS1618+). What we want to be able to do to do all of our editing on a NAS. We are quite pleased with our current Synology machine and would like to keep using something from them. This is because neither one of us feel that we have the know-how to administrate a custom built server. I have above listed some of the components I think would make it possible for us to do this. Does it look good to you? Are we going overkill with the SSD cache? Do you have any suggestions for things to change? Is it worth it to go for a higher tier model for future proofing so we don't have to upgrade in the next 5 years or so? Thank you in advance for all the help and advice! :)

I'm currently looking at the Asus VP32UQ and trying to get some opinions. It's been difficult to find any reviews online (which is a bit of a red flag). If there are other recommendations, I'm looking for a good larger 4K IPS display (60hz is fine for me). Thanks!

Budget (including currency): $3,500.00 Country: Puerto Rico Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Premiere, Davinci Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): Color grading monitor I am interested in building a workstation for 4k editing. Video capture will be through a SonyA7SIII. I need to know the best parts available to process all image data comfortably. I need suggestions from the tech community. Budget is $3,500.00

Okay, so .. I am not rich, and I want to store movies, preferably at 4k. I have decided to go with M-Disc drives which supposedly last up to 1000 years (or more). My question is: How big is the difference between a ~5GiB movie, at 4k and between one that is that or lower, in 1080p? I guess a big difference.. but what between ~16GiB, ~25GiB and ~50GiB 4k movies? I wonder if HDR colors would still look good..

Should I get a 240hz 1440p or a 144hz 4k Monitor. Btw I have a crazy pc. Ryzen 9 5900x and rtx 3080 ti. I also already have a 1440p 144hz monitor, I'm doing a double screen. It might be possible do a triple.

Already got my 3080 so just need some advice on anything i should change. Currently costs abt £1300 excluding the gpu https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/xsjPPV Thanks for all your help

Hi all! I'm currently moving and am looking to buy a new TV for my place. I was hoping Linus had another TV review out but no luck. Here's a list of features I'd appreciate: 4k display Good HDR with deep black and hopefully no burn in (OLED) high refresh rate fast response time at least 65" VESA mountable built in smart features not necessary HDMI 2.1 capable I'm going to be using it mostly with my XBOX series X, I want to get the max possible refresh rate out of it to get its best experience. I also am connecting DirecTV and would like for it to work well with a PC in the future. My budget is about $2k but am willing to bend a little for certain features if worth it. Thanks for the help!! :)

Budget (including currency): 55 000-65 000 Kč (2166-2560 euro) Maybe willing to spend more if necessary (price is with graphics card) Country: Czech Republic Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: 3D modeling and rendering in Revit, Lumion etc. and gaming in 4k Other details I have 2 monitors (4k and Full HD), i am going for being able to play the newest games in 4k resolution in 60fps (it doesnt have to be on ultra settings) and having good render times in 3D rendering again in 4k resolution. Right now in the current state of stock and price problems with GPU I am just looking for other parts for my build so i can maybe buy them at lower price or when they are on sale. So without the GPU my budget would be approximately 1400-1750 euro. The reason why i am doing a brand new build is that i had my desktop computer for about 4-5 years and during my studies of civil engineering & architecture at university and at job i found out my PC isnt doing very well with nowdays standarts. Other reason is that recently my friend, which doesnt have much money, needed to get a comptuer with a decent power so I sold him mine for a good price, cause i was already thinking about doing a new build or just upgrading. I dont have any preferences about CPU and I like Nvidias GPUs more but AMD isnt a big problem for me either. Build should have 32GB RAM and at least 3TB (4TB optimal) of memory (At least some part of it should be SSD). And i am no expert at finding a good combinations for builds so I would love to hear your ideas. And thank you for your time and effort in advance. In the picture you can see what i chose so far (sorry cant change currency on that website)

I'm currently using R9 380 for my Samsung TU8000 4k UHD TV, however the supported max resolution is only 4096x 2160 (30hz). If I would to swap my current R9 380 to Galax GTX 1660 6GB, will my system able to run the screen resolution at 4096x 2160 (60hz)? I have also attached a screenshot of the TV specs as a reference

Budget: 400-500 USD Usage: Development/programming/docker/k8s/vscode/pycharm, 4k streaming video (youtube/netflix) Other details: Current configuration: CPU: Ivy Bridge i7 3770K GPU: AMD Radeon R9 280X RAM: 4 x 4GB DDR3 RAM MB: ASRock z77 Pro3 PSU: 600W Dispaly: 2 x 4k monitors - 3840x2160 @ 60Hz Hey everyone, first time poster here. I'm planning on rebuilding my current PC which is a custom build Ivy bridge with a R9 280X and a 600W PSU. I don't game any more and use the system primarily for development (vscode/pycharm/docker/k8s) and occasional 4k streaming, i.e. youtube/netflix. I also have 2 4k monitors that the 280x is able to comfortably drive at 60Hz. Although as of late it is starting to struggle a bit when I'm multitasking. The system dual boots to Ubuntu and Windows, with the former being my daily driver (I rarely ever use windows these days). The only issue I have is that the legacy linux drivers for AMD cards prior to the RX series haven't been updated in a while, so the lack of optimization here does play a part in the degraded performance when compared to windows. As part of the rebuild process, my initial plan was to get a 3700X/B550/5500XT with a middle of the road (2800/3200) 16 GB RAM. But with GPUs being insanely priced and hard to get, I held back on the upgrade for half a year, thinking that supply would eventually pick up and prices would come back down. That obviously has not happened and doesn't look it will be anytime soon either. Honestly, at this point, I've just given up on the GPU upgrade. However, with the recent announcement of the 5700G, I started thinking of going the APU route and wait out the current GPU pricing/scarcity epidemic until later next year and see if the prices come back down to reasonable levels. Getting the 5700G would make the 280X redundant and selling the card at the current inflated prices would help me stay within my budget. At the end of the day, my goal is to have an upgraded system that can handle the load of the dual 4k displays @ 60Hz, run the development tools and stream media smoothly (along with TPM as a bonus - for windows 11). I'm working within a tight budget and want to reuse what I already have or sell and replace with an upgrade. Needless to say the pandemic hasn't helped at all even with non-GPU components. That said, I had a few questions: Would the 5700G be able to run dual 4k displays @ 60Hz? Moreover, would it run 4k video streams smoothly? If the above is true, does it even make sense to sell the 280X and replace it with the 5700G? i.e. do I just get a 3700X and a B550 like the ASUS Rog Strix B550-F and keep the 280X? (keeping in mind the legacy drivers on linux are still going to be a problem) If I go ahead with the 5700G, what low latency RAM would you recommend to compensate for the reduced L3 cache and performance hit as a result of it? (I'm looking for 2x8GB sticks for now) Upgrade components: AMD Ryzen 7 5700G ASUS ROG Strix B550-F Gaming/MAG B550 TOMAHAWK Low latency 16 GB RAM (3200)??? (Sell 280X) Hopefully that keeps me within the $400-$500 range.

Hi, So I've been looking at getting a Elgato 4K60 MK2 for my PC. I know it's a great capture card but is there some other features it can do? For example I use my PC as a Plex server and game streaming would it take the load off my CPU if configured or is primarily for just hdmi inputs only? My PC Specs: MOBO: MSI Z97A GAMING 7 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4 GHz Quad-Core Processor GPU: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6 GB Video Card MEM: Kingston HyperX Fury Red 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR3-1866 CL10 Memory Any help on this would be great. Cheers.

Hello. I'm a professional motion graphics designer and in my workflow I use a 2-display setup; but I also enjoy gaming, therefore my intent is to own two models that would cover each use case. I have a 1440p 144Hz gaming display (LG UltraGear GN800-B), to be used as a secondary display too, and I need a main 4K display with decent colours to be used exclusively for work and content creation. These are the features I need: 4K Resolution 99-100% sRGB color reproduction HDR 10 (or anything beyond) support The thing is that in an extremely unlucky streak, I have bought 4 displays from amazon in the last 7 months, all of which were broken in a way; specifically: BenQ PD2700U 01, sent back because of inputs not working and other defects. BenQ PD2700U 02 (replacement for the previous display), sent back because of a non working backlight (flickered uncontrollably) Asked for a refund LG 27UL850, sent back because of the HDR mode non working (despite any setting possible there was an intense neon magenta tint to whites. Everything was bright pink on macOS, Windows 10 and Apple TV 4K) Asked for a refund BenQ PD2700U 03, (third time is the charm right?), send back immediately because of horrible image retention issues and a loud electrical buzzing from the uniit Asked for a refund So, thankfully now I have all my money back, but I still need a 4K display for work (within the 600$ budget) but I don't know what to do exactly. I'm very disappointed with my purchase experience, especially BenQ which I suspect tends to ship used or malfunctioning displays as new, but also LG. Please consider that I never had similar problems with anything else I have gotten from amazon, and I usually dislike sending stuff back. I am kinda terrified to purchase a 5th display that would be broken, so I was wondering if you knew of other brands that take care of quality control a bit more seriously... I identified 4 displays I'm interested in and I'd like to tell me which one you'd suggest me to get, especially if any of these brands are known for decent quality control (at least more than BenQ that is)... DELL S3221QS https://www.displayspecifications.com/en/model/795c2136 ASUS TUF GAMING VG289Q1A https://www.displayspecifications.com/en/model/b31622e1 Acer Nitro XV280Kb https://www.displayspecifications.com/en/model/7d502176 Asus ProArt PA279CV https://www.displayspecifications.com/en/model/6b052206 (This one's a bit more expensive but I could get it if extra worth it) I'm mostly interested in knowing if any of these companies have a better track record in quality control, as they all are pretty similar specs wise. Thank you so much!

So I am looking to build a new productivity pc. I have stopped gaming. I mean I still dabble with a free online game but nothing that requires a heavy duty gpu. I need lightning fast video response, proper color gamut, able to play 4k and 8k(if i have the screen for it) video smoothly. Part of me is saying that any middle of the road gpu will do that, but I wanted to check with the forums first. I guess i should also add that i run (3) 4k 32 in. monitors so will that make a difference? Thanks

Hi guys. As the title says, I'm looking for a 40-43" 4K TV for when I purchase a PS5 and to watch football on. After looking online, there doesn't seem to be a plethora of options in this size range so was hoping to see if anyone has some recommendations. I am based in the UK so would prefer links from UK sites, in particular Amazon.co.uk. I am not a competitive gamer so VRR support and high refresh rates are not really considerations. My main consideration is brightness, with my current Panasonic tx-32e302b 1080p TV able to push a measly 300 nits peak brightness. Something that can push HDR to a decent quality would also be nice, with a lot of TVs being 'HDR compatible' but looking pretty bad if online consensus is anything to go by. My budget is £400-£500 but if there was a really good deal for a bit more or a 0% interest finance option on a more expensive model then I would consider that.

Hello, I've been using a laptop for pretty much my entire life so I know very little about choosing a monitor that compliments my PC. I was planning on buying the LG 27GN950-B (3840x2160p 144 Hz) but after asking around I've heard a lot about how hard it is to daily drive 4K. the build I have is a Ryzen 5900x processor paired with an Asus 6900 xt OC Graphics Card (https://dk.pcpartpicker.com/list/nN4WRT) but even despite how good these parts are I've still been warned that they won't be enough to get an enjoyable experience. Since AMD don't have DLSS I've been worried that I'm buying something I can't use to its full potential. Should I buy a less demanding monitor instead? My second choice would probably be the LG 34GN850 (3440x1440p 144 Hz) but I'm open to suggestions.

Hey! I just ordered a pretty powerful pc with a rtx3080ti. Im upgrading from geforce 780ti so it's going to be a pretty big leap for me. Im very hesitant about which monitor I should order. Ive been looking for a 4K monitor with at least 144hz, but the most interesting ones seems to be freesync and only g-sync compatible which Ive heard bad things about. There are a few hdmi 2.1 monitors releasing here in a few months and though maybe I should wait for them because they have true gsync and nvidia reflex (hdmi 2.1 would be cool to test but only does 120hz). So my question here is simply, which monitor would you recommend for me? Thank you in advance

Ok, so I was watching an ebay auction for a CG437K but the jackass guy decided to relist the auction with 0 bids for $300 higher making it basically the same price as buying new from Microcenter. Basically the Aorus (fv43u) is $1100 from Newegg and the Acer (cg437k) is $1200 from my local microcenter. If anyone has some input i would love to hear it, from what ive found it seems like the aorus is the better choice. They are both HDR 1000, 4k, VA, 144Hz, Freesync/G-Sync compatible Though the aorus uses DSC to do full 10 Bit colour, HDR, & Freesync at 144hz where as the acer cant do HDR or Freesync at 144hz (only at 120hz). The aorus also has hdmi 2.1 input which doesnt really matter to me now but might in the future. Ive seen mixed reviews of the text on both, Wendell said the text on the acer was amazing while some online reviews say its bad because of BGR (both use BGR layout i believe). Ive also seen reviews of the aorus mentioning the text being bad as well but the review i saw on here said most of it can be fixed with cleartype.

Budget (including currency): £900 Country: England Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Games like Assassin's Creed Valhalla, movies/series at UHD HDR x265 5.1 DTS or FLAC audio, possibly physics simulation software in the future. Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): I was recommended this build https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/JZ38t8 but it has no wireless, which I need because my internet source is tethering from my phone. I'll be connecting it to a 4K HDR TV, so I'm not sure about the refresh rate, but I'm used to 30fps, so 60fps is probably enough? I'm currently using a 13 years old laptop. From what I've read it's ok to have the games render at 1080p or 1440p, as the upscale to 4K doesn't pixelate things that much, especially if I can do at least high settings. I'm not comfortable with water cooling, but would like it to be a bit on the silent side when on idle. Thanks in advance. PS: I already have a bunch of 500GB HDDs that I got from cable boxes, so that would be used as extra storage like music, images and videos, but I don't hoard, so will probably use only one.

Budget (including currency): £1100 Country: UK Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Premier Pro, Davinci Resolve, GIMP Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): just looking for a full tower, no peripherals I have a rough idea of all the parts I want, but the GPU is throwing me a little. This is probably the closest I've seen to what I want- https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/view/Studio-Supreme/ Definitely think AMD is the way to go, with a 5000 series cpu. 32GB of ram would be great but I'm aware that could break the budget. Any recommendations for GPUs?

Hello, i'm planning to buy a new TV, these two models are within my budget and i wonder which one is better knowing that the LG nanocell 85 is about 30 USD More is expensive, i will use the TV for mainly watching films and occasional gaming.