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Dell's affordable 4K screen is a compromise too far for PC gaming

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I thought we already knew this? It was too good to be true.

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Yes, we all know that these monitors will have to compromise on things because their technologies and price point. Also this is not a gaming monitor, it isn't marketed as on either.

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http://www.pcgamer.com/2014/01/17/dells-affordable-4k-screen-is-a-compromise-too-far-for-pc-gaming/

 

Get your pitch forks out everyone, its been reported by pcgamer that dell's 4k displays (yes thats right both the 28" and 24") will only have a 30hz refresh rate, thats on both hdmi and display port.

 

Dell actually has 3 4K offerings.

The 24 and 32 inch model both are 60Hz cabaple

The 28 only in 1080p mode.

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We already knew this. It was kind of expected. I personally would rather have 60 fps on 1440p or 1080p than 30 fps on 4k.

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The 28" cheap 4k monitor wasn't really intended for gamers. It's still a great "cheap" solution for productivity, I'd say

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I am a big fan of 1080 gamin on a 120hz monitor.

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Aren't ASUS and Lenovo also doing 60hz 4K monitors for the same price?

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It was known that it would be 30hz, 99% of affordable 4K is 30hz.

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Aww, ill wait till at least 60Hz to call it a gaming.

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The 24 inch is the best option right now at a reasonable price. 

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False. The information you provided is wrong.

Dell UP2414Q manual specifically states 60Hz at 4K over DisplayPort 1.2

ftp://ftp.dell.com/Manuals/all-products/esuprt_display_projector/esuprt_Display/dell-up2414q_User

To display 3840 x 2160 at 60 Hz, DP1.2 must be enabled and the DP

source’s graphics card must be DP1.2 certified with MST feature, capable of

supporting resolution up to 3840 x 2160 at 60Hz and its driver supports

DisplayID v1.3.

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I'm still waiting for 120hz IPS or VA, can be 1080p.

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The 28" cheap 4k monitor wasn't really intended for gamers. It's still a great "cheap" solution for productivity, I'd say

 

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It was never for PC gaming. At CES they only mentioned the productivity improvements not the gaming aspect. I doubt they ever made this for PC gamers as it doesn't have a 60hz panel.

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It was never for PC gaming. At CES they only mentioned the productivity improvements not the gaming aspect. I doubt they ever made this for PC gamers as it doesn't have a 60hz panel.

The 24inch is 60Hz. Confirmed in the Dell manual. The site is wrong.

The 28inch, is 30Hz. Yes... it's also cheap... sooo that's fine for this year.

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False. The information you provided is wrong.

Dell UP2414Q manual specifically states 60Hz at 4K over DisplayPort 1.2

To display 3840 x 2160 at 60 Hz, DP1.2 must be enabled and the DP

source’s graphics card must be DP1.2 certified with MST feature, capable of

supporting resolution up to 3840 x 2160 at 60Hz and its driver supports

DisplayID v1.3.

That's the 24" inch,ofc. it's 60 hz.

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That's the 24" inch,ofc. it's 60 hz.

88records and article says that the 24inch is 30Hz. It is false.
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to be fair, most games won't run above 30fps on 4k anyway. Still sucks though

 

True, people with the disposable income to buy the hardware to push more than 30FPS @4k, will be able to afford a 60Hz monitor. Everybody else won't be capped by the monitor refresh rate anyway.

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I'm still waiting for 120hz IPS or VA, can be 1080p.

It's not likely that we will ever see a 120Hz IPS or VA panel. I don't remember where I heard it but it has something to do with the specific tech in the panels that makes them different from a TN panel that keeps it locked at 60Hz. If you really want 120Hz, you are going to have to go TN at this time but there are some pretty solid TN 120Hz monitors out there that are equivalent to low end IPS monitors. 

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I'll just hold on to my Asus PB278Q for a little while longer.

 

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It's not likely that we will ever see a 120Hz IPS or VA panel. I don't remember where I heard it but it has something to do with the specific tech in the panels that makes them different from a TN panel that keeps it locked at 60Hz. If you really want 120Hz, you are going to have to go TN at this time but there are some pretty solid TN 120Hz monitors out there that are equivalent to low end IPS monitors. 

well there is a 120hz native va panel by eizo http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/reviews/eizo_fg2421.htm

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