02-10-2016, 03:59 PM
(02-10-2016, 03:37 PM)gstanford Wrote: You could however argue that the 30" 2560x1600 monitor I bought was extravagant given the amount of GPU power required to drive it well. This is something I have since corrected.
If the worst criticism/accusation of extravagance people can level at me is possession of SLI'd sweet spot cards I will rest very easily indeed.
But it was nice, wasn't it? Come on, don't be such a pessimist! Like my friend who sold off his plasma because of the electricity costs (yep, I still can't get over it)!
My 4K gsync monitor is nice, but I hate the TN panel quality! In some ways, it looks worse than my 13-to-15-year old CRT GDM-FW900's that consume up to 180W (one is hacked with boosted brightness, and probably eats more than 200W). It's been a year since and I'm still waiting for a decent 4K 120Hz gsync monitor with at least IPS color quality to replace it... that's no more expensive than the original, but I guess by then the resale value will be abysmal.