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They are keeping their cards close to the chest. We did get most info from that LTT video anyway. Now it's all about waiting for numbers and testing.

 

Just checked, they charge an extra +275 euros for the UHD panel, add the price of the FHD panel it replaces, say 30 euros, total over 300 euros. The most venerable AUO 4K IPS panel can be had for as little as $60 and that's to the end consumer, therefore either this panel is something different, or they are taking the p*ss.

 

That is a normal surcharge and does not indicate a special panel, Eurocom for example charges 312$ to add a 4k panel to the 870 chassis which is a higher surcharge than for the XMG, for Evoc/HiDevolution it is 275$ for the 775 chassis.

 

You have to swap and test the panel, so there is time and then it's covered by warranty and then there needs to be a profit for the company.

No different to any other industry.

 

Yeah, the UHD panel for X170 is something special/ different

 

Great I am looking forward to it.

In the meantime I just bought a semi-budget, gaming desktop for my son who's been working from home due to the virus. I went onto userbenchmarks to refresh my memory about the current state of graphics cards, and long story short it seems the RTX 2080 Desktop is only 33% faster than the GTX 1080 mobile which I have on my laptop. It seems to me a whole load of money and effort for +33% ? Seeing as how many games struggle with 4K, is the RTX 2080 the answer or should we wait for Autumn to see the new Nvidia / AMD cards?

For reference, the setup I settled to is Ryzen 5 3600 CPU and Gigabyte Radeon RX 5700 XT graphics with the "ASUS TUF Gaming VG289Q 28 inch LED IPS Gaming Monitor"

 

Embargo for 10th gen lifts today, it's going to be a wild ride.

 

5.2ghz CB R20, 1.199v load, 6810 pts
*Edit* WHEA L0 error rather fast, or system service exception or Kernel security trap failure. Needs about 1.235v load voltage to pass fully @ 5.2 ghz.

Maximus 12 extreme and 10900k engineering sample w/retail stepping 5 / Q0

 

https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-core-i9-10900k-tested-and-compared-with-ryzen-9-3900x-3950x

• i9 10900K power consumption and temperature are high again, 360 integrated water cooling is the minimum heat dissipation standard

 

If you talk about Nvidia 3xxx Mobile it won't come this year. Maybe summer 2021.

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