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System Name | GPC |
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Processor | i7 2700K @ 5GHz. |
Motherboard | ASUS Maximus IV Extreme (2x Evercool 40x40x10mm chipset fans + Arctic F8). |
Cooling | Corsair H80 with 2x Nanoxia Deep Silence (NDS) 120mm PWM. |
Memory | 16GB (4 x 4) Mushkin Redline Ridgeback DDR3/2133 9-11-10-28. |
Video Card(s) | EVGA GTX 980 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0, 1266MHz core, 1367MHz boost, 7010MHz RAM. |
Storage | OCZ Vertex4 128GB (C-drive), OCZ Vertex4 256GB (games), Samsung Spintpoint F3 1TB SATA (misc) |
Display(s) | HP LP2475W HIPS 1920x1200 24". |
Case | Antec 300, 1x NDS 120mm (side), 2x NDS 120mm PWM (front), 1x NDS 140mm PWM (top). |
Audio Device(s) | Onboard |
Power Supply | Thermaltake Toughpower 1000W Modular. |
Software | Windows 7 Professional 64bit. |
Benchmark Scores | 3DMark11(P16122, X6439), SkyDiver(30008), FireStrike: Standard(12038), Extreme(6150), Ultra(3216). |
There was a time when 1920x1200 was a lot more common, while the preference at 2560 width
was leaning more towards 1600 height than 1440 (check reviews from a few years ago, lots of
sites were testing at 2560x1600 before the advent of 4K), but then the classic market shift occured
with a combination of swinging consumer demand and manufacturer cost preference shoving out
1440 as the next preferred height, while 1080 rapidly gained ground below it.
There's a definite feedback effect between what companies make, how they price them, how sites
use them, what consumers decide to buy, etc. I remember when 1600x1200 was still popular.
What shocked me when finally choosing a 2560-width monitor a couple of years ago was how the
pricing had totally changed. Used to be there wasn't much difference between a 1440 and 1600
height model, but by 2013 the 1600 models were massively more expensive, as in 2X to 4X more.
So I became another jolt in the pressure wave by choosing a 1440 model (Dell 27" IPS).
Ian.
PS. Apologies for using the 4K name when I know it's not, but hey that's the way the PR nonsense
has evolved.
was leaning more towards 1600 height than 1440 (check reviews from a few years ago, lots of
sites were testing at 2560x1600 before the advent of 4K), but then the classic market shift occured
with a combination of swinging consumer demand and manufacturer cost preference shoving out
1440 as the next preferred height, while 1080 rapidly gained ground below it.
There's a definite feedback effect between what companies make, how they price them, how sites
use them, what consumers decide to buy, etc. I remember when 1600x1200 was still popular.
What shocked me when finally choosing a 2560-width monitor a couple of years ago was how the
pricing had totally changed. Used to be there wasn't much difference between a 1440 and 1600
height model, but by 2013 the 1600 models were massively more expensive, as in 2X to 4X more.
So I became another jolt in the pressure wave by choosing a 1440 model (Dell 27" IPS).
Ian.
PS. Apologies for using the 4K name when I know it's not, but hey that's the way the PR nonsense
has evolved.