Samsung Odyssey G8 6K gaming monitor unveiled

After giving us a preview forward of this 12 months’s CES, Samsung’s simply launched its new Odyssey G8 (the G80HS, to be particular), which it claims is the first-ever gaming monitor that is able to an unbelievable 6K decision.

It’s a 32-inch 16:9 mannequin with an IPS LCD panel that manages a 6,144 x 3,456-pixel decision at a good 165 Hz. That’s nuts, and you will be hard-pressed to discover a gaming rig that may benefit from that pixel density.

Even with a high-end graphics card, you may possible must allow DLSS to get triple-digit body charges at 6K, particularly from AAA titles.

Thankfully, it is a twin mode monitor. It can dial the decision right down to 3K, at which level the refresh charge can go as much as 330 Hz.

The G80HS helps FreeSync Premium and G-Sync, in addition to HDR+Gaming. You’ll discover one DisplayPort 2.1 and two HDMI 2.1 ports on right here, and the included stand permits for peak, tilt, swivel, and pivot changes.

It additionally lists 99% sRGB protection and a 1,000:1 distinction ratio, which must be adequate for many picture and video modifying workflows.

That 6K spec purely for gaming appears like overkill. I think about this G8 would possibly make sense for many who can get some utility out of its excessive decision for multimedia productiveness, together with nice trying gameplay from the identical display screen.

It’s additionally price allowing for this is not an OLED panel, so you will not get the deep blacks and eye-popping distinction of that sort of show.

Oh, and there are different 6K screens on the market, together with Samsung’s own G90XH which presents glasses-free 3D, and Dell’s $3,000 52-inch curved superwide beast. That one truly hits a good 120 Hz, however it has slower response instances and is extra fitted to productiveness.

Samsung’s G80HS must be out there stateside quickly at US$1,600. I am unable to but spot its product itemizing on the company’s US site, however you possibly can check it out over on its Malaysian store.

Source: Samsung