Aberrant is the only word that comes to mind when we look at the characteristics of the future Samsung Odyssey monitor which will undoubtedly be announced at CES 2023. It was, in part, unveiled during the AMD keynote.
Samsung has been building super-wide (ultra-wide) gaming monitors for several years, we tested the Odyssey Neo G9, but its latest is the most impressive of them all. Indeed, the latest 49-inch Odyssey PC screen has an “8K” definition, this is in any case what was announced during the keynote dedicated to the AMD Radeon 7000.
Assuming the same 32:9 display ratio as the current Odyssey Neo G9 model, that would give it a resolution of 7680×2160 pixels, or the equivalent of two 4K monitors side-by-side. But what’s truly amazing is how quickly the screen can push those pixels.
900 Hz… however there is a catch!
According to PC Gamer, Samsung claims this display can handle up to 900 Hz refresh ratethe maximum output of the new Radeon RX 7900 XT and RX 7900 XTX which use a DisplayPort 2.1 port. Finally, there is a catch: you can only reach this ridiculous speed at a maximum definition of half-8K, or 1440p. In 4K (3840 × 1080 pixels), the screen goes up to 480 Hz, and “only” 165 Hz in its native definition.
You’ll need a new Radeon card to achieve those ridiculous refresh rates at this definition, as even Nvidia’s most powerful cards are throttled by their DisplayPort 1.4 port.
This new Odyssey, which we will probably discover at CES 2023, has a mini-LED panel with quantum dots, a curvature index of 100R and RGB lighting on the back.
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