[Discuss] 4K (or 5K) resolution for Linux desktop

[Rich Pieri]

On 1/4/2016 11:53 PM, Rich Braun wrote:
> What's happening in the graphics-display industry? Suddenly Linux on the
> desktop is losing the price competition, for probably the first time ever
> since I started using it in 1992.

What happened is that the HDTV manufacturers colluded to artificially
inflate prices. Then LG broke ranks and priced displays at reasonable
prices which lead to massive price drops across the entire range.

So the manufacturers started looking for new products they could
overprice. Enter 4K screens. And then LG broke ranks again and started
offering 4K screens at reasonable (for 4K panels) prices.

My advice at this time is to stay away from 4K and higher resolution
displays. Few graphics cards can drive them at their native resolutions
and only the most powerful SLI and Crossfire rigs can run 3D
applications (games, CAD, etc) at useful frame rates without downscaling.

-- 
Rich P.