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Yes we know. A lot of people wouldn't shut about the Nvidia GPUs not having it, as if it was that important.
there’s barely even any monitors anyway.
it’s like nvidia and the consoles: AMD can do whatever they want but the market penetration isn’t there until nvidia is onboard. Monitors are a low-margin high-volume business and you can’t support an advanced product that tops out at 10% addressable market.
Let alone when that brand’s customers are notoriously “thrifty”…
It's not just about what you need today, it's also about what you need in a couple years. If I pay $1600+ for a video card you can rest assured I expect it to be used for more than a couple years. Skimping on the ports seems like a bizarre choice.
So you need more than 165hz, 10bit, hdr, and 4k in a couple of years? Because that's what hdmi 2.1 on a 4090 is running for me. I agree. They could have done better on the ports, but to the majority of users, the hdmi 2.1 has enough bandwidth tbh.
Not just need, but be capable of driving, too. Even a 4090 wouldn't be able to run most games at the resolutions and refresh rates we're talking about, and I doubt someone buying an insanely expensive monitor and the most expensive consumer GPU on the planet would then play games on low/mid settings.
maybe there's someone who needs 8k text clarity for web browsing, or someone doing productivity work who just happens to need 240Hz? Competititive Excel pros? :P
New AAA titles don't stop older games from running.
Yes. I want my dual-4k 32:9 240hz display for coding goddamit.
Sure. 4K 240Hz OLED is coming next year.