Now that AMD has unveiled Radeon RX 7900 GPUs that may output 8K video at excessive refresh charges, players will want shows that may deal with them — and Samsung is glad to oblige. The firm has teased a brand new technology of its Odyssey Neo G9 that may supposedly be the primary 8K ultrawide gaming monitor. You will not see a full launch till CES in January, however you will want a DisplayPort 2.1-capable video card to assist that display screen attain its potential. We’d additionally add that AMD payments the 8K as “horizontal only,” so you might not get as many vertical pixels as you may like.

Other high-res DisplayPort 2.1 displays are coming from Acer, ASUS, Dell and LG beginning in early 2023. AMD sadly did not share extra particulars.

This will doubtless be an costly monitor when the previous-gen Odyssey Neo G9 presently sells for $2,200 with ‘simply’ a 5,120 x 1,440 decision and a 240Hz refresh fee. However, the larger price will be the PC connected to that 8K panel. On high of one of many new Radeons, you will want a CPU that will not create a bottleneck for the graphics {hardware}.

There’s additionally the query of content material. Even many current video games can wrestle at 8K, and older titles will not profit a lot. Do you really want to play CS:GO at that decision? AMD has promised that some video games will run properly on its playing cards with the assistance of upscaling, reminiscent of Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, Death Stranding, Modern Warfare 2 and Uncharted, but it surely’s not clear how properly native 8K will carry out simply but. Samsung’s monitor could also be extra of an funding sooner or later than on the spot gratification.