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▲ cyberpunk 9 hours ago

24” and 60hz…

▲ComputerGuru 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

It’s intentional product segmentation. Just like Intel not shipping ECC for client SKUs when DDR5 design makes it really necessary.

▲asdff 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Off topic but doesn't intel do something weird where some i3 chips can use ecc but not i5 or i7 until you get into server chips? I remember seeing that when plotting nas builds a couple years ago. Should have pounced on actually building it then....

▲ComputerGuru 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Yes, I liked using them for NAS builds. Great for ZFS machines.

Intel is weird with their stuff like that, I wrote about how they introduced and then dropped an SHA instruction that could be used to optimize hashing (useful for things like block checksum hashes on storage servers) before: https://neosmart.net/blog/will-amds-ryzen-finally-bring-sha-...

▲oynqr 20 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

Wait until you find out that some lower-tier Intel CPUs can use regular RAM in an ECC mode, albeit losing some capacity and throughput.

▲close04 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> Just like Intel not shipping ECC for client SKUs when DDR5 design makes it really necessary

The ECC in DDR5 is on-die ECC and that's not "real" ECC, it's what DDR5 needs to not fail. Side-band ECC is the standard method, employing extra memory chips and 72bit memory. OEMs mix these in the marketing materials to fool the users into thinking they buy the better option.

▲ComputerGuru 7 hours ago | parent [-]

Yes, here I'm referring to actual ECC, not the on-die ECC. All DDR5 chips have on-die ECC as a prerequisite just to reach error levels comparable to standard non-ECC DDR4, but from a hardware analysis perspective, even with the on-die ECC, DDR5 still needs ECC more than DDR4 (which already needed it).

▲newsclues 9 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Perfect for the target audience!

▲bel8 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

My wife used to mock me for being adamant about 120hz+ monitors, until the day I had her try my 200hz monitor for an entire day.

Her eyes were much less tired at the end of the day.

▲asdff 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Does she use f.lux on her usual rig? That saved my eyes like 15 years ago whenever I found it and that was on the low dpi screens to boot. Make sure you use the setting to match it to your lighting conditions.

▲Mashimo 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I read similar reports so many times, when I got my 165hz screen I got disappointed. I also disable it on my phone to get more battery life. Different folks, different strokes.

▲cosmic_cheese 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I switch between a variety of displays throughout my day, ranging from 60hz up through 240hz and yes there’s an obvious visual difference, but I adapt to it in a matter of seconds.

It’s nice for games but I don’t really care for productivity use. In fact in that situation I’d take integer-scaled HiDPI density over refresh rate in that scenario.

▲snowram 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I wish I could be like you, because going back to 60Hz feels like everything is stuttering for me.

▲copperx an hour ago | parent [-]

It's also correlated with age. Older = fewer "fps" neurologically.

▲dopa42365 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

How many watts are you saving with that, realistically? If that few minutes of extra battery is a game changer, you need a bigger battery, not a worse screen.

▲rightnutwingjob 7 hours ago | parent [-]

I can just go in to settings and turn the battery size up?

▲cbg0 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Never thought I'd meet someone who's eyes can't see "more than X Hz anyways".

▲aeyes 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

What phone is that? I thought they all had variable refresh rate nowadays.

▲alternatex 6 hours ago | parent [-]

If you mean LTPO, most in fact don't have it.

▲plorkyeran 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I have a 60hz monitor and a 144hz monitor and I simply can't tell the difference in normal usage. I can see a difference on something like http://testufo.com if I specifically look for it, and until I checked that I assumed the OS was just lying to me and the monitor was actually set to 60hz.

▲drnick1 4 hours ago | parent [-]

It's odd because I can tell right away if a game is set to 60Hz instead of 144Hz when first launched before I adjust the settings. The mouse cursor just feels laggy.