Apple 32" 6k monitor

InaDaise said:
It got my attention because I'd like to see how much better games look in 6k. I play games in 4k for exploration, meaning I play for the graphics or how a game looks. So my characters are all in touring mode when possible. So I searched for games that support 6k resolutions and got basically info about games supporting 8k. Which should be good enough considering ones that support 8k should support 6k I guess.

To help explain what I'm after I'd like to see Metro Exodus, BF5, Crysis 3, Witcher 3 and other like those in 6k. To see if the textures are any more detailed as well as the rest of the visuals. I have a Titan RTX on a i7 7700 so it may be enough for 6k but not sure for a single card solution. Currently with a 32" IPS 4k monitor and another rig on a 40" 4k TV.

Not saying I'm seriously considering buying this monitor. But it can give me something to think about, something to occupy my mind in my retirement where I play games in 4k and read & post a little on the net. And anyway 8k gaming is coming so all my rigs will have to be replaced for it and so the hardware cycles go on and on.
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No way to connect the XRD display to a RTX Titan.
 
bigbluefe said:
Apple's just another company. I don't like them any more or less than Samsung or Intel or AMD.

Nice appeal to authority there, though. Cute.
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No, it's called appeal to relevant experience and knowledge. Of which you have none.
 
thelead said:
You can (presumably) if you have a motherboard (or thunderbolt card) that has DisplayPort in to TB3 out like this one:
https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16813145110

I was going to buy the apple display to test it until I saw the price. I can’t justify buying a $6K computer display.
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Interesting niche motherboard solution. If you buy the Apple display for PC use, now you are locked into relying on niche motherboards or add-in cards for as long as you own the display. Interesting they did that on a Z390 board and not an X299.
 
Vega said:
Interesting niche motherboard solution. If you buy the Apple display for PC use, now you are locked into relying on niche motherboards or add-in cards for as long as you own the display. Interesting they did that on a Z390 board and not an X299.
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Agreed but it is a great motherboard from my experience. I can’t believe other high-end motherboards haven’t included this.
 
Sitti_S said:
Oh ok, I thought you were talking nano-texture glass version. This apple pricing is really a mess. I wonder what their profit margin on these monitors is.
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It's almost certainly high, but probably in line with Apple's usual margins and not unexpected for pro gear. When you know you'll never sell it in large quantities, you have to make up for that in premiums.

On this note: I wish Apple would repeat what it did with the Power Mac G5 way back when and release a Mac Pro that's aimed more at enthusiast consumers than pros. Say, a Core i9, 16GB of base RAM and a Radeon VII. I don't think it'd happen simply because it would require a whole new mainboard and redesigning some of the enclosure (since it wouldn't have eight PCIe slots or 12 DIMM slots), but one can dream.
 
Aurelius said:
On this note: I wish Apple would repeat what it did with the Power Mac G5 way back when and release a Mac Pro that's aimed more at enthusiast consumers than pros. Say, a Core i9, 16GB of base RAM and a Radeon VII. I don't think it'd happen simply because it would require a whole new mainboard and redesigning some of the enclosure (since it wouldn't have eight PCIe slots or 12 DIMM slots), but one can dream.
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The base Xeon W-3223 processor isn't really that expensive though, listing at $749. It shouldn't be the reason for the high price, even figuring in a high-end motherboard at $1000, they could have made a base version that was much cheaper. The issue with that is, how many people are going to add all of the other options the current base version has and still buy that version with the base processor for $5999.
 
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