Even as the power of mobile devices is outpacing Moore’s Law, and graphics power seems to double every year, it’s a sad fact that phones simply aren’t marketed toward gamers. Walk into a phone store and ask a rep about a phone’s CPU. If you’re lucky, they might tell you how many cores it has, but getting a real idea about a phone’s performance is going to require some independent research. Even then, not everything is equal. Chips grouped under the same family are sometimes radically different on the inside, and even a savvy shopper might be surprised to find his phone comes up short. We’re here to cut through the nonsense and give you some straight talk about which phones are best when games matter most.
The LG UltraGear 45GR95QE UltraGear gaming monitor manages to deliver a colossal device with a vibrant OLED panel that delivers superior performance despite its low pixel density and price tag.
I disagree, but I still wouldn't get this monitor because the res is just too small for that size. That res is fine for a 34" Ultrawide, but should be higher for 45". Using a TV for a monitor comes with its own annoyances though. Mainly they take some trickery (usually special software) to get them to turn off/on when the PC commands them to unlike a normal monitor that does this automatically.
and play your PC on it? I'd rather play on a gaming monitor designed for PC gaming than hook up my PC to a regular TV.
for the price, you can get a 48" LG C2 (4K 120Hz) and a PS5 right now. the C2 is so far away from being a "regular TV". still one of the best TV around for gaming imo.
@badz149 - I have a 65" C9, I know how good of a TV it is (also have an older E6). The lag is still considerably higher than these gaming monitors. If you used them you'd know. I have a 32" LG 4K 165Hz monitor for my PC. I'd take that any day over my C9. I use my C9 for my PS5, that's what it's designed for. Most gaming monitors are designed with PCs in mind.
the C9 is quite old by now and of course for PC gaming, the 32" 165Hz would be a no brainer choice by default. no argument there. the 4K 165Hz would have a better response time and higher pixel density.
but I was comparing, comparing this 1440p UWQHD to the 4K C2 where the C2 (and the C1 still to some extent) are still one of the best gaming displays around.
LG announced that the GeForce NOW app is now available directly through select 2021 4K OLED, QNED Mini LED, and NanoCell TV models.
A new report by Android Police says Google is working on bringing Steam to Chromebooks.
There is nothing wrong with that. Gamers should be able to play on as many devices as possible, and even the smallest devices are getting good at playing complex games through streaming.
Steam is going to have to change otherwise it will become irrelevant in a few years. Vendors that don't allow me to play on many devices is going to be a major "must have" for me going forward.
Google Stadia, PSNow, and XB Console/xCloud Streaming will all allow that and I will favor platforms that give me the ability to reduce my costs and increase the amount of places where I can just pickup and play.
This isn't about streaming. Google wants a Steam client on Chromebook for playing games locally. That's fine, but they are going to have to come through with more capable laptops as they article suggests they will. The current offering is just pathetic unless you just want to browse the web and read email.
As a person who is "out and about" a lot I like to have streaming for when I am not at my home. I travel a lot in hotels, my country property, and in the city. Streaming to me is just an add-on to my gaming experience and allows me to play in more places without lugging my "portable" console setup.
I am also looking this next gen to save some money by not buying some consoles and reducing the ones I do buy.
the key here is cloud gaming for steam. The core being on pc but a scondary option to play in the cloud. Geforce now is not great because its so complicated because its third party and only some games make it on it. Rumor did come up that steam is working on a cloud thing
They use a custom OS, they aren't Windows laptops. Steam would need to support Chrome OS.
Chrome OS would have to support the games as well. AFAIK, Chrome OS doesn't use any standard gaming API that's used for most PC games like DX or Vulcan. If the chromebooks become powerful enough to support gaming, that'd be a good thing for them to implement into the system, because the high level API's they use for Google devices now is not good for higher end gaming. Some game engines can overcome this, but chrome books tend to use high level OS layers for applications.
They would have to revamp a lot of the core features of the Chromebook to make them by useful for gaming. Trading the current low end Pentium and Celeron cpus for Amd Zen 2 Apus would be a good start, but they would also have to finally ditch the low end DDR3 and 32/64 GB eMMC storage that most of Chromebook are still produced with.
Or they could just port Steam Link and call it a day.
That would kind of making the chrome book, pointless if the specs would have to get bumped to support steam.
Chrome books are suppose to be cheap laptops.
And they have stadia
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Most games on steam have very low system requirements. Most people ignore these games, but they are there.
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For anyone using iOS, I suggest you try the stock android experience offered with the nexus 4. I used to prefer iOS but android has more customization and very recently competitive build quality.