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Gaming on Dell’s 8K $5,000 monitor
Dell UltraSharp UP3218K is way ahead of the curve.
MARK WALTON (UK) - 5/25/2017, 2:51 PM
The Dell 8K UP3218K monitor has enough desktop space for four full-size Chrome windows... with a little left over. Mark Walton
A shot showing the Dell UP3218K's industrial design.
An image that attempts to show the difference between native 2K, 4K, and 8K displays.
Phwoar, look at the UP3218K in full rotation.
Desktop elements are tiny at 1:1 resolution.
SPECS: DELL ULTRASHARP UP3218K
SIZE 32 inches
RESOLUTION 8K 7680×4320 at 60Hz
RESPONSE TIME 6ms (grey to grey)
BRIGHTNESS 400 cd/m²
CONTRAST 1300:1
COLOUR DEPTH True 10-bit
COLOUR SPACES 100 percent Adobe RGB colour gamut, sRGB, and Rec 709. 98 percent DCI-P3
DIMENSIONS 72cm x 21.5cm x 61.7cm with stand, 72cm x 5.3cm x 42cm without stand
INPUTS 2x DisplayPort 1.4
PORTS 4x USB 3.0, 3.5mm line out
WARRANTY 3 years
PRICE $5,000 (UK price TBC)
While Acer's 4K, HDR-ready, 144Hz Predator X27 gaming monitor is pretty hot, Dell has something even better: the 8K Dell UltraSharp UP3218K (buy here). This, if you're unfamiliar, is a display that sports a whopping 7680×4320 pixels spread over a 32-inch 10-bit IPS panel. It can display a 33-megapixel image, pixel-for-pixel, at a density of 280ppi and at 100 percent of the Adobe RGB colour space. It requires the bandwidth of two DisplayPort 1.4 ports to function, and, predictably, it costs just shy of $5,000 (UK release and price still TBC, but don't expect much change from £5,000).
But then, this is a display that is so far ahead of the curve that $5,000 seems almost reasonable. In addition to all those pixels running at 60Hz, the 10-bit IPS panel also covers 100 percent of the sRGB colour space, 100 percent of Rec 709, and 98 percent of DCI-P3. Whatever creative field you're in—photography, cinematography, graphic design, publishing, game development—Dell's 8K monitor has you covered. It's even factory calibrated to a Delta E of less than two.
From an industrial design standpoint, the display is something of a looker, too. The aluminium housing is beautifully made, as is the reassuringly solid stand, which sports height, tilt, and even pivot adjustments. Dell's now-ubiquitous "Infinity Edge" bezel pushes pixels perilously close to the edge of the monitor, and there's a shiny sheet of solid glass splayed over the top. Thankfully, the glass has a decent anti-reflective coating applied. There's a built-in power supply (hooray!), along with a USB 3.0 hub. All that's missing are some built-in speakers—but let's face it, those always sound terrible in displays anyway.
Aside from creative fields, Dell is also pitching its 8K display towards medicine, where the extra detail could prove invaluable when examining medical imagery.
That's all great and everything, but let's face it, I think we all know what an 8K monitor is best used for: video games.
If you really, really want to head up the PC master race, this is the display to get. Indeed, outside of still photography, video games are really the only place you can find native 8K content. YouTube does have some 8K demo videos, but even on an insanely powerful system, they don't play smoothly.
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Dell UltraSharp UP3218K is way ahead of the curve.
MARK WALTON (UK) - 5/25/2017, 2:51 PM
The Dell 8K UP3218K monitor has enough desktop space for four full-size Chrome windows... with a little left over. Mark Walton
A shot showing the Dell UP3218K's industrial design.
An image that attempts to show the difference between native 2K, 4K, and 8K displays.
Phwoar, look at the UP3218K in full rotation.
Desktop elements are tiny at 1:1 resolution.
SPECS: DELL ULTRASHARP UP3218K
SIZE 32 inches
RESOLUTION 8K 7680×4320 at 60Hz
RESPONSE TIME 6ms (grey to grey)
BRIGHTNESS 400 cd/m²
CONTRAST 1300:1
COLOUR DEPTH True 10-bit
COLOUR SPACES 100 percent Adobe RGB colour gamut, sRGB, and Rec 709. 98 percent DCI-P3
DIMENSIONS 72cm x 21.5cm x 61.7cm with stand, 72cm x 5.3cm x 42cm without stand
INPUTS 2x DisplayPort 1.4
PORTS 4x USB 3.0, 3.5mm line out
WARRANTY 3 years
PRICE $5,000 (UK price TBC)
While Acer's 4K, HDR-ready, 144Hz Predator X27 gaming monitor is pretty hot, Dell has something even better: the 8K Dell UltraSharp UP3218K (buy here). This, if you're unfamiliar, is a display that sports a whopping 7680×4320 pixels spread over a 32-inch 10-bit IPS panel. It can display a 33-megapixel image, pixel-for-pixel, at a density of 280ppi and at 100 percent of the Adobe RGB colour space. It requires the bandwidth of two DisplayPort 1.4 ports to function, and, predictably, it costs just shy of $5,000 (UK release and price still TBC, but don't expect much change from £5,000).
But then, this is a display that is so far ahead of the curve that $5,000 seems almost reasonable. In addition to all those pixels running at 60Hz, the 10-bit IPS panel also covers 100 percent of the sRGB colour space, 100 percent of Rec 709, and 98 percent of DCI-P3. Whatever creative field you're in—photography, cinematography, graphic design, publishing, game development—Dell's 8K monitor has you covered. It's even factory calibrated to a Delta E of less than two.
From an industrial design standpoint, the display is something of a looker, too. The aluminium housing is beautifully made, as is the reassuringly solid stand, which sports height, tilt, and even pivot adjustments. Dell's now-ubiquitous "Infinity Edge" bezel pushes pixels perilously close to the edge of the monitor, and there's a shiny sheet of solid glass splayed over the top. Thankfully, the glass has a decent anti-reflective coating applied. There's a built-in power supply (hooray!), along with a USB 3.0 hub. All that's missing are some built-in speakers—but let's face it, those always sound terrible in displays anyway.
Aside from creative fields, Dell is also pitching its 8K display towards medicine, where the extra detail could prove invaluable when examining medical imagery.
That's all great and everything, but let's face it, I think we all know what an 8K monitor is best used for: video games.
If you really, really want to head up the PC master race, this is the display to get. Indeed, outside of still photography, video games are really the only place you can find native 8K content. YouTube does have some 8K demo videos, but even on an insanely powerful system, they don't play smoothly.
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