GoKawiilThe Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is well underway in Las Vegas, Nevada, and you can see our previous coverage of Day 0 and Day 1. We're now on to Day 2, with plenty of news still pouring out of the show.
Monitors are a big draw at CES
Whether you're looking for a monitor for gaming or productivity, n several interesting entries have been s announced this week at CES. On the gaming front, one of the most impressive monitors we've seen is the MSI MPG 341CQR QD-OLED X36. It's a 34-inch 1440p widescreen monitor with a 5th-generation OLED panel and an RGB stripe subpixel layout.
The switch from a triangular arrangement to a stripe allows for clearer text with less visible fringing around the edges. This text improvement doesn't come at the expense of light output, color accuracy, or black levels. The MPG 341CQR QD-OLED X36 also boasts a 360 Hz refresh rate and includes a plethora of video connectors, as well as a two-port USB-A hub.
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On the productivity side, the UltraSharp 52 Thunderbolt Hub Monitor measures 52 inches across, with a 6K resolution (6,144 x 2,560) and a maximum 120 Hz refresh rate. The monitor can support up to four PCs simultaneously and includes a Thunderbolt 4 port, four USB-A ports, three USB-C ports, two HDMI 2.1 ports, and two DisplayPort 1.4 ports.
Dell has priced the UltraSharp 52 Thunderbolt Hub Monitor at $2,899. For comparison, Apple's 32-inch 6K (6,016 x 3,384) monitor costs $4,999 without a stand.
Intel's Arc B390 looks impressive in early benchmarks, but AMD isn't worried at all
Intel's Core Ultra Series 3 (Panther Lake) processors promise huge performance gains while keeping power efficiency in check. But Intel hasn't just focused on the CPU; its latest Xe3 graphics also deliver healthy performance gains over Xe2.
We had a chance to sample an early system with a Core Ultra X9 388H processor, which includes the 12-core Arc B390 IGP. We saw nearly 100 fps in F1 (High, XeSS Balanced), over 80 fps in Cyberpunk 2077 (High, XeSS Balanced), and roughly 57.4 fps in Spider-Man 2 (High, XeSS Quality).
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