Samsung's 2026 Gaming Monitors Promise 6K, 3D, and Up To 1,040Hz (theverge.com)
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- News link: https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/25/12/23/1944212/samsungs-2026-gaming-monitors-promise-6k-3d-and-up-to-1040hz
- Source link: https://www.theverge.com/news/849850/samsung-odyssey-gaming-monitors-6k-3d-ces-2026
> Samsung is breaking new ground with its 2026 lineup of gaming monitors, with the Odyssey 3D G90XH becoming the first to feature a 6K display with "glasses-free 3D." The new monitor comes with a 32-inch IPS panel, offering real-time eye-tracking that "adjusts depth and perspective" based on your position, along with a speedy 165Hz refresh rate that you can boost to 330Hz with a Dual Mode feature that switches to 3K.
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> [...] A 6K 3D display isn't the only notable upgrade coming to Samsung's lineup; the company is launching the Odyssey G6 G60H, which it says is the "world's first" 1,040Hz gaming monitor. The 27-inch monitor only supports this ultra-fast refresh rate in HD, while its native 1440p resolution still offers speeds up to a very fast 600Hz. It's also compatible with AMD FreeSync Premium and NVIDIA G-Sync.
[1] https://www.theverge.com/news/849850/samsung-odyssey-gaming-monitors-6k-3d-ces-2026
Before someone points out... (Score:1)
Before someone points out the utter pointlessness of a thousand frames per second, remember that their are latency-sensitive use cases other than playing CS2... like controlling drones.
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Probably don't control the drones with your monitor refresh rate, though.
Ok... Why? (Score:4, Interesting)
According to another article on slashdot today, even thr most powerful GPUs struggle with 5k resolution and at much lower refresh rate (180Hz). There's only so much data you can create and render in a given unit of time, and going above what's possible sounds like nothing more than a cheap marketing trick - "Hey, look! Our numbers are bigger than yours. Must be better!"
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This was my first thought.
What's going to drive these "super monitors"? They'll need to split the screen and drive each section with separate GPUs.
GPUs that are already scarce and expensive as fuck.
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They'll also need a GPU specifically for ramming ads down our throats. And it'll need another GPU for some sort of AI nonsense.
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IBM did something similar all the way back in 2001 with their 4k resolution T221 display. [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... [wikipedia.org] It was treated as 4x 1080p panels.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_T220/T221_LCD_monitors
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Was thinking same thing after a quick read of the other article.
I was going to facetiously claim to wait for 10K monitors. But 6K is already here. I'll still wait... until never, actually.
You literally could not be able to tell the difference as others have pointed out.
a 6K monitor is as pointless as me posting this comment.
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You don't understand, Mr Devslash, 4K may be more than enough (it's "retina display" for viewing distances that allow you to see the whole screen), but if we don't go to 5K and 6K, how is Nvidia going to unload their RTX 60-series that are coming next year? Let alone the RTX 70-series coming the year after? Won't someone think of the economy? Stop "device hoarding"! [1]https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/2... [cnbc.com]
[1] https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/how-device-hoarding-by-americans-is-costing-economy.html
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I hope that enough suckers buy this crap so that the prices on useful (4K@60Hz etc.) monitors go lower.
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It would seem that no actual performance upgrade will ever be useless, as software engineers continue to push the envelope on writing shitty, bloated, non-performant code out of sheer laziness and apathy.
See: Windows
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Gaming GPUs are a special kind of category though, any performance upgrade matters only if there is bloated-enough graphics code to make it necessary. Gamers are increasingly pushing back against bloated graphics code yielding imperceptible visual improvements, so expect hardware vendors to push 5K and 6K as the next big thing.
Re: Ok... Why? (Score:2)
There's a difference between writing for 640x480 when it's the best you can realistically get on consumer machines, and buying 5k when all you'll realistically ever need is much, much less.
No HDMI 3D? Why? (Score:2)
Whose idea was to launch a stereoscopic 3D monitor without HDMI 3D support? With Nvidia 3D Vision officially discontinued (which means no more Nvidia 3D Vision-compatible monitors), the only remaining standard for stereoscopic 3D displays is HDMI 3D. Since this monitor doesn't have it, it's restricted to whatever handful of games Samsung supports with their own proprietary (aka soon-to-be-discontinued) software. That'll be $2000, thank you.
Note: I am fully aware that HDMI 3D is officially restricted to 7
A 6K gaming monitor? Paired with Geforce 7090! (Score:2)
I'd like to see the video card Samsung suggests we match the monitor with.
1,040 Hz? (Score:2)
Does a 1,040 Hz refresh rate make any difference to the human eye and brain when compared with a, say, 500 Hz refresh rate?
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Returns are diminishing as frame rates get higher but it will still be noticeably smoother when objects are traveling very fast across the screen. Just drag your mouse around your screen quickly with a white background and you can see how many missing frames there are, and how much additional frames you would need to make the mouse actually smoothly connect while dragging it quickly. Even with a current 300 hz monitor you will see the gaps between your mouse for the missing frame with a quick swipe of the m
Forget the Gaming Part. 6K video editingis IT! (Score:2)
You ALWAYS record video at a resolution slightly higher than your target, that way you can do Zoom in post, Image stabilization in post, slight panning in post, sharpening in post, or a combination of all 4. So, if your target resolution is 4K, a 6K recording is where is at.
A 6K monitor allows you to either see the video reduced to 4K with room for your toolbars, or the full fat 6K RAW footage, with the toolbars in a secondary monitor.
Other uses include bigger spreadsheets, bigger photoediting canvas.
Then,
Samsung Ultrawide Lineup Stagnates Again (Score:2)
If that is the complete list of monitors for CES 2026, that means it will be three straight years without updates to the ultrawide lineup. When the hell can I get a QD-OLED version of the 57" dual-4K ultrawide? FFS, I'll sign my bank account over to Samsung if you just make the damned thing.
All marketing (Score:2)
Selling specs over function
Why not 8k? (Score:2)
8K is the standard. Why deviate? I'd love a 48" 8k monitor for desktop use. My 48" 4k has visible pixels from where I sit and, and I'd love cleaner text.
And...? (Score:2)
Presumably being a Samsung it also comes with ads.