Alienware Shows Crysis at 2880 x 900

[obiwong]

Alienware Shows Crysis at 2880 x 900

Rob Wright

January 7, 2008 11:29

Boutique computer maker Alienware is best know for its high-powered, sleek-looking PCs but the Dell subsidiary turned heads at CES Sunday night with a new monitor.

Alienware's curved display (the product has no model name as of yet) was introduced at the Digital Experience press event Sunday night at CES 2008. The display is 42.4 inches wide and 12.6 inches high, and the curvature of the monitor gives gamers a 90-degree view of the on-screen action. The monitor resolution is a whopping 2880 x 900, and Alienware officials said the display features a response time of 0.02 millisecond.

Alienware showed off the new curved display by cranking Crysis on the monitor at full resolution. The PC game looked outstanding at 2880 x 900, especially with some of the gorgeous, widescreen shots of the game's lush island environments. However, we did notice the game's performance suffered from a few lags here and there.

The Alienware curved display is expected to launch sometime in the second half of 2008. The suggested retail price has not yet been determined.

source: http://www.tomsgames.com/us/2008/01/07/alienware_display/

wonder if they were running it on DX10 Very High settings.... :laugh:

[Jason S. Global Moderator]

wow what a neat gimmick.

ha, no DX10 or any Very High settings im sure.

[Sethos]

Can't really tell but, is that a proper curve or do you still have those "Lines" separating each monitor.

[Xero]

^ Its only 1 screen.

[Digitalx]

it's curved and has streaking/light bleed type effect/bevel look according to engadget where there would be a split in the monitor

[Sheppard]

Doesnt look like 1 screen, looks like 4 panels in portrait mode but without bezels.

[Roger H. Veteran]

Can't really tell but, is that a proper curve or do you still have those "Lines" separating each monitor.

umm it's not a dual monitor, it's just 1 monitor made in a curve as you can see.

[neufuse Veteran]

After seeing this thing in person, the only thing I don't get is why does it have a back going back 8 inches... its a lot deeper then any normal LCD out there

[Sheppard]

To house all the electronics that link the displays together that makes it into 1 display???

[neufuse Veteran]

To house all the electronics that link the displays together that makes it into 1 display???

Even two displays don't have THAT much interms of printed circuit boards in them...

[neufuse Veteran]

I wonder if there are two panels in there and some type of projection technology to project them onto a front screen seemlessly... the back on this thing is just too large when you see it in person

[mentalindustries]

another angle

[Master Shake]

hmm... looks kind of funky

[ObiWanToby]

I wanna know the specs of that machine, and if that machine plays crysis smooth. It plays alright on my machine, but not as smooth as COD 4 ...etc. Plus the gun feel is all wrong, I like the way Call of duty (2 and 4) feels and F.E.A.R., something about those games gives you a sense of real gun feel.

[Joswin]

"The PC game looked outstanding at 2880 x 900, especially with some of the gorgeous, widescreen shots of the game's lush island environments. However, we did notice the game's performance suffered from a few lags here and there."

XD But i still want one lol.

[Rappy Veteran]

Wow thats just mad!

*wants*

[whYeNQue]

you can see vid here: http://gizmodo.com/341413/alienware-curved...-another-planet

you can see the seams, but alienware say they will be gone when this thing ships (in it's presumably huge ass box with enough of that white protective stuff to make your own insane asylum padded room)

oh and the performance of the game isnt all that good, but lets not let it detract from the beastly monitor.

[PiracyX]

Seemed very slow and jerky in that video. I think the 0.02ms spec is will be a little way off aswell. But it all, nice Monitor.

[Daninku]

Poor GPU thehe

[LightIdea]

There is no pleasing some people is there.

[theyarecomingforyou]

They're not actually planning to release that monitor, are they? How many people could house a monitor that big, let alone afford the surely insane price it will cost. Not only that but a computer capable of running any games at that res would cost several thousand pounds at a minimum and games would have to be specially configured to use it. Seems like a pretty silly idea to me. However, I'm sure they could market it as an arcade display or at specialised venues.

[Caleo Global Moderator]

After seeing this thing in person, the only thing I don't get is why does it have a back going back 8 inches... its a lot deeper then any normal LCD out there

Because it's NOT an LCD.. it's a rear-projection screen.

Aside from that - you can bet it's going to be ridiculously expensive, I'm guessing anywhere from 2.5-4.5k USD

[exotoxic]

thats one ugly looking monitor

[Commodore Max]

Whoa ... That's now officially on my wishlist :).

[Phalesafe]

For the price I'm sure you could get like at least 4 30" LCD's Triple/Quad Fire/SLI anyone?