IF THERE’S A COST of living crisis going on, Samsung and Nvidia haven’t gotten the memo. This 4K Odyssey Ark costs $3,500, and the RTX 4080 or 4090 realistically needed to drive it are over $1,200. But if you want to experience the best of PC gaming, they’re perfect bedfellows. The Ark is packed with features, it transforms from landscape to portrait, displays three different sources at once, and boasts TV-like smart apps. But none of those features is a reason to buy it—the reason is that it’s just a great gaming monitor.
The Odyssey Ark is a colossal 55inch display, with a 4K panel and 1000R curvature—a pretty deep bend on a monitor this size. It takes at least two people to unbox it, screw it into the stand and lift it onto a desk, but it’s pretty easy to put together overall. It glides between landscape and portrait (or ‘Cockpit’) modes with little effort, although we’d have liked it to be automated at this price.
Like Samsung’s premium TV offerings, connectivity is managed through a separate One Connect box, with power, networking, and AV all running through one cable to the TV. As someone who has reviewed a fair share of TVs and monitors over the years, I love this feature. It helps that the One Connect box has four HDMI 2.1 inputs to support loads of devices, although DisplayPort is an odd omission for a PC monitor.
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NZXT C1500 Platinum
Top-tier performance and efficiency
Nvidia DLSS vs AMD FSR
Which AI upscaling technique has the edge?
World of Goo 2
Goo-d enough for two
BenQ X300G 4K Short Throw Projector
Priced high, yet punchy
Hyte Thicc Q60
Almost more mobile phone than CPU cooler
Remove stalkerware from your PC
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BUILD AN IT SUPPORT HUB
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AMD's turn to drop the ball?
WITH INTEL'S RAPTOR LAKE CPUs falling over, the company firing around 15,000 employees, and cancelling its 2024 innovation event, AMD must have been enjoying the view - until its new Ryzen 9000 desktop CPUs rolled out. So, is AMD's CPU a minor stumble or game-changing fumble?
Intel issues fix for Raptor Lake degradation
EARLIER THIS YEAR, I wrote about difficulties I was having with a Core 19-13900K processor (see MPC230 Tech Talk). Little did we realize that we were only seeing the tip of the iceberg. While most complaints have involved the unlocked Core i9 Raptor Lake CPUs, it appears the instability problems build up and potentially impact many Raptor Lake-13th and 14th Gen Core CPUs, with Intel identifying 22 different desktop parts.
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
The new Zen 5 CPUs are here—time to benchmark!
