Re:The midrange computer dies
by ewzimm on Thursday April 21, 2016 @03:14PM
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It's just a misleading title. It isn't about the death of the midrange computer in general, just about one person phasing out a form factor. All he says is that "for me" the midrange computer is dead. VR is definitely a huge potential for midrange computer growth in the next few years.
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Re:The midrange computer dies
by bryanlarsen on Thursday April 21, 2016 @03:24PM
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The upcoming nVidia Pascal and AMD Arctic Islands will likely meet minimum VR specs with under 50 watts of power, so VR laptops and NUC's will be very feasible quite soon.
Minimum specs. But what about when we want 8K-per-eye VR? It will always be possible to get better performance out of a bigger machine. Small form factor is great, but I wouldn't sacrifice quality for a smaller box when it's just going to sit in the corner anyway.