LG just dropped a bomb: a 1000Hz gaming monitor... at 1080p. Let's see how Reddit is reacting to this insane spec and what it means for the hardware world.
It's 2024, and most of us code monkeys are perfectly happy with our dual 4K 60Hz setups. If we're feeling a bit fancy, maybe we'll upgrade to 144Hz. But LG just dropped a massive bomb on the tech community: They are releasing a 1000Hz gaming monitor. Read that again. ONE. THOUSAND. HERTZ. The catch? The resolution is stuck at 1080p. Bruh.
According to The Verge, LG is gearing up to launch the UltraGear 25G590B. I don't know what kind of energy drinks the engineers over there are chugging, but they somehow pushed the refresh rate to 1000Hz. That means the screen draws a new frame every single millisecond. Whether the human eye can even process that is a whole different debate, but purely on paper, it sounds absolute bonkers. However, to achieve this ungodly speed, they had to cap it at Full HD (1080p). In an era where 4K is becoming the standard, 1080p feels a bit... prehistoric.
I took a stroll through r/gadgets to see what the hardware nerds were saying. The thread was packed, and the community was clearly divided:
Look, tech advancements are always cool. But the harsh reality here is that monitor technology is currently evolving way faster than GPUs and game engines. It's like building a 10-lane superhighway in a town where everyone rides bicycles.
There's a lesson here for us devs: Hardware isn't magic. You can have a 1000Hz screen, but if your backend leaks memory or your app takes 5 seconds to mount, it's still going to look like trash. Instead of dreaming about 1000FPS, grab a Free $300 to test VPS on Vultr and actually optimize your infrastructure. Make your 60fps web apps buttery smooth first before worrying about millisecond refresh rates.
Source: Reddit - LG will release the first 1000Hz, 1080p gaming monitor this year
