So I bought a BenQ TK850, its a 4k projector. Question, do I need a 4k laptop to be able to display a 4k image of TGC-19 using a Foresight GC2?
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No, you do not but you need quite a bit of horsepower to push that many pixels to the projector. When manufacturers advertise for 4K screens on laptops it does not mean it has the hardware for gaming at 4K. It only means the screen is 4k. If you are going to the laptop route for hardware make sure you get something with a dedicated graphics card probably GTX1080 or above. Make sure you do not skimp out on the CPU as well. A really fast engine without a good transmission will get you nowhere. When you connect a projector to the laptop with a graphics card (Nvidia/ATI Radeon) you will need to create a custom resolution or it may default to what the laptop screen resolution is. This would be minimum specs for decent framerates so it does not stutter. It only gets more expensive from here.
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You'll need a laptop or PC with a minimum gpu of a GTX 1080 to push 4K pixels in TGC or E6 Connect. When you think 4K, think about $4K for projector and PC.
That said, I love my BenQ TK850. Throw is a bit long, so beware of shadows if you can't mount the projector high (mine sits 18' back and 10' high from 16x9' screen and I hit from 12' back, and just barely don't have shadows).- Ron at GungHoGolf.com - visit my site for instructional articles and reviews
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Thank you to both of you! I have an i7 laptop with a 512mb ssd and 16 gb of ram, no idea on the graphics card, will check tonight. My ceiling is 11' tall and the screen I am looking to build is 14.5x8. I'm hoping shadows won't be an issue. I got an awesome deal on this light cannon and won't spend anywhere near Ron' $4k, hopefully!
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Found one with these specs: Intel Core i7 - 16GB Memory - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660Ti Max-Q - 512GB SSD
Do you think it will work pushing tgc in a 4k signal?
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https://deals.dell.com/en-us/product...Fc1LAQodpbIPLw
How about this one?:
Processor
10th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-10750H (12MB Cache, up to 5.0 GHz, 6 cores)
Operating System
Windows 10 Home, 64-bit, English
Graphics Cardi
NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 2070 8GB GDDR6 with Max-Q Design
Display
15.6 inch FHD(1920x1080) 300nits WVA Anti-Glare LED Backlit Display(non-touch), 144Hz refresh rate
Hard Drive
512GB M.2 PCIe NVMe Solid State Drive
Memoryi
16GB DDR4-2933MHz, 2x8G
Primary Battery
4-Cell Battery, 68 Whr (Integrated)
Wireless
Killer™ Wi-Fi 6 AX1650 (2x2) 802.11ax Wireless and Bluetooth 5.1
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Look at this review for this card and scroll down to the benchmark section. You can see the fps for 4k for all the games is less than desirable:
https://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA....386281.0.html
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Thanks to everyone for their help. I bit the bullet on this:
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/alienwa...?skuId=6427083
Alienware - Aurora R11 Desktop - Intel Core i7 10700F - 16GB Memory - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER - 1TB HDD + 512GB SSD - Lunar Light
Got an open box for $1100 plus tax, pretty good deal methinks
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