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I recently purchased the Dell 30Hz 28" 4k UHD panel. While AussieTimmeh was down for a visit, a few of the local members got together to put it through its paces. We wanted to see how each game handled 4k UHD resolutions, how they would perform with a single Radeon R9 290, and how 30Hz impacted the gameplay experience. In total we tested: Battlefield 4, DiRT Showdown, Natural Selection 2, Guild Wars 2, Torchlight II, Lego Batman 2, Pac-Mac Championship Edition DX+ and Tom Clancy's H.A.W.K.

Embedded below is the YouTube playlist of all the videos. There is a lot of analysis, and a lot of good commentary by all of the members. Some games worked perfectly, some faired okay, and others were simply unplayable. Come see how your favorite game performed, and whether 4k UHD was preferred over 1080p, Eyefinity or 21:9.

Here is Episode 4 of the WSGF Podcast, featuring Simon "TheDestroyer" and Chris "peanut".

This week they take a look at:

Here is Episode 2 of the WSGF Podcast, featuring Simon "TheDestroyer" and Chris "peanut".

This week they take a look at:

Here is Episode 2 of the WSGF Podcast, featuring Simon "TheDestroyer" and Chris "peanut".

This week they take a look at:

I'm VERY pleased to share with everyone, the brand new WSGF Podcast. This is something that I've wanted to do for a long time, but have never had the time to devote to it. Luckily two local Houston-area members of the WSGF, Simon "TheDestroyer" and Chris "peanut" have taking up idea, and will produce a regular podcast that covers WSGF news, gaming in general, and a look at their favorite rigs from reddit/r/battlestations.

This week they take a look at:

I'm proud to announce two new options for the WSGF Edition Stands, and for all of the Freedom line by Ergotech. The first is a through-desk mount, which allows for a superbly clean desk space (when wall mounting isn't an option). The second is a "short pole" version of the wall-mount kit. This provides a wall-mount option (with the appropriate pole length) for owners of the Freedom Triple or Triple XL stands.

Additionally, Ergotech has recently discontinued the ICE Cube power option. They do have a new model in the works, but it is a few months out. I've gone through some testing to find a suitable replacement, though none are really as elegant a solution as the ICE Cube. All three options here are outlined in the three YouTube videos below.

Tek Syndicate got the details from Dell. It is a TN panel (but apparently a good one), has DP and mini-DP inputs, and DP out. With it being 30Hz at 4k, I wonder if it can do 60Hz at 2k (2560x1440) or 1080p.

Each year we review the massive amounts of news coming out of CES, and distill it down to the topics of interest to gamers. We'll update this topic each day with new posts, and comment in the forum thread if you think we've missed something.

January 9th
Toshiba p50t with 4k screen
Gartner: PC Shipments down

January 8th
Gigabyte "Auros" - Dual GPU gaming laptop less than 1" thick
Origin Genesis and Millennium PC cases offer ultimate customization - including four motherboard positions
More on AMD's "Project Discovery" tablet
Lots of interest in the Dell $699 4k UHD monitor; but still no specs, Dell has a landing page for the P2815Q...

The folks over at Humble Bundle just revealed their latest weekly bundle. The new set contains: Samorost 2, Machinarium, Lume, Windosill, Shelter and Botanicula. We have entries in our database for Machinarium and Botanicula, but lack entries for the other four.

If you'd like to help us with entries for a couple of the titles in this weekly set, the WSGF would be happy to gift the bundle to you. If you're interested, reply here.

In what is becoming an annual tradition, the WSGF is returning a bit of our bounty to the hardworking volunteers that do so much heavy lifting to make the site run all year long. This year (as we did last year), I am giving $100 Steam cards to our Admins - AussieTimmeh, Brett, CrackerJackMack, Delphium and Skid.

This year we are also gifting $50 in Steam cash to each of our active Moderators - GeneralAdmission, Haldi, thelolotov, Scavvenjahh and ViciousXUSMC. This year we are also giving $50 Steam cash to our active developers - dopefish, HaYDeN, and helifax. And finally, I am giving a $50 Steam card to PC Gaming Wiki Moderator Garrett, who is very active here and contributes tons of content and ideas to the WSGF.

This has been a great year for the WSGF - particularly due to stand sales. We are very happy to give back to the dedicated volunteers who help keep this place running. In 2014 we will be doing more game give aways to the community as well.

Update - I realized after the fact that I hadn't purchased a card for Garrett. And, I realized that I needed to include Nox Deleo, who has taken over updating of the Master Monitor List. With those two cards, it brings our total give away to $1000.