Am I the only one who thinks gaming hardwares are also nice developer machines with extra strips of LED?

@AtuM Oh... my bad, I'm fairly new here and didn't realize I could change the default `rant` tag. Thanks for pointing it out!

@AtuM And yes, most of them come with an option to customize the LEDs / turn the LED off completely.

I consider this a rant, it annoys the crap out of me. My Corsair virtuoso headset for instance - great, comfy headset with stupid lights on the side to appease 5 year olds.

You can turn them off, but only in the proprietary software, and if the software ain't constantly running they turn on again. I'm tempted to just tape over the things.

@AtuM The problem is nothing exists at a sane price point. I love the headset otherwise - fantastic sound, brilliant mic quality, very comfy, great build quality, decent battery life. There's precious little fulfilling those criteria around the sub £200 mark. I just wish they at least had an option from the factory to disable the stupid LEDs.

Sometimes LEDs are nice, like in my keyboard. It’s pretty. But usually they’re just too bright and hurt my eyes, or they’re kinda annoying? I’m not really a fan of them.

But you’re right, “gamer” hardware is pretty much synonymous with “colorful angled plastic with LEDs” and is just marketing now.

The only bits I really approve of are the displays. I can’t stand anything less than 165hz 1440p anymore! I have two and I love them to death ❤️

@AlmondSauce It's funny how the 'gamer' hardware market has grown bigger than the 'non-RGB decent hardware market' and now at any price point the best benefit-cost ratios come with the gamer moniker.

@heartade Precisely.

@Root My keyboard is actually the one place I leave them switched on - very dim but just about visible. Acts as a nice backlight, and serves as a reminder to what keys I have mapped to what functions. Everywhere else can piss off!

Do agree about the monitors though - this is my gripe with gaming hardware in general. It's produced some *really* quality stuff like high resolution high refresh rate displays, comfy headsets, lovely keyboards, etc. - but it has to have all this tacky LED crap all over it. I feel like it's only a matter of time before it swings back the other way and everyone realises it just looks terrible and hurts everyone's eyes. Sooner the better.

I hate that RGB shit with a passion. No, I don't want fans or RAM with lights. No, I don't want glass side panels. No, I don't want the mobo to look like a Tokio shopping street at night.

@AtuM you can easily see the difference when moving mouse or dragging windows

@AtuM
What @electrineer said. 60hz is so slow and jarring I can’t deal with it anymore. It’s painful. Even 120hz feels kind of laggy now.

@Root @electrineer When I drag a window at 60Hz, the window content is a bit blurred while moving. With 120/144Hz, does it stay crisp?

@Fast-Nop the blurring also has to do with response times, i.e. how fast the pixels can change state

@Fast-Nop you would need much faster than 144hz for crispness.

But yes, it is clearer. Especially on displays with ULMB — ultra low motion blur. That makes an incredible difference. Makes everything kinda dark, though, due to how it works.

@Root For a while I couldn't get my hands on a vaguely modern graphics card for a remotely sensible price, and my 1440p ultrawide had to be run at.... wait..... 30Hz.

Did my nut in. Couldn't even scroll smoothly.