The GPUs are only one aspect of this issue. The display needs to be able to handle the higher resolutions as well.

You can be sure that someone in marketing is regularly looking into this and when it happens that all the stars align, it will happen. However, it's a little more complicated than you might think.

First more pixels means the display panel costs more money to produce, which means a more expensive final product, and a basic economic demand curve tells you that the higher the prices the fewer units of whatever you'll sell, and the fewer units you sell the lower gross profit you make.

Now, even if that weren't a consideration, there's still finding someone who can produce those panels in sufficient quantities. Apple has been having problems getting a sufficient number of its retina panels to feed even its relatively small market share.

Then more pixels means you have more data you need to push from the video card, and probably the more memory that video card needs to be able to store all that data. So you have to rework all the video cards to be able to handle these additional pixels. It also requires the video card work harder driving a larger number of pixels, which will eat into battery life. Now granted you don't really buy something like a G-series laptop if you're worried about battery longevity, but it might well mean that if say the G75 is already bumping up against reasonable limits of power thresholds, that the entire power system of the unit has to be overhauled.

Basically even a seemingly marginal change can cause a cascade effect where you end up having to make significant other changes. So, I've little doubt that there's someone who's routinely evaluating these things, and when enough things line up, you will see it. I have no idea when that will happen, but it will eventually happen.

john_from_ohio wrote:
Nothing wrong exactly with a 1920 x 1080 display ... but some of us like the option of having more pixels.

Sure seems like current graphics cards in the G75VX could drive a much higher resolution display.

Any ideas asus people on when something like this might come out?

PS ... for all the people posting about buying macbook retina displays are a waste of money. Well thats all relative for one thing and seriously compared to things like buying a new boat or new high end SUV ... almost not a factor right? Consumers will buy ... what consumers want to purchase.

I would like to see something stunning available in a 15 inch asus ROG laptop ... gimme 2880 x 1600 or 2560 x 1440 options please!

Heh...Based on my current screen....they can't even get one that doesn't messup with weird lines and have a few dead pixels in ~every screen in ~every G75! If they add more pixels....to me that means they'll have more dead ones....