Tuesday, February 17th 2015
Acer Announces XG270HU Monitor with AMD Freesync
The Acer XG270HU gaming monitor with AMD FreeSync technology and support for AMD Radeon R-Series GPU eliminates screen tearing and stuttering to offer users an ultra-smooth gaming experience. This 27-inch monitor also comes with WQHD (2560 x 1440) resolution, a fast 144Hz refresh rate, and an edge-to-edge frameless design for enhanced gaming performance and seamless viewing.
With FreeSync technology, the XG270HU monitor's frames are synced with the graphics card's frames to eliminate screen tearing and stuttering. This technology minimizes lag and latency, thereby offering ultra-smooth action sequences that are essential for enjoying the latest games. The XG270HU's edge-to-edge frameless display maximizes the viewing area and affords a seamless viewing experience for multi-monitor setups. Its fast 1ms response time assures that actions or dramatic transitions will be rendered smoothly without smearing or ghosting effects.
The XG270HU is adorned with Acer's characteristic gaming visual identity with a bold orange strip along the bottom horizontal frame and outlines the base stand. For easy connectivity, the monitor includes HDMI 2.0, dual-link DVI, DisplayPort 1.2, and 2 x 2W speakers.
To reduce eye strain and potential eye damage from prolonged viewing, the XG270HU is built with Acer EyeProtect technologies. This includes flicker-less technology that eliminates screen flicker through a stable supply of power; ComfyView which reduces reflection from ambient light sources on the non-glare panel, low-dimming technology that adjusts screen brightness when working in non-optimal lighting conditions, and a blue light filter to reduce blue light exposure.
With FreeSync technology, the XG270HU monitor's frames are synced with the graphics card's frames to eliminate screen tearing and stuttering. This technology minimizes lag and latency, thereby offering ultra-smooth action sequences that are essential for enjoying the latest games. The XG270HU's edge-to-edge frameless display maximizes the viewing area and affords a seamless viewing experience for multi-monitor setups. Its fast 1ms response time assures that actions or dramatic transitions will be rendered smoothly without smearing or ghosting effects.
To reduce eye strain and potential eye damage from prolonged viewing, the XG270HU is built with Acer EyeProtect technologies. This includes flicker-less technology that eliminates screen flicker through a stable supply of power; ComfyView which reduces reflection from ambient light sources on the non-glare panel, low-dimming technology that adjusts screen brightness when working in non-optimal lighting conditions, and a blue light filter to reduce blue light exposure.
74 Comments on Acer Announces XG270HU Monitor with AMD Freesync
Second, are you really trying to reference that by just showing the high refresh monitors, the Acer with Freesync is a 1440p 144hz monitor while the two cheaper listed ones are 1080p 144hz monitors and the 1440 144hz monitors listed are all more expensive. So what you have basically shown is that the Freesync monitor is cheaper...Because AMD said they were giving monitors out for free right?Yes I have used G-Sync as well and never seen any flickering, not sure where that has been coming from since one of my friends at the LAN event bring his Swift to every meeting and never said there was anything wrong other than I think one bug that was patched awhile ago regarding SLI.
I guess I want to see more Freesync monitors on the market. I really am not sure I will buy in personally mostly because since both sides are making the monitors variable refresh only work with their GPU's whatever you buy unless you want to sell and buy again is going to lock you to a brand unless you want to lose the usage of the tech. I think it would be cool to have a monitor that supports both though I am not sure where the likelihood of that will come into play.
comment section has links to more flickering issues and examples.
Asus MG279Q 27" 120Hz IPS Panel Gets VRR
I am no expert in monitor pricing but at PCPer they do find the price more than good
CES 2015: ASUS MG279Q 27-in 2560x1440 IPS 120 Hz Variable Refresh Monitor | PC PerspectiveWith AMD not having a "whitelist" and supporting even monitors that don't have the Freesync sticker on them, the prices should be almost identical between Freesync and VRR monitors, if not identical.
So why in the world they say is FREE ?!?
Freesync is what it is, AMD is not adding proprietary hardware to the monitor itself with their logo on it to up the cost which is the main difference hence "FreeSync". AMD is not specifically adding cost to the monitor with a piece of equipment they are providing...
they call it freesync because it uses vesa standard and a monitor only has to be adaptive sync capable and not be branded as freesync with more stuff in the monitor to make it work.
they where obviously hinting a lot to manufacturers how they want it all to go down but just like anything open source they don't have full control.
we just have to wait and see how manufacturers implement the standard.. it could very well hurt nv if monitors started getting branded as something like adaptive sync supported by amd's freesync.
what would really make nv sweat is if manufacturers started supplying updates on websites for monitors that can use adaptive sync.. what if amd out and says the next consoles will support it. very soon the gamer mentality will be having to have zero screen tearing with zero input lag and why even settle for less when its very possible.
gsync does have a problem with a extra frame of latency that matters with lower frame rates so the future of gsync looks a little grim to me when it cost more to manufacture and dues have to paid to nv.
support.amd.com/en-us/search/faq/216
there is also brand loyalty in the matter.. I have seen many people say they want a nvidia gpu even if amd will save them money or let them get a stronger gpu.
what I never liked about nvidia gpu's is the 770's having 2gb of vram.. kinda weak if you want to sli and that extra gig of vram in a 280x-79xx has always been better for running mods and crossfire so I could never understand the brand loyalty if your budget falls into that bracket.
Having said that, I wouldn't get hung up too much on the GTX 770 or the 280X - they are firmly in the budget conscious realm of a previous generation of architecture. If you were considering a 1920x1080 maybe, but it isn't a good match (performance or price) for an expensive 2560x1440 panel. As for vendor specificity, anyone running current Nvidia hardware only has G-Sync as an option, but I wouldn't bet against the next round of releases (from both AMD and Nvidia) having DP 1.3 support now that the spec is finalized. It would seem rather short-sighted not to include it.