Thursday, July 9th 2015
BenQ Announces XR3501 Curved Cinematic-Widescreen Monitor for Gaming
BenQ announced the XR3501, a 35-inch curved, cinematic-widescreen monitor, which it recommends for motorsport gaming. The monitor packs a curved 21:9 aspect-ratio panel, with 2560 x 1080 pixels resolution, 144 Hz refresh-rate, 4 ms response time (GTG), 300 cd/m² maximum brightness, and 2000:1 static contrast ratio. It offers 178°/178° viewing angles. Its racy looking chrome stand suspends the monitor over a hinge, letting you tilt it vertically by 15°. Inputs include DisplayPort 1.2, mini-DisplayPort, two HDMI 1.4, and an analog audio input. Other features include 3 game mode display setting presets. The XR3501 will be generally available some time in August, 2015.
22 Comments on BenQ Announces XR3501 Curved Cinematic-Widescreen Monitor for Gaming
..meh.
Waiting for ASUS to release a 34" 3440x1440 144hz 21:9 G-Sync
But I'm glad that other manufacturers start with Curved Screen.
This is now nice improvements compared with flat screen.
ASUS will mostly offer 3440x1440p resolution... That's little harder for hardware than 2560x1440p but not as 4K.
Or people could play on 2560x1080p.
Can't wait for 144 FPS + VSR/DSR. And I can read the text :-)
Its hard to choose a monitor in this day and age ain't it?
Display Port 1.2 = HBR2 = 17.28Gb/s, Display Port 1.3 = HBR3 25.92Gb/s
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DisplayPort
Forward link channel with 1 to 4 lanes; effective data rate 1.296 (reduced bit rate), 2.16 (high bit rate), 4.32 (HBR2), or 6.48 Gbit/s (HBR3) per lane (total 5.184, 8.64, 17.28, or 25.92 Gbit/s for a 4-lane link)
Maths:
3440 x 1440 = 4,953,600 pixels / frame
4,953,600 x 144 (FPS/Hz) = 713,318,400 pixels per sec
---using 8/10bit encoding per channel x 3 channels, ie 30 bits sent per 24
713,318,400 x 10 (bits) x 3 (channels) = 21399552000 = 21.40Gb/s
at 10bit color would be well over 25.6Gb/s, nearly capping DisplayPort 1.3 !!!
NVIDIA won't support DP1.3 until a new resolution that needs that bandwidth, takes mainstream, because DP1.3 would automatically enable AMD FreeSync (since 1.2a would become a subset).
Seems to be an AMVA panel with a 2000R curve (the most curved monitor available). This would be sooo good for racing setups imo, despite the relatively low resolution.
This way you could double or triple the bandwidth of DP (for example my GTX 980 has 3x DP ports)...
BenQ Announces XR3501 Curved Cinematic-Widescreen Monitor for Gaming
pathetic ...
For Cinema and game ... OK , But do not try to read ... danger .. lol
I've got a bigger Full H.D. TV that has a lower resolution, and I can't see pixels from a meter away.