Thursday, August 10th 2017
Acer, ASUS Delaying Their 4K, 144 Hz G-Sync HDR Displays to 2018
It's confirmed: no 144 Hz 4K gaming with HDR in 2017 for NVIDIA gamers who want to make use of G-Sync t avoid screen tearing in their games. Acer last week announced that its 4K HDR Predator X27 gaming display would be delayed to Q1 2018 (meaning, no such thing below your Christmas tree or on your fireplace sock, sadly.) But it isn't Acer's fault, apparently: ASUS's ROG Swift PG27UQ, which features virtually the same specifications, has also been delayed to 2018. Both these monitors are based of an NVIDIA reference design showcased at Computex 2017 (you may remember a slight foul play there as well.)
The Acer Predator X27 and the ASUS ROG Swift PG27UQ are based on AU Optronics' M270QAN02.2 AHVA panel, which offers a 3840×2160 resolution and can reach a 144 Hz refresh rate. Something that really should make these monitors shine is the usage of a direct LED backlighting system with 384 zones, which can be individually dimmed or brightened as needed, which allows the panel to deliver much higher levels of contrast, needed for true HDR display. At least until OLED panels make their way to high-performance gaming monitors, these are expected to be the best of the crop.
So far, only Acer and ASUS have announced displays based on this panel and NVIDIA's reference design. Neither Acer nor ASUS have disclosed the reason for the delay, but a quick mental effort says that since two different brands are involved, the problem must be not with their expertise or technical inadequacy to solve the problem: it must be a common factor to both that is affecting their capability to deliver. So, this could have something to do with NVIDIA's reference design (that the brands need to rework/polish), or due to their sole supplier of this particular panel: AU Optronics. Should we see any FreeSync monitors using the same AUO panel crop up until then, we'll know the answer to that particular question.
Source:
AnandTech
The Acer Predator X27 and the ASUS ROG Swift PG27UQ are based on AU Optronics' M270QAN02.2 AHVA panel, which offers a 3840×2160 resolution and can reach a 144 Hz refresh rate. Something that really should make these monitors shine is the usage of a direct LED backlighting system with 384 zones, which can be individually dimmed or brightened as needed, which allows the panel to deliver much higher levels of contrast, needed for true HDR display. At least until OLED panels make their way to high-performance gaming monitors, these are expected to be the best of the crop.
20 Comments on Acer, ASUS Delaying Their 4K, 144 Hz G-Sync HDR Displays to 2018
I personally would have been pleased by a Screen similar with the Freesnyc 2 Monitors from Samsung but with 4k Resolution. Perhaps Samsung will draw their Magic wand and conjure one for us. 600 Nits HDR is better than Standard anyway. Im pleased with the 32 Inch 1440p@144hz from Samsung. I just Need a VEGA to drive it properly
Still there is no gpu power to 4k 144hz yet, would rather see a 4k 60hz monitor that could do 1080p @ 120hz for competitive games, taking the best from both worlds (LG oled C7 new tv model does this but costs 3000eur).
My PQ279q? the 144hz 1400p LCD has 350 nit which makes ULMB 100% just do able in the dark.
If they made 600 or 1000 nit that means 100% ULMB will be brighter and more usable but also allow even lower ULMB % which would be huge.
10% ULMB is amazing but obvously too dark with abse nit of 350.
600 nit would allow 50-100% ULMB
1000 nit would allow 30-100% ULMB o_O
That is 2x or 3x faster screen which is almost CRT responsive but with after images unless the screen has fixed ghosting.:respect: :toast::peace:
I also hope its light enough to work on my monitor arms :D. The one I have is just barely light enough.I have 4K 27 in and its just fine. Your eyes can see around a max of 720DPI So even 8K at 27in is good.
Granted for work...I would rather have a 32 in screen at 4K but for gaming or pictures 8K is ideal at 27 in in regards to DPI and clarity.
Besides, give it a couple of years, and I'm pretty sure single GPU 4k solutions will be available as well (e.g. Volta).
techdissected.com/ask-ted/ask-ted-how-many-ppi-can-the-human-eye-see/
In order for a single GPU to be good enough, it would have to be more then twice as fast as the titanXP. Sure, GPUs will eventually reach that, but with tech shrinks becoming harder and more expensive, it may be quite some time before we get one.
I would much rather they focus on giving us a 1440p144 monitor that doesnt cost an arm and a leg. At 27", the diminishing returns hits 4k HARD.
When they make something like this monitor on 32 inches or 40 inches? Count me in. 27? No thanks, 1440p 165hz is gorgeous.
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FreeSync of course.
Shouldn’t that be 2017? The first sentence also seems a bit off awkward to me.
I re-worded it a bit, and fixed the year:
It's confirmed, no 144 Hz 4K gaming with HDR in 2017 for gamers who want to make use of NVidia’s G-Sync for gaming free of screen tearing.
As much as I'd like to make the 4K jump , I too agree that the GPU power isn't there yet for 60Hz+ (I don't do SLi) and I want at least a 32". However, the 35" Ultrawide fits my use case much better right now and should eventually pair up with Volta nicely.
Long story short: somebody's always going to claim they see stuff that's not there. And even if they do and you can't it still makes no difference to you.
The thing is, even if I know I won't game at 4k for the next 3-4 years, a 4k desktop (for photo editing and stuff) would still be sweet. Still, I'd need a 32"-er and I don't know of many decent ones that don't sell for an arm and a leg yet.