Acer Announces World's First Curved Monitor with NVIDIA G-SYNC Technology

[Cristian_25H]

Acer today announced the 34-inch curved 21:9 ultra-wide Acer XR341CKA monitor, the world's first curved monitor with NVIDIA G-SYNC, providing an immersive gaming experience with minimal stutters and screen tears. DTS sound, 2x7W speakers, a zero-frame design with a futuristic aluminum base and ambient lighting options create an exciting entertainment experience with style.

The Acer XR341CKA features a curved 21:9 UltraWide QHD (3440 x 1440) resolution IPS display panel with a 178-degree viewing angle, providing an immersive experience in games and entertainment with a broader view. It supports 100% of the sRGB color gamut, delivering accurate color reproduction desired by design professionals and photo enthusiasts for precise color matching across applications and print output.





The curved screen puts every corner of the screen at the same distance from the customer's eyes, providing a uniform viewing experience. It also presents a more immersive experience with a wider field of view and increased perceived area of peripheral vision compared to a flat display of the same size. The XR341CKA can be configured in a multi-monitor setup for an even richer gaming experience, thanks to its zero-frame design.

"Acer continues to showcase its commitment to PC gaming with the introduction of their new NVIDIA G-SYNC-enabled XR341CKA gaming monitor," said Jeff Fisher, senior vice-president of the GeForce business unit at NVIDIA. "The preferred choice of PC gamers everywhere is a GeForce GTX GPU, which when paired with NVIDIA G-SYNC technology is the only platform to deliver an ultra-smooth gaming experience across the entire spectrum of PC games."

For gamers, the XR341CKA supports multiple features that allow them to fine tune the monitor's performance, including 6-axis color adjustment enabled by NVIDIA G-SYNC, on-screen display of refresh rate, and three different aim-point icons to choose from. Users can easily identify when G-SYNC mode is on through a red ambient light at the lower edge of the monitor, of which intensity changes according to the instantaneous monitor refresh rate.

Designed with ergonomics in mind, the XR341CKA can be tilted from -5° to 35° and adjusted vertically up to 130 mm, allowing the user to adjust the monitor to the most comfortable viewing angle. It also features flicker-less technology to lessen eye fatigue for a more comfortable gaming or working experience.

The XR341CKA supports DisplayPort and HDMI inputs, and has a built-in USB 3.0 hub which supports high-speed charging of smartphones and other devices.

Pricing and Availability
The Acer XR341CKA monitor will be available in North America in September with prices starting at US$1,299, in EMEA in August with prices starting at €1,399, and in China in September with prices starting at ¥8,999.

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[robert3892]

I wish I had the money for this monitor

 

[TheLostSwede]

I wish I had the money for this monitor

Me three

 

[Caring1]

Does it support the FreeSync VESA standard?

 

[silapakorn]

Too bad my desk is not long enough.

 

[human_error]

Does it support the FreeSync VESA standard?

No.

 

[fynxer]

Anyone noticed the absens of update frequency in the article. It is only 75Hz and with G-Sync witch makes it good for MMO players NOT fps players. At first they where going with the same screen as in XB270HU but 3440x1440, 144Hz and curved. LG offered their new 75Hz screen cheaper so they down graded to the LG version. Profit clouded the judgment and they made a LEGENDARY FAIL.The enthusiast community has eagerly awaited this monitor as the holy grail of gaming monitors 3440-1440, IPS, 144Hz and G-Sync BUT Acer FAILED to deliver what was promised from the beginning. This will cost them sales in the magnitude they cannot realize. I can only say that i am NOT paying $1299 for only 75Hz.

Also there so called Predator Z35 has a weird resolution of 2560x1080 at 35", Öhh, you can actually clearly see each pixel and that really destroys the gaming experience.

If Acer is going after the gaming market why are they failing to deliver. Most of their products has some serious spec flaw.

 

[robert3892]

4K monitors are only 60 hertz so I would think that 75 hertz should be fine

 

[john_]

It makes you wonder if there would be any reason to spent that amount of money in August-September for this monitor. Until then, AMD 300 series will be out, probably half a dozen more Freesync monitors and a couple more G-Sync, with Freesync models pushing G-Sync prices lower.

 

[ZoneDymo]

Anyone noticed the absens of update frequency in the article. It is only 75Hz and with G-Sync witch makes it good for MMO players NOT fps players. At first they where going with the same screen as in XB270HU but 3440x1440, 144Hz and curved. LG offered their new 75Hz screen cheaper so they down graded to the LG version. Profit clouded the judgment and they made a LEGENDARY FAIL.The enthusiast community has eagerly awaited this monitor as the holy grail of gaming monitors 3440-1440, IPS, 144Hz and G-Sync BUT Acer FAILED to deliver what was promised from the beginning. This will cost them sales in the magnitude they cannot realize. I can only say that i am NOT paying $1299 for only 75Hz.

Also there so called Predator Z35 has a weird resolution of 2560x1080 at 35", Öhh, you can actually clearly see each pixel and that really destroys the gaming experience.

If Acer is going after the gaming market why are they failing to deliver. Most of their products has some serious spec flaw.

I think you are a little out of touch with reality.
You have people on a way too high pedestal if you think the 75hz think will deter even 5% from buying it.

 

[buggalugs]

Im not into curved screens, they are a gimmick. Why don't they get it. We just want a good res with good contrast and a refresh rate at 120 hz or higher. Apart from higher res, we have pretty much been at the same standard for 10 years. Slow IPS and VA, fast TN with bad angles and limiting cable standards. They need to build or update a dam cable and build monitors we actually want but its probably not going to happen until OLED monitors are here.

 

[PLAfiller]

I'd really would try this 1st gen curved devices: like this monitor and LG Flex phone. Looks so awesome!

 

[jabbadap]

Anyone noticed the absens of update frequency in the article. It is only 75Hz and with G-Sync witch makes it good for MMO players NOT fps players. At first they where going with the same screen as in XB270HU but 3440x1440, 144Hz and curved. LG offered their new 75Hz screen cheaper so they down graded to the LG version. Profit clouded the judgment and they made a LEGENDARY FAIL.The enthusiast community has eagerly awaited this monitor as the holy grail of gaming monitors 3440-1440, IPS, 144Hz and G-Sync BUT Acer FAILED to deliver what was promised from the beginning. This will cost them sales in the magnitude they cannot realize. I can only say that i am NOT paying $1299 for only 75Hz.

Also there so called Predator Z35 has a weird resolution of 2560x1080 at 35", Öhh, you can actually clearly see each pixel and that really destroys the gaming experience.

If Acer is going after the gaming market why are they failing to deliver. Most of their products has some serious spec flaw.

Acer is not an OEM that makes panels, so it can't use imaginary 3440x1440@144Hz panel because there's no oem that offer such a thing. XB270HU has 27" 16:9 screen(oem for that is AU optronics) with native resolution of 2560x1440, you really can't make it suddenly 34" monitor with 21:9 aspect ratio.

 

[AsRock]

No.

Well if it has the new VESA standard it would just that it will not of gone though AMD freesync program to make it qualified

 

[semantics]

It makes you wonder if there would be any reason to spent that amount of money in August-September for this monitor. Until then, AMD 300 series will be out, probably half a dozen more Freesync monitors and a couple more G-Sync, with Freesync models pushing G-Sync prices lower.

Doubt it currently freesync monitors don't seem to offer the same performance of g-sync ones especially concerning the minimum frame rate. Plus each are locked into essentially the two brands so it's a non compete.

 

[net2007]

My fellow displayport friends.... anything that takes us above 60hz @4k at 444 chroma is a step in the right direction.

 

[xorbe]

I think you are a little out of touch with reality.
You have people on a way too high pedestal if you think the 75hz think will deter even 5% from buying it.

Once you see and use 144Hz ... omg. But yeah 75 is better than 60.

 

[Rowsol]

$1300!!

 

[Tonduluboy]

well u buy this monitor for gaming at least u will buy gtx 980, so this will be very expensive build

hoping to hit jackpot soon...

 

[Prima.Vera]

€1400????????

 

[Caring1]

It's 2" bigger than my first LCD TV for my loungeroom, no way would I have a screen that big on my desk, i'd rather have two or three 21" or 22" screens.

 

[john_]

Doubt it currently freesync monitors don't seem to offer the same performance of g-sync ones especially concerning the minimum frame rate. Plus each are locked into essentially the two brands so it's a non compete.

It depends what site you choose for reading reviews. If you prefer for example PCPerspective where they write excellent articles, but they also have become lately an extension of Nvidia's marketing department, with one of the authors there especially two months ago calling in the comments Freesync vaporware and who ever was thinking that AMD could offer something competitive with GSync, a total moron(yeah, huge respect for the readers), then freesync monitors don't offer the same performance.

If on the other hand go and read this article from TechReport,
BenQ's XL2730Z 'FreeSync' monitor reviewed - The Tech Report - Page 1
then you will start questioning how much worst is in fact Freesync as a standard.

Considering also that we are only seeing the first generation of Freesync monitors, with the first version of AMD;s drivers and with competition not yet started, in 6 months or a year from now thing could look much better for Freesync monitors.

PS Freesync is an open standard. IT IS NOT LOCKED. In case of GSync Nvidia locks the standard to it's own GPUs. In the case of Freesync Nvidia locks it's customers out of Freesync by NOT implementing Displayport 1.2a. And displayport 1.2a, is like 1.2 a VESA standard, not an AMD one.

 

[LDNL]

Dream on Acer. Im not paying 1300€uros for those curves.

 

[blaznee]

About 400 euros more than expected.. But I'm still seriously tempted