Premium G-Sync, HDR Monitors from ASUS, ACER Reportedly Launching in Two Weeks

[Raevenlord]

Well, so much for April being the month NVIDIA expected its partners to up their game and release their G-SYNC, HDR monitors - that opportunity has come and gone, in another delay for products that were supposed to arrive in 2017. However, as with most launches that fail to meet their timelines, the move is usually to simply shift the goalpost - and that's what's been done yet again. It's still unclear which reasons have led to the delays in launch - whether unrealistic NVIDIA specifications, problems in panel manufacturing at AU Optronics, who have their hands full right now.

However... It now seems (again) we are fast approaching the release date for (at least) two solutions based on the NVIDIA specs (3840×2160 resolution, 144 Hz refresh rate, a 1000-nits brightness, a direct LED backlighting system with 384 zones, and feature a quantum dot film to enable HDR10 and coverage of the DCI-P3 color gamut). Acer's X27 Predator and ASUS' PG27UQ are the two expected releases, but as you might guess, pricing won't be fair. Here's just hoping that it isn't as much out of court as this preorder page puts it, quoting €2556.50 for ASUS' PG27UQ. It's the extra fifty cents that breaks the illusion, really.



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[Caring1]

I'd expect the Acer to be hundreds less than the Asus, as you don't pay for the name.
They always charge a ridiculous premium just because they slap an Asus badge on things.

 

[Prima.Vera]

Seriously?? That much for a stupid monitor??? And it's not even an ultra wide 21:9....
Jeezus!

 

[RH92]

Seriously?? That much for a stupid monitor??? And it's not even an ultra wide 21:9....
Jeezus!

Couldn't care less about 21:9 but yeah that price is ridiculous considering HDR is a gimmick for the moment and theres no GPU able to drive above 100fps at 4K.

 

[RejZoR]

It's 4K, 144Hz, HDR and G-Sync powered monitor. What did you people expect? 500€ ?

 

[medi01]

It's 4K, 144Hz, HDR and G-Sync powered monitor. What did you people expect? 500€ ?

Given the price of FLAD 4k TVs out there, as well as OLED TVs, I can't justify price above 1k and that includes 200$ nvidia "HDR GSync" tax.

 

[Th3pwn3r]

HDR is a gimmick .

Is it now? Interesting how TVs that have it look a lot different when you enable or disable it. I'm sure you're the jury and judge on it though.

 

[RH92]

Is it now? Interesting how TVs that have it look a lot different when you enable or disable it. I'm sure you're the jury and judge on it though.

We are talking about PC monitors here not TVs.
As far as HDR for PC usage goes HDR can easily be qualified as a gimmick (at least for the moment ) since there are only few games that get HDR right and im not even mentioning all the issues peoples have when they do other tasks. You can watch some of the latest PCPer podcasts they talk about those issues .

 

[Th3pwn3r]

Okay, I get that but you can't blame hardware for what the content is lacking. It's like upscaling, lots of people will say it's awful because the media isn't supposed to support whatever scales resolution.

 

[Octavean]

Couldn't care less about 21:9 but yeah that price is ridiculous considering HDR is a gimmick for the moment and theres no GPU able to drive above 100fps at 4K.

Is there even a video card with hardware that can drive a display at 4K at 144Hz natively even for 2d use?

As far as I know, HDMI 2.0(b) can not do 3840x2160 @ 144Hz. It would take HDMI 2.1 to do that and I know of no such video cards that support it (yet).

As far as I know, DisplayPort 1.2(a) can not support 3840x2160 @ 144Hz. Perhaps DisplayPort 1.3 or 1.4 can but again I am not sure what if any cards currently support this.

Maybe some proprietary setup that uses dual HDMI or dual DP can do this but those are interim solutions that are far from standard and fall to the wayside in short order.

Edit:

Just looked it up here:

https://www.nvidia.com/en-sg/geforce/products/10series/compare/

According to this, the 1080 Ti, 1080, 1070 and 1060 all have HDMI 2.0 and DisplayPort 1.2. Only the 1050Ti and 1050 have HDMI 2.0B and DisplayPort 1.4. That can't be right can it? Or is it that these nVidia cards can somehow be upgraded to support DisplayPort 1.4,.........????

 

[ShurikN]

It's 4K, 144Hz, HDR and G-Sync powered monitor. What did you people expect? 500€ ?

I expected something not in the 2500€ range.

 

[Manu_PT]

Ahah this is so ridiculous! PC gaming in 2018, super expensive GPUs that are out for 2 years now (gtx 1080), super expensive RAM 200€ for 16gb 3000mhz and super expensive monitors that barely cost less (or even higher) than Oled screens. Is a joke really.

 

[Hossein Almet]

Unless u put your monitor in the middle of the road under the full glare of the sun, otherwise HDR is of little use, just as right now the brightness I set for my 31in 4K monitor is a mere 7%, 1000 nits is of little use to me.

 

[RejZoR]

I expected something not in the 2500€ range.

Well, they always charged ridiculous amounts for initial models of anything. Just remember the first 144Hz models. Or the first 4K models. or the first HDR models. It's always stupid prices, what we get at normal prices usually comes when it becomes a mainstream. Hell, 144Hz "gaming" monitor was still stupid expensive compared to 60Hz ones. But it was worth it for me. The "gaming" features like OSD crosshair are awesome and I wouldn't trade 144Hz for anything. Maybe only for a 240Hz lol

Unless u put your monitor in the middle of the road under the full glare of the sun, otherwise HDR is of little use, just as right now the brightness I set for my 31in 4K monitor is a mere 7%, 1000 nits is of little use to me.

I don't know what brightness my ASUS has, it ain't HDR, but it's so bright it's burning my retina if I'm using it in pitch black room. I've never used any monitor this bright. And since it has PWM backlight, I can't decrease it, because it induces flickering. Things no one tells you when you're buying it. Still, overall, I'm super happy with it. Playing games at anything below 144Hz will never be the same.

 

[ZoneDymo]

and competition be damned.... is there not some organisation that is suppose to stop price fixing?

 

[Axaion]

Am i the only one insane enough to not fawn over all this VA craze?, horrible pixel layouts, view angles and b2b b2g reponse times.

Just give me a 24" 1080p 165hz NON-curved IPS monitor already, id honestly pay the SAME as the current 27" 1440p ones go for, for that.

>but 1080p suckssss

I prefer not to use scaling until such a time that all software handles it properly and so on. at that max refresh rate of course.

 

[GrandLine]

so pricey for 27" monitor. I expect something between $1500~$2000. now I'm curious how much the price for Nvidia Big Format Gaming Display... over $5000?
and to optimize that monitor, we need exremely powerful (which is expensive) GPU(s).
so much money to burn... but think again. at the moment there's only few games who supported HDR. and not to mention that most AAA games nowadays suffer from various kind of bug, incompatible with some hardware and just focus on microtransaction...

 

[TheGuruStud]

I'm pretty sure I'd buy a LG 65" OLED TV for several hundred less before this steaming pile of Nvidia spec'd dung. (Wouldn't ever do either, though)

 

[Parn]

Well, they always charged ridiculous amounts for initial models of anything. Just remember the first 144Hz models. Or the first 4K models. or the first HDR models. It's always stupid prices, what we get at normal prices usually comes when it becomes a mainstream. Hell, 144Hz "gaming" monitor was still stupid expensive compared to 60Hz ones. But it was worth it for me. The "gaming" features like OSD crosshair are awesome and I wouldn't trade 144Hz for anything. Maybe only for a 240Hz lol



I don't know what brightness my ASUS has, it ain't HDR, but it's so bright it's burning my retina if I'm using it in pitch black room. I've never used any monitor this bright. And since it has PWM backlight, I can't decrease it, because it induces flickering. Things no one tells you when you're buying it. Still, overall, I'm super happy with it. Playing games at anything below 144Hz will never be the same.

For me PWM backlight is a straight no buy. DC backlight is always preferred over 144Hz for me as I don't want to trade my pair of eyes for some mere gaming experiences.

 

[RejZoR]

When it's running at 100% there is no difference. There is however when you lover the brightness, it's where flickering starts.

 

[Prince Valiant]

I hope they've solved the horrid glow problems and improved the black level significantly from AUO's high refresh WQHD panel. The price is lame as it is but it'd be a laughable offering if they haven't solved the aforementioned issues.