News Acer unveils first curved, ultrawide G-Sync display

So annoying it's Acer.

The idea will probably get to Dell by 2018, by which time we'll have the next big thing...

 

I really don't like the tacky design. The simplistic design of a Dell would be much preferred. But then it's targeted at teenage gamers (most of whom could never afford or justify a 1.3k € screen)
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Can you change the height of the screen?

 

Love it! Looks gorgeous, GSync, IPS, 21:9................ now if only I had £1k..... and VR wasn't just around the corner.

 

With a 178-degree viewing angle am I going to need eyes in the back of my head.

 

You don't have any? And you call yourself a gamer?!?

 

I didn't get that mod as I thought it was just for parents.

 

And the Freesync version is available when?

 

Horrible stand and eye watering price. Otherwise I love it.

 

Never?
Not sure I would want to spend 1k on a monitor just to have my enjoyment of it ruined by not being able to have a variable refresh rate technology that cant as yet operate bellow 40/48Mhz.

 

What is the refresh rate and is the stand height-adjustable?

 

AFAIK it's 1-75Hz refresh rate with a 4ms G2G response time, a tilt angle from -5° to 35° and lift vertically to a height of 130 mm

Also it seems I was wrong when i said there wouldn't be a Free Sync version of it, the XR341CK is apparently going to be the Free Sync model number.

 

isnt refresh rate measured in Hertz (Hz) and not MegaHertz (MHz)?

 

Opps sorry it was late

 

Not sure about the stand, but I could always build my own.

 

http://www.kitguru.net/channel/gene...s-large-scale-oculus-rift-shipments-for-2015/

Also with Sony, Samsung and so on trying to enter the market too we can look forward to several years of format wars before VR becomes decent consumer technology.

 

Vive is this Xmas. I own one of the most powerful graphics cards in the world, and am on the cutting edge of gaming.

I'm going to be playing games in VR this year.

 

Is VR going to replace having a screen? Or do you mean budget wise?

 

Can I ask a question or two about G-Sync/FreeSync?

What level of GPU (single) is required to run at this resolution to get the most from 'above mentioned tech'?

Does this tech enable smoother frame rates and therefore a better gaming experience on lower end GPUs or does it really only affect tearing?

Therefore, really, is this beneficial to lower end markets or only really the province of the 'elite' gamer?


Back to this monitor... How do people think that this type of monitor will compare to the AHVA panels?

 

AFAIK both techs seek to resolve the problem of screen tearing and stutter/jerkiness, arguably G-Sync does a better job as it keeps working below the minimum refresh rate of the display, where as presently FreeSync can't.

So a G-Sync monitor such as this one provides a variable refresh from 1-75Hz/FPS, while the FreeSync alternative can only offer a variable refresh from 48-75Hz/FPS, outside of that range it would use either VSYNC on/off.

In theory a G-Sync monitor could be paired with a lower spec card than an equivalent FreeSync monitor as with the later you ideally need to keep the FPS above 48.