New Acer Ultrawide - Predator X34P

[Xsinar]

New Acer Predator X34P spotted at Computex. Specs indicate a 34 Inch 21:9 (3440 x 1440) IPS display with a curvature of 1900R, has NVIDIA G-Sync and runs at 100 Hz native refresh rate. Release date set for Q4 2016. No other details have been disclosed.

 

Original Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/ultrawidemasterrace/comments/4lup3l/acer_x34p/

Edited June 5, 2016 by Xsinar
Added Video on the X34P Details

[duckwithanokhat]

sigh... another dream monitor goes by. Although can't wait for the LTT and hardware canucks vid for it for that juicy B-Roll.

[Adriel]

Nice we're almost getting the dream. IPS 34'' 3440x1440 and 144Hz (Still hope we get a freesync variant). Fingers crossed. Oh, and of course pricing. It's probably going to be 1k USD at least

[ChrisCross]

so it looks like they only did a more aggressive curve? or did they bring the price down too?

[Lethal Seraph]

Damn!

[atomicus]

More aggressive curve yes... X34 was 3800R, this is 1900R. I've not seen that before in real life, but X34 is perfect to me... hopefully more won't ruin it. 100hz NATIVE though, I don't believe it. This looks like it will be using the same panel as the XR342CK which looks to be an identical 1900R panel and which is 60Hz native. The X34P will almost certainly just be overclocked out the box, with better QC to ensure all models reach that figure. No bad thing, but I don't believe this is 100Hz native panel as no such panel exists. If it can rectify scan lines issue and reduce bleed/glow, will still be a great monitor.

[Xsinar]

2 hours ago, ChrisCross said:

so it looks like they only did a more aggressive curve? or did they bring the price down too?

Added some more details from the original source on reddit.

[lak]

25 minutes ago, atomicus said:

More aggressive curve yes... X34 was 3800R, this is 1900R. I've not seen that before in real life, but X34 is perfect to me... hopefully more won't ruin it. 100hz NATIVE though, I don't believe it. This looks like it will be using the same panel as the XR342CK which looks to be an identical 1900R panel and which is 60Hz native. The X34P will almost certainly just be overclocked out the box, with better QC to ensure all models reach that figure. No bad thing, but I don't believe this is 100Hz native panel as no such panel exists. If it can rectify scan lines issue and reduce bleed/glow, will still be a great monitor.

This. I still don't understand how companies can go to production and get away with the shocking QC (first gen X34 series and Asus IPS ROG Swifts). It would be ok if the first couple of batches had issues and they did something to rectify the issues, but seriously, it took them this long? Hopefully the X34P is not a show stopper, because if they get it right, it will sell like hotcakes. Stinging to snap-up a 34", just waiting for them to release something that justifies the ridiculous price tag. Get your act together Acer and Asus!

[atomicus]

1 hour ago, lak said:

Stinging to snap-up a 34", just waiting for them to release something that justifies the ridiculous price tag. Get your act together Acer and Asus!

 

For 21:9 to succeed the prices need to drop significantly in my view. It hands down trumps 4K for immersion and performance, but that price barrier is just too high for most. Everyone who sees my X34 loves it, but winces when I tell them the price! This needs to change.

[silberdrachi]

Id love to sell my screens to upgrade to a high refresh rate 1440p ultrawide, but i just cant bring myself to get a gsync one. I just cant buy something that one of its biggest features is locked to a single brand. If only nvidia would support freesync on some level, though im sure it would never happen.

[JCtech00]

Finally no more shiny plastic back 

[jwakeford]

Oh my god. That is exactly the news I was looking for, I knew computex could bring some updates for the X34 only most of the tech reviewers have completely ignored it. 
Damn, This X34P , a 1080 and a 6800k in an MSI X99a Mpower Titanium 
Hmmmmm sweet, I can't wait to blow my cash.

[dizmo]

On 2016-06-01 at 1:03 AM, Adriel said:

Nice we're almost getting the dream. IPS 34'' 3440x1440 and 144Hz (Still hope we get a freesync variant). Fingers crossed. Oh, and of course pricing. It's probably going to be 1k USD at least

I don't think there's much reason to get a screen with a refresh rate like that yet. Very few people could even power it.

[Deadly Duck]

Ohh man, this got me drooling. Might finally jump on it with the upgrade. 

[RagnarokDel]

Sigh. And it's probably 2-300 dollars more expensive than a free-sync monitor.

[-BirdiE-]

On 6/1/2016 at 4:03 AM, Adriel said:

Nice we're almost getting the dream. IPS 34'' 3440x1440 and 144Hz (Still hope we get a freesync variant). Fingers crossed. Oh, and of course pricing. It's probably going to be 1k USD at least

TBH, going from a 144Hz monitor (ASUS PG278Q) to the original 100Hz X34 Predator.... There's really not that much difference.. At least that I can notice.

 

There's a MASSIVE jump from 60 - 80Hz, a noticable jump from 80-100Hz, and a detectable but pretty small jump to 144Hz.

 

At least, that was my experience.

[RagnarokDel]

32 minutes ago, -BirdiE- said:

TBH, going from a 144Hz monitor (ASUS PG278Q) to the original 100Hz X34 Predator.... There's really not that much difference.. At least that I can notice.

 

There's a MASSIVE jump from 60 - 80Hz, a noticable jump from 80-100Hz, and a detectable but pretty small jump to 144Hz.

 

At least, that was my experience.

depends highly between people. For example some fighter pilots have been tested and able to recognize a plane  by it's shape that was displayed for only 1/235th of a second. That's 4 MS.