The Acer Predator X27 has almost every feature you might ever want in a monitor

[Mira Yurizaki]

Just now, Notional said:

Again, they could have just increased the resolution.

No they couldn't. That would require more bandwidth which would render all previous TVs unable to use the signal. The reason why PAL has a higher resolution than NTSC aside from have a lower frame rate is it has more bandwidth.

[Deletist_Jerk]

5 hours ago, JR8 said:

Sorry if I sound like an idiot...

 

If it's HDR, does that make it IPS, or can it be TN and HDR? 

 

I'm basically asking if it's IPS.

If OEM is Samsung, it's VA. All Samsung's quantum dot monitors are VA  with HDR and 126% sRGB.

[SansVarnic]

Not really interested, to much going on with that monitor. Simpler the better for me.

[Techicolors]

3 minutes ago, Deletist_Jerk said:

If OEM is Samsung, it's VA. All Samsung's quantum dot monitors are VA  with HDR and 126% sRGB.

the PG27UQ, which uses quantum dot as its backlight, is IPS-type. it's possible this acer monitor uses the defined prototype showcased a year ago

 

http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/news_archive/35.htm#asus_prototype

[AlTech]

Doesn't include Freesync support and supports Gsync instead.

 

Deal breaker.

[Nup]

2 hours ago, Misanthrope said:

Again what would be the fucking point if AMD doesn't has a high end product out right now? And even when (at this point you could almost say if) they come out with Vega and it is competitive with high end offering for maybe 6 months they'll probably take at least another year without anything that can really push that high of a refresh rate on that high of a resolution.

 

Sorry but most of you continue to basically ignore that AMD is almost completely out of the high end market, exactly what this monitor is aimed at. It's been years since their high end card can legit outperform Nvidia there's always an excuse: wait for a better manufacturing process, HBM will give them the edge, no wait for HBM2 now, wait for DX12, wait for better drivers, wait for fucking Vega that's absurdly delayed, after it's out and it's just not as fast as the 1080ti people will say wait for better drivers, wait for more fringe DX12 games that nobody plays outside of benchmarks like AOTS, then Volta will probably crush them, then they'll be too busy with another Ryzen iteration or the Ryzen APUs, so on and so on and so on.

 

It never fucking ends, it sucks that we have to pay Nvidia a motherfucking G-Sync tax for the priviledge of their stupid fucking DRM but they get away with it because there's fuckall from AMD on this segment.

That's fair man, AMD are a far way behind, it'd be surprising if they did manage to be competitive at the bleeding edge again anytime in the foreseeable future. I should have expressed my thoughts differently: why not have a free sync option? It should cost a very affordable amount to have it certified. And then they could sell their monitors to all the schmucs who are too stubborn to leave their furyx crossfire setups. 

 

Its more of a case that iv not often seen a display be sold with the sales point of having both options vailible. Maybe this isn't the product on which it makes most sense, but that's an aside now. 

[Misanthrope]

1 minute ago, AluminiumTech said:

Doesn't include Freesync support and supports Gsync instead.

 

Deal breaker.

Again I need to keep repeating myself: tell me what AMD GPU can you use to sustain 4k at 90 or 100FPS not even the full 144. Yes G-sync sucks but AMD sucks even more for being utterly fucking pathetic and unable to compete in the high end graphics segment which monitor is directly aimed at.

 

I just don't think people who don't run dual 1080tis or dual Titan Xps will be buying a monitor that's probably going to be at least 2 grand at launch if not 3. Get mad at AMD for taking so fucking long with Vega.

[Misanthrope]

2 minutes ago, Nup said:

That's fair man, AMD are a far way behind, it'd be surprising if they did manage to be competitive at the bleeding edge again anytime in the foreseeable future. I should have expressed my thoughts differently: why not have a free sync option? It should cost a very affordable amount to have it certified. And then they could sell their monitors to all the schmucs who are too stubborn to leave their furyx crossfire setups. 

 

Its more of a case that iv not often seen a display be sold with the sales point of having both options vailible. Maybe this isn't the product on which it makes most sense, but that's an aside now. 

So why don't they target schmucks is your question? It answers itself.

[EunSoo]

7 minutes ago, AluminiumTech said:

Doesn't include Freesync support and supports Gsync instead.

 

Deal breaker.

 

honestly, because it ULMB, I'm fine with G-Sync and like countless others had said, if you got this monitor there is a small chance that you have an AMD GPU in your system.

[DoctorZeus]

Well considering top AMD gpus will run 4k at  what? 50 fps in crossfire? I guess that's why the fanboys want Freesync on a 4k 144hz monitor

[Grinners]

37 minutes ago, DoctorZeus said:

Well considering top AMD gpus will run 4k at  what? 50 fps in crossfire? I guess that's why the fanboys want Freesync on a 4k 144hz monitor

Or is it because people purchase monitors with longer term time frames in mind? Pro-tip: It is.

[DoctorZeus]

4 minutes ago, Grinners said:

Or is it because people purchase monitors with longer term time frames in mind? Pro-tip: It is.

okay. if you're buying a 2000 dollar monitor you're not doing it for the future. you're doing it cause you want it or need it now

[Andreas Lilja]

1000$+ price?

[Techicolors]

14 minutes ago, Kumaresh said:

Newer 144Hz 4K monitors. This is probably gonna make me lean towards NVIDIA as it appears to be sponsored. AMD has released the spec for Freesync 2, but I am curious as to why nobody has announced any 4K 144Hz Freesync 2 panels for the imminent launch of Vega.

there's one by samsung that might have freesync 2

 

https://www.reddit.com/r/hardware/comments/5z4gaz/full_samsung_gaming_monitor_lineup_2017/?st=j1rgbh3t&sh=05fb659c

 

edit: welp looks like reddit is down 

[Mooshi]

13 hours ago, JR8 said:

Sorry if I sound like an idiot...

 

If it's HDR, does that make it IPS, or can it be TN and HDR? 

 

I'm basically asking if it's IPS.

It has quantum dot listed in the spec sheet which is Samsung tech and their quantum dot displays use a special VA panel that blends responsiveness of TN and colors of an IPS which richer blacks.

[Techicolors]

interestingly there's renders of the panel sporting a lightbox attachment

 

 

also here's a hands-on with the panel 

 

 

[Juanitology]

Too bad it uses Gsync, I won't be buying this. Not gonna spend my money to keep supporting nVidia's ridiculous proprietary standards. 

[haloharry97]

4k NOOOOOOOOO, why not 1440p, ;(

[AnonymousGuy]

41 minutes ago, haloharry97 said:

4k NOOOOOOOOO, why not 1440p, ;(

Because 27" 1440p 144Hz is commonplace nowadays?

[Mihle]

IS quantum dot more similar to TN or IPS? like when it comes to colours and stuff.

[haloharry97]

1 hour ago, AnonymousGuy said:

Because 27" 1440p 144Hz is commonplace nowadays?

O_O can you link/name a monitor with
 

• 1440p(2560x1440p)
• 144hz
• 27"
• 1000 nit
• HDR
• 99% Adobe RGB
• G-Sync
• Nvidia's ULMB (Ultra Low Motion Blur)
• Quantom Dot
• Tobii eye-tracking

If not then just 1440p with hdr+ g-sync

I have not find one yet.

[Techicolors]

2 hours ago, Mihle said:

IS quantum dot more similar to TN or IPS? like when it comes to colours and stuff.

appears for this Acer monitor, it uses an IPS-type panel. the quantum dots provide the backlight. and while quantum dots can achieve a tad wider color gamuts, LCDs have done this already for a while. the QDs used here are probably meant for FALD lighting (if it supports so) or to provide greater illumination (and therefore higher and lower luminance) for the colors. the latter is more relevant for HDR 

[Exprima]

Why do monitor manufacturers keep shoving red LEDs down our throats?

[TotaLInsanity]

20 hours ago, JR8 said:

Sorry if I sound like an idiot...

 

If it's HDR, does that make it IPS, or can it be TN and HDR? 

 

I'm basically asking if it's IPS.

 

It is IPS with quantum dot backlight.

 

 

[Mihle]

4 hours ago, Technicolors said:

appears for this Acer monitor, it uses an IPS-type panel. the quantum dots provide the backlight. and while quantum dots can achieve a tad wider color gamuts, LCDs have done this already for a while. the QDs used here are probably meant for FALD lighting (if it supports so) or to provide greater illumination (and therefore higher and lower luminance) for the colors. the latter is more relevant for HDR 

If the colour is the same or better than a IPS monitor, AND is 144 hz, that is great