Acer Delivers World’s First 4k2k Display with NVIDIA® G-SYNC™ Technology

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Acer Delivers World’s First 4k2k Display with NVIDIA® G-SYNC™ Technology for Smoother and Responsive Gaming

 

TAIPEI, TAIWAN

Acer Delivers World’s First 4k2k Display with NVIDIA® G-SYNC™ Technology for Smoother and Responsive Gaming

Editor’s Summary:

• New Acer XB280HK monitor offers 4k2k display with NVIDIA® G-SYNC™ technology for a vivid and responsive gaming experience
• Eliminates screen tearing and minimizes stutter and input lag
• Flicker-less, low dimming and ComfyView technologies help reduce strain on eyes for heavy users
• 28-inch display, part of the new XB0 line of gaming monitors

Acer announces the new Acer XB280HK gaming monitor as the world’s first 4k2k display featuring NVIDIA® G-SYNC™ technology to provide stunning, ultra-smooth, tear-free imagery and rich colors for outstanding gaming experiences. It features Acer’s flicker-less, low-dimming and ComfyView technologies that reduce strain on the eyes for smooth and comfortable extensive viewing.

Part of the new XB0 line of large gaming monitors, the Acer XB280HK is intended to be paired with enthusiast PCs for immersive, ultra high-end gaming. It features a spacious 28-inch LED backlit display with 4k2k Ultra HD (3840 x 2160 pixels) that’s four times the resolution of 1080p Full HD, and presents stunning high quality images for outstanding visual enjoyment.

With a GeForce® GTX™-powered PC, NVIDIA® G-SYNC™ display technology synchronizes the display’s refresh rates to the GPU to eliminate screen tearing and minimize display stutter and input lag to deliver smoother, faster, more breathtaking gaming experiences. Scenes appear instantly, objects look sharper and more vibrant, and gameplay is more fluid and responsive providing gamers with significant performance advantages.

The Acer XB280HK builds in several features that take into consideration prolonged usage by heavy users such as programmers, writers, and graphic designers:

• Flicker-less technology – stable power supply eliminates screen flicker particularly beneficial for heavy users by helping to reduce eye strain.
• Low dimming technology – adjust to as low as 15 percent brightness in low light environments to make it easy on the eyes. Standard monitor settings start at 30 percent brightness level.
• ComfyView technology – the non-glare panel reduces reflection from light source.

 

http://us.acer.com/ac/en/US/press/2014/77934

 

Well there goes my savings....

[brownninja97]

g sync, meh, freesync now and forever, nvidia blew their chance and now they will pay for it.

[JAKEBAB]

Wtf is a 4k2k monitor?

 

Edit: its tn panel don't care lol

[DoubleY]

 its tn panel don't care lol

^that

[dizmo]

TN sadness.

[digitalnav]

I think you guys hate on TN a little too much. The newer panels have been improved and if you ARE NOT a professional, you likely will not notice unless someone points it out.

[Warcony]

I think you guys hate on TN a little too much. The newer panels have been improved and if you ARE NOT a professional, you likely will not notice unless someone points it out.

 

I agree.  The hate on TN Panels these days is too damn high! 

[Xorbot]

The naming of displays in relation to resolution has gone off the rails.  It can be argued that even 1080p is still not 100% perfect since it only describes the vertical resolution, and that the frame type is progressive scan (i for interlaced).  Though, 99.9% of the time, it is assumed that the horizontal resolution is 1920 for 16:9 display ratios.

 

It is still technically possible to have a display with a 16:9 ratio *without* 1920 pixels across for 1080 pixels down.  For example, a screen resolution with 1440 pixels across and 1080 pixels down can still have a 16:9 aspect ratio as long as the RGB pixels are "elongated", whereby the pixels are no longer square.  A real-world example of this is my first HDTV that was 720p with a 1024x768 resolution in 16:9 format.  I scratched my head wondering how that was even possible, but it is the pixels that are physically wider to make this happen.

 

Now when it comes to 4K, all bets are off.  Some people think it means 3840x2160, some think it's 4096x2160, and some think it means "4X" which is 4 times 1920x1080 (which is the same as 3840x2160, but then the made-up-on-the-spot-backwards-term 2K of 1920x1080 is not 2X but rather 1/4 4K).  And now, to make matters even worse, we now have this monitor named 4K2K.

 

So in the future, just call your TV or monitor whatever the hell you want.  I personally am going to buy an 8K4X24KX16, and all of you will be jelly.

[tbc]

I think you guys hate on TN a little too much. The newer panels have been improved and if you ARE NOT a professional, you likely will not notice unless someone points it out.

 

you don't need to be a professional.

 

you just must have used an ips panel before.  there is a HUGE difference when you switch back

[FlamingDefibs]

you don't need to be a professional.

 

you just must have used an ips panel before.  there is a HUGE difference when you switch back

 

That's overstating it more than a bit. The only definitive fact across the range of TN panels is that they have more variance between bad and good color reproduction, and IPS panels have much more consistency.

[kuddlesworth9419]

Nothing wrong with TN. If it's a good TN it's good TN anyway.

[totjup5]

That's overstating it more than a bit. The only definitive fact across the range of TN panels is that they have more variance between bad and good color reproduction, and IPS panels have much more consistency.

TN is garbage 95% of the time.

[ACatWithThumbs]

g sync, meh, freesync now and forever, nvidia blew their chance and now they will pay for it.

Freesync only works on 4 GPUs...

Freesync is way more closed than G-Sync and that while only being a software update on AMDs side.

For Freesync you will need a new monitor that has support for Display Port 2.1a as well as GCN1.1 .

G-Sync at least works on all Kepler GPUs.

 

[Equlix]

Freesync only works on 4 GPUs...

Freesync is way more closed than G-Sync and that while only being a software update on AMDs side.

For Freesync you will need a new monitor that has support for Display Port 2.1a as well as GCN1.1 .

G-Sync at least works on all Kepler GPUs.

You will need a new monitor for gsync too. Until monitors are availible amd can promise to deliver anything but my money is on nvidia, they already have working tech and products in the wild.

[flibberdipper]

I think you guys hate on TN a little too much. The newer panels have been improved and if you ARE NOT a professional, you likely will not notice unless someone points it out.

I love my old UltraSharp E176FP. It's really good, even for it's age. I really kinda wonder what it will be like if I got an IPS monitor though (Christmas list!).

[ChrisxIxCross]

I think you guys hate on TN a little too much. The newer panels have been improved and if you ARE NOT a professional, you likely will not notice unless someone points it out.

 

 

 

The Acer XB280HK starts shipping in Q2 in Pan America, EMEA, Japan, and Taiwan.

Why are they not launching in NA or EU? 

[digitalnav]

Why are they not launching in NA or EU? 

Pan America = North/South/Central America

[ChrisxIxCross]

Pan America = North/South/Central America

Ok thanks my heart just dropped there for a second.  

[TopWargamer]

>4K

>28''

>G-Sync

The price is sure to be outrageous, but the experience will be so awesome...

[Unknownuser200]

Look at the viewing angles there actually extremely high for Tn it might not be as terrible as this entire forum is going to make it out to be and there going to be atleast 50 people  that are going to never see this in person yet call it junk. Have fun being ignorant

[Terosterone]

Cool - this is a good first step in new monitor technology.
I will wait another 2 or 3 years to buy a new monitor and by then this technology should be affordable and well developed.

[Jvagle875]

Should be pretty interesting. 

 

Also, the big thing with TN for me is laptops. TN panels are the worst on laptops.

[iwasaperson]

No ULMB? Why?

[Gunjob]

Freesync only works on 4 GPUs...

Freesync is way more closed than G-Sync and that while only being a software update on AMDs side.

For Freesync you will need a new monitor that has support for Display Port 2.1a as well as GCN1.1 .

G-Sync at least works on all Kepler GPUs.

 

 

A new monitor is needed for G-Sync as well? And considering it uses a VESA standard I can see both companies using it for the foreseeable future. Meaning more GPU's to support it and the death of G-Sync in its current form. Because who in there right mind at Nvidia or customer wise would want to spend extra money on a "G-sync" monitor when the tech will be on every new monitor that is on the latest VESA standard? So when the new standard is rolled out it shouldn't even matter what colour your GPU is, be it red or green? Since they'll both be taking advantage of Freesync unless someone at Nvidia is high and thinks an extra PCB/cost is still needed to lock people into a Geforce card? 

[ShadowCaptain]

Looks like Acer have announced a 4k monitor with GSync capabilities

 

28"  3840x2160 TN Panel, promising 170 degree viewing angles

Refresh rate unknown

Display port 1.2, hdmi and MHL capabilities

4 USB 3 Ports

 

Estimated 2Q release date, price unknown

 

Links to original article

 

Might not actually look like this

 

http://www.anandtech.com/show/8054/acer-4k-gsync-monitor

http://www.kitguru.net/peripherals/monitors/anton-shilov/acer-unveils-4k-gaming-display-with-nvidia-g-sync-technology/