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Acer Launches First 4K Panel With NVIDIA G-Sync Technology On Board
MojoKid writes: Save for a smattering of relatively small, 3K and 4K laptop displays, we haven't quite gotten to the same type of pixel density on the PC platform, that is available on today's high-end ultra-mobile devices. That said, the desktop display space has really heated up as of late and 4K panels have generated a large part of the buzz. Acer just launched the first 4K display with NVIDIA G-Sync technology on board. To put it simply, G-SYNC keeps a display and the output from an NVIDIA GPU in sync, regardless of frame rates or whether or not V-Sync is enabled. Instead of the monitor controlling the timing and refreshing at say 60Hz, the timing control is transferred to the GPU. The GPU scans a frame out to the monitor and the monitor doesn't update until a frame is done drawing, in lock-step with the GPU. This method completely eliminates tearing or frame stuttering associated with synchronization anomalies of standard panels. There are still some quirks with Windows and many applications that don't always scale properly on high-DPI displays, but the situation is getting better every day. If you're a gamer in the market for a 4K display, that's primed for gaming, the Acer XB280HK is a decent new option with this technology on board, though it does come at a bit of a premium at $799 versus standard 28-inch panels.
All I want is a 35"+ 4k display with a 60hz refresh rate for under $300. Is that so much to ask?
The problem is that G-sync is a proprietary solution by Nvidia.
Whereas, Adaptive Sync is a VESA standard officially part of the DisplayPort 1.2a specs.
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That is a really good price for 4K. I guess you are comparing it to 1080p, but since the article and your post was about adding G-SYNC to a 4K panel, I'm not sure why you'd do that.
Gee, what a surprise.
It's a TN display.
Keep it.
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All I want is a 35"+ 4k display with a 60hz refresh rate for under $300. Is that so much to ask?
Personally I want more displays to support the Adobe RGB (or better) colour gamut.
Who cares?
You can't use VESA Adaptive Sync without an LVDS interface, so it won't work on external monitors. It's only useful for laptops. I know it's part of the display port spec, but it still won't work on external monitors.
You videoconference with the CEO while surfing slashdot?
I sometimes ask revealing, often ignorant-seeming questions. Maybe they're harder to answer than you think.
I could be. I could be doing any number of things including reading slashdot for 5 minutes during my lunchbreak and then leaving the tab open but not ever looking at it again, and my boss could come in and wonder why there are ads playing on my laptop.
Technically, we are not allowed to be streaming audio or video, so slashdot is causing me to violate company policy if they autoplay the ads.
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Seriously. This thing is gonna burn out within a month. If it even ships without immediately noticeable faults.
Click to play on all media plugins. No more auto play ads, without blocking the static ones.
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Look where all this talking got us, baby.
Come on since when does a price for a stupid TN panel matter?
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I miss the built in speakers, they never sounded great, but played audio without putting big ugly blocks on my desk. I put on headphones for music. What speaker could you use with this that would not look really ugly?
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