Well this will be an impressive set of features some day. People have been asking for high-refresh, 4K panels with good colors for quite a while. It was almost a running joke in some of our comments. Apparently, ASUS took it seriously, and they are looking to release a 144Hz, 4K, IPS Gaming monitor, and they had a prototype on the show floor at Computex 2016.
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Okay then. That checks off just about every box on the enthusiast wishlist, except maybe OLED (depending on whether the specific enthusiast loves its contrast or fears it color accuracy). Also, it is unclear whether they will support the FreeSync or G-Sync, but either could happen — or both! Or neither.
We won't know until they make an official announcement… again, some day.
It would cost an arm and a
It would cost an arm and a leg otherwise the uniformity would be very bad and feature a lot of dead pixels… I am wondering where are VA panels to provide a better trade-off for gamers?
For me the ideal would be
For me the ideal would be 24″/25″ for cost and density reasons, but honestly..? I could ‘settle’ for this. Assuming I could ever afford it. 😀 Also Freesync plz kthxbai.
Incidental: can current G-Sync hardware even DO 4k 144hz? Methinks a new revision would be needed. Many cost such expense wow.
It can if the DisplayPort
It can if the DisplayPort port can handle the bandwidth: perks of having used an FPGA as the central chip with gates to spare.
27, meh. where are the 32 –
27, meh. where are the 32 – 40s
In your dream of being rich
In your dream of being rich enough to afford it…
More than $15k then? Wonder
More than $15k then? Wonder why they would make a monitor so expensive?
Why so ridiculous?
YOu can
Why so ridiculous?
YOu can get a sweet 4K60/1080p120 TV with 4:4:4 chroma for around a grand. 17ms, HDR, built in chromecast, fine grain calibration tools… Why even consider a large “monitor” when you can get a tv like this?
http://www.rtings.com/tv/reviews/vizio/p-series-2016
Problem with the Vizios is:
Problem with the Vizios is: “‘HDMI Color Subsampling’ needs to be turned on for 4k @ 60Hz @ 4:4:4 which is only available on HDMI 1-4. For all resolutions and refresh rates, 4:4:4 is blurrier than on other TVs that support it.”
I agree man, one day maybe
I agree man, one day maybe they will learn 27 is far to small for 4K, 32″ min I would say.
Also real 10bit not 8bit+ garbage.
Dude, you should learn more
Dude, you should learn more about the resolving power of the human eye…
Will that remove the color
Will that remove the color banding
I have a 30″ 10bit next to a 27″ 8bit+ both IPS and calibrated.
Take the same pic of moonlight through some clouds and the 10bit is smooth the 8bit+ has color banding all over the place.
Do you know dithering?
Do you know dithering? Manufacturers could even market their screens for 16 bits per component using dithering.
Actually most screens don’t provide true 8 bits per component, only 6 bits with dithering to emulate over 16M colors. This scam is pretty common in the market…
Don’t be dumb.
Don’t be dumb.
Keep babbling BS my man
Keep babbling BS my man
What about your moonlight BS
What about your moonlight BS in the darkness of the night?. Nobody cares of your smooth radiographs if not doctors… keep masturbating with your greyscale pictures of your fat neighbour. :o)
I would prefer smaller size
I would prefer smaller size with higher pixel density. I have a 30 inch Dell UltraSharp 10 bit panel at 2560×1600 (U3011). It looks great for most things, but small text is rendered badly due to the very low pixel density. I have to make the text quite large before it is readable, which waste a lot of space. I think the pixel density is only about 92 compared to 200-350 dpi for a cell phone. I was experimenting with some Unicode stuff recently, and CJK characters are probably unreadable at the same large font size I use for ASCII.
A higher pixel density is always better for text. The only reason to not want a higher pixel density is if the OS or application doesn’t scale the UI properly. This is probably still more common than it should be, but I think it is a lot better than it was.
Yeah I would love to see a
Yeah I would love to see a 32″ Flat pannel 16:9 ratio 144hz Monitor. They simply don’t exist. Acer have a predator that is 32″ flat panel but is only available in a 60hz 4k model, I would prefer a 144hz 1440p model ( I currently have the 27″ Acer predator 1440p 144hz Monitor)
Yeah – I’m running 32″ 4K IPS
Yeah – I’m running 32″ 4K IPS now and couldn’t step down to 27″ (which is somewhat pointless for a 4k monitor). Luckily nVidia now allows 3-4 way SLI for GTX 1080, so maybe there’s your 4k @144Hz. 😉
UHD means Ultra High
UHD means Ultra High Definition which is all about pixel density to see realistic pictures.
I guess you prefer to shine with a bigger screen for immersion but less realistic… maybe you should better buy a VR headset.
Nahh – pixel density is very
Nahh – pixel density is very high at 32″ but requires less scaling – makes much more sense.
Not even as high as a
Not even as high as a photographic printer.
You could still distinguish pixels at a mean viewing distance of 50 centimeters between your eye and the screen.
With a resolving power of 1′ by eye and a 32″ UHD screen, you should be at least over 1,27 meters to be unable to separate two points.
This kind of screen is more suiting for TV than computers.
And 27″ 4k is a quantum leap
And 27″ 4k is a quantum leap above that?
For a 27″ UHD screen you
For a 27″ UHD screen you should be at least over 1,07 meters.
Only for a less than 12″ 4K UHD or 24″ 8K UHD screen you couldn’t distinguish 2 points over 50 centimeters of distance.
Actually this is not going to happen tomorrow… however a 24″ FHD or a 50″ 4K UHD TV could be enough for your living room with a sofa over 2 meters far. For what benefit? The immersion.
think
think again:
https://pcper.com/news/Graphics-Cards/GeForce-GTX-1080-and-1070-3-Way-and-4-Way-SLI-will-not-be-enabled-games
No SLI for me anyway, all
No SLI for me anyway, all good.
Needs to be 40 inches,
Needs to be 40 inches, otherwise, perfect.
Facepalm. 27 inch? You need
Facepalm. 27 inch? You need 30+ for 4k 144hz. What a farce.
Yeah needs to be 30″+. 27″
Yeah needs to be 30″+. 27″ is perfectly fine with 1440p
At 3840×2160 resolution with
At 3840×2160 resolution with 144Hz refresh rate and 8-bit per color channel, that monitor will require 31.35Gbps of bandwidth. Too bad DP 1.4 uncompressed only provides 25.92Gbps.
As such, this monitor is either only providing 6-bit per color channel (terrible color), must run using some kind of chroma subsampling (4:2:2 or 4:2:0) (terrible picture), must use two DP 1.2/1.3/1.4 connectors (split screen problems), or must use Display Stream Compression (terrible picture, but so called “visually lossless”…).
DP1.4 supports up to
DP1.4 supports up to 4K/120Hz/10-bit/HDR
If money was no object I’d take those exact specs (plus GSYNC) on a 32″ or higher diagonal screen.
It’s likely I’d end up with a 2560×1440 plus higher refresh rate due to pricing though.
I’m pretty happy with my 2560×1440, IPS screen, and frankly it’s GSYNC that interests me most. Just waiting for pricing to drop.
As for HDR that’s neat but content also must support it. I suspect HDR will add far too much to the price of the monitors initially.
What’s the response time for
What’s the response time for this thing?
Which response time to do you
Which response time to do you want? The real (black-to-black) or the wrong (grey-to-grey)? With ou without the overdrive technology enabled producing ghost images?
This lead me to the ultimate question: do you really need a clean picture for playing RTS or a dirtier for FPS?
Would much prefer a 4K on 30″
Would much prefer a 4K on 30″ screen.
Then again, I am looking to get the Asus ROG
This is what everyone has
This is what everyone has been waiting for. Kind of strange when you pull up monitor guides (like this) and see a 1440p monitor being touted as the best gaming monitor…
But I guess for hardcore gamers, the 144Hz is a must have and so it makes sense.
This would be awesome can’t
This would be awesome can’t wait. I think 144Hz is a must for every gamer and 4K also very important. Add HDR and it would be the best monitor ever. I found a German website, it shows the best 144Hz Monitor
We will see, what is coming up next.