Acer’s Z35 Ultrawide Curved Display Promises 200 Hz G-Sync, sRGB Color

[kcarbotte]

Acer announced a new addition to its Predator monitor lineup. The Z35 is a 35-inch curved Ultrawide Full HD display that offers G-Sync support and the ability to overclock up to 200 Hz.

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[DrakeFS]

I will never understand why companies throw speakers in their high level offerings. I have yet to hear a good set of speakers from any monitor (and when you are spending $1k on your display, $80-100 will get you a better sounding speaker setup than you could over get out of the monitor).

 

[lebronjames]

At $350 this would be able to compete with the LG Freesync 34". Nobody is going to pay 3X simply because of a preference for nvidia and the curvature.

 

[esco_sid]

Is it ips panel ?

 

[dstarr3]

If you're going to charge $1,100 for your monitor, don't dress it up like it's for 12-year-olds. Because 12-year-olds can't afford it, and their parents will take one look at it and say "No, that looks ridiculous."

 

[BulkZerker]

At $350 this would be able to compete with the LG Freesync 34". Nobody is going to pay 3X simply because of a preference for nvidia and the curvature.

Your right, they'll buy it purely because of their loyalty to big green N.

 

[thrakazog]

Is it ips panel ?

When they don't mention what type of panel it is, it (almost) always means it's a TN. Companies don't like having "TN" next to $1000+ price tags.

 

[bulldozer83]

Is it ips panel ?

Is it ips panel ?

When they don't mention what type of panel it is, it (almost) always means it's a TN. Companies don't like having "TN" next to $1000+ price tags.

according to 144hzmonitors it is a VA panel.

http://www.144hzmonitors.com/monitors/acer-z35-35-inch-ultrawide-144hz-va-gaming-monitor/

 

[renz496]

At $350 this would be able to compete with the LG Freesync 34". Nobody is going to pay 3X simply because of a preference for nvidia and the curvature.

did that LG monitors also have 200hz panel? panel like this got expensive because stuff like this.

 

[Realist9]

This is where I stopped reading: "boasting 2560x1080 pixels". At 35 inches. No.

 

[fizbiniii]

i dont see much of a point running gsync on 200 hz. gsync is only usefull on low fps. why would u run a game at low fps on a 200 hz monitor.

 

[dstarr3]

i dont see much of a point running gsync on 200 hz. gsync is only usefull on low fps. why would u run a game at low fps on a 200 hz monitor.

G-Sync is for any time a game's FPS drops below the native refresh rate of a monitor. So any time you get sub-200fps on this monitor, it is a benefit.

 

[f-14]

This is where I stopped reading: "boasting 2560x1080 pixels". At 35 inches. No.

i was drooling before i even started reading then i saw the dreaded 2005 30 frames per second bottleneck 1080p
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1080p
1600x1200 existed in 1998 sony and bluray should be boycotted for holding an industry back to 1996 standards.

 

[renz496]

i dont see much of a point running gsync on 200 hz. gsync is only usefull on low fps. why would u run a game at low fps on a 200 hz monitor.

gsync also eliminate screen tearing without the need to use vsync. many people think that screen tearing will not happen when frame rates were below panel refresh rates. that is not true at all. below refresh rates screen tearing still happen although it might not as bad as when the frame rates exceed panel refresh rates. but in some games screen tearing is very visible even when the frame rates are well below screen refresh rates.

plus gsync monitors have ULMB. if the game already very high frame rates they can disable gsync and enable ULMB instead.

 

[ErikVinoya]

I gotta ask, at this point in time, is there really someone who needs or even utilize that 200hz refresh rate?

 

[chicofehr]

There is no hardware that can run a modern game at 200hz. Either you have to put the graphics to low or play a really old game. The next batch of GPU's with the 16/14nm process might be able to do this though.

 

[dstarr3]

There is no hardware that can run a modern game at 200hz. Either you have to put the graphics to low or play a really old game. The next batch of GPU's with the 16/14nm process might be able to do this though.

Grab a 980 Ti and there are plenty of AAA titles that you can push past 200fps on the highest settings. Mad Max, for instance, runs like a dream. And if you start talking games that are just two years old, there are plenty of games that will run well beyond 200fps. And anybody who has $1,100 to throw at a monitor has plenty of money to throw at GPUs, too. Multiple GPUs, even. If they're running two 980 Tis or two Titans, they'll get 200fps in plenty of games easy.

 

[ErikVinoya]

Ok,so if the math I did was correct, here are the pixels you would be pushing
2560 x 1080 @ 200fps = 552,960,000
3840 x 2160 @ 60fps = 497,664,000

Basically, 11% more pixels than 4K@60fps. Even with 2 980Ti's, I doubt that would be easy without turning some options down

 

[toddybody]

Pointless monitor IMO. 200Hz sounds great for a competitive fps user...but that 21:9 aspect ratio (especially not being 1440p) is a deal killer.

...and holy cow, the dpi on that thing is around 79; akin to a 720p display around 19".

 

[sylentz199]

Is it ips panel ?

Why would you curve the screen if it's IPS. No need with 178° viewing angle

 

[doggghouse]

Ok,so if the math I did was correct, here are the pixels you would be pushing
2560 x 1080 @ 200fps = 552,960,000
3840 x 2160 @ 60fps = 497,664,000

Basically, 11% more pixels than 4K@60fps. Even with 2 980Ti's, I doubt that would be easy without turning some options down

Funny, I was doing similar math a couple of weeks ago, just to figure out what kind of GPU horsepower you'd need to run 4K vs. 1440p etc. But I wasn't accounting for the refresh rate differences. The math you came up with might be a decent ballpark estimate, but I don't know if people are actually going to try to push for 200 FPS in any game that isn't really old (ex. CS:GO).

In my eyes, the benefit of having the extremely high 200 cap to framerate is for older / twitch games. For example, I was enjoying Orcs Must Die 2 maxed out at 144FPS on my PG278Q, with only a 780Ti. I bet if I had the Z35, that game would cap out at 200 instead. (Though honestly, not sure if I would visually notice the difference between 144 & 200)

 

[ohim]

This is where I stopped reading: "boasting 2560x1080 pixels". At 35 inches. No.

Technology today .. they put 1440p and 4k displays on crappy 5" phones and they make 1080p 35" desktop monitors ... it`s like we live in the most retarded tech era ever.

 

[Fates_Demise]

Is it ips panel ?

Why would you curve the screen if it's IPS. No need with 178° viewing angle

Its to follow the natural view for a person, and also supposedly make it slightly more immersive.

 

[littleleo]

What an ugly looking unit, for $1100 I'd like it to look attractive

 

[doggghouse]

Pointless monitor IMO. 200Hz sounds great for a competitive fps user...but that 21:9 aspect ratio (especially not being 1440p) is a deal killer.

...and holy cow, the dpi on that thing is around 79; akin to a 720p display around 19".

I did the math on the size and pixel ratio... it's practically a 27" 1080p screen, but with 8.7" (640px) added to the width. So people who like those 80dpi screens would feel right at home with this, it just adds a lot more horizontal room for them.