News Acer debuts three OLED gaming monitors, including the 27-inch 480 Hz Predator X27U F3

[Admin]

The Predator X32 X3 can either do 240 Hz at 4K or 480 Hz at Full HD resolution

Acer debuts three OLED gaming monitors, including the 27-inch 480 Hz Predator X27U F3 : Read more

 

[thestryker]

Assuming that's the same LG panel as all the other 34" 240hz OLED I believe it's the first to not have the terrible 800R curve. Maybe there's some hope for someone releasing a monitor using the 39" version without the steep curve.

 

[helper800]

Assuming that's the same LG panel as all the other 34" 240hz OLED I believe it's the first to not have the terrible 800R curve. Maybe there's some hope for someone releasing a monitor using the 39" version without the steep curve.

I am glad there is a version of this panel that is not that atrocious 800R curve... 1100 though is kinda steep.

 

[thestryker]

I am glad there is a version of this panel that is not that atrocious 800R curve... 1100 though is kinda steep.

Yeah the price is why I'm not more excited about this one really. The Alienware 34" OLED is regularly on sale for $800 and for me this one isn't worth the additional cost so I'm happy waiting until something hits my $/perf or mine breaks to get anything.

 

[Cardboard Android]

Could be awesome...if they ever actually release them.

Last year at CES Acer showed off the X45 and X34 saying they would be released Q2. The X45 was only available September and cost a $300 more than the LG 45 OLED but without HDMI 2.1 so was no where near able to be competative. The X34 similarly, only really released January although Ive only been able to find 2 for sale across Europe/US, no HDMI 2.1 and $200 more than similar monitors.

This year at CES again a whole bunch of new monitors promised all for Q2, all with reasonable specs (just not quite as fully featured as competitors), but always more expensive and no sign of them actually being available any time soon. As I WFH and game I was actually quite excited about the new 'Z' mini-led panels they were launching, since they would be more resiliant against burn in from the work side of things, but again no sign of them.

Back in August last year I was lucky enough to win a 34" Acer Predator monitor....but I'm still waiting for it (dont get me started on the terrible communication as well) . So I've been keeping my eyes open, seeing what is available/released, and it seems Acer just dont care about their monitors anymore. Even when I check out the Singapore or Taiwan sites they dont have any available. I would love to love the new Predator monitors, but they are alway missing one key feature and not available. Shame.

 

[thestryker]

Per TFTCentral the 34" is a new Samsung QD-OLED display panel which explains the lesser curve:
https://tftcentral.co.uk/news/acer-predator-x34-x5-announced-with-34-ultrawide-240hz-qd-oled-panel

Unfortunately it seems they didn't actually end up changing the subpixel layout as originally claimed:
https://tftcentral.co.uk/news/an-update-and-correction-for-the-new-34-ultrawide-240hz-qd-oled-panel

 

[helper800]

Unfortunately it seems they didn't actually end up changing the subpixel layout as originally claimed:
https://tftcentral.co.uk/news/an-update-and-correction-for-the-new-34-ultrawide-240hz-qd-oled-panel

It definitely DOES have the newer Gen2-Gen3 sub-pixel layout. What it actually doesn't have is the "Quantum Enhancer."

Below is what the Quantum Enhancer is described as:

"The Quantum Enhancer, which Samsung Display calls the "soul of QD-OLED", is the upgraded driving logic of the TCON (display timing controller) that controls millions of self-emissive pixels within the 2024 QD-OLED TV panel. This is what allows the 2024 QD-OLED TV panel to reach 300 nits in full-screen and up to 3000 nits peak in a 3% window with the same power consumption as the 2023 panel, claims Samsung Display. The monitor panel retains a peak brightness of 1000 nits."

 

[thestryker]

It definitely DOES have the newer Gen2-Gen3 sub-pixel layout. What it actually doesn't have is the "Quantum Enhancer."

Did you actually read the link? They're literally testing a screen using the new panel and found that it doesn't.

 

[helper800]

Did you actually read the link? They're literally testing a screen using the new panel and found that it doesn't.

Yes I did, and they state the following:

"This new panel is being produced this year alongside their gen 3 panels, but we were told it didn’t feature the new Quantum Enhancer technologies that are used elsewhere for their new 27″ 360Hz and 32″ 4K 240Hz panels which are both classified as gen 3, and so Samsung called this gen 2 themselves. We labelled this gen 2.5 as it is being produced this year and so doesn’t quite fit alongside their other gen 2 panel (49″ in size) which was produced last year."

 

[helper800]

Did you actually read the link? They're literally testing a screen using the new panel and found that it doesn't.

Okay, so maybe I should have read the paragraph below. This is some false advertisement from Samsung, no?

 

[thestryker]

Okay, so maybe I should have read the paragraph below. This is some false advertisement from Samsung, no?

Yeah that's exactly how it struck me, but as they note in the article only Samsung ever made the claim the monitor manufacturers themselves never did. It makes me wonder if it was one of those where the person/department making the claim just assumed it counted for all of the gen2/3 panels.