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FreeSync monitors hit mass production, coming in Jan-Feb

AMD Promises 11 FreeSync Monitors by March, 20 in 2015 – 120Hz IPS Asus MG279Q



Currently there are ten different FreeSync monitors coming in Q1 (before the end of March) which have been announced. There’s another one coming which is yet to be announced. We don’t know whether it’s the Asus monitor in question or if it’s a different unit. This makes a total of 11-12 FreeSync monitors that potential buyers will be able to choose from in the next couple of months.
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Read more: http://wccftech.com/amd-11-freesync-monitors-march/#ixzz3OgOSO63u

Quite a good selection there guys and I look forward to seeing what you all buy :)
 
Depending on price, to me that 24" 4K is *the* monitor to get.

Dells is 380, so we'll see.

I still want 21:9 3440x1440, so no monitor's any good to me so far.

34" 2560x1080 would be far too soft to me I think.
 
shankly1985 said:
BenQ under £500 day one buy.
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It might be expensive because they might just think beat Swift pricing and they can sell loads and make a killing, but screw buying it just because it's under £500.

27" screens seem to carry very little overhead in cost vs a 24" panel, 120hz vs 60hz is something that is £50-100 more, 1440p vs 1080p is something that seems to carry about £100 more cost, but put them together and we should be paying £300 more, screw that.

I'll maybe go to high £3xx's in price, preferably no more than £350. So so many stupid screens being made when the production could all be pushed towards panels people actually want making them cheaper. Do monitor makers not game to see what works and what doesn't? After 120hz panels came out 60hz panels should have died off. THey are better for desktop/office work and better for gaming. Companies should offer one ultra budget 60hz model and everything else in 120hz, not the reverse of that.
Disappointed with the freesync line up, a load of Samsung panels, all 4k, all freesync, when as yet 4k gaming really isn't a big deal because the hardware to push it just isn't there for the majority of people. How many 4k options do we really need? No where near enough 120+hz freesync panels and only one of them is higher resolution. At least LG managed to go a little higher in frequency but then made an utterly stupid 34" 1080p screen.

I do think the 1440p/144hz situation will improve. AU are producing both 144hz TN and now IPS panels(ips might be 120hz, not sure), Samsung are producing 144hz/1440p panels, making the lack of a new screen as yet disappointing but you'd hope they appear in some screens soon.

Whole industry seems insane, you've got some guys pushing for 4k at 24" panel size with insane pixel density, while others say "you can't see much over 1080p at 24" size anyway" and are making 27" 1080p screens.
 
LambChop said:
But but but, I thought the reason the monitor in that article was not confirmed for freesync support was that because Asus are 'in bed' with Nvidia and didnt want to upset them. ****ing lol.
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Almost everything people advertise as meeting a standard is certified by someone, the question is always is certification free or not. You send a PSU, or a monitor, or a mobo to be tested by a group to meet power requirements so you can legally put the gold, platinum, silver, bronze or poop rating on a PSU.

The difference is Nvidia licenses this certification. The majority of things need certifying, your lack of knowing how the industry works doesn't change the points other people made.

Asus CHOSE not to send a monitor for FREE certification to add another selling point they could plonk on the screen so their screen would appeal to more users and sell more.

A PSU not certified as being Platinum rated can still achieve platinum efficiency it just can't advertise it does, but being that a platinum rated PSU may cost £50 more than a gold one, do you think a PSU maker would refuse to get the PSU certified... for free... to appeal to more users, or do you think the £50 increased cost vs other PSU's certified as platinum rated would seem like it lacked a major feature that the other equally expensive psus had, which would most users buy? The lack of the same certification as another model can be easily seen by the customer as failure to meet said certification rather than refusal to get certified. In this situation the Asus monitor as you're told will still work with freesync, but this model will sit alongside other monitors advertised as freesync compatible where Asus distinctly 'lack' that feature to most customers who won't know any better. Will customers assume they just didn't bother with a free certification or simply presume it doesn't work with freesync? It's an odd decision to refuse free certification when it loses you a feature customers now want.
 
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