FREESYNC NOW AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER!
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lol at the acer 2560x1440 freesync - £689 - it'll be a cold day in hell - i never expected these new monitors to make the asus g-sync look good value...oh wait it's got 2x2watt speakers and a usb3 hub - i'm onboard
Sure people can't read sometimes, try the first post.
lol at the acer 2560x1440 freesync - £689 - it'll be a cold day in hell - i never expected these new monitors to make the asus g-sync look good value...oh wait it's got 2x2watt speakers and a usb3 hub - i'm onboard
At first glance that is a horribly overpriced monitor, then you need to qaulify that with Gibbo's 1st post.
At first glance that is a horribly overpriced monitor, then you need to qaulify that with Gibbo's 1st post.
They are priced higher than OcUK think they will sell for. The truth is OcUk has no pricing information, and while I trust Gibbo's experience, it's possible they could cost more.
It's also possible that you or I will win the jackpot lottery at the weekend, but almost totally impossible. IMHO the prices should be set as TBC on the description and people should not be able to pre-order them until prices are finalised.
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sorry to be inpatient on a reply but whats the worst that can happen if I pre-order now? Does anyone know...? 
I do have pricing information, but I believe it to be wrong, it shows the IPS G-Sync as having a sub £500 MSRP and the TN Freesync being £700 MSRP.
I personally feel Acer have it the wrong way round, or have a pricing error as such we've priced them both very high and are awaiting confirmation from Acer regarding pricing.
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lol at the acer 2560x1440 freesync - £689 - it'll be a cold day in hell - i never expected these new monitors to make the asus g-sync look good value...oh wait it's got 2x2watt speakers and a usb3 hub - i'm onboard
IPS based screens are always more pricey why are you surprised ?
Edit: Sorry i though you meant the Gsycn IPS. Dose seem like a lot even for the nice Bezel
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I would probably buy a XB270HU for that price, I do have a limit in mind, im not telling so don't get the idea to jack it up to that.
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Hmm, sub £500 for the TN Freesync would make that very very tempting
Not as tempting as a sub £500 IPS.
Hehe, well as an AMD gpu owner Freesync is what I'm after but yes, if they want to do a 1440p/144Hz IPS with Freesync for under £500 then I wouldn't complain 
I reckon them having the prices the wrong way around is more likely though.
I reckon them having the prices the wrong way around is more likely though.
Considering this is still very early in the Freesync game, could you (Gibbo, or any reviewers/reporters reading this) push the manufacturers for details for their products' Freesync operating frequency ranges? If OcUK has the ranges stated, it would encourage others to follow suit. Maybe it would even become a common practice.
Currently we have to wait for input lag readings from review sites, so if nothing is done as a pre-emptive counter-measure, this might end up the same.
(yes, it might be only wishful thinking)
Currently we have to wait for input lag readings from review sites, so if nothing is done as a pre-emptive counter-measure, this might end up the same.
(yes, it might be only wishful thinking)
do you mean the Hz range that FreeSync operates between on these new screens? if so, i might have that info
in terms of input lag etc, yes, you will need to wait for reviews. i'm working with Acer to hopefully get my hands on the new screens (Certainly the XB270HU) ahead of release if i can
Yes, that is indeed exactly what I meant. Could you suggest that in the future they (the manufacturers) would release that info to the retailers, as well (or maybe they had planned to do so from the very beginning, who knows)?
It would be so much easier to do window shopping when the specifications are as widely/thoroughly available as possible.
It would be so much easier to do window shopping when the specifications are as widely/thoroughly available as possible.
keep in mind that Acer haven't even released the full official spec or anything yet. OcUK are putting them on for pre-order a couple of months early and so will have limited info at the moment. later on when they appear on the manufacturers website the full spec is likely to be available.
to answer your question though, the info i have is as follows. this is listed as the vertical refresh rate range in the spec sheet, so it's possible that the FreeSync/G-sync range is the same (although not 100% confirmed), or at least within this range. i will try and get more clarification:
Acer XB270HA = 55 - 144Hz
Acer XB270HU = 30 - 144Hz
Acer XB280HK = 55 - 75Hz
Acer XG270HU = 50 - 144Hz
I can read, prices are yet to be confirmed, he doesn't say he's put a totally outrageous price up, just that it's unconfirmed so it's not so stupid to assume it's a ballpark amount...
Assuming this mirrors the FreeSync operating range - 30-144Hz is more than reasonable, 55-144Hz however.......I'd rather the top end be lower to give more space in the lower end. As for 55-75Hz...might as well not have it!