** POTENTIALLY THE BEST GAMING MONITORS YET!! ** Acer 34" Ultra-wides

[Metros]

Personally, I'm in no rush... I'm moving house soon and will be renovating a place, so by the time I'm ready to buy, the Asus may be available, and I would ideally like to see reviews of it before I pull the trigger either way, but if it's too expensive it would be an easy decision.

Lets say, you did not have to renovate your house and was waiting for the monitor, would you still wait for the ASUS PG348Q or would you just buy the ACER Predator X34

Sorry for these questions, I just do not know if I should wait for the ASUS PG348Q

 

[Wucked]

Wait, for now. Its worth taking your time on the crest of relatively new tech. Especially when you're purchasing something that should last you for the next 3-5 years. Yes, I'm lurking on this for a while.

 

[Metros]

Wait, for now. Its worth taking your time on the crest of relatively new tech. Especially when you're purchasing something that should last you for the next 3-5 years. Yes, I'm lurking on this for a while.

So you waiting for the ASUS PG348Q or more user reviews of the ACER Predator X34 until you buy one of the monitors.

 

[Legend]

Lets say, you did not have to renovate your house and was waiting for the monitor, would you still wait for the ASUS PG348Q or would you just buy the ACER Predator X34

Sorry for these questions, I just do not know if I should wait for the ASUS PG348Q

Tricky, but I am a patient person so I would wait still... I am curious about the Asus, but only if that price drops, but I'm not so sure it will tbh. It's not worth over £1K in my opinion, not when the X34 is £950. It just doesn't have enough extra to justify that... unless it has something up its sleeve we don't know about yet. It is puzzling to me why that £1200 price tag has been put on it though, and whether that's OCUK's doing, or by instruction from Acer, because straightaway that is going to send a whole lot of people in the X34's direction. For a monitor that is coming later, it seems a strange move to me.

 

[P.B]

Is the eta on this screen still next week ?

 

[Metros]

Tricky, but I am a patient person so I would wait still... I am curious about the Asus, but only if that price drops, but I'm not so sure it will tbh. It's not worth over £1K in my opinion, not when the X34 is £950. It just doesn't have enough extra to justify that... unless it has something up its sleeve we don't know about yet. It is puzzling to me why that £1200 price tag has been put on it though, and whether that's OCUK's doing, or by instruction from Acer, because straightaway that is going to send a whole lot of people in the X34's direction. For a monitor that is coming later, it seems a strange move to me.

Could the ASUS PG348Q have a A-TW polarizer in it (which would make it worth it then) or do you need to create a new panel to put the A-TW polarizer in it.

 

[Baddass]

Could the ASUS PG348Q have a A-TW polarizer in it (which would make it worth it then) or do you need to create a new panel to put the A-TW polarizer in it.

There'd need to be an A-Tw polariser option for the panel from LG.Display, which sadly there isn't

 

[HEADRAT]

Here's the official updated info from Acer for you

The early stock in Germany had a faulty firmware which introduced the banding issue already discussed.

How was this not caught by Acer QA, obviously the consumer would think that the QA on a £1K monitor would be pretty exhaustive, especially as this was the first batch out of the door!

As you have a communication channel to Acer can you find out how this happened and maybe pass on that these kind of issue don't feel consumers which much confidence in their very expensive tech!

 

[Metros]

There'd need to be an A-Tw polariser option for the panel from LG.Display, which sadly there isn't

So really there is going to be absolutely no difference with the ACER Predator X34 and ASUS PG348Q apart from the fact that the ASUS PG348Q will do 100hz without overclocking, so you just have to use the Gsync module with a GTX 700 series or higher

 

[Legend]

How was this not caught by Acer QA, obviously the consumer would think that the QA on a £1K monitor would be pretty exhaustive, especially as this was the first batch out of the door!

Based on their track record, I don't think Acer even have a QA department, or if they do it's run by a group of blind monkeys.

So really there is going to be absolutely no difference with the ACER Predator X34 and ASUS PG348Q apart from the fact that the ASUS PG348Q will do 100hz without overclocking, so you just have to use the Gsync module with a GTX 700 series or higher

Where does it say the PG348Q will do 100Hz without OC'ing? It's the same 60Hz native panel as the X34. It won't do 61Hz without overclocking!

 

[Metros]

Based on their track record, I don't think Acer even have a QA department, or if they do it's run by a group of blind monkeys.



Where does it say the PG348Q will do 100Hz without OC'ing? It's the same 60Hz native panel as the X34. It won't do 61Hz without overclocking!

It was on Overclockers page and on the ASUS PG348Q videos, it said

100hz (with Gsync)

100hz is only allowed with Gsync and with the GTX 700 series or higher (something like that) so that makes me think if you use Gsync with the GTX 700 series or higher you get 100hz


Also how did they get it to 100hz if the LG display did not go above 60hz, was it the Gsync module or did LG know that ACER and ASUS were going to use the display at 100hz so LG put firmware on the LG displays to stop people Overclocking it.


I found it

Refresh rate: 100Hz (G-SYNC)

G-SYNC & 100Hz only supported on GTX 700, GTX 900 and Titan series.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18692124

 

[Legend]

It was on Overclockers page and on the ASUS PG348Q videos, it said

100hz (with Gsync)

100hz is only allowed with Gsync and with the GTX 700 series or higher (something like that) so that makes me think if you use Gsync with the GTX 700 series or higher you get 100hz

Also how did they get it to 100hz if the LG display did not go above 60hz, was it the Gsync module or did LG know that ACER and ASUS were going to use the display at 100hz so LG put firmware on the LG displays to stop people Overclocking it.

I found it

Refresh rate: 100Hz (G-SYNC)

G-SYNC & 100Hz only supported on GTX 700, GTX 900 and Titan series.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18692124

It will still require overclocking to achieve 100Hz. Nothing changes that. It needs G-Sync to achieve it, but it's still being overclocked, as the native speed of the panel is 60Hz... we know this already as we know what panel is being used, the LM340WU2-SSA1, same as the X34. There is no other 21:9 1440p IPS curved panel in existence. As to why the earlier LG and Dell models wouldn't overclock, who knows, but it will certainly be mostly down to the lack of a Freesync/G-Sync implementation, and also being older revisions of the panel that were never intended to be more than 60Hz.

 

[Vega]

There'd need to be an A-Tw polariser option for the panel from LG.Display, which sadly there isn't

Too bad there isn't that option as IPS glow is my number one gripe and the reason why I don't buy IPS anymore. I'd easily spend $200-300 more for a model with that option.

 

[JediFragger]

It will still require overclocking to achieve 100Hz. Nothing changes that. It needs G-Sync to achieve it, but it's still being overclocked, as the native speed of the panel is 60Hz... we know this already as we know what panel is being used, the LM340WU2-SSA1, same as the X34. There is no other 21:9 1440p IPS curved panel in existence. As to why the earlier LG and Dell models wouldn't overclock, who knows, but it will certainly be mostly down to the lack of a Freesync/G-Sync implementation, and also being older revisions of the panel that were never intended to be more than 60Hz.

Problem is for etailers is that there's a good chance that people are going to be returning them until they get a 'good' one!! Pretty crazy claim by Acer imho

 

[JediFragger]

Too bad there isn't that option as IPS glow is my number one gripe and the reason why I don't buy IPS anymore. I'd easily spend $200-300 more for a model with that option.

One of the reasons that I'm going to wait for the Z35 Predator to be at a decent price point. The UW market is gonna be crammed within 6 months or so and their will be a few deals floating around

Without doubt my next monitor is going to have Gsync/Freesync

 

[Howling]

6 months? Optimistic much O.o I'd be surprised if we see more than 1-2 models announced within the next 6 months, let alone released
(although I'm not including the 1080 UW's - pointless screens )

 

[Legend]

Problem is for etailers is that there's a good chance that people are going to be returning them until they get a 'good' one!! Pretty crazy claim by Acer imho

Yeah it will be interesting to see how this pans out... personally though, if I received a flawless panel with zero bleed or glow that only ran at 95Hz... eeek! That would near impossible to send back given how notorious these panels are for bleed and glow.

 

[JediFragger]

Yeah it will be interesting to see how this pans out... personally though, if I received a flawless panel with zero bleed or glow that only ran at 95Hz... eeek! That would near impossible to send back given how notorious these panels are for bleed and glow.

Agreed, and I'd probably live with that too. I'd make sure I'd be keeping it for a good 4-5 years though!!!

 

[Marine-RX179]

Problem is for etailers is that there's a good chance that people are going to be returning them until they get a 'good' one!! Pretty crazy claim by Acer imho

So they basically admitting that they have no problem with shipping out "poor" ones, and they think it's perfectly acceptable

 

[varkanoid]

So they basically admitting that they have no problem with shipping out "poor" ones, and they think it's perfectly acceptable

Also people who buy them and not vote with their wallets do not help either.