Thoughts on Agon AG352UCG

aoaaron · 23 Feb 2017 at 19:30

Any thoughts on this? Just recently dropped I believe.

£800
VA
Gsync
Ultrawide
3440 resolution

maddog · 23 Feb 2017 at 19:47

https://pcmonitors.info/reviews/aoc-ag352ucg/

seems quite promising for a va panel.

Evian · 23 Feb 2017 at 22:41

It's this or the new Samsung 100hz freesync for me, Not sure which to go for... Better colours or G-Sync..

Wulfster · 24 Feb 2017 at 08:02

Evian said:
It's this or the new Samsung 100hz freesync for me, Not sure which to go for... Better colours or G-Sync..

There is a G sync version of the Samsung CF791 34" quantum dot coming this year. Not sure when exactly (radio silence on the net about it for the moment) but could be well worth waiting for especially if by the time it drops its sporting a DP1.4 connection.

Best

Wulf

mattpj · 24 Feb 2017 at 11:24

Interesting option.

I'd go for G-Sync over better colours.

Though, I have just invested in a Asus PG348Q - hope I like it. This was after preordering and then cancelling an order for the Samsung CF791.

Hodders · 9 Mar 2017 at 10:01

This looks like it could be great. Just hope the price point is reasonable.

Hodders · 23 Mar 2017 at 01:11

Any idea when this is going to be on sale ???

@Gibbo - Any idea of availability of price point ?

Hodders · 23 Mar 2017 at 19:12

Just had a reply from my webnote saying they had no idea when this would be in....

martian1 · 24 Mar 2017 at 15:17

Review a mixed bag with a panel uniformity issue..

http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/reviews/aoc_agon_ag352ucg.htm

Hodders · 24 Mar 2017 at 16:58

Then in this review, it's not bad... https://pcmonitors.info/reviews/aoc-ag352ucg/

I guess it comes down to an element of pot-luck - as always.

martian1 · 24 Mar 2017 at 19:58

Crap like that should not be escaping the factory especially when the customer is parting with £800+ the response times are also noted as being poor so with that and the crushed VA panel blacks i think i will pass yet again..bugger

Hodders · 30 Mar 2017 at 10:08

So anywhere in the UK stocking this yet ???

RobinGopher · 30 Mar 2017 at 10:52

There are a few places that claim to have some, however its not exactly clear if they really do or if they are showing mythical supplier stock that isn't quite here yet. I can see pricing (including preorders) between £719 and £840 plus the usual couple way over that. Of course we can't post where these places are and one geeky number of them at least I have never heard of.

MooMoo444 · 30 Mar 2017 at 10:54

The thing with the reviews, you can expect the review samples were cherry picked panels as they aren't going to want to show off bad ones.

Therefore on average, the retail versions are probably worse. It doesn't look great.

RobinGopher · 30 Mar 2017 at 11:17

What I got from the reviews so far is a couple of weaknesses in specific conditions that many people probably won't notice if immersed in a a game. And the flicker bug that reviewers only noticed after particularly sensitive and picky people pointed them out and which seem pretty minor to me, surely this is better than a screen with a 3+ frame lag as is true of so many of the others. If it doesn't show up as proper stock soon, I'm pretty tempted to take a closer look at the XR342 which seems to be a good deal at the moment. I seem to recall that one having some weird bugs in it too but I don't recall the details.

Hodders · 30 Mar 2017 at 13:13

Yeah, I had an email back from another big UK website saying:

Looks like the "March release" is fabricated.

"Thank you for your enquiry

We have checked with our supplier and have confirmed this product has not been added to our new products list as yet.

Our suppliers have direct access to our system enabling them to add new products directly onto this list so I will watch out for these for you and as soon as we have more information of specification and price the web site will be updated

Please contact us if you have any further queries
"

Hodders · 30 Mar 2017 at 13:15

RobinGopher said:
.......I'm pretty tempted to take a closer look at the XR342.......

You're aware that is Freesync not Gsync ?

RobinGopher · 30 Mar 2017 at 13:25

Hodders said:
You're aware that is Freesync not Gsync ?

Oh fully, but it is at least a 75Hz panel rather than 60 for a modest improvement over some of the other options I've been mulling for 12months ;D

Edit:
https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/posts/30607622 AOC rep said small numbers 1st week April 3 weeks ago.

ChrisD. · 28 Apr 2017 at 09:43

Anyone got this? Snip over £750 now.

RobinGopher · 28 Apr 2017 at 10:52

Mine literally just arrived £706 delivered, came all the way from Poland (that price is pretty much what they retail for in Poland too) via a reputable drop shipper. Excited to get it home.

Oh and @Wulfster has had one for a week or 2 and seems pretty happy...