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  • Ken_g6 - Thursday, December 28, 2017 - link

    Well, this makes AMD video cards look significantly better. The cheapest G-Sync monitor I can find (which also happens to be from AOC) is $300.
  • Sttm - Thursday, December 28, 2017 - link

    Yeah, but to be fair the only AMD cards that could actually get you close to that 144 FPS in modern games aren't actually available to buy.

    Maybe these monitors will serve a RX580 CS GO audience.
  • silverblue - Thursday, December 28, 2017 - link

    Well, the range is 30 to 144, so anything within that and you're fine, no?
  • Samus - Thursday, December 28, 2017 - link

    That’s the great thing about variable sync rates. If you have a low performance card you still get the benefit of superior picture quality with no tearing or judder.
  • Diji1 - Thursday, December 28, 2017 - link

    So what? There is zero requirements to using Freesync unlike G-sync where certain quality criteria must be met to use it.
  • jordanclock - Thursday, December 28, 2017 - link

    It's not just "quality criteria." G-Sync requires Nvidia's FPGA, so there is a very real BoM increase. Freesync will always be cheaper, unless a manufacturer is crazy and tries undercutting Freesync with G-Sync and lose money on each unit.
  • DanNeely - Friday, December 29, 2017 - link

    And that's the heart of the matter. FPGA's are great for some things like:

    1) Rapid prototyping.
    2) Low total production volume items (where the cost of an ASIC would be prohibitive)
    3) Early time to market with low rate initial production.

    They fail massively at high product volumes because they're so much larger, more expensive, and less power efficient than ASICs.

    What NVidia needs to do is to work with 1 or more panel controller chip makers and integrate GSync into a conventional ASIC based controller that can be made at prices much closer to what Freesync controllers are selling for.

    In an ideal world, they'd just adopt freesync itself and make any features that Gsync does better a superset; but short of VESA making it a required feature instead of optional corporate politics mean it'll never happen.
  • Cygni - Thursday, December 28, 2017 - link

    Headline is pretty misleading. The 179 Euro model maxes at 75hz. Frankly, friends don't let friends buy 24.5in 1080P TN monitors that max at 75hz in 2018, regardless of price.
  • quiksilvr - Thursday, December 28, 2017 - link

    But the CG girl with the rocking boobage will make you buy it.
  • Sttm - Thursday, December 28, 2017 - link

    Dont worry the EU and UK ad councils will stamp out that sexism!
  • tarqsharq - Friday, December 29, 2017 - link

    The 30-75hz range is really nice, especially if someone is rocking a lower end card like a RX560.
  • cigar3tte - Thursday, December 28, 2017 - link

    So what's the difference between G2460PF and G2590PX? It seems at €279 in Europe, the G2590PX wouldn't be anywhere near the $205 price tag of G2460PF, but both are 24" 144Hz TN FreeSync 1080p monitors.
  • reccatyo - Thursday, December 28, 2017 - link

    Screen size (23.7 vs 24.5), design and max brightness (350 vs 400).
  • reccatyo - Thursday, December 28, 2017 - link

    The G2460PF DOES have Shadow Control
  • piroroadkill - Friday, December 29, 2017 - link

    1920×1080 27", ouch. TN, oh no :(
  • satai - Friday, December 29, 2017 - link

    Exactly.

    I am still waiting for high-res IPS or VAs @120Hz. They don't need to be cheap but they need to exist :-/
  • Trixanity - Friday, December 29, 2017 - link

    They exist but they're not cheap.
  • satai - Saturday, December 30, 2017 - link

    Can you recommend a model or two? Asking for a friend.
  • RBFL - Saturday, December 30, 2017 - link

    I just bought a Nixeus EDG 27 for my son. It is driven by an RX480 and it looks pretty good to me.

    It has a range of 30-144Hz and an AHVA screen. It costs $400-450 depending on the stand.
  • satai - Sunday, December 31, 2017 - link

    Thanks. I am personaly going to wait a month or two for 4k offers but I definitly like this option as an backup alternative if CES2018 doesn't bring 4Ks for me.
  • RBFL - Friday, December 29, 2017 - link

    They exist, both Nixeus and Pixeo make reasonable priced ones.
  • satai - Saturday, December 30, 2017 - link

    I have found no 4K + IPS/VA + 100Hz+ by them either
  • RBFL - Saturday, December 30, 2017 - link

    The Nixeus EDG 27 is a 1440p, which is higher res than the monitors covered here.

    We don't have a graphics card that could drive a 4K monitor effectively so I didn't look into them.
  • Tams80 - Friday, December 29, 2017 - link

    At the price listed it's no too bad. If it weren't 144Hz with 1m GtG and no FreeSync then it wouldn't be good, but it has those.

    So long as its good value for money, why complain? There's a market for such displays (such as GS:GO players), so why not just let them have the 'tools' they want?
  • gjbaker003 - Saturday, January 13, 2018 - link

    As a 1080p gamer that doesn't need 1440p or 4K nor do I want to spend upwards of $450 on a Gsync panel just for my GTX1060 - I appreciate that there are more 144hz 1080p options out there in the $200 range or less. Also, I am in the camp that feels you don't really need a 27" or bigger monitor when you're sitting at your desk less than 3 feet away from your monitor. I guess you could say that I'm not really much of a size queen. 24" suits me just fine.

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