Why would anyone pay that amount of money for TN-based monitors?
Why would anyone pay that amount of money for TN-based monitors?
Well, (assuming this is actually a true 240Hz panel) there is no way you'd get an IPS or VA panel to refresh this quickly.
As to who this is aimed at? Well, the only thing which springs to mind is someone who plays FPS competitively and professionally and is currently running a 19" CRT at 1280x1024 @ 200Hz or similar. And to get that 200Hz+ they are willing to turn settings down.
Of course, there aren't many of these competitive players so the market would be rather small. But there are bound to be some who fall for the halo effect and want to buy what some world-champion FSP player uses even if they would probably be way better of with a 100Hz IPS screen, or a cheaper 144Hz TN one.
Well, if my guessed use-case above is correct, 1440P would just mean that they have to turn even more settings down since for competitive FPS playing, framerates is more important.
Last edited by Ozaron; 14-06-2017 at 11:14 AM.
overpriced TN panel
I'd actually say the opposite - in general the reason you need G or Free sync is because of the high refresh rates. Otherwise you'll just get screen tearing all over the place...the sync tech keeps the variable FR or the monitor in sync with the FPS, removing the issue. I wouldn't buy a high refresh rate or high res (1440 or above) screen without the appropriate sync tech in place.
Even ignoring the G-sync premium though, this does seem to be very overpriced for the general market. As has been mentioned it's clearly aimed at competitive FPS players who are quite willing to set graphics down very low to gain that extra FPS..and as such don't care that it's a TN panel and "only" 1080p.
For the rest of us though, when you can get a 1440p IPS panel that does 150hz with the appropriate sync technology, there is no point in even looking at this screen....
I would love to see Freesync take over as the main standard! I can't afford to spend hundreds or thousands on a Gsync panel, yet would love the buttery smoothness to go along with my Nvidia card... I hope Gsync dies out eventually (or at least gets cheaper )
G-Sync requires licensing from Nvidia, but does I think have to meet specific functionality requirements.
FreeSync is just part of a standard, and therefore cheaper to implement but can be called Freesync with quite varied support for the feature.
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