Another downside of this monitor or the G-sync module in general is that it doesn't have a built in scaler, which would be necessary for DVI and other interfaces. They dropped it to achieve low input lag (~ 5ms).
that's not strictly a downside, its a tradeoff as losing connectivity grants the ability to have a faster/higher resolution monitor
Generally this is a compatibility issue of course for Intel and AMD hardware.
well, there's almost no reason to want this monitor with Intel, their iGPUs are nowhere near fast enough to drive 1080p60 let alone 1440p144.
and the monitor can still work on Intel/AMD hardware, but a big chunk of the money is for G-Sync so it would be kind of silly to buy this monitor without already intending to use an nVidia GPU. For those who simply do not want to do that, there are alternative options like BenQ's Z series or Ezio's FG2421, and hopefully it will just be a matter of time before we see competitive 1440p monitors that can do 120+Hz and have stroboscopic feature. (no point wishing for 4K 120+Hz until DisplayPort 1.3)
Also being stuck on a 2K resolution would be unfortunate, with fullHD being the standard and 4K the follow up.
1. consumer 4K really isn't 4K, its just used for marketing, (should have just called it 4X because its 4x1080p)
2. when we consider that fact, 2560x1440 is also a "4X" as its 4x720p, and hardly a resolution to scoff at.
3. its hard enough to push 1080p above 100fps for modern titles, let alone 1440p.
4. the monitor is targeting games, not media, for media IPS and VA are going to be far more desirable choices due to superior viewing angles/black levels
5. 4K for the sake of 4K content is going to be gimmick for several more years because TV broadcasts are still only 720p/1080i and bluray is also only 1080p and there is no obvious physical medium successor to Bluray, leaving digital delivery as the only clear solution in the future...of which most current 4K streaming is streamed out at a bitrate much lower than that of Bluray, sort of defeating the purpose of higher resolution.
So by the time there is a wide availability of 4K content, we're likely to have DispalyPort 1.3 and a 4K120 version of this monitor. Not that we'd really want to use the monitor for viewing media if its still using a TN panel.
Well then why if you look on Newegg that there are only TN 4K display's and TN 120/44Hz gaming monitors .... ? I will tell you why it's because TN is faster for the gaming monitors and cheaper for the 4K panels so as to bring them to market at real world prices. The rest of the monitors are cheap crap quality panels and I even seen a 17" model LOL.
are you ESL?
you basically
reiterated and agreed with my point that was refuting yours...
yes, TN are cheap to manufacture which is why we see so many of them still and is why they aren't close to be phased out
yes, TN are much faster than IPS which is why we see them in all but one (a VA panel, not IPS) 120+Hz option, and is why they'll be here for the foreseeable future even if cost of IPS production advances to a level where it completely negates any of TN's cost of production advantage.
LOL not enough to make a difference to most users.
most is not all, we've already established you lie somewhere below the exceptional, these fast monitors are not for you, and there are plenty of people who do not share your misguided opinion, so there is still a market for these monitors
TN has really craptastic viewing angles and it's a deal breaker for most including this guy his name is Wendal you might have heard of him
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSmR0hqLDiE&index=44&list=UUNovoA9w0KnxyDP5bGrOYzg
these are the same guys who gained their notoriety by trying to convince us that AMD was just as good for gaming, champions of the casual gamer
Oh geez you can get a 4K TN panel for less.
and none of them are anywhere near as fast
$insane.
i wouldn't buy it, but i will surely buy the next gen of GSync monitors, because i can't justify the extra $500 over a Lightboost model.
still, if you reeeealy love FPS games..
this is just the first and most extreme of the G-Sync monitors slated to arrive soon, there will be plenty of 1080p options, although we don't know how those will be priced. Currently the 1080p ASUS G-Sync compatible monitor goes for $250-275 and the module costs $200 on its own, and the few vendors willing to assemble it for you are selling it for ~$500, so that's not particularly encouraging. I'd wager the ground up G-Sync units will be less, as they won't be designed as monitors without it, and the cost of G-Sync will also be less to the manufacturer, however I'd guess we're probably looking at ~$400 for a 24" 1080p G-Sync model when their current G-Sync-less counterparts are going for ~$300 or less. But I could be wrong, we'll have to wait and see.