ASUS is showing the 27-inch MG279Q monitor at this year's CES, and this display features the vaunted in-plane switching (IPS) technology and a 2560 x 1440 (WQHD) resolution.
Even more impressive, this panel offers frame rates of 120Hz with a 5ms grey-to-grey (GTG) response time according to ASUS.
While officially only listing a generic "DisplayPort" input, we have learned this supports DP 1.2a Plus. What does this mean? At least on paper that would indicate that this monitor could offer AdaptiveSync / FreeSync support. We could also pretty safely assume that a WQHD monitor without G-SYNC will be priced considerably lower than an ROG Swift. It's all very interesting...
My take on this? Of course it's going to have 1.2a adaptive sync extensions included since it's a 120hz gaming monitor. They're not talking about it because they don't want to cannibalize ROG sales with G-Sync just yet since there isn't any FreeSync monitors on the market yet. The other huge selling point is the IPS nature of the monitor.
If only they made a 32 inch 4k version of this with either G-Sync or 1.2a adaptive sync.
"The MG279Q is not a G-Sync monitor and is not officially a Fresync monitor. It supports 1.2a plus.....The list of monitors that were released earlier today were just the Freesync certified monitors.
If this monitor supports this standard, it doesn't need to be a "Freesync" monitor to be able to work with AMD video cards and have the adaptive refresh rate feature.
UPDATE April 7, 2014
ASUS MG279Q Monitor Now Officially a FreeSync Monitor (144 Hz)
No, but the article claims it has "DP 1.2a Plus" support. The "plus" being the optional extensions. If you don't want to call it freesync support, then at the very least it's variable vblank support.
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I don't see how a FreeSync monitor will cannibalize G-Sync monitor sales. Both require different GPUs.
No but perhaps people will wait to see the freesync offering from Asus rather than buying a g-sync monitor from them right now? If it's between almost an Asus g-sync monopoly vs wait and see freesync in the future where everyone's gonna be making them, I think Asus would rather you buy a g-sync monitor right now.
Because if you could buy a display that supported both, people would pretty much stop buying the Swift. This is part of the reason I am really holding off, I want to know if someone is going to come out with a display that supports both. I don't want to be "locked" in to one card brand if I don't have to be.
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Since Freesync is optional part of 1.2a then just having 1.2a connection!= freesync support
Because if you could buy a display that supported both, people would pretty much stop buying the Swift. This is part of the reason I am really holding off, I want to know if someone is going to come out with a display that supports both. I don't want to be "locked" in to one card brand if I don't have to be.
This one actually sounds rather appealing compared to the 4k rog that's just been announced. A lot of people have been asking for 2560x1440 IPS 120hz.
Because if you could buy a display that supported both, people would pretty much stop buying the Swift. This is part of the reason I am really holding off, I want to know if someone is going to come out with a display that supports both. I don't want to be "locked" in to one card brand if I don't have to be.
Technically AdaptiveSync is the optional part of the DP1.2a extension, FreeSync is AMD's side of things.
But if it's from the same company and same Monitor division why would it matter? Worker Joe might get mad at worker Amy who is on the working the other product line? I'm just thinking they are not there yet. Announced at CES is different from being in the pipeline for Retail is my take. It's not instant. Unless you are Samsung. (phones)
This will probably hurt the wallet less too considering theres no premium priced G-Sync in it. This is a interesting monitor, I'm having some regrets buying a Korean monitor recently.
I got messed up, there seem to be two 120hz+ IPS monitor revealed today, Asus one seem to be a freesync one (Supposed, not comfirmed right) and the Acer that is G sync.
I got messed up, there seem to be two 120hz+ IPS monitor revealed today, Asus one seem to be a freesync one (Supposed, not comfirmed right) and the Acer that is G sync.
jupp exactly. The Gsync one is 1440p 144hz IPS from ASUS. Should arrive in March IIRC.
This one is 1440p 120hz IPS from ACER, but we don't know yet if freesync works. If freesync works then I am very interested in this monitor. Price could be around 600€-700€. Should be lower than the Gsync counterparts
It would interesting to see a comparison between this and the Swift with G Sync.
I've never used IPS. I've also been using g sync for a while now so I don't know if I'll miss it since I can't remember how it was to game without it lol
can anyone trust asus after th first swift that came out? itd be great to see millions boycott them if this comes out late, broken, ignored like last one, but only time will tell if ppl are sheeples or actually care to pay for hardware that been tested not just rushed out in broken state. personally went through 5 different swifts wit h3 diff retailers all had one or another of the serious issues, that made it worse then a playstation branded monitor,
Looks a lot better than the ugly glossy XB270HU with its thick bezels. This one doesn't have G-Sync though and it will possibly need a hardware upgrade to support FreeSync. On the other hand it should be a lot cheaper than a G-Sync monitor. Featuring a 120 Hz panel, it must be different from the 144 Hz panel used in the XB270HU. But it's probably an AU Optronics AHVA too, since its GTG repsonse time is only 5 ms.
Why not get the bold one. I don't get the appeal of 120-144hz monitors when it takes enormous GPU power and, by extension, enormous budgets to reach frame rates that high. Even in extreme cases you are unlikely to maintain a refresh rate that high in the latest games and certainly not in the games of tomorrow. The 4k, IPS, G-Sync monitor seems like it's perfect.
Adaptive Sync is good when FPS is low. Why would anyone play with low fps on a high hz monitor..?
Tearing is not a problem with high fps and hertz anyway.
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