Worth bearing in mind it was £440 which Trusted Reviews tested it at and $600 for PC Mag. I am tempted but might go for the IPS LG for a similar price as it won't be just for gaming for me. But definitely an excellent price for a good brand and decent spec.
13 comments
SpitfireXXI
19 Sep 17#13
I bought one of these second hand last year, and have found it a good quality, solid and reliable 4k monitor. The image quality is excellent, it looks good, and I've never had an issue with gaming (using a 1070 card). It's so good, I'm picking up a second used one today. Yes, the stand isn't adjustable other than a small mount of tip, but I use a monitor arm anyway as the monitor has a 75mm vesa on the back. It's worth noting that the vesa is quite high up on the rear, so the arm needs to be fairly tall to raise the screen far off the desk. In summary, I'd say that this would be a reasonable buy at £300, and if you can get it for any less (maybe a Warehouse deal?), then you won't regret it!
HUKD is crap at spotting them! Did a search as well and the link didn't say it was a duplicate.
random_man
12 Sep 17#8
Display spec displayspecifications.com/en/…e44 its got 1 x HDMI 1.4, 1 x HDMI 2.0 and 1 x DisplayPort 1.2 so 4k 60hz on two ports and 4k 30hz for the HDMI 1.4 port. So would you go for this with a TN or a LG 4k monitor with an IPS screen LG 27UD58 27" 4K for about £30 more?
Phnarr to random_man
13 Sep 17#12
If you're looking at LG IPSes I'd stump the extra and get the LG 27UD69P, which has the pivot/height adjustable (including portrait) stand and a higher static contrast ratio
GwanGy
12 Sep 17#7
wHAT happens if you play abck a film , peter jackson hmm .. will it adapt to the correct FPS ..48fps I think ?? Suppose it would have to be a bluray ...
coventgamer
12 Sep 17#2
What happens if I buy this and I have an nvidia card
Nobull to coventgamer
12 Sep 17#3
Nothing, it will still run at the rated 60hz over DisplayPort. But you won't get the benefits of Freesync, obviously. Reviews seemed to say it was decent for gaming for a 4K panel.
steveex to coventgamer
12 Sep 17#4
The end of civilisation as we know it, most likely.
If you're referring to the frame rate, it will max out at whatever the panels hz ceiling is
TL;DR > Monitors without Freesync or Gsync refresh at a set rate e.g. 60hz monitor refreshes 60 times per second. With Freesync and Gsync the monitor adapts it's refresh rate every second to match the number of frames the graphics card is outputting. This means you get less screen tearing and artefacts. So if your graphics card is pushing out 45 frames per second, the monitor adapts it's refresh to this, on the fly.
EndlessWaves to Nobull
12 Sep 17#9
I think he was asking what the reason for going for them was, rather than the details on how they worked.
Variable refresh rate makes the picture smoother. It's effectively a performance boost with no necessity for a more expensive graphics card or any other downsides (other than nVidia's refusal to support the DisplayPort version of course).
Provided it's fullscreen and provided the media player supports it then it can work for films too.
Nobull
12 Sep 17#1
I have a price alert set up for this monitor on CamelCamelCamel. Apparently this is the lowest it's ever been.
Pros: Cheap Sweet spot size for 4K (my opinion) Freesync
Cons: Lack of adjustable stand Non-IPS Apparently some input lag
Worth bearing in mind it was £440 which Trusted Reviews tested it at and $600 for PC Mag. I am tempted but might go for the IPS LG for a similar price as it won't be just for gaming for me. But definitely an excellent price for a good brand and decent spec.
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Pros:
Cheap
Sweet spot size for 4K (my opinion)
Freesync
Cons:
Lack of adjustable stand
Non-IPS
Apparently some input lag
Mixed reviews:
A- at 4k.com > 4k.com/mon…or/
3.5 / 5 on PC Mag > tu9srvbirvvtmjmkdwsucgntywcuy29t.g00.pcmag.com/g00…$/$
3.5 / 5 on Trusted Reviews> trustedreviews.com/g00…uk/
Worth bearing in mind it was £440 which Trusted Reviews tested it at and $600 for PC Mag. I am tempted but might go for the IPS LG for a similar price as it won't be just for gaming for me. But definitely an excellent price for a good brand and decent spec.
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In summary, I'd say that this would be a reasonable buy at £300, and if you can get it for any less (maybe a Warehouse deal?), then you won't regret it!
hotukdeals.com/dea…937
Suppose it would have to be a bluray ...
If you're referring to the frame rate, it will max out at whatever the panels hz ceiling is
TL;DR > Monitors without Freesync or Gsync refresh at a set rate e.g. 60hz monitor refreshes 60 times per second. With Freesync and Gsync the monitor adapts it's refresh rate every second to match the number of frames the graphics card is outputting. This means you get less screen tearing and artefacts. So if your graphics card is pushing out 45 frames per second, the monitor adapts it's refresh to this, on the fly.
Variable refresh rate makes the picture smoother. It's effectively a performance boost with no necessity for a more expensive graphics card or any other downsides (other than nVidia's refusal to support the DisplayPort version of course).
Provided it's fullscreen and provided the media player supports it then it can work for films too.
Pros:
Cheap
Sweet spot size for 4K (my opinion)
Freesync
Cons:
Lack of adjustable stand
Non-IPS
Apparently some input lag
Mixed reviews:
A- at 4k.com > 4k.com/mon…or/
3.5 / 5 on PC Mag > tu9srvbirvvtmjmkdwsucgntywcuy29t.g00.pcmag.com/g00…$/$
3.5 / 5 on Trusted Reviews> trustedreviews.com/g00…uk/
Worth bearing in mind it was £440 which Trusted Reviews tested it at and $600 for PC Mag. I am tempted but might go for the IPS LG for a similar price as it won't be just for gaming for me. But definitely an excellent price for a good brand and decent spec.