Monitors
Ahead of CES, Samsung has introduced a new lineup of Odyssey OLED monitors aimed at the gaming market. The Odyssey OLED family all carry AMD's FreeSync Premium Pro certification for HDR and variable refresh rate support, with a maximum refresh rate of 240Hz or 360Hz depending on the specific model. The lineup includes the curved 49-inch Odyssey OLED G9 model, the flat 32-inch Odyssey OLED G8, and the flat 27-inch Odyssey OLED G6. All three displays are based on Samsung's quantum dot OLED (QD-OLED) panel type. The 49-inch curved Odyssey OLED G9 (G95SD model) is Samsung's flagship OLED monitor for gamers. The product boasts with a screen curvature of 1800R, 32:9 aspect ratio with a resolution of 5120x1440, as well as a variable refresh rate...
VESA Releases DisplayPort 1.4 Standard: DisplayPort Adds Compression & HDR
One of the more interesting aspects of the DisplayPort standards is how the VESA has the separate but strongly intertwined DisplayPort and Embedded DisplayPort standards. As a result of...
38 by Ryan Smith on 3/2/2016
Acer Announces Predator XB321HK Monitor: 32” 4K IPS With G-SYNC
Today Acer is rounding out their Predator lineup of gaming displays with a heavyweight addition. The XB321HK is a 32-inch IPS display with a 3840x2160 resolution, which works out...
29 by Brett Howse on 3/1/2016
FreeSync-over-HDMI: Samsung Launches 1800R Curved FHD Monitors in the CF591 and CF390
One of the big things to come out of Computex last year was our exclusive preview of a new project by AMD: being able to bring variable refresh rate...
38 by Ian Cutress on 2/29/2016
16:10 Lives On: EIZO Releases 24-inch ColorEdge CG2420 and CS2420 Professional Monitors
For anyone that loves a 16:10 screen, with resolutions such as 1920x1200 or 2560x1600, there have been relatively slim pickings in the monitor world recently. Any high end or...
41 by Ian Cutress on 2/16/2016
ASUS Booth Tour at CES 2016: 10G Switches, External GPU Dock, USB-C Monitor and more
When ASUS emailed a couple of weeks before CES announcing that they had cancelled their press event for the show, we had a few question marks. Previous shows involve...
50 by Ian Cutress on 1/19/2016
CES 2016: Dell Booth Tour
In 2015, Dell’s CES product launch included the redesigned XPS 13, arguably one of the best Windows laptops on the market today. With the launch of Skylake, the XPS...
15 by Brett Howse on 1/11/2016
Dell Demonstrates 30-inch 4K OLED Display
Dell does not produce its own display panels, but when it comes to unique “world’s first” monitors, it is sometimes years ahead of all of its rivals. At the...
83 by Anton Shilov on 1/7/2016
Lenovo Launches ThinkVision Displays With USB-C Docking At CES
As soon as the USB-C connector and alternate modes were announced with DisplayPort adding support, I instantly envisioned a monitor with USB-C as the single cable to allow docking...
13 by Brett Howse on 1/3/2016
HP Z27q Monitor Review: Aiming For More Pixels
Almost a year ago, we reviewed the HP Z27x monitor, which was a 27-inch display capable of covering a very wide gamut. It had a reasonable 2560x1440 resolution, which...
96 by Brett Howse on 12/22/2015
Acer Announces A 200Hz Ultrawide Display
Today at IFA Acer has announced a number of new products relating to gaming. Among the product launches was a new display aimed firmly at gamers. It's a very...
30 by Brandon Chester on 9/2/2015
ASUS Announces A 144Hz WQHD Gaming Monitor With FreeSync
Today ASUS announced a new monitor targeted at the gaming market. The ASUS MG278Q is a 27" TN panel with a resolution of 2560x1440 and a 144Hz refresh rate...
59 by Brandon Chester on 8/19/2015
Nixeus NX-VUE24A 144Hz FreeSync Monitor Set to Ship
We briefly covered the launch of the Nixeus NX-VUE24A FreeSync monitor as part of our write-up on AMD's FreeSync demonstrations at Computex 2015. Nixeus today sent news that the...
40 by Ganesh T S on 8/14/2015
Samsung Launches Two FreeSync Capable UltraHD Monitors
Today Samsung launched two new UltraHD monitors with support for AMD's Freesync technology. AMD actually announced these monitors at their Future of Compute event last year, but there wasn't...
29 by Brandon Chester on 6/22/2015
AMD Demonstrates FreeSync-over-HDMI Concept Hardware at Computex 2015
While AMD wasn’t the first GPU vendor to implement a system for variable refresh, the company has made up for lost time with zeal. Since demonstrating their FreeSync proof-of-concept...
91 by Ian Cutress & Ryan Smith on 6/3/2015
ASUS Unveils The ProArt PA329Q UHD Monitor
In addition to their smartphone and tablet announcements at Computex today, ASUS has also revealed a new monitor aimed at imaging professionals, photographers, and editors alike. It will be...
11 by Brandon Chester on 6/1/2015
AMD Crossfire Freesync Update: Delayed
When AMD launched Freesync back in March, one of the limitations of the initial launch version was that only single-GPU configurations were supported. Multi-GPU Crossfire systems could not be...
92 by Ryan Smith on 4/30/2015
LG 34UM67: UltraWide FreeSync Review
AMD officially launched FreeSync earlier this month, and the technology is interesting not just in how it works but also in how it differs from NVIDIA’s G-SYNC. Our first...
96 by Jarred Walton on 3/31/2015
The AMD FreeSync Review
After a long wait, AMD’s FreeSync has finally arrived. Promising adaptive refresh rates using open standards and with no royalty fees, there are only two remaining questions: does is...
350 by Jarred Walton on 3/19/2015
AMD FreeSync Update
There are plenty of users looking for FreeSync displays, and for those of us in the US we will have to wait a bit longer. However, AMD sends word...
55 by Jarred Walton on 3/5/2015
ASUS ROG Swift PG278Q G-SYNC Monitor Review
The ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) line includes everything you want for building a high-end gaming PC: GPUs, Motherboards, Keyboards and Mice, Sound Cards, Headsets, and now Monitors. The...
101 by Chris Heinonen & Jarred Walton on 2/13/2015
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