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The xl2546k even though very clear with dyac, still has few ufos trailing behind it. If xg2431 is close to it, does it mean it has these trails too?Yes - however, there are multiple worthwhile strobe upgrades:
…Much better 240Hz strobing (ballpark of TN strobe quality for 240Hz strobe)
Give or take. Screen center is however, much clearer than XG270 at 240Hz, as max-Hz strobing has been specifically improved as much as possible, too. This is normal at max Hz for all LCD desktop monitor strobing.
I try my best to be honest about tech limitations. LCD motion blur reduction have come a really long way in the last 10 years and still have much to go!
My personal opionion is that it is a very esports-friendly IPS LCD, in both strobed and non-strobed modes. And can even esports on both consoles and PC -- since it's one of the rare 240Hz LCDs that also does 60Hz low-lag and 120Hz low-lag too.
Chip shortages is delaying a lot of monitors and panels. Many custom high Hz panel require powerful chips custom made by fabbers such as TSMC or GlobalFoundries, etc.
I trust you, Chief. I always have. Please let this monitor be everything you're claiming it to be. It seems like its only drawback is it can't do VRR strobed (Unless there's an undocumented way to enable it), and that it's not OLED.Chief Blur Buster wrote: ↑01 Jul 2021, 17:29I try my best to be honest about tech limitations. LCD motion blur reduction have come a really long way in the last 10 years and still have much to go!
My personal opionion is that it is a very esports-friendly IPS LCD, in both strobed and non-strobed modes. And can even esports on both consoles and PC -- since it's one of the rare 240Hz LCDs that also does 60Hz low-lag and 120Hz low-lag too.
The addition of Overdrive Gain tuning capability, improves further control over crosstalk reductions, over XG270. The other chief difference of XG270 is that XG270 is a fixed-scanrate panel (like nearly all 240Hz panels on market) and XG2431 is a variable-scanrate panel -- which produces some rather interesting behavior differences such as XG2431 having superior low latency for PlayStation and XBox gaming at 60 Hz and 120 Hz.
However, I will let the reviewers and end users be the judge of that, obviously.
Chip shortages is delaying a lot of monitors and panels. Many custom high Hz panel require powerful chips custom made by fabbers such as TSMC or GlobalFoundries, etc.
Most users don't realize this because manufacturers try not to announce until they know when they're able to release, but they're imperfect. I have >1 year old prototypes, as well as one 2 year old unannounced prototype monitor. Models under NDA by multiple manufacturers.
First it was COVID delays, then chip manufacturing capacity shortages (gaming panels panels require custom chips), then easier-to-manufacture models jumped the queue ahead, delaying certain prototypes by a year or two. You've heard chip factory manufacturing capacity shortages delay car manufacturers and other mudane products...
Personally, I am VERY glad XG2431 was delayed only a few months, given a couple of very old prototype monitors (of undisclosed manufacturers) sitting behind me on the laboratory bench...
This will be a sustained problem for upcoming future models for the forseeable future, probably. TSMC is building new chip factories but that will be years. The GPU crypto craze gobbled up a lot of chip fab capacity and even as the GPU shortages abate, there's a long lineup of many months of waiting manufacturers waiting for their chip orders from the chip fabbers (TSMC, GlobalFoundries).
(In a gallows humor way, crudely simplified: Take a number, have a seat for many months, to wait in line to pick up your freshly manufactured chips. If only silicon was as easy to make as pototo chips...)
It's hurry-up-and-wait, even for myself at Blur Busters. So much yummy stuff for y'all in my laboratory that may still be months or years from release.
I have only tested 4K 60 Hz -- and yes, XG2431 supports 4K 60Hz input. Obviously, it scales it down to 1080p 60Hz but it works.
I meant resolutions lower than 1080p. Will it do, say, 1728x1080 or 1680x1050 at 240Hz?Chief Blur Buster wrote: ↑01 Jul 2021, 17:51I have only tested and XG2431 supports 4K 60Hz input. Obviously, it scales it down to 1080p 60.
I have not tested 1440p or 4K at higher Hz, the cable bandwidth is the huge limiting factor. I suspect you will be able to get a little higher, but not all the way to 240 Hz. It is not a feature most gaming monitors is able to do.
It should. I tested various odd resolutions such as 1440x1080 and 3840x2160 and 1920x1078 -- the monitor will accept these signals.