Acer XB280HK

Even if FreeSync ends up winning in the market, existing G-SYNC displays should continue working fine as the drivers and hardware shouldn't need any tweaks. Buying such a display today is certainly the bleeding edge, and we'll likely see better alternatives in the coming year (e.g. IPS panels, DisplayPort 1.3/HDMI 2.0, etc.), but this is currently the only game in town.

While as a display on its own the Acer XB280HK doesn't offer the best performance, it's still acceptable in all the important areas. As you can guess, however, the only real reason to buy this display is if you want G-SYNC, and more importantly you want...

Chris Burns After previewing the G-Sync technology all the way back in December of 2013, we've been chomping at the bit to get the chance to check out a real-deal consumer-ready G-Sync monitor. Today we get to bring that to you with the Acer...

In the interest of full disclosure, I'm going to start this piece off with a bit of a confession: Last year, when I was first exposed to NVIDIA's G-SYNC technology, I turned to one of our contacts at the company and said, “The moment someone comes out...

We really like the Acer XB280HK, for a few reasons. First and foremost, we're big fans of high-resolution displays. There are still some quirks with Windows and many applications that don't always scale properly on high-DPI displays, but the situation is...

The Acer XB280HK finally fulfills the promise of the 4K G-Sync monitor we have been day dreaming about since the technology's launch back in October of 2013. Now that we have it, as well as another retail G-Sync option in the office, what kind of...