really cool, though I'd rather not see one in person until i can afford it because its hard to go back to a lower refresh rate

overwatch on 240hz lul

Betting on $1000+ on first release

Holy shit, and im still stuck here on 60 hz lol

Maybe this will make 144hz monitors cheaper?
Like it probably won't but I can hope

You should really get a 144hz your missing out big time

144hz monitors have been slowly come down in price over the past couple of years. There are a lot of different brands to choose from these days and some are extremely affordable. As competition grows and newer technology becomes available they will only continue to get cheaper.

don't asus monitors kind of have input lag issues? i seem to recall some of the earlier ones having poor results and even some of the later ones too

I honestly wonder if there is really that much of a visible difference between that and 144 but I guess we'll see

yea it wont be near as noticeable as 60 -> 144. Diminishing returns will definitely come into play.

I doubt it will be that much. After all its a 24.5" TN 1080p panel. I'd guess it will be no more than double the Asus 144Hz Asus VG248QE. So <$600.

240FPS combined with G-Sync (which means zero screen tearing) i think would be pretty amazing.

The price will also depend on if other companies announce 240Hz panels or not. If it's an Asus exclusive then they will likely price gouge. But Asus doesn't make the actual panel, so if there is a 240Hz panel out there likely other companies will likely use them as well.

1s/ 60 = 16.67ms
1s/120 = 8.33ms
1s/144 = 6.94ms
1s/240 = 4.17ms

In other words the difference between 144 and 240 isn't even double the difference from 120 to 144.
Yeah, diminishing returns.

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I'm not quite as optimistic.
VG248QE (144Hz) - 250-300$
PG248Q (180Hz) - 450-500$
PG258Q (240Hz) - ?

However Acer did announce the Predator XB251HQT. There shouldn't be too many 24.5" 240Hz TN panels so I'm assuming it's the same.
I'd guess 749 or 799$ launch price with street prices round 650-700 once the Acer is available.
We'll have to wait and see.

I believe the biggest reason for the jump in price from 144Hz to 180Hz though was because of GSYNC. They gotta pay for that nVidia royalty. The VG248QE's GSYNC board was expensive af. Like $200-300 for a DIY board that you have to install yourself.

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Iirc the boards were 200$. Keep in mind that was a whole board and you'd throw out the old one. Actual cost for G-Sync is about 100$.

It really depends on what that panel is. If it's just leftovers then it might not be that expensive (quarter of a 49" 4K TV panel) but if they had to put more work into getting them to 240Hz then it won't be cheap.
Also potential R&D work for 240Hz, there aren't really standard parts and layouts for that yet.

And then there's another thing: Cost might not actually be relevant. Maybe the don't want to make the PG248Q obsolete yet. I mean who is going to buy that thing if you can get the PG258Q for almost the same price? Also if they believe enough people will buy it for 800$ then you can bet they'll sell it for 800$, not 600$.