Ordered it from Amazon while it was temporarily $950 (still high price, but I'm impatient for this one )
Well, it came in damaged which browsing around reddit and other locations shows this is not uncommon for this unit. I don't know if these things are just more fragile or if the shipping couriers are just crazy this time of year... both the outer box & monitor box looked in good shape, but I will say the padding used was near non-existent so who knows.
That said, having tried the AW3418DW and then settling for the AW3418HW to hold me over... this 950F is quite nice from a picture quality perspective. I have damage on the screen, but it is at least usable enough to see what improvements I can expect.
I don't notice the input lag difference which was my biggest worry, and the picture quality upgrade is dead apparent (and I'm not just referring to resolution). I think the biggest issue with the AW3418DW (also with the HW I have now) was the low contrast ratio... and to me this monitor proves SOMETHING holds the DW back.
I'm not a professional user at any level so I can't do any measurements... but if there are any questions I might be able to answer that is not available by just googling I'll give it a go. I am most likely just going to set up an exchange with Amazon, but I want to do a few more tests to make sure I am not impacted by the input lag (I play Rocket League almost exclusively so this is important to me).
My current card is the GTX 1080 Ti so I can't help with FreeSync related questions
Well, it came in damaged which browsing around reddit and other locations shows this is not uncommon for this unit. I don't know if these things are just more fragile or if the shipping couriers are just crazy this time of year... both the outer box & monitor box looked in good shape, but I will say the padding used was near non-existent so who knows.
That said, having tried the AW3418DW and then settling for the AW3418HW to hold me over... this 950F is quite nice from a picture quality perspective. I have damage on the screen, but it is at least usable enough to see what improvements I can expect.
I don't notice the input lag difference which was my biggest worry, and the picture quality upgrade is dead apparent (and I'm not just referring to resolution). I think the biggest issue with the AW3418DW (also with the HW I have now) was the low contrast ratio... and to me this monitor proves SOMETHING holds the DW back.
I'm not a professional user at any level so I can't do any measurements... but if there are any questions I might be able to answer that is not available by just googling I'll give it a go. I am most likely just going to set up an exchange with Amazon, but I want to do a few more tests to make sure I am not impacted by the input lag (I play Rocket League almost exclusively so this is important to me).
My current card is the GTX 1080 Ti so I can't help with FreeSync related questions