Acer has been hard at work looking into the needs of designers since it first announced its ConceptD line up last year. This year, the line up is being expanded with more options that make sense for the artistically inclined and design heavy consumer with their new ConceptD 3 Ezel and even their new line up of monitors and the new ConceptD 100 desktop.
ConceptD 100 Desktop
The ConceptD 100 desktop takes the design cues of the ConceptD line up and puts them into a rather unique, sleek and eye catching design. The pristine white finish is accented by a deep black panel which houses most of the functional buttons.
That said, the package isn’t just pretty. It has some substance with Acer gearing the ConceptD 100 Desktop for 2D rendering and entry level 3D CAD workloads. It comes equipped with 9th generation Intel Core i5 processor and is equipped with up to 16GB of RAM and up to 2TB of storage. To help with the graphical workloads, the ConceptD 100 comes equipped with the NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 or NVIDIA Quadro P620 graphics cards. When it comes to connectivity, it supports 802.11ac/a/b/g/n WiFi and Bluetooth 5.0.
Official Specifications
ConceptD Monitors
Keeping in line with catering for the needs of the prosumer, the ConceptD monitors are built to cater to the needs of graphics intensive workloads which require an increased colour accuracy and higher refresh rates.
ConceptD CP5 & CP3
The ConceptD CP5 and CP3 monitors are catered specifically to computer graphics creators, video editors and animators.
The CP5 is equipped with a WQHD resolution of 2560×1440 pixels and is HDR compatible with the VESA DisplayHDR 600 standard. It comes with Adaptive Sync technology and can be overclocked to 170Hz refresh rate. The high-performance monitor comes with a high degree of colour accuracy with ΔE values well below 1 and PANTONE validaton. The monitors come with a colour depth of 1.07 million colours covering 99% of the Adobe sRGB gamut.
The CP3 carries similar specifications with support for 98% of the DCI-P3 colour gamut and a refresh rate of up to 165Hz. It comes with a WQHD resolution of 3840×2160 pixels and is certified with HDR support according to the VESA DisplayHDR 400 standard.
ConceptD CM3 Monitor
The ConceptD CM3 monitor zooms in on professional creators looking for a more capable monitor to handle the precision based workloads they are used to. The monitor comes with support for 99% of the Adobe RGB colour space and is Pantone Validated with a ΔE of less than 2. It also has VESA DisplayHDR 400 support and is compatible with AMD FreeSync.
Pricing & Availability
The ConceptD 100 Desktop will be available in Europe, Middle East and Asia (EMEA) in June with prices starting at EUR799 (MYR4,834.10).
The ConceptD CP3 monitor will be available in China starting in June with prices starting at RMB3,999 (MYR); in North America (NA) and EMEA starting in August with prices starting at USD$619.99 (MYR2,649.86) and EUR629 (MYR3,043.90) respectively.
The CP5 monitor will be available in China starting in July with prices kicking off at RMB4,999 (MYR3,022.49); in NA and EMEA starting August with prices starting at USD$749.99 (MYR3,205.52) and EUR759 (MYR3,673.34) respectively.
The CM3 will be available in China starting July with prices kicking off at RMB4,999 (MYR3,022.49); in NA and EMEA starting August with prices starting at USD$709.99 (MYR3,034.54) and EUR719 (MYR3,480.01) respectively.