Newskill Icarus 24, features and specifications

The Spanish company Newskill offers us a monitor, designed for Full HD gaming configurations, which stands out for its high refresh rate and compatibility with NVIDIA GSYNC and AMD FreeSync standards.

The Newskill Icarus 24 has a suggested price of $ 199 and you can already buy it from authorized resellers.

Newskill Icarus 24 Specifications

he Newskill Icarus 24 is a widescreen monitor with aspect ratio 16: 9 and resolution Full HD, 1920 x 1080 pixels, which is distinguished at first glance by do not have frames on the sides of the screen

, this means that the panel occupies the entire front surface of the monitor.

The screen is a 24 inch IPS panel with a typical brightness of 250 cd / m2 and one Contrast 1000: 1, it also has a high refresh rate that reaches up to 144Hz and its 1 millisecond response time makes it ideal for use as a gaming monitor.

The Newskill Icarus 24 also includes Free Flickr Technology, which eliminates annoying random flashes. This in combination with your bluish light filter, which alleviates eye fatigue after long sessions of use.

Compatible with NVIDIA GSYNC and AMD FreeSYNC

No matter what dedicated graphics card you have, since this monitor is compatible if you are using an AMD graphics card such as NVIDIA’s for gaming, you can take advantage of the high refresh rate of this monitor, since the Newskill Icarus 24 is compatible with both AMD FreeSync, and therefore with VESA adaptive SYNC, like with NVIDIA G-SYNC.

This makes it an ideal monitor for playing competitive games where reaction time is the most important, such as eSports, as well as other competitive genres where a higher frame rate affects greater gameplay. games.

Integrated video inputs

The Newskill Icarus 24 includes three video inputs

, the first is DisplayPort 1.2 and This is the only one with which we can reach 144 Hz, Since two HDMI inputs are type 1.4 and they don’t give enough bandwidth to be able to achieve Full HD resolution with this refresh rate, which makes them stick around 120 Hz.

It’s surprising that a monitor at this point doesn’t use more advanced versions of the HDMI and DisplayPort specs, but since it’s a Full HD monitor, it doesn’t require an interface with bandwidth either. higher, but it would be appreciated not to rely solely on the DisplayPort Interface to achieve 144Hz.

De way al audio el Newskill Icarus 24 does not include built-in speakers of any kind, so it is not possible to listen to it, but it includes a 3.5mm mini-jack output so that we can connect speakers or headphones.