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    Acer Predator XR341CK

    The best ultrawide gaming monitor yet?
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    Re: Acer Predator XR341CK

    Hi Ryan, did you actually try the gaming experience on the monitor, if so which games and do you have any impressions/comparisons with other monitors? At the moment the review looks a little like it's a bit theoretical rather than actually trying it
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    Re: Acer Predator XR341CK

    Should add "glossy plastic" to 'The Bad' list. Glossy plastic needs to die in a fire, and Acer wont catch on until reviewers criticise them for using it.
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    Re: Acer Predator XR341CK

    Very nice. Now change the glossy black plastic frame for white or clear and the monitor will be even better.

    It might be a little too big for my desk but I still want one.

    Hopefully a Gsync option will be available soon so that I can choose which of AMD/Nvidia I want to upgrade to

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    Re: Acer Predator XR341CK

    Very nice screen, now all we need are a range of colour choices for the bezel/back panel to match the colours of the lights & case colours of our systems
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    Re: Acer Predator XR341CK

    Quote Originally Posted by kalniel View Post
    Hi Ryan, did you actually try the gaming experience on the monitor, if so which games and do you have any impressions/comparisons with other monitors? At the moment the review looks a little like it's a bit theoretical rather than actually trying it
    I played a lot of games actually...I do like to break from the real world sometimes I'm still a BF3 junkie so that consumed most of my time with this monitor, it also helps that BF3 is fairly easy to run too! I'm not going to say this monitor made me a better gamer (because I'm basically already teh pwnerer ) but the extra FOV support is really nice in the FPS arena, it does give you something of an advantage.... especially if you're a (lame) medic racking up those revives on Operation Metro . In terms of racing I had a go with GTA V, bit more difficult to run at that res with the hardware I've got here (R9 290s) but nonetheless it's a lot smoother than the 34UM67 and 34UC97. The extra FOV really helps, especially when you're trying to keep track of where the police cars behind are. One of the main issues (with all 21:9 monitors really) is a lot of cut-scenes and automated sequences are still displayed at 16:9 so the black bars can be a bit annoying.

    My experiences with ultrawides are limited to the BenQ XR3501, LG 34UM67 and LG 34UC97. Versus the LG 34UC97 the visuals are pretty similar, but you'd expect that as they are similar panels, the Acer XR341CK is a lot more fluid as that jump from 60 to 75Hz is REALLY noticeable. Personally that's why I'd pick this over the BenQ XR3501 since even though BenQ are doing something cool with a 144Hz ultrawide, which definitely serves a particular buyer, I'd rather grab the extra resolution at 75Hz than sacrifice the resolution to get 144Hz, the difference between 75Hz and 144Hz is less noticeable than 60 to 75 IMO.

    I'll revisit this section ASAP for more clarity/depth, thanks for your comment though.

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    Re: Acer Predator XR341CK

    The X34 (nvidia user) is the monitor I was so close to getting. But the price makes it hard to justify, when you can get a very good 55" 4K TV, and a GTX 980Ti, for the price of the X34 and a 970.

    I think in the long run I'd be happier with the higher resolution, because FPS is only something you notice when you go up or down. Take Witcher 3 for instance, it's the first game I had to run at 30-40fps (because low detail was too bad, preferred lower FPS over lower quality and higher FPS), and while it was HORRIBLE at first, hell for quite a while, I eventually got used to it. But the second I moved to another game (GTA V for example) the 60fps looked incredible..and ruined Witcher all over again ha.

    So while the 75hz would be awesome at first, you'd get used to it rather quickly, whilst a 4K setup has a bigger chance to consistently blow your socks off.

    BTW I'm not stating this as fact, this is simply my opinion on the matter of trade offs between FPS and resolution, if you prefer higher FPS that's absolutely fine I'm just saying this is what I prefer

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    Those contrast ratios are atrocious. I really wish VA was being pursued more than IPS. I guess that's where the Predator Z35 comes in, but even then it's promised contrast ratio isn't that great (and it's 2560 x 1080 on a 35" panel, no thanks). Even Eizo's gaming section seem to be abandoning VA panels.

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    aspect ratio 16/9.. ahahahhaha in what universe is that?!

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