Acer Nitro VG271U Pbmiipx 27 WQHD (2560 x 1440) IPS AMD Radeon FREESYNC Gaming Monitor, 144Hz, VESA Certified Display HDR400, DCI-P3, (2 HDMI 2.0 & 1 Display Port), Black

You cannot beat this price for 165Hz 1080p

Just got this monitor as part of an upgrade alongside the RX 5700xt graphics card. My old graphics card doesnt support HDMI 2.0, but I got the full resolution and refresh rate after switching to DisplayPort 1.4. Very nice display and a lot of options built in. The speakers are okay but I typically will just use my headset anyway. Didnt expect anything from the speakers and nobody really should. The picture quality is spot on and works well with AMD display setting software. I wish the monitor display was edge-to-edge but theres about a 3/4cm on the left, right, and top sides of the display. Tried changing some things up and its still like that. Looking at it in the light, I believe thats just how its designed. Overall great value!

Love the high resolution and refresh rate. This is my first gaming monitor, huge step up from 1080p60hz

Product box came damaged prior to delivery looks like it went down a flight of stairs.... very unfortunate

I ordered the 1440p model. When I connected it in windows it defaults to 4K. Refresh rate is 29hz. When I choose 1440p refresh rate is 59hz. When I tried 1080p refresh rate was 60hz. I bought this to game in and am switching from an ASUS 1080p 144hz 1ms monitor. This monitor makes me nauseous with its low refresh. I am using an HDMI cable for the moment until the display port cable is delivered. That may be my problem. ****UPDATED**** After much tinkering in windows and the monitor, I was able to make it all work so much better. The dp cable is great too. It’s got a fast response and great color now. Not going to say certain fast paced FPS are totally clear when flicking around, but pretty much acceptable and the rest of the benefits outweigh. My old asus monitor wasn’t much better but is blown away in every other department. Movies are much nicer to watch on this by far. Gaming is better in 99% of games. I’ve put many hours on this monitor now and can recommend. - other people talk about flicker, I haven’t seen any. UPDATE ********** three months later and the flicker has appeared. It like a strobe like and is nauseating. Move on to the exit monitor unless you are ok with spending money on a piece of trash.

All around love the monitor for the price, best bang for the buck!

great value at 240$, gotta mess with settings to get it just right but still a great monitor.

It was an amazing deal at ~$250 on Prime Day.

(UPDATE DEC 2021) The pixel ghosting I mention below actually has to do with inverse ghosting, better known as overshoot. This was happening because I had Overdrive turned on to Extreme. Turning it down to Normal allowed the overshoot to eliminate almost entirely, but, you will notice a little bit of blurring while playing something. Its honestly fine, and may actually resolve itself at higher refresh rates. The problems I was having were pretty much related to Skyrim and playing it at 60Hz on this monitor. (UPDATE NOV 2021): After installing Windows 11 I decided to finally give some time to figure out how to properly set up HDR on this monitor. Im glad I did. Setting the monitor to HDR 400 (it has an Auto setting I didnt find quite as good) and messing with some color settings in Nvidia Control Panel game me an amazing experience that Im glad I took the time to get. Whites are actually white (at least in games), light sources pop, and theres just better depth to everything. Im so glad I took the time finally to do this. Still going to leave it at 4-Stars though because no matter how you cut it, this is not a top-tier monitor and still has some pixel ghosting issues when playing games where there are a lot of bright colors on screen at the same time. _____________________________________________________ (Original Review) First, Id like to say that Im using a 10-series Nvidia GPU. Changing around the refresh rate and color was done in Nvidia Control Panel, and monitor settings were obviously done on the monitor itself. That said, Im mostly happy with this monitor, and I think you will as well. Youll just need to know a few things before buying it to get the most from it: 1. Dont forget to use a DisplayPort or HDMI 2 cable. A regular HDMI cable is restricted to a 60Hz signal, so you wont get 144 unless you use the right cable. I only say this because in almost every instance where someone Ive spoken to claimed there was almost no difference between 60 and 144, it was because they used a regular HDMI cable, sticking themselves to 60Hz even if their PC was running at a high FPS. 2. If you are gaming, be sure to put the monitor on Action mode, and be sure the Over Drive is set to EXTREME, with Ultra-Low Latency to ON in the Gaming section of the monitors menu. 2. You will not get 10bit color unless you put the monitors refresh rate to 120Hz. However, doing this caused a pixel response time change, making it somewhat unenjoyable to play games because of pretty bad pixel ghosting when moving quickly, especially if the background was a light color. 10-bit 120Hz, in my opinion, should only be used for media work/editing, browsing, and other low-intensity activities. 3. The ghosting was resolved by putting the monitor back to 144Hz, 8bit color, and was perfectly enjoyable for gaming, and should be used as such. 4. HDR was pretty bad. It just overly brightened and washed everything out. I did not make any real attempt at changing settings around to compensate for it because it really wasnt all that important to me. (REFER TO NOV 2021 UPDATE REGARDING HDR) 5. FreeSync, at least with my Nvidia card, was not good. It did eliminate tearing, but it introduced bad pixel ghosting because it overrides monitor settings, shutting off Over Drive and Ultra-Low Latency. This may be completely different for you if you have a 20-series Nvidia card or AMD. Also, the Setup G-Sync option (which can be enabled on even FreeSync monitors) will not be available in Nvidia Control Panel unless you turn on FreeSync in the monitor settings first. Overall I love this monitor when I use it in the way described. When I use Photoshop or After Effects, I put it on 10-bit/120Hz. When I game, I put it on 8-bit/144HZ, all in the monitor. For the price, its a small thing to deal with, so Im pretty happy overall. Just dont expect this to be perfect with all of the features it possesses.

So Ive had the monitor and the horribly wobbly stand it comes with for about 4 months now. Ive not had any performance issues from the monitor. The stand is wobbly and a bit annoying. I REALLY dont know why Acer couldnt have included a more sturdy and adjustable stand with this monitor like they did with the Predator. Not only is the stand not very stable, its not adjustable either. So Im taking a star off for this poor design oversight. In the event you decide to get a different stand beware as Ive had bad luck trying to get stands that will hold the weight.