** POTENTIALLY THE BEST GAMING MONITORS YET!! ** Acer 34" Ultra-wides

I have an issue with this monitor where the back-light permanently stays on even when the PC goes into sleep mode. I end up having to physically turn the monitor off as the backlight stays on and the monitor stays warm even when the PC is sleeping or off.

Anyone else have this issue?

I have tried my previous monitor again and the issue is only present with the X34
 
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Blackjack Davy said:
The internet is one vast rumour monger unfortunately, to hear the things about AMD you'd think they were the spawn of Satan. Stories just go round and around. Everytime i buy one of their cards I almost feel like I'm taking my PC's life in my hand, and everytime I plug it in and everything is fine with zero problems I think, what was all the fuss about?

On non-specialist forums you'll hear any Nvidia card recommended even for those on a tight budget when an AMD would be better value but no, never ever under any circumstances buy an AMD card. Quite often though they'll innocently proclaim an AMD cpu as being perfectly acceptable though, and thats one thing that has fallen behind Intels offerings quite badly. Such is the Internet.

The herd mentality seems to have likewise decided that Acer is the devil's work and to shun it in future. The witch burnings have begun.
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Brilliant post. It's a very strange thing that is happening in forums, Brand Bashing. And if, for some reason a company gets on that list then the negative reports spiral out of control.

Your last sentence says it better than I ever could.
 
I cant stand Acer. I wouldnt buy another of their products. So am I one of the herd ? I do not like Acer due to the whole experience I had with their Customer Service and warranty section. However there is one thing in particular I hate Acer for. Without dragging it all up again.

Acer Customer services told me via their Warranty ticket system my (£500) monitor was repaired and being sent back to me. I had to badger them for the tracking ref. Took several webchats and phone calls that morning till I got it. Mid afternoon I check the tracking and the monitor is heading for Tamworth. I live in Wakefield. The opposite direction. I ring Acer twice both times I am told the monitor will be delivered to me by 6pm. Definitely. No question. I told them no its not its going to somewhere in Tamworth. They said its not and read out my address as the delivery address. Despite my insistance they said I had to wait till 6pm as it will be delivered to my home address.

The address in Tamworth, it turned out was Acer's 3rd party Recycle company that receives their non-operable monitors. Do you realise how stressful and disheartening this was. To watch your monitor go somewhere across the country despite Acer telling you its being delivered to your home and there is sod all you can do about it.

Now substitute your £900 X34 monitor into my situation above. How would you feel about Acer after that!

All too often people with genuine gripes are told they are trolling, Acer bashing etc etc. What about the right to stand up for your consumer rights and air your grievances, oh sorry you are trolling. Problem is with this country sometimes we are too polite and accept things as is when they are not really good enough and should band together to complain. Often its the only way to get companies to change. Its just the process is hard.

Sometimes you do get issues becoming a mountain out of a molehill like the nvidia 3.5gb vram thing imho but with monitors its different. Maybe due to the size and hassle of sending them back we put up with it.

Its like with anything, you wouldnt put up with an oven that only cooks food in the top, or a TV that only works with BBC channels you expect it to be near perfect. So why put up with a monitor that has issues. Oh because you are trolling and brand bashing. :mad:
 
On the flip side: why do people enter and post in threads about monitor brand's that they will never buy? Monitor models that they never plan to buy? Constantly posting and bashing something that they have no interest in like it's a hobby.

I couldn't imagine wasting my time in such a manner as some do.
 
Its called consumer experience and sharing it with fellow consumers. Its how people learn what is being considered a good brand and whats not. Its whats being considered what is a good model and whats not. Its partly what this forum is for. Sharing experience on brands and makes of monitors.

To be honest I'm not going to waste my time reading any of this tosh too and will probably only come back to this forum when someone brings out a decent 4k IPS screen I want to buy so I can read other peoples experiences, good or bad. I expect I will have a long wait.
 
I think I've made the decision to keep the monitor.

I never noticed the scanlines before reading them online and from what I can gather I have a very mild case of it. I've never noticed them while gaming since, unless I sit a few inches away and stop and stare at the clouds. Even then it's tough.

I know I should look for perfection for what I've paid, but at this juncture (having already paid 100 pounds to return one) this is a fault I am certain in a week I won't notice. My old LG had BLB that was far, far more distracting than the lines (so far) have been.

Hmm. I'm not 100% on the decision, but I'm getting there.
 
Drojman said:
I think I've made the decision to keep the monitor.

I never noticed the scanlines before reading them online and from what I can gather I have a very mild case of it. I've never noticed them while gaming since, unless I sit a few inches away and stop and stare at the clouds. Even then it's tough.

I know I should look for perfection for what I've paid, but at this juncture (having already paid 100 pounds to return one) this is a fault I am certain in a week I won't notice. My old LG had BLB that was far, far more distracting than the lines (so far) have been.

Hmm. I'm not 100% on the decision, but I'm getting there.
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Sit down and have a long hard chat with yourself
 
no confirmation but problems look to be confined to the gsync models, theres a bit of stick being given to acer but mabe and only mabe the blame could be nvidias after all they supply the gsync module and who knows what input they had
 
I've had the monitor for a week so thought I'd share my thoughts:-

Out of the box the front bezel (The one with the Predator logo) is not flush to the monitor in one section, you don't notice this in day to day use unless you look down from directly above the bezel, build quality is otherwise fine.

The panel's a good one in terms of picture, minimal BLB, no dead or stuck pixels, a really nice display, excellent image.

Unfortunately mine won't "over clock" to 100 Hz it will only do 90 :(
(95 flickers occasionally) It's clear that ACER have pushed the hardware really hard to achieve the OC. What's unclear is whether or not Acer consider not being able to hit 100 Hz a fault; there are mixed messages around the forums apparently quoting Acer on this matter.

However when running at 90 Hz the overall quality of the display, gsync etc is excellent. I've checked for the scan lines issue and on my display and if your face is two inches away from the screen on the left hand side you can notice the slightest hint of it, but honestly from a normal viewing distance it is not an issue for me.

The LED lights underneath the front Bezel are a really great touch, it does look the biz!

I have seen the WFS issue on a couple of occasions but this only seems to happen for me when the LCD lights are switched on in the OSD during sleep.

If you put all of the above together ... well.. if your in the market for a new monitor I'd wait, £1K's a lot to drop on a display that has a number of issues. It is however much more of a difficult decision (re returns) for those of us that have already purchased it because once the monitor lands on your desk, what it gets right it does really well.

My personal inclination is not to return the display but to wait for Acer to sort out the issues re WFS etc and then consider a return under warranty. (You pays your money you makes your choice.. right!?)

The biggest issue for me is the lack of support in a number of games for the 3440 x 1440 screen size, this was unexpected on my part and I wish I'd paid it more attention prior to purchase.

Another reason for those of you in the market to perhaps hold off purchasing a 34 inch display for a few months until both software and hardware issues are addressed.
 
Are there any issues to be aware of on the xr34 (freesync) version? I can only remember seeing lots of stuff on the g-sync version, and tbh if some are only reaching 90hz reliably, that's not such a distance from 75hz...

decisions...
 
nox_uk said:
Are there any issues to be aware of on the xr34 (freesync) version? I can only remember seeing lots of stuff on the g-sync version, and tbh if some are only reaching 90hz reliably, that's not such a distance from 75hz...

decisions...
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I've seen and heard VERY little in regards to major issues with the Freesync version, save for the odd model here and there with bleed and glow, but generally this panel seems OK in that regard... certainly compared to the AUO panel in the PG279Q anyway. All these issues with the G-Sync X34 would suggest to me that it's either as a result of the panel being overclocked so high, or the G-Sync module itself... perhaps both given it's G-Sync which enables the monitor to get so high.

It's got to the point where I'd almost consider switching to the red team, so much of a lottery the G-Sync version appears to be. I think I'll just wait it out though and see if they can get it sorted... but I somehow think that's wishful thinking, and I'll just have to wait for a new panel to come along. :(
 
I've got no issues with mine, except the obvious glitching issue I have a few threads trying to troubleshoot - but that's unlikely to be the monitor's fault unless my 4k developed the same fault at the same time :p
There's a bit too much BLB on black screens for my liking, but tbh when's the screen ever completely black? So mostly I only notice it when stuff's loading. Aside that, it's a cracking screen.
 
I'm considering the Freesync version of this monitor to go with the upcoming Fury X2, are there issues with these or is it just the G-sync version?

Edit: sorry should have read a couple of post up :D seems its mostly the gsync version.
 
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