I’m really struggling to understand what you guys are looking for here with a £179 DisplayPort cable? There’s two in the box with this screen which work at the res and refresh rate required. You won’t get any better performance from another cable no matter how much you pay for it (unless this whole thing is specifically about having a longer 10m length - but even then £179 is crazy!)
Acer Nitro XV273KP - 4K 120/144Hz G-sync Compatable certified
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It hasn't arrived yet.
Because I need it to work at several metres distant from my PC. I can't put it right next to the PC. A 3 metre cable is insufficient.
It's cheap compared with other suppliers. Hopefully high-refresh high-resolution monitors will become sufficiently popular for these cables to be mass-produced and thus become cheap. Until then, they're expensive.
) and has LFC? or am I mistaken
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My LG came with a cable I swear is about a metre long but is labelled '5k' so I'm thinking I'm going to need a good quality to get a 2m one for 144hz and HDR to carry efficiently!!
I’ve not looked to find one but there must be DisplayPort cables which are perfectly capable of supporting the screen which was a few metres in length but don’t cost £179 plus import taxes. Especially if you wanted to use 2x for 4K 144Hz 
just seems a mad amount of money to me to spend on a cable but each to their own
just seems a mad amount of money to me to spend on a cable but each to their ownDoes seem quite excessive alright but the chap earned his money so can spend it as they please I suppose.
I would hazard a guess that a 'longer than 10 feet' DP 1.4 complaint cable can do 4k upto 120hz, so two of them would function the 4k 144hz of the XV273K? (which would cost under £20)
Maybe I am wrong, not able to test my XV273K at the moment unfortunately to verify.
I would hazard a guess that a 'longer than 10 feet' DP 1.4 complaint cable can do 4k upto 120hz, so two of them would function the 4k 144hz of the XV273K? (which would cost under £20)
Maybe I am wrong, not able to test my XV273K at the moment unfortunately to verify.
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@Baddass Do you know if I'll need anything special in order to run mine (34GK950F-B) with a 2m length? Like I said previously, it's marked '5k' but really short. What do you think?
I’ve seen DP cables of 2m length packaged for free with some gaming monitors so they must be readily available without too much expense. Just needs to be DP 1.4 certified I guess in the spec and should then be ok. Like I said, cables isn’t something I’ve researched a lot though as never had cause to use anything other than those provided with the screen
Well, perhaps super-long cables are something you might care to investigate? Because the cable is a critical component. The GPU generates the image and the monitor displays it but the signal has to get from one to the other. Think of it as high-bandwidth networking.
A 2m cable is fine if that's your only monitor, but I already have a 24" 4K monitor and a 1440UW monitor and this monitor is going to be placed at a considerable distance from the PC - and yes, I will game both on it and the UW monitor depending upon the game. (My brother nixxed the idea of giving the UW to my nephew.)
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Out of interest, how come the displays are so far from the pc?
I have a L-shaped desk. Standard veneered chipboard on square steel-frame office fare. Going anti-clockwise, the PC is on a pedestal on the right-hand (short) end of the desk and the three monitors are placed around the desk. The 24" is on my right, the first in line with the PC. The 34" is in the corner. The 27" is to the left. I have a cable tray to keep things reasonably tidy. It's a little under 2m from the GPU to the corner of the desk, so 3m cables suffice for the first two, but it's over a metre from the corner to the last monitor. So I need either a good 5m copper cable or a fibre one.
I also really need decent VESA mounts that clamp to the desk.
I have been playing more over the weekend, games are v nice - both at native 4k or 1440p and higher frame rates. black levels are not perfect but playing a bit with the controls I'm happy and have turned down "back boost" from default of 5 too 2.
also watching some 4k netflix stuff (planet earth, travellers and discovery so far) also v nice and what I was after in buying the screen so its all good.
if there ever is a FW or driver update from Nvidia to run HDR and freesync/gsync at the same time it will be the icing on the cake, but for now i have been using 120Hz 1440p HDR and deferring VRR. the experience is still good and plays smoothly once the graphics settings are tuned. one day faster gpus will come down in price and 4k 144 HDR will be an option with dual cables
looking forward to other members getting there screens and enjoying it all.
Dan
also watching some 4k netflix stuff (planet earth, travellers and discovery so far) also v nice and what I was after in buying the screen so its all good.
if there ever is a FW or driver update from Nvidia to run HDR and freesync/gsync at the same time it will be the icing on the cake, but for now i have been using 120Hz 1440p HDR and deferring VRR. the experience is still good and plays smoothly once the graphics settings are tuned. one day faster gpus will come down in price and 4k 144 HDR will be an option with dual cables
looking forward to other members getting there screens and enjoying it all.
Dan
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Il be perfectly clear I know nothing on displays and pixels counts etc
Atm I have a 27" 1440p 165hz
If I was to buy this monitor and for example it cannot run 120fps at 4k so I changed the game Res to 1440p would it look exactly like my 1440p screen in image quality or worse due to scaling it down.
I do like higher FPS so would ideally want 100 FPS
I mostly play first person shooters
R6 siege/bf5/pubg etc
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Atm I have a 27" 1440p 165hz
If I was to buy this monitor and for example it cannot run 120fps at 4k so I changed the game Res to 1440p would it look exactly like my 1440p screen in image quality or worse due to scaling it down.
I do like higher FPS so would ideally want 100 FPS
I mostly play first person shooters
R6 siege/bf5/pubg etc
8700k 2080ti
Why not just run it alongside your current monitor. Then you game at 4k on one and game at 1440p on the other. All that's usually needed is to go into Display Settings and select 'Make this my main display'. Some games, like Doom, can change the display in-game.
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I already have two screens but wanted to sell the 1440 to claw some money back if droppingd900 on the acer my others a 1080p 22" and would be worth nothing tbh
I’ve not looked to find one but there must be DisplayPort cables which are perfectly capable of supporting the screen which was a few metres in length but don’t cost £179 plus import taxes. Especially if you wanted to use 2x for 4K 144Hz
The 10m Displayport fibre cable has arrived and I've fitted it and it seems to work just fine. Right now I'm content with 120 Hz, especially as at 144 Hz I'd lose Freesync. Are there any tests you'd suggest I try?
Something that has only just occurred to me is that a long cable like this one makes quieting a PC much easier - I could move the PC much farther away, perhaps into a cupboard.
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What’s 4K@ 120Hz like?