I swear monitors are going backwards, yet getting more expensive at the same time. It would be funny if it wasn't so goddamn infuriating!!
Ok Folks true to my word here are my thoughts on the Predator X35
Received my Predator X35 yesterday the box is big, much bigger than my previous PG348Q once I got the monitor out of the box there was plenty of wrapping around the monitor and stand so ripped all that off, once all that was taken off I noticed the inside polystyrene protection wall inside the box was all broken cracked so the box received a knock and I thought god hope the monitor is ok Anyway sat the monitor on the kitchen table to give it a good look for damage the X35 is significantly heavier and the surround or edge is a lot fatter it is a thing of beauty to look at all right, will end up getting a vesa mount to push it back further as the X35 stand is a bit big but no wonder the monitor is a heavy beast the heaviest monitor I have owned to date the PG348Q weighed 16.9 LB the Acer weighs 22.6 LB all without their respective stands so a heavy monitor for me at least..
So the dreaded fan noise ramping up and down well I am sat currently 2 foot from the screen and I can hear zippo fan noise in fact the fans have not even turned on well actually they are on now I am on desktop mode so have the monitor set at 144Mhz as my preference I have turned on HDR in windows for games and apps to on I then used pixel buddy went for a totally black screen and there is none of that dreaded halo effect when moving the cursor on windows desktop.
I have not played any games yet as such just watching you tube videos doing desktop chores and there is zippo fan noise if I place my ear to the back of the monitor where the air vents are yes you can her a very low audible whirring but it is so faint in my room which is totally silent I cannot hear the fan at all my pc case fans are louder but I turned them off to deliberately hear the fans on thsi monitor as it so much hate and i can hear zero noise.
Oh, suppose the haters will eventually make an appearance, life is cruel ROFL. Anyway if there is anything you would like me to try out please throw your suggestion my way I’m all ears and I am pleased I saved myself £489 over buying the Asus there is a new review on YouTube between the Asus and the Acer the reviewer stated the Asus was better calibrated but then the Acer was blistering bright so swings are roundabouts.
Anyway, the Acer won my vote primarily on cost as the Asus is priced too aggressively a money grab so I’m stoked I purchased the Acer if I am telling the truth and so far, I’m loving it.
Now I’m not tech savvy but I love things all techy so if you would like me to use different parameters to make this monitor hiccup please send me your suggestions and I’ll try them out.
Out of the box the screen looks fantastic checked for dead pixels using pixel buddy throws up different colours to highlight any dead pixels and can report there are none though I’ll perform this task a couple of more times during the next 4 days. I will do more testing and will report back with my findings but so far totally happy with the Acer so Nvidia must have fixed something with their drivers my current driver is 436.60, other than that I have been lucky in buying a perfect monitor with no faults maybe very lucky who knows but I am not experiencing what all the bad reviewers are stating happened with their monitor.
Mr Big