Review: Acer Predator X34

Review: Acer Predator X34

By Kevin Lee

Review: Acer Predator X34

Acer has gotten back into gaming in a big way with a whole new Predator line of laptops, desktop and now gaming monitors. The Predator X34 is a curved, ultrawide gaming monitor that boasts a quad high-definition resolution of 3,440 x 1,440.

And, as if that wasn’t a mouthful already, this 21:9 screen also incorporates Nvidia’s G-Sync technology to smooth out any errant graphical glitches. Throw in the fact that Acer has used an IPS panel, and the X34 sounds like it should be the ultimate display for gamers and media makers.

However, for a steep price of $999 (£899, AU$1,899), the Acer Predator X34 isn’t perfect and leaves me wanting more in certain regards, namely connectivity and audio..

Acer Predator X34 review

Design

As a curved gaming monitor, the Acer Predator X34 sports an aggressive styling without being obnoxious.

The bezels around the display have been reduced to a mere centimeter, and even the largest one, along the bottom, only measures an inch thick. Not that it really matters, because you’ll be mainly focusing on all those pixels filling your field of vision.

The monitor has a very clean front face. Aside from the red-edged Predator branding you’ll find in the center, the …read more

Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac

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