Acer XG270HU

DrMrLordX

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No this is not a post about a sale. So I'll obscure that bit of info unless you really want it.

<insertwebsitehere> has the Acer XG270HU for sale. It's $350 after a promo code (normally $500).

It's 1440p, 144mhz, 1ms GtG, and Freesync.

Downside: it has a lot of negative reviews due to a flickering black-out problem when using Freesync. Allegedly the shipping firmware does not play along well with changes made to AMD's display drivers sometime within the last year or . . . whenever. So Freesync is b0rked unless you ship the monitor to Acer for a firmware update. Then it's fine. Also no VESA wall mount but I don't give a damn about that.

Anyone have any additional specific knowledge about this monitor? I've been hesitant to get away from 4:3 but at least I'll get a little more vertical real estate with 1440p vs my old 1600x1200 beast. I'm looking at Vega 64 "eventually" which would be a trifle absurd with this old monitor.

If the e-commerce site has worked with Acer to update all the firmware before selling the monitors, then hey great, but I suspect that that has not happened, hence the sale.
 

lefenzy

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The XF270HU goes on sale at times for $400. It's IPS, 144Hz, and height-adjustable. Much improved over XG270HU, which is more barebones of a monitor.
 

DrMrLordX

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Hmm, okay. It's not like I'm getting Vega anytime soon anyway. So maybe I'll pass this time around.

According to a site Q-and-A, it does seem that the monitors they are shipping now have the firmware patch, so the black flickering will be gone. But people were still having problems shipped from that particular site as recently as August.