What should i get Acer X34 or ROG PG279Q :/ ?

[Rampiks]

i am going to buy a new monitor as i find the pixelation of my current one anoying (24" 1080p) and i can't decide between the (Acer X34 3440x1440 100hz IPS) which costs 11990,- NOK, or the Asus PG279Q (2560x1440 165hz IPS) which costs 7990,- NOK. help pls! i sit about 50cm away from my monitor

[Nomy]

i am going to buy a new monitor as i find the pixelation of my current one anoying (24" 1080p) and i can't decide between the (Acer X34 3440x1440 100hz IPS) which costs 11990,- NOK, or the Asus PG279Q (2560x1440 165hz IPS) which costs 7990,- NOK. help pls! i sit about 50cm away from my monitor

First question: you find the pixelation of your current 24" 1080p annoying? Care to elaborate what that means? 

 

Second question: What games do you mostly play? FPS, mmo's, single players? Competitive or casual?

[Praesi]

Acer xb270hu is a very good Option too.

[Rampiks]

First question: you find the pixelation of your current 24" 1080p annoying? Care to elaborate what that means? 

 

Second question: What games do you mostly play? FPS, mmo's, single players? Competitive or casual?

by pixelation i mean aliasing, and AA just makes it blurry

 

I mostly play FPS semi-compedativly (compedativly for fun ) and a bit racing games like Assetto Corsa and Dirt Rally (part of the reason i tough of maybe getting a ultrawide instead of the PG279Q which i have waited on for a couple of months)

 

I like to be Good in FPS games (which i am ) but i would perferr being more imersed into the game

[Lays]

by pixelation i mean aliasing, and AA just makes it blurry

 

I mostly play FPS semi-compedativly (compedativly for fun ) and a bit racing games like Assetto Corsa and Dirt Rally (part of the reason i tough of maybe getting a ultrawide instead of the PG279Q which i have waited on for a couple of months)

 

I like to be Good in FPS games (which i am ) but i would perferr being more imersed into the game

 

I don't think an ultrawide would be all that great for FPS, it would probably be to stretched out looking. Racing games probably will be better though!

[Rampiks]

Acer xb270hu is a very good Option too.

i tough of getting that originally (before i heard of pg279q) but i have heard that it has horrible QC and it is pretty much the same as the PG279Q (ROG has 165hz and less "office" like looks) for 5% more money

[Rampiks]

I don't think an ultrawide would be all that great for FPS, it would probably be to stretched out looking. Racing games probably will be better though!

yeah, it is what is really splitting me up i think i will go to my local computerpart shop to see 21:9 34" side by side with 16:9 27"

[Nomy]

by pixelation i mean aliasing, and AA just makes it blurry

 

I mostly play FPS semi-compedativly (compedativly for fun ) and a bit racing games like Assetto Corsa and Dirt Rally (part of the reason i tough of maybe getting a ultrawide instead of the PG279Q which i have waited on for a couple of months)

 

I like to be Good in FPS games (which i am ) but i would perferr being more imersed into the game

 

Well I think you probably know what I'm going to say

What you want... does not exist(yet). 

 

You'll have to decide for a high refresh rate monitor of 27"(Asus PG279q or Acer xb270hu) if you want to go competitive in fps games

OR

go for a the Asus/Acer 34" ultrawide screens for more immersivity at 100Hz(awesome for racing and single player games)

 

Take into account the price difference though, the ultrawides are far more expensive than the 27" monitors.

[Rampiks]

i made a little comparing chart between my current 24"monitor, the 27" and 34" monitor 

[sobe]

i tough of getting that originally (before i heard of pg279q) but i have heard that it has horrible QC and it is pretty much the same as the PG279Q (ROG has 165hz and less "office" like looks) for 5% more money

 

The XB271HU will be replacing the XB270HU, it SHOULD have better QC, but truth be told the PG278Q had even more QC issues than the Acer, so really it would be a "gamble" either way you went. The latest XB270HU batches are Revision 2 and very few seem to be with issue. Also, if you order direct from Acer, they will replace the screen as many times as it takes to get you a perfect one if that matters to you.

[Praesi]

i tough of getting that originally (before i heard of pg279q) but i have heard that it has horrible QC and it is pretty much the same as the PG279Q (ROG has 165hz and less "office" like looks) for 5% more money

Quality is fixed since July. And even with a GTX980Ti you will not reach that 165hz in AAA Titles and Asus Displays had Problems in the Beginning too. I like the looks of the pg279q more too, but the xb270hu looks better in person than in videos.

[Praesi]

The XB271HU will be replacing the XB270HU, it SHOULD have better QC, but truth be told the PG278Q had even more QC issues than the Acer, so really it would be a "gamble" either way you went. The latest XB270HU batches are Revision 2 and very few seem to be with issue. Also, if you order direct from Acer, they will replace the screen as many times as it takes to get you a perfect one if that matters to you.

I ordered from second batch and have no issues.

[Rampiks]

Well I think you probably know what I'm going to say

What you want... does not exist(yet). 

 

You'll have to decide for a high refresh rate monitor of 27"(Asus PG279q or Acer xb270hu) if you want to go competitive in fps games

OR

go for a the Asus/Acer 34" ultrawide screens for more immersivity at 100Hz(awesome for racing and single player games)

 

Take into account the price difference though, the ultrawides are far more expensive than the 27" monitors.

 

 

What you want... does not exist(yet). 

Lol i get it 3440x1440 144hz would be awesome

 

but yeah, i think i will visit a computer shop when i get home from vacation, and i will get the PG279Q unless i completly fall in love with 34" ultrawide.

[sobe]

I ordered from second batch and have no issues.

Yes sir, my first from Acer's online store was perfect, the 2nd I bought off a user on HardForum was perfect (April batch), and the 3rd I just got in from Amazon this week is issue free as well (August batch).

[Rampiks]

The XB271HU will be replacing the XB270HU, it SHOULD have better QC, but truth be told the PG278Q had even more QC issues than the Acer, so really it would be a "gamble" either way you went. The latest XB270HU batches are Revision 2 and very few seem to be with issue. Also, if you order direct from Acer, they will replace the screen as many times as it takes to get you a perfect one if that matters to you.

That is true, but as far as i know both Asus and Acer have fixed their QC problems

 

Quality is fixed since July. And even with a GTX980Ti you will not reach that 165hz in AAA Titles and Asus Displays had Problems in the Beginning too. I like the looks of the pg279q more too, but the xb270hu looks better in person than in videos.

Yeah, 1440p is pretty hard to drive at higher reselution, but luckily for me i have encounterd little to no SLI issues and 970 SLI performs 10-15 % better then referance 980ti IIRC, i do play mostly BF4 which i get a constant 144fps (Vsynced) on 1440P DSR (maxed out 2x msaa), and for games harder to drive, that is what you have Gsync for

[Nomy]

Lol i get it 3440x1440 144hz would be awesome

 

but yeah, i think i will visit a computer shop when i get home from vacation, and i will get the PG279Q unless i completly fall in love with 34" ultrawide.

 

Something to keep in mind but don't quote me on it as I'm not sure about it.

If you do decide to go for the ultrawide screen... Wouldn't you possibly have issues with the limited vram on your 970's?

Considering they do have quite a bit more of pixels over the 27" monitor.

 

This is just an assumption of mine and I may be totally wrong.

[Rampiks]

Something to keep in mind but don't quote me on it as I'm not sure about it.

If you do decide to go for the ultrawide screen... Wouldn't you possibly have issues with the limited vram on your 970's?

Considering they do have quite a bit more of pixels over the 27" monitor.

 

This is just an assumption of mine and I may be totally wrong.

hmmm, i havn't tought about ultrawide VRAM, i tought about it for standard 16:9 1440p but i didn't really matter there since i run all my games on 1440p DSR. but i will run some benchmarks on 2560x1440 vs 3440x1440 vram usage. future proofness is also a point (i know, i know, no system is future proofe) Vram may be enough now, but i a couple of years it may be to little

[Metro]

What about the ASUS PG348Q, the ACER Predator X34 has quite a few issues, I think Ultra wide would be better than the ASUS PG279Q

[Rampiks]

What about the ASUS PG348Q, the ACER Predator X34 has quite a few issues, I think Ultra wide would be better than the ASUS PG279Q

the PG348Q doesnt come out before Q1-Q2 2016, what issues have you heard of? 

[Ryzone]

Some guys said on the Reddit /r/Monitors/ that some Swedish website said the PG279Q has ghosting and bad input lag at 165hz with Gsync enabled. I tried going to the website but it kept taking me to some lame white page with a like three lines of text in Swedish. I have no idea if that's true or not anyone see the same thing or hear about it?

[Rampiks]

Some guys said on the Reddit /r/Monitors/ that some Swedish website said the PG279Q has ghosting and bad input lag at 165hz with Gsync enabled. I tried going to the website but it kept taking me to some lame white page with a like three lines of text in Swedish. I have no idea if that's true or not anyone see the same thing or hear about it?

can you send me a link? the norwegian language is pretty similar to swedish

[Ryzone]

can you send me a link? the norwegian language is pretty similar to swedish

Ok I did some digging here's what I found.

 

Review - https://www.reddit.com/r/Monitors/comments/3ncdw5/sweclockers_pg279q_review/

 

Guys comment - https://www.reddit.com/r/Monitors/comments/3nuzaf/can_anyone_comment_on_the_acer_xb270hu_quality/

 

If you scroll down a littlebit on the comments you can see this person says "According to the Swedish review, 165hz increases input lag and ghosting anyway"

[BestGamingMonitors]

You should go for the X34 If you can afford it, It's a battle of 165 Hz refresh rate and curvature. I've tested the PG278Q but not the PG279Q yet so I wouldn't know if the input lag and ghosting is true.

[Metro]

the PG348Q doesnt come out before Q1-Q2 2016, what issues have you heard of? 

 

The ACER Predator X34 has issues, not the ASUS PG348Q

[Rampiks]

The ACER Predator X34 has issues, not the ASUS PG348Q

we can't know that the pg348q don't.... it wont realese before somwhere around April 2016