Acer Predator XB271HU, Good replacement for BenQ XL2430T?

[Ninja_Commander]

While I was I at Costco today, I was looking around their tech stuff and saw a ACER Predator pc there. Pretty cool to see there. Then I saw they have the XB271HU there as well.  Looking at the price of $650, I thought it might be cheaper elsewhere.  NOPE! Its the cheapest price, beating everyone else's prices.  I currently have a BenQ 2430T,  would this be worth it to get the ACER or stick with my BenQ?

 

Due note, I'm running a 980 Ti over DP to my BenQ.

[Rohime]

18 minutes ago, Ninja_Commander said:

While I was I at Costco today, I was looking around their tech stuff and saw a ACER Predator pc there. Pretty cool to see there. Then I saw they have the XB271HU there as well.  Looking at the price of $650, I thought it might be cheaper elsewhere.  NOPE! Its the cheapest price, beating everyone else's prices.  I currently have a BenQ 2430T,  would this be worth it to get the ACER or stick with my BenQ?

 

Due note, I'm running a 980 Ti over DP to my BenQ.

XB271HU  is one of the best 1440p 16:9 27 inch that you can get.

$650 is a good price, and 980TI should be able to drive it fine.

Once you go multi-monitor PC you never go back (but only game on one at a time).

[stealth80]

Pretty much the same as my Asus, which I'm like Sooooooo glad I got, I upgraded from a 24 inch 1080P monitor on a 970 originally, before going 970 SLI and now 1080GTX, the high frame rates + gsync was worth the upgrade alone, not mentioning the IQ + increase in res

[MekaStrix]

26 minutes ago, Ninja_Commander said:

While I was I at Costco today, I was looking around their tech stuff and saw a ACER Predator pc there. Pretty cool to see there. Then I saw they have the XB271HU there as well.  Looking at the price of $650, I thought it might be cheaper elsewhere.  NOPE! Its the cheapest price, beating everyone else's prices.  I currently have a BenQ 2430T,  would this be worth it to get the ACER or stick with my BenQ?

 

Due note, I'm running a 980 Ti over DP to my BenQ.

I have the older XB270HU and it is a great screen i'm pleased with it, I don't think they changed a lot with the xb271hu just how it looks and the overclocking mode to 165hz

[MekaStrix]

1 minute ago, stealth80 said:

Pretty much the same as my Asus, which I'm like Sooooooo glad I got, I upgraded from a 24 inch 1080P monitor on a 970 originally, before going 970 SLI and now 1080GTX, the high frame rates + gsync was worth the upgrade alone, not mentioning the IQ + increase in res

how does a TN 1ms panel compare to a 5 ms IPS at those high refresh rates I've never had a high refresh TN so just interested that's Assuming your old 24" was 1ms and high refresh

[stealth80]

10 minutes ago, MekaStrix said:

how does a TN 1ms panel compare to a 5 ms IPS at those high refresh rates I've never had a high refresh TN so just interested that's Assuming your old 24" was 1ms and high refresh

The old Monitor was a HP IPS. The colours weren't quite as clear when I first unboxed, but once set up, the Asus was streets ahead

 

Heres a quick review of the TN vs the IPS Asus Swift Gsync

 

 

Theres very little between them

[MekaStrix]

1 minute ago, stealth80 said:

The old Monitor was a HP IPS. The colours weren't quite as clear when I first unboxed, but once set up, the Asus was streets ahead

 

Heres a quick review of the TN vs the IPS Asus Swift Gsync

 

 

Theres very little between them

yeah the color is different and better on IPS but according to a written review I found the TN one actually scored better in the SRGB test some how but not by much it's more the response time I wonder if there is any difference between 5ms and 1ms at 144hz as I plan on either going triple 1080p 1ms 180hz panels or single PG348Q 5ms 100hz in the near future lol

[Swordtiny]

50 minutes ago, Ninja_Commander said:

While I was I at Costco today, I was looking around their tech stuff and saw a ACER Predator pc there. Pretty cool to see there. Then I saw they have the XB271HU there as well.  Looking at the price of $650, I thought it might be cheaper elsewhere.  NOPE! Its the cheapest price, beating everyone else's prices.  I currently have a BenQ 2430T,  would this be worth it to get the ACER or stick with my BenQ?

 

Due note, I'm running a 980 Ti over DP to my BenQ.

 that moment when you bought a LG 29UM55 for AUD$100

[MekaStrix]

3 minutes ago, stealth80 said:

The old Monitor was a HP IPS. The colours weren't quite as clear when I first unboxed, but once set up, the Asus was streets ahead

 

Heres a quick review of the TN vs the IPS Asus Swift Gsync

 

 

Theres very little between them

although watching this video side by side I would take ips and a bit more input lag over the tn just for those colors although I have an old HP TN next to my ips at the moment as a secondary screen and the colors aren't miles apart the hp is a bit more yellowish with whites but not much when looked at straight on but it has a glossy screen whereas the ips is matte maybe that has something to do with it

[Ninja_Commander]

Wow, Ok. SO I will take the chance to get it, and seeing the difference will name alot to me. Only issue now is will I be able to play my games with a good speed using my 980 Ti?

[Equlizer]

IPS all the way.  I tried that TN panel and if you are not straight on, it looks like crap.  I ended up getting the XB271HU just over a year ago and love it!

[Ninja_Commander]

After seeing the what IPS is like, yeah, Its alot better for me. But is it worth it to go from my BenQ XL2430T to the  XB271HU?

[Ninja_Commander]

Ok, just a quick update. It's now $600 at Costco.  Making this seem like a much better deal then I think.