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Original Acer Predator XB271HU vs XB271HU bmiprz (Huge price diff?)

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24 minutes ago, Mackie said:

I bought my monitor a number of years back and am now trying to sell it. I paid about €950 at the time.

I can see acer now have a new line of this monitor which they are selling for less than half the price, and I cannot figure out why. Identical specs for €350?!

Has the value of a Gsync IPS 165Hz panel gone down so much? 

The XB3 Line seem to have identical specs and are at a completely different price point also. Cant anyone tell me why?

i mean going back 6 years, if you had wanted a 10 core CPU it costed 1800$ with the 6950x on x99. now you can get a 12 core CPU for under 250$. Technology has been moving at quite a fast pace, So its not really surprising that a monitor would go down in value so much when at the time it was one of the best, now its just a stepping stone. 

 

Im still using my XB270HU and its slowly dying, so when i do have to upgrade to something new, theres more choices now! Its nice seeing how far tech has come 🙂

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I bought my monitor a number of years back and am now trying to sell it. I paid about €950 at the time.

I can see acer now have a new line of this monitor which they are selling for less than half the price, and I cannot figure out why. Identical specs for €350?!

Has the value of a Gsync IPS 165Hz panel gone down so much? 

The XB3 Line seem to have identical specs and are at a completely different price point also. Cant anyone tell me why?

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These specs were something special years ago, but nowadays they're standard specs for mid-range gaming monitors around 250€ to 400€

 

Nowadays these 950€ would get you a 32" 4K 144Hz IPS monitor.

If someone did not use reason to reach their conclusion in the first place, you cannot use reason to convince them otherwise.

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4 minutes ago, Stahlmann said:

These specs were something special years ago, but nowadays they're standard specs for mid-range gaming monitors around 250€ to 400€

 

Nowadays these 950€ would get you a 32" 4K 144Hz IPS monitor.

So the new XB3 series is only $999 because of quantum dot?

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1 minute ago, Mackie said:

So the new XB3 series is only $999 because of quantum dot?

What exact model do you mean? There are XB3 models from $200 and up depending on the specs.

If someone did not use reason to reach their conclusion in the first place, you cannot use reason to convince them otherwise.

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24 minutes ago, Mackie said:

I bought my monitor a number of years back and am now trying to sell it. I paid about €950 at the time.

I can see acer now have a new line of this monitor which they are selling for less than half the price, and I cannot figure out why. Identical specs for €350?!

Has the value of a Gsync IPS 165Hz panel gone down so much? 

The XB3 Line seem to have identical specs and are at a completely different price point also. Cant anyone tell me why?

i mean going back 6 years, if you had wanted a 10 core CPU it costed 1800$ with the 6950x on x99. now you can get a 12 core CPU for under 250$. Technology has been moving at quite a fast pace, So its not really surprising that a monitor would go down in value so much when at the time it was one of the best, now its just a stepping stone. 

 

Im still using my XB270HU and its slowly dying, so when i do have to upgrade to something new, theres more choices now! Its nice seeing how far tech has come 🙂

My Gaming and Editing Rig : http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/500716-red-gaming-build/

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