Acer H236HL - Good for gaming?

[maxvons]

I'm looking for a new monitor for mainly gaming and all other computer usage, movies etc. But I kinda want an IPS-panel because of the colors, as I do some photo and video editing too. So I found this Acer monitor which looked quite nice, but is it good for serious gaming? Not like e-sports, but dota 2 and bf3 etc. 

 

http://us.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/model/UM.VH6AA.003

[Wats]

That cheapo IPS? Yeah it's fine for gaming, especially games with lots of shadows.

 

I like the little magnet in the stand. The screen cleans up well too when it gets dusty. External PSU so it is pretty thin, which is always nice.

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I have 3 in surround and it's pretty beast!

 

I have used a benq xl2420t so I can compare to that.

 

The monitor can be OC'ed to 75HZ with no ghosting the colour and picture quality is amazing for the price and also the the tiny bezels look amazing....

[maxvons]

That cheapo IPS? Yeah it's fine for gaming, especially games with lots of shadows.

 

I like the little magnet in the stand. The screen cleans up well too when it gets dusty. External PSU so it is pretty thin, which is always nice.

Not everyone has so much money to blow on a monitor, and monitors cost 2x the price here in Norway , but thanks anyway

[maxvons]

I have 3 in surround and it's pretty beast!

 

I have used a benq xl2420t so I can compare to that.

 

The monitor can be OC'ed to 75HZ with no ghosting the colour and picture quality is amazing for the price and also the the tiny bezels look amazing....

Do you think the monitor would be as smooth as a Benq Gl2450HM (which I currently own) in games?

[Wats]

I didn't mean cheapo in a bad way, I meant very affordable. I truly know why there are $500 monitors now. The Acer is not perfect image wise to my untrained eyes. 

 

Great for the price.

[maxvons]

I didn't mean cheapo in a bad way, I meant very affordable. I truly know why there are $500 monitors now. The Acer is not perfect image wise to my untrained eyes. 

 

Great for the price.

I could blow 1000 dollars on a monitor if I wanted, but it really isn't worth it for my intended usage.

[hehehehhehehehe]

I didn't mean cheapo in a bad way, I meant very affordable. I truly know why there are $500 monitors now. The Acer is not perfect image wise to my untrained eyes. 

 

Great for the price.

Well it's much better then the TN panel of the BenQ..

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Do you think the monitor would be as smooth as a Benq Gl2450HM (which I currently own) in games?

It will most likely be around the same and slightly smoother if you run the Acer with a higher refresh rate.

[maxvons]

It will most likely be around the same and slightly smoother if you run the Acer with a higher refresh rate.

How do I "overlclock" the refresh rate then?

[hehehehhehehehe]

How do I "overlclock" the refresh rate then?

http://www.monitortests.com/cru-1.0.1.zip

 

Go to this address download the utility and if you click 'edit' you can set a custom refresh rate

[maxvons]

http://www.monitortests.com/cru-1.0.1.zip

 

Go to this address download the utility and if you click 'edit' you can set a custom refresh rate

Thanks, mate! I think I might purchase this monitor, I kinda like my glossy iMac screen, so I guess this will be nice too

[exyia]

I've posted a few video's on my channel with these monitors

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4o8RKx75vA

 

I like them - I used to be on Dell's and I would notice the bezels on them (wouldn't ruin it for me, but I did notice them). I hardly notice them on these. for the price, I'm very happy. I wish they used VESA mounts so I could get one of those fancy triple monitor stands - but then I realize that those stands aren't cheap

[nkucz]

I've posted a few video's on my channel with these monitors

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4o8RKx75vA

 

I like them - I used to be on Dell's and I would notice the bezels on them (wouldn't ruin it for me, but I did notice them). I hardly notice them on these. for the price, I'm very happy. I wish they used VESA mounts so I could get one of those fancy triple monitor stands - but then I realize that those stands aren't cheap

how glossy are they? are the reflections bad? annoying?

[exyia]

how glossy are they? are the reflections bad? annoying?

 

you can sometimes see myself in the video - as far as actual use, the only times I notice the reflection is when screens go full black (in other words, it's never noticeable while actually playing)

[nkucz]

you can sometimes see myself in the video - as far as actual use, the only times I notice the reflection is when screens go full black (in other words, it's never noticeable while actually playing)

so the only time you get reflection is when it's off basically?

[nkucz]

you can sometimes see myself in the video - as far as actual use, the only times I notice the reflection is when screens go full black (in other words, it's never noticeable while actually playing)

what about a room with a lot of lights? will the reflections be bad even when its not in a black screen or no?

[nkucz]

I have 3 in surround and it's pretty beast!

 

I have used a benq xl2420t so I can compare to that.

 

The monitor can be OC'ed to 75HZ with no ghosting the colour and picture quality is amazing for the price and also the the tiny bezels look amazing....

Hows the reflections when lights are on near it? Like if the room isn't dark

[hehehehhehehehe]

Hows the reflections when lights are on near it? Like if the room isn't dark

Basically the only time you notice it is when the monitor is off or goes dark, for example a cut scene in a game....

[nkucz]

Basically the only time you notice it is when the monitor is off or goes dark, for example a cut scene in a game....

this is true even if you have lights on?

[exyia]

what about a room with a lot of lights? will the reflections be bad even when its not in a black screen or no?

 

doesn't matter - the reflections just aren't noticeable after the black load screen

 

and it makes the fit/finish look awesome =)