acer predator x34 34-inch screen led-lit lcd monitors price

However, suuuuuuppppppperrrrr expensive. N-Vidia really has its consumers by the ...... In large screens there are only 2 choices that are compatible with G-Sync. I can get the same monitor with Free Sync for 3 or 400 dollars less if I was using a Radeon Card. Oh and be prepared. This monitor has a huge stand. Hard to use on a normal computer desk.

Actual refresh rates may vary depending on model and/or region, computer specifications/hardware and/or set up. This device is designed to support refresh rate overclocking. However, overclocking may result in system instability. If you experience instability, try reducing the overclock to a lower refresh rate through the on-screen display settings.

Fitted with a 1900R1curve, up to 180Hz Refresh2, and an Agile-Splendor IPS1 panel that revs up to 0.5ms3 response time – the Predator X34 Series has a single purpose: complete, total immersion.

Curved displays take gaming to a new level of play – one that pulls you in, wraps around your vision and refuses to let go. So, when it came to delivering gameplay in full 34-inch panoramic glory – only a 1900R1 curve in breathtaking 21:9 would do.

Few displays can match the speed of this display. Using fast crystal liquid technology and a wide color gamut, the X34 can achieve a 0.5ms response3 time while maintaining a high color gamut – meaning all the on-screen action comes through nice and smooth with almost no ghosting or color banding.

Want to be at the top of the competitive ladder? Use NVIDIA®’s Reflex Latency Analyzer1,4 to measure exactly how long it takes for your click to register on screen. Finally, a way to accurately measure the bond, or lack thereof, between mouse, PC and your display is all yours..

By detecting the clicks coming from your mouse and measuring the time it takes for a resulting display pixel change (i.e. gun fire) to happen on the screen. A measurement and report ensues.

Accessed via the OSD (on-screen display), GameView provides a number of useful features, such as setting the level of dark boost, ambient lighting, gaming profiles (up to 8), and more. Using this will optimize the display for the type of game you are playing.

With the right tech, you too can protect your eyes from the strains of long gaming sessions. Featuring: Flickerless™, BlueLightShield™, ComfyView™ and Acer Low Dimming technologies.

Choose from four filter settings via the OSD if you suspect that blue lights, being emitted from the LED panel, are causing eyestrain. We know the X34 is impressive but we never said don’t blink!

2 Actual refresh rates may vary depending on model and/or region, computer specifications/hardware and/or set up. This device is designed to support refresh rate overclocking up to 180Hz. However, overclocking may result in system instability. If you experience instability, try reducing the overclock to a lower refresh rate through the on-screen display settings.

Awesome monitor if you got a perfect one or at least one with no SCREEN issues (marking/scratch on bezel would not bother me). Don"t want to risk issues or it having an issue down the line if QC is this bad.

Time and again Acer gaming monitors has proven itself to be a force to be reckoned with. Its products keep on getting better every year with the implementation of new technologies and constant little improvements that eventually lead to significant differences in performance. The Acer Predator X34 is an Ultra-wide gaming monitor built for the hardcore gamer. And even though this is a pricey display, this is something you should start saving up for.

The Acer Predator X34 is priced at $1299 and in the box are all the elements that you will need to start your gaming experience with the monitor. Depending on your choice of purchasing, you can probably get a $100-200 discount on it. However, this price is definitely on the higher end of the spectrum (and not exactly an Unique Selling Point).

The Predator offers gamers with everything that they can dream of. The 34-Inch display is curved for an enhanced environmental output of the games. The native resolution of the monitor is 3440 x 1440 pixels, which when combined with a 4ms of Response Time provides you glitch-free, stuttering free gaming output.

If there is an issue with this display, it is either with the high price or with the user interface (that can be a bit pesky in my opinion). When it comes to performance, the Acer Predator X34 proves itself to be far superior to ninety percent of the monitors out there (if not more).

Let’s talk about the design of the monitor first. The Acer Predator X34 features a bezel-free design with a huge cabinet (measuring 14.8 by 32.2 by 4 inches). The IPS Panel has been wrapped in a metal frame to protect it. On the front of the display is a fierce looking predator logo that isn’t bright and doesn’t stand out like an eyesore. The back features a chevron-shaped pattern. The display has a glossy black finish, and the base is a minimal, metal skeleton made of heavy duty metal. The X34 draws 49 watts of power in its Standard mode. It also has an Eco mode that reduces its consumption to 36 Watts.

The Predator X34 is also, the world’s first curved gaming monitor. Yes, you heard it right. The Acer Predator X34  has a curvature radius of about 3,800R. This means that if you put a few Predators in an edge to edge fashion to create a circle, the radius would be 3,800mm. It allows you to immerse yourself in the game’s universe in a way no other monitor does.

“The curved monitor wraps you in a world of entertainment with every corner of the screen at the same distance from your eyes for a uniform viewing experience without blind spots.”

To put it in simple terms, the monitor has a brilliant gaming output. Combine that with a screen that covers almost all of your viewing range and you have an experience of being in the game. The bezels around the display are reduced to about one centimeter to maximize the screen area. And considering the results Acer got by doing all of these experiments, we can say that the technique undoubtedly works!

The Acer Predator X34  combines a massive 3440 x 1440 resolutionwith a 21:9 aspect ratio and 1.07 billion colors (a 100% of the sRGB color gamut). This means that the color accuracy, as well as the pixel density of this monitor, is off the charts. The X34 can produce a picture quality that is so high that it needs to be compensated with a good frame rate and a refresh rate for it to do the job well. This is where the Refresh Rate and the Response Time comes into play. With a 4ms of response time and a 60Hz of refresh rate that can be over clocked up to 100Hz, there are absolutely no complains when it comes to viewing pleasure and gaming at maintaining color quality while gaming at high frame rates.

The color quality of the Acer Predator X34 (as shown in the chart below) is excellent. It aligns Red, Blue, and Green color measurements nicely with their ideal CIE coordinates. The Acer Predator X34 displays every single shade of gray on the DisplayMate 64-Step Gray-Scale test. This is simply fantastic. From Blu-ray movies to gaming in Ultra modes. This is a monitor that gets the job done. No clipped whites, no crushed blacks.

Playing games like Crysis 3 on the default 75Hz of the X34 shows that there aren’t any issues at all. The gaming is lucid and blur-free, compensated nicely with an enhanced peripheral vision due to the curved shape of the display.

The NVIDIA G-Sync on the X34 gives gamers a lot of value for the money. Now that we have established how great the color reproduction and image quality is, the question is ‘will it stay that sound during gaming?’

The answer is, yes of course! The G-sync eliminates screen tearing and stutter during gaming. This is done by syncing the monitor directly with a PC’s graphics card. With an input lag (the time taken for the display to react to a command given by a controller) as short as 10.3 milliseconds, this is a perfect display to connect to a gaming-oriented system. And while BenQ XL2430T is a monitor that has a lower input lag, the Predator still trumps that display in other things.

Gaming monitors usually come with built-in speakers of 5 Watts. But the Predator has two built-in 7W DTS Sound speakers that produce a high-quality sound.

To sum up a long story, the monitor is convenient regarding viewing. But if you hate displays taking up a good amount of space and if you love to keep your keyboard very close to the stand, the Predator does not allow it. The stand takes up a good amount of space and with an enhanced peripheral vision, comes a feeling of being ‘less aware of your surroundings.’

But this is what this monitor is made for. The Acer Predator X34 is made for ‘Curved Immersion’ and the title is self-explanatory. The viewing angles on the display are 178X178 degrees, and the ergonomic stand lets you adjust the tilt from -5 – 35 degrees. The vertical adjustment is up to 5 inches. Additionally, this is a VESA mounting compatibledisplay that comes with a 100×100 VESA mounting plate. So there aren’t any complains in the versatility of the viewing department.

Prolonged viewing is made easy on the Predator X34 with its anti-glare coating. The coating is an optical coating that is applied to this IPS display directly to absorb some extra light to reduce reflection. This makes it easier to game at nights with the lights on, and also reduces the strain on the eyes, resulting in lower eye fatigue.

There is also a Low Blue Light picture setting on the Acer Predator X34 that adjusts the wavelength of the blue light before emission. This is done as the wavelength of the blue light is the closest to that of the UV. And all of us know what UV light can do to your eyes!

The Low Blue Light feature keeps only the ‘beneficial’ wavelengths of the blue light in the spectrum and adjusts the other ones to reproduce the colors in a way that does not affect the performance, but prevents the dangerous blue light emission. This feature can be found in most monitors these days, and is a must if you want to protect your eyes from fatigue and damage.

This is a monitor that is designed to handle high-speed data transfers. All of the X34’s Input/output ports are located around the back, facing outwards. It has two high-bandwidth connection ports (for video inputs): one HDMI 1.4 and one Display Port. There arefive high-speed USB 3.0 ports (4 downstream, one upstream) that make it easy to connect your devices. And you can charge your portable devices fairly quickly using these USB ports. Other than these, the Predator X34 also has a standard headphone jack.

On the bottom edge of the monitor’s cabinet, there are five red function buttons and a Power switch located off to the right side. They help navigate the menu easily and serve as hotkeys for toggling between screens and adjusting volume on the speakers. The OSD is not very impressive, though. You are gonna have to press a random button there for the description to pop up. After that, you’ll get to know which button does what. Not exactly the best on screen display out there, but not the worst one either. Overall, the interface can be a bit pesky.

Additionally, this monitor was the first curved monitor, but the BenQ’s XR3501 (priced at $999) features a wider (35 Inch) display and a 144 Hz refresh rate. But it does not have an adaptive sync support. So even at $1,299, the Acer Predator X34 is worth every premium penny when it comes to Gaming. I would definitely give it a 9 out of 10.

If you are looking for a curved monitor with NVIDIA G-Sync support the Acer Predator X34 might be exactly what you are looking for. This monster 34-inch curved display sports an IPS panel with a 3440×1440 screen resolution for a 21:9 aspect ratio. The monitors default 60Hz refresh rate might not be anything to get excited about, but Acer is letting users overclock the panel up to 100Hz if the DispalyPort video input is used to help cut down on motion blur. The Predator X34 also has a fast 4ms gray-to-gray pixel response time, a brightness of 300nits, 100% sRGB color gamut capability and LED accent lighting. Those features allow the Acer Predator X34 to command $1299 plus $6.99 for shipping from Newegg. The Predator X34 is without a doubt an expensive monitor, but it has the specs to justify the high price tag.

If you don’t need NVIDIA G-Sync and wanted basically the same panel with AMD FreeSync technology for nearly $500 less, you could look into the Acer XR341CK that retails for $819.59 shipped and tops out at 75Hz instead of 100Hz. The review today is all about the Predator X34 with NVIDIA G-Sync technology though and this just happens to be the first curved G-Sync display to be released in the United States.

The Acer Predator X34 has been out for a few months now and it still selling for close to its $1299 MSRP as it is one of the most sought after gaming monitors for some time. The monitor looks great with a very thin bezel around the panel. The monitor itself measures in at 32.2″ in width, 14.8″ in height and it has a depth of about 4″, so this is a fairly large monitor. The subtle curve of the panel itself is said to have a curvature radius of 3,800R, which means that if complete a circle with multiple displays that the circle the monitors create will have a radius of 3,800-millimeters.

The Acer Predator X34 weighs in at 22 pounds, so it comes with a beefy aluminum v-shaped stand. It’s hard to see the curve in the image above that is taken straight on, but its certainly there and you can notice it when you are sitting dead center! There are a pair of tiny stereo speakers with DTS sound tucked into the lower edge of the panel. The speakers are rated at 7 Watts each for a total of 14 Watts. They sound decent and do a pretty good job filling a small room, but you’ll still want to game with your gaming headset.

The back of the display is covered in high gloss black plastic and the only place you’ll see the Acer logo is on back there. We would have preferred a matte finish, but that really just comes down to personal taste.

On the bottom of the curved display you’ll find nine LED lights that make up the ACER Predator X34’s underglow lighting system. You can customize the colors of the LED light with the monitor OSD and the underglow helps illuminate your keyboard, which is nice for those that don’t have a back-lit gaming keyboard. If you hate the idea of LED lights you can turn them off completely.

The Acer Predator X34 has an adjustable stand that provides ergonomic tilt from 5 to +35 degrees and height adjustments of up to 5 inches. The monitor stand on the X34 doesn’t swivel and the fixed stand is rather large with the front of the monitor being 10-inches away from the wall when the stand leg is touching the wall. This is one of the largest stands that we have ever used, so be prepared to give up desk space! A VESA wall mount option is available for those that are looking to maximize their valuable desk space. It’s also worth noting that the top of the stand has a handle built-in to help you lug the beast around if you need to move it.

Without it, you can get "screen tearing" or micro-stutters during gaming when your monitor"s refresh rate doesn"t match the frames that your graphics card is producing per second. At the same time, screen tearing is only really noticeable during fast gameplay, and I"ve found that it"s not the worst thing in the world. Several gamers I know can deal with it and can even ignore screen tearing altogether, myself included.

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Designed for discerning gamers, the Acer Predator X34 ($1,299.99) is a stunning 34-inch ultra-wide gaming monitor featuring a curved screen and Nvidia"s G-Sync anti-tearing technology. It uses an In-Plane Switching (IPS) panel to deliver rich, accurate colors and crisp gray-scale reproduction, and its UWQHD resolution provides outstanding image detail. You only get two video inputs with the X34($880.00 at Amazon), but it is loaded with gaming-friendly features, including aim points, customizable game profiles, and LED lighting effects. It"s our first Editors" Choice for big-screen, ultra-wide gaming monitors.

Design and FeaturesOne look at the X34 tells you that this is not a typical display. For starters, the cabinet is huge, measuring 14.8 by 32.2 by 4 inches (HWD). It uses a bezel-free design and has a glossy-black finish with a chevron-shaped pattern at the rear and a Predator logo on the front. The 34-inch panel uses In-Plane Switching (IPS) technology and has a 3,440-by-1,440 resolution and a 21:9 aspect ratio. It has a matte anti-glare coating and a curvature radius of 1,900R. (This means that if you put these monitors edge to edge to create a complete circle, the circle"s radius would be 1,900mm.) The 20-pound cabinet is supported by a V-shaped aluminum stand that offers 40 degrees of tilt (5 degrees forward, 35 degrees backward) and 5 inches of height adjustability. There are four VESA mounting holes for use with the included mounting plate if you prefer to hang the X34 on a wall, but you"ll need to supply your own wall-mounting bracket kit.

Embedded in the cabinet is a pair of 7-watt speakers that use DTS Sound technology to deliver robust audio output with a generous helping of bass response. All of the X34"s I/O ports are located around back, facing outward. You only get two video inputs with this model (DisplayPort and HDMI), but it is equipped with a five-port USB 3.0 hub (4 downstream, 1 upstream) and a headphone jack.

There are five red function buttons and a Power switch located on the bottom edge of the cabinet, off to the right. The buttons are used to access the settings menus and use on-screen labels that makes navigating the menus easy. They also serve as hot keys for several functions: toggling between inputs; selecting one of three-user defined game profiles that allow you to assign custom image settings for each profile; selecting a overdrive mode (Off, Normal, Extreme) that accelerates pixel response to eliminate motion artifacts; and adjusting speaker volume.

Gamers looking to improve their shooting skills will appreciate the X34"s Aim Point feature, which offers three different aiming targets for use with first-person-shooter (FPS) games. There"s also an Ambient Light feature that lets you enable the LED lights embedded in the bottom edge of the cabinet. You can select a color (red, green, blue, white, and orange) or have it change randomly, and you can select a style (fixed, flashing, breathing, and ripple) to suit your mood. Finally, the Overclock setting allows you to speed up the monitor"s refresh rate to 100Hz (the default rate is 75Hz), but you"ll have to reboot your PC in order for the change to take place.

The Predator X34 comes with DisplayPort and HDMI cables, a USB upstream cable, a Quick Start Guide, and the above-mentioned wall mounting plate and screws. It is covered by a 3-year warranty on parts, labor, and backlight.

PerformanceWhen it comes to performance the X34 hits it out of the park. Color accuracy, as shown on the chart below, is spot-on, with red, green, and blue color measurements (represented by the dots) aligning nicely with their ideal CIE coordinates (represented by the boxes). Colors appeared rich and uniform while watching Captain America: The Winter Soldier on Blu-ray disc, and image quality was sharp.

Gray-scale performance is equally fantastic. The IPS panel displayed every shade of gray on the DisplayMate 64-Step Gray-Scale test cleanly, without any clipped whites or crushed blacks. As a result, highlight and shadow details in my test images were outstanding. As with any IPS panel worth its salt, viewing angles are wide, with no color shifting or loss of luminance. The X34"s 3800R curvature made me feel closer to the action than with a flat screen and provided a sense of increased peripheral vision while playing Call of Duty: Black Ops IIIon the Sony PlayStation 4 console($499.00 at Amazon) .

The panel"s 4-millisecond (gray-to-gray) pixel response kept ghosting artifacts at bay, and the default 75GHz refresh rate provided relatively smooth, blur-free action on my Crysis 3 gaming tests, but I did notice minimal screen tearing. With G-Sync enabled, the action was noticeably more fluid, and the tearing artifacts were no longer present. The panel"s 10.3-millisecond input lag (the time it takes for the monitor to react to a controller command) is short, but not as short as the BenQ XL2430T. Regardless, input lag is not an issue here.

The X34 drew 49 watts of power in testing while set to Standard mode and 36 watts when set to Eco mode. By way of comparison the Acer XR341CK consumed 50 watts in Standard mode and an equally low 36 watts in Eco mode. The BenQ XR3501 also used 50 watts in Standard mode, but lacks an ECO power-saving mode.

ConclusionIf you"re looking to pair your extreme gaming system with an equally extreme big-screen ultra-wide monitor, look no further the Acer Predator X34, but prepared to part with a wad of cash. Its 34-inch curved screen brings more depth to your gaming experience than you get from a large, flat-screen model, and it delivers excellent motion handling, color, and gray-scale performance. It may cost more than the Acer XR341CK and the BenQ XR3501, but it offers better all-around performance than both and has a higher resolution than the BenQ model. Throw in a pair of rich-sounding speakers, LED lighting effects, and programmable gaming modes, and the Predator X34 earns our Editors" Choice for big-screen, ultra-wide gaming monitors.

Acer has long-represented a quiet competence in the gaming monitor arena. Rather than flashy styling and mega-refresh rates, the company chooses to deliver reliable performance in a simpler package that"s often priced lower than the competition. Curved monitors come in many different radii, and only the end-user can decide which is best for them. For those seeking a little less curve in their curved display, there’s the Predator X34 with a 3800R radius. We first reviewed this excellent screen two years ago, and today we’re looking at an updated model, the X34P, which currently sells for about $1,100. It has the same 3440x1440 resolution and G-Sync as before, but the refresh rate is now a reliable 120Hz with overclock, and the panel wraps around more with a 1900R curve radius. It"s also still one of the few Nvidia-focused monitors to forgo ultra-low motion blur (ULMB) support.

Acer’s new panel part brings a more-reliable 120Hz refresh rate to the table. We’ve heard reports of X34s that could not exceed their native 75Hz without flickering. The X34P runs at 100Hz out of the box and 120Hz with the overclock setting engaged. Our sample ran for a week of intense testing and gameplay without a hiccup at its maximum speed. We call that a problem solved.

The curve is now more pronounced at 1900R versus the X34’s 3800R. It’s an obvious change and one that increases the wraparound effect and sense of immersion. If you check out our review of the original Predator X34, you can easily compare the top-down photos to see the difference.

At 34 inches, the Predator X34P is on the small end of the curved monitor universe. We’re seeing an increase in size with 35” and 38” screens becoming more common. And Samsung’s monstrous CHG90 49-incher just arrived at our lab for testing. It seems that panels just keep getting bigger. Let’s dive into the ample carton and see what’s new.

The X34P ships fully-assembled; you simply pull it out of the box by its stout handle. Every computer monitor, regardless of type should have a handle at the top of the stand. So let it be written. So let it be done.

The cable bundle consists of a medium-sized power supply brick, HDMI, DisplayPort, and USB 3.0 cables. A small cover snaps over the input panel along with a stand clip to help keep wires tidy. A printed quick-start guide is in the box, along with the warranty card. A user manual can be downloaded from Acer’s website. For monitor arm users, an adapter bracket with 100mm VESA holes is included that bolts on with supplied hardware.

The second photo above clearly shows the difference between the Predator X34P and its predecessor. The curve is quite a bit more obvious and we think it’s an improvement. Even the most severely-curved screens manage to display their images without distortion, so that’s not a worry. For us, the more it wraps around, the better. And given the relatively small 34” screen, every little bit helps. The front layer is flush-mounted, so the bezel effectively disappears when the monitor’s off. A thin 11mm frame can be seen when an image is on the screen; zero-frame just isn’t quite a reality yet, but we"re getting there. The anti-glare factor is high here, but we saw no grain or sparkle effects, just a clear picture.

The stand is updated as well, with a new swivel feature courtesy of a cool-looking bearing that is prominently displayed. It includes small tick marks so you can see when the panel and base are perfectly aligned. The mechanism moves with firm precision and stays where you put it. The same is true of the nearly 5” height adjustment, which operates with the same solid feel. Swivel is 30° in each direction, with 35° back tilt and 5° forward. The stand looks a bit slight, but is actually solid as a rock. It’s all-metal, with a generous 12” depth. Your Predator X34P isn’t going anywhere, unless someone picks it up by the handle on top.

From the side you can see an OSD joystick and four control keys. The top button is a power toggle and is separated from the rest to prevent accidental shut-downs. The remaining three are programmable in the OSD. The joystick makes dialing in the Predator X34P very easy, and is also an upgrade from the X34.