New monitor. Budget: 1000 dollars ish :)

Maxjan1

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So im in the process of buying myself a new monitor as black friday is rolling up, and some monitors will be at a discount, just needed help with choosing one as im not sure how it will affect my computes performance and such.
Im looking for the best and most beautiful one for my setup.
Was eying this monitor:
Acer 27" Predator LED G-Sync XB271HU

Link: https://www.komplett.no/product/859681/gaming/skjerm-tilbehoer/skjermer/acer-27-predator-led-g-sync-xb271hu?offerId=KOMPLETT-310-859681#

1. What Is Your Country Of Origin?
Norway

2. What do you plan to do with this monitor? (ex. Games, Movie Watching, Photo Editing, etc.)
Gaming

3. What resolution and screen size do you want?
2560 x 1440

4. What refresh rate do you want? (ex. 60 hz , 70 hz.)
144 Hz

5. How much are you looking to spend?
700- 1000 dollars ish

6. Brands Preferred (ex. Samsung, Acer, Asus, AOC, HP, Viewsonic, etc. )
non really preffered... maybe Acer

7. Brands Not Preferred (state reason why)
none

8. Are You Buying More Than One Monitor?
no

9. How Many Displays Can Your GPU Support Maximum? And what GPU and driver version are you using if applicable?
DisplayPort x 3
HDMI x 1
Dual-link DVI-D x 1
Thats what the spesifications say.
MSI Geforce GTX 1070 ARMOR OC
Driver version 388.31

10. What Port Do You Want To Connect To (ex. DVI-D, HDMI, etc).
HDMI

11. Is This Monitor A Primary Display Or A Secondary Display?
Primary with a secondary The secondary is a Benq GW2450HM

12. Is This A Secondary Display For A Laptop?
No
 

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