Should I get an Acer x27 or the Asus equivalent for gaming?

[sf1989]

I was planning on getting one of them after I pay off my credit card debt. Should be able to get one by black friday or october.

I have a 1080ti and 8700k and 16 gigs of 3600 ram. I wont be able to run games at 4k and 144 hz but i was thinking one of these monitors for the HDR10 and low input lag plus 4k. I can run destiny 2 at around 60-75 FPS with mostly max settings on my 4k TV.

Does anyone own these monitors have have any input on how they are?

 

[WildCard999]

Neither of them are out so no one can answer your question.

There's a few hands-on reviews but there's not enough testing to make a good judgment.
https://www.techradar.com/reviews/acer-predator-x27

 

[sf1989]

Thought i saw them backordered on newegg, and some people had reviews for them.

 

[WildCard999]

Thought i saw them backordered on newegg, and some people had reviews for them.

Interesting, some are non owners (not sure why'd they comment) but there are a few verified owners. The reviews are decent but that price.... I would still wait for a professional review if I was spending that kind of money.

 

[WildCard999]

Personally though I'd look at the Acer Predator X35. It's a 3440x1440P(21:9)/200hz/HDR/Gsync monitor. Release date isn't until Q4 2018. Price will probably be around $1500-$2000.

 

[onmybikedrunk]

I'm sitting in front of the Asus PG27UQ as we speak and have a backorder placed for the Acer X27. The Asus monitor is gorgeous and 4K at above 75Hz is incredible. You can see my review on Newegg under Daniel W. The Asus version has a turbine style fan in the back which makes a loud coil-whine type noise and I'll be returning it (for a second time - see below). I understand that the Nvidia HDR chip needs to be cooled but why they chose a blower-style fan is beyond me. Not only is it not user-replaceable but it's noisy. I can hear it thru my AKG headphones routed through a headphone amp. I expect some noise but the Asus is over the top. It's not just a fluke either, I actually returned the first one I ordered thinking it was a faulty fan. Nope. The second has the same exact issue. My advice: wait for a revision to come out if you're going for the Asus. I can't speak first hand on the Acer but it does have a traditional PC cooling style fan in the back and looks to be user replaceable. A lot of local Micro Centers have the Acer and Asus in stock currently (unfortunately I'm in Portland and we don't have a MC) at a local level, and $200 off ATM for the X27 but seem to sold out everywhere online. I'll report back once I have a chance to test the Acer.