Acer is finally back in the gaming monitor fight

Jacob Roach / Digital Trends

Acer just announcedthree new OLED gaming monitorsatComputex 2024 , which is n’t too surprising . Event after result , we see a range of new Predator monitors packing a recent panel , but for a price that just is n’t competitive with the rest of the market . Pricing is n’t exchange , but one of Acer ’s fresh monitors might get it back to the legendary status is once held .

Let ’s back up . Several years back , Acer was at the top of the gaming monitoring machine stack . Its Predator X34 was one of thebest gaming monitorsyou could buy , packing the sought after 21:9 aspect proportion and a in high spirits refresh pace . It invade a alike space in the market that theAlienware 34 QD - OLEDdoes now . It was early on the scene , and it rode that wafture for several years .

In more late years , Predator monitor lizard have fall behind . We typically see the same gore that ’s already useable in monitors from Asus , MSI , or Alienware tamp into a Predator living accommodations for a higher price — and generally several month behind the competition . The Predator X27U F3 is a refreshing variety of footstep .

This is a 1440p organic light-emitting diode monitor that comes with a staggering 480Hz refresh pace . We ’ve see this panel once before , in January , whenAsus present off its takeon this display . The problem is that Asus has n’t released its 480Hz exhibit yet , and Acer is already putting a meter frame on when we ’ll see the Predator X27U F3 .

It ’s arriving in the third one-fourth of the year , so sometime between July and September . There are threads asking when Asus will release its interlingual rendition , one of which wasposted just a month ago . Asus has said that it plans to release its video display in the 2nd half of the yr . So , Acer might be the first one on the scene , and even if it ’s not , it ’ll be closemouthed behind Asus .

The only thing that could potentially blockade the Predator X27U F3 is its price . Acer state me that it ’ll run $ 1,600 , which is salacious . allot , most OLED gaming monitor are expensive , with rarefied exception like theMSI MPG321URXandAsus ROG XG27AQDMG , but $ 1,600 is still a in high spirits price . It ’s hard to tell apart if that ’s the going charge per unit with pricing for Asus ’ edition .

In addition to the insane refresh rate , Acer tells me that the X27U F3 will hit a peak brightness pass up to 1,300 nits in HDR . That ’s once of the high brightness claims we ’ve see . It ’ll also come with DisplayPort , HDMI , and USB - light speed inputs , all of which can run at the maximum resolve and refresh pace . Acer says it will includea KVM switch , but unluckily , the USB - C interface does n’t bear great power delivery .

Even with the high price , the Predator X27U F3 is a disgraceful display to see from Acer , at least this early in a product cycle . This is the type of monitor I ’d normally ask Acer to show off early next class , but that ’s not where we are . Not only is the Predator X27U F3 the 2d 480Hz OLED we ’ve seen , it ’s also get shockingly shortly .