Acer Gaming Monitor 27 Inches KG271 Cbmidpx 1920 x 1080 144Hz Refresh Rate AMD FREESYNC Technology

I needed a monitor with a faster refresh rate for casual gaming... mostly FPS. I had spoiled myself on a 27" that only had a 60 Hz refresh rate, so when this 27" model with 144 Hz popped up on sale, I grabbed it. So far, I love it... especially for the price.I was disappointed with the depth of color when I first hooked it up... the whole display looked a bit hazy on Windows 10 compared to my old Samsung display. However, I looked in the Advanced Display Settings in Windows and found that it was running at 60 Hz by default. I bumped it up to 144 Hz and that somehow made the colors much deeper and true-looking. Color depth is now similar to my Samsung display, except now with a much higher refresh rate. If you are disappointed with a haziness in your new display, check to see what refresh rate it is running at.I tried some gaming and am very pleased so far. I can't use the Freesync feature since I have an NVidia GPU and I didn't want to pay for G-sync. However, I enabled V-sync on the games I played and experienced absolutely no screen-tearing and great response, with no noticeable hit to FPS. And 144 Hz is a definite improvement over 60 Hz.One other thing to note: there is virtually no physical bezel on the top and sides of the monitor. However, there are apparently no actual pixels for about a quarter inch from the edge of the display on the top and sides, which gives it a sort of "soft" bezel. Not a big deal for me, as I just wanted a 27" monitor with a faster refresh rate than I had, but be aware that when you hook it up, the display doesn't really reach the virtually nonexistent bezel. The bezel that is there is like a brushed/matte looking material, as is the screen itself, so there is no noticeable reflection from any surface of the monitor... which is another plus.Overall, I am very pleased with this monitor, especially considering the price I paid for it.

This is an AMAZING monitor with great image quality, 1 ms response time, and 144 hz refresh rate. However, you need to be very knowledgeable about computers before making such an expensive purchase. First of all, expect initial image quality issues, and also expect the Display Port to stop working on you for no reason at all. If this happens, it doesn't mean you need to RMA your video card or get a new cable, it's a known issue with Display Port which is not tried and true.Only buy this monitor if you know exactly what you're doing and are a computer expert like I am. If not, you'll run into nothing but hassle and problems.BTW, contrary to other reviewers, the integrated speakers are excellent for an apartment setting where subwoofers and extremely loud sound would be disturbing. If you want bass and loudness, get a pair of 7.1 headphones.What's nice about the integrated speakers is that they don't disturb the neighbors, are loud, and allow me to take the headphones off when not gaming.Excellent monitor, just not for the amateur.

Absolutely amazing monitor for the price! Images are nice and crisp! Not quite as bright as my other monitor, but then again this was 1/3 the price. The viewing angles are limited, but that is to be expected with this type of monitor. Honestly if you dont need the best of the best, this monitor is absolutely the best budget monitor out there as of when I wrote this review. Once I am immersed in my game there is zero difference between this monitor and my top of the line one.

This monitor is solid, it's great at what it meant to do and really shows its power with the 144 Hz and the 1ms response time. I will say that a few times I have turned on the monitor and gotten some weird crazy glitching, I just turn it off and turn it back on and it completely fixes itself. I feel like this is a pretty widespread problem but I don't think I want to wait a month to send and get a new monitor. I'm would give it 3.5 for its color/ picture quality which isn't the most amazing thing I've seen and it isn't easy to find a really good balance in colors and contrast.Also, the speakers are a joke, it's like putting an iPod in a glass bottle and putting it behind your desk. BUT if you are your decision to buy a gaming monitor is even REMOTELY influenced by speaker quality you are doing something REALLY wrong. just buy a pair of actual speakers for like 10 bucks and it will be 10x better then what you will find on almost any monitor.