acerNitro VG271U Pbmiipx 27" WQHD (2560 x 1440) IPS AMD Radeon FREESYNC Gaming Monitor, 144Hz, VESA Certified Display HDR400, DCI-P3, (2 HDMI 2.0 & 1 Display Port), Black

I wanted a nice budget 1080p and after reading for a while I decided for this one. Good choice if your want an easy job for your video card if you're in a budget and cannot afford enough juice for 1440p.Pros:- Nice color gamut- Excellent contrast and bright (a bit more than 480nits actually)- Default profiles are nice, but it will be better to use your own.- Big screen, no dead pixels.-165hz refresh rate using the included HDMI cable.- Big panel, nice desing and aesthetics.- VESA mounting.Cons:- You will see pixelated things or even the pixels if you sit too close to it due to the fact 1080p pixel density it too low for a 27" inch monitor.- The monitor stand/support is a bit weak and your monitor may bounce from one side yo another if you hit your deskt accidentally.. but it will do the job.- IPS glow from corners, which can be attenuated lowering bright or sitting a bit far.- Don't expect too much from its speakers, they are quite small and not too powerful but they are enough to help in a no-sound situation.- Freesync premium, not premium pro. By this, I tell you it will have bright flickering (going up and down) if you decide to use HDR in games or even browsing some sites while using freesync.. it may be solved if you use HDR with Freesync off and enhanced sync from the AMD config, which is kinda absurd.- Acer widget app is limited in many ways and it will reset your user profile every time you change to another profile without applying anything which is annoying.- Support site is terrible.Conclusion:- If you can buy a powerful video card for 1440p, go for that res... If you can't, you won't be disappointed at all with this monitor but it will take time to get used to it. Good choice if you want to upgrade later but you need something nice and not too expensive for some time.

I have two of these. I’ll get right out there with the elephant in the room. These things suffer from some of the worst image retention I’ve ever seen in an IPS panel. It’s worse when you flip them to HDR mode. It’s not burn in but retention. After a while the retained image fades.Now if you aren’t using these things to look at excel all day for work, but rather for gaming. They are great. Good colors, decent specs, solid price. Just know that both of mine retain images to the same degree so I’m reluctant to assume I got a bad set.

-Factory set at 170hz (wonderful surprise)-IPS panel with wonderful and accurate color-HDR option available (not important to me, but nice that it's there)-Huge 27'' monitor w/native 1440p resolution makes for a stunning photo with sharp images and text-Great viewing angles-Can get very bright. I have it set at 90% brightness(360 nits I believe?) and it's more than acceptable to me. At both well lit daytime or middle of the nightOnly downside is the stand. It can wobble if you shake your legs during some downtime or if you have restless legs. But this can be remedied with the monitors being VESA mounted.5/5 stars, planning on buying a third one when a 3080 inevitably becomes available.

(UPDATE DEC 2021)The pixel ghosting I mention below actually has to do with inverse ghosting, better known as overshoot. This was happening because I had Overdrive turned on to Extreme. Turning it down to Normal allowed the overshoot to eliminate almost entirely, but, you will notice a little bit of blurring while playing something. It's honestly fine, and may actually resolve itself at higher refresh rates. The problems I was having were pretty much related to Skyrim and playing it at 60Hz on this monitor.(UPDATE NOV 2021):After installing Windows 11 I decided to finally give some time to figure out how to properly set up HDR on this monitor.I'm glad I did. Setting the monitor to HDR 400 (it has an Auto setting I didn't find quite as good) and messing with some color settings in Nvidia Control Panel game me an amazing experience that I'm glad I took the time to get. Whites are actually white (at least in games), light sources pop, and there's just better depth to everything. I'm so glad I took the time finally to do this.Still going to leave it at 4-Stars though because no matter how you cut it, this is not a top-tier monitor and still has some pixel ghosting issues when playing games where there are a lot of bright colors on screen at the same time._____________________________________________________(Original Review)First, I'd like to say that I'm using a 10-series Nvidia GPU. Changing around the refresh rate and color was done in Nvidia Control Panel, and monitor settings were obviously done on the monitor itself.That said, I'm mostly happy with this monitor, and I think you will as well. You'll just need to know a few things before buying it to get the most from it:1. Don't forget to use a DisplayPort or HDMI 2 cable. A regular HDMI cable is restricted to a 60Hz signal, so you won't get 144 unless you use the right cable. I only say this because in almost every instance where someone I've spoken to claimed there was almost no difference between 60 and 144, it was because they used a regular HDMI cable, sticking themselves to 60Hz even if their PC was running at a high FPS.2. If you are gaming, be sure to put the monitor on Action mode, and be sure the "Over Drive" is set to EXTREME, with "Ultra-Low Latency" to ON in the "Gaming" section of the monitor's menu.2. You will not get 10bit color unless you put the monitor's refresh rate to 120Hz. However, doing this caused a pixel response time change, making it somewhat unenjoyable to play games because of pretty bad pixel ghosting when moving quickly, especially if the background was a light color. 10-bit 120Hz, in my opinion, should only be used for media work/editing, browsing, and other low-intensity activities.3. The ghosting was resolved by putting the monitor back to 144Hz, 8bit color, and was perfectly enjoyable for gaming, and should be used as such.4. HDR was pretty bad. It just overly brightened and washed everything out. I did not make any real attempt at changing settings around to compensate for it because it really wasn't all that important to me. (REFER TO NOV 2021 UPDATE REGARDING HDR)5. FreeSync, at least with my Nvidia card, was not good. It did eliminate tearing, but it introduced bad pixel ghosting because it overrides monitor settings, shutting off "Over Drive" and "Ultra-Low Latency". This may be completely different for you if you have a 20-series Nvidia card or AMD.Also, the "Setup G-Sync" option (which can be enabled on even FreeSync monitors) will not be available in Nvidia Control Panel unless you turn on FreeSync in the monitor settings first.Overall I love this monitor when I use it in the way described. When I use Photoshop or After Effects, I put it on 10-bit/120Hz. When I game, I put it on 8-bit/144HZ, all in the monitor. For the price, it's a small thing to deal with, so I'm pretty happy overall. Just don't expect this to be perfect with all of the features it possesses.