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how fast can you cool practical design maturity fans know just for computers oops Gaming monitors have always occupied that single spot on the usability scale primarily for gaming applications thanks to fast TN panels seriously once you try 144 Hertz for gaming you just simply don't go back and just feel slow and sluggish and you just you don't know you way around the screen anymore and for the longest time gaming monitors suffered with bad colors and really poor viewing angles because IPS panels did not catch up yet to the refresh rate that we expect on the game until now this is the acer xb 270 hu which is a fantastic needed monitor on the market that checks off many features that would categorize this display as an ideal gaming monitor and an awesome multipurpose display thanks to the resolution and panel quality so this is a 27-inch panel at 2560 by 1440 p resolution refresh rate of 144 Hertz it is g-sync equipped and the cherry on top it is an IPS display that offers far better viewing angles over other similarly priced 2tm gaming monitors so it is targeted perfectly for gamers and also creative professionals and this all comes at a competitive price point at $750 u.s. that kind of makes sense given the future-proof stance of this monitor now let's do a physical tour surrounding the panel is a thin an exciting bezel with a circular foundation that integrates rotation directly at the base and not on the red ring around the stand there is a convenient cutout to pass the cables with all the expected maneuverability with tilt swivel plenty of height adjustment that unfortunately reveals the cable pass-through space when at full height and portrait mode is also available I don't know how you feel about this but the glossy plastic does not fit on such an expensive monitor especially for the base that gets covered in dust quickly and you can't comfortably store anything on top of the base I know it's not an expectation from any monitor but if Acer could just get rid of that slight curve and that would have space for my Trabant and all other things I can place on the base there are a pair of USB 3.0 ports on the left side along with two more in the back of the monitor a single display port due to limitations of the g-sync module but it would have been great to have more inputs here just in case that bypass the g-sync module but unfortunately that's not available and finally there is the power input at the front bottom right corner we find an ambient blue power LED with the physical buttons for OSD navigation that lets you access presets with four modes like equal drive standard that boost brightness to 100% and is set by default the graphics preset is absolutely terrible that messes up with the white tones and it loses a lot of the information in the highlights and I don't know how this is meant for creative purposes it's simply unusable and the last is movie mode that shifts the entire color profile that is just not passable we would recommend sticking to the user profile and you'll be golden the second shortcut is brightness control then we have overdrive mode that helps boost pixel gray to gray response time and you better stick to normal setting at 144 Hertz to reduce ghosting and then we can enable the ultra-low motion blur that only works at 85 and 100 Hertz when g-sync is disabled and it helps to deliver a cleaner motion at reduced brightness which is a good alternative if your graphics does not support g-sync lastly you can enter the full menu which gives you gamma and contrast control and I just use a color temperature with these RGB sliders now for the price of this monitor the OSD is completely lacking and does not offer the same features that competing monitors offer so for example there is no six axis color calibration inside the monitor there's no proper gamma adjustment there's no easy game mode that you can select and also the presets that are available the four presets are completely terrible and do not offer any anything valuable to the user like the graphics mode is kind of insulting how it over blows up the highlights and you lose so much information it boggles my mind so you could go in and take it with the RGB values but to get the proper experience for color accuracy you would need to use a color meter now for the panel itself we were happy with the viewing angles you lose a bit of brightness with extreme side-to-side orientation but it's not a big deal on the first panel toe color uniformity was significantly warmer in the top-left corner but was fine on the replacement unit and one thing Acer could have done differently is an anti-glare coating that does blur out the light sources but there's always a noticeable reflection element that could be just so annoying but now this is part of the review when all the drawbacks mentioned simply disappear when we get into the gaming section the combination of 144 Hertz g-sync and IPS all round up for a really perfect experience I truly cannot game on anything else anymore especially for fps when your response is affected by fluidity of fast refresh and nailing accurate aim feels fantastic complemented by non jewelry and completely smooth frame rate thanks to gsync and I think this monitor has something to do with me returning to play csgo because XP to 70 hu is a perfect all-around foundation for first-person shooters the IPS panel here is also part of the awesome equation I'm satisfied with the contrast and vibrancy of the colors that goes hand in hand for strategy games where movement on screen is not as rapid as with fps but you certainly appreciate the fluidity of any movement thanks to the refresh rate and gsync wear frame rates around 40 fps feel like they're in the range of 60 FPS allowing mid tier GPUs to drive your games properly and concluding words the Acer xB 270 hu is a truly unique gaming monitor that combines the best elements for a fantastic experience very happy to see an IPS panel at 144 Hertz and in this resolution and also g-sync enabled from a functionality standpoint the monitor stand is perfectly fine but why all that gloss finish would be great to see a matte surface instead and ASA really needs to catch up with the on-screen display and better anti-glare coating for this to be the king of gaming monitors but despite the mentioned flaws it is still one-of-a-kind and deserves the heirarchy Knox dam innovative award now let us know what you are gaming on when you consider the xB - 7 th you as a multi-purpose monitor leave your thoughts in the comments below I'm doing tree with Harbor Canucks thank you so much for watching don't forget to subscribe and follow for more similar content and we'll see you in the next one