Acer Predator X27U review: a gaming OLED monitor that has speed on its speed

Using a gaming monitor for creative work can be a waste of cash, but as with gaming PCs, there's a lot of overlap between the Photoshop and Helldivers 2 crowds. The Acer Predator X27U is an OLED that sports a maximum refresh rate that will please anyone who wants to gun down bugs and robots, as well as those who like to comp them into the background of someone else’s wedding pictures.

Fast and bright, with OLED colour reproduction and 1440p resolution, it’s a screen that’s going to be attractive to a lot of people, but it’s also quite expensive and, if it’s pure size you’re looking for and the refresh rate doesn’t matter so much, then there areOLED panels are extremely black when they’re off, as you can see from our photographs, and the X27U sets this off with a thin bezel that’s a shade lighter than the light-sucking black rectangle that is the screen.

The stand allows complete rotation into the portrait position, as well as almost 15cm of vertical adjustment that might just prevent you from using a dictionary to raise it up. At the top of the stand is an accessory thread that could be put to use supporting a ring light or other piece of streaming equipment.

There are plenty of inputs at the back - two HDMIs, a DisplayPort and a USB-C that can enable a single-cable connection to a compatible laptop by providing up to 90W of charging. It also has a built-in KVM switch, allowing you to swap two USB ports and a video input between two computers through the use of the USB-C and USB-B inputs . As they’re USB 3 ports you’re not limited to a mouse and keyboard receiver, so can use it to swap a flash drive or camera between PCs too.

It would have been nice to have had side-mounted access to some of these ports, as seen on the BenQ PD3225U, because if you’re likely to be switching plugs a lot it can become tiresome to swivel the screen every time, but it is good to see this level of connectivity on a gaming monitor.

Source: Gaming Daily Report (gamingdailyreport.net)

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