Top positive review
5.0 out of 5 starsGreat product for the right individuals.
Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2016
I really like the predator z35. This is my first Acer product and I'm impressed with the build quality and features. You can tell that Acer is going after the Asus ROG line with the Predator products and the premium feel. I'm upgrading from an 27in Asus 1080p 120hz 3D monitor and my Acer Predator came with no dead or stuck pixels and the picture is great. I run mine with the overdrive at extreme which cleans up the smearing\ghosting effect in fast moving scenes while using Gsync. If you use ULMB instead of Gsync, the image quality is superb and sharp as long as it's a game that runs at 60+ frame rates all the time. If they ever manage to get Gsync and ULMB to work at the same time, you'd have a killer monitor technology for improving game image quality and playability. Speaking of Gsync, it's a great feature that really shines when you have demanding titles that run in the 30-50 fps range. It eliminates hitching and skipping - especially at low frame rate. Being an individual that usually runs high end GPU's, Gsync wasn't as stunning for me as it would be to someone running mid-range or main stream GPU's, but it's a welcome feature that I'd rather have than not. The wide 21:9 aspect ratio really does enhance immersiveness for titles that properly support it and after experiencing it, I won't go back to 16:9. The black level and contrast on this thing is excellent for LCD and compared to other monitors I've had in the past, there is virtually no backlight bleed. I did try the 200hz overclock and can't seem to get it to work - Acer's dedicated Predator support line thinks it's my GPU's - but I'm perfectly happy with 144hz anyway. I presently have two GTX 680's (4GB vram per card) in SLI and will be upgrading to Pascal when it's released - so hopefully this won't continue to be an issue in the future. Some might gripe at the resolution this provides, but I'm happy with it and the higher refresh rate it provides. After my experience with the product, I will buy Acer again.