Amazon.com: Customer reviews: Acer Predator Z35 35-inch Curved Full HD (2560 x 1080) NVIDIA G-Sync Display, 144Hz, 2x9w speakers, HDMI & DP

Great 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.

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EK

A good choice for Ultrawide Gaming

Reviewed in the United States on October 7, 2020

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As you would guess from my attached pictures I like having a lot of monitors. I have a 3440x1440 Ultrawide (100Hz), 3840x2160 4K (100Hz) , 1920x1080 (200Hz), and this Acer Predator Z35 2560x1080 (200Hz + Gsync) which was the most recent added to my collection.

Connected to these monitors is a RTX 2080 TI FE. This graphics card is more than capable of playing games on any of these monitors on Ultra settings. However, I tend want to 'Have my Cake and Eat it Too'. The problem with playing games on either my 3440x1440 Ultrawide or 4K monitor is that while it looks incredible on Ultra Settings I am not able to get the super high refresh rates to boost my ego. Its just a lot of pixels for a GPU to have to fill.

Playing on the 1920x1080 monitor does get me the high FPS numbers in games but after playing on Ultrawide screens switching back to a squarish shaped screen just felt cramped and even on ultra settings it simply didn't look as good to me. Also @ 1920x1080 I found myself getting bottlenecked at the CPU level as GPU the needs of the game just wasn't utilizing the GPU.

Then came the Acer Predator Z35. For me this was perfect medium as it gives me a 21:9 Ultrawide screen resolution and with the higher pixel count @ 2560x1080 to make better use of my GPU. Games like Apex Legends, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Battlefield 5, Division 2, Call of Duty, etc.. on my 3440x1440 monitor I would get anywhere between 90-130 FPS averages.

On the Acer Predator Z35 @ 2560x1080 most games would land me anywhere between 190-250 FPS.

Natively I think this monitor runs at 144Hz but if you connect it to your GPU using a Display Port cable it can support 200Hz refresh. This monitor also happens to be the first one I've owned with GSYNC. When it's enabled the game screens when moving around is buttery smooth. The same games on my other monitors even with the support for higher refresh rates I could still notice tearing or stuttering here and there.

NOTE: GSYNC seems to work best when the screen FPS is just shy of its limit. In my case where the Acer Predator is set for 200Hz if leave my FPS uncapped and it goes over 200Hz GSYNC is not used or turned on.

So to make sure it always kicks in you would want to set a FPS limit or cap either within the game your playing (if supported) or through your GPU control panel. I'm on NVIDIA so I used the NVIDIA Control Panel to set a global FPS Cap/Limit @ 197 Hz which prevents any game from going higher than 197 which then mean GSYNC will always stay active.

I do not think I can post links in my review so I would suggest doing a google search for "How to setup Gsync" there are some really good articles and sites that explain the reasons and process for certain settings.

PROs:
1. Good balance between real estate (ultrawide) and not as demanding pixel count (ie NOT 4k) so its a lot easier to get high/ultra quality settings and high FPS numbers
2. Monitor is huge
3. Can overclock to 200Hz
4. GSYNC Support
5. Watching movies in ultrawide fills entire screen (no black bars on either top/bottom of screen)

CONS:
1. The lack of HDR support is kind of a bummer but fortunately I primarily use this monitor for gaming of which most of them are fast paced. If I'm looking to play something the looks pretty I usually end up playing it on either the 4K or 3440x1440.

2. The Ultrawide 21:9 is a bit of wonky resolution for anything outside of ultrawide gaming and watching movies. General website browsing is ok however when watching videos or movies recorded in standard 16:9 aspect ratio like most videos on Youtube or TV shows (Netflix, hulu, etc..) you will have black bars on the sides of the video.

The black bars on the side may not be an issue for some or most. For me visually I find it annoying so I tend to watch NON-Ultrawide content on my 1920x1080 (16:9) monitor. If its possible I would definitely recommend this more in a dual monitor setup.

3. Monitor is huge. I added this same thing in the PRO's section as having a giant screen is always awesome however make sure you have the room for it on your desk.

4. Monitor is heavy. I think its around 28lbs (12.7kg) so most common desktop monitor mounts wont support it.

Overall this is my go to for gaming. I am very happy with this purchase. Some day if I ever get my hands on an RTX 3090 i may end up switching my gaming to the 3440x1440 primarily but that day is still a ways off :)

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hugoeels

absolutely fantastic portal to your gaming / desktop / editing experience!

Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2016

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really an amazing experience. go check out g-sync at a store if they have it on demo, as you can't really get a feel for it any other way.
the monitor is my portal to the computing experience and holy crap this one is NICE.
i was using a 40" lcd for a few years so was worried about the size, this feels like a nice transition there too.

i'm on an i7 4790k, 980ti, 16gb ram, nvme ssd, win 7 64 bit.

i've played about 60 hours of tom clancy's the division on it so far haha. looks AMAZING in 21:9 / on ips.
spent time playing warhammer endless crusade, dying light, witcher 3, gta v, bf4 etc etc. i have a lot of games on steam.
all of those titles mentioned worked without a hitch and in the correct aspect.
i had played all of them prior to owning the monitor and i must say it feels very different. in the best of ways.
imho this is objectively a better experience period. 144hz / g-sync and the power to drive it are killer.

base feels solid, actually made of metal. the connection points where everything slots together looks pretty well made.
the way it adjusts looks like a pretty good mechanism. pretty happy with the build quality / construction feel.

couldn't care less about the speakers or usb hub, basically bloat ware on a monitor like this.
the led's also, a cool idea but probably just adding to the cost and ultimately i'm not impressed with 10 cents of LED's.

i'm not going to run benchmarks or anything like that upon request sorry, don't have the time.
it has a 3 year warranty which is comforting.

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Apinr

Yay for the perfect monitor!

Reviewed in the United States on August 14, 2016

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I bought the Acer z35 to replace the x34 that I Vived :(((( Acer is leaving me high and dry because they say it's going to cost me $1,500 to repair the x34. Newegg told me to find a local repair shop (ummm....like TV/VCR repair shops back in the 80?) Obviously that's unacceptable, so yeah, don't accidentally break your very expensive monitor, boys and girls...

I was looking into getting the Asus version of the monitor just out of spite, but $850 is a hell lot better than another $1300. I have to say: Apart from the lower resolution than the X34, (my)Z35 monitor is superior to (my)X34 in every way. I had zero back-light bleed where I had a ton on X34. No visible scanline when enable g-sync that was super distracting on the x34. zero dead pixel where my had 2 on x34! No coil-whine! I don't have the x34 and the z35 side-by-side (for obvious reason), but I believe the picture is also more vivid and richer than X34 that I can remember. The black is also much darker because there's no light bleeds. I have 980 GTX SLI so getting 144fps in Overwatch is a breeze and the monitor performed impressively.

The only reason I'm dingging a star is because my monitor doesn't look like it's new in box. There are some scruffs at the bottom of my monitor. The thin foam cloth thingy that protects the screens didn't look like it was covering the screen neatly like how you'd expect from a new never opened box. My guess is that this is one of the monitor that was repaired(!) from an RMA.

But hey, the monitor works like a dream, so I'm probably not going play another Acer QA lottery if you know what I mean.

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Kimberly

awesome gaming monitor see review for mounting tips

Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2018

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We bought two of these, G-Sync is great, refresh rates are amazing. Gaming is mind blowing. Shop around and get what you need but these are perfect for our gaming uses. Highly recommend a wall mount as these are pretty heavy and the stock base is big. if you get a wall mount Versa style note that you will need some rubber spaces due to the small mounting plate on the back of the monitor. got ours setup in no time and we are very pleased.

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R. Lozano

QA issues + not worth the money

Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2016

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Was expecting a lot more from this panel. Contrast ratio honestly doesn't seem much better than the TFT display I have next to it. Colors seem a bit dull on it, it is a bright monitor though, but still the colors don't pop how they do on IPS or OLED screens. The viewing angles are also quite narrow, though a bit better than TFT displays.

Motion can get a bet funky as some gray to gray transitions have a hard time on this monitor and you start getting some funky blur happening on fast moving images.

Also, my monitor came with so far what I see 3 dead pixels. 2 next to each other on the bottom left of the screen and one in the bottom-middle of the screen. Really disappointing QA considering the price and the fact it's 2016 and this shouldn't be a problem anymore.

Other than that it's an okay screen, but I do sort of regret it and I always snap to the dead pixels on bright scenes as the pixel density on this monitor is rather low (which I prefer for gaming).

Was expecting a lot more out of this screen, kind of wish I went for the X34 now even though it is a much higher res.

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:)

Okay at what its for, but not without major tradeoffs, and firmware bug really sucks.

Reviewed in the United States on October 25, 2020

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I'll start with what this monitor is good for: Refresh rate is great. That's why I bought it, thats probably why you're looking at it. Everything else though is kind of meh if not sucky. I'll list the issues in order of how much they annoy me:

1) There is a firmware bug, and no way to upgrade firmware yourself, requiring you to get your monitor to an Acer repair center. This bug leads to the center line of pixels being moved to the far right side of your display. Turning it off and back on again usually fixes it, but this happens pretty frequently. I would not hold this against them if I could fix the firmware myself, but if you're going to make it a pain to fix bugs..please do better QA before selling your product.
2) General picture quality is pretty poor. There's ugly artifacting that shows up especially with black backgrounds that makes it look like you're watching a badly encoded video. I knew I was making tradeoffs with going for a high refresh gaming panel, but I didn't expect it to be this bad. Still fine for gaming, but really annoying for some desktop use, and a deal breaker if you want to do content creation.
3) Stand is huge and awkward, it's supportive but it gets in the way.
4) Can't use ULMB and GSync, and ULMB only works at 120hz. IF you want to play at 1080p120 you could do so with a better quality panel IMO.
5) 200hz without overdrive is a blurry mess and unplayable. With overdive its really nice, but then you have some weirdness where blacks kind of 'streak' for a bit. It reminds me of scrolling on an OLED display where any color to any color transitions fine but blacks take longer to go to a color. It's not that bad, but it is annoying.

Beyond that everything else is just kind of meh or as expected. USB ports do what you expect, speaker kind of sucks but no worse than I expect from a monitor.

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hadati

Awesome PC Gaming Monitor

Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2016

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TL;DR - yes, buy it.

I bought this over the Acer X34 Predator and upcoming Asus pg348q because I didn't want IPS backlight bleed, a max of 95-100hz, and because I wanted to be able to read the native font on my desktop without squinting. Oh and I wanted to experience the buttery smooth gameplay of GSync at 144hz. This monitor has delivered in spades.

Not every game supports 21:9 (though this is obviously not the monitor's fault).

Borderlands 2, Shadow of Mordor, Torchlight 2, Warhammer: Vermintide, Darksiders 2, FarCry 3, and many other newer titles do support 2560X1080.

Crypt of the Necrodancer, Nuclear Throne, Darkest Dungeon, Diablo 3, and Starcraft 2 do not.

Some games have .ini files (text configuration files) that you can modify to force games to allow for 21:9 (I've heard this is true of Fallout 4) but more and more new games are coming with 21:9 support as the PC gaming crowd realizes how immersive this resolution is for gaming.

The build quality is great. I had no dead pixels. There is a decently long manufacturer warranty through Acer (though I hope to never have to use it). I was able to easily set 144hz and GSync through the nvidia control panel on my desktop. I'm hooked to an Asus GTX 980 Strix via DisplayPort (cable comes included with the monitor). I'm coming from a 32" 60hz Sharp Aquos flat panel circa 2010 and it's like night and day gaming on this thing. GSync gaming at 144hz is silky smooth and I will not be going back.

I should mention that movies and TV shows are pretty awesome, too. I've included a couple screenshots from playing Darksiders 2 Deathinitive Edition, Warhammer: Vermintide, what my desktop looks like (it's Windows 10 Pro with ObjectDock 2 running, not OSX), and what a movie looks like running in ultrawide using VLC.

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Not sure if I should have went with the 3440x1440 resolution, love this refresh rate for CS...

Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2016

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SWTOR got this monitor another star. A lot of games and the movies... I find several movies I have to be unwatchable on this monitor. Youtube full screen just stays 1920x1080 so you have 4 inches of black bar on both sides of the screen, which is what happens in most game cut scenes. 2560x1080 is a really cool idea, just not widely supported. I will repeat SWTOR looks AMAZING on this monitor.

UPDATE: Down to 3 stars, I paid $899 for the Z35, I should have went with the x34 for $1200, 2560x1080 isn't supported for almost every game I play, The Witcher 3 cut scenes only play 1920x1080 so there is 4inches of black on both the left and right edge of the screen during EVERY cut scene, which there are a lot in The Witcher. Resident Evil 5 supports 2560x1080 but cuts the bottom of the screen off because they didn't take into consideration the 21:9 aspect ratio that this monitor utilizes, which makes most movies look pixelated stretching 1920x1080 to fit this screen, oh the blacks on this monitor are horrific, dark colors makes pixels show up horribly I think it might have to do with the back light bleed. Now for the good, This monitor has an aim point (3 different ones actually, so you can have the same crosshair dead center for every gun) games don't look like movies so dark areas don't look pixelated. This monitor is absolutely amazing for Counter-Stike, wide angle to view more area combined with 200hz refresh rate it's easy to get 200-300 fps in CS:GO, and being called a hacker just makes you feel amazing! Still I wish I went with the 34'' 100hz refresh rate for higher resolution since 4k quality will be everywhere before I can afford to upgrade my monitor again. I play 144hz and 200hz in CS:GO you can tell a difference from 60hz to 144hz clear as day, but 144hz to 200hz hard to notice. Also make sure you overclock your monitor before you open the game, resetting the monitor hz resets geforce experience and freezes any game I've tried to have open, if I'm playing The Witcher I was turning the hz down because there is no need to overclock when I'm not playing against anyone.

Predator Z35 35-inch Curved Full HD 2560x1080 Monitor review:
MY BIGGEST COMPLAINT would be the lighting, you can change it in the Monitor Settings menu > Ambient Light > LED Color section from Red, Green, Blue, White, or Orange BUT you can't change the power button from blue, so you will always have a blue glow from the far right... So then I'm even more upset at the boomerang style base because it's red but the lighting is blue. If my tower didn't have a blue LED intake fan on the front I would just leave it off.
5/10 Base, not a fan of the boomerang style, I prefer a square box at the bottom (probable because my old monitor has scratched my desk so this monitor with lights shows the scratches...) this base is also rather large, it hangs at least an inch over my desk ledge which is only 10 inches but I feel safe and secure.
9/10 adjustment movement, I could stand for a little more on the negative degrees but 5 is better than 0! No matter how high or low I put this monitor it stays right there, the -1 point is because lack of rotating side to side you actually have to move the monitor base to adjust it I've just seen other models with it and really liked that feature.
10/10 Product Assembly, the only thing not attached to the monitor was the base, which is obnoxiously large I prefer the square base that almost every other monitor uses, espicially because the 40'' TV I replaced scratched my desk surface and this Z35 has LED lights to show the scratches.
10/10 Display
10/10 HDMI port
8/10 Acer product help... Basic responses for the online chat support, technical problems need to be dealt with during weekdays, friendly patient people with decent response time at least for Predator support chat.

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Zombie Hunter

Do not buy - 100% failure rate on product.

Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2017

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I originally bought this monitor from the company ACER as a refurb unit. It came to me with a dead pixel right in the middle of the monitor. I contacted the company ACER and they would not replace it. I got a refund and went through Amazon, which was on sale for 200$ more then the refub unit I bought. Needless to say I am very happy with the purchase from Amazon and learned my lesson.

About the Monitor:

For a GSYNC monitor to have 35 inches of curved 2K HD is amazing. Could it have been more? I think so. For the time I would think that it would be easy to put 4K for around the same price. However, I am happy with the quality and price that I paid. When playing a video game in first person, I get a sense of immersion with the screen due to its curve. I have found my self having to look to the left and the right just to see the full screen at times. When using programs like Photoshop or Premiere Pro, with so much room, its is like using 2 monitors already. Adding a second monitor feels like a 3rd monitor, I look like I am in the matrix with so many screens.
Utilizing the GSYNC Tech and overclocking of 200hz refresh rate is very simple as long as you have the tech that matches to work with it. Gsync will not work properly unless you keep it with the same type of tech. Nvidia graphics with GSYNC is needed.
When I turn up the 200hz refresh rate, I notice that some of the videos I watch are not able to keep up with the frames and colors tend to screen blur and become off put. I am able to fix this by tuning down the refresh rate on the fly with buttons on the monitor. I keep them for movies, gaming, and editing. I highly suggest this, unless you want to just leave it at 60hz. There are some games that will also have the same issue if you overclock the monitors refresh rate, so keep an eye on that as well. This is not a issue with the monitor, but rather the game not able to keep up the frame rate.
When running GTA5 with the monitor on a 1070 GPU, it gets about 25 FPS with every graphic setting maxed out on the benchmarks.

The monitor does tilt, as well as raises up and down. I feel that the height could have been taller, but for such a big screen, and weight, I am not sure how much taller it could have been. I would have loved to have a swivel on the monitor so I can turn it, however I have to look into other options to make it swivel (Maybe a "Lazy Susan"?)

I am very happy with my monitor none the less. I feel that it could have been better detail, as well as being able to swivel would have been amazing features to really sell this product. I would have rated this a 5 star had it had those features, but to me it is a 4 star. However with the company ACER's policy on RMA's for their monitors, "We only do RMA's for 5% or more on dead pixels" really left a bad taste in my mouth for the company ACER. So, 3 stars for ACER. 5 Stars for Amazon saving the day.

UPDATE:

I have had to return the unit 2x times to ACER for repair. First time was due to progressive scan lines in the monitors LCD. They replaced the LCD screen and said I had to pay for shipping. Once it got back it was in the worst packaging ever put together by a human. I sent the unit in with the original box all nice and neat and they send me back some blob of a box. On top of that, the USB ports on the back did not work any longer, so I had to ship it back in to ACER. 2 weeks after not hearing a word from ACER, I have to call in to support, wait on hold to deal with some person that says that Fedex lost it at a Walmart in Temple Tx. How and why they dont know, but are going to send me out a brand new monitor, same model. Not a upgrade, not any compensation other then extend the warranty. So they keep throwing water on a building fire of a bad product and customer service. Now I have been with out my monitor for almost a month total, I wish I had bought something else without 100% failure rate.

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