[funfordcobra]

Welcome to the AcerX34 Owners Club!

Everything you wanted to know about the Acer X34!

Guru 3D review:

http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/acer-predator-xr341ck-34-curved-gaming-screen-with-g-sync.html







Post a pic of your setup for an official sign up!

Purchase date -> overclock success -> dead pix

funfordcobra- 10-13-2015 / 100hz / 0

 

[PCM2]

And please try to be sensible with the pictures if you're intending to show 'backlight bleed'. Take them from a few metres back and as centrally as possible - preferably with a reasonable monitor brightness and exposure levels on the camera. Otherwise this is just going to be filled with misleading images and hence users misinterpreting 'IPS glow' as something else.

 

[Metros]

Quote:

Originally Posted by PCM2

And please try to be sensible with the pictures if you're intending to show 'backlight bleed'. Take them from a few metres back and as centrally as possible - preferably with a reasonable monitor brightness and exposure levels on the camera. Otherwise this is just going to be filled with misleading images and hence users misinterpreting 'IPS glow' as something else.

Yeah, I do agree, I do not want to look at an image where someone has took a picture at 100 percent brightness while pointing the camera down from above the monitor.

 

[skypine27]

The guy who starts the thread doesn't post a pic of his??

 

[Metros]

Quote:

Originally Posted by skypine27

The guy who starts the thread doesn't post a pic of his??

I live in the UK, I have pre ordered it but it comes at the start of October, this thread was for the people who have it, so they stop posting in an old article with 169 pages.

 

[koroshiya8]

I got this monitor a few weeks back and so far enjoying it, the LED lighting , higher refresh rate etc..
Did a brief unboxing post then over here;

As for 'BLB' i do have them but honestly i dont care as i seldom deal with a lot of blacks when gaming or normal usage, it doesnt disturb me 1 bit.



http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/hardware-clinic-2/quick-unboxing-review-acer-x34-g-sync-monitoring-5198864.html

Right now i can only mainly feedback based on Witcher 3 which i've been trying to complete over the last few weeks. As far as FPS is concerned no issue in pushing for close to 100fps.
One observation i had was that when O/c beyond 60fps, there are some flashes when i navigate in the menu mode. This is definitely due to the OC as i do not encounter this once i switched it back to fixed 60fps.

Please feel free to post any questions.

 

[koroshiya8]

This is the x34 with the G29, playing on Project Cars

 

[koroshiya8]

Hi guys, I have previously read about it before but didnt encounter until this afternoon.
After being away from my PC for about 30min - 1 hour w/ no screen saver... i came back shock, the right half of my monitor is black (not lighted). I move the mouse around but the screen remained black.
After i reboot the screen came back fine.

Please advise if i should RMA or monitor and see how frequently this symptom comes up..

 

[Mikey-]

I pre-ordered mine from NCIX, here in Vancouver, but although the website says the monitors are in stock they've yet to send me an e-mail notification for pickup.

 

[Mikey-]

What's the length of the display port cable that ships with the monitor?

Also, I think it's better to have a proper thread for this monitor. The other thread is actually titled incorrectly.

 

[skypine27]

So I was already bored of gaming with the X34 (nothing good to play until Fallout 4 in my opinion

and actually tried reading the manual. Crazy right!

So there is this setting called "blue light" and its default setting is OFF. The manual says something about blue light being damaging to your eyes?!?! So I was experimenting with it and it has a range of OFF / and then 50%-80%. At anything other than OFF, to me the desktop wall papers look terrible so I went back to OFF. But it seems to me OFF has the monitor block certain wavelengths of light which one would normally be seeing when looking outside?

Anyone else know about this blue light setting??

 

[Smokey the Bear]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mikey-

What's the length of the display port cable that ships with the monitor?

Also, I think it's better to have a proper thread for this monitor. The other thread is actually titled incorrectly.

I read the cable was only 1m long... So, really short! Can confirm a bit later today when mine is delivered!
Quote:

Originally Posted by skypine27

So I was already bored of gaming with the X34 (nothing good to play until Fallout 4 in my opinion

and actually tried reading the manual. Crazy right!

So there is this setting called "blue light" and its default setting is OFF. The manual says something about blue light being damaging to your eyes?!?! So I was experimenting with it and it has a range of OFF / and then 50%-80%. At anything other than OFF, to me the desktop wall papers look terrible so I went back to OFF. But it seems to me OFF has the monitor block certain wavelengths of light which one would normally be seeing when looking outside?

Anyone else know about this blue light setting??

Lowering the blue light lowers the blue channel. You can achieve the same effect by lowering the blue channel manually. It's there for the health of your eyes.

 

[Mikey-]

Wow. So after spending $2,025 CAD, I have to spend money on a display port cable? Nice.

Hi, I'm unpacking my monitor right now, and indeed the cable is too short. So what do I need here - just a standard display port cable?

I just visited Amazon, and a bunch of people said the cable (linked below) simply didn't work for them.

http://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0011ZQLYM/ref=pe_386430_126088100_TE_item

How do we know if G-Sync is working?

Mod edit: Please use the edit button instead of triple posting.

 

[athenaesword]

Quote:

Originally Posted by koroshiya8

Hi guys, I have previously read about it before but didnt encounter until this afternoon.
After being away from my PC for about 30min - 1 hour w/ no screen saver... i came back shock, the right half of my monitor is black (not lighted). I move the mouse around but the screen remained black.
After i reboot the screen came back fine.

Please advise if i should RMA or monitor and see how frequently this symptom comes up..

hey man. nice to see you over here from hardwarezone. i'm trying to get a monitor from tj also but i'm wondering how i'm gonna make sure it's working well before i bring it back to hkg

 

[Mountainlifter]

Quote:

Originally Posted by athenaesword

hey man. nice to see you over here from hardwarezone. i'm trying to get a monitor from tj also but i'm wondering how i'm gonna make sure it's working well before i bring it back to hkg

Followed you guys over from HWZ.

Planning on getting this monitor (X34 - Gsync) soon. Can I know the serial numbers of the units with the V1 firmware that have the banding so I can avoid that batch of units and go for the new one?

Or is there a place to download this firmware and do it ourselves?

 

[-terabyte-]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mountainlifter

Followed you guys over from HWZ.

Planning on getting this monitor (X34 - Gsync) soon. Can I know the serial numbers of the units with the V1 firmware that have the banding so I can avoid that batch of units and go for the new one?

Or is there a place to download this firmware and do it ourselves?

All new units being sold should have the V2 firmware at this point. And no, there is no user downloadable firmware.

 

[Mountainlifter]

Quote:

Originally Posted by -terabyte-

All new units being sold should have the V2 firmware at this point. And no, there is no user downloadable firmware.

Yeah, I read about that sir. But you see I live in Singapore and stocks here sell out slower and replacements arrive slower too (in the case of specialty items like gaming monitors). For eg., I bought an ASUS ROG 278Q in the november of last year and still got one from the first september batch with all its problems. Prompted me to write this long thread. http://www.overclock.net/t/1526956/guide-to-the-problems-with-the-asus-rog-swift While I love helping out the community in any way, I don't want a repeat of last year.

So, I'd really like to know the serial numbers so I can check with my retailers before buying.

 

[-terabyte-]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mountainlifter

Yeah, I read about that sir. But you see I live in Singapore and stocks here sell out slower and replacements arrive slower too (in the case of specialty items like gaming monitors). For eg., I bought an ASUS ROG 278Q in the november of last year and still got one from the first september batch with all its problems. Prompted me to write this long thread. http://www.overclock.net/t/1526956/guide-to-the-problems-with-the-asus-rog-swift While I love helping out the community in any way, I don't want a repeat of last year.

So, I'd really like to know the serial numbers so I can check with my retailers before buying.

I see, I understand your issue but unfortunately Acer has not shared any detail about this. Your only option is to contact them directly and see if they are willing to provide you the serial numbers, or if they can confirm that the stock there is already updated.

 

[Scoobydooby11]

Got mine mounted tonight and snapped a couple shots of how it looks with my gear.

What do you guys think? Since it covers so much of my rig, I'm thinking of moving out from behind this beastly display.

 

[Metros]

Quote:

Originally Posted by koroshiya8

Hi guys, I have previously read about it before but didnt encounter until this afternoon.
After being away from my PC for about 30min - 1 hour w/ no screen saver... i came back shock, the right half of my monitor is black (not lighted). I move the mouse around but the screen remained black.
After i reboot the screen came back fine.

Please advise if i should RMA or monitor and see how frequently this symptom comes up..

I would take it back, that BLB is terrible or IPS glow, also most of these monitors have the sleep issue it seems, they will need to update the firmware, which means a massive recall if they do.