Acer announces 144hz IPS 1440p G-SYNC! [XB270HU, XG270HU]

[Beavergum]

Just bought it! Was wanting to know if anyone has any good setup for it? or should I just leave as is right out the box?

[glenster]

"Acer Predator XB270HU 144Hz IPS G-Sync Monitor - The best I have ever seen?"
review by LinusTechTips
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LTHr96NueA

[Gryz]

Just bought it! Was wanting to know if anyone has any good setup for it? or should I just leave as is right out the box?

Check TFTCentral.
http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/reviews/acer_xb270hu.htm

Download the ICC profile from here:
http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/articles/icc_profiles.htm
Learn here how to install the profile:
http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/articles/ic ... tm#install

Then set the settings in the monitor's OSD to the same values that TFTCentral did, when they made the ICC-profile.
(These values: Gamma 2.2 brightness 24 contrast 50 red 50 green 45 blue 46 preset-mode User)

Don't touch stuff in the nVidia control panel. That will de-activate the ICC-profile you just installed.
If you don't like the brightness, you can change it on the monitor without problem. That won't invalidate the calibration.
If you see that other software (games, whatever) keeps changing the ICC-profile, use this utility to make sure
your profile keeps being applied at all times:
http://goebish.free.fr/cpk/

Hope this helps.

[glenster]

Review
http://www.bing.com/translator/
http://www.prad.de/new/monitore/test/20 ... ubprz.html

[RLBURNSIDE]

Just bought it! Was wanting to know if anyone has any good setup for it? or should I just leave as is right out the box?

Check TFTCentral.
http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/reviews/acer_xb270hu.htm

Download the ICC profile from here:
http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/articles/icc_profiles.htm
Learn here how to install the profile:
http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/articles/ic ... tm#install

Then set the settings in the monitor's OSD to the same values that TFTCentral did, when they made the ICC-profile.
(These values: Gamma 2.2 brightness 24 contrast 50 red 50 green 45 blue 46 preset-mode User)

Don't touch stuff in the nVidia control panel. That will de-activate the ICC-profile you just installed.
If you don't like the brightness, you can change it on the monitor without problem. That won't invalidate the calibration.
If you see that other software (games, whatever) keeps changing the ICC-profile, use this utility to make sure
your profile keeps being applied at all times:
http://goebish.free.fr/cpk/

Hope this helps.

Thanks so much! I just installed it and it does look really nice. Can't wait to try some games with sRGB color space forced.

[nimbulan]

As far as I'm aware, none of those "color keeper" programs actually work in the way we'd expect them to. They may retain the color profile on the desktop, but in fullscreen mode games still use their own color settings. The only way to retain your color profile is to run the game in windowed / borderless windowed mode, which actually is an option now that G-Sync apparently works in windowed mode. I have yet to test that functionality.

[Gryz]

As far as I'm aware, none of those "color keeper" programs actually work in the way we'd expect them to. They may retain the color profile on the desktop, but in fullscreen mode games still use their own color settings. The only way to retain your color profile is to run the game in windowed / borderless windowed mode, which actually is an option now that G-Sync apparently works in windowed mode. I have yet to test that functionality.

Not true.

The Witcher 1 is a game that instead of adjusting its colors/gamma before it sends it off to be displayed, it messes directly with the windows gamma-tables. But every time it does, CPKeeper changes the profile back to my selected profile. It does this within a second. And yes, I run all my games full-screen, not windowed or borderless window. You'd see this happen when TW1 starts. But also every time after you come back to the game from alt-tab. For me CPKeeper works exactly how it is supposed to.

I've seen the effect in other places too. Can't remember which games.

A fun way to test this is via the nVidia Control Panel. Go to "adjust desktop color settings". You should have selected "Other applications control color settings". Because the other option "Use NVIDIA settings" doesn't work with CPKeeper anyway. But just for fun, select "Use NVIDIA settings". You will see the colors/gamma change. But within a second, CPKeeper will have changed it back. Overwriting the nVidia control panel. It is obvious that CPKeeper does what it promises to do. At least for me. (gtx680, latest nVidia driver, Windows 7.1).

[nimbulan]

I've tried 3 or 4 of those "color keeper" programs and haven't had a single one function for any game I have tested. Games that change the desktop color settings seem to be pretty rare, mostly games running on id Software engines in my experience though I'm not sure I've tested any of those.

[jerzeppp]

Don't touch stuff in the nVidia control panel. That will de-activate the ICC-profile you just installed.
If you don't like the brightness, you can change it on the monitor without problem. That won't invalidate the calibration.
If you see that other software (games, whatever) keeps changing the ICC-profile, use this utility to make sure
your profile keeps being applied at all times:
http://goebish.free.fr/cpk/

Hope this helps.

Sorry for huge offtopic, but is this true? I have used Digital Vibrance in Nvidia settings, but I haven't realized it changes my ICC profile. I need to test this.

Ontopic: Just ordered this monitor, hope it's improvement to my XL2720Z!

[Gryz]

Sorry for huge offtopic, but is this true? I have used Digital Vibrance in Nvidia settings, but I haven't realized it changes my ICC profile. I need to test this.

Oh, it seems you are right. About Digital Vibrance.

You have to chose between either "pure ICC" or manually set brightness/contrast/gamma. If you change one of those 3 settings, you kinda lose the ICC profile. (My CPKeeper immediately changes the settings back to the ICC values).

But Digital Vibrance seems to not be part of that. In the UI you see it is in a different box. I can change my Digital Vibrance, and it is an "offset" to the ICC profile. It doesn't replace the ICC profile. I hadn't realized that. I just tested it, and it seems you are right. Good to know, that means I don't always need SweetFX then, if I want a little more color saturation in my games.

But as far as I can see, when you change brightness, contrast or gamma via the nvcpl, you do de-activate/replace/mess-up your current ICC profile.