Acer 390Hz monitor - XV252QF

[stupido13]

Hey guys, Im new here but I just bought the Acer Nitro XV252QFbmiiprx and wanted to write down my thoughts. I have the monitor 2 days now and I tested quite a lot of things you guys did notice earlier. I am using 70 brightness, 50 contrast, Overclock ON so I rock the advertised 390Hz all the time and Max Brightness On. It's worth stating that my monitor batch if from March 2021 (on the monitor's back there's a "manufactured in March 2021" inscription). I bought my unit in Poland from a retailer called Komputronik.

So let's begin with a few thoughts of mine:
1) Suprisingly my unit doesn't turn OFF the VRB setting after closing a Windows 10 session as some people stated earlier - tested after completely shutting down Windows as well as restarting the operating system.
2) At 70 Brightness, Overclock ON, 390Hz I do not have any black flickering as shown in the video of the guy playing Counter-Strike Global Offensive when it occurs to him.
3) I also have Overdrive on Normal and VRB on Extreme and it indeed looks amazing - the image is so flawless .
4) I yet have to try changing the Brightness to the maximum level to see if any flickering on 390Hz will happen eventually (on 70 Brightness, 50 Contrast, Overdrive ON, VRB Extreme, 390Hz in Nvidia Control Panel there's just no such thing).
5) The black equilizer setting is quite handy and does help a lot in CS:GO, that's a fact.
6) I do not have the hardware equipment to measure the input lag of this monitor exactly, but let me tell you guys it has to be really low. It's hard to explain but this monitor is so fast I feel like the display is one with the movements of my hand. I compared the responsiveness with my previous Benq Zowie XL2411Z and the difference is night and day in favor of Acer.

If I come across any bugs or strange monitor behavior I will update you guys asap!

[Notty_PT]

Wasn't that optimum tech guy, the one that preferred using Strobed 240hz with 144hz input lag levels, instead of 360hz? :S

I mean, I dont really care about that reviewer

Rtings are great tho!

So you're discounting his hard input lag data because of his preferences regarding blur reduction? All the while stating "390 hz has more input lag than 360 hz" as a fact even though it's literally based on your "feel" that no one here seems to share. Sound.

Afaik he didnt compare 360hz input lag to 390hz

Plus he is using Ldat wich everyone on this monitor scene knows is flawed

I only care about rtings input lag numbers because their methodology is the most accurate one and better translates to actually feel

And yes, I do not care about a reviewer that:

- accepts to play 144hz input lag levels on a 240hz strobed
- uses Ldat to measure input lag
- uses games like Valorant or Apex Legends to measure his aim

I mean, he is a casual. I rather take my own opinions and Quake players opinions.

Plus, you should not feel offended about someone else opinion. I have this monitor in front of me right now. I do not like it, I think it gets completly smashed by AOC 24G2Z or any other model using a matured 23,8' 240hz/270hz panel from Innolux. They are better than any 360hz model right now.

Let it mature and maybe things change.

360hz/390hz are not good enough right now Just like the first 240hz monitors weren't.

Plus imo the jump from 240hz should be 480hz

These are all my opinions, not the universal truth. If you like the monitor and you are doing well on your battle royale or overwatch type of game, great!! Most important thing is having fun with your devices. That is why we buy them right?

[Zace]

Wasn't that optimum tech guy, the one that preferred using Strobed 240hz with 144hz input lag levels, instead of 360hz? :S

I mean, I dont really care about that reviewer

Rtings are great tho!

So you're discounting his hard input lag data because of his preferences regarding blur reduction? All the while stating "390 hz has more input lag than 360 hz" as a fact even though it's literally based on your "feel" that no one here seems to share. Sound.

Afaik he didnt compare 360hz input lag to 390hz

Plus he is using Ldat wich everyone on this monitor scene knows is flawed

I only care about rtings input lag numbers because their methodology is the most accurate one and better translates to actually feel

And yes, I do not care about a reviewer that:

- accepts to play 144hz input lag levels on a 240hz strobed
- uses Ldat to measure input lag
- uses games like Valorant or Apex Legends to measure his aim

I mean, he is a casual. I rather take my own opinions and Quake players opinions.

Plus, you should not feel offended about someone else opinion. I have this monitor in front of me right now. I do not like it, I think it gets completly smashed by AOC 24G2Z or any other model using a matured 23,8' 240hz/270hz panel from Innolux. They are better than any 360hz model right now.

Let it mature and maybe things change.

360hz/390hz are not good enough right now Just like the first 240hz monitors weren't.

Plus imo the jump from 240hz should be 480hz

These are all my opinions, not the universal truth. If you like the monitor and you are doing well on your battle royale or overwatch type of game, great!! Most important thing is having fun with your devices. That is why we buy them right?

Your not sponsored by AOC by any chance?

[stupido13]

I tested FreeSync on my Acer XV252QF (unit manufactured in March 2021) and while I can switch to Overdrive [Extreme] just after enabling Freesync, it does go back to Overdrive [Normal] after clicking the tickbox in Nvidia Control Panel in order to turn on the "g-sync" function for it to work properly. I played with the FreeSync a fair bit and yeah it basically does what it is supposed to do (I was using RTSS in game overlay and the HZ were changing relative to the Frames per second, like they should on a VRR).

Edit (21.09.2021 21:00): I just tested if I can somehow recreate this weird black screen flickering from this guy that was playing CS:GO on 390Hz. That's what I did:
- Brightness [100]
- Max Brightness [ON]
- Overdrive [Normal]
- VRB [Extreme]
- Overclock [ON] (So I can use the 390Hz instead of 360 of course)

Paired with a GTX 1070, I7 8700 & the attached DisplayPort 1.4 cable.
Was getting consistent 350-450 frames in CS:GO on lowest settings. In Overwatch the frames did go past 280 as well at unlocked framerate. In Smite without a problem 360 fps capped.

Conclusion (at least for me, with the March unit I recently managed to buy):
Everything works properly, there are no side effects nor weird unexpected behavior of the monitor/panel itself. Was playing CS:GO 3 hours, Overwatch for an hour and like 3 matches in Smite. The image is really, really crisp. The monitor works great, for now I'm super happy with the purchase .

[CortexFPS]

I tested FreeSync on my Acer XV252QF (unit manufactured in March 2021) and while I can switch to Overdrive [Extreme] just after enabling Freesync, it does go back to Overdrive [Normal] after clicking the tickbox in Nvidia Control Panel in order to turn on the "g-sync" function for it to work properly. I played with the FreeSync a fair bit and yeah it basically does what it is supposed to do (I was using RTSS in game overlay and the HZ were changing relative to the Frames per second, like they should on a VRR).

Edit (21.09.2021 21:00): I just tested if I can somehow recreate this weird black screen flickering from this guy that was playing CS:GO on 390Hz. That's what I did:
- Brightness [100]
- Max Brightness [ON]
- Overdrive [Normal]
- VRB [Extreme]
- Overclock [ON] (So I can use the 390Hz instead of 360 of course)

Paired with a GTX 1070, I7 8700 & the attached DisplayPort 1.4 cable.
Was getting consistent 350-450 frames in CS:GO on lowest settings. In Overwatch the frames did go past 280 as well at unlocked framerate. In Smite without a problem 360 fps capped.

Conclusion (at least for me, with the March unit I recently managed to buy):
Everything works properly, there are no side effects nor weird unexpected behavior of the monitor/panel itself. Was playing CS:GO 3 hours, Overwatch for an hour and like 3 matches in Smite. The image is really, really crisp. The monitor works great, for now I'm super happy with the purchase .

The flicker is related to freesync on, it doesn't happen with vrb.

[stupido13]

I tested FreeSync on my Acer XV252QF (unit manufactured in March 2021) and while I can switch to Overdrive [Extreme] just after enabling Freesync, it does go back to Overdrive [Normal] after clicking the tickbox in Nvidia Control Panel in order to turn on the "g-sync" function for it to work properly. I played with the FreeSync a fair bit and yeah it basically does what it is supposed to do (I was using RTSS in game overlay and the HZ were changing relative to the Frames per second, like they should on a VRR).

Edit (21.09.2021 21:00): I just tested if I can somehow recreate this weird black screen flickering from this guy that was playing CS:GO on 390Hz. That's what I did:
- Brightness [100]
- Max Brightness [ON]
- Overdrive [Normal]
- VRB [Extreme]
- Overclock [ON] (So I can use the 390Hz instead of 360 of course)

Paired with a GTX 1070, I7 8700 & the attached DisplayPort 1.4 cable.
Was getting consistent 350-450 frames in CS:GO on lowest settings. In Overwatch the frames did go past 280 as well at unlocked framerate. In Smite without a problem 360 fps capped.

Conclusion (at least for me, with the March unit I recently managed to buy):
Everything works properly, there are no side effects nor weird unexpected behavior of the monitor/panel itself. Was playing CS:GO 3 hours, Overwatch for an hour and like 3 matches in Smite. The image is really, really crisp. The monitor works great, for now I'm super happy with the purchase .

The flicker is related to freesync on, it doesn't happen with vrb.

I meant this exact behavior: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPn5avXjSoY
I do not think this guy had Freesync [ON]. The case was that on his unit Overclock [ON] mode was not working properly and causing this weird effect which I cannot recreate in any way on the March batch unit.

I also just tested Freesync [ON] with Overclock [ON] in CS:GO deathmatch when I get like 350-450 fps - no problems found (the refresh rate was changing just fine).

Changing the video settings to low in Overwatch let me to achieve 380-400 fps (this game really is well optimized, I do not get any fps drops under 370 ) and playing this fast paste game on this monitor is a superb experience.

[TuGuX]

I have the monitor as well.
If you choose Display Scaling, do you get for example 1280x960 in the monitor menu shown? It still shows 1920x1080.
Shouldn't it be 1280x960 (or your chosen resolution)?

If so, what do we need to do in CRU?

[stupido13]

If you mean the nvidia control panel, I have it configured like this: https://imgur.com/a/FoQCmv0
I might be wrong but I don't think you're supposed to choose the 4:3 stretched resolution in there but for example in CS:GO you change the ratio to 4:3 and then choose 1024x768 or 1280x960 and it stretches out perfecly to fulfill the whole screen. I don't have to use any options on the monitor for it to work I guess. I do personally play on 1024x768 stretched in CS and works good.

[Notty_PT]

Wasn't that optimum tech guy, the one that preferred using Strobed 240hz with 144hz input lag levels, instead of 360hz? :S

I mean, I dont really care about that reviewer

Rtings are great tho!

So you're discounting his hard input lag data because of his preferences regarding blur reduction? All the while stating "390 hz has more input lag than 360 hz" as a fact even though it's literally based on your "feel" that no one here seems to share. Sound.

Afaik he didnt compare 360hz input lag to 390hz

Plus he is using Ldat wich everyone on this monitor scene knows is flawed

I only care about rtings input lag numbers because their methodology is the most accurate one and better translates to actually feel

And yes, I do not care about a reviewer that:

- accepts to play 144hz input lag levels on a 240hz strobed
- uses Ldat to measure input lag
- uses games like Valorant or Apex Legends to measure his aim

I mean, he is a casual. I rather take my own opinions and Quake players opinions.

Plus, you should not feel offended about someone else opinion. I have this monitor in front of me right now. I do not like it, I think it gets completly smashed by AOC 24G2Z or any other model using a matured 23,8' 240hz/270hz panel from Innolux. They are better than any 360hz model right now.

Let it mature and maybe things change.

360hz/390hz are not good enough right now Just like the first 240hz monitors weren't.

Plus imo the jump from 240hz should be 480hz

These are all my opinions, not the universal truth. If you like the monitor and you are doing well on your battle royale or overwatch type of game, great!! Most important thing is having fun with your devices. That is why we buy them right?

Your not sponsored by AOC by any chance?

Oh, Just because I like their particular model? Sure.. I was also sponsored by viewsonic 4 years ago when I heavily recomended xg2401...

I Just like matured panels, they have the best pixel response time and lowest input lag for the refresh rate.

Every 360hz monitor is rubbish, Acer nitro too. It is my opinion and trust me, I am not the only one.

[lizardpeter]

Every 360hz monitor is rubbish, Acer nitro too. It is my opinion and trust me, I am not the only one.

I don't think they're rubbish for people who want the lowest input lag. Asus 360 Hz had the lowest input lag on RTINGs. Now Acer 390 Hz is almost a full ms faster. I have seen data showing that it is faster by about 1 ms from two different reviewers now. I respect your opinion though. However, I doubt the response time is much better on that 240 Hz TN monitor you were talking about. With this, you get lower input lag (probably by multiple milliseconds), 150 extra Hz, likely similar response time, and backlight strobing that still has lower latency than the previous fastest monitor (Asus 360 Hz) with strobing off!