Gaming monitors have been getting awfully expensive as top-tier models began promising up to 1,000-nits in peak brightness and a 4K picture paired with a high-refresh rate. Now Acer is upping the ante yet again with a 32-inch gaming monitor that hits a peak brightness of 1,440-nits.
The Predator X32 is Acer’s latest G-Sync Ultimate gaming monitor and it’s the biggest 16:9 model we’ve seen from this series so far, leapfrogging over the previous 27-inch Asus ROG Swift PG27UQ and Acer Predator X27. It packs a mini LED panel with 1,152 zone local dimming spread across its UHD (3,840 x 2,160) resolution display.
Additionally, the Predator X32 features a 144Hz refresh rate. It also supports 10-bit color and a color accuracy of Delta E <1, so it covers 99% of the AdobeRGB and 89.5% of the Rec2020 color gamut.
A lot of modern 4K TVs pale in comparison in peak brightness and local dimming zones compared to this VESA DisplayHDR 1400 certified gaming monitors. In fact, most of even the highest end TVs only hit a peak brightness around 1,000-nits and few offer more than 500 local dimming zones.
Of course, we’ll have to see just how gorgeous this gaming monitor actually look later this week and whether it’s as impressive as its specs suggest. The biggest bummer is this gaming monitor won’t come to market until the second quarter of this year—so roughly between April and June—and it costs a mind-blowing $3,599.
The Second Ever 55-inch OLED Gaming Monitor
The Predator CG552K is the largest gaming monitor Acer has ever introduced but given that it features a 55-inch OLED display, you might think of it as more of a 4K TV than a computer screen.
This new 55-inch Acer Predator OLED display in the first of its kind—after all Alienware introduced its own 55 OLED Gaming Monitor last year—but it offers some improved specs. Namely, the Predator CG552K offers up a 0.5ms response time and its G-Sync compatible so you’ll get the full benefit of variable refresh rate technology when playing with a Nvidia-powered gaming PC.
The screen is also DisplayHDR 400 support certified, so the panel can achieve a peak brightness of 400 nits while covering 98.5% of the wide DCI-P3 color space. Lastly, the Predator CG552K supports a refresh rate of 120Hz with overdrive support, which is impressive for a 4K display such as this.