Acer Predator Z1 Z301CT 30in Curved Gaming Monitor

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The Acer Predator Z1 Z301CT has plenty to commend it, particularly for the target market. It looks predatory, and good colour accuracy is possible with very little adjustment – just a reduction in brightness essentially. There's a heady 200Hz overclocked refresh available and G-Sync is on hand to take full advantage of this, with compatible NVIDIA GeForce cards.

The 4ns response might be a slight concern, but this is a common issue for VA panels that only Samsung has managed to overcome, for example with the C24FG70. The brightness uniformity issues are the other significant quality issue. But the curved surface and 21:9 go together well for immersive gaming, and there are a number of other extra features to aid this kind of use.

Costing just shy of £800, this isn't a cheap monitor, and if you're willing to forego the super-wide aspect and drop down by an inch or two, it's possible to get a higher resolution for quite a bit less. But this is a decent gaming screen for someone with deep pockets and a desire for deeper immersion.

The Acer Predator Z1 Z301CT is available on Overclockers.

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Pros:

• Great colour accuracy possible, if you lower the brightness.
• 200Hz overclocked refresh.
• 21:9 aspect works well with the curvature.
• Plenty of adjustments in OSD.

Cons:

• Relatively expensive.
• Brightness not very uniform.
• Inaccurate gamma settings.

Kitguru Says: The Acer Predator Z1 Z301CT provides curvy wide-angle gaming and 200Hz refresh, but for a price.

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