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Oct 30, 2020 1:31 AM

Costco Members: 34" Acer 144Hz UWQHD Curved Gaming Monitor

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Costco Wholesale has for their Members: 34"Acer 144Hz UWQHD Curved Gaming Monitor on sale for $349.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to community member Ozta for finding this deal.

Specs:
  • Resolution: 3440x1440 UW-QHD
  • Panel Type: VA
  • AMD Radeon (NEW) FreeSync Premium Pro Technology
  • Refresh Rate: 144Hz
  • Response Time: 1ms VRB
  • Brightness: 400 nits
  • Screen Type: Curved
  • Screen Size: 34 in.
  • VESA: 75x75mm
  • Viewing Angles: 178/178 Horizontal/Vertical
  • Ports:
    • 2x HDMI
    • 2x DisplayPort

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Costco Wholesale has for their Members: 34"Acer 144Hz UWQHD Curved Gaming Monitor on sale for $349.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to community member Ozta for finding this deal.

Specs:
  • Resolution: 3440x1440 UW-QHD
  • Panel Type: VA
  • AMD Radeon (NEW) FreeSync Premium Pro Technology
  • Refresh Rate: 144Hz
  • Response Time: 1ms VRB
  • Brightness: 400 nits
  • Screen Type: Curved
  • Screen Size: 34 in.
  • VESA: 75x75mm
  • Viewing Angles: 178/178 Horizontal/Vertical
  • Ports:
    • 2x HDMI
    • 2x DisplayPort

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D.8256
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Sure thing. Just spread some rep if you can Wink

Calibration was aiming for 6500K with gamma set to 2.2. So I calibrated with a brightness of 40, contrast 50, black boost 5. Color 2.2, color temp set to User, R Gain 48, G Gain 47, B Gain 47.

It's said you can adjust brightness without affecting the temperature or colors much. Rtings calibrates at 100 nits actually (for those that don't know).

Uploaded the .icm file and the DisplayCal report post-calibration.

I can try to calibrate again under the Warm color temperature setting. I think it should be more universal, and at 6600K it's already close to my target of 6500K. Just keep in mind the whole procedure takes roughly an hour, so give me a day or two if anyone is interested.

Slickdeals site doesn't allow me to upload .icm files, so I uploaded to Google Drive.

https://drive.google.com/drive/fo...sp=sharing
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Son512
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Order on Nov 1st so you can price adjust on Nov. 30th(Cyber Monday). 30 days for price adjustment for costco.com


https://customerservice.costco.co...l/a_id/628
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camlen92
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I looked into this and general consensus is that this WILL NOT work. Most Costco employees online are saying they are told not to honor price adjustments for Black Friday/Cyber Monday deals and sales for items purchased beforehand. Of course, you can risk it but there isn't any guarantee you will get the price adjusted (most said if the item goes out of stock, Costco will definitely not price adjust).

This deal is super tempting but I will play it safe and hold out to the 30th just in case a similar Dell monitor goes on sale.

Edit: also found out that even using the Costco Visa Rewards CC will not qualify your purchase for the price rewind. It only applies to other stores' prices, not to Costco.
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Nov 10, 2020 7:17 AM
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kevinhNov 10, 2020 7:17 AM
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Quote from CoralLinen8661 View quoted comment :
is the x34 and this one using the same panel by any chance?

I don't think so. The X34 is already a few years old at this point, albeit it was on a short list of best 34" Ultrawides at the time. It runs normally at 100hz but can be bumped up to 120hz whereas the gaming monitors at this point go from 144hz and up. As far as colors etc, I don't really know how this monitor stacks up.
Nov 10, 2020 9:37 AM
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CoralLinen8661Nov 10, 2020 9:37 AM
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Quote from kevinh View quoted comment :
I don't think so. The X34 is already a few years old at this point, albeit it was on a short list of best 34" Ultrawides at the time. It runs normally at 100hz but can be bumped up to 120hz whereas the gaming monitors at this point go from 144hz and up. As far as colors etc, I don't really know how this monitor stacks up.
I guess this seems to be a good option now then. wish I had the means for the x35 tho. this seems to be a budget friend alternative.
Nov 10, 2020 1:01 PM
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ShdwMonkNov 10, 2020 1:01 PM
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I have a GTX 950 and I've got the monitor plugged in via DP to HDMI cable (DP on card, HDMI on monitor). When I go to display settings in windows I don't see a 3440x1440p option and the only refresh rates I see are 29 and 30.

What am I missing? Frown
Nov 10, 2020 1:04 PM
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ciszewNov 10, 2020 1:04 PM
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Quote from ShdwMonk View quoted comment :
I have a GTX 950 and I've got the monitor plugged in via DP to HDMI cable (DP on card, HDMI on monitor). When I go to display settings in windows I don't see a 3440x1440p option and the only refresh rates I see are 29 and 30.

What am I missing?
i guess you should go DP to DP
Nov 10, 2020 2:37 PM
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Striker9Nov 10, 2020 2:37 PM
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I received my monitor a couple days ago and it's showing random black text as red or blue. Does anyone know how to fix this?

980ti with display port cable, running at native resolution, 144Hz.

https://imgur.com/v25X7K

Reducing refresh rate to 120Hz seems to fix it. The 980ti only has 1.2 DPs. When running at 144Hz and full resolution I must be running up against the bandwidth limits, resulting in these artifacts.
Last edited by Striker9 November 10, 2020 at 09:04 AM.
Nov 10, 2020 3:24 PM
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lightspeedsNov 10, 2020 3:24 PM
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Quote from ShdwMonk View quoted comment :
I have a GTX 950 and I've got the monitor plugged in via DP to HDMI cable (DP on card, HDMI on monitor). When I go to display settings in windows I don't see a 3440x1440p option and the only refresh rates I see are 29 and 30.

What am I missing? Frown
Some cables aren't rated for more than say 60 hz. You should check to see which port that this monitor supports for the higher refresh rates. For intsance, my Asus 144 hz monitor can only have up to 144 hz using either the Display Port or DVI, but the grade of the cable matters and I can't use some cheap DVI cable (newbie mistake back before I knew this info). You should also download the latest Nvidia drivers and checking the Nvidia settings.
Nov 10, 2020 4:10 PM
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FragsterNov 10, 2020 4:10 PM
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Quote from usernamistaken View quoted comment :
not even 4k? no thanks

for all you "60Hz ThUmBs DoWn ToO sLoW" goons on the 4k threads haha
Can u find us a 4k 34" ultrawide monitor with 144hz and HDR 400 support for under $400?.

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Nov 10, 2020 5:17 PM
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BerserkerzNov 10, 2020 5:17 PM
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Quote from Fragster View quoted comment :
Can u find us a 4k 34" ultrawide monitor with 144hz and HDR 400 support for under $400?.
Prob can find one used without costco's return policy/warranty.
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Nov 10, 2020 5:58 PM
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kevinuofmNov 10, 2020 5:58 PM
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Out of stock
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Nov 10, 2020 6:43 PM
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SethS6044Nov 10, 2020 6:43 PM
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Thoughts on this coming back in stock by cyber monday?
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Nov 10, 2020 6:52 PM
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bestgio850Nov 10, 2020 6:52 PM
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I sure hope it will be back in stock by cyber monday
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Nov 10, 2020 7:20 PM
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ShdwMonkNov 10, 2020 7:20 PM
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Quote from lightspeeds View quoted comment :
Some cables aren't rated for more than say 60 hz. You should check to see which port that this monitor supports for the higher refresh rates. For intsance, my Asus 144 hz monitor can only have up to 144 hz using either the Display Port or DVI, but the grade of the cable matters and I can't use some cheap DVI cable (newbie mistake back before I knew this info). You should also download the latest Nvidia drivers and checking the Nvidia settings.
Yeah, I've ordered a new DP to DP cable which should get here tomorrow.
Both HDMI on the monitor are 2.0 and both DP 1.4 so regardless of refresh rate, I would've at least expected to be able to select 3440x1440 Frown

I've updated both monitor and GPU drivers (looks like there was a DP 1.4 firmware update too which I needed) but no change.

Will see how the new cable goes.

Thanks!
Nov 10, 2020 8:16 PM
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Striker9Nov 10, 2020 8:16 PM
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Quote from ShdwMonk View quoted comment :
Yeah, I've ordered a new DP to DP cable which should get here tomorrow.
Both HDMI on the monitor are 2.0 and both DP 1.4 so regardless of refresh rate, I would've at least expected to be able to select 3440x1440 Frown

I've updated both monitor and GPU drivers (looks like there was a DP 1.4 firmware update too which I needed) but no change.

Will see how the new cable goes.

Thanks!
Try going into the Nvidia control panel and see if you can select the resolution there.

Check my post up above. Your GPU only has 1.2 DPs, so you'll probably run into issues running 3440x1440 at 144hz once you get new cables.
Nov 10, 2020 8:26 PM
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BerserkerzNov 10, 2020 8:26 PM
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Hey anyone got these already and mounted them? I am wondering if my 100x100 plate (which has 75x75) will fit this. Looking at the pictures again and I'm worried.

Or does this come with an adapter?
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Nov 10, 2020 8:48 PM
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BerserkerzNov 10, 2020 8:48 PM
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Quote from Striker9 View quoted comment :
I received my monitor a couple days ago and it's showing random black text as red or blue. Does anyone know how to fix this?

980ti with display port cable, running at native resolution, 144Hz.

https://imgur.com/v25X7K

Reducing refresh rate to 120Hz seems to fix it. The 980ti only has 1.2 DPs. When running at 144Hz and full resolution I must be running up against the bandwidth limits, resulting in these artifacts.
Did you have any issues mounting? Or did it come with an adapter/spacers?
Last edited by Berserkerz November 10, 2020 at 12:56 PM.

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