https://www.acer.com/us-en/monito....QX1AA.303
Acer has the Nitro KG241Y M3biip gaming monitor on sale for $89.99, ground shipping is $5 (for all the locations I checked in the mainland US). The official specs are on the page I linked above, just scroll down. Supposedly by signing up for acer's newsletter you will receive 10% off your next purchase, but ymmv. Students can receive a 10% discount code here:
https://store.acer.com/en-us/student-discount
This is a 23.8 inch 1080p ips gaming monitor with a 180hz refresh rate, a claimed gtg (grey to grey) response time of 1ms, freesync premium, 99% srgb coverage, a brightness of 250 nits, and a native contrast ratio of 1000:1. This monitor has been posted as a deal on amazon at this price (but with free shipping, so functionally $5 cheaper if you don't get an acer 10% discount code) twice, but keeps going out of stock extremely quickly and getting marked as expired. Here's the amazon page if you want to check if it's back in stock:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0CJQ7V6M8
I'll copy and post my comment from one of the previous deals on this monitor in the thread down below, so feel free to read it if you want more details.
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This is a 1080p 180hz 23.8 inch w-led ips display primarily aimed at lower midrange high refresh rate gaming. A size of 23.8" is close to optimal for a 1080p gaming monitor (the most commonly recommended size for a 1080p monitor is 24", particularly for high refresh rate gaming). It will have a reasonably high ppi (pixels per inch), and should appear rather sharp at most common viewing distances. As an ips display viewing angles should be quite good, however ips glow will certainly be present. If you won't primarily be using your monitor for gaming, I highly recommend getting a higher resolution monitor instead of a high refresh rate monitor like this one.
A refresh rate of 180hz fits right into the midrange for 1080p gaming monitors, and is excellent for the price. A 240hz 1080p gaming monitor on a good sale typically goes for around $150. 180hz should be more than sufficient for all non-esports games, and acceptable for most esports games unless you're at the professional level. The advertised response time of 1ms gtg is very good, but unfortunately marketing around response times is exceptionally misleading. Without any professional reviews there's no way to know how good this monitor's response time is in real world use, but as a high refresh rate ips panel it would be unusual if response times weren't at least decent. It has freesync premium, the middle tier of freesync which includes LFC (low framerate compensation). It has a single displayport 1.2 port, if you have a nvidia gpu you must connect to this monitor over displayport in order to use vrr (variable refresh rate, aka. freesync or g-sync). Nvidia gpus don't support vrr on hdmi versions earlier than 2.1 (this monitor has hdmi 2.0). Amd gpus support freesync over hdmi, so if you have an amd gpu connecting over hdmi is perfectly acceptable. The acer page only mentions this monitor coming with a hdmi cable, so you'll need your own displayport cable to use with this monitor if you have a nvidia gpu.
The brightness of this display is the biggest disappointment, 250 nits is very low. While still usable, it will appear fairly dim if used in a bright room, particularly if any sunlight is entering the room. This display is absolutely not hdr capable, the "hdr10" classification is a joke. A contrast ratio of 1000:1 is fairly good for an ips display, though incredibly low compared to other display technologies such as va or oled. It functionally has a bit depth of 8bits (6bit + frc), this is standard for a gaming display in this price tier and perfectly acceptable for sdr content. It has 99% srgb coverage, which is decent as it means it has essentially full coverage of the most basic color gamut used for most sdr web content. The specs make no mention of coverage of other larger color gamuts, though this isn't as relevant for a gaming display. Without professional reviews there's no way to know how well it covers larger color gamuts, nor how accurate colors are (both out of the box and post-callibration). This monitor is likely a poor option for color sensitive work (such as photo editing).
This monitor has built in speakers, but considering how poor the speakers in other midrange acer monitors tend to be I do not have high hopes for their quality. The included stand is of relatively poor quality, it can only tilt -5° to 15° forwards and back. It is incapable of height adjustment, pivoting, or swiveling. This monitor is 100mm x 100mm vesa mount compatible, so it should be easy to attach it to a different stand or mount.
Overall, if you're willing to take the risk on a monitor without reviews, at $95 (including shipping) this is a very good price for a budget gaming monitor.
This is a 1080p 180hz 23.8 inch w-led ips display primarily aimed at lower midrange high refresh rate gaming. A size of 23.8" is close to optimal for a 1080p gaming monitor (the most commonly recommended size for a 1080p monitor is 24", particularly for high refresh rate gaming). It will have a reasonably high ppi (pixels per inch), and should appear rather sharp at most common viewing distances. As an ips display viewing angles should be quite good, however ips glow will certainly be present. If you won't primarily be using your monitor for gaming, I highly recommend getting a higher resolution monitor instead of a high refresh rate monitor like this one.
A refresh rate of 180hz fits right into the midrange for 1080p gaming monitors, and is excellent for the price. A 240hz 1080p gaming monitor on a good sale typically goes for around $150. 180hz should be more than sufficient for all non-esports games, and acceptable for most esports games unless you're at the professional level. The advertised response time of 1ms gtg is very good, but unfortunately marketing around response times is exceptionally misleading. Without any professional reviews there's no way to know how good this monitor's response time is in real world use, but as a high refresh rate ips panel it would be unusual if response times weren't at least decent. It has freesync premium, the middle tier of freesync which includes LFC (low framerate compensation). It has a single displayport 1.2 port, if you have a nvidia gpu you must connect to this monitor over displayport in order to use vrr (variable refresh rate, aka. freesync or g-sync). Nvidia gpus don't support vrr on hdmi versions earlier than 2.1 (this monitor has hdmi 2.0). Amd gpus support freesync over hdmi, so if you have an amd gpu connecting over hdmi is perfectly acceptable. The acer page only mentions this monitor coming with a hdmi cable, so you'll need your own displayport cable to use with this monitor if you have a nvidia gpu.
The brightness of this display is the biggest disappointment, 250 nits is very low. While still usable, it will appear fairly dim if used in a bright room, particularly if any sunlight is entering the room. This display is absolutely not hdr capable, the "hdr10" classification is a joke. A contrast ratio of 1000:1 is fairly good for an ips display, though incredibly low compared to other display technologies such as va or oled. It functionally has a bit depth of 8bits (6bit + frc), this is standard for a gaming display in this price tier and perfectly acceptable for sdr content. It has 99% srgb coverage, which is decent as it means it has essentially full coverage of the most basic color gamut used for most sdr web content. The specs make no mention of coverage of other larger color gamuts, though this isn't as relevant for a gaming display. Without professional reviews there's no way to know how well it covers larger color gamuts, nor how accurate colors are (both out of the box and post-callibration). This monitor is likely a poor option for color sensitive work (such as photo editing).
This monitor has built in speakers, but considering how poor the speakers in other midrange acer monitors tend to be I do not have high hopes for their quality. The included stand is of relatively poor quality, it can only tilt -5° to 15° forwards and back. It is incapable of height adjustment, pivoting, or swiveling. This monitor is 100mm x 100mm vesa mount compatible, so it should be easy to attach it to a different stand or mount.
Overall, if you're willing to take the risk on a monitor without reviews, at $95 (including shipping) this is a very good price for a budget gaming monitor.
I'll report the deal as expired.
I'll report the deal as expired.
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