llamaegg

So, I recently bought a new monitor after having to upgrade my video card (turns out my 780 started to catch on fire, which isn't good), and I ended up with pretty much the same must haves.

I ended up narrowing it down to Alienware AW3418DW or Acer Predator X34P, pretty damn near the same price point, same size, fairly close in specs. I ended up snagging the Alienware, as not only did it end up slightly cheaper (had 2 discounts I could toss on, plus ebates), but they also had a way better warranty. 3 years, they ship you out a new one first, plus from reading other people's experience, if you have a dead pixel or unable to overclock your monitor to 120hz (which can happen), they'll swap it out, no problem.

And honestly, couldn't be happier. Don't have any noticeable light bleed, no dead pixels, overclocked like a champ, and is nice and sharp.

I'm getting some weird displays happening with the new layout, tested on both Firefox and Chrome, but the video get's stuck uncentered, with no scroll bar, and then the comments/more episodes are stuck oddly in the middle. It's like it's stuck in half mobile and half normal.

As always, thanks for keeping this thread updated! I absolutely adore popping through stuff I've missed, and probably would have never stumbled across. Like, holy smokes, Mili is fantastic, their new album was a trip, and Momocashew's voice vocals gives me shivers.

I just picked up Snow Crash not too long ago after getting recommended it, I've heard good things but dear god does the description of the book sound terrible!

Man, that trailer just screams hipe. It oozes so much freaking style. Hopefully they don't take too long to localize it, I really, really need to get my grubby hands on it this year, I honestly can't think of any other game I'm more excited for.

I'm always happy for this thread, helps direct me to the stuff I probably missed.

Afterglow was dope, like, holy crap how did I miss this dope. Definitely enjoying my romp through Faky's few songs,

PoW on the other hand, oof, not really sure how I feel about it. It feels, safe? Like, it's not bad, but it's definitely nothing special, that's to be sure. Saying that though, watching those latex dresses bounce was oddly mesmerizing, so that's something.

Was 100% planning to buy one, but with the Canadian dollar being so junk at the moment I just can't justify it. I think unless the dollar bounces back we're looking at a next year purchase, after I buy my first house.

Damn being an adult.

Canadian here. Bad dollar equal poor prices for tech. You're looking at the 140hz model being roughly a grand, and the 165hz version being about $1,200, give or take. I should have also mention I was thinking about the 165hz model, still dumb expensive regardless, especially considering to what I paid to run right now.

Some Korean boards didn't have a lock on them, so while they where rated for 60hz, with drivers you could overclock them to 120hz. It's one of the reasons the Korean Monitors where so big for a short while before the price hike, you're paying sub $300 for a 1440p IPS that could be run at 120hz, it was actually the same display Apple was using on their 27'' iMac's at the time.

Like I said, personally I think my Catleap is a fantastic display, especially for the price, and the only display I'm interested in replacing it with is currently the ASUS Rog Swift, which is a $1,000+ display.

How are they now? Not sure, haven't kept up with market, I imagine the quality is probably the same, I can only really tell you my experience with what I have.

I'm still using mine from when they first started getting notice (and where still being special group ordered), 2560x1440, overclockable, IPS and cheap. I'm not sure how they compare to current offerings, but I'll probably only replace when I finally can afford a g-sync 140hz monitor, I've had no real issues that come to mind.

Totally believe mine was worth the cash I tossed down.