The Acer Nitro XV272U KVbmiiprzx is an excellent 1440p gaming monitor. It uses an IPS panel with wide viewing angles, and it has excellent ergonomics, meaning you can place the screen in a comfortable viewing position. It has a 170Hz refresh rate and exceptional response times to deliver a smooth gaming experience. Its input lag is incredibly low, and it has both native FreeSync support and G-SYNC compatibility to reduce screen tearing. It can display a wide color gamut for HDR with excellent tone mapping, and it gets decently bright enough to make some highlights pop. It also has great peak brightness with the latest firmware update and decent reflection handling. Sadly, it's also not the best for dark rooms because it has a low contrast ratio that makes blacks look gray.
Our Verdict
The Acer Nitro XV272U is great for most uses. It delivers an excellent gaming experience because it has a low input lag, a high refresh rate, and exceptional response times. Its large screen and high resolution make it great for productivity and media consumption, giving you plenty of real estate for multitasking. It has great peak brightness in SDR with the latest firmware update, it's bright in HDR, and it can display a wide color gamut with excellent tone mapping.
- Great SDR peak brightness.
- Wide viewing angles.
- Excellent ergonomics.
- Good text clarity.
- Mediocre contrast ratio.
- No local dimming.
The Acer Nitro XV272U is great for office use. It has a large high-resolution screen, so you get plenty of space for multitasking, as well as sharp images and text. The stand allows for all manner of adjustments, including a 360-degree swivel range. Like most IPS panel monitors, it has wide viewing angles that make it easier to share your screen with others. It has great peak brightness and decent reflection handling, so glare shouldn't be an issue.
- Great SDR peak brightness.
- Wide viewing angles.
- Excellent ergonomics.
- Good text clarity.
- Mediocre contrast ratio.
The Acer Nitro XV272U is excellent for gaming. It has incredibly low input lag, a high refresh rate, and exceptional response times, so gaming feels smooth and responsive. It supports FreeSync and is compatible with G-SYNC. Its ergonomics are excellent, which makes it easy to place the screen at a comfortable viewing position. It's not very well-suited for a dark room because it has a low contrast ratio that makes blacks look gray in the dark.
- 170Hz refresh rate and exceptional response times.
- Exceptional response times.
- Very low input lag.
- VRR support.
- Mediocre contrast ratio.
The Acer Nitro XV272U is great for media consumption. It has a high resolution to deliver sharp images, and its large screen feels immersive. It has excellent ergonomics and wide viewing angles so that you can share content with others easily. It's bright enough to overcome glare in most rooms, and it has decent reflection handling. Sadly, it's not the best choice for dark room viewing because it has a low contrast ratio that makes blacks look gray.
- Great SDR peak brightness.
- Wide viewing angles.
- Excellent ergonomics.
- Mediocre contrast ratio.
The Acer Nitro XV272U is great for content creation. It has a large high-resolution screen that lets you see the fine details of your work, and you can easily share it with coworkers and clients thanks to its wide viewing angles and excellent ergonomics. It has full sRGB and excellent Adobe RGB coverage, and it also supports a wide color gamut with superb tone mapping. It also has great peak brightness in SDR and decent reflection handling, so glare shouldn't be an issue.
- Great SDR peak brightness.
- Wide viewing angles.
- Excellent ergonomics.
- Full sRGB and excellent Adobe RGB coverage.
- Mediocre contrast ratio.
The Acer Nitro XV272U is mediocre for watching HDR content. Although it displays a wide range of colors in HDR, it still doesn't deliver a great HDR experience with bright and vivid colors. It has low peak brightness, small highlights don't pop against the rest of the screen, and its low contrast ratio makes blacks look gray in the dark.
- Decent HDR brightness.
- Excellent HDR tone mapping.
- Mediocre contrast ratio.
- No local dimming.
- Refresh rate limited to 120Hz in 10-bit HDR.
- Low HDR peak brightness.
Changelog
- Updated Jul 11, 2023: Clarified text throughout as part of Test Bench 1.2, including adding text to the Console Compatibility boxes.
- Updated Apr 14, 2023: Confirmed that 1440p works on this monitor with the PS5.
- Updated May 02, 2022: We tested the monitor with the PS5's new variable refresh rate feature and confirmed that it's not compatible, since the PS5 only supports HDMI Forum VRR.
- Updated Apr 08, 2022: Updated to Test Bench 1.2, resulting in changes to the results and scores with the Response Time and Input Lag. Added tests for Console Compatibility and macOS compatibility and made minor changes to other tests, which you can see in our Changelog.
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Differences Between Sizes And Variants
We tested the 27 inch Acer Nitro XV272U KVbmiiprzx, and it's the only size available. There are other models with various configurations in the Nitro XV2 lineup, some of which you can see in the table below, but the results are only valid for the KVbmiiprzx variant.
| Model | Size | Resolution | Refresh Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| XV272 Lvbmiiprx | 27" | 1920 x 1080 | 144Hz |
| XV272U Vbmiiprzx | 27" | 2560 x 1440 | 170Hz |
| XV272U KVbmiiprzx | 27" | 2560 x 1440 | 170Hz |
| XV272U Xbmiipruzx | 27" | 2560 x 1440 | 240Hz |
If you come across a different type of panel, or your Acer Nitro XV272U doesn't correspond to our review, let us know, and we'll update the review. Note that some tests, like gray uniformity, may vary between individual units.
Our unit was manufactured in November 2020; you can see the label here.
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The Acer Nitro XV272U is an excellent gaming monitor. It's very similar to the Acer Nitro XF243Y Pbmiiprx but with a bigger screen and higher resolution.
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The Acer Nitro XV272U KVbmiiprzx and the Gigabyte G27Q are both 27 inch, 1440p gaming monitors. For the most part, the Acer performs better. It has a higher refresh rate of 170Hz versus the Gigabyte's 144Hz, and its response times are much faster, at max refresh rate and especially at 60Hz. It also has better ergonomics so that you can place the screen in a comfortable viewing position.
The Acer Nitro XV272U KVbmiiprzx and the MSI Optix MAG274QRF-QD are very similar gaming-wise. The main differences are that the MSI has a USB-C port with DisplayPort Alt Mode and a better color gamut in HDR.
The Acer Nitro XV272U KVbmiiprzx and the Gigabyte M27Q (rev. 1.0) are very similar. They're both IPS monitors with a 1440p resolution and a 170Hz refresh rate. Gaming-wise, the Acer has better response times, at max refresh rate and 60Hz. It also has significantly better ergonomics because it allows for swivel adjustment and rotation to portrait mode. The Gigabyte has more features, like a USB-C input with DisplayPort Alt Mode and a Picture-in-Picture and Picture-by-Picture mode.
The Acer Nitro XV272U KVbmiiprzx and the ASUS ROG Strix XG27AQ are nearly identical in gaming performance. They both have a 170Hz refresh rate, exceptional response times, and low input lag. The Acer has better ergonomics, and it's better for HDR, as it's brighter and can display a wider color gamut.
We buy and test more than 30 monitors each year, all of which we purchase ourselves, without cherry-picked units or samples. We put a lot into each unbiased, straight-to-the-point review, and there's a whole process from purchasing to publishing, involving multiple teams and people. We do more than just use the monitor for a week; we use specialized, custom tools to measure various aspects and deliver objective, data-driven results. We also consider multiple factors before making any recommendations, including the monitor's cost, its performance compared to the competition, and whether it's easy to find.
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