ACER PREDATOR X45
If you've invested in a great gaming rig, you need an equally great monitor to ensure you get the best from your GPU. Acer's latest Predator is a pricey but perfect investment for the job... and not just because it's frickin' huge.
The X45 has a 45in OLED panel with every feature you could ever want in a monitor. It has an 800R curve, making it more immersive than a flat screen, and the native resolution of 3440x1440 is crisp enough... but it's the refresh rate and response times that truly wow. A 240Hz refresh rate means there's no fear of motion-blur making games looking messy, and a response time of 0.01ms means you won't be able to blame your hardware if you're too slow to react to anything,
You also get fantastic levels of zing, with 1000 nits of peak brightness ensuring no issues even if you're playing in a brightly lit room. Support for HDR10 and AMD FreeSync Premium helps too, although there's no support for Nvidia G-Sync.
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