Acer Predator XB273K Pbmiphzx issues - maybe not so bad?

Hi, so I buy this super gaming monitor and it turns out... comes with a couple of problems:

Occasional flickering on the screen - The image doesn't go completely black but it's like a 1 second refresh that happens when on desktop » connected via displayport
Very occasional monitor not showing any image when booting » connected via displayport
And now the most troubling, at least for me, one dead pixel...

I've had so many bad experiences returning monitors that as a consumer I'm now in a very sad spot which is thinking that a 1300 euros worth monitor that should be in mint conditions maybe ... just maybe it's not that bad... occasional flickering and only one dead pixel all of a sudden doesn't seem that bad compared with going through the technical support and end up with an even worst unit!

Is this the new consumer era we reached? Consumers that buy flagship products and when facing issues being so afraid of the technical support that we end up with "it's not that bad..."

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gjc

Any comment?

gjc

I'm now experiencing some serious flickering via display port, mainly while gaming the monitor disconnects and re-connects a second or 2 later, any ideas about what's going on? maybe gsync module not working properly?

Rudy21

gjc said:

I'm now experiencing some serious flickering via display port, mainly while gaming the monitor disconnects and re-connects a second or 2 later, any ideas about what's going on? maybe gsync module not working properly?

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Commodore_1995#

Does the same problem occur on the hdmi port? Have you tried to decrease the refresh rate?

gjc

I didn't try with hdmi because I bought this monitor to go beyond 60hz, I'll try changing the refresh rate although I'm not using the 144hz option already to avoid potential issues and set it at 120hz instead.