Acer's Predator XN253Q is a perfectly okay 144Hz Nvidia G-Sync screen

Ever since Nvidia introduced their G-Sync Compatible driver so that cheap AMD FreeSync screens could play nice with Nvidia graphics cards, full-fat G-Sync monitors have had to work a heck of a lot harder to earn their keep. After all, why pay almost double the money to get smooth, tear-free gaming on a proper G-Sync monitor when you can get pretty much the same experience on something like our best gaming monitor champ the AOC C24G1 for less than two hundred quid? Alas, Acer’s Predator XN253Q fails to provide a compelling answer to this particular question. It’s not a bad gaming monitor, per se, but it’s not a great one either. Here’s wot I think.

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