Design
Curved
Curve Radius
The Acer Nitro XV272U has a simple design similar to the Acer Nitro XF243Y Pbmiiprx. It has a flat screen with thin borders on three sides and a thicker bottom bezel. The back isn't too gamer-oriented, so it shouldn't look out of place in an office environment.
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Design
Uniformity Pictures N/A
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6.0 Design
The Acer Nitro XV272U's build quality is mediocre. It's made of generic plastic, except for the stand's metal column and base plate. It wobbles a lot because the stand isn't very sturdy. Also, the front bezel is loose and flexes easily.
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9.6 Design
Height Adjustment
Tilt Range
Rotate Portrait/Landscape
Swivel Range
Wall Mount
The Acer Nitro XV272U has excellent ergonomics. It allows for all manner of adjustments, making it easier to place the screen in an ideal viewing position. The stand has a metal plate underneath the plastic that allows it to swivel a full 360 degrees, which is great for sharing your screen with others. The back is plastic with a fine horizontal texture. There's a small clip at the base of the stand for cable management.
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Design
Base Width
Base Depth
Thickness (With Display)
Weight (With Display)
The stand doesn't take up much space. The column is metal, and the base has a metal plate underneath the plastic shell. Unfortunately, it's not very sturdy, so the screen wobbles a lot.
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Design
Size
Housing Width
Housing Height
Thickness (Without Stand)
Weight (Without Stand)
Borders Size (Bezels)
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Design
The controls are on the right backside of the screen. There are four buttons and a joystick to power the monitor On/Off and navigate the OSD menu.
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Design
Power Supply
- User guide
- Power cord
- DisplayPort cable
- HDMI cable
- USB-A to USB-B cable
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6.0 Picture Quality
Native Contrast
Contrast With Local Dimming
The Acer XV272U has a mediocre contrast ratio that's typical of an IPS panel. This makes blacks that look gray, especially when viewed in the dark. It's slightly above the advertised 1000:1 contrast; however, this can vary between units.
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LEARN ABOUT CONTRAST
0 Picture Quality
Local Dimming
Backlight
There's no local dimming feature. The video is for reference only.
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LEARN ABOUT LOCAL DIMMING
8.0 Picture Quality
Real Scene
Peak 2% Window
Peak 10% Window
Peak 25% Window
Peak 50% Window
Peak 100% Window
Sustained 2% Window
Sustained 10% Window
Sustained 25% Window
Sustained 50% Window
Sustained 100% Window
Automatic Brightness Limiting (ABL)
Minimum Brightness
Update 10/08/2021: Acer released a firmware update for this monitor, version 4B0E, that adds a new Max Brightness setting. With this setting enabled, the monitor is much brighter than before, and is very close to the advertised peak brightness.
The Acer Nitro XV272U has great SDR peak brightness with the latest firmware. Prior to firmware 4B0E, the peak brightness was significantly lower than the advertised 400 cd/m² and not bright enough to combat glare. It's extremely consistent across different content.
We measured the SDR peak brightness after calibration in the 'User' Picture Mode with Brightness set to max, Max Brightness 'enabled', and Color Space set to 'General'.
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LEARN ABOUT SDR BRIGHTNESS
6.9 Picture Quality
VESA DisplayHDR Certification
Real Scene
Peak 2% Window
Peak 10% Window
Peak 25% Window
Peak 50% Window
Peak 100% Window
Sustained 2% Window
Sustained 10% Window
Sustained 25% Window
Sustained 50% Window
Sustained 100% Window
Automatic Brightness Limiting (ABL)
The HDR peak brightness is decent. It's a bit brighter than in SDR, and it meets the brightness requirement for its DisplayHDR 400 certification. Just like in SDR, it's very consistent except for the small dip in the 2% windows, which shouldn't be noticeable. It's bright enough to bring out some highlights, but only if you're in a relatively dark environment. It's nowhere near enough for a true cinematic HDR experience.
We measured the HDR peak brightness with HDR enabled, Color Space set to 'HDR-400', and Brightness set to max.
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LEARN ABOUT HDR BRIGHTNESS
8.2 Picture Quality
Color Washout From Left
Color Washout From Right
Color Shift From Left
Color Shift From Right
Brightness Loss From Left
Brightness Loss From Right
Black Level Raise From Left
Black Level Raise From Right
Gamma Shift From Left
Gamma Shift From Right
The Acer Nitro XV272U has great horizontal viewing angles. The image remains accurate when viewing from the side, ideal for sharing content or co-op gaming.
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LEARN ABOUT HORIZONTAL VIEWING ANGLE
7.2 Picture Quality
Color Washout From Below
Color Washout From Above
Color Shift From Below
Color Shift From Above
Brightness Loss From Below
Brightness Loss From Above
Black Level Raise From Below
Black Level Raise From Above
Gamma Shift From Below
Gamma Shift From Above
The Acer Nitro XV272U has decent vertical viewing angles. The image looks dimmer and washed out when viewed from above or below.
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LEARN ABOUT VERTICAL VIEWING ANGLE
7.7 Picture Quality
50% Std. Dev.
50% DSE
The gray uniformity is good. While the edges of the screen are darker than the rest, there's minimal dirty screen effect in the center, which is great.
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LEARN ABOUT GRAY UNIFORMITY
6.6 Picture Quality
Native Std. Dev.
Std. Dev. w/ L.D.
Black uniformity on our unit is okay. There's some clouding throughout, as well as some backlight bleed along the top and bottom edges.
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LEARN ABOUT BLACK UNIFORMITY
9.3 Picture Quality
Picture Mode
sRGB Gamut Area xy
White Balance dE (Avg.)
Color Temperature (Avg.)
Gamma (Avg.)
Color dE (Avg.)
Contrast Setting
RGB Settings
Gamma Setting
Brightness Setting
Measured Brightness
Brightness Locked
The accuracy before calibration in the sRGB mode is outstanding. Most color and white balance inaccuracies shouldn't be noticeable. The color temperature is close to our 6500K target. However, gamma doesn't follow the sRGB curve all that well; most scenes are too bright. Unfortunately, using the sRGB mode locks some settings, including Contrast and Black Boost. If you want to use those locked-out settings, you need to use another less accurate mode with more oversaturated colors.
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LEARN ABOUT COLOR ACCURACY (PRE-CALIBRATION)
9.8 Picture Quality
Picture Mode
sRGB Gamut Area xy
White Balance dE (Avg.)
Color Temperature (Avg.)
Gamma (Avg.)
Color dE (Avg.)
Contrast Setting
RGB Settings
Gamma Setting
Brightness Setting
Measured Brightness
ICC Profile
The accuracy after a full calibration is fantastic. While only gamma significantly improves, the main advantage of a full calibration is that you can use settings that are otherwise locked out in the sRGB mode.
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LEARN ABOUT COLOR ACCURACY (POST-CALIBRATION)
9.5 Picture Quality
sRGB Coverage xy
sRGB Picture Mode
Adobe RGB Coverage xy
Adobe RGB Picture Mode
The Acer Nitro XV272U has an exceptional SDR color gamut. It covers the entire sRGB color space used in most content, and it has excellent coverage of the Adobe RGB color space used in print photography.
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LEARN ABOUT SDR COLOR GAMUT
9.6 Picture Quality
sRGB In ICtCp
sRGB Picture Mode
Adobe RGB In ICtCp
Adobe RGB Picture Mode
Update 10/08/2021: Acer released a firmware update for this monitor, version 4B0E, that adds a new Max Brightness setting. With this setting enabled, the monitor is much brighter than before, which caused a slight reduction in color volume, as our results are normalized to the display's peak brightness.
Remarkable SDR color volume. It only has trouble with dark colors due to its low contrast ratio.
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LEARN ABOUT SDR COLOR VOLUME
8.3 Picture Quality
Wide Color Gamut
DCI-P3 Coverage xy
DCI-P3 Picture Mode
Rec. 2020 Coverage xy
Rec. 2020 Picture Mode
The Acer Nitro XV272U has a great HDR color gamut. Its DCI P3 coverage is outstanding, the color space used in most HDR content, but its coverage of the wider Rec. 2020 is just okay. It's worth noting that the DCI P3 tone mapping is excellent.
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LEARN ABOUT HDR COLOR GAMUT
8.4 Picture Quality
DCI-P3 In ICtCp
DCI-P3 Picture Mode
Rec. 2020 In ICtCp
Rec. 2020 Picture Mode
Good HDR color volume. Like in SDR, it doesn't display dark colors well due to its low contrast ratio. It also has trouble with bright blues, which is typical for LCDs.
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LEARN ABOUT HDR COLOR VOLUME
7.2 Picture Quality
Screen Finish
Total Reflections
Indirect Reflections
Calculated Direct Reflections
The Acer Nitro XV272U has decent reflection handling. It should be fine for most settings, as it's bright enough to overcome glare in most viewing conditions.
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LEARN ABOUT REFLECTIONS
7.5 Picture Quality
Pixel Type
Subpixel Layout
Good text clarity. Enabling Windows ClearType makes it slightly better, especially with diagonal lines like on the R and N.
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LEARN ABOUT TEXT CLARITY
9.9 Picture Quality
Color Depth
The Acer Nitro XV272U's gradient handling is superb. You shouldn't see any banding in most content.
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LEARN ABOUT GRADIENT
8.6 Motion
Native Refresh Rate
Max Refresh Rate
Max Refresh Rate Over DP
Max Refresh Rate Over HDMI
Max Refresh Rate Over DP @ 10-bit
Max Refresh Rate Over HDMI @ 10-Bit
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LEARN ABOUT REFRESH RATE
Motion
FreeSync
G-SYNC
VRR Maximum
VRR Minimum
VRR Supported Connectors
Variable Refresh Rate
The Acer Nitro XV272U supports FreeSync natively and is compatible with NVIDIA's G-SYNC to reduce screen tearing. However, G-SYNC compatibility only works over a DisplayPort connection, but FreeSync works over HDMI and DisplayPort. If FreeSync isn't working over HDMI, you may need to update the monitor to the latest firmware.
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LEARN ABOUT VARIABLE REFRESH RATE (VRR)
9.2 Motion
Recommended Overdrive Setting
Rise / Fall Time
Total Response Time
Overshoot Error
Worst 3 Rise / Fall Time
Worst 3 Total Response Time
Worst 3 Overshoot Error
| Overdrive Setting | Response Time Chart | Response Time Tables | Motion Blur Photo |
| VRR On | Chart | Table | Photo |
The Acer Nitro XV272U has an exceptional response time at the max refresh rate, resulting in clear motion with almost no blur trail behind fast-moving objects. You can't enable the overdrive settings with VRR on, but motion looks smooth regardless. If you disable VRR, the 'Normal' overdrive setting performs similarly, as you can see below, but 'Extreme' has too much overshoot.
| Overdrive Setting | Response Time Chart | Response Time Tables | Motion Blur Photo |
| Off | Chart | Table | Photo |
| Normal | Chart | Table | Photo |
| Extreme | Chart | Table | Photo |
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LEARN ABOUT RESPONSE TIME @ MAX REFRESH RATE
8.8 Motion
Recommended Overdrive Setting
Rise / Fall Time
Total Response Time
Overshoot Error
Worst 3 Rise / Fall Time
Worst 3 Total Response Time
Worst 3 Overshoot Error
| Overdrive Setting | Response Time Chart | Response Time Tables | Motion Blur Photo |
| VRR On | Chart | Table | Photo |
The response time at 120Hz is excellent. Once again, motion looks smooth without any distracting blur trail behind fast-moving objects. If you disable VRR, the 'Normal' overdrive setting performs similarly to when you have VRR enabled, but leaving the overdrive setting off also results in a bit less overshoot and a faster total response time.
| Overdrive Setting | Response Time Chart | Response Time Tables | Motion Blur Photo |
| Off | Chart | Table | Photo |
| Normal | Chart | Table | Photo |
| Extreme | Chart | Table | Photo |
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LEARN ABOUT RESPONSE TIME @ 120HZ
7.9 Motion
Recommended Overdrive Setting
Rise / Fall Time
Total Response Time
Overshoot Error
Worst 3 Rise / Fall Time
Worst 3 Total Response Time
Worst 3 Overshoot Error
| Overdrive Setting | Response Time Chart | Response Time Tables | Motion Blur Photo |
| VRR On | Chart | Table | Photo |
The Acer Nitro XV272U's response time at 60Hz is very good. While there's a bit more blur trail compared to motion at higher refresh rates, it still looks good. Although disabling VRR and setting the overdrive setting to 'Normal' results in similar performance, you can get even better motion handling with VRR disabled the overdrive setting off, as it has less overshoot.
| Overdrive Setting | Response Time Chart | Response Time Tables | Motion Blur Photo |
| Off | Chart | Table | Photo |
| Normal | Chart | Table | Photo |
| Extreme | Chart | Table | Photo |
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LEARN ABOUT RESPONSE TIME @ 60HZ
Motion
Backlight Strobing (BFI)
Maximum Frequency
Minimum Frequency
Longest Pulse Width Brightness
Shortest Pulse Width Brightness
Pulse Width Control
Pulse Phase Control
Pulse Amplitude Control
VRR At The Same Time
| Refresh Rate | BFI Setting | Motion Blur Photo |
| 170Hz | Normal | Photo |
| Extreme | Photo | |
| 120Hz | Normal | Photo |
| Extreme | Photo |
The Acer Nitro XV272U has an optional backlight strobing feature to help improve motion clarity, also known as black frame insertion. It's called VRB in the OSD menu. You can choose the intensity of it by selecting between 'Normal' and 'Extreme', but it only works above 120Hz and isn't usable simultaneously with VRR. It also causes a decrease in screen brightness and some image duplication.
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LEARN ABOUT BACKLIGHT STROBING (BFI)
10 Motion
Flicker-Free
PWM Dimming Frequency
The backlight is flicker-free at all brightness levels. This helps eliminate motion duplication and reduce eye strain.
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LEARN ABOUT IMAGE FLICKER
9.0 Inputs
Native Resolution @ Max Hz
Native Resolution @ 120Hz
Native Resolution @ 60Hz
Backlight Strobing (BFI)
The Acer Nitro XV272U has an exceptionally low input lag, resulting in an incredibly responsive gaming experience.
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LEARN ABOUT INPUT LAG
8.0 Inputs
Native Resolution
Aspect Ratio
Megapixels
Pixel Density
Measured Screen Diagonal
Screen Area
The Acer Nitro XV272U has a large screen that delivers an immersive gaming experience and provides plenty of space for multitasking. It also produces sharp images and text due to its high pixel density.
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LEARN ABOUT RESOLUTION AND SIZE
7.0 Inputs
4k @ 120Hz
4k @ 60Hz
1440p @ 120Hz
1440p @ 60Hz
1080p @ 120Hz
1080p @ 60Hz
HDR
VRR
The Acer Nitro XV272U works as expected with the PS5, but because it doesn't support HDMI 2.1 bandwidth, it can't take full advantage of what the console offers, like 4k @ 120Hz. It still supports a 4k @ 60Hz signal by downscaling it to 1440p, resulting in a more detailed image than native 1440p.
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9.2 Inputs
4k @ 120Hz
4k @ 60Hz
1440p @ 120Hz
1440p @ 60Hz
1080p @ 120Hz
1080p @ 60Hz
HDR
VRR
This monitor has no compatibility issues with the Xbox Series X|S, but because it doesn't support HDMI 2.1 bandwidth, 4k @ 120Hz doesn't work on it.
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Inputs
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Inputs
DisplayPort
Mini DisplayPort
HDMI
HDMI 2.1 Rated Speed
DVI
VGA
Daisy Chaining
3.5mm Audio Out
HDR10
3.5mm Audio In
3.5mm Microphone In
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Inputs
USB-A Ports
USB-A Rated Speed
USB-B Upstream Port
USB-C Ports
USB-C Upstream
USB-C Rated Speed
USB-C Power Delivery
USB-C DisplayPort Alt Mode
Thunderbolt
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Inputs
There are no issues using this monitor with a recent MacBook. HDR, VRR, and sleep work perfectly.
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LEARN ABOUT MACOS COMPATIBILITY
Features
Speakers
RGB Illumination
Multiple Input Display
KVM Switch
The Acer Nitro XV272U has a few additional features, including:
- Aim Point: Adds a virtual crosshair on the screen.
- Refresh Rate Number: Shows your game's current frame rate.
- Low Blue Light: Blue light filter to help reduce eye strain.
- LightSense: Automatically adjusts the brightness, color temperature, and gamma according to lighting conditions. (Disabled for our tests)
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Features
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