With the Acer Nitro XV270X 5K gaming monitor it’s launching here at CES 2026, Acer seems like it’s sending a signal: 5K is the next step in PC gaming.
And there’s something else, too: Acer’s Pro Designer PE3200QX display boasts a whopping 6K resolution.
Even if you’re nominally familiar with PC gaming, you probably understand that displays have stepped up from 1080p to 1440p to 4K (3,840 × 2,160), with various refresh rates and panel technologies attached to each. As resolutions increase, the complexity of the scene being rendered also increases, which means that you need a more powerful combination of a CPU and graphics card. Frame rates also tend to drop, though the visual appeal of the scene or game increases.
Recently, we’ve seen 4K OLED screens at high refresh rates of 144Hz and above…which apparently means that it’s time to move on. Meet 5,120 x 2,880, the “5K” resolution of the Acer Nitro XV270X display.
So-called 5K screens are available today from e-tailers like Amazon; however, most if not all of them use the extra pixels to extend the screen into a widescreen or ultrawide direction. Acer’s XV270X uses a standard 16:9 display ratio, the standard that most of the industry uses.
Acer’s Nitro XV270X is a 27-inch display, using the older IPS panel format. What’s a little surprising is that, even at a 5K resolution, there’s no basic 60Hz refresh rate here; Acer’s panel is capable of 165Hz, or 1440p at 330Hz. Response time is 1 ms GTG. The panel outputs 400 nits peak in HDR400 mode, or 350 nits normally; the color gamut is 95% DCI-P3. You can connect to your PC with a pair of HDMI 2.1 connections or DisplayPort 1.4.
The Acer ProDesigner PE320QX steps up another rung, as the 31.5-inch IPS panel supports a “6K” resolution of 6,016×3,384, with a range of 400 nits (normal) to 600 nits (HDR600). As a display for creators, it supports 99% Adobe RGB and 98% DCI-P3. Inputs include one HDMI 2.1, one DisplayPort 2.1, and USB-C input ports.
Naturally, these displays won’t come (that) cheap: the Acer Nitro XV270X will cost $799 and ship in the second quarter, while the ProDesigner PE320QX will be priced at $1,499, and will ship during the same timeframe, Acer says.
Acer doesn’t seem to be alone in staking a claim to 5K gaming technology; LG also has announced its UltraGear evo brand, with the UltraGear evo 27-inch GM9 (27GM950B) offering a miniLED disolay with 2,304 local dimming zones. LG has yet to announce a price or a ship date, however.
Nevertheless, multiple display makers supporting 5K resolutions in gaming monitors sounds like a trend, and one that companies like Nvidia, Intel and AMD can benefit from, as well as display makers. The PC gaming roadmap appears ready to take another step ahead.
Author: Mark Hachman
Source: PCWorld
Reviewed By: Editorial Team
