Acer's Nitro series includes gaming monitors, which in most cases stand at the junction of the primary and middle classes. Acer has reserved expensive displays with a touch of elitism for the flagship Predator line. The most popular are classic IPS matrices with a display diagonal from 24 to 27". Occasionally in this series there are 32 – 34-inch almost TVs created specifically for the needs of consoles. Well, if you really want to, you can find a couple of very informal Nitro options on the market with side curtains, like designer monitors, or an atypical aspect ratio like 32:9.


By the standards of their class, Nitro demonstrates a fairly high-quality picture with adequate colour reproduction at the level of 98-100% coverage of the sRGB colour space and has a basic gentleman's set of a modern gaming monitor. Usually, it includes an increased scan frequency (120 – 144 Hz), a matrix response rate of less than 4 ms, FreeSync and optional HDR. Almost always the monitor resolution is classic 1920x1080 pixels. Variants with 2K and 4K matrices appeared only at the end of 2020 and there are not that many of them.

In terms of additional functions, Nitro monitors do not shine. But they are not supposed to be by status either. Most popular configurations are equipped with a pair of built-in speakers, a pair of HDMI ports and VESA mounts for wall mounting. That's it. Outwardly, these are excellent examples of the so-called gaming design, when the gadget looks pompous and even defiant, but it never went. By the way, at one time it was one of the first inexpensive gaming monitors with virtually no side faces.