HiI have xr 342 ck with Radeon HD 7850 1 gb , this is my first so good monitor and like you I had in past only cheap IPS LCD ~ 24 If you will buy gtx 1080 for this Acer , you can ' t use freesyncadaptive sync but gtx 980 can , seen on NV official page in my opinion 3060 fps for casual is OK , but eaven at 75 hz I dont see so big diffrences . Tested on testufo . com it smooth and thats all for me as casual player . Built in speakers are realy fine , and BLB o my monitor is not a problem I can send you photos of BLBSry for weak ENG <| sep |> Yeah . I don ' t know hardly anyone that has a TV larger than 40 inches without one . It really improves the sound . It ' s like gaming with laptop speakers vs a headset or sound system