M.C Super Spammer
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Posted: 17:03 - 18 Nov 2018 Post subject: Gaming monitor advice |
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I'm in the market for a new monitor. I had a 4k 60hz IPS screen before but I'm interested in possibly buying a 1440p monitor with a higher refresh rate. I mainly play racing games, ultrawide monitors made for 'sim racing' all seem to be 100hz, unless I'm missing a technical reason as to why they aren't higher?
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IPS or TN? Can't say I noticed a difference with my last (IPS) monitor, TN panels seem to have lower input lag?
Hz? 144hz seems to be really expensive, I've noticed a lot of 75hz panels but overclocking monitors seems to be hit and miss. My last monitor went up to 72hz (from 60), my old 1080p OC by a measly 6hz
HDR? Are there enough games on PC to justify it?
ULMB etc.? It sounds interesting but seems to be only found on top-end monitors: https://www.blurbusters.com/faq/motion-blur-reduction/
Budget: I'd love to spend £250ish, I'd probably go up to £300, or maybe £400 for an uber monitor. Any thoughts/suggestions? |
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Loui5D Brolly Dolly
Joined: 22 Sep 2014 Karma :
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Posted: 17:21 - 18 Nov 2018 Post subject: Re: Gaming monitor advice |
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M.C wrote: | I'm in the market for a new monitor. I had a 4k 60hz IPS screen before but I'm interested in possibly buying a 1440p monitor with a higher refresh rate. I mainly play racing games, ultrawide monitors made for 'sim racing' all seem to be 100hz, unless I'm missing a technical reason as to why they aren't higher?
Questions:
IPS or TN? Can't say I noticed a difference with my last (IPS) monitor, TN panels seem to have lower input lag?
Hz? 144hz seems to be really expensive, I've noticed a lot of 75hz panels but overclocking monitors seems to be hit and miss. My last monitor went up to 72hz (from 60), my old 1080p OC by a measly 6hz
HDR? Are there enough games on PC to justify it?
ULMB etc.? It sounds interesting but seems to be only found on top-end monitors: https://www.blurbusters.com/faq/motion-blur-reduction/
Budget: I'd love to spend £250ish, I'd probably go up to £300, or maybe £400 for an uber monitor. Any thoughts/suggestions? |
IPS = Better quality picture & colours disaply, more expensive & generally lower refresh rates - also higher response times.
TN = Cheaper & higher refresh rates also have a lower response time
HDR isn't really supported at the moment for PC.
I bought a Benq XL2411T around 6 years ago for £320, still works as good as it did when I bought it - a high refresh rate & low response time was what I bought it for.
Really depends on your rig as well, if it can't maintain 60 fps then there's no real point in having a 120Hz + monitor - interpolation isn't a good thing.
Something else to factor in is what display ports you have on your GPU & what GPU it actually is. |
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