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Need help finding a new monitor
So my old monitor looks like it up and died on me tonight since it was working fine before work and came home and it won't power on. Was a LG W2353V so a old model that I am now looking to replace.
Dont need anything super fancy just good enough for gaming and movie watching and preferably in the low 200 range as I just bought a house so money is tight lol.
Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.
Dont need anything super fancy just good enough for gaming and movie watching and preferably in the low 200 range as I just bought a house so money is tight lol.
Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.
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1. Resolution. Will your GPU support 1440p? 1080p still looks great if not, and would save you some money most likely. 960, 970, 290, 380 / X are all great cards to run at 1080p on high settings. 980, 980 Ti, Titan X, 290X, 390 / X, Fury / X, and Nano are all good cards to support 1440p.
2. G-sync vs. Freesync. i wouldn't worry too much about this as the higher refresh rate monitors are most likely a little higher than the price you've set, BUT, since Freesync is open source, you may find a 60 hz or 75 hz monitor that offers it. Worth considering if you own an AMD card.
3. TN panel vs. IPS panel. TN panels tend to be cheaper, but IPS panels are known for their color. Once upon a time, it was worth mentioning that the TN panels were faster (less ghosting, in other words). Today, however, the IPS panels are fast enough that unless you are a very skilled FPS gamer, or just sensitive to ghosting, you likely won't notice the speed difference.
As for brand, I too am a big fan of Dell monitors, but Acer, Asus (particularly the ROG monitors), Samsung, and Ben Q are all great quality brands. Some of the Korean panels can offer a tremendous deal, but it can be a toss up at times on panel quality. Unless you're in a position to return it if dissatisfied, I would stick to known brands.
1080p monitors $100 - $200 http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&IsNodeId=1&N=100160979%204017%20600012673
1440p monitors ~$250 ish http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100160979%20600012694%204018&IsNodeId=1&bop=And&Order=PRICE&PageSize=30
If you actually want a monitor then you need to be prepared to pay more money and get a smaller size, but this is really unnecessary unless your just insist to get the best quality even if the difference is almost indistinguishable.
You have more about freesync here and a list of monitors. Generally you want ones with "30-" but "40-" is still decent in column "range" (its the range where within which freesync works)
http://www.amazon.com/Nixeus-1920x1080-FreeSync-Backlight-NX-VUE24B/dp/B013CRPUBQ/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1465033947&sr=8-2&keywords=NX-VUE24
Freesync is great as it matches your monitor refresh rate to FPS so it plays buttery smooth, no tearing.
NVidia has same thing, Gsync, but they require special module to be built in monitor so they cost 200-300$ over the basic model without it.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824022308
PLS panel, so it should be good image quality. FreeSync support for variable refresh rates, which AMD supports today, Intel has said they will support, and Nvidia will support eventually even if they don't admit it yet. And it's only $171, including shipping.
23.6", 60 Hz, and 1920x1080 resoution aren't ideal specs, but that's pretty much what you get on your budget--and that's why it's $171, not $400.
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I mean comon, you can skip your mortgage for one month right?
But seriously though, for a long time I used three of these and they were fantastic monitors. Don't let the uppity crowd talk you into spending too much on 180 degree viewing angle IPS monitors with 144Hz refresh rate. You don't need most of that to enjoy the majority of games unless you're playing a lot of racing sims.
Definitely don't bother with 4K yet unless you're sitting on a gold mine. It's way overpriced currently and video cards need another couple of iterations before they stop grinding to a halt under all of those pixels.
I started on TN panels, as I'm sure most folks did. Once I tried something better, I knew I'd never touch a TN panel again.
I can't even remember what the first non-TN panel type I got was called. It wasn't IPS but it was something similar with rich colors(It was something like PMVA, I forget). I don't think the panel even exists anymore, so now I always go IPS.
Ghosting is a non-issue nowadays as someone above mentioned. IPS aren't very expensive anymore in regular sizes. There's almost no reason to ever get a TN panel anymore. Yes, the colors really are that bad.
If you've already been using and grown used to a TN panel, then a TN panel is fine. But, if you like to see real color and what things are actually supposed to look like, then a TN panel is horrid.
Even on something simple like WoW, I remember putting my TN panel side-by-side with a better panel and seeing just how off the TN panel was. It was night and day.
TN panels were designed to be cheaply made, and that's what they are. IPS panels used to cost a small fortune. You can get an IPS monitor for $200 or less often now.
If you don't have much of a color sense, or you don't care about accuracy, then a TN panel will save you some money, maybe. Otherwise, avoid it like the plague.
That's my insight on panels.
VA panels often have very pretty picture. VA have been best known for their powerful contrast.
They have typically outshined IPS when it comes to this. By that I mean that VA panels were known for having much deeper and fuller blacks, in particular. IPS had more of an issue with too much "glow".
Typically, IPS had the best colors and viewing angles but worst latency.
TN has the best response/latency, but dreadful picture and viewing angles. Unless you are a professional tournament gamer, I can't ever see wanting to get a TN panel. The average person would never notice the extra response time in the higher quality panels.
VA lineup could be argued as a perfect middleground(great color, more reasonable response, solid viewing angles, and of course the best contrast), but I think it's maybe a dying tech. From what I was reading Samsung has abandoned it in favor of IPS style panels(PLS was mentioned in this thread already). And, Samsung was one of the major manufacturers of VA monitors. The deep contrast they offer is really a huge boon and can't be overlooked.
I believe the monitor I'm currently staring at is a Samsung MVA, and the picture is gorgeous. I have no complaints about it.
Well, my major complaint would be that I miss having a 1920x1200 like I used to... those are so hard to reasonably find, in comparison to 1080p.
1080 to 1200 doesn't sound like much, but that's a ton of screen space when you actually use one.