Best 24" LED mainly Gaming Monitor £250

TwinCalliber · 11 Jan 2011 at 21:59

Hey, im aware that there are other posts, but none seemed to suit my needs of what im looking for

. I have spent the 2 days looking over the internet for a decent LED monitor, which has great quality but also good responsiveness to replace my 22" samsung synchmaster. I was really tempted by the BenQ EW2420, but after reading about the ghosting issues on games, decided to look further.

I game a lot, so that takes priority when looking for a monitor, but also want the good quality for 3d graphics work and I watch a lot of blu rays, so want something that will take advantage of that, im looking to spend upto about £250, interested in the 120hz 3d monitors, but just seem to expensive

, anyone help me out?

Thankyou!

TwinCalliber · 11 Jan 2011 at 23:59

hey, thanks for quick response!

I want something with 5ms or less response time tbh, so the dell wouldent be suitable i dont think for games as its 8ms. I would be interested in the 3d monitors, but would rather go for this benq 3d monitor, as it seems more future proof for me, and basically the same price as the asus 3d monitor of another website. Would this Benq monitor be worth getting?

Also i forgot to say i need a HDMI aswell as DVI, I will be using the monitor with my xbox 360

TwinCalliber · 12 Jan 2011 at 13:59

to cmndr_andi, i have a nvidia gtx 470

TwinCalliber · 12 Jan 2011 at 14:11

PCM2 said:
No LCD technology is future proof and it will be phased out over the next decade. You should look at the U2211H and XL2410 reviews on my website. Forget the figures as they don't tell you much - the U2311H is more responsive than some 2ms grey to grey monitors I've used. The XL2410T would be a terrible choice for your design work and in general you would be wise to stay clear of any current 3D monitor due to relatively weak image quality for the price. You'll have a tough time tryng time find a monitor that is well-suited to your uses and can be used with your XBOX. The P2450H is a decent choice once you have balanced the colour channels a bit and offers good gaming performance for PC and console.

hey thanks for the help!

Well i think i may have narrowed it down to Samsung P2450H, still not to sure! lol, i want to get the best all rounder, as I wont be getting another monitor for a while, it a shame about the BenQ EW2420 response time tho, as its on offer this week!, anyone got any more ideas?

Also PCM2, i looked at your website, which has the best reviews of monitors i have found so far! and you have made a promising review of the EW2420, Just to say, i play a lot of PC games, mainly FPS, will the response time really be noticable? I

TwinCalliber · 12 Jan 2011 at 16:36

PCM2 said:
No problem and thanks. We are getting a new colorimeter with some useful reporting features (Spyder3 Elite Version 4 software) to help analyse aspects such as screen uniformity and colour space graphically so the reviews should be getting even better this year. I think the review reflects the perspective of myself and other members of the 'PCM team' better than I could encapsulate here. Responsiveness is quite a subjective thing and how it affects the experience will vary from person to person. I consider myself to be pretty sensitive to responsivenss and I initially found the EW2420 a bit too sluggish. As I used it more and more and stopped looking out for trailing, specifically, I became quite comfortable with it. The contrast on the thing really is excellent for gaming and movies and if you are tolerent of the responsiveness the experience is awesome. I think one thing I picked up on in particular in the review was tracer fire on Arma 2 at night. Simply stunning!

ahhhhh ok this sounds very promising then :cool:

!,

also i forgot to say, my monitor atm is 5ms, so will I notice much difference between them?

TwinCalliber · 12 Jan 2011 at 17:05

PCM2 said:
You can't tell much from the stated response times I'm afraid.

Awesome, well thanks pcm2 i will buy the Benq monitor! if worse come to worse i can always send it back, I will respond back on how i find it aswell, thanks a lot guys!

TwinCalliber · 14 Jan 2011 at 18:37

Hey all!,

Well i got the monitor today, set it up fine, used the windows colour calibration tool to calibrate it properly, and all I can say is it looks amazing!. Played cod black ops through it, colours look so vibrant, looks wonderful dont notice any motion problems at all really. Played some blu rays, look superb, fantasitc contrast details and colours yet again, same with my xbox. Only game where the monitors 8ms can be seens so far is CSS, do get a bit of wobble and ghosting when moving fast, but tbh i only see it when im looking for it and im already starting to get use to it

Thanks a lot for all your help guys!

TwinCalliber · 14 Jan 2011 at 22:03

matt1 said:
I'm guessing if you play a game like EVE-Online the EW2420 will be absolutely stunning with the blacks. Does anyone who owns this monitor play EVE, what's it like?

I dont play eve, but I would imagine it would look ridiculously good!. Dead Space 2 demo on 360 looked immense aswell!