Old 120Hz monitor to current gen 144Hz. Worth it?

[Sunbed]

As thread title. I have an old LG W2363D 120Hz monitor that I picked up from OcUK when they went on sale at a ridiculously good price. I seem to remember buying this on the basis that it had quite a low input lag, which was my primary concern at the time. This is still my main concern, as I generally only play competitive shooters on my main PC e.g. CSGO.

My question is have TN panels improved significantly in other ways since then? For example, colour, contrast? I know about features such as blur reduction (strobing) and G-Sync, but I doubt I would take advantage of these. I'm probably more likely to use ULMB over G-sync in my circumstances e.g. CSGO at lowest settings and 200fps+. Tearing isn't an issue for me so G-Sync would just add input lag.

Basically I have the upgrade itch and I'm considering a 144Hz monitor with low input lag. Blur reduction would be nice to try but I doubt I would stick with it due to its inherent drawbacks (darker picture, + ~4ms input lag etc).

 

[bobert50]

I've played quake competitively for 15 years now and still play very top tier, therefore being as fussy as anyone could possibly be about these matters and I've been sad enough to buy/try the vast majority of these 120hz/144hz in the past 6 years or so and imo the LG W2363D you have is still the best balanced monitor out there.

I think the benq/asus recent 24" variants like the xl2411z/t may marginally have the edge when it comes to response, but they have much much MUCH worse colours overall. Some of the 27" monitors now like the xl2720z are great allrounders but are possibly too big for competitive gaming. I have to lower my viewsize to about 80% when I've tried them.

If I was you, I'd seriously keep the W2363D until some genuine progress is made (which is what I'm still doing btw).

The 144hz over 120hz is barely noticable too and apart from a few crazy russian quakers, literally nobody feels the blur reduction is progress at all.

 

[Rroff]

^^ Yeah no way would I recommend moving from that panel to a BenQ XL2xxx I want to gouge my eyes out every time I use my XL2420T (if it wasn't for the response times/low level of residual image issues it would have been binned long ago) - gonna be replaced by the swift if someone else doesn't bring out a 2560x 120Hz panel first.

 

[Evian]

^^ Yeah no way would I recommend moving from that panel to a BenQ XL2xxx I want to gouge my eyes out every time I use my XL2420T (if it wasn't for the response times/low level of residual image issues it would have been binned long ago) - gonna be replaced by the swift if someone else doesn't bring out a 2560x 120Hz panel first.

First version or the 2.0 version? Because the 2.0 is not bad at all once calibrated.

 

[Rroff]

Mines the 2nd revision of the 120Hz version not the 144Hz "Rev 2.0" - even with calibration its bad as you have to compromise somewhere either the white point is off, blues i.e. the OcUK forums have a slightly purple tinge or mid tones have a green hue to them.

While I'm not an expert on it myself I know someone who is and has the gear to do it proper, I've also got a fairly well calibrated Dell and PLS based panels with factory certified settings to compare side by side to.

 

[Sunbed]

I've played quake competitively for 15 years now and still play very top tier, therefore being as fussy as anyone could possibly be about these matters and I've been sad enough to buy/try the vast majority of these 120hz/144hz in the past 6 years or so and imo the LG W2363D you have is still the best balanced monitor out there.

I think the benq/asus recent 24" variants like the xl2411z/t may marginally have the edge when it comes to response, but they have much much MUCH worse colours overall. Some of the 27" monitors now like the xl2720z are great allrounders but are possibly too big for competitive gaming. I have to lower my viewsize to about 80% when I've tried them.

If I was you, I'd seriously keep the W2363D until some genuine progress is made (which is what I'm still doing btw).

The 144hz over 120hz is barely noticable too and apart from a few crazy russian quakers, literally nobody feels the blur reduction is progress at all.

I'd glad you came along! I'll stick with the W2363D then. Many thanks!

 

[Arcane]

The only thing that'll be a genuine upgrade is the Swift, and as mentioned above it might be a tad big for you, also depends on how deep your pockets are. ULMB at 120hz is nicer than 144hz without (imo of course).

 

[bobert50]

Your very welcome

I've done this for years...just buying ALL the latest gaming stuff. I must have had nearly every gaming mouse too ! probably over 50 different ones! I need to sit down and rethink my life really!