1440p 144Hz Monitor Owners
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I can't lend an opinion on brands, but it does sound like the current market is pretty bad overall with plenty of reports of poor back-light uniformity and dead pixels. Hopefully others can chime in with their experiences, though it would be easier to look at reviews and customer testimonials for specific models with the features you're interested in. I bought a second hand Benq xl2730z earlier this year and it's great, I've no issues with it at all, but I don't know if that's normal and I believe most issues are with recent IPS panels, plus the monitor is EOL and they all look pretty overpriced new.
I had an AMD card for a brief period that allowed me to try out freesync on my monitor. I hadn't been bothered about having it before and tearing is virtually impossible to see at 144fps/Hz anyway, so it wasn't a night and day difference to me as reading other opinions make it out to be. So personally I don't think it's worth paying extra for. Due to your GPU my suggestion is to look at the games you currently play / hope to play and find out if you'll be CPU bottlenecked in any of them, because that's the only thing that's guaranteed to stop you from smashing those frames, unless you really must have every setting turned up to the max regardless of it's impact or visual improvement.
I had an AMD card for a brief period that allowed me to try out freesync on my monitor. I hadn't been bothered about having it before and tearing is virtually impossible to see at 144fps/Hz anyway, so it wasn't a night and day difference to me as reading other opinions make it out to be. So personally I don't think it's worth paying extra for. Due to your GPU my suggestion is to look at the games you currently play / hope to play and find out if you'll be CPU bottlenecked in any of them, because that's the only thing that's guaranteed to stop you from smashing those frames, unless you really must have every setting turned up to the max regardless of it's impact or visual improvement.
Do plenty of research as there is no problem free monitor out there. I have had quite a few this year already and have been mostly disappointed. There are a few stand out ones.
Benq 2730Z is a very good one.
Dell S2417DG was exceptional but at only 24 inches it may not suit your tastes.
I should have a Asus PG278QR later today so I can't comment on it yet.
The Acer Predator XB271HUA was awful. Very cheap feeling, had ghosting and washed out colors due to high gamma.
All monitors mentioned had either freesync or gsync as I cannot game without them. Juddering is very noticeable to me and is a game breaker. I don't see the point of having high fps without adaptive sync tech but that's just me.
Warranty is also an important factor as it seems to me electrical items don't last like they used to. A three year warranty is preferable imo. Asus and Dell both have three year warranties.
Benq 2730Z is a very good one.
Dell S2417DG was exceptional but at only 24 inches it may not suit your tastes.
I should have a Asus PG278QR later today so I can't comment on it yet.
The Acer Predator XB271HUA was awful. Very cheap feeling, had ghosting and washed out colors due to high gamma.
All monitors mentioned had either freesync or gsync as I cannot game without them. Juddering is very noticeable to me and is a game breaker. I don't see the point of having high fps without adaptive sync tech but that's just me.
Warranty is also an important factor as it seems to me electrical items don't last like they used to. A three year warranty is preferable imo. Asus and Dell both have three year warranties.
I have the Acer Predator XB271HU (27" IPS g-sync) and its incredible. Unfortunately only have a GTX1060 6gb powering it but even so the difference between having g-sync on and off is night and day. The regular TN version isnt great but the IPS version is pretty special! The colours pop and are very crisp.
Zero backlight bleed and zero ghosting. If you have a 1080 ti then you owe it to youself to get a decent g-sync panel
Zero backlight bleed and zero ghosting. If you have a 1080 ti then you owe it to youself to get a decent g-sync panel
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I just bought a second hand ROG Swift PG278Q and think its brilliant. 
Despite "only" having a 980 all games so far are extremely smooth with gsync, even on things like BF1 where I am only getting 50-60 fps, so for me GSync is definitely worthwhile.
However, I changed from a 10 year old samsung screen so my yard stick is low.
Despite "only" having a 980 all games so far are extremely smooth with gsync, even on things like BF1 where I am only getting 50-60 fps, so for me GSync is definitely worthwhile.
However, I changed from a 10 year old samsung screen so my yard stick is low.
The successor model has 4K/HDR and will cost in the region of $2,000 (i.e. £2,000). I bought a 1440p/165Hz monitor (the Viewsonic) after seeing that news as there is no chance of a better offering appearing anywhere near the same price bracket.
So I have just spent the last couple of hours with the Asus PG278QR. What a monster.
The best thing about this monitor is the ability to change the gamma and saturation, something that some companies leave out like Dell. I haven't seen the usual defects with this monitor yet. Only slight clouding in a pitch dark room but it doesn't have any bleed whatsoever.
I play online multiplayer games everyday hence why I went with the tn but if you are a more casual gamer then the ips version must be incredible. It also looks quite expensive too and so it should with the price tag.
The best thing about this monitor is the ability to change the gamma and saturation, something that some companies leave out like Dell. I haven't seen the usual defects with this monitor yet. Only slight clouding in a pitch dark room but it doesn't have any bleed whatsoever.
I play online multiplayer games everyday hence why I went with the tn but if you are a more casual gamer then the ips version must be incredible. It also looks quite expensive too and so it should with the price tag.
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^ Shame it's not curved as that'll sort out problems with TN and left/right angles on such a large screen.