1440p ~£300 which one?

BoB3rt · 29 Sep 2020 at 15:14

Hi,

I'm looking for a Curved 27" 1440p monitor ideally with g/sync or compatible.
I thought it was a tall order for a ~£300 budget but there are few that tick the boxes.

1. AOC Gaming CQ27G2U
2. Gigabyte G27QC
3. ASUS TUF Gaming VG27WQ

Looking for some advice and opinions on them.
Many Thanks

chili · 29 Sep 2020 at 17:04

am in the same boat, but drawn toward this one by samsung
LC27JG50QQUXEN 27" 2560X1440 VA 144HZ CURVED GAMING WIDESCREEN LED MONITOR

BoB3rt · 29 Sep 2020 at 19:40

chili said:
am in the same boat, but drawn toward this one by samsung
LC27JG50QQUXEN 27" 2560X1440 VA 144HZ CURVED GAMING WIDESCREEN LED MONITOR

This was the first monitor I seen that made me think about upgrading... however it isn't freesync/g-sync compatible, and everything I read says its definitely a feature worth getting in a new monitor.

Sedgey123 · 29 Sep 2020 at 20:35

You should really consider the Dell S2721DGF, 165hz 1440p IPS panel monitor.

With a discount code when i ordered i got it to £331, just visit the thread on here and people post codes regularly for the discount. It really is a great monitor! It also has freesync and also G-Sync compatible

Link to thread: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/forums/threads/new-dell-ips-s2721dgf-165hz-gaming-monitor.18892819/

Tutan · 10 Oct 2020 at 13:47

Sedgey123 said:
You should really consider the Dell S2721DGF, 165hz 1440p IPS panel monitor.

With a discount code when i ordered i got it to £331, just visit the thread on here and people post codes regularly for the discount. It really is a great monitor! It also has freesync and also G-Sync compatible

Link to thread: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/forums/threads/new-dell-ips-s2721dgf-165hz-gaming-monitor.18892819/

but that Dell is a IPS panel and suffers from very poor contrast, light bleeding / glow and "grey" blacks..many people can't cope with these problems and prefer a VA panel.

Sedgey123 · 10 Oct 2020 at 14:35

Tutan said:
but that Dell is a IPS panel and suffers from very poor contrast, light bleeding / glow and "grey" blacks..many people can't cope with these problems and prefer a VA panel.

The contrast ratio is good, and im not sure where you have read about light bleeding and glow but i haven't noticed any in mine and the blacks aren't great but still good enough.

Just go to the thread linked and look at how many people recommend it and have reviewed it.

ANDREW GREEN · 10 Oct 2020 at 18:04

Consider an 1440p 34 inch ultrawide. A much better experience

Tutan · 10 Oct 2020 at 18:41

Sedgey123 said:
The contrast ratio is good, and im not sure where you have read about light bleeding and glow but i haven't noticed any in mine and the blacks aren't great but still good enough.

Just go to the thread linked and look at how many people recommend it and have reviewed it.

contrast ratio is not good,it's really bad actually.check rtings review.
black uniformity is also very bad,and if you read the posts in the thread there are many people posting pictures of horrible light bleed.
it's a good monitor but you can't recommend it over every VA monitor because there are pros and cons with both IPS and VA,IPS has these issues, and VA has it's own pros..deeper blacks,much better contrast..much less light bleed.

https://www.rtings.com/monitor/reviews/dell/s2721dgf

This is how blacks look on this Dell IPS (front) vs a VA (back):

Example's of it's IPS light bleed and screen uniformity and clouding..(this is supposed to be black )

Sedgey123 · 10 Oct 2020 at 18:50

Tutan said:
contrast ratio is not good,it's really bad actually.check rtings review.
black uniformity is also very bad,and if you read the posts in the thread there are many people posting pictures of horrible light bleed.
it's a good monitor but you can't recommend it over every VA monitor because there are pros and cons with both IPS and VA,IPS has these issues, and VA has it's own pros..deeper blacks,much better contrast..much less light bleed.

https://www.rtings.com/monitor/reviews/dell/s2721dgf

This is how blacks look on this Dell IPS (front) vs a VA (back):

Example's of it's IPS light bleed and screen uniformity and clouding..(this is supposed to be black )

Good amount of effort gone into there! I personally dont have the IPS glow like that and only been a couple of reports of it so i assume they have just got bad panels, there will always be a little as its the nature of IPS but that is bad in them examples.

Regarding VA panels - of course they will always be better but also come at a cost.

This guy has a budget of £300ish and i dont think you will get much better performance, refresh rate etc for this price point.

Tutan · 10 Oct 2020 at 18:59

Sedgey123 said:
Good amount of effort gone into there! I personally dont have the IPS glow like that and only been a couple of reports of it so i assume they have just got bad panels, there will always be a little as its the nature of IPS but that is bad in them examples.

Regarding VA panels - of course they will always be better but also come at a cost.

This guy has a budget of £300ish and i dont think you will get much better performance, refresh rate etc for this price point.

Well,the reason I had all these photos and links handy..is because I'm looking for a monitor myself and considering this Dell monitor too and just like the OP my budget is around £400 max.
There is the Asus VA Tuf gaming VG27WQ for £320ish same specs and good reviews too and of course this Dell IPS 2721DFG..after all the research I think I'll buy them both and compare side by side to see which one works better for me,and return the other one.

pc-guy · 11 Oct 2020 at 17:26

BoB3rt said:
Hi,

I'm looking for a Curved 27" 1440p monitor ideally with g/sync or compatible.
I thought it was a tall order for a ~£300 budget but there are few that tick the boxes.

1. AOC Gaming CQ27G2U
2. Gigabyte G27QC
3. ASUS TUF Gaming VG27WQ

Looking for some advice and opinions on them.
Many Thanks

Pixio PX277 £315 atm

https://youtu.be/bvm5BakaWqs

BoB3rt · 9 Nov 2020 at 11:17

Tutan said:
Well,the reason I had all these photos and links handy..is because I'm looking for a monitor myself and considering this Dell monitor too and just like the OP my budget is around £400 max.
There is the Asus VA Tuf gaming VG27WQ for £320ish same specs and good reviews too and of course this Dell IPS 2721DFG..after all the research I think I'll buy them both and compare side by side to see which one works better for me,and return the other one.

Did you decide which too keep?
I've still not purchased but I am leaning towards the Asus TUF VG27WQ there is also the VG27WQ1B which appears to be almost the same but the power supply is integrated.

aayala · 9 Nov 2020 at 13:46

I believe OP is after 1440p