27" 240hz g-sync recommendations

koooowweeee · 18 Sep 2020 at 14:10

Hey

Getting my boy a new monitor for his birthday. He's a hardcore fortnight gamer and all he keeps going on about is that my monitor is 1440 165hz and he has a 1080 60hz

So Im think he's ok with 1080p, but I want to get him a higher hz one. He has a 980ti at the moment but he'll have my 1080ti once I get a 3080 or whatever so ideally stick to g-sync.

Only worry is that he has 2 monitors now, both are 60hz. Is it ok if the second one is still 60hz? Will that cause and issues?

Budget about £250 very max £300

Thanks

nlel1975 · 18 Sep 2020 at 14:24

Have a look what ocUK are selling...

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/monitors/by-type/240hz?sPage=1&sSort=3

koooowweeee · 18 Sep 2020 at 15:08

nlel1975 said:
Have a look what ocUK are selling...

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/monitors/by-type/240hz?sPage=1&sSort=3

I don't really want to go with a pot luck. Last time I did that the pictures quality was very poor compared to his older monitor.

nlel1975 · 18 Sep 2020 at 15:12

koooowweeee said:
I don't really want to go with a pot luck. Last time I did that the pictures quality was very poor compared to his older monitor.

In that case I hope someone who has some experience with this type of monitor can chime in with a recommendation.

Rofflay · 18 Sep 2020 at 22:23

What about stretching and getting him the VG279QM? The panels are finally acceptable the colors and motion and blur are all now where TN was. So going cheaper TN drastically will alter the viewing angles.

LiE · 19 Sep 2020 at 08:07

Have a look at the Alienware AW2521HF.

koooowweeee · 19 Sep 2020 at 11:09

Rofflay said:
What about stretching and getting him the VG279QM? The panels are finally acceptable the colors and motion and blur are all now where TN was. So going cheaper TN drastically will alter the viewing angles.

I was actually looking at them but with all the other bits he's getting it's a bit much

koooowweeee · 19 Sep 2020 at 11:09

LiE said:
Have a look at the Alienware AW2521HF.

Looks good but it will look a bit odd next to his other 27" monitor.

koooowweeee · 20 Sep 2020 at 14:21

Rofflay said:
What about stretching and getting him the VG279QM? The panels are finally acceptable the colors and motion and blur are all now where TN was. So going cheaper TN drastically will alter the viewing angles.

Ended up getting this. Asus are doing a cash back thing. So I'll get £25 back too.

Rofflay · 20 Sep 2020 at 21:09

koooowweeee said:
Ended up getting this. Asus are doing a cash back thing. So I'll get £25 back too.

Lucky little fella has a great daddy!

I suggest following tftcentrals calibration for a good default setup that you may want to tweak. If you check the link below you see they use Racing mode with brightness 10, Contrast 80 and custom color mode RGB 98,99,96.

Motions superb at 280hz if he had 60hz before he jusy gained 220hz thats some upgrade. Hopefully all works out.

https://www.tftcentral.co.uk/reviews/asus_tuf_gaming_vg279qm.htm#comparison

koooowweeee · 20 Sep 2020 at 21:26

Rofflay said:
Lucky little fella has a great daddy!

I suggest following tftcentrals calibration for a good default setup that you may want to tweak. If you check the link below you see they use Racing mode with brightness 10, Contrast 80 and custom color mode RGB 98,99,96.

Motions superb at 280hz if he had 60hz before he jusy gained 220hz thats some upgrade. Hopefully all works out.

https://www.tftcentral.co.uk/reviews/asus_tuf_gaming_vg279qm.htm#comparison

Sometimes you have to spoil them.

I e got one at 11 and one at 2 so he can be spoilt for a little longer

Thanks for the suggestions, I'm a little lost with monitors. I can't even see faster than 80-100hz so seems pointless to me. I have mine capped at 120 just because it makes me feel happy at that point

Rofflay · 21 Sep 2020 at 19:21

koooowweeee said:
Sometimes you have to spoil them. I e got one at 11 and one at 2 so he can be spoilt for a little longer

Thanks for the suggestions, I'm a little lost with monitors. I can't even see faster than 80-100hz so seems pointless to me. I have mine capped at 120 just because it makes me feel happy at that point

I grew up on a CRT and nearly cried when it broke and had to use 60hz for years. He should notice its getting CRT like now as far as LCD is concered.

I have a post also where i discuss the little brother 24 inch and why in the menu its important not to use ELMB SYNC and set to off but set adaptive sync on which is the Freesync/gsync compatible option. And the Overdrive should be set to 60 this is quite important stuff so its worth doing it before he goes mad on it.

With all the settings in here it should look impressive even to you, You should maybe notice animations and blur being better a lot less blurry than 120hz.

koooowweeee · 21 Sep 2020 at 19:34

Rofflay said:
I grew up on a CRT and nearly cried when it broke and had to use 60hz for years. He should notice its getting CRT like now as far as LCD is concered.

I have a post also where i discuss the little brother 24 inch and why in the menu its important not to use ELMB SYNC and set to off but set adaptive sync on which is the Freesync/gsync compatible option. And the Overdrive should be set to 60 this is quite important stuff so its worth doing it before he goes mad on it.

With all the settings in here it should look impressive even to you, You should maybe notice animations and blur being better a lot less blurry than 120hz.

Thanks for that. I don't usually mess with the settings on monitors. But I'll give it a go.

Them were the days of CRT monitors. Used to be a nightmare getting mine into a taxi to take it round to my mates for a LAN party

Rofflay · 21 Sep 2020 at 19:41

koooowweeee said:
Thanks for that. I don't usually mess with the settings on monitors. But I'll give it a go.

Them were the days of CRT monitors. Used to be a nightmare getting mine into a taxi to take it round to my mates for a LAN party

It doesnt look pretty without tweaks, Infact the ELMB SYNC thing looks downright awful and will actually give headaches and eye issues. Its good for eye health thats why i reccomend doing it for him so he can avoid glasses at an early age.

Cant argue about the CRT weight either, should have seen my desk after it was gone, It was totally warped in the middle.

koooowweeee · 2 Oct 2020 at 21:18

Hey @Rofflay it's my son's birthday tomorrow, but I'm worried this isn't the monitor he wants.

He keeps going on about the resolution of mine now (1440p 27") so I could take this monitor back and get him a 1440p 145/165hz monitor.

So for about the same price of £370 what would you recommend?

LiE · 2 Oct 2020 at 21:35

koooowweeee said:
Hey @Rofflay it's my son's birthday tomorrow, but I'm worried this isn't the monitor he wants.

He keeps going on about the resolution of mine now (1440p 27") so I could take this monitor back and get him a 1440p 145/165hz monitor.

So for about the same price of £370 what would you recommend?

You want the Dell S2721DGF. Use code DAILYMAIL8 to bring it down to £359. 27” 1440p 165hz IPS. Done.

koooowweeee · 2 Oct 2020 at 21:50

LiE said:
You want the Dell S2721DGF. Use code DAILYMAIL8 to bring it down to £359. 27” 1440p 165hz IPS. Done.

That does look nice. Only problem is, I got the first monitor from a local shop and they don't stock that dell monitor so the boy would have to wait a few days. Hmmmmm

LiE · 2 Oct 2020 at 21:53

koooowweeee said:
That does look nice. Only problem is, I got the first monitor from a local shop and they don't stock that dell monitor so the boy would have to wait a few days. Hmmmmm

Print him a photo of the order confirmation and stick it in his birthday card

honestly you won’t beat this monitor at this price point.

koooowweeee · 2 Oct 2020 at 22:01

LiE said:
Print him a photo of the order confirmation and stick it in his birthday card

honestly you won’t beat this monitor at this price point.

Yeah I could show him the order of he does want to change it.

Gigabyte 27" G27Q what about these monitors ?

LiE · 2 Oct 2020 at 22:05

koooowweeee said:
Yeah I could show him the order of he does want to change it.

Gigabyte 27" G27Q what about these monitors ?

similar spec but you loose Dell build quality, Dells 3 year solid warranty and by all accounts the Dell reviewed really well. I’m not sure how well the G27Q is calibrated from factory.