3 x 27" 1440p needed what to go for

Meridiusuk · 28 Jan 2020 at 23:53

Hi all I am upgrading my whole system and looking to replace my 3 samsing tft 24" 1200 res monitors with ips 1440p 27" monitors.

I have been looking at the Dell Ultrasharp U2719D what do you think ? is there anything better for the same sort of price.

thanks

Jimmy Weirdarms · 29 Jan 2020 at 03:13

As nobody else has replied - that's a nice looking piece of kit.

It has no freesync or g-sync, is that something important to you? And the response times seem kinda slow at 8/5ms, so ... I'd say it's not really a 'gaming' monitor, but you'll have to tell us if that's something you care about.

Everyone here seems to be going crazy for the LG 27GL850-B at the moment, also a 1440p, IPS 27" panel. Maybe worth looking into?
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/lg-2...le-widescreen-led-gaming-monit-mo-155-lg.html

Meridiusuk · 29 Jan 2020 at 07:30

Hi there.

Yep I have been looking at the 27GL83A is that the same as the 27GL850-B.

I want to future proof so I am not to sure what to go for. Are the LG as good as the dell panels for uniformity and colour reproduction.

I do use some photoshop but that’s just a hobby nothing professional.

The dells are cheaper and I am sure I have seen the LG’s in reviews on other sites for £350 before Xmas so I don’t know why there £100 more than a couple
Months back.

I know the va have the part blacks but do ips Panels have better blacks than tft ?

Jimmy Weirdarms · 29 Jan 2020 at 07:35

> 27GL83A is that the same as the 27GL850-B.

Same panel, possibly slightly different firmware, from what I've read. Beyond that, I can't really advise. I'm more into VA panels than IPS. The 27" VA I have on order for my girlfriend is an MSI MAG272QR at £280, which looks pretty good. Though the only other 27", flat, High refresh-rate, VA 1440p, Freesync panel on the market right now is the AOC AGON273QC, which looks better and brighter and has at least got the Vesa HDR 400 rating. But that seems to be on sale for £410+.

Most folks seem to prefer IPS, so hopefully one of them will be along with some advice ...

Meridiusuk · 29 Jan 2020 at 23:26

anyone ? would like some more input about this

Meridiusuk · 30 Jan 2020 at 22:48

so no help on this or sugestions of some good models

Kautya · 1 Feb 2020 at 13:46

I am in a similar boat. Just been looking at the LG 27GL850 myself but the pre-order queue seems to be quite long and having second thoughts about some of the others available.
Other options to consider could be:
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/giga...ync-led-backlit-gaming-monitor-mo-004-gi.html
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/giga...ble-led-backlit-gaming-monitor-mo-005-gi.html - this one seems to be OOS on here.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asus...sync-compatible-gaming-monitor-mo-0a9-as.html
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/acer...-widescreen-led-gaming-monitor-mo-141-ac.html

The gigabyte aorus seems to be a good choice. They are all pretty much priced the same bar the FI27QP version.

Kautya · 1 Feb 2020 at 13:48

Also the 27GL83A is pretty much the same panel as the 27GL850 (I believe) but it lacks the usb port so no future firmware upgrades (if they were to come along).

thenewoc · 14 Feb 2020 at 16:34

Am in the same boat. Been deliberating over this for quite some time and am wondering if 3 x 27" isn't too overkill. How about ensuring the center one is really good, something like the LG 27GL850 and then flank it with a couple of matching 24" models. If you game on the center one and use the two 24" models for productivity then do you need all 3 monitors to be 144Hz?

Meridiusuk · 15 Feb 2020 at 01:43

thenewoc said:
Am in the same boat. Been deliberating over this for quite some time and am wondering if 3 x 27" isn't too overkill. How about ensuring the center one is really good, something like the LG 27GL850 and then flank it with a couple of matching 24" models. If you game on the center one and use the two 24" models for productivity then do you need all 3 monitors to be 144Hz?

I have 3 x 24" 1200 res samsung monitors now, well 2 as one has died, I would never mix match monitors as they would have different colour profiles and you prob not get them to match which would annoy me. Also i would like 3 x 27" 1440p monitors as 24" 1440p monitors at that res the text would be way to small to read and I would not use desktop scaling as it can cause image errors.

27" is the sweet spot for 1440p for readability so i would not go smaller for that. if you want 24" go for 1200p as i would not go for 1080p.

i just can not decided if i need 144hz or just stay with 60hz as its going to be about £360 more for that option. the problem with the LG 27GL850 is everyone is saying in reviews and some people on here say that the contrast is the worst ever on a ips panel so thast putting me off. The dells seem to beat this monitor in every other way apart from the 144hz as the HDR is also been said to be a waste of time on the LG, and also the 1ms does not work to well and you have to set the monitor to 4ms to make it usable so thats more marketing rubbish but the LG has the FreeSync & G-Sync Compatible. but i am not to sure how much difference it would make to a monitor that does not have it.

its a touch one at the moment but i need to get it sorted in the next couple of weeks

PaulM · 15 Feb 2020 at 05:52

Are you going to be gaming on them or not? I have 2x U2719D, OoB colour calibration is good and text is sharp so they were perfect for what I originally wanted them for (design/programming) but now I've started gaming a bit more again and after playing on a friends 144Hz monitor I regret not getting at least one 144Hz screen.

Meridiusuk · 15 Feb 2020 at 10:30

PaulM said:
Are you going to be gaming on them or not? I have 2x U2719D, OoB colour calibration is good and text is sharp so they were perfect for what I originally wanted them for (design/programming) but now I've started gaming a bit more again and after playing on a friends 144Hz monitor I regret not getting at least one 144Hz screen.

is there much of a difference ? becasue of 144hz, the lg is £130 more and has the worst contrast of any ips monitor plus not to sure how good it is for mixed work.

is the dell that bad for gaming ?

another question how is the dell as i never owned a ips and only had tnt which i have 2443 samsungs

the best gaming ips contrast is the

27"
ASUS ROG Swift PG279Q.........1334:1 144hz ips
ASUS TUF VG27AQ................1247:1 144hz ips
Acer VG271UP......................1244:1 144hz ips
ASUS ROG Swift PG279QZ.......1195:1 144hz ips
ViewSonic VX2758-2KP-MHD....1071:1 144hz ips
Gigabyte Aorus AD27QD..........1063:1 144hz ips
Acer Predator XB271HU...........1055:1 144hz ips
LG 27GL850-B........................735:1 144hz ips

the dell U2719D is 1142:1 60hz ips

i can not understand how many people rate the LG 27GL850 as
1, poor contrast to all ips monitors
2, HDR is usless on this monitor as it hardly brings anything as it does not go bright enough
3, the 1ms does not work asnd you have to set it 4ms which is about the same as the dells

so the only thing i can see going for it is the gaming side of it and thats it but the monitors i listed above are all gaming monitors and have a far better contrast. I am going to look inot each one and see what each one brings and ill report back

thenewoc · 15 Feb 2020 at 11:57

Meridiusuk said:
I have 3 x 24" 1200 res samsung monitors now, well 2 as one has died, I would never mix match monitors as they would have different colour profiles and you prob not get them to match which would annoy me. Also i would like 3 x 27" 1440p monitors as 24" 1440p monitors at that res the text would be way to small to read and I would not use desktop scaling as it can cause image errors.

27" is the sweet spot for 1440p for readability so i would not go smaller for that. if you want 24" go for 1200p as i would not go for 1080p.

i just can not decided if i need 144hz or just stay with 60hz as its going to be about £360 more for that option. the problem with the LG 27GL850 is everyone is saying in reviews and some people on here say that the contrast is the worst ever on a ips panel so thast putting me off. The dells seem to beat this monitor in every other way apart from the 144hz as the HDR is also been said to be a waste of time on the LG, and also the 1ms does not work to well and you have to set the monitor to 4ms to make it usable so thats more marketing rubbish but the LG has the FreeSync & G-Sync Compatible. but i am not to sure how much difference it would make to a monitor that does not have it.

its a touch one at the moment but i need to get it sorted in the next couple of weeks

Thanks, it's great to get some other perspectives, I do also have a 1200 res monitor shortlisted but am not sure its necessary for the two outer ones and would be double the cost of 1080, albeit the Dell U2415 also has DP daisy chaining which would save on a HP dock as I'm working on a setup to satisfy a desktop PC as well as the convenience of carrying on with work from a laptop.

As I've had 1440 res for a number of years I couldn't bring myself to go back to 1080, albeit 5760x1080, which I did contemplate with the AOC 24G2U. The problem with that or even 1200 res would be if you couldn't game across all 3 monitors then you'd be stuck with the center one for a particular game and that would seem too small on a single 24 - 25" screen.

I then returned to asking myself whether I needed 3 x 27" monitors as when I'm sat at my desk the monitor is about at arms reach and my focus is taken by the center monitor. If I was playing a fast paced game I don't think I'd have time to look at each side monitor as that would seem worse than having bad lag, especially if having to turn head back and forth. The other factor is I got a tape measure and worked out how 3 x 27" monitors would fit with my multi monitor mount and desk width. Although I could make 3 27" monitors fit my mount, with all 3 in landscape they would extend past the 150cm width of my desk or the angles would close in quite a bit. I think this would result in quite a bit of neck turning to make use of the set up. That brings me to I could turn one or two to portrait but then I question whether I really need 144Hz for the two outer monitors. One thing I haven't evaluated yet is whether I could pull my desk forward and push the monitor arrangement further back or go with 2 x 27" matching monitors and use the third vesa mount to attach a laptop stand. From an aesthetics point of view I totally get wanting 3 matching 27" models as that's how I started out thinking about it but if you're not gaming across all 3 perhaps the two outer ones not matching the center one isn't such an issue. If you were going to game across all 3 27" 1440's then you'd need quite a substantial graphics card, could it drive 144fps over that res (7680x1440) so you didn't end up at an fps disadvantage? You'd then have to consider gaming on just the center monitor anyway to keep the fps up or drop to res to 5760x1080 but that won't look so good on 27" screens.

I didn't realise the LG had poor contrast ratio as all the feedback I'd seen was praising the monitor. I've actually pulled the trigger now on one Eve Spectrum QHD144 which will use the same LG panel but a different brighter backlight module and different polariser to achieve VESA Display HDR400 certification. I know it's a bit of a risk with Eve's past performance with a laptop like device but buying a monitor online is always going to have some potential hassle but hopefully circumvented with consumer law to be able to return it if no good and the protection of buying on credit card. Just keeping fingers crossed it's not delayed too much beyond the target delivery of Q3.

Jfan · 15 Feb 2020 at 14:43

if its for gaming wouldn't you be better off with one super ultrawide monitor they can do5120*1440 120hz or even higher, maybe even a large 4k TV (55"+) use a custom res to get 1440p ultrawide on it, works really well for games, I find 1 ultrawide monitor a lot better after having 3 screens for years, and no annoying bezels, if its for work then i have no idea

Meridiusuk · 15 Feb 2020 at 17:35

i would only play on one monitor anyway but as i am so used to having 3 monitors and all that desktop space i could never go back to one, even the ultra wide monitors are normaly 1 1/2 monitors wide so you would need 2 of them to get the same desktop space as three and still have one set of bezels which would be in the middle and would be strange as to keep them right you would have to have the bezel in front of you to keep them centre.

the bezel on my monitors are nearly 2cm and put them both together and u have a 4cm bezel gap but on the dell its 0.8cm and then put them together u have 1.6cm thast even smaller than one monitor that i have so i prob would see a hugh gain there anyway.

i did look at the ultra wide but there way over priced for a good one and you would need 2.