Advice on a new monitor - VA vs IPS for gaming ?

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I am currently looking for a new monitor for gaming and content creation (video editing), right now I am using a 1440p IPS 60hz monitor which I would like to step up to a 144Hz.

My issue is around VA and IPS, I have only ever owned a TN and IPS panel and never a VA. I understand IPS has better colour reproduction and VA gives deeper blacks but I have also read countless horror stories on VA panel issues.

Are the stories of VA true with black crush, smearing, ghosting & over shoot? I am tempted to just pay the premium for an IPS panel over VA but I am looking for peoples experiences of VA before I make that decision.
 
I'm not at the bleeding edge of this and have only owned TN (8bit) and IPS but most people picky about smearing still see it even in relatively new VA panels.

Of you're one to see rainbow effect in DLP projectors I'd think carefully about VA
 
I have an UW IPS 3440x1440 100Hz panel and couldn't be happier with it.

Brilliant for gaming.
 
IPS definitely for colours that pop and viewing angles. VA has way superior blacks and often considerably cheaper. If IPS had deep blacks (it definitely doesn't and the ole ips glow will effect larger screens) and not so much glow I'd go IPS everyday. You simply need to see what your going to end up with in person.
 
I have tried the So called fastest VA - LG 850GK, and it sucks. Smearing as hell. Now I have the PG279Q - IPS. And I couldent be happier; perfect colours and perfect colours angles. Get a nice IPS, as even the most expensive/latest 200MHz VA panels, still are slow as hell. To bad as they got great contrast, but thats the only great about them. IMHO IPS is the best, and for me the only monitor choice :)
 
I would go either IPS or TN. Didn't like VA on the different monitors/TV I tested.
Another problem is the manufacturing process, as we now have to go through a display lottery. Some may be fine, or acceptable, but don't be surprised to receive a 500 pounds monitor with very bad light bleeding, poor panel uniformity or very bad transition from dark to light scenes.
After testing few monitor and TV, went with a TN Dell, which isn't perfect, but it was way better, specially at 300 odd pounds, than any other I've tried.
But none of them nowhere close to my previous Dell IPS.
 
I've never found a VA panel I'm happy with - at first some of the better ones seem fine but after a bit I started to notice a kind of grainy smearing in certain colour transitions and once I saw it I couldn't un-see it which ruined the experience for me.

IPS the better panels I find reasonable for gaming - you do have to check the actual latency, etc. on a review site though as some of them can have quite high max latency even when the average is reasonably low which still ruins the experience. A modern IPS panel will normally stabilise as close to as quick or even quicker in some cases than a TN on fast view changes i.e. if you pull a sudden 180 degree turn in game but still struggle behind a good TN for clarity and responsiveness if you are tracking an object in motion. These days I'm pretty happy with an IPS especially coupled with adaptive sync for single player and slower paced online games but would still use a TN for anything fast paced if I was even half serious about playing it.

Some of the better TN panels are pretty decent colour wise, etc. these days but I wouldn't use them for any serious video editing - I'm quite happy tweaking things like dashcam footage and random game clips on my Dell S2716DG but anything more serious I change to one of my other monitors - I usually have the Dell U2913WM along side my gaming monitor for that kind of use.
 
Very much appreciated for the advice, think that settles it. IPS it is, I just don't trust the ghosting and smearing.

Guess I will play the panel lottery and fingers crossed.
 
Mostly depends on what you value most. All types of lcd are not without flaws.

Out of them all if you have been using an IPS for some time I’d stick with it. I think you would find the drop in color and other such issues VA can have a worse trade off.

VA can have horrible smearing/ghosting blacks etc which if the monitor isn’t designed and setup correctly to handle it such as with overdrive etc, it can be very distracting in dark scenes.

Some monitors can handle it well though. As always check plenty of reviews before purchasing.
 
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