Hi NateCordova, Just wondering how you went with your monitor choice? Sorry to dig this up, but there still isn't much info/many opinions on a google search.
To throw in some info for anyone out there finding this page - I purchased the LG 24MP59 24" IPS free-sync monitor. The menu systems and joystick button under the centre of the bezel are nice, and the stand looks nice for a gaming monitor. The major downside for me is that it has quite a lot of IPS glow - the sort that washes out the screen as you move your head. Under normal use with something on the screen its not to bad, but games with mostly black loading screens are where it really shows up. The monitor also wobbles a lot when typing on the keyboard. My last monitor was a Dell U2311H and it was an amazing screen - I only upgraded to go LED and for free-sync now that I have an RX470 video card.
I am also asking, because I am ready to go ahead with a purchase of a Dell SE2717H for both an upgrade on screen size to 27" and *hopefully* better build quality. I had a quick look at the Dell S2718H which was a little extra $, but the "Dell HDR" seems to be more of a sales gimmick than anything like the *real* HDR. For sake of the 48-75 refresh rate - I have read that someone has modified the monitor drivers had had the refresh as low as 36-60hz, and went 38-60 to be sure. I'm hoping that 40-75 would then be an option, if not - I'll settle for 38-60.
Cheers!
-Adam
Hi adam.
I'll gladly share my experience with the Dell monitor with you.
Pros:
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Zero Screen Wobble and Good Build Quality: Absolutely no problems here. It's a sturdy stand. The monitor doens't feel cheap at all. To try, I actually punched my solid mahogany desk (its a very stable desk as you expect) and the screen didnt wobble one single bit. It has really good rubber feet, when i drag it along the table I need to lift it up slightly because it drags, it's got friction. I got some screen wobble when I shoke up my desk like trying to move it out of place, but if your typing makes your desk shake a lot, then i guess your problem is with the desk
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Colours are really good, you can sense the colour range here. Games with vibrant colours are such a pleasure, my GF loves to watch Disney Movies like Moana on this monitor haha. I was used to TN monitors and VA Tv's mind you, but i've seen other cheap IPS screens and they aren't as good as this. My ipad 2 screen doens't have the same colour vibrance as this monitor and that's a pretty decent screen. I love playing pretty games on this monitor, it makes them justice.
They are very natural, yet, if there's a vibrant colour, you'll definately see it. Even at 5% brightness colours look pretty good.
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Screen Uniformity: You know how some smartphone IPS screens look uneven on brightness? This has got no such issue, its pretty uniform.
-» OSD: If all you do on the OSD is change brightness, it's really easy ,it's a 4 physical button row to control OSD and you can set the first 2 for brightness up and down.
-» Size of course.
-» Response time is Okay, it's okay for gaming. I set my overdrive to Fast but you can set it to Very Fast. Thing is, I also watch TV on this monitor (big Sporting Clube Portugal fan here) and on Very Fast i can notice a yellow glow around Football/Soccer players lol. Fast and Very fast feel almost the same in terms of fluidity.
-» 75hz is a noticeable improvement on some more fluid games like Borderlands. But on Games like GTA it's barely noticeable from 60hz
-» Freesync is a god send here as well. I feel sorry for those that bought the 1060 instead of a RX580, because at this budget, freesync is amazing.
Cons:
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That damned Freesync Range: Beware if you ever get to 48-52 FPS , game will stutter and look like 30 fps for a second and then go back to normal.
This is especially
my main gripe with this monitor. It won't make you suck at games or anything but it can be distracting if it's too often.
In games with highly fluctuating FPS like GTA V, Watch Dogs 2, you'll notice it. Especially Open World CPU Intensive games. Because my CPU is a measly I5 4460 @ 3.4ghz, and My RX580 seems to let the CPU handle a lot of things in some games. This seems to be true because my old HD 7750 had a more stable framerate on GTA V (on lowest settings but high density).
Can you show me how someone changed the drivers for 38-60hz? I'd like that, I really dont notice when i'm at 60 FPS or 75FPS unless it's a game like borderlands or something.
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IPS Glow / Backlight bleed: I'm not sure if it's IPS Glow because I need to move a lot to notice the image go Washed Out but my main problem is dark areas.
In games like Doom, The Evil Within 2, Resident Evil 7 and movies like Sherlock Holmes 2009 (sorry for the example, it's a dark movie) you can notice washed out blacks on the corners, depending on your monitor brightness. This is why my
sweetspot brightness is
50-70% at max. Something's can be watchable/playable at 70% brightness which according to TomsHardware is around 200cdm2, but if I go to 100% I notice the washing out on the corners very often. At 50% I dont notice when i'm watching a Non Very Dark Game like Doom or The EVil Within. On those games, I suggest you turn the Gamma/Brighntess Up, and on Dark Movies, Turn up the Gamma.
Other than these issues, i had no other problems whatsoever with the monitor, i'd happily recomend it for the price, it's a no brainer, but really wished to have my freesync range widden.
I cant compare it to the Dell S2718H, got no experience with it. But if it's got some form of HDR, it's got to be a different panel than this, because this panel can't handle extreme deep blacks with high brightness.
