High gaming performance isn't really opposite to image quality, because significant overshoot is about as much problem for motion as slow response time.
So don't worry about monitor being aimed for gaming.
Again VA's high contrast/better black comes with its own cost for image quality:
Horizontal gamma shift known as black crush.
Basically from straight angle dark shades darken toward black "crushing" darkest shades into black, with shades reappearing when viewed from angle.
For example dark forum theme of this forum would likely show it.
I once had VA panel and that gamma shift was easily detectable from dark web site backgrounds.
This is how it works:
Also dark games suffer detail loss from that even though you might not always notice it when focused to moving picture:
So VA gives with one hand and takes away with the other...
Also 99% of VAs have very slow dark shade starting transitions compared to IPS.
Actually bright text on dark background would show it the worst with major motion blurring:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34bqY7CToHg&t=318s
In image quality LCDs are just broken tech by design and it's question of choosing your poison.
(to think that SEDs combining CRT's image quality to flat size and pixel accuracy of LCDs were demoed 15 years ago...)
Though if you prefer darkened room, then limited contrast/black level of IPS won't cut it.
But if you have some room illumination, contrast difference isn't such visible:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4iNQb7mKDY&t=731s
(still wouldn't accept low contrast of LG's Nano-IPS)
So would consider room light level as deciding factor for which LCD types problems are smaller.
So don't worry about monitor being aimed for gaming.
Again VA's high contrast/better black comes with its own cost for image quality:
Horizontal gamma shift known as black crush.
Basically from straight angle dark shades darken toward black "crushing" darkest shades into black, with shades reappearing when viewed from angle.
For example dark forum theme of this forum would likely show it.
I once had VA panel and that gamma shift was easily detectable from dark web site backgrounds.
This is how it works:
Also 99% of VAs have very slow dark shade starting transitions compared to IPS.
Actually bright text on dark background would show it the worst with major motion blurring:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34bqY7CToHg&t=318s
In image quality LCDs are just broken tech by design and it's question of choosing your poison.
(to think that SEDs combining CRT's image quality to flat size and pixel accuracy of LCDs were demoed 15 years ago...)
Though if you prefer darkened room, then limited contrast/black level of IPS won't cut it.
But if you have some room illumination, contrast difference isn't such visible:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4iNQb7mKDY&t=731s
(still wouldn't accept low contrast of LG's Nano-IPS)
So would consider room light level as deciding factor for which LCD types problems are smaller.
