Help needed choosing 2 x 24"monitor on a budget

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So until recently I was gaming on a old Iiyama 20" monitor that has never let me down and all my other uses film/tv net use, light photo and video editing was done on a iMac.

Unfortunately the iMac went bang recently and I cannot afford to repair/replace it so after temporarily stealing the wife's identical iiyama monitor I am now in the market for 2 new 24" monitors but am struggling to choose between TN or IPS.

Gaming side of things:
BF4 no match type play just for fun so not worried about max graphics settings
WoW
D3
Elite: Dangerous

Looking at either the IPS Asus VN248H or the TN BenQ GL2460HM unless anyone has further ideas within a £300 budget for the pair.....

Any advice gratefully recieved.
 
Clov!s said:
Any reason why you want 2 24"? Why not a single 27" monitor?
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Play games and watch films at the same time :) or watch films while working on underwater photos/video on the other.

Its what I have got used to having a single 20" and the iMac side by side and then switching to the 2 x 20"

My other concern was my Gfx card, (GTX750Ti), being able able to handle anything much bigger and run games at least reasonably well.

If that makes any sense at all :)
 
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Clov!s said:
For gaming though i wouldn't use IPS, get one of each?
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Hmmmm Interesting idea but not sure my OCD would let me have 2 non matching monitors lol seriously though I will definitely have a look at that

OK silly question time

As per my OP I haven't looked at new monitors in a long time almost 7 years since I bought my last ones so am just starting to catch up a bit.

When it comes to 144Mhz is there any specific graphics card requirements to run it at decent settings in games ie would my 750Ti be up to the job.

I am looking to change my GPU soon but probably not until after Xmas at the earliest.
 
Clov!s said:
Hmm, does the 750Ti have dual link DVI? As you'll need that to be able to run higher than 60Hz.
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Apparently it does :)

Display Support:
4 displays Multi Monitor
4096x2160 Maximum Digital Resolution
2048x1536 Maximum VGA Resolution
Yes HDCP
Yes HDMI
One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One mini-HDMI Standard Display Connectors
InternalAudio Input for HDMI
 
Ah wasn't sure as not all the 750Ti's on OCUK list Dual link DVI :)

Personally i think it will struggle to hit 144Hz, but that doesn't mean you have to play @ 144Hz.

Something we didn't consider is this beauty of a monitor http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-109-LG&groupid=17&catid=1120

This allows you to run windows side by side, good for gaming, and also watching movies and photo editing etc at the same time :)
 
Clov!s said:
Ah wasn't sure as not all the 750Ti's on OCUK list Dual link DVI :)
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This is mine bought it from OCuk: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-138-GI&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1854


Clov!s said:
Personally i think it will struggle to hit 144Hz, but that doesn't mean you have to play @ 144Hz.
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This is sort of what I suspected which is why I hadn't even looked at 144Hz monitors or G-sync etc.

That LG one is a bit tasty looking :)

Thanks for the help though its much appreciated.
 
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