Monitor Choice - advice please!

Haggisman

Haggisman

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Will be looking at getting a new monitor in the next couple of weeks, and with all the different options now available, I'm spoilt for choice.

I'm struggling to decide between the following options:

  • Standard 24"
  • 24" 144hz
  • Standard 27"
  • 29" 21:9

My PC spec is:

i5-2500
16GB Geil Evo Leggera
GTX 750ti OC

I'm not sure if it will be powerful enough to make the most of either the 1920x1080 @ 144Hz or the 2560x1080 without having to sacrifice some graphics quality; from what I've researched, there's a ~30% fps hit on the 21:9 over 16:9?

In terms of the 144Hz monitor, would I be correct in thinking that there's absolutely no point in this unless my FPS is higher than whatever the standard 24" refresh rate is? (e.g. 60-70). For 3D content, would this basically be a 50% hit on the FPS (i.e. 2 "frames" per frame, one for each eye?)? Again, concerns over the power of the machine being up to it.

Finally, for the 27" - obviously the pixels are going to be bigger, but from others' experience, how obvious do they become? Is it going to annoy me that the picture looks a bit pixellated?

Edit: for reference, I currently use 2x BenQ GL2450 monitors at work, and these are sufficient, but obviously "bigger is better"... right? :p

Any thoughts on my concerns?

Here are the monitors I've been looking at for each option, any other suggestions welcome, budget ideally is £200, but if it's worth going for the 21:9 I will consider holding off for a month or so to stretch it :p

24"

YOUR BASKET
1 x BenQ GL2460 24" Widescreen LED Slim Bezel Monitor - Black £129.95
1 x Asus VE247H 24" Widescreen LED Multimedia Monitor - Black £129.95
1 x AOC E2470SWHE 23.6" Widescreen LED Multimedia Monitor - Black £119.99
Total : £398.60 (includes shipping : £15.60).




24" 144Hz:

YOUR BASKET
1 x AOC G2460PQU 24" Widescreen 144Hz 1ms Gaming LED Monitor - Gunmetal £199.99
Total : £209.59 (includes shipping : £8.00).




27"

YOUR BASKET
1 x AOC E2770She 27" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £173.99
1 x AOC M2870VQ 28" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £169.99
Total : £358.08 (includes shipping : £11.75).




29" 21:9

YOUR BASKET
1 x LG Flatron 29UM65-P 29" WideScreen Super-Wide LED Monitor £293.99
1 x AOC Q2963PM 29" Professional Super-Wide LED Multimedia Monitor - Gunmetal £281.99
Total : £575.98 (includes shipping : ).

 
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I've just spent hours researching this myself as my Dell 2407WFP is on it's way out I think. I was looking at upgrading to a 27" monitor for the 1440p but due to the higher input lag on most of the 1440p screens available I decided to go for the Dell U2414H. It's got a low input lag for a IPS screen, it's got a tiny bezel, good stand and looks nice, the only issue that some people might have with it is that it has 2 hdmi & 2 displayport inputs which isn't an issue for me. Here is a review of the screen
 
That does look nice! How do you have it connected? My GPU has no displayport out, so I would have to connect via HDMI.

I guess that's not an issue if I use the fix for the colour range issue mentioned in that review?
 
So mine arrived today and it looks nice but against the 2407wfp I kind of miss the 1920 x 1200 resolution for the extra vertical space. Still trying to figure out if I should use a DVI-I cable to HDMI or just the displayport cable as I'm trying to figure out which is the best way to fix the colour range issue on this monitor & Nvidia cards.
 
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