Need a good 27" 1440p screen for casual gaming

witchking72 · 14 Sep 2015 at 15:26

Looking at upgrading my 3 year old 24" 1080p Iiyama screen.

With only a GTX970 I know 4k is not really an option unless it was just pure desktop work, so I have been looking at 1440p panels.

I'm not a hardcore gamer, in fact only I really play Eve Online, World of Tanks and Cities Skylines.

I know that the EVE engine is still very basic and I'd be fine running that at 1440p, and probably OK with Skylines. I'm thinking I could set some fairly high settings with WoT and still hit at least 60fps.

I have a budget of around the £350 mark and the first screen that took my eye was the BenQ GW2765HT

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-110-BQ

From the reviews here and on other sites it seems to get a good thumbs up.

Just wondered if there's anything better out there for my budget.

Cheers

WK

AOC UK · 14 Sep 2015 at 19:00

Or if you prefer the matte finish the Q2770PQU is one of our best!

3 year on-site warranty too!

vantastic · 14 Sep 2015 at 19:07

I would seriously recommend 100hz plus monitor. I am using a 60hz monitor now on a temp basis and its almost unbearable..

atomic7431 · 14 Sep 2015 at 19:34

I have an Acer XB270hu and run a test last night to show the wife the difference between 60hz gaming and 144hz gaming in BF4 and she was amazed at how much smoother the game play was. (i turned g-sync off to show a proper comparison)

100hz plus for sure.

witchking72 · 15 Sep 2015 at 08:21

AOC UK said:
Or if you prefer the matte finish the Q2770PQU is one of our best!

3 year on-site warranty too!

I did look at this but She Who Must Be Obeyed wants a smaller bezel on the monitor :mad:

I think I'm ending up with the same dilemma many people seem to be facing trading off either an IPS panel or 100hz+, I cannot seem to find a good 1440p, IPS. 100hz+ screen within budget. It's just which area to compromise on, I'm not even going to mention G-Sync