Need help with a gaming monitor!

Gast

Gast

Gast

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Hi all.

Next month Im in the position of upgrading my old 19" monitor for something a bit bigger and in need of some advice.

Im looking for a good gaming monitor. Gaming is the main use with web browsing/youtube etc being the other main uses.

Im looking for a monitor 23" or bigger and will be using it for games like BF3, ME3, WOW and SC2. Ideally I would be looking for 120hz if I can since Ive read that they are generally better for gaming.

Price wise Im looking between £200-£300.

My system specs if it helps are:
i5 2500k, 8gb ram, z68 mobo, AMD Saphire 7870 GFX card.

Appreciate any advice you can give me :)
 
I agree with Deception, The benq is brilliant, But shop around as you can save yourself £30 pounds. check out the revie http://www.pcmonitors.org/monitor-reviews/benq-xl2420t

Features:-
- Product Color: Black-Red
- Screen Size: 24"W LED-backlight
- Resolution (max.): 1920 x 1080
- Pixel Pitch: 0.276 mm
- Brightness: 350 cd/m²
- Contrast Ratio: 1,000:1 / DCR:12,000,000:1
- Response Time: 2 ms GtG
- Viewing Angle (L/R;U/D) (CR>=10): 170 / 160
- Display Color: 16.7 million
- Color Gamut: 72%
- Terminals: D-sub / DVI-DL (Dual Link) / HDMI x 2 / DP 1.2 / Headphone Jack
- USB Hub: Donwstream x3; Upstream x1
- Color Temperature: Reddish / Normal / Bluish / User mode
- Features: Black eQualizer, Smart Scaling, FPS Mode, RTS Mode, Game Mode Loader, NVIDIA® 3D Vision™ 2 ready, Senseye 3, AMA
- HDCP
- K-Locker mount
- Height adjustment: 130mm
- Tilt (down / up): -5 / 20
- Swivel (left / right): -45 / 45
- Pivot: 90°
- 571.4 x 516.9 x 149.9 mm
- Gross weight: 6.1 kg
- VESA Wall Mounting (mm): 100 x 100 mm <
- 2yr On-Site Warranty
 
Both monitors look nice :)

Im curious about the Samsung monitor (which has the VAT offer as well). Ive read a few ppl say they have had to buy a dual DVI cable with AMD cards? Is that more for a 3 monitor setup or do you still need this for a single screen?
 
The dual link dvi cable is for 120Hz or 3d, as it carries the bandwidth needed. Plus samsung should supply this cable in the box
What Amd card do you have?
 
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Got the BenQ here and I'm very impressed. Just the right size perfect for first person shooters and suprisingly the quick access profile buttons are very usefull. Benq have taken a good product (XL2410T) and made it better.
 
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