Need inexpensive monitor

MoridinUK

MoridinUK

MoridinUK

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I need some advice. My monitor is a 20.something inch 4:3 Samsung 11 years old! I need a new one! I need two HDMI ports on it, one for my pc another for the work Mac...

However, currently it's driven by an equally old GeForce GTX 560 ti but soon will have a 1080 driving it.

However, I have almost nothing budget for s monitor! I don't want to go so far as 4k. And space is limited to maybe 23 24 inches... What do I need to look for so I don't buy something that utterly wastes the 1080s awesomeness?
 
Currently looking at either:
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/aoc-...reesync-widescreen-led-monitor-mo-04g-ao.html
or
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/benq...a-widescreen-led-monitor-black-mo-127-bq.html
OR
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/benq...b-widescreen-led-monitor-black-mo-129-bq.html

With the 24 inch, I have space to run a second monitor for when I'm not gaming... :)
I have an Nvidia card so free synch means nothing, I like my blacks black and my images not ghosting, but I'm still very tempted by the aoc...

What do you all think? I really should just get the cheapest... :(
 
28" 1080p will look pretty bad, it's too big for the resolution. They are all VA, so will have good contrast, excellent blacks, good viewing angle and colour, but may suffer from ghosting.
 
so the 24 at 1080 is ok?
any way to figure out input lag? other than reading a tonne of reviews? IS there a TN you'd recommend for gaming instead? My friend who is normally well researched has his heart set on VAs...
 
All have pros and cons, there is no perfect panel type.

24" at 1080 is ok although personally I think 24" 16:9 isn't high enough vertically, when I went from my monitor I'm using now (24" 1900x1200 16:10) to 24" 1920x1080 16:9 the loss in height felt I had a much smaller monitor, and the extra width didn't seem to add much. The slightly lower PPI was a bit more noticeable, although probably was a placebo, but it did seem a little more fuzzy, whether you'd tell 3 PPI probably not but knowing it was lower, and maybe VA which can sometimes appear more fuzzy to do with sub pixel could be reason why.

You want to keep PPI around mid 90's, or low 100's.
 
yup if your 204b is 20.1 1600x1200 then you'll be going from 100 to 91, which is a fair drop. Personally I think it's better to go for slightly higher res monitor (PPI) but not too crazy high, and accept you'll have a bit lower fps, but in a few years GPU's will catch up and you'll still have a decent looking PPI monitor.

I think if you go for a 34" 1080p just to save GPU fps it'll just look bad, and when you get a better GPU it'll have excellent fps but you'll be disappointed that it looks pixelly and no matter what GPU you have that won't sort it.

My 24" 1200p probably did hurt gaming but it's still fine now- and tbh for a TN it still fairs well for lag and response.
 
TN are good for games (I have a Samsung 245B which is a TN) but

width & vertical viewing angles aren't great, even looking head on you see colour phase shift on left & right edges, and top of the screen dulls a bit.
Colours aren't fantastic (compared to plasma)
But it doesn't have ghosting
Blacks are good, not as good as plasma or oled of course, but better than what I've seen from IPS.
 
the pc I have coming will have a geforce gtx 1080 in it... so I want a monitor that doesn't waste the gc lol... bascially you think the 1080 shouldn't be for monitors over 22 inches (to stay over 100k ppi)
 
MoridinUK said:
the pc I have coming will have a geforce gtx 1080 in it... so I want a monitor that doesn't waste the gc lol... bascially you think the 1080 shouldn't be for monitors over 22 inches (to stay over 100k ppi)
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For Nvidia 1080 I'd be looking at a 1440 monitor. So aim for 27-32" 16:9, or 34" ultra wide.

29" Ultra wide keeps it to just above 100ppi, but they aren't that high vertically so need to step up to 34", you're looking at £600-£1000 for that
Then you have 27" 1440, TN is probably cheapest here, but going up to "premium" gaming monitors all the way to 144hz gaming monitors so about £500-£650.
 
With a low end monitor your wasting your money on a 1080 in all honesty. If getting a cheap monitor at 1080p or low refresh 1440p grab a second hand 980ti for a couple of hundred quid as it will max those monitors out
 
Randall8686 said:
With a low end monitor your wasting your money on a 1080 in all honesty. If getting a cheap monitor at 1080p or low refresh 1440p grab a second hand 980ti for a couple of hundred quid as it will max those monitors out
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Unless of course the buy 144hz monitor, set everything to max and still get good FPS now and for number of years.
 
The issue is I'm getting a complete pc system... it has the 1080 in it and I'm getting it at an amazingly good deal...
I feel the issue.. I should try to stretch to a 1440p monitor really huh?

Hmmm, I wish they were easier to find on the website! lol
 
MoridinUK said:
The issue is I'm getting a complete pc system... it has the 1080 in it and I'm getting it at an amazingly good deal...
I feel the issue.. I should try to stretch to a 1440p monitor really huh?

Hmmm, I wish they were easier to find on the website! lol
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personally 1080p vs 1440p is light night and day to me. i would choose 1440p over 1080 any day of the week. its the sweet spot personally. when i went to 4k i did not notice as much as a difference from as i did from 1080-1440. maybe grab a second hand 1440p with a decent refresh rate.
 
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