Old monitor worth keeping for any reason ?

ShiWarrior · 1 Jun 2017 at 15:34

upgraded to a 27" 144HZ 2K screen

Now my old 10 year old Dell 22" is worthless and not in use, i don't suppose i could game with it perhaps? not sure what else to do with it really

ShiWarrior · 1 Jun 2017 at 15:52

storage is another issue, i cant store it anywhere, and i have a laptop as a backup if i need to order/exchange my monitor

hmm

ShiWarrior · 1 Jun 2017 at 16:00

chaparral said:
Am kind of have the same problem as you..

I Got an old Asus PG278Q ROG Swift 27" that been sitting in my loft for the last 12 months after I upgraded to a Asus PG348Q ROG Swift 34" 3440x1440
And am not sure if the PG278Q is even worth selling with the hassle of trying to post it and what money I most likely get for it..

im sure thats worth a lot more than my 22" !
is that 27" 144HZ?

ShiWarrior · 1 Jun 2017 at 16:05

chaparral said:
Yes and G-sync

looked on ebay for those ? im sure it will give you an idea on price, mine is worth about £20 if that

i must just advertise it locally for a tenner

ShiWarrior · 1 Jun 2017 at 16:17

Zefan said:
Rotate it and use it in profile as a forum browsing screen

nice idea, its a non-portrait/rotating screen though, does that matter ?

ShiWarrior · 1 Jun 2017 at 16:23

Zefan said:
Ah, that's that then. I just assumed as it was a Dell from that era that it would have a rotating stand.

oh

nope it hasn't got one of those, its wall mountable though

this is it :

http://www1.la.dell.com/la/en/corp/peripherals/monitor_e228wfp/pd.aspx?refid=monitor_e228wfp&s=corp

ShiWarrior · 5 Jun 2017 at 17:57

eddiew said:
I would never consider a second monitor worthless... even if I was (still) a heavy gamer, I'd find uses for it with strategy guides and voice chat. When playing casually, use it for a youtube banter channel. When working, it's useful to be able to keep track of multiple applications without having to flick between them

you've given me an idea

is it possible to play a game full screen on the 27" and over on the 22" have the windows desktop so i could search on the internet or pull up a document whilst playing ?

ShiWarrior · 13 Jun 2017 at 17:48

im now thinking of going dual monitors

My current Acer Predator 144HZ has to use DP to get the 144HZ, can i assume if i use my 10 year old Dell 22" running on a lower res wont be a problem?