Spec Me A Monitor Please.

Abz Hussain · 27 Apr 2017 at 09:28

Im in the market for a new monitor and would like some help in deciding which monitor to purchase and get some recommendations.
The monitor will be used mostly for productivity work, that includes typing documents, watching youtube videos, email and the like.
I am not really a gamer but would like to game every now & again. I only really play racing type games so F1, Dirt, NFS but as mentioned gaming is not something that is done often nowadays.
My graphics card is a solitary AMD Radeon HD7950, I have no plans to upgrade this card as it is more than sufficient for my needs for now.
The monitor just gone defective was a Dell 2408WFP 16:10 1900x1200.
I would like something that would make more use of my HD7950 as the Dell was not really taxing it. Budget for the monitor is £350 and must be vesa 100x100.
Thanks

eddiew · 27 Apr 2017 at 15:25

Maybe consider this 25" QHD model? Bit more PPI, 6ms response, and still a Dell

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/dell...reen-led-monitor-midnight-grey-mo-082-de.html

Abz Hussain · 27 Apr 2017 at 15:47

eddiew said:
Maybe consider this 25" QHD model? Bit more PPI, 6ms response, and still a Dell

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/dell...reen-led-monitor-midnight-grey-mo-082-de.html

Thanks for your reply eddiew.
Whilst waiting for a reply here I having been looking around and researching other monitors. The 25 you mentioned and the 27 are very appealing. Are you able to help me at all and tell me if 144hz and freesync are worth spending the money on? From what I can tell these technologies seem to be geared towards gaming (which I wont be doing too much of) but I may be wrong. Also would I be better off using Display port or HDMI @ 1440p (I want to take advantage of the audio on gfx card)?
Finally where is 1440p's sweetspot in terms of screen size...reading around and looking at youtube is seems to be 27 inches.

EDIT* forgot to mention, the distance from the pc to the monitor is approx 10m. I think this effects display port but not sure so asking here.
Thanks

eddiew · 28 Apr 2017 at 15:45

I personally don't have experience with 144hz or any adaptive sync stuff, but from what I'm told, people generally like them. But... the penalty is often a TN panel vs IPS. The 25" I listed is the latter, and calibrated to sRGB, and therefore good for any productivity involving colour work. With TN, you really won't get factory calibration nor much by way of DIY calibration, and you may even get a 6-bit panel in some products. For myself, I would never buy a TN screen ever, because I do digital graphics work.

For 144hz you must use displayport, but that doesn't handle audio.

Most people seem to like a QHD at 27" yeah, although I've tried and liked that resolution up to 32", which gives it roughly the same PPI as the screen you currently have. There are no 27" Dells in your budget though, which is why I didn't suggest one. I have a hard time recommending any other manufacturer at current times due to generally poor quality control across the market ^^;