Stuck for a new Monitor

Ben_Paridian

Ben_Paridian

Ben_Paridian

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Afternoon Guys and Gals,

I have been researching for a new monitor for a good three days now, I just cannot decide what to go for.

Do I go for curved/uncurved, 32 inch/24 inch, which panel, the works. Any advice?

I'm mainly a RPG gamer - LoL, Final Fantasy XIV, Wow, Elite: Dangerous etc

My current specs:-

Cosmos c700p
Intel i7 8700k
Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 Intel 1151
Trident Z RGB 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 3200Mhz
Radeon r7 390x Strix
Samsung SSD 500GB
Seagate Firecuda 2TB
NXZT Kraken Cooler

Thanks in advance :)

B
 
For the games you listed I personally would go with a 32" 1440p. I think you'll find that the large screen feels surprisingly immersive :)

- curved, imo, is a gimmick and nothing more. Maybe on ultrawides it has value, but not at 16:9
- I wouldn't bother with 4k unless you're happy to be tied into always buying the top tier GPUs every generation of games/hardware... 1440p @ 32" is also a very comfortable desktop dpi for most people
- I'd suggest avoiding TN (if they even exist at 32") because you're playing colourful games and it would be a waste
- you're probably fine with 60hz for those titles, especially since I think your GPU will nail it to 60 all the time

Tbh, I'd recommend the monitor I have myself: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/hp-o...c-widescreen-led-monitor-black-mo-009-hp.html

Reasonable colour accuracy, zero BLB, and not very expensive. Minor black crush at the very deep end, but that's kind of a VA thing and you may never notice it. Added bonus of freesync and 75hz while you have an AMD gpu.

Edit: higher fps options are available but they cost twice as much. For your purposes, I think this is a very budget friendly option :)
 
I should probably add that I'm running an ASUS VG248QE Gaming Monitor -24'' FHD (1920x1080) , 1ms, up to 144Hz, 3D Vision Ready for the last year or so but I just cannot get the colors right with it. It's either to bright or to dark. Looks crap basically.

 
Ben_Paridian said:
I have been researching for a new monitor for a good three days now, I just cannot decide what to go for.
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Always better to think first than just instant buy something which looks fancy on ads.
Anyway three days is nothing.
Ten years ago I kept "researching" various cases for 4-5 months, now I think I'll keep that case still for another decade.

And starting with small generic TN cheapo you don't have any problems compared to what I would have if I had to suddenly get new monitor.
From that even 27" 2560x1440 would be upgrade.
 
On the back of this has anyone got any advice on a set up? The monitor is beautiful but I don't think I'm getting the most out of it. Advice? :)

I'm also having a problem where I'm getting no signal when using display port but when I use HDMI it's fine?
 
Personally I think 32" will be too big.
Also curved is fine, at 24" it's pointless but at 27" I'd say it's worth it.

I'd go for 27" 1440p. A step up in PPI what you have now (I think 24" 1080p is a smidge too low, 1200 at same " is a I think noticeable)
 
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