Time for a new monitor

Hypersonix · 22 Oct 2017 at 10:06

Hi all,

I have been using a 50” 4K Panasonic AX802 TV as my screen for the last year or two as I have been mainly racing in Assetto Corsa and just recently Project Cars 2. I was going to get VR for racing and a smaller monitor for everything else but I will wait for gen 2 or 3 as the resolution is not quite there yet even if the experience is amazing.
I want to start playing BF1 and PUBG again so have been looking at a few options.

Samsung CF791
Samsung 27HG70
ASUS PG279Q

I game with a 6700K at 4.7ghz and a Gtx 1080 G1. Should I just bite the bullet go for the G-Sync model? What are your thoughts? Anything I should be considering before deciding?

cadmunkey · 22 Oct 2017 at 10:13

Out of those three, it would be the CF791 all day long. I looked at that monitor myself. The other two will be a poor experience for you moving down from a huge 50" screen.

Hypersonix · 22 Oct 2017 at 10:16

It was my first choice but I thought as a had Nvidia I should get a g-sync, or does it not really matter?

cadmunkey · 22 Oct 2017 at 11:02

Hypersonix said:
It was my first choice but I thought as a had Nvidia I should get a g-sync, or does it not really matter?

For the premium you have to pay I dont think it is imo, plus you have a decent rig by the looks.

JediFragger · 22 Oct 2017 at 11:27

Hypersonix said:
It was my first choice but I thought as a had Nvidia I should get a g-sync, or does it not really matter?

I know their's an inital outlay, but if you like the idea of a monitor prolonging the life of your graphics card (and in the future) then go Gsync

You'll save more in the long-term tbh :cool:

Hypersonix · 22 Oct 2017 at 21:08

Cheers for your thoughts. Think I’m going to go superwide with the CF791. Just going to hold of until there’s a good deal.

JediFragger · 22 Oct 2017 at 23:05

Hypersonix said:
Cheers for your thoughts. Think I’m going to go superwide with the CF791. Just going to hold of until there’s a good deal.

Not a bad choice tbf

IvanDobskey · 23 Oct 2017 at 06:50

I have the cf791 and it's fantastic.

I use a gtx 1070, not too bothered about gsync myself.

Hypersonix · 23 Oct 2017 at 09:18

Hi Ivan,
What games do you play? Can you max everything out and still hit 100fps? How does the monitor handle FPS lower than this? Any tearing?
Sorry for all the questions!

IvanDobskey · 23 Oct 2017 at 09:36

Hypersonix said:
Hi Ivan,
What games do you play? Can you max everything out and still hit 100fps? How does the monitor handle FPS lower than this? Any tearing?
Sorry for all the questions!

Mostly play Witcher 3, which is capped at 60fps anyway and elite dangerous at the moment. Elite manages 100fps maxed out, but it's not a particularly demanding game. I suspect more demanding games would need the settings dropping if I wanted to maintain 100fps.

I haven't really noticed any tearing though. Seems nice and smooth to me. Colours are great, blacks are pretty deep for LCD and there are no dead pixels or backlight bleed.

I do occasionally notice a bit of motion blur, but only in occasional circumstances. This is a trait of VA and I can put up with it for the pluses it brings.

Hypersonix · 23 Oct 2017 at 09:41

Great news, it does look like a really great monitor.

IvanDobskey · 23 Oct 2017 at 09:48

Hypersonix said:
Great news, it does look like a really great monitor.

The only thing really missing is gsync. But then that would add £250 to the price.

I'm not too keen on the white back panel I guess, but you don't really see that. Not sure why the didn't make it all silver or black and silver.

This monitor was the only choice for me personally as I wanted an ultrawide, 100hz and VA panel for around the £700 mark.

Hypersonix · 23 Oct 2017 at 10:01

I’m going to hold out until I see this monitor below £700 then I’ll jump. Looking forward to it.

IvanDobskey · 23 Oct 2017 at 10:02

Hypersonix said:
I’m going to hold out until I see this monitor below £700 then I’ll jump. Looking forward to it.

You may get lucky in the black Friday deals. I can see it dropping a little.

CyberScy · 23 Oct 2017 at 10:05

I personally would go with the Asus one. Although they're quite expensive, they are super premium displays and are a treat to look at

JediFragger · 23 Oct 2017 at 10:34

IvanDobskey said:
This monitor was the only choice for me personally as I wanted an ultrawide, 100hz and VA panel for around the £700 mark.

The Agon is a similar price isn't it? Or it was. And comes with Gsync.

Tbh we're so close to Black Friday it's probably worth waiting a couple of weeks to see what deals land

IvanDobskey · 23 Oct 2017 at 10:39

JediFragger said:
The Agon is a similar price isn't it? Or it was. And comes with Gsync.

Tbh we're so close to Black Friday it's probably worth waiting a couple of weeks to see what deals land

I think the agon is an ips though? Didn't want to play the panel lottery. Also grey blacks of ips are not desirable to me.

JediFragger · 23 Oct 2017 at 10:43

IvanDobskey said:
I think the agon is an ips though? Didn't want to play the panel lottery. Also grey blacks of ips are not desirable to me.

Nope, it's VA (like the more expensive Acer Z35P)

IvanDobskey · 23 Oct 2017 at 11:11

JediFragger said:
Nope, it's VA (like the more expensive Acer Z35P)

Oops, I must have missed that one then.

Maybe it was too expensive when I was looking.

JediFragger · 23 Oct 2017 at 11:29

IvanDobskey said:
Maybe it was too expensive when I was looking.

Was £720 at one point at Rainforest, not a bad deal at all considering Gsync.