TV just died

Sumer · 27 Feb 2013 at 00:05

Hi, my 22'' Technika LCD tv (stop laughing) died which means I now have to buy a monitor which ive put off for so long, I just dont know wether to go 120hz or 1440p. Im looking at the clearence stock and hav taken a fancy to these 2:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BG-001-DG&groupid=595&catid=670&subcat=

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BG-043-BQ&groupid=595&catid=670&subcat=

I just really use my pc for gaming and the web. Im tempted by the 1440p screen, any likely problems running games at that res on a 670? The monitor will be getting ordered tomorrow, thanks.

Doco · 27 Feb 2013 at 15:11

All depends on what your use is, when you game what genre are you playing most? If its fps games mostly you may encounter pixel lag with 1440p ips/pls panels and 120hz may be of more benefit, if you more of a casual gamer and play a bit of everything - like a lot, you may be more impressed and get better use out of a high resolution monitor, I opted for the latter and got myself the asus pb278q, great monitor and visuals look stunning, and I went from a 720p tv, as for your 670 im not sure but i'd expect it to play most games at good quality settings, my 7950 with o/c seems to be doing the job for me. Sorry to hear your tv gave up btw, sucks when tech decides to die.

Sumer · 27 Feb 2013 at 15:27

Cheers for the reply, I opted to give both a miss and went for this instead:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-050-AS

This will be a big improvement over that horrible little tv I was using and the narrow bezels might tempt me to go on a multi-screen setup in the future. I play various types of games, most slow'ish paced so a 120hz screen would probably be wasted on me.

Doco · 27 Feb 2013 at 21:36

I ended up with the same conclusion, 120hz would be wasted on me for the little ammount of competitive fps I play, your choice looks to be well made and I wish you all the best with it