Where does the Apple 27" sit in the monitor hierarchy?

DanielCoffey · 29 Jan 2014 at 09:47

I will shortly be looking for a new 1440p monitor. I am currently using the Apple 2560x1440 (non-TB) Cinema Display and I wondered where the Apple displays fit into the current 1440p monitor hierarchy?

I am open to suggestions as to monitors I should consider although I do have the option to keep the ACD if it is appropriate to do so.

I don't have any particular aversion to the shiny display and while I find the colours very nice for the gaming that I do, I am interested in exploring other options within a budget of £600.

My usage is some desktop work (modelling and Photoshop) of an amateur nature and gaming. The gaming usage tends towards single-player RPG such as Skyrim with ENB. The monitor will be driven by a single 780 Ti.

EasterEEL · 30 Jan 2014 at 22:20

Well I would be very happy with one if there was a sensible way to connect to an nvidia graphics card. Users do complain about backlight bleeding though.

Why would you want to change your current ACD?

spoffle · 30 Jan 2014 at 22:26

Keep hold of it, they're good screens and use good panels as well as being very aesthetically pleasing.

DanielCoffey · 30 Jan 2014 at 22:30

I am in the pleasant position of building an all new gaming pc and was interested to know where the 27" ACD sat in the current lineup of monitors. Since it was around 5-year old tech and I have had this one for 3 years, I was trying to make an educated guess as to whether I should sell it with my 2010 MP or keep it.

They work very well with PC cards by the way. I am currently using it with a flashed AMD 7950 in the Mac Pro which has a mDP connector and I have bought a Startech DP to mDP adapter to allow me to connect it to the new 780 Ti I will shortly be using.

As for backlight bleed, I can certainly see the typical IPS panel glow in a dark room but don't have any significant bleed on this monitor.

After some rummaging on Google, it seems that despite being around 5 years old, they are fairly typical mid-range IPS panels with typical controllers and performance around what you would expect from a highly glossy screen.

I am going to be keeping it for now.