Upgrading Monitor

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Hey folks.

Can I get any advice on this?

Im getting a new monitor but I just find it so hard to pick the right one for me.

My budget is 300-500. Im not going for 4K. I saw a 4K at a friends house and wasnt that overly blown away.

Im going to give 21:9 a go but really im open to anything. I also want 29" to 32"

My computer specs are as follows.

Intel Core i7-4790K
Sapphire Radeon R9 290X Vapor-X OC 8192MB
Asus Maximus VII Formula
NZXT liquid cooler
16gb ram

Here is what im thinking of so far

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-063-AS

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-109-LG
Anyone have suggestions for me?

glynf

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Hey folks.

Can I get any advice on this?

Im getting a new monitor but I just find it so hard to pick the right one for me.

My budget is 300-500. Im not going for 4K. I saw a 4K at a friends house and wasnt that overly blown away.

Im going to give 21:9 a go but really im open to anything. I also want 29" to 32"

My computer specs are as follows.

Intel Core i7-4790K
Sapphire Radeon R9 290X Vapor-X OC 8192MB
Asus Maximus VII Formula
NZXT liquid cooler
16gb ram

Here is what im thinking of so far

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-063-AS

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-109-LG
Anyone have suggestions for me?

Personally I would go for a higher resolution 21:9 at 3440X1440 such as the LG 34UM95. Bit pricey, but AOC/other brands have similar panels becoming available.

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glynf wrote: »

Personally I would go for a higher resolution 21:9 at 3440X1440 such as the LG 34UM95. Bit pricey, but AOC/other brands have similar panels becoming available.

You are right, that is an unbelievable monitor but comes with quite a price


hmm

glynf

They will mos def drop in price when they become more available.

IIRC LG make most 21:9 PANELS, but keep an eye out for the AOC U3477pqu, read something about it being considerably cheaper than the LG. Dell have a version due out as well.

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glynf wrote: »

They will mos def drop in price when they become more available.

IIRC LG make most 21:9 PANELS, but keep an eye out for the AOC U3477pqu, read something about it being considerably cheaper than the LG. Dell have a version due out as well.

It's fair annoying that I had my mind made up but after reading users experience with thus monitor and LG awful customer service I think I'll give it a miss. Feck.

You know I never expected to be this hard to pick a monitor. These reviews piss me off with their lag details. Just tell me will the ordinary man notice it or not?

Anybody got a recommendation for 27 inch 1440p please. I really want to pull the trigger

glynf

Didn't realise they were that bad...

TBH I would notice lag as I play a lot of FPS' and use 120 hz monitors. If I was in the market for 1440p I would look at the Korean monitors, Catleap, QNIX, etc. which can be overclocked to some degree and some are shipped overclocked to 120 hz -e.g. Tempest X27OC, though not sure about shipping to this part of the world.

I looked into getting one, and from what I have read while IPS monitors can overclock to 100+hz they still have a degree of blurring. Even though your'e overclocking the frequency the IPS pixels are not as fast at switching on IPS panels as on a 120hz TN panel. No direct experience of input lag with a 1440p Korean monitor, so maybe check the Catleap thread.

If you are feeling flush, there's the ROG Swift, 1440p and 120hz with decent colours-but costs stupid money..maybe ask santa

yimrsg

I've an asus pb2878q and think very highly of it, the stand is excellent and once you change the presets a little to reduce some of the blue dominance it's very good. I wasn't impressed with the stands on the Korean offerings and the possibility of getting a bad one was put me off.

http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/articles/icc_profiles.htm#a

It's supposedly overclockable to 80/85 but I haven't tried it out.

http://www.tweaktown.com/tweakipedia/18/overclocking-our-asus-pb278q-monitor-2560x1440-at-85hz/index.html

I've also read that it can't be overclocked.

http://www.overclock.net/t/1477381/asus-pb278q-driver-overclock-to-75hz

I was looking at getting another one or the updated version the pb278qr of it either. Downside is it's expensive though, it's 4k TN brother; the pb287q is in or around the same price as it.