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I’m in dire need of a new monitor but, it seems, it is harder to find a good one than I thought. (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 20 hours ago by ModernRisk@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/gaming@beehaw.org
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I currently have the 24G2 which is 24 inch and 1080P. It was great but it unfortunately kind of died. White lines, lagging with tougher games and such. So I was researching for a good gaming (and productivity) monitor and found the DELL G2724D. The DELL looked gorgeous compared to the old 24G2. Unfortunately though, insane amount of glow – to the point I just returned it and asked money back.

Now I’m kind of uncertain which monitor to get, I read reviews and all reviews on IPS panels have a lot of complains about the glow. I then researched about OLED, Q-OLED and kind of fell in love. Was ready to purchase one until, I was not. I found out it’s not a good match for productivity usage due to burn-in issue (Excel and Word). So kind of stuck now.

I was thinking about the ASUS ROG Strix XG27ACS or LG UltraGear 27GR83. But I have bad experience with the ASUS before (bought it and would not turn on, might be just bad luck?) and I read different opinions on the UltraGear one. I’m still on the fence for an OLED/Q-OLED but don’t want to purchase another monitor after 1-2 years of gaming and office work. Got told about Mini-LED but they seem not really available in my country.

Any recommendation, tips and such would be really appreciated!

Note: There are many communities about gaming, so was not sure in whcih to post. This one seemed to fit the most since the others were mostly posts with news articles regard gaming and technology.

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[–] doeknius_gloek@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I've been using VA Panels for a long time because of that IPS glow. My current main monitor is a iiyama GCB3480WQSU-B1 and I'm pretty happy with it.

[–] ModernRisk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

How’s gaming on the monitor? I kept reading about how VA isn’t good for gaming due to black smearing and motion blur issue.

Yeah, the IPS glow is a major issue. When I bought the 24G2 4 years ago, it was on a whim and probably had luck. Now it’s tough to find a good IPS monitor.

[–] Canadian_Cabinet@lemmy.ca 2 points 16 hours ago

I absolutely love my VA monitor. Never had an issue with motion blur (although I always turn it off in games) nor smearing to a noticeable degree, but I wonder if higher refresh rates can help alleviate it. I have a 165hz for reference

[–] doeknius_gloek@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 18 hours ago

Gaming is fine, I haven't noticed any issues but I have to admit that I'm a casual gamer at most. The monitor supports FreeSync and refresh rates up to 165Hz.

I haven't compared VA to OLED yet, but the latter costs at least twice as much where I live. For me personally, I don't think that's worth it. My previous monitor was a Samsung CF791 with Quantum-Dot but honestly I find the iiyama to have nicer colors. That's highly subjective of course and the CF791 was released roughly 10 years ago, so take this with a grain of salt.

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 1 points 18 hours ago

There are some high performance VA panels that are good for gaming. Samsung Odyssey Neo G7/G8 for example.

Are there really no mini-LED monitors in your country? I'm a really big advocate of them. As close to OLED HDR performance as you can get without burn-in and with better peak brightness. I'm currently using a Cooler Master GP27Q that I got for cheap as an opened box, which has been a really solid monitor for the cheap cheap price I got it for (couple hundred euros).

I think a 27 inch 1440p monitor with 2000+ dimming zones will be the sweet spot between performance and affordability, though none like that are on the market yet.