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gaming screens typically have terrible viewing angles and poor picture quality, optimizing for low input latency and high refresh rate. While I probably wouldn'

gaming screens typically have terrible viewing angles and poor picture quality, optimizing for low input latency and high refresh rate. While I probably wouldn't buy a very expensive monitor at this point that didn't have a high refresh rate, I'd certainly pay for picture quality, viewing angles, resolution, and maybe just appearance before refresh rate. As an external display, you'd need gpu power to drive the display anyway, and I'd take my 30" Dell 2560x1600 IPS over some PoS 1080p 120hz TN panel.

XelNika 6y ago
Modern high refresh rate displays (100/120/144 Hz) come in VA and IPS flavors and good ones are factory calibrated to UltraSharp levels as well. 2560x1440 monitors are the sweet spot in terms of price to performance. Your information is 2-3 years out of date.
- vijucat 6y ago
  Can you please recommend a VA panel that is good for text sharpness, too? My eyes don't react well to IPS, for some reason: I used to have a BenQ GW2760HS (1080p, VA panel) and then upgraded to a Dell UP3017 (2K, IPS) and find it harsher on my eyes, even if I enjoy the text sharpness!
  - XelNika 6y ago
    > My eyes don't react well to IPS, for some reason In what way? If it's just discomfort using it for long periods of time, there's a 95% chance, you need to turn on the lights in your room or turn down your monitor brightness. > Can you please recommend a VA panel that is good for text sharpness, too? Some subpixel arrangements might require you to change the font smoothing (Windows ClearType), but any monitor with high pixel density will do, really. I'm not an expert on specific models so I won't recommend one.
    - vijucat 6y ago
      > In what way? I do not face the same eye fatigue after hours of sitting in front of a VA panel compared to sitting in front of an IPS one.
wlesieutre 6y ago
There are gaming screens that strike a very good balance of features. The Dell S2721DFG, for example. 27" 1440p, IPS panel with wide viewing angles, 165 hz and FreeSync 2, DCI-P3 color gamut. RTINGS describes it as "excellent response time" and "outstanding low input lag." https://www.rtings.com/monitor/reviews/dell/s2721dgf https://www.rtings.com/monitor/reviews/dell/s2721dgf You get the typical IPS tradeoffs: it doesn't win any prizes for contrast, HDR, or black uniformity. I'm very happy with mine.

XelNika 6y ago

Modern high refresh rate displays (100/120/144 Hz) come in VA and IPS flavors and good ones are factory calibrated to UltraSharp levels as well. 2560x1440 monitors are the sweet spot in terms of price to performance. Your information is 2-3 years out of date.

vijucat 6y ago
Can you please recommend a VA panel that is good for text sharpness, too? My eyes don't react well to IPS, for some reason: I used to have a BenQ GW2760HS (1080p, VA panel) and then upgraded to a Dell UP3017 (2K, IPS) and find it harsher on my eyes, even if I enjoy the text sharpness!
- XelNika 6y ago
  > My eyes don't react well to IPS, for some reason In what way? If it's just discomfort using it for long periods of time, there's a 95% chance, you need to turn on the lights in your room or turn down your monitor brightness. > Can you please recommend a VA panel that is good for text sharpness, too? Some subpixel arrangements might require you to change the font smoothing (Windows ClearType), but any monitor with high pixel density will do, really. I'm not an expert on specific models so I won't recommend one.
  - vijucat 6y ago
    > In what way? I do not face the same eye fatigue after hours of sitting in front of a VA panel compared to sitting in front of an IPS one.

wlesieutre 6y ago

There are gaming screens that strike a very good balance of features. The Dell S2721DFG, for example. 27" 1440p, IPS panel with wide viewing angles, 165 hz and FreeSync 2, DCI-P3 color gamut. RTINGS describes it as "excellent response time" and "outstanding low input lag." https://www.rtings.com/monitor/reviews/dell/s2721dgf https://www.rtings.com/monitor/reviews/dell/s2721dgf You get the typical IPS tradeoffs: it doesn't win any prizes for contrast, HDR, or black uniformity. I'm very happy with mine.