New Computer Monitor

[dik]

I'm looking at picking my grandson up a new monitor; he uses it for gaming. Which is likely the best option:
a 144 Hz refresh rate and a brightness of 400 cd/m² and a colour saturation of 72 NTSC, or
a 165 Hz refresh rate and a brightness of 250 cd/m² and a colour saturation of 85 NTSC.

Any suggestions/comments would be appreciated.


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-Dik

 

[EdStainless]

Is he running AMD (freesync) or Nvidia (GSync) graphics card?
How large do you have in mind?
What resolution can he push, 1080, 1400, 4k?


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[EdStainless]

If he is playing the dark then contrast ratio matters more than brightness, make sure that it has good blacks.
Anything over 120hz is of little additional value.
Color accuracy for gaming? The games have such jacked color schemes that I wouldn't worry about it.


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[dik]

He's running Nvidia with a 2070 Super video card. Both monitors are able to do 2560x1440 at the respective refresh rate... is there a metric for 'black'? Contrast ratio for both are 3000:1.

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[EdStainless]

If they are both 3000 (make sure that it isn't some fake 'dynamic' value) that sounds low, but with the same CR the lower brightness will have deeper blacks.
Are they IPS screens or TN? IPS is nicer color and viewing angles.
GSync is needed (it keeps each frame for the same amount of time and prevents stuttering).

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[dik]

They are both IPS... and have GSync.

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[EdStainless]

I would take the second one.

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[dik]

Thanks, Ed... I'll select the second one.

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[KootK]

My gamer maniac, electrical engineer son steered me to buying this one for myself last weekend as decent value for money and future proofing.

 

[EdStainless]

KK, such a small low res monitor.
27", 1440 line, 144hz is more like where things are today. And they are under $300.

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[dik]

Thanks, everyone... this is what I ordered for my grandson... ASUS TUF Gaming VG32VQ

I went for the first one, because it sort of meets all and has adjustable height... If the second one had been adjustable for height it would have been better. Height adjustment is something I find useful for better ergonomics.

Incredible website at:

https://www.displayspecifications.com/en/comparison/360911f2b2

and you can compare other monitors... not just those selected.

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[KootK]

KK, such a small low res monitor. 27", 1440 line, 144hz is more like where things are today. And they are under $300.

Meh. A 24" can just be moved closer to my face with my amazing ergotron monitor arms. And a small monitor kind of obviates the need for monster resolution. Also keep in mind that $300 US is $400 CAD. That's getting a bit pricey for what will primarily be just my secondary work monitor.

 

[dik]

I got the last one they had, but if they had two, I'd have likely picked them both up... lovely looking monitor. My grandson is into games, and I'm putting a 'high end' rig together for him. An ASUS STRIX X570 itx board with an M.2 PCIe 4 drive... should be reasonably fast...

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[EdStainless]

Back when I gamed (15 years ago) there wasn't a video card that could drive my monitor.
I got it out recently and drove it using a friends machine, 1600 lines at 85Hz or 1200 at 120Hz, 98% color accuracy, 250 brightness, >2,000 contrast. Did I mention that I cheated, 24.5" Trinitron.
My work desk is now a pair of Dell 27" 1200 line monitors, but this is what I am looking at next:
LG 49" UltraWide 5120 x 1440 5ms HDR IPS Monitor

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[dik]

I come from the time of CGA and the old Hercules Graphics Card.... My monitors on my two main desktops are ASUS PB278 driven by an RTX 2080 Ti and an ASUS PG279Q driven by the Rizen APU... and no video card... waiting for the new fast APU to come out just to try it and see how it functions without a video card. If it's not fast... then will wait for the new Ryzen 5900X to come out and a Radeon 6900 XTX...

Used to program a lot, but not into gaming... only games I was into were Lemmings and Myst... way back when.

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[KootK]

LG 49" UltraWide 5120 x 1440 5ms HDR IPS Monitor

Damn... that would be good livin'!

Do you think that's the future, as opposed to a dual monitor setup? One contiguous screen certainly has appeal but I worry that window arrangement options will be less than they are with a dual setup. That might just be my lack of familiarity wit what is possible in Win10 though. Right now, I just tinker with Window docking and virtual desktops a bit. The virtual desktop thing always sounds great in theory but, when it comes to apply it with Bluebeam windows etc, it always seems to wind up being clumsy in some dimension.

 

[dik]

Beautiful monitor... no so much for gaming... a tad slow. I know what I need for a home computer... bit out of my league for a gaming one... I've picked up a lot of info in the last couple of days.

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[EdStainless]

Or this one from WOOT.com

Samsung LC49RG90SSNXZA-RB 49" Double QHD CRG9 Series Curved Gaming Monitor
$899.99
Condition Factory Reconditioned
Specifications:
Screen Size: 49"
Panel Type: Curved 1800R VA; QLED HDR1000
Aspect Ratio: 32:9
Resolution: 5120 x 1440
Refresh Rate: 120Hz
Brightness: 600 cd/m2
Contrast Ratio: 3000:1 (static) Mega (dynamic)
Response Time: 4ms (GTG)
Colors: 1.07B
Viewing Angle: 178 / 178

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[dik]

another nice one... but a slow refresh rate... also not too keen on factory reconditioned stuff...

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-Dik

 

[EdStainless]

So the Samsung is a FreeSync monitor.
120Hz and 4ms is pretty fast, faster than my eyes at least.
I have used Factory Reconditioned Dells with great success, but I haven't tried others.
I don't own one but I have worked with them and love the lack of split between two std monitors.

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