I am thinking of buying this monitor.
I like that it is 27 inch and 2560 x 1440, but I'd be okay with compromising on either of those things if there is another monitor with better latency or some other factor that I haven't thought of.
My only judging criteria of note are how nice it will be to play TF2 on and price, this being around the upper limit of what I can afford.
Would buying one of these be a good choice? Any other monitor recommendations?
Edit: I live in the UK.
I am thinking of buying this monitor.
I like that it is 27 inch and 2560 x 1440, but I'd be okay with compromising on either of those things if there is another monitor with better latency or some other factor that I haven't thought of.
My only judging criteria of note are how nice it will be to play TF2 on and price, this being around the upper limit of what I can afford.
Would buying one of these be a good choice? Any other monitor recommendations?
Edit: I live in the UK.
nigga this monitor $500, why would u b worried how tf2 will look
nigga this monitor $500, why would u b worried how tf2 will look
Lightboost?
G-Sync/FreeSync?
IPS?
Lightboost?
G-Sync/FreeSync?
IPS?
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If you do end up getting it and wanna be a bro you could get it off my affiliate referral so Ferocity makes a commission. You pay the same price, get your product, and help us gain funding.
https://www.ferocitygaming.com/product/asus-mg278q-27/
From what I know about IPS displays, they have lower (edit: higher) latency but better colour accuracy and wider viewing angles compared to TN. I'd have though that that would make a TN display a better choice for TF2, but then if I actually knew what I was talking about then I wouldn't need to be asking here.
I use Linux. I have two computers, one with an AMD graphics card and one with an Nvidia graphics card, and would like the monitor to work with both. I think that this rules out lightboost, G-Sync and FreeSync. Please correct me if I am wrong.
From what I know about IPS displays, they have lower (edit: higher) latency but better colour accuracy and wider viewing angles compared to TN. I'd have though that that would make a TN display a better choice for TF2, but then if I actually knew what I was talking about then I wouldn't need to be asking here.
I use Linux. I have two computers, one with an AMD graphics card and one with an Nvidia graphics card, and would like the monitor to work with both. I think that this rules out lightboost, G-Sync and FreeSync. Please correct me if I am wrong.
FreudFrom what I know about IPS displays, they have lower latency but better colour accuracy and wider viewing angles compared to TN.
Do you mean higher latency? Otherwise there would be no downside.
Actually the most significant downside should be cost. At this point there are 144Hz IPS panels (there used to be none), they are just much more expensive.
Except in this case they aren't. The MG248Q is 500$ but for 550$ you can get the MG249Q (or the XF270HU) which is literally the same with an IPS panel.
If you just want the cheapest 27" 1440p 144Hz monitor there's the XG270HU for 30$ less.
For Lightboost (or rather the BenQ Motion Blur Reduction thingie) the best option would be the XL2730Z. If I'm not mistaken you can set everything in the OSD so no problems here.
All of them offer FreeSync, which does work on Linux, is still blocked by nVidia though but coming "soon" to Intel.
[quote=Freud]From what I know about IPS displays, they have lower latency but better colour accuracy and wider viewing angles compared to TN.[/quote]
Do you mean higher latency? Otherwise there would be no downside.
Actually the most significant downside should be cost. At this point there are 144Hz IPS panels (there used to be none), they are just much more expensive.
Except in this case they aren't. The MG248Q is 500$ but for 550$ you can get the MG249Q (or the XF270HU) which is literally the same with an IPS panel.
If you just want the cheapest 27" 1440p 144Hz monitor there's the XG270HU for 30$ less.
For Lightboost (or rather the BenQ Motion Blur Reduction thingie) the best option would be the XL2730Z. If I'm not mistaken you can set everything in the OSD so no problems here.
All of them offer FreeSync, which does work on Linux, is still blocked by nVidia though but coming "soon" to Intel.
I'll start of by saying that I live in the UK. Sorry for not putting this in the original post.
I think that by MG249Q you mean MG279Q. This monitor is £50 more than the MG278Q, which I can afford, but it is listed as having 4 ms of latency, compared to 1 ms for the MG278Q. As I'm not too worried about viewing angles or colour reproduction but do care about latency, the MG278Q seems like a better option. The same applies to the XF270HU.
The XG270HU is £550. I can only assume that it is cheaper in other countries, but here it costs more than the £410 MG278Q.
I like the sound of LightBoost, and it is useful to know that it works on Linux, but the XL2730Z is £600, which is out of my budget.
All prices are from amazon.co.uk. If you know of a better place to buy from in the UK, I would very much like to hear about it. Likewise, any further advice would be appreciated - I am a long way from expert in these things.
Edit: I'll also address Miggy's post. I'd love to support Flan in the way suggested, but I believe that to buy from Newegg, your affiliate website, I would have to pay for international shipping from the US, which I suspect would not be cheap. Sorry.
I'll start of by saying that I live in the UK. Sorry for not putting this in the original post.
I think that by MG249Q you mean MG279Q. This monitor is £50 more than the MG278Q, which I can afford, but it is listed as having 4 ms of latency, compared to 1 ms for the MG278Q. As I'm not too worried about viewing angles or colour reproduction but do care about latency, the MG278Q seems like a better option. The same applies to the XF270HU.
The XG270HU is £550. I can only assume that it is cheaper in other countries, but here it costs more than the £410 MG278Q.
I like the sound of LightBoost, and it is useful to know that it works on Linux, but the XL2730Z is £600, which is out of my budget.
All prices are from amazon.co.uk. If you know of a better place to buy from in the UK, I would very much like to hear about it. Likewise, any further advice would be appreciated - I am a long way from expert in these things.
Edit: I'll also address Miggy's post. I'd love to support Flan in the way suggested, but I believe that to buy from Newegg, your affiliate website, I would have to pay for international shipping from the US, which I suspect would not be cheap. Sorry.
Yes, I meant the MG278Q and MG279Q, 4 was faster to type apparently.
Response times are lies.
http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/reviews/asus_mg248q.htm
The MG248Q (4 for real this time) sits at 3.2ms average and pays for it with large RTC errors. It's either that or 5+ ms
And then there's still 2-5ms of electronics doing stuff on top of that.
Compare the PG278Q and PG279Q. 2ms difference and I'm sure you could make that gap smaller but massive amounts of overshoot fucking with your colours defeats the point of an IPS panel, doesn't it? You're free to do it anyway in the OSD.
Amazon isn't exactly cheap.
The XL2730Z should be cheaper but is out of stock.
http://skinflint.co.uk/benq-xl2730z-9h-ldclb-qbe-a1223748.html?hloc=uk
I probably should have mentioned that it's been rebranded as "BenQ Zowie XL2730". Because there's no such thing as too much branding. Well they paid a lot for Zowie so I'll let it slide.
http://skinflint.co.uk/benq-zowie-xl2730-9h-levlb-qbe-a1491748.html?hloc=uk
Yes, I meant the MG278Q and MG279Q, 4 was faster to type apparently.
Response times are lies.
http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/reviews/asus_mg248q.htm
The MG248Q (4 for real this time) sits at 3.2ms average and pays for it with large RTC errors. It's either that or 5+ ms
And then there's still 2-5ms of electronics doing stuff on top of that.
Compare the PG278Q and PG279Q. 2ms difference and I'm sure you could make that gap smaller but massive amounts of overshoot fucking with your colours defeats the point of an IPS panel, doesn't it? You're free to do it anyway in the OSD.
Amazon isn't exactly cheap.
The XL2730Z should be cheaper but is out of stock.
http://skinflint.co.uk/benq-xl2730z-9h-ldclb-qbe-a1223748.html?hloc=uk
I probably should have mentioned that it's been rebranded as "BenQ Zowie XL2730". Because there's no such thing as too much branding. Well they paid a lot for Zowie so I'll let it slide.
http://skinflint.co.uk/benq-zowie-xl2730-9h-levlb-qbe-a1491748.html?hloc=uk
In that case the BenQ Zowie XL2730 is the one I will go for. Thank you for all the advice you have given me.
In that case the BenQ Zowie XL2730 is the one I will go for. Thank you for all the advice you have given me.
I could tell that you wanted that sweet, sweet Lightboost, that's why I didn't even bother linking the other monitors anymore.
Glad I could help.
I could tell that you wanted that sweet, sweet Lightboost, that's why I didn't even bother linking the other monitors anymore.
Glad I could help.