Advice on a new Monitor

[Otter]

Hello everyone, i'm looking to buy a new monitor for my PC but I'm not too sure on what would be the best one? From what I've heard the main thing to make sure it is that the refresh rate is nice. I've done some research and many people say that this Dell D2719HGF 27" Full HD 1920x1080 144Hz 2ms is really good for the price (I'm trying for under $200). I just wanted someones opinion. Also That monitor says it has AMD FreeSync, yet I am using an Nvidia 1050ti GPU. Would this monitor not work with my PC, would it not be working at full potential, or does it not even matter? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

[rezo]

I was in your position a few years back, I had a R9 280x which is slightly faster than your 1050 ti and Ineeded a new monitor to replace my 3 23 inch 1080p ones.

Definitely get a 144hz monitor. Dont listen to people who say 'oh ur gpu is too slow lol dont bother with 144hz' theyre just talking a bunch of bs. Realistically you only benefit from 144hz on competitive fast paced games such as csgo or siege which are piss easy to run on most systems. You dont need 150 fps in a triple a title for it to be playable
If not it means everyone needs a RTX 2080 to run 1080p 144hz to get that 144fps needed in games which is ridiculous so dont listen to those lot.

Plus the fact that 70 fps looks far smoothing on a 144hz panel then a 60hz (obviously)

Personally invest in a 144hz no matter what, I wouldnt recommend getting anything larger than 24 inches if youre sticking with 1080p, I went with a 27 inch 1440p monitor and I then later upgraded my GPU to match.

[Ad Hominem]

rezo eredeti hozzászólása:

I was in your position a few years back, I had a R9 280x which is slightly faster than your 1050 ti and Ineeded a new monitor to replace my 3 23 inch 1080p ones.

Definitely get a 144hz monitor. Dont listen to people who say 'oh ur gpu is too slow lol dont bother with 144hz' theyre just talking a bunch of bs. Realistically you only benefit from 144hz on competitive fast paced games such as csgo or siege which are piss easy to run on most systems. You dont need 150 fps in a triple a title for it to be playable
If not it means everyone needs a RTX 2080 to run 1080p 144hz to get that 144fps needed in games which is ridiculous so dont listen to those lot.

Plus the fact that 70 fps looks far smoothing on a 144hz panel then a 60hz (obviously)

Personally invest in a 144hz no matter what, I wouldnt recommend getting anything larger than 24 inches if youre sticking with 1080p, I went with a 27 inch 1440p monitor and I then later upgraded my GPU to match.

Even if your GPU can't push 144 frames, getting a nice monitor is a good investment for the future. It will still be relevant years from now if you get a good one. Def don't need 144hz to make a AAA game 'playable' (I would argue that console 30 fps is playable) but 60 is obviously better than 30, and 144 is better than 60 imo.

And like you said, even if you can only get 70 fps in a game, if you have adaptive sync it still looks better than 60.

For my two cents, 1440p at 144hz is the sweet spot, the perfect union between resolution and refresh rate where current generation (and last gen) hardware is capable of driving easily.

[f_dog80]

If you already have a 1080p 60hz monitor now. Upgrade your GPU first. No point with your current setup IMO
I was using a 1080p 60hz monitor up untill a day or two ago. And I had a 1070ti I wasn't able to maintain 100 fps most the time so I didn't bother. I did a drastic hardware upgrade over the weekend and can now drive higher fps so I did buy a 1080p 144hz freesync monitor.

[Otter]

f_dog80 eredeti hozzászólása:

If you already have a 1080p 60hz monitor now. Upgrade your GPU first. No point with your current setup IMO
I was using a 1080p 60hz monitor up untill a day or two ago. And I had a 1070ti I wasn't able to maintain 100 fps most the time so I didn't bother. I did a drastic hardware upgrade over the weekend and can now drive higher fps so I did buy a 1080p 144hz freesync monitor.

It's not really a monitor, it's a TV, but I understand where you are coming from. It's just that if I upgrade my GPU I think the TV will still act weird like how I mentioned In my other post. Meaning that i'll still need to get get the monitor along with the GPU. If I do get a new GPU what would be a decent priced one that will run modern games well and future games fine? One of the guys above mentioned a GTX 1660 ti. I was also looking at the 1440p 144hz monitors and the one that I found that isn't overly expensive is this one.
https://www.amazon.com/AOC-AG241QX-Adaptive-Sync-DisplayPort-QuickSwitch/dp/B01NCTHS6E/ref=sr_1_5?crid=YOS8ESYGNIF9&keywords=1440p%2B144hz&qid=1567570962&s=gateway&sprefix=1440p%2Caps%2C164&sr=8-5&th=1
The monitor seems nice with the resolution, hz, and g-sync. But I don't know if any of that is actually good with this monitor.

[Baosas]

Otter eredeti hozzászólása:

f_dog80 eredeti hozzászólása:

If you already have a 1080p 60hz monitor now. Upgrade your GPU first. No point with your current setup IMO
I was using a 1080p 60hz monitor up untill a day or two ago. And I had a 1070ti I wasn't able to maintain 100 fps most the time so I didn't bother. I did a drastic hardware upgrade over the weekend and can now drive higher fps so I did buy a 1080p 144hz freesync monitor.

It's not really a monitor, it's a TV, but I understand where you are coming from. It's just that if I upgrade my GPU I think the TV will still act weird like how I mentioned In my other post. Meaning that i'll still need to get get the monitor along with the GPU. If I do get a new GPU what would be a decent priced one that will run modern games well and future games fine? One of the guys above mentioned a GTX 1660 ti. I was also looking at the 1440p 144hz monitors and the one that I found that isn't overly expensive is this one.
https://www.amazon.com/AOC-AG241QX-Adaptive-Sync-DisplayPort-QuickSwitch/dp/B01NCTHS6E/ref=sr_1_5?crid=YOS8ESYGNIF9&keywords=1440p%2B144hz&qid=1567570962&s=gateway&sprefix=1440p%2Caps%2C164&sr=8-5&th=1
The monitor seems nice with the resolution, hz, and g-sync. But I don't know if any of that is actually good with this monitor.

TN panels usually mean very low input lag at the cost of poor color reproduction, which might really matter for some, though you can afford to be more lenient with gaming setups. Additionally, a 1660 Ti won't be enough to maintain or even reach 1440p/144Hz (sometimes not even half of that) in more demanding cases, which is more or less where adaptive sync comes in.

[Talby]

Agree 1440/144 will crush both a mid-grade gpu (like the 1660 / 1070ti / 2060) and your wallet...

[Otter]

OK so we got 1440p at 144hz figured out because I can't afford it. So whats then next best thing for my current GPU and a decent GPU when I do upgrade?

[Baosas]

Otter eredeti hozzászólása:

OK so we got 1440p at 144hz figured out because I can't afford it. So whats then next best thing for my current GPU and a decent GPU when I do upgrade?

You can still stick to this monitor if you wish assuming the panel's acceptable to you; 1440p might be a bit of a struggle, but you can always cap the refresh rate and effectively use it as a 60Hz monitor until you upgrade your GPU.

[Otter]

Baosas eredeti hozzászólása:

Otter eredeti hozzászólása:

OK so we got 1440p at 144hz figured out because I can't afford it. So whats then next best thing for my current GPU and a decent GPU when I do upgrade?

You can still stick to this monitor if you wish assuming the panel's acceptable to you; 1440p might be a bit of a struggle, but you can always cap the refresh rate and effectively use it as a 60Hz monitor until you upgrade your GPU.

Which monitor are you referring to exactly? The AOC?

[Autumn_]

Otter eredeti hozzászólása:

f_dog80 eredeti hozzászólása:

If you already have a 1080p 60hz monitor now. Upgrade your GPU first. No point with your current setup IMO
I was using a 1080p 60hz monitor up untill a day or two ago. And I had a 1070ti I wasn't able to maintain 100 fps most the time so I didn't bother. I did a drastic hardware upgrade over the weekend and can now drive higher fps so I did buy a 1080p 144hz freesync monitor.

It's not really a monitor, it's a TV, but I understand where you are coming from. It's just that if I upgrade my GPU I think the TV will still act weird like how I mentioned In my other post. Meaning that i'll still need to get get the monitor along with the GPU. If I do get a new GPU what would be a decent priced one that will run modern games well and future games fine? One of the guys above mentioned a GTX 1660 ti. I was also looking at the 1440p 144hz monitors and the one that I found that isn't overly expensive is this one.
https://www.amazon.com/AOC-AG241QX-Adaptive-Sync-DisplayPort-QuickSwitch/dp/B01NCTHS6E/ref=sr_1_5?crid=YOS8ESYGNIF9&keywords=1440p%2B144hz&qid=1567570962&s=gateway&sprefix=1440p%2Caps%2C164&sr=8-5&th=1
The monitor seems nice with the resolution, hz, and g-sync. But I don't know if any of that is actually good with this monitor.

That monitor doesn't have G-sync, it's Freesync, albeit, they still do the same thing, but they're different.

And, the only complaints I've seen of that monitor are that the matte/anti-glare coating is to grainy, resulting in a ''permanent film grain effect.''

Baosas eredeti hozzászólása:

Otter eredeti hozzászólása:

It's not really a monitor, it's a TV, but I understand where you are coming from. It's just that if I upgrade my GPU I think the TV will still act weird like how I mentioned In my other post. Meaning that i'll still need to get get the monitor along with the GPU. If I do get a new GPU what would be a decent priced one that will run modern games well and future games fine? One of the guys above mentioned a GTX 1660 ti. I was also looking at the 1440p 144hz monitors and the one that I found that isn't overly expensive is this one.
https://www.amazon.com/AOC-AG241QX-Adaptive-Sync-DisplayPort-QuickSwitch/dp/B01NCTHS6E/ref=sr_1_5?crid=YOS8ESYGNIF9&keywords=1440p%2B144hz&qid=1567570962&s=gateway&sprefix=1440p%2Caps%2C164&sr=8-5&th=1
The monitor seems nice with the resolution, hz, and g-sync. But I don't know if any of that is actually good with this monitor.

TN panels usually mean very low input lag at the cost of poor color reproduction, which might really matter for some, though you can afford to be more lenient with gaming setups. Additionally, a 1660 Ti won't be enough to maintain or even reach 1440p/144Hz (sometimes not even half of that) in more demanding cases, which is more or less where adaptive sync comes in.

Actually, decent TN panels have brilliant colour, still not as good as a good IPS panel, but they're up there.
And, viewing angles are fine. (On my Dell S2716DG, I can get it almost 90 degrees (so it's sideways) and still see the colours fine. Albeit, I can't see what's actually displayed, because it's sideways, but my point still stands. No colour distortion.)

[Baosas]

Autumn eredeti hozzászólása:

Baosas eredeti hozzászólása:

TN panels usually mean very low input lag at the cost of poor color reproduction, which might really matter for some, though you can afford to be more lenient with gaming setups. Additionally, a 1660 Ti won't be enough to maintain or even reach 1440p/144Hz (sometimes not even half of that) in more demanding cases, which is more or less where adaptive sync comes in.

Actually, decent TN panels have brilliant colour, still not as good as a good IPS panel, but they're up there.
And, viewing angles are fine. (On my Dell S2716DG, I can get it almost 90 degrees (so it's sideways) and still see the colours fine. Albeit, I can't see what's actually displayed, because it's sideways, but my point still stands. No colour distortion.)

Personally, after a long time of playing around with IPS panels and LED/OLED TVs, I find the gap very noticeable; 80%-ish sRGB makes for a stark contrast when pitted against 99%+. But as I said, such demands are secondary in gaming, and it's very much a YMMV case.

[Otter]

Ok, so I've been looking at several monitors and I think I've narrowed it down to a few that "seem" nice. I'd appreciate it if you guys could tell me which one is the best investment, which one runs the smoothest, which one looks the best, and which one is the best for it's price. Again my current GPU is a GTX 1050 ti which will be upgraded eventually but not in the immediate future. (Some of these have been mentioned in previous comments)

First is the Dell D2719HGF
https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16824260622?Description=144hz%20monitor&cm_re=144hz_monitor-_-24-260-622-_-Product

Second is the Acer GN246HL
https://www.amazon.com/Acer-GN246HL-Bbid-Widescreen-Response/dp/B00KO4518I/ref=sr_1_19?crid=3VVSBUR955NYL&keywords=144hz+monitor&qid=1567655582&s=gateway&sprefix=144h%2Caps%2C169&sr=8-19

Third is the OMEN by HP 25-inch FHD
https://www.amazon.com/HP-FreeSync-Technology-Z7Y57AA-ABA/dp/B074155RHK/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=144hz+monitor&qid=1567653255&refinements=p_n_feature_fifteen_browse-bin%3A17751807011&rnid=17751799011&s=pc&sr=1-1

Fourth is the MSI Full HD FreeSync Gaming Monitor
https://www.amazon.com/MSI-FreeSync-Non-Glare-Optix-MAG24C/dp/B07794JYLJ/ref=sr_1_11?keywords=144hz+monitor&qid=1567653409&refinements=p_36%3A1253506011&rnid=386442011&s=pc&sr=1-11

Fifth is the Ultrasharp U2415
https://www.amazon.com/Dell-Computer-Ultrasharp-U2415-24-0-Inch/dp/B00NZTKOQI

Sixth is the Asus VG278Q
https://www.amazon.com/VG278Q-G-Sync-Compatible-Adaptive-Monitor/dp/B074JLD4HZ/ref=sr_1_6?crid=2DJEZ8LU9MM2L&keywords=144hz%2Bmonitor&qid=1567655314&s=gateway&sprefix=144%2Caps%2C156&sr=8-6&th=1

Seventh is the LG 27GL650F-B
https://www.amazon.com/LG-27GL650F-B-Ultragear-Compatible-Monitor/dp/B07R7636MH/ref=sr_1_11_sspa?crid=2QR7ETXV1ZFOA&keywords=144hz+monitor&qid=1567655463&s=gateway&sprefix=144%2Caps%2C203&sr=8-11-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEzMksxQ1A3Rk85VE5TJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwOTAwNDY0MU5JMjkwQTJCMjVLRyZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwMjk0MDIxMlVHM1FFMVZGTUVBUiZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX210ZiZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU=

[Talby]

Excellent deal on that LG 27GL650F-B 27 Inch Full HD Ultragear G-Sync Compatible Gaming Monitor with 144Hz Refresh Rate and HDR 10[www.amazon.com] for $250, and since you mentioned a 1660 that is optimal with g-sync.

[Autumn_]

Otter eredeti hozzászólása:

Ok, so I've been looking at several monitors and I think I've narrowed it down to a few that "seem" nice. I'd appreciate it if you guys could tell me which one is the best investment, which one runs the smoothest, which one looks the best, and which one is the best for it's price. Again my current GPU is a GTX 1050 ti which will be upgraded eventually but not in the immediate future. (Some of these have been mentioned in previous comments)

First is the Dell D2719HGF
https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16824260622?Description=144hz%20monitor&cm_re=144hz_monitor-_-24-260-622-_-Product

Second is the Acer GN246HL
https://www.amazon.com/Acer-GN246HL-Bbid-Widescreen-Response/dp/B00KO4518I/ref=sr_1_19?crid=3VVSBUR955NYL&keywords=144hz+monitor&qid=1567655582&s=gateway&sprefix=144h%2Caps%2C169&sr=8-19

Third is the OMEN by HP 25-inch FHD
https://www.amazon.com/HP-FreeSync-Technology-Z7Y57AA-ABA/dp/B074155RHK/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=144hz+monitor&qid=1567653255&refinements=p_n_feature_fifteen_browse-bin%3A17751807011&rnid=17751799011&s=pc&sr=1-1

Fourth is the MSI Full HD FreeSync Gaming Monitor
https://www.amazon.com/MSI-FreeSync-Non-Glare-Optix-MAG24C/dp/B07794JYLJ/ref=sr_1_11?keywords=144hz+monitor&qid=1567653409&refinements=p_36%3A1253506011&rnid=386442011&s=pc&sr=1-11

Fifth is the Ultrasharp U2415
https://www.amazon.com/Dell-Computer-Ultrasharp-U2415-24-0-Inch/dp/B00NZTKOQI

Sixth is the Asus VG278Q
https://www.amazon.com/VG278Q-G-Sync-Compatible-Adaptive-Monitor/dp/B074JLD4HZ/ref=sr_1_6?crid=2DJEZ8LU9MM2L&keywords=144hz%2Bmonitor&qid=1567655314&s=gateway&sprefix=144%2Caps%2C156&sr=8-6&th=1

Seventh is the LG 27GL650F-B
https://www.amazon.com/LG-27GL650F-B-Ultragear-Compatible-Monitor/dp/B07R7636MH/ref=sr_1_11_sspa?crid=2QR7ETXV1ZFOA&keywords=144hz+monitor&qid=1567655463&s=gateway&sprefix=144%2Caps%2C203&sr=8-11-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEzMksxQ1A3Rk85VE5TJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwOTAwNDY0MU5JMjkwQTJCMjVLRyZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwMjk0MDIxMlVHM1FFMVZGTUVBUiZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX210ZiZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU=

I recommend against getting the Dell S2719DGF, it's a pretty trash monitor, you can get MUCH better for the money.
(Trash colours, bad response times and input lag, not great.)

Talby eredeti hozzászólása:

Excellent deal on that LG 27GL650F-B 27 Inch Full HD Ultragear G-Sync Compatible Gaming Monitor with 144Hz Refresh Rate and HDR 10[www.amazon.com] for $250, and since you mentioned a 1660 that is optimal with g-sync.

I second this. Looks pretty decent.
That said, the Mag Optix is also a decent choice, but I'd sway more toward the LG monitor.

[pasa]

Talby eredeti hozzászólása:

Excellent deal on that LG 27GL650F-B 27 Inch Full HD Ultragear G-Sync Compatible Gaming Monitor with 144Hz Refresh Rate and HDR 10[www.amazon.com] for $250, and since you mentioned a 1660 that is optimal with g-sync.

I'm confused about this one. The ling at amazon claims it is g-sync compatible. Its page on LG https://www.lg.com/us/monitors/lg-27gl650f-b tells it is freesync, and no mention g-sync. I could not find it on the nvidia list either. https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/products/g-sync-monitors/specs/