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Re: What monitor are you using for gaming?
2016/12/20 15:10:54
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Im currently using this BenQ XL2730Z 144Hz
Sadly they stopped manufacturing this model.
PS: http://zowie.benq.com/en/product/monitor/xl/xl2730.html
They just re-brand it with Zowie but still with the same spec -_-
I have a BenQ XL2720Z - its also 144hz - it must be close to the same thing. I love mine too!
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Re: What monitor are you using for gaming?
2017/01/13 16:46:49
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Literally just bought that monitor and unboxed it today. I love it!!
144Hz really showed me what I've been missing (at least on the desktop, not so much in gaming but that's not the fault of the monitor)
It has gorgeous color for being a TN panel and your not chancing anything with backlight bleed since that's usually an IPS panel issue, but the TN allows for the 1ms response time which is great because you kind of need 1ms response time since the "rule of thumb" is to have a response time of at least half the time each frame spends on screen. At 144hz, each frame spends 2.4 ms on screen so you're really in the sweet spot as far as that goes. That should reduce a lot of motion blur since the pixels can keep up with the actual refresh time. Being G-Sync, any framerate under 144 FPS would get ironed out by the dynamic refresh rate of the monitor. I like to set my Gsync to full screen and windowed mode because I like to play in borderless fullscreen since I have an alternate monitor I like to jump to.
Don't forget that to make the most use of it, make sure in you Nvidia Control Panel that you have not only Gsync enabled but Vsync as well since Gsync makes use of it. It's important to turn off Vsync in-game as well so the control panel handles it. It appears to me, that Adaptive Vsync goes away after Gsync is enabled. That's what happened after I installed this monitor at least.. I was kind of hoping for a Gsync Adaptive Vsync combo but oh well. Other features that might help is enabling triple buffering in the control panel. This is great if your used vram is 1/3 of what you have, allowing the full vram to split into 3 buffers instead of the standard 2, which helps performance a lot.
Good luck with the monitor!
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Re: What monitor are you using for gaming?
2017/01/13 17:27:22
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It's heaven. Don't always believe the internet when it comes to complaints.
From my reading their first 3-4 months had terrible QC issues, but that was in 2014. I have the same monitor, and after I saw several months of the issues gone I got mine on a black Friday sale in 2015, it is awesome, I highly recommend it. The quality problems were real at one point, but has not been an issue in a long time.
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Re: What monitor are you using for gaming?
2017/01/16 13:33:00
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Sony X800D - 4k TV (60 hz through HDMI 2.0) - low input lag for TV
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Re: What monitor are you using for gaming?
2017/01/17 11:48:33
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PG278Q
Master Race.
It's heaven. Don't always believe the internet when it comes to complaints.
From my reading their first 3-4 months had terrible QC issues, but that was in 2014. I have the same monitor, and after I saw several months of the issues gone I got mine on a black Friday sale in 2015, it is awesome, I highly recommend it. The quality problems were real at one point, but has not been an issue in a long time.
I have had mine since launch.....LOVE IT!
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Re: What monitor are you using for gaming?
2017/01/17 11:49:41
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PG278Q
Master Race.
It's heaven. Don't always believe the internet when it comes to complaints.
From my reading their first 3-4 months had terrible QC issues, but that was in 2014. I have the same monitor, and after I saw several months of the issues gone I got mine on a black Friday sale in 2015, it is awesome, I highly recommend it. The quality problems were real at one point, but has not been an issue in a long time.
I have had mine since launch.....LOVE IT!
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Re: What monitor are you using for gaming?
2017/01/17 12:09:06
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jgonz
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fearpoint
PG278Q
Master Race.
It's heaven. Don't always believe the internet when it comes to complaints.
From my reading their first 3-4 months had terrible QC issues, but that was in 2014. I have the same monitor, and after I saw several months of the issues gone I got mine on a black Friday sale in 2015, it is awesome, I highly recommend it. The quality problems were real at one point, but has not been an issue in a long time.
I have had mine since launch.....LOVE IT!
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Re: What monitor are you using for gaming?
2017/01/17 14:20:42
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Monitor in my sig. It was cheap, and it looks great. I paid less than $300 for it. Besides, 60hz is more than enough for me since I average 45-55 fps in most games at 4K Ultra settings.
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Re: What monitor are you using for gaming?
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Re: What monitor are you using for gaming?
2017/01/17 19:40:33
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Just last week I got an LG 27UD68. It's 27" 4K60, IPS. I think it's a pretty significant upgrade from a 21.5" for gaming, not to mention the jump to 4K looks great in games. Most of the games I play run maxed with no AA on the single 980TI.
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Re: What monitor are you using for gaming?
2017/01/20 07:41:39
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I have been using two diff. monitors one for fps (asus 120hz) and one for all other games (40 inch 4k monitor). I like both for what they do best which the asus 120 hz does great for fast pace shooters but love the 40 inch 4k because how good the sharpness and colors look.
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Re: What monitor are you using for gaming?
2017/01/22 21:17:30
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I have a x34, but have switched back to the PG278Q because of the motion blur and lag on the x34.
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Re: What monitor are you using for gaming?
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Re: What monitor are you using for gaming?
2017/01/23 17:39:22
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Own the Acer X34 coming from the old popular 27" Yamakasi Catleap. If there is inherent lag and motion blur, I don't see any. All the reviews on the Acer X34 were great, and I think I watched and read them all. Thing is amazing. Not much of an FPS person though. Mainly just play FFXIV and some occasional GTA V and some other random titles.
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Re: What monitor are you using for gaming?
2017/01/23 18:04:41
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I took a chance on a 27" CROSSOVER 2795 1440P Korean monitor off of Ebay. The first one had a dead pixel and some banding issues and I was able to return it. The second one has been flawless, zero dead pixels and overclocks like a champ. Had it for almost 2 years now.
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Re: What monitor are you using for gaming?
2017/01/24 20:40:49
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Own the Acer X34 coming from the old popular 27" Yamakasi Catleap. If there is inherent lag and motion blur, I don't see any. All the reviews on the Acer X34 were great, and I think I watched and read them all. Thing is amazing.
Not much of an FPS person though. Mainly just play FFXIV and some occasional GTA V and some other random titles.
Yeah, I can tell for sure. The main difference is the input lag, but the PG248Q has about 3ms of input lag, the x34 is around 10ms. I can notice a difference.
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Re: What monitor are you using for gaming?
2017/01/25 02:45:29
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Re: What monitor are you using for gaming?
2017/01/29 20:05:10
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old Samsung sa950d and a hp 2009m and oculus rift cv1 way more now as I can have a bunch of virtual screens
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Re: What monitor are you using for gaming?
2017/02/04 19:52:45
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Own the Acer X34 coming from the old popular 27" Yamakasi Catleap. If there is inherent lag and motion blur, I don't see any. All the reviews on the Acer X34 were great, and I think I watched and read them all. Thing is amazing.
Not much of an FPS person though. Mainly just play FFXIV and some occasional GTA V and some other random titles.
Yeah, I figured out what was causing my input lag. I had my mouse plugged into the back of the monitor, instead of the pc.
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Re: What monitor are you using for gaming?
2017/02/04 20:24:35
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LG 27" Had it for like 5 yrs now. Not 1 dead pixel, and still works as good as the day I bought it.
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Re: What monitor are you using for gaming?
2017/02/05 16:51:15
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Own the Acer X34 coming from the old popular 27" Yamakasi Catleap. If there is inherent lag and motion blur, I don't see any. All the reviews on the Acer X34 were great, and I think I watched and read them all. Thing is amazing.
Not much of an FPS person though. Mainly just play FFXIV and some occasional GTA V and some other random titles.
Yeah, I figured out what was causing my input lag. I had my mouse plugged into the back of the monitor, instead of the pc.
That is one thing I have never used on any monitor is the built in USB hub. Strange it would cause issues though. You wouldn't think it would.
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Re: What monitor are you using for gaming?
2017/02/06 19:48:16
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Own the Acer X34 coming from the old popular 27" Yamakasi Catleap. If there is inherent lag and motion blur, I don't see any. All the reviews on the Acer X34 were great, and I think I watched and read them all. Thing is amazing.
Not much of an FPS person though. Mainly just play FFXIV and some occasional GTA V and some other random titles.
Yeah, I figured out what was causing my input lag. I had my mouse plugged into the back of the monitor, instead of the pc.
That is one thing I have never used on any monitor is the built in USB hub. Strange it would cause issues though. You wouldn't think it would.
I figured something must be wrong, officially the response time is 1ms vs 4ms. You may want to double check the Hz too. I remember manually having to set it at 100, plus the game resolution may be set to a lower Hz as well.
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Re: What monitor are you using for gaming?
2017/02/07 11:28:49
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Own the Acer X34 coming from the old popular 27" Yamakasi Catleap. If there is inherent lag and motion blur, I don't see any. All the reviews on the Acer X34 were great, and I think I watched and read them all. Thing is amazing.
Not much of an FPS person though. Mainly just play FFXIV and some occasional GTA V and some other random titles.
Yeah, I figured out what was causing my input lag. I had my mouse plugged into the back of the monitor, instead of the pc.
That is one thing I have never used on any monitor is the built in USB hub. Strange it would cause issues though. You wouldn't think it would.
I figured something must be wrong, officially the response time is 1ms vs 4ms. You may want to double check the Hz too. I remember manually having to set it at 100, plus the game resolution may be set to a lower Hz as well.
It is set at 100. There is more than just the response time that causes an increase in input lag on a monitor. The usb connection on the back of the monitor just adds to the extra input lag. Look at this graph and there is a difference, that I notice, between the two monitors (PG278Q and the X34): 
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Re: What monitor are you using for gaming?
2017/02/07 16:14:53
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Re: What monitor are you using for gaming?
2017/02/12 01:52:56
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Up until 3 days ago I was using a Samsung UN40B6000 and a Westinghouse 40". The Samsung has served me well for about 8 years and it still looks pretty good for what it is.
Just got my new monitor on Thursday. I'm just running a single Dell S2716DG and for gaming it's amazing so far... Still need to figure a way to set up my office to have my TV's hooked back up to my machine though. Not enough space for a 27" monitor and a pair of 40" TV's lol
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Re: What monitor are you using for gaming?
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Re: What monitor are you using for gaming?
2017/02/18 14:20:22
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PG279Q does look nice.
I tried it in the store and it has some pretty noticeable motion blur. Much more than the PG278Q. For FPS games, the PG278Q is the best that I have used. For the best all around that I have used, The X34. The X34 is great for desktop applications, movies, non-fps games and overall immersion. If you play on an ultra-wide and then switch back to the 16/9, it feels like someone chopped the edges off your monitor and it just feels like you are missing something.
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