Flunk is right, TN is actually better for gaming. It's worse for everything else, but they are by far the best for high-speed blastin'. But I don't see the point in a 60hz TN panel for a "gaming" display. Should be 120hz+.
How am I supposed to compete against the Chinese with a 5W laptop when they are rocking 2080tis! All you will do is usher in an era of Chinese dominance, as they won't be cutting back and they outnumber us!
Whoa, slow down there comrade. One zeitgeist at a time. That aside, mushrooms are too costly. We're headed for insect protein next... although you can still get mushrooms as a topping. Mushroom swiss roachburger. Damn, I really need to work on that name. Bug burger? Insect... Inburger? I'll take a double Inburger, with fauxcheddar. Large, with Euro fries, and a diet Coke.
The Freesync is nice, the resolution is nice, the size is nice, and I could even tolerate the TN panel if it had a higher refresh rate than 60 Hz. For a monitor ostensibly designed for games, it sure has specs that match a barebones consumer-grade UHD monitor.
I personally don't like larger TN panels, too much color shifting in even perfect sitting position. I moved from a 27" 1440p IPS display to a 32" 4k PVA display. I had both set to 125% scaling and am pretty happy with it. This is a bit smaller, so depending on your eye sight, you might have to go 150% or just individually scale programs. The visual upgrade is noticeable in many ways. If you don't game at all, you should look at *VA or IPS display in the same category without Freesync (or at least without it costing more). They can be had around 300€ give or take. And I personally enjoy the larger size of 32" vs 27", if you have the space.
Ya know, I just bought the $600 Gigabyte Aorus monitor .. 1440p , 144hz, "HDR" . It's a really good display; you can really tell the difference from a 60hz monitor (running a 1070 GTX). However, the HDR part is a mess. It only does HDR at 120hz, and when that is enabled the colors are way washed out and half the time you have to alt-tab a few times to get the display to come up. When you hook up an Xbox One X to it, it works really well. But then there is the HDR factor; a game like Battlefront II with HDR enabled looks terrible in comparison to just leaving the feature off.
When will they just decide on a single HDR spec and stick with it?
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fasterquieter - Friday, March 8, 2019 - link
I think AOC may want to consider changing their name.Alistair - Friday, March 8, 2019 - link
Ha ha ha, yeah I've heard the expression AOC too much recently ;)Alexvrb - Friday, March 8, 2019 - link
Hmm I hear high powered graphics cards contribute to global gaming. 5W laptops ought to be good enough for the bottom 99%!Anyway the real joke is marketing a 60hz display as a gaming monitor. Just thinking about it makes me go bug-eyed.
rahvin - Friday, March 8, 2019 - link
It's a TN panel too, that's a not a gaming monitor in any respect.Flunk - Saturday, March 9, 2019 - link
TN has the least image persistence, so it is definitely the pro gamer's choice.Alexvrb - Saturday, March 9, 2019 - link
Flunk is right, TN is actually better for gaming. It's worse for everything else, but they are by far the best for high-speed blastin'. But I don't see the point in a 60hz TN panel for a "gaming" display. Should be 120hz+.Sttm - Saturday, March 9, 2019 - link
How am I supposed to compete against the Chinese with a 5W laptop when they are rocking 2080tis! All you will do is usher in an era of Chinese dominance, as they won't be cutting back and they outnumber us!Alexvrb - Saturday, March 9, 2019 - link
Drink your soymilk, smoke your dociledope, and eat your chicken burger.DillholeMcRib - Sunday, March 10, 2019 - link
chicken? you mean shroomburger for those leftist cuckalsAlexvrb - Tuesday, March 12, 2019 - link
Whoa, slow down there comrade. One zeitgeist at a time. That aside, mushrooms are too costly. We're headed for insect protein next... although you can still get mushrooms as a topping. Mushroom swiss roachburger. Damn, I really need to work on that name. Bug burger? Insect... Inburger? I'll take a double Inburger, with fauxcheddar. Large, with Euro fries, and a diet Coke.Inteli - Friday, March 8, 2019 - link
The Freesync is nice, the resolution is nice, the size is nice, and I could even tolerate the TN panel if it had a higher refresh rate than 60 Hz. For a monitor ostensibly designed for games, it sure has specs that match a barebones consumer-grade UHD monitor.Death666Angel - Friday, March 8, 2019 - link
Agreed on mostly all things. I bought a 32" 4k AOC PVA display for 320€. This thing needs to be either cheaper or offer higher refresh rates.jabber - Saturday, March 9, 2019 - link
yeah you would have thought they could at least have given it 80Hz or something?bigjer888 - Friday, March 8, 2019 - link
How would this fare as a computer monitor - like for looking at lots of text?Death666Angel - Friday, March 8, 2019 - link
I personally don't like larger TN panels, too much color shifting in even perfect sitting position. I moved from a 27" 1440p IPS display to a 32" 4k PVA display. I had both set to 125% scaling and am pretty happy with it. This is a bit smaller, so depending on your eye sight, you might have to go 150% or just individually scale programs. The visual upgrade is noticeable in many ways. If you don't game at all, you should look at *VA or IPS display in the same category without Freesync (or at least without it costing more). They can be had around 300€ give or take. And I personally enjoy the larger size of 32" vs 27", if you have the space.versesuvius - Saturday, March 9, 2019 - link
The sword and its hilt tells us a lot about the state of gaming and by extension the monitors that those games are played on.godrilla - Saturday, March 9, 2019 - link
Monoprice has a 32 inch ips "hdr" freesync 4k 60 hz monitor selling for $319 with 2ms response time but only 250 nits of brightnesshttps://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=27772
fyi.
DillholeMcRib - Sunday, March 10, 2019 - link
Ya know, I just bought the $600 Gigabyte Aorus monitor .. 1440p , 144hz, "HDR" . It's a really good display; you can really tell the difference from a 60hz monitor (running a 1070 GTX). However, the HDR part is a mess. It only does HDR at 120hz, and when that is enabled the colors are way washed out and half the time you have to alt-tab a few times to get the display to come up. When you hook up an Xbox One X to it, it works really well. But then there is the HDR factor; a game like Battlefront II with HDR enabled looks terrible in comparison to just leaving the feature off.When will they just decide on a single HDR spec and stick with it?
Dug - Tuesday, March 12, 2019 - link
It isn't a problem with hdr, it's a problem with Windows and hdr.skavi - Sunday, March 10, 2019 - link
How have these companies been pushing TN to such high gamuts these days? Have viewing angles improved at all?Krause - Monday, March 11, 2019 - link
At this price and spec you should really try to go for a LG 27UD58-B for $30 more. 27" 4k Freesync IPS panel with HDR.