Does It Make Sense to Go for 1080p 240hz Gaming Monitor Now?

PuntyBrah on 16/10/2022 - 14:10
Last edited 16/10/2022 - 14:33 by 1 other user

Currently on a gaming laptop with 1440p 165hz built in display and I'm looking for external display to pair with this.

Here's my mindset: I play a quite tryhard fps multiplayer (OW, cod,) and plan to stay on this gaming laptop (RTX 3070 + i7 10850H) for as long as I can before upgrading to a desktop in the future. So that together, I'm thinking that 1080p still makes sense for my case? (proloning the performance + higher refresh to drive competitive games).

Budget wise, I can't stretch any further than $599 and tbh would prefer not to max out that. I've managed to narrow down the list to the following displays based on reviwes:

FHD:
Viewsonic XG2431
https://www.umart.com.au/product/viewsonic-24in-fhd-ips-240h…

QHD:
DELL S2721DGF 27"
https://www.amazon.com.au/DELL-S2721DGF-27-Inch-Response-Fre…

LG UltraGear 27GP850-B 27"
https://www.mwave.com.au/product/lg-ultragear-27-180hz-qhd-1…

Not in a hurry and planning to see if there are offers in the upcoming sales as well. Thoughts?

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Comments

  • Hybroid on 16/10/2022 - 14:20
    +2

    The question is does it make sense for you? If all you play is competitive shooters where fps helps then probably.

    I personally wouldn't touch 1080p in 2022 (nearly 2023 now) and seems a waste of an RTX 3070. But I predominantly play single-player games and prefer visual fidelity.

    So there's no point asking others, what do you want?

    • PuntyBrah on 16/10/2022 - 15:24

      of course, there is point for asking other opinions, always.

      Monitor buying is such a pain because there are too many options with varying quality unlike TV.

      I guess my main concern is to do with monitors with good response time (motion clarity) and say I go into the 1440p bracket, obviously I will be sacrifacing 240hz due to budget and also would be dealing with lower tier 1440p panels so quality might suffer (motion handling, colour accuracy out of the box, etc).

      I play both competitive fps and single players, though I also have a 4k120 TV for that latter.

  • HolyFosh on 16/10/2022 - 14:21

    No advice but I've been looking into the S2721DGF as well, and it goes on sale once a month or so for 400

    • tebbybabes on 16/10/2022 - 15:25

      I've had this more than a year now, and it works beautifully. Been quite happy with it.

      • PuntyBrah on 16/10/2022 - 15:30

        reviews shows colour accuracy is poor out of the box and contrast is low on this panel, what's ur experience in these areas?

        also hows the HDR and console support? (ps5 1440p)

        • tebbybabes on 16/10/2022 - 15:57
          +1

          I'm sorry, I can't give you more information.

          I didn't do anything for colour accuracy. All I did was setup the brightness to lower a few bits and the contrast a few bits up. Since I know very little about these things, my opinion is necessarily poor in this regard. However, I can say that I've been very satisfied.

          From specs, it has HDR, but I don't have it active. I run win10 and I found that when I tried activating HDR, things look like crap (that's the extent of my knowledge with regards to visual fidelity). So I keep it off.

          I have my PS5 in a different room hooked up to something else so have never been able to test it out.

          Either way, good luck in your search and hope you find what you're looking for.

          *edit - I forgot to mention, in specific scenes, with HDR, it does looks pretty dang good, and I fell like I could make out greater detail in shadows and stuff - but those moments are few and far in between. So I'm happy to stick with SDR.

      • HolyFosh on 16/10/2022 - 15:30

        It does seem pretty ideal for the price.

        Personally I want to see if I can find one setup at a store someone to check it out first though

  • notaccel on 16/10/2022 - 15:43

    Either that Dell or the MSI G273QF are good choices.

    You'll need to set them to the sRGB mode as by default they have over saturated colours (especially in the reds, something to do with the red phosphor or w/e)

  • jv on 16/10/2022 - 15:59

    Does It Make Sense to Go for 1080p 240hz Gaming Monitor Now?

    no

  • bmxr on 16/10/2022 - 19:01

    Your llimitation may be your GPU not the monitor. Will a 3070 mobile GPU (different to a standard 3070) even do 240fps@1080p in OW2 on a 27" monitor?

    If you do bite the bullet, the Dell's are a great product for 1ms 240hz and are quite often on a heavy dicsount on this very site.

    Even look at ghoing large, the S3222DGW 32" 1440p can be had on sale on this site for <$600

    https://www.techspot.com/review/2206-geforce-rtx-3070-laptop…

    https://www.ign.com/wikis/overwatch-2/Overwatch_2_Best_PC_Se…

    • PuntyBrah on 18/10/2022 - 13:53

      i have no doubt 240 is achievable on games like OW2 at 1080. I get 165+ on 1440p with some settings on high even.

    • PuntyBrah on 19/10/2022 - 22:07

      of all my search for 240hz 1080p I didn't see that monitor on any list so I don't think its a solid monitor.

      from what I can see:
      - VA panel, very few VA panel are actually comparable to IPS panels in term of response time
      - 27" at 1080p isn't ideal unless you sit further away from your monitor
      - no ergonomic stand

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