looking for gaming monitor

Tellah · Apr 7, 2013

hi there, i make up my mind and i decided to also change my old CRT monitor into an LCD. Now i think i'll go with a 120Hz monitor ( or superior ) cause i still play a lot of games where refresh make a difference ( quakelive, quake 3 etc etc ).

Which one do you sudgest?

I've found two Benq's that could do the trick :

http://www.benq.com/product/monitor/xl2411t/

http://www.benq.com/product/monitor/xl2420t/

Now from what i've heard, the xl2411t is also capable of 144hz, instead of 120 of the xl2420. Is there anything else i should know about them?

Any other sudgestion?

thanks a lot

envy14tpe · Apr 7, 2013

Can your GPU give you 100+ fps at 1080p? If you have a weak gpu then you shouldn't get a 120Hz monitor.

Of the two, the xl2411t seems to be slightly faster but I'd buy whichever is cheaper. I doubt you'd notice a difference
between 2ms and 1ms.

Some games don't even need the fps. Battlefield 3 does, but Sim City or Far Cry 3; no.

How about a 60Hz IPS monitor?

Tellah · Apr 7, 2013

envy14tpe :

actually to run quakelive or quake3 or counter strike at 120 fps i don't need a high end gpu, just a normal one ( i'm buying one of these days a gtx 660 from gigabyte). For the other game you're pretty right, an IPS monitor would be surely much more colorfull.
But that's actually what i'm looking for: someone that can tell me if the color/quality image of the Benq is really worse than the IPS one

bigcyco1 · Apr 7, 2013

I have the BenQ XL2420TX and that's a pretty good monitor. A 120Hz refresh rate draws the data twice as many times as a 60Hz and makes the in-game detail come slightly faster and appear smoother.

No complaints with it so far.

envy14tpe · Apr 7, 2013

bigcyco1 :

Have you ever tried a IPS monitor? The color accuracy just looks so much better on an IPS monitor.
I have both an IPS and TN monitors. The TN can be calibrated but still it's not a IPS monitor.

Personally I'd rather have one monitor that is a 60Hz IPS 5ms monitor rather than a 120Hz TN 2ms panel.
For games like Quake 3 I don't think it matters that much.

envy14tpe · Apr 7, 2013

Heads up. Great deal on Asus 660 this week. And it ends soon!
http://techreport.com/news/24623/deal-of-the-week-a-gtx-660-for-169-an-ips-monitor-for-153-and-more

bigcyco1 · Apr 7, 2013

envy14tpe :

I never owned IPS i have try a few and liked them but not as much as i like 120Hz TN 2ms panel.I'd agree i do not think it matter that much for games like Quake 3.That being said if you play FPS-type games like COD or BF3, then having a 120Hz refresh rate is the way to go imo.

envy14tpe · Apr 7, 2013

like bigcyco1 (with a psycho rig) said. Unless you play FPS games such as COD or BF3 then a 60Hz IPS monitor is better.
I need speed for BF3, but love the colors and quality of IPS for Far Cry 3 or Dead Island.

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