27 inch VA or IPS for gaming/movies

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Keros12

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Im in the market for a new monitor with a budget of £250 max
I will be running this through a Core i7 2600k with a HD6970 gpu that has both HDMI and DVI outputs (not sure which is the best connection)
the display will mainly be used for gaming (mmo's WoW, GW2, SWTOR, Diablo3) and watching some blu rays as well as light photo editing and web browsing.

My main question is would I be better of going for a VA or IPS panel for the job I have in mind as stated the main focus will be gaming.
I will list below the three screens that im currently considering and would very much appreciate any advice anyone could give me.

Incase the links dont work these monitos are as followes:
AOC E2752VQ
AOC I2757FH
LG 27EA33V
BenQ GW2750HM


http://www.amazon.co.uk/LG-27EA33V-inch-Full-Monitor/dp/B00AHSJ0NS/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pd_S_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=33C9463NZAPKP&coliid=I2XPD7TJESHW80

http://www.amazon.co.uk/BenQ-GW2750HM-inch-Full-Monitor/dp/B0081VNB6K/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=33C9463NZAPKP&coliid=IYCN46KYOVBMW

http://www.amazon.co.uk/AOC-I2757FH-Widescreen-Multimedia-1920x1080/dp/B00A46Y6DW/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_S_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=33C9463NZAPKP&coliid=I3NN6NPFYNBM9O

http://www.amazon.co.uk/AOC-E2752VQ-Widescreen-Multimedia-Monitor/dp/B008CM7OR0/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1367508295&sr=1-1&keywords=AOC+e2752Vq

Many Thanks
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sam_p_lay

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That last monitor isn't VA/IPS. I actually saw a 27" LG IPS monitor on dabs.com for £180 a couple of days ago, but I just had a look for it and unfortunately it's gone now.

I recently bought a BenQ GW2450HM (24"er of your second option as you've probably guessed!) and returned it. It's an AU Optronics AMVA panel, a new variety of MVA intended to combine the colour quality of PVA with superior responsiveness (typically) of TN, i.e. a best-of-both-worlds solution. The reality was the opposite - PVA-grade responsiveness combined with TN-style colour shift for the absolute worst of both worlds. Pixel overdrive (called AMA on this) was nothing like as effective as reviews suggested.

I'll steer clear of MVA panels in future. I think PVA is still the best solution if decent blacks (and dark colours) are important to you. Otherwise grab an IPS panel (or better still a PLS) if you care more about the best viewing angles, colour shift and colour accuracy (except blacks, which are the weak point of IPS).
 
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sam_p_lay

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Agreed about speed being ample. Infact some IPS are faster than some TN (though usually it's the other way around). The advertised response times are actually pretty inaccurate and misleading anyway. Best bet is to use a site like TFT Central that uses high speed cameras to actually show how much trail there is. I use a PVA (slightly worse response generally than IPS/PLS) and you'd only ever notice on high contast transitions in cutscenes (where there's slow, steady movement like a camera angle panning across a scene). In gameplay you never see trails with it.

Anyway, relying on manufacturer-quoted contrast ratios (even static ratios), brightness, response times etc is worse than choosing a CPU based purely on clockspeeed or an SSD based on manufacturer-quoted throughput rates.

Those Korean models by the way tend to use the panels rejected by the bigger manufacturers. I've had no experience with them personally though and people seem to get along well with them, so it might be fine. Though I'd personally stick with Asus (or Eizo!) or possibly Dell.

Only thing with Dell is they've been known to swap panels in some models without changing the model number to reflect that it's not the same (known as the 'panel lottery'). They also had a bad production run recently of the U2312HMs where white balance was yellowish at the bottom and/or left and blueish at the top and/or right. The new stock coming now though seems to be fine.
 
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