Monitor for gaming and casual photo editing

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Hi, I'm looking for a new monitor for gaming and casual photo editing, as I've been using my attached laptop screen (15" 1366x768) and an old LCD flat screen (somewhere around ~13" and 720x480).

I mostly play FPS games such as Counter-Strike, and I have taken up photography as a casual hobby, editing my photos using Adobe Lightroom 4.

At the moment I'm looking at a BenQ 24" RL2455HM Gaming Monitor as I have a friend who can get me one for approx. AU~$140 and IPS displays with a decent response time/input lag for gaming are out of my budget
but I am unsure if a TN display, especially one targeted at a gaming audience, would be any good for my photo editing...

So in short, I'm asking if the color accuracy/reproduction is decent enough for photo editing?
I'd be open to any other suggestions around the same price range.
I have no preference for screen size, as long as it doesn't require me to sit 3 metres away haha
 
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BenQ RL2455HM is really a quality monitor especially for gamers, wouldn't know about color production on the screen. I have seen BenQ TN panel monitors, which produces better colors than any casual monitors out there. Here are some reviews about the BenQ monitor:
http://www.displaylag.com/benq-rl2455hm-professional-gaming-monitor-review/
http://bestpcmonitors.net/benq-rl2455hm-gaming-monitor-review/
 
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I decided to just jump on it since it was cheap and reviews were good. And so far I haven't been disappointed, especially coming from a 1366x768 resolution screen. Gaming is great on it, smooth motions, and the black eQualiser feature does help I believe, although I may not be getting the best out of it as my laptop isn't able to keep a decent framerate at max settings. Photo editing wise, it does the job, but I can tell the colours aren't super accurate (for that you'd need to spend anywhere between a few hundred and a few thousand for a reference monitor) and after spending sometime adjusting gamma, brightness, contrast, etc. settings, its more than usable for my purposes.

Thanks for your reply brarboy!
 
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glad you have most of the reviews as positive. I found these settings in comments in one of the mention website, just take a look and see if it provides you with anything better?
Picture Mode: RTS 1
Brightness: 100 (controls backlight, depends on room lighting)
Contrast: 50
Sharpness: 1
Black eQualizer: 0
AMA: High
Instant Mode: On
Overscan: OFF
Display Mode: Full
Dynamic Contrast: 0
HDMI RGB PC Range: (0~255)
Smart Focus: Off
 
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At the price range you mentioned, here are top budget monitors for photo editing that you can use for gaming as well; ASUS VS239H-P, AOC i2367Fh, HP Pavillion 23xi, AOC e2050Swd, ViewSonic VX2370SMH-LED. To know more about these monitors, see this article that discusses cheap computer monitors for photo editing, gaming and general use as well.

 
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