A couple of questions regarding monitors

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Elenneth89

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Hi guys!
I have a couple of doubts in my head I can't get rid of.
To clarify, I'm speaking of 27" hardware and the main purpose is heavy (but not competitive) gaming and movie watching.
Here's the following:
- Is the IPS tech far superior than the TL, in terms of image quality, color and general enjoyment?
- For not competitive gaming (so no BF, COD, Master SC II...) is there any notable difference between 60Hz and 120Hz? (running a GTX 780)
- Also, for watching movies, is the refreshing rate that important (and notable)?
- For these two purposes, acknowledged that nowadays there is not such thing as stable 120Hz+ IPS 1440p monitors, it's better to have a 120Hz TL one or a 60Hz IPS one, both at 1440p?
- Are the Korean OCed monitors worth buying? I mean, is the OCing that dangerous for the monitor life?
In my mind I have the PB278Q, but since it has "just" 60Hz, I'm not sure about it, since I'm looking for smoothness of the image.
Also I think I don't want to go for a ROG Swift - overkill for my purposes.
Thank you for every answer!
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- Is the IPS tech far superior than the TL, in terms of image quality, color and general enjoyment?
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The IPS gives better viewing angles and color accuracy. Only the more expensive IPS monitors ($600+) offer decent or better contrast ratios. If this monitor will be used for movie viewing by multiple people, the IPS will have the advantage because of the viewing angles.
- For not competitive gaming (so no BF, COD, Master SC II...) is there any notable difference between 60Hz and 120Hz? (running a GTX 780)
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You get more perceivable tearing in any games with a 60Hz monitor. This would be a major difference.
- Also, for watching movies, is the refreshing rate that important (and notable)?
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No. Most movies will run at 24...
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- Is the IPS tech far superior than the TL, in terms of image quality, color and general enjoyment?
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The IPS gives better viewing angles and color accuracy. Only the more expensive IPS monitors ($600+) offer decent or better contrast ratios. If this monitor will be used for movie viewing by multiple people, the IPS will have the advantage because of the viewing angles.
- For not competitive gaming (so no BF, COD, Master SC II...) is there any notable difference between 60Hz and 120Hz? (running a GTX 780)
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You get more perceivable tearing in any games with a 60Hz monitor. This would be a major difference.
- Also, for watching movies, is the refreshing rate that important (and notable)?
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No. Most movies will run at 24 or 30fps.
- For these two purposes, acknowledged that nowadays there is not such thing as stable 120Hz+ IPS 1440p monitors, it's better to have a 120Hz TL one or a 60Hz IPS one, both at 1440p?
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If the primary purpose is for gaming, I always recommend the higher refresh rate. If gaming is simply a secondary function of the PC, 60Hz is fine.
- Are the Korean OCed monitors worth buying? I mean, is the OCing that dangerous for the monitor life?
In my mind I have the PB278Q, but since it has "just" 60Hz, I'm not sure about it, since I'm looking for smoothness of the image.
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I primarily game (FPS) with my main monitor. Coming from a 120Hz 1080p fast response time monitor, I tried a cheap Korean IPS monitor and couldn't stand to use it. I liked the added resolution, but the perceivable tearing, low contrast ratio, and inherent input lag were enough for me to take it back to the store within hours of the purchase. Once you use a monitor with little to no perceivable tearing, it is really hard to tolerate anything with perceivable tearing.
 
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Thank you for your reply, very informative.
As far as I can tell, the main purpose of my lil' child will be gaming, so, as I can read from your opinions, it would be better a 120Hz monitor.
BUT
Is there anything worth considering with 1440p at the moment?
Since I would like to have a good image, I'm moving toward a 27", as I mentioned before.
I'm trying to thinking in the future and since we might see more 1440p games, I would like to buy something that can endure at least 5 years.
So a 1080p would not be enough... Or maybe am I mistaking?

Speaking about the ROG Swift, it seems to me a pro-gamer orientated choice.
I don't know about you, but spending 700+ € for a TL panel monitor seems a little bit too much.
Do we have another choice thou?
Maybe in the following months we will see similar products with the same specs (maybe a 120Hz IPS?) also from ASUS, DELL and so on.
 
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You'll surely be able to run at 1080p for the next five years. It will take a while before higher resolution programming hits the mainstream (higher than 1080p anyhow). But higher resolution is exactly what is pushing me toward the ROG Swift for gaming. I spent the same amount for my Acer 120Hz 3D monitor with the Nvidia glasses about 3 or 4 years ago.

I haven't regretted it because it gets plenty of use and it does a spectacular job. I always said the only thing that would get me to upgrade to a higher res monitor would be higher refresh rates. Now that this 1440p ROG Swift is hitting the market with the added G-sync, I'm thinking to myself I may even just start using one GPU rather than two in my gaming rigs moving forward. I hope the new Swift monitors have good contrast because this is an unknown for me right now. You know the day it comes out (or maybe even before) Tom's and others will have reviews on it. There are plans for Acer, BenQ, and some other vendors to release their own G-sync monitors as well. One of these new G-sync monitors will be mine. I'm going to wait for the reviews though. They should be out within the next few months.
 
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I have to ask you: what is this G-sync you are talking about?
I tried to look for it in the NVidia site but it's too one sided as opinion...
Since I have to wait in order to collect the money, I think I will seriously consider buying a monitor not before the next April, so enough time will pass and there will be more clarifications in this matter.
 
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