Buying a Monitor, 24"-27" any advice? IPS?

Gorzul

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As title says, I am trying to buy a monitor within the next day or two.
It'll be used for gaming, I am looking at sizes of 24-27", I think that full HD rez should be enough for my 780ti to handle well. I've been browsing top 10 lists, but I see a category called IPS monitors, I'm not sure if that's a better technology or not. Can anyone shed some light on that?
Better yet can you recommend a monitor or two?
Budget is around $400 tops.
Thanks in Advance!
 
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I would strongly suggest going 1440p or above to take advantage of that flagship gpu. But it doesn't look like you have the budget to do that unless you go grey market (personally I'm not a fan). The alternative is a 1080p 144hz monitor (the asus was mentioned, benq and aoc also make a similar model). the 144hz route is cheaper but has a lower ceiling.

Might be worth it to wait and save up for a higher end monitor, only because you have already invested so much in a high end gpu. But to answer you at $400 you are looking 1080p 144hz (benq.asus or aoc would be my suggestions) or 1440p grey market (can't help you there).

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http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-monitor-vg248qe
This monitor also supports a 144hz refresh rate which your gpu handles easy. Search the monitor a bit more u wont be dissapointed.

Ips=(In-plane switching) have better view angles, better colour reproduction. but are slower in the response time.

TN=(Twisted nematic) have worse view angles 8 degrees or so, worse colour reproduction but high responsive times, which you would prefer for gaming. 1ms grey-to-grey is the best way to go for gaming to experience no blur or whatsoever. Many people will tell that 1ms to 5ms wont make a diffrence in your eyes. Nobody knows for sure, i own a 1ms monitor and im very happy from its results.
 

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Thanks for the tip, unfortunately that specific monitor costs around $550 in my country (converted from Euros), which is above my budget. If you have any other ideas let me know. I was looking at this http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Samsung-S24C750P-Monitor-MVA,22235.html, or a BenQ maybe those are cheaper and offer 1ms.
 

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I would strongly suggest going 1440p or above to take advantage of that flagship gpu. But it doesn't look like you have the budget to do that unless you go grey market (personally I'm not a fan). The alternative is a 1080p 144hz monitor (the asus was mentioned, benq and aoc also make a similar model). the 144hz route is cheaper but has a lower ceiling.

Might be worth it to wait and save up for a higher end monitor, only because you have already invested so much in a high end gpu. But to answer you at $400 you are looking 1080p 144hz (benq.asus or aoc would be my suggestions) or 1440p grey market (can't help you there).
 
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