Should I buy Dell UltraSharp U2414H?

[FuturamaPhill]

I am tempted to buy the Dell UltraSharp U2414H monitor and wanted to know if anyone has one or knows how well it would handle gaming? If not does anyone know of any good monitors that look as good as this one for around the same price (£150 - £200)?

Monitor: Dell UltraSharp U2414H 23.8 inch Widescreen IPS LCD Monitor (1920 x 1080, 2M:1, 250 cd/m2, 8 ms, HDMI/DP/mini DP/USB)

Amazon link: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dell-UltraSharp-U2414H-Widescreen-Monitor/dp/B00H3JIGHA/ref=sr_1_9?s=computers&srs=1649763031&ie=UTF8&qid=1448616604&sr=1-9


Any replies much appreciated!

 

[guanyu210379]

For gaming, you might wanna look at 5ms monitors or faster.
Is there anything special you want from that U2414H?
That is an IPS monitor, which is not really meant for gaming or a wee bit too slow (8ms) for gaming.

If you wanna game, it is better to get a TN monitor like VG248QE.

If a pretty all-rounder monitor is good enough for you and if you want an IPS monitor, ASUS MX239H and VX239H are also nice.

 

[warhead0]

This monitor is definitely more suited to professional work. where colour accuracy is important, and latency isn't as important.

You can still definitely game on it, and it will look ****** fantastic doing so.

 

[envy14tpe]

It is great all around and only is weak in fast gaming like shooters. If you don't play those kinds of fps games then it is excellent. If you want this for games like BF4 then you might want to keep looking.

 

[guanyu210379]

ah..almost forgot...for gaming..
8ms is too slow if you are playing competitive hardcore ego shooter like CS GO.
If you play MMORPG or games like Skyrim or Diablo...U2414H is already good enough.

Note: I have a Dell U2412M and gamed on it too before I bought XB270HU.

The image quality of U2414H is superb as it is an IPS monitor.
The ones from ASUS above are also IPS.
uhmm...one more thing...Dell has the better build quality, if this is important to you.

 

[FuturamaPhill]

For gaming, you might wanna look at 5ms monitors or faster.
Is there anything special you want from that U2414H?
That is an IPS monitor, which is not really meant for gaming or a wee bit too slow (8ms) for gaming.

If you wanna game, it is better to get a TN monitor like VG248QE.

If a pretty all-rounder monitor is good enough for you and if you want an IPS monitor, ASUS MX239H and VX239H are also nice.

I basically really like the look of the monitor and it has some nice features such as usb ports on the monitor, I do play a lot of games but I'm not crazy into my games where I notice all the little details.

 

[FuturamaPhill]

I do play some FPS's such as Call of Duty and Battlefront so sounds like this might not be the best choice, I love the look of this monitor so its a shame they don't do the same looking monitor but more gaming focused for around the same price. Does anyone know of some nice looked (think bezel) monitors that they would recommend?

 

[guanyu210379]

U2412H is usable for games, (cons) just not optimal for fast-paced games such as BF4, CS GO, etc.
It is a very good monitor with a very good price.
If you can live with the cons, I do not see why you should not get it.

 

[FuturamaPhill]

Apologies I had forgotten about this thread, I ended up buying two AOC G2460PF 144Hz 24.0" Monitor. I love them!

 

[guanyu210379]

AOC G2460PF will serve you well if you have mainly gaming in your mind.

 

[FuturamaPhill]

AOC G2460PF will serve you well if you have mainly gaming in your mind.

Majority of my use these days is gaming so yea very happy with them

 

[envy14tpe]

You aren't running the fx-6300 with 2 970s, are you?

 

[FuturamaPhill]

You aren't running the fx-6300 with 2 970s, are you?

At the moment yes, Upgrading my CPU and motherboard next month.

 

[envy14tpe]

You aren't running the fx-6300 with 2 970s, are you?

At the moment yes, Upgrading my CPU and motherboard next month.

gotcha. That 6300 holds back 970 SLI. At minimum, get a K i5 or i7. What's the plan?

 

[FuturamaPhill]

You aren't running the fx-6300 with 2 970s, are you?

At the moment yes, Upgrading my CPU and motherboard next month.

gotcha. That 6300 holds back 970 SLI. At minimum, get a K i5 or i7. What's the plan?

I'm going to be doing a bit of refresh on my system, Recently got a raise at work so for the first month or two I'm going to put some money into my PC.

Here's a link to what I might upgrade to but nothing is concerete yet.

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/Hk763C