Monitor for gaming Asus or BenQ?

[DavidBardock]

Hello, im currently buying new monitor for gaming and im stuck between Asus VG248QE and BenQ XL2420Z or XL2411Z, my rig is solid and i can easily handle fps games like csgo, bf4, insurgency in more than 60fps, i thougth about buying Asus Rog with G-Sync, but cant afford at the moment, probably gonna buy monitor with G-Sync in year or two, when devs release more models and price will drop a bit. I want to know some facts about these two monitors and not just like "i have benq and its better you should buy it". I want to buy gaming monitor because lots of times i feel like when im playing fps games i react quicker than my 60hz 5ms lg flatron garbage, And i always can notice diffirence between 144hz and 60hz, 1ms and 5ms. Thank you for your answers.

[freemini]

Here's in-depth reviews of the 27 inch versions, there's also reviews for the 24VGE but not for the XL2420Z.

http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/reviews/benq_xl2720z.htm

http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/reviews/asus_vg278he.htm

I made this decision a few months ago and went with the Benq. Since you're saying you care about total lag, Benq gets the better of this IIRC. It's a good monitor if you don't mind TN and 1080p for sure. I can answer questions about the XL2420Z if you have any in particular.

[DavidBardock]

Here's in-depth reviews of the 27 inch versions, there's also reviews for the 24VGE but not for the XL2420Z.

http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/reviews/benq_xl2720z.htm

http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/reviews/asus_vg278he.htm

I made this decision a few months ago and went with the Benq. Since you're saying you care about total lag, Benq gets the better of this IIRC. It's a good monitor if you don't mind TN and 1080p for sure. I can answer questions about the XL2420Z if you have any in particular.

A lot of people i speak in person suggests me to get BenQ, but a lot more people via internet says Asus. Im starting to think a lot BenQ, cause i play game only in 1080p and i definetly wont upgrade my monitor with G-Sync, i rather just buy one. i still choose 1080p because even with 1440p i should have top notch video card like Titan or GTX 980, im waiting know for Gigabyte's GTX 970 upgrading from GTX 760. wanted to ask does BenQ has better colours than Asus? I heard a lot of people complaining that Asus 144hz monitor has really poor colours compared to other monitor and BenQ has a bit better ones. But is it really Asus colours that bad? Also thanks for reviews watching right now. btw im getting 24inch monitor, i found that best pick for 1080p, with 27inch monitor i would start to want 1440p

[freemini]

I don't have both so I can't compare them, my only comparison is between PB278Q and the XL2420Z and that's completely unfair because the IPS destroys the TN panel. The colors are decent for gaming most likely, but I find the contrast between black and white too low for general reading, combined with the low PPI I don't use it for browsing very much at all. Attached a photo to show the difference between IPS and TN roughly.

[zpam]

Here's in-depth reviews of the 27 inch versions, there's also reviews for the 24VGE but not for the XL2420Z.

http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/reviews/benq_xl2720z.htm

http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/reviews/asus_vg278he.htm

I made this decision a few months ago and went with the Benq. Since you're saying you care about total lag, Benq gets the better of this IIRC. It's a good monitor if you don't mind TN and 1080p for sure. I can answer questions about the XL2420Z if you have any in particular.

I am in this exact same predicament, waiting for Gsync is killing me, is it really needed that much in this case? i have a 60hz display and plan of getting a gtx 980 soon, Asus price to performance is quite appealing, but is the Xl2420Z that much of a better display compared to the asus? i know tearing will be present sometimes none the less.  

[freemini]

I am in this exact same predicament, waiting for Gsync is killing me, is it really needed that much in this case? i have a 60hz display and plan of getting a gtx 980 soon, Asus price to performance is quite appealing, but is the Xl2420Z that much of a better display compared to the asus? i know tearing will be present sometimes none the less.

The way I understand Gsync, it doesn't sound like it's useful if you have FPS=refresh rate. It's supposed to make the monitor sync up with the GPU so that it doesn't output more or less frames than exactly required. If you already have 144FPS, I don't think it makes much of a difference though it's likely to remove all tearing completely. I think Gsync is a lot more important for 60Hz rather than 144.

[zpam]

The way I understand Gsync, it doesn't sound like it's useful if you have FPS=refresh rate. It's supposed to make the monitor sync up with the GPU so that it doesn't output more or less frames than exactly required. If you already have 144FPS, I don't think it makes much of a difference though it's likely to remove all tearing completely. I think Gsync is a lot more important for 60Hz rather than 144.

Which monitor should i get then mate?