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37.50€ / month, I pay for 1gbps, usually get around 500 - 800 mbps down and around 500 - 600 mbps up. Can't complain.

Thanks, this is very helpful. I am a dark mode user (it's just easier on my eyes) and since my window faces west / south-west there is a significant amount of sunlight - and thus glare - in the early to late afternoon, which is when I commonly do a lot of my work. About the Asus PA278QV, rtings says "The ASUS ProArt PA278QV's SDR peak brightness is great. It's bright enough to overcome glare in any lighting conditions and is extremely consistent across different content." So I think I'll go with that one over the ViewSonic. Thanks again for your help.

Thanks for the recommendation and the link to the article! I don't really want to go 4k, I just find that text is too small for me when looking at 4k native resolution. And I don't really wanna do any OS-level scaling, since some apps don't seem to handle it well and I don't really see the point in scaling. If I do the math, 4k@125% scaling would mean an effective resolution of 3072x1728, giving me a bit more screen real estate than 2560x1440. At 27 inches that is roughly 131 PPI. From experience I know that I find anything above 125 PPI to be too small to comfortably work with, since my 14" 1920x1080 laptop is scaled at 125%, giving me an effective 126 PPI. However, I sit closer to my laptop than to the screen on my desk. I estimate that anything above ~115 PPI will be to small for me to comfortably work with on my desk. 2560x1440 comes in at a comfortable ~109 PPI. Long story short, if I bought a 4k monitor, I'd probably end up having to scale it at roughly 150% (results in 1440p), at which point I might as well buy a 1440p monitor that (I would assume) has better specs for the same price. That's why I am pretty set on getting a 2560x1440 screen at 27". In the review you linked (thx) one of the big things seems to be that the uniformity correction works well but "crushes the contrast ratio when enabled". I don't really know what to make of that. Do I need this feature? Is contrast more important? So basically for me it really is between the ViewSonic VP2768 and the ASUS ProArt PA278QV. But man is it difficult to decide what to stare at for 8 hours a day for the next 5+ years. After reading the TFTcentral review, I might just be more undecided than before. They both seem to be really good. How can I tell? Unfortunately, there is no store in my area where I could look at either one of them in reality. Which one would you choose? ^^ Thanks a lot for the help, much appreciated.

Thanks a lot, great articles, that's where I initially found the PA278QV. So I thought I might just buy that one, but then I saw the ViewSonic VP2768 which also looked very good, but rtings hasn't reviewed it I just honestly don't know that much about what makes a good monitor, which makes it difficult to decide. I do think I should buy one of those two though, either the PA278QV or the VP2768. Thanks for the help.

I saw that on my local Amazon, there's a sale on the ViewSonic VP2768 for 288€, which seems like a pretty sweet deal. The cheapest I found the PA278QV for is 336€. I'm not sure which one I should get. The ViewSonic is cheaper, which is nice, but I'm planning on keeping my new display for a while, so I wouldn't wanna base my decision off of saving 50€. Does anyone have any advice?

That's certainly a possibility - but I think I'm pretty set on a "normal" size display, considering I already have a screen I want to use as a second monitor.

So I'm in the market for a new monitor, as the title suggests. I'm a Computer Science student so naturally I spend quite a bit of time in front of my screen, especially due to the current quarantine. I currently have a Samsung SyncMaster SA450 1920x1200 and some random AOC 1920x1080 as a second screen. Recently I've been noticing some eye strain and since I have a little money saved up and have been thinking about getting a new monitor that has a higher resolution for a while, I thought it might be a good time. I mostly program, read PDFs for uni, browse the web or watch sandal-wearing tech YouTubers. I play two hours of BF4 like once a month, so gaming performance isn't really a dealbreaker at all. I'm looking to spend 400€ or less (I live in NL, but prices here seem to be for the most part comparable to the US). Since I don't wanna do any scaling I think a 27" 1440p would be preferable to a 4k monitor. I have thought about an ultra-wide, but I think in my price range it seeems a normal 2560 x 1440 is better, especially considering I own a second monitor. I sit at a distance of 75 - 85 cm (29.5 - 33.5 in) from my screen. Ergonomics are important to me, I want height and tilt adjustment. In-built speakers are a nice-to-have, same goes for USB-hub functionality. I've done some research, looking at some rtings lists and reading reviews, and rtings recommended the ASUS ProArt PA278QV as a budget office / programming monitor. Apparently it also has some flicker-reduction and blue light filtering, so hopefully that should reduce eye-strain?! The PA278QV is available for around 350€ on amazon.nl, which seems like a good deal and the reviews (on rtings etc.) are pretty positive. The ergonomics seem good, it has speakers and a USB-hub, so it seems like it ticks all my boxes. And the 75Hz are nice too I guess. I've never owned an IPS-panel, so I'm a bit worried about glow / backlight bleeding, but I might just be overthinking it. My room is neither especially dark, nor especially light and I usually keep the light on. Right now I'm really leaning towards buying the PA278QV, but I don't know much about screens. Do you think it will suit my needs well? I appreciate any suggestions. TL;DR: I want a 27" 1440p monitor for productivity under 400€. Is the ASUS ProArt PA278QV a good choice for me?

I read that there were some nasty driver issues with the 5700xt, which kind of scared me away from buying one. Is it really that good? Cuz I can find those new from trustworthy vendors for 400 or less. See spoiler for prices. Makes me kinda question the whole thing...

1080ti 2080ti I wish :D I thought undervolting was more common, since saving on power would usually be more monetarily efficient than the performance gained through OCing. And now a good night (or evening) for real (;

By pins you mean the part that I plug into the PCIe slot, right? I will look at those. The flashlight is a good idea. Regarding the pcb: From what I can see from a quick Google search, there is a backplate. Should I also just kind of look underneath that? Without removing it I guess. The blanket also left me quite bamboozled, ESD who? Of course I will run a benchmark, 3D Mark I guess. Maybe fire up Battlefield or so to check how it handles that. The void sticker is a good tip. Thanks. It appears that people have conflicting opinions on whether mining is actually bad for the GPU or not. But it seems as though some say it's worse because GPUs aren't made for constant load, while others say Gaming is actually worse, because of all the fluctuating loads. Never really quite sure what to make of it. He's agreed to 400 Europe-Dollars. 2070 Super's start at 530ish (new), probably 550 for one with a cooler that isn't complete rubbish. There aren't really any used ones available in the greater Amsterdam area, and the ones further out would have to be shipped, which is too much of a risk. I do wanna see it live before I buy a used video card. Also, they're around 500 used. So I think that it's a pretty sweet deal. Thanks for the advice so far! I guess I'll tell him to bring it over some time soon (hope he's still willing, he didn't seem too happy about all my questions). If anybody has some other tips or recommendations, please share your thoughts! Since it is almost four AM here (oops), I will go to bed now and hope for much more great feedback when waking up. Thanks again!

Hey, I wanna upgrade my GTX 970 to something more powerful and I've been looking into the used market of Pascal cards. Before someone asks, yes, I know that the 30XX gen is gonna come out in like september, but rn would just be very convenient for me to upgrade, since the Radeon HD 6870 in my second rig (back home at my parents' place) has finally given up the ghost but I wanna do at least a bit of gaming when I'm back home during the uni break in summer. In the Netherlands (where I live), GTX 1080 ti's seem to be easy to get your hands on, however there is a lot of scammers on marktplaats (kinda like craigslist or kijiji for you Canadians out there). So I found a dude (let's call him William) who's willing to sell me a 1080ti for cheap, we text back and forth, I ask the usual stuff like Have you ever overclocked it? ; Has it been used for mining? and Do you still have the receipt/warranty?. Turns out, apparently (and I'm inclined to believe him, he sent me some videos) his uncle is this rich tech guy who has like a whole mining operation and stuff. Said uncle gave him five (!) 1080ti's that he (the uncle) bought but then allegedly ended up not needing, so he gave them to his nephew who wanted to game. Makes sense I guess. William of course doesn't have a receipt or an original box or anything. William did however agree on coming to my place to let me test the card(s) in my own personal rig (why not his place? idk, I think he only has five 1080ti's, not the rest of the rig). He also came across like a reasonably trustworthy guy. Poor dude just doesn't know what to do with five graphics cards. Now my worry is that the graphics cards have actually been used for mining and the uncle simply didn't tell William (or he lied to me, but let's believe in the good in people for now). From the pictures it looks like the fans/heatsink on the cards (MSI 1080ti Gaming X) are actually unused. However, even if they are, uncle could have just used an aftermarket cooler and put the original heatsink back on. Is there a sure-fire way for me to tell whether that's the case? Or to see immediately that it's unused? I was thinking look at the PCB to see colouration, cuz I've heard that the heat from mining can cause those. Or looking at the screws of the fan etc. I have attached the picture he sent me. They do look new, but they might have been cleaned... Or do I just have to hope that he's not trying to get me to buy a card used for mining? Mind you, I am no expert on this stuff. I can build my own PC no problem, but I've never changed a GPU cooler before... TLDR: Guy trying to sell me a GTX 1080 ti without original box or receipt, he says it's new, I'm afraid it was used for mining (maybe with an aftermarket (water-)cooler) and cleaned up. How can I tell? Thanks a lot in advance, sorry for the wall of text. Picture in spoiler.