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PG258Q vs VG27AQ - Can't decide!

ShiniX

Hey!

 

I have been planing for a while to upgrade my monitor so since Asus released their new TUF monitors I thought it's about time.

 

Now I don't know which to chose PG258Q or VG27AQ. 1080p vs 1440p. TN vs IPS. 240Hz vs 165Hz.

 

They both retail at the same price here locally. I care about gaming performance in general but the luxurious 1440p IPS + ELMB sync is so enticing.

 

What would you guys chose? or maybe you have another recommendation within the same price range?

 

If you have either of these monitors, how is your experience?

 

Edit: Specs ->

1080 ti Aorus Extreme

8700k @ 4.8

16gb ram @ 3200

 

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25 minutes ago, ShiniX said:

Hey!

 

I have been planing for a while to upgrade my monitor so since Asus released their new TUF monitors I thought it's about time.

 

Now I don't know which to chose PG258Q or VG27AQ. 1080p vs 1440p. TN vs IPS. 240Hz vs 165Hz.

 

They both retail at the same price here locally. I care about gaming performance in general but the luxurious 1440p IPS + ELMB sync is so enticing.

 

What would you guys chose? or maybe you have another recommendation within the same price range?

 

If you have either of these monitors, how is your experience?

 

 

What resolution do you play at ?  Also your frame rate might reach 240fps for a split second then back to double digits then triple digit frame rate and what not.  A 240hz will do nothing to you as the content is not at 240fps.  IPS is great so all angles is the same color tone and not brighter or darker.  Def go with IPS.  I would get the 1440p alto I have no idea what video card you have.  You will get 240fps i CS:GO and maybe some handful of games but what you want is the sweet spot which is 144hz and your frame rate cant even hold it sustained.  There will be drops in frame rate but that is where Freesync comes in provider smooth experience whether it's 100fps or 80fps.   for example.

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12 minutes ago, Turtle Rig said:

What resolution do you play at ?  Also your frame rate might reach 240fps for a split second then back to double digits then triple digit frame rate and what not.  A 240hz will do nothing to you as the content is not at 240fps.  IPS is great so all angles is the same color tone and not brighter or darker.  Def go with IPS.  I would get the 1440p alto I have no idea what video card you have.  You will get 240fps i CS:GO and maybe some handful of games but what you want is the sweet spot which is 144hz and your frame rate cant even hold it sustained.  There will be drops in frame rate but that is where Freesync comes in provider smooth experience whether it's 100fps or 80fps.   for example.

Oh sorry I totally forgot to list my specs. Here they are:

 

1080 ti Aorus Extreme

8700k @ 4.8

16gb ram @ 3200

 

 

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20 minutes ago, ShiniX said:

Oh sorry I totally forgot to list my specs. Here they are:

 

1080 ti Aorus Extreme

8700k @ 4.8

16gb ram @ 3200

 

 

That is a great rig you got there.  You can def game at 1440p and just keep a eye out for tweaks inside game or in nv panel to make it run as fast as possible.

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11 minutes ago, Turtle Rig said:

That is a great rig you got there.  You can def game at 1440p and just keep a eye out for tweaks inside game or in nv panel to make it run as fast as possible.

There is something weird about VG27AQ, it is advertised as 165Hz but NVIDIA G-sync list says that it's 144Hz

 

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/products/g-sync-monitors/specs/

 

 

Also I was searching and found out that Lenovo will release this soon

https://www.lenovo.com/gb/en/accessories-and-monitors/monitors/gaming/Lenovo-Legion-Y27gq-25-Monitor/p/DD116LPY27G

 

1440p,  240Hz,  0.5ms,  G-sync rather than G-sync Compatible for the TUF,  but it's TN panel ?

 

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3 minutes ago, ShiniX said:

There is something weird about VG27AQ, it is advertised as 165Hz but NVIDIA G-sync list says that it's 144Hz

 

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/products/g-sync-monitors/specs/

 

 

Also I was searching and found out that Lenovo will release this soon

https://www.lenovo.com/gb/en/accessories-and-monitors/monitors/gaming/Lenovo-Legion-Y27gq-25-Monitor/p/DD116LPY27G

 

1440p,  240Hz,  0.5ms,  G-sync rather than G-sync Compatible for the TUF,  but it's TN panel ?

 

Grab that lenovo 1440p 240hz as long as your ok with 25" gaming experience.

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3 minutes ago, Turtle Rig said:

Grab that lenovo 1440p 240hz as long as your ok with 25" gaming experience.

It's 27''

The only downside is that it is TN, but I assume it won't be an issue if I only sit straight.

Also, it has no HDR. Never was HDR in real life so I don't know how my experience would be any different.

At the same time, that TUF monitor has HDR10 wich Linus consider HDRn't ?

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1 minute ago, ShiniX said:

It's 27''

The only downside is that it is TN, but I assume it won't be an issue if I only sit straight.

Also, it has no HDR. Never was HDR in real life so I don't know how my experience would be any different.

At the same time, that TUF monitor has HDR10 wich Linus consider HDRn't ?

We barely have any HDR game so it is something for the future.  The HDR is useless unless you play only a select couple of games that support it.  Also if your gaming you will not notice TN or IPS difference, but once in desktop you will see how colors are off,  Darker in certain angles or brighter and what not.

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3 minutes ago, Turtle Rig said:

We barely have any HDR game so it is something for the future.  The HDR is useless unless you play only a select couple of games that support it.  Also if your gaming you will not notice TN or IPS difference, but once in desktop you will see how colors are off,  Darker in certain angles or brighter and what not.

Thanks for the help. I'm gonna wait for the reviews for the Lenovo monitor before deciding.

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Go for the 1440p 165Hz, you'll notice the better res much more than the higher refresh. It's probably quoted as 144Hz but they all factory OC to 165Hz. I can set my 1080p 144Hz monitor to 180Hz in the OSD if I want to, even though the spec says it's 144Hz. 

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1 minute ago, Zando Bob said:

Go for the 1440p 165Hz, you'll notice the better res much more than the higher refresh. It's probably quoted as 144Hz but they all factory OC to 165Hz. I can set my 1080p 144Hz monitor to 180Hz in the OSD if I want to, even though the spec says it's 144Hz. 

Wow no kidding, I didn't know this. So only a select few monitor can overclock like this right ?

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12 minutes ago, Turtle Rig said:

Wow no kidding, I didn't know this. So only a select few monitor can overclock like this right ?

Pretty much every monitor can, but it's ye olde silicon lottery. Some 60Hz monitors will go to 75Hz, others will go to 61 and then crash. The ones that come from the factory "OCed" are already tested to run that. My monitor was tested to run 180Hz before they shipped it out, otherwise that wouldn't be an option in the OSD. IDK how this monitor handles it, but if it's quoted as a 165Hz monitor but comes as a 144hz one, chances are you just set it to 165Hz in your GPU's control panel and bam done. 

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RAM:4x8GB HyperX Predator DDR4 @3200Mhz CL16 

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