Best affordable monitor for photography and gaming

[ThoughtFission]

Hi,

 

Can anyone recommend a monitor for both gaming and photo editing that I don't need a second mortgage to buy? The system that it will be attaching to includes a RTX 2080, 32GB of 3200 and either a Ryzen 9 or I9 (probably the Ryzen).

 

I'm not sure what the refresh rate threshold is where graphics start to look silky. 100hz, 120hz, 144hz???

 

I'm not a pro gamer but I do suffer from motion sickness when the graphics stutter. Color, HDR and resolution are important too because I am a photographer.

 

And finally, bigger is better but I understand I can't have it all on a budget.

 

Thanks!

 

EDIT: preferably a flat screen because I do a lot landscape and architectural work. Curved screens introduce distortion.

[Eumel2]

Cheap color accurate monitors usually are comaparably slow while cheap fast minitors are usually not very color accurate.

 

What im thinking right now is a dual minitor setup with one for gaming and one for editing, how does that sound?

[ThoughtFission]

Just now, Eumel2 said:

Cheap color accurate monitors usually are comaparably slow while cheap fast minitors are usually not very color accurate.

 

What im thinking right now is a dual minitor setup with one for gaming and one for editing, how does that sound?

Sounds expensive?

[DisfiguredBob]

You could buy a 1080p 144hz monitor and then buy a colorimeter for around $350. https://www.amazon.com/Acer-VG271-Pbmiipx-Technology-DisplayHDR400/dp/B07MDXF81K/ref=sr_1_6?keywords=1080p+144hz+ips&qid=1566310125&s=electronics&sr=1-6

 

https://www.amazon.com/Datacolor-SC200-SpyderCube/dp/B002D4AHT0/ref=sr_1_5?crid=8TRK4195DLHX&keywords=display+calibrator&qid=1566310263&s=electronics&sprefix=display+cali%2Celectronics%2C128&sr=1-5

[Eumel2]

My quick search would come out to 

Photography:

Lenovo ThinkVision P27u-10, 27" (61B0GAT1EU/61B0GAT1UK) 

Gaming:

HP 27xq, 27" (3WL54AA)

for about 800 € total

I choose 27" for both since i personally dislike mismatched monitor sizes.

[ThoughtFission]

7 minutes ago, Eumel2 said:

My quick search would come out to 

Photography:

Lenovo ThinkVision P27u-10, 27" (61B0GAT1EU/61B0GAT1UK) 

Gaming:

HP 27xq, 27" (3WL54AA)

for about 800 € total

I choose 27" for both since i personally dislike mismatched monitor sizes.

Would you recommend that combo over something like this: Acer XB273KP? Not far off in price.

[ThoughtFission]

16 minutes ago, DisfiguredBob said:

You could buy a 1080p 144hz monitor and then buy a colorimeter for around $350. https://www.amazon.com/Acer-VG271-Pbmiipx-Technology-DisplayHDR400/dp/B07MDXF81K/ref=sr_1_6?keywords=1080p+144hz+ips&qid=1566310125&s=electronics&sr=1-6

 

https://www.amazon.com/Datacolor-SC200-SpyderCube/dp/B002D4AHT0/ref=sr_1_5?crid=8TRK4195DLHX&keywords=display+calibrator&qid=1566310263&s=electronics&sprefix=display+cali%2Celectronics%2C128&sr=1-5

Is that second link the one you meant to paste? Not sure how that fits in?

 

[DisfiguredBob]

Yeah sorry, here's the correct link. https://www.amazon.com/X-Rite-ColorMunki-CMUNDIS-Accuracy-Calibration/dp/B009APMNB0/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=display%2Bcalibrator&qid=1566311472&s=electronics&sr=1-5&th=1

[Eumel2]

Not counting the current Amazon Offer it costs ~1200€ here so not too close on the price 

2 Monitors are amazig so even if you should get that one i would get a second cheap one on the side

 

Monitors are kinda hard to give good advice on since its 95% personal preference (How many, better colors, more speed, resolution, price, ...)

 

60Hz is far from choppy so that might be enough for you. 

As a side note,you will have a hard time playing demanding titels on 4k 144Hz

 

Also calibrating your monitor is good but if the monitor cant display the olors thers not much gained

[ThoughtFission]

28 minutes ago, Eumel2 said:

Not counting the current Amazon Offer it costs ~1200€ here so not too close on the price 

2 Monitors are amazig so even if you should get that one i would get a second cheap one on the side

 

Monitors are kinda hard to give good advice on since its 95% personal preference (How many, better colors, more speed, resolution, price, ...)

 

60Hz is far from choppy so that might be enough for you. 

As a side note,you will have a hard time playing demanding titels on 4k 144Hz

 

Also calibrating your monitor is good but if the monitor cant display the olors thers not much gained

I had no idea about the 4k 144hz thing. I thought a RTX 2080 would handle that just fine. Thanks for letting me know!

[ThoughtFission]

39 minutes ago, DisfiguredBob said:

Yeah sorry, here's the correct link. https://www.amazon.com/X-Rite-ColorMunki-CMUNDIS-Accuracy-Calibration/dp/B009APMNB0/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=display%2Bcalibrator&qid=1566311472&s=electronics&sr=1-5&th=1

Thanks