1440p 144 hz monitor recommendations

[DocSwag]

I'm looking to buy a 1440p 144 hz adaptive sync monitor this black friday and I've found some potential options already but I'm not really sure what to choose or if there are other options available that I'm not aware of. The first option that I found that I am also leaning towards the most is the LG 32GK650-F. It's currently available for $250 and it's 1440p 144 hz (and overclockable to 165hz) freesync 32" and VA. Techspot gave it a pretty decent review as well so at $250 I think it's a really solid choice but I'm not entirely sure. I've found some other options like the Acer XF270HU ($50 more though and smaller but IPS is enticing), monoprice zerog (3440x1440 and 100 hz OCable to 120 hz for $50 more; the 21:9 is nice but I'm not sure if it's worth $50 more especially since the LG seems to be better quality in general), and lastly the LG 27GL850, which is a lot more expensive at $450 but it's got a really nice panel that supports DCI-P3, is IPS, and has better color accuracy.

 

$500 is probably the max I'd be willing to spend but cheaper is always better. The LG looks to be my #1 choice but the Acer also looks enticing because of the IPS and I'm not entirely sure which one to go for. If anyone has any suggestions/opinions that would be great

[Streetguru]

6 minutes ago, DocSwag said:

monoprice zerog (3440x1440 and 100 hz OCable to 120 hz for $50 more

Ultra wide all day everyday.

 

Or a 1080p 240hz display depending on how many esports games you play + 4k 60hz TV/Display on the side.

[dizmo]

You're trying to run these with a GTX 970?
That'd eliminate the ultra wide off the list right away.

[Streetguru]

Just now, dizmo said:

You're trying to run these with a GTX 970?
That'd eliminate the ultra wide off the list right away.

You'd just turn the render scale down to like 75-80% until an RX 5700/5800 3070

[DocSwag]

21 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

Ultra wide all day everyday.

 

Or a 1080p 240hz display depending on how many esports games you play + 4k 60hz TV/Display on the side.

are you suggesting the zero g or some other ultrawide?

19 minutes ago, dizmo said:

You're trying to run these with a GTX 970?
That'd eliminate the ultra wide off the list right away.

No, I plan on also grabbing a GPU upgrade this week; probably one of the 5700, 5700 XT, 2060 super, and 2070 super.

[Streetguru]

2 minutes ago, DocSwag said:

are you suggesting the zero g or some other ultrawide?

No, I plan on also grabbing a GPU upgrade this week; probably one of the 5700, 5700 XT, 2060 super, and 2070 super.

The Zero G is pretty solid, especially for $300

Would go for a Sapphire Pulse non XT card, maybe for the XT card just go all the way to the Nitro+

Navi is probably preferred for the Image Sharpening, in case you need to cheat out more fps in the future.

[dizmo]

5 minutes ago, DocSwag said:

are you suggesting the zero g or one of the other ones?

No, I plan on also grabbing a GPU upgrade this week; probably one of the 5700, 5700 XT, 2060 super, and 2070 super.

Ahhh. I'd go with the Monoprice then, plus a monitor arm, and get a nice version of the 5700, then flash the XT BIOS to it.

[DocSwag]

3 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

The Zero G is pretty solid, especially for $300

Would go for a Sapphire Pulse non XT card, maybe for the XT card just go all the way to the Nitro+

Navi is probably preferred for the Image Sharpening, in case you need to cheat out more fps in the future.

I'm just not entirely sold on it because the quality of the panel doesn't seem as great as the others. Like from what I've seen a lot of people have issues getting it to go to 120 hz; some even have issues doing 100 hz with freesync on and instead have to go to 75 hz with freesync. It also seems to have flickering when you go below 55 hz with freesync (though admittedly, I probably wouldn't go that low). It seems like more of a gamble quality control-wise and also productivity is the main benefit of an ultrawide but I'll have a 29" ultrawide as a second monitor so I'm not sure it would benefit me too much.

 

EDIT: @dizmo

[Streetguru]

17 minutes ago, DocSwag said:

I'm just not entirely sold on it because the quality of the panel doesn't seem as great as the others. Like from what I've seen a lot of people have issues

It has the same panel as the models in the link:
https://drop.com/buy/massdrop-vast-curved-gaming-monitor/talk/1815741

Otherwise, if you're going with 2 displays already, 240hz can be really nice.

 

Course if you really just want IPS for a decent price you're stuck with 16:9.

[DocSwag]

1 minute ago, Streetguru said:

It has the same panel as the models in the link:
https://drop.com/buy/massdrop-vast-curved-gaming-monitor/talk/1815741

Otherwise, if you're going with 2 displays already, 240hz can be really nice.

Hm I think I'll do some more research and read a couple more reviews and then decide. It's probably between the Monoprice and LG; if I'm convinced that I'll be fine with the Monoprice quality+warranty I'll probably go for it.

 

240 hz isn't of interest to me because I don't think the difference from 144 to 240 will be as noticeable as 1080p to 1440p, so I'm mostly interested in 1440p 120-144 hz displays.

 

Thanks for the suggestions