Buying a budget 144hz, need help (LG 24GL600F or Dell S2419HGF)

cali_s · May 6, 2020

I have the option of these two, there isn't much other options in South Africa at the moment.

LG 24GL600F or Dell S2419HGF ( https://www.rtings.com/monitor/tools/compare/lg-24gl600f-vs-dell-s2419hgf/909/1581 )

Any input is valuable, I'm leaning towards the dell, but the fact that its 120hz native with overclock to 144 is one possibly a downside?

Naabjenia · May 6, 2020

I've recently bought an LG 24GL600F and I can say it is a pretty solid monitor.

Please, keep in mind I am no monitor expert, but I'll share some positive and negative aspects of this monitor.

Firstly, on the positive side, it is a monitor that does what it promises really well. The 144 Hz refresh rate works fine, the response times are great and, for a TN panel, it actually has some pretty decent colors. It is also G-Sync compatible: I've been using it with my GTX 1060 on DisplayPort. If you have an AMD GPU, FreeSync should work on HDMI as well.

There are some things that I dislike, though, but they are quite personal: one of them is that even though the colors are good, they're not as good as an IPS panel (I have a non-gamer monitor next to it, which is IPS, and the colors are much better). Another thing is that it does not have a fully adjustable stand, it only rotates back and forth.

And, finally, I must warn you about something you have to keep in mind: ironically, I kind of regret buying a 144 Hz monitor, because I can't hit 144 fps in all games. I bought it mainly for CS:GO, but I also play other games, which are not competitive. I thought that it would be fine to play those games at 60-75 fps using FreeSync, but once you try 144 fps @ 144 Hz, even 75 Hz looks stuttery to you. So, yeah, keep that in mind.

Edit: by the way, depending on where you live, there is a version of this monitor with a height adjustable stand, it is called 24GL650F-B.