Best bang for the buck between those monitors?

[Slazyel]

Hi guys, there is a sale happening where i live and i would like to know which of those is the best bang for the buck:

Acer Predator XB253Q GX (240hz) for $218
Asus TUF VG279QM for $350
Samsung Odyssey G7 for $505

[PDifolco]

Mostly depens on your rig, your games/usage, and the resolution and size you'd prefer...

[Slazyel]

1 minute ago, PDifolco said:

Mostly depens on your rig, your games/usage, and the resolution and size you'd prefer...

I play almost every genre from rpg to fps. Just dont want to pay more than a monitor is worth haha, i think the best of those 3, money wise would be the predator, but the g7 is a temptation i must admit.

[GuiltySpark_]

One of those is 1440p and the other two 1080p. That's a pretty drastic difference and you need to decide that first. It'll heavily come down to what GPU you have and the games you like to play. 

 

If you decide on 1440p and you have the GPU to back it up, the Gigabyte M27Q-P / M27Q Pro is a great deal for $270 US. 

 

 

[Slazyel]

1 minute ago, GuiltySpark_ said:

One of those is 1440p and the other two 1080p. That's a pretty drastic difference and you need to decide that first. It'll heavily come down to what GPU you have and the games you like to play. 

 

If you decide on 1440p and you have the GPU to back it up, the Gigabyte M27Q-P / M27Q Pro is a great deal for $270 US. 

 

 

Sadly it's not available where i live. The gpu i have is a 3070 ti, It can handle both 1080 and 1440p with high framerate depending on the game. As i play a lot of games from league of legends to warzone and wow, i really dont know which would be the best pick haha. 

[PDifolco]

2 minutes ago, Slazyel said:

I play almost every genre from rpg to fps. Just dont want to pay more than a monitor is worth haha, i think the best of those 3, money wise would be the predator, but the g7 is a temptation i must admit.

The Acer is only FHD, smaller and 240Hz is only useful if you can reach it, it's a monitor for competitive FPS mostly, and cheap

The Asus has same usage but is bigger and even faster refresh rate, so more expensive

For a more varied usage the Samsung G7 is way better being WQHD 240Hz - so is quite more expensive-, but with something slower than a 3060 you may struggle getting frames

[GuiltySpark_]

1 minute ago, Slazyel said:

Sadly it's not available where i live. The gpu i have is a 3070 ti, It can handle both 1080 and 1440p with high framerate depending on the game. As i play a lot of games from league of legends to warzone and wow, i really dont know which would be the best pick haha. 

Do yourself a favor and don't buy anything 1080p with a 3070Ti. Its just such a low resolution these days and you have a GPU that's far more useful for 1440p. 

 

As for what to buy, I linked the best roundup you're going to find of what is good these days.

[Slazyel]

Just now, GuiltySpark_ said:

Do yourself a favor and don't buy anything 1080p with a 3070Ti. Its just such a low resolution these days and you have a GPU that's far more useful for 1440p. 

 

As for what to buy, I linked the best roundup you're going to find of what is good these days.

He says about the  G7 in the video. I think i will go with it as the gigabyte is not available here =/

[Slazyel]

3 minutes ago, PDifolco said:

The Acer is only FHD, smaller and 240Hz is only useful if you can reach it, it's a monitor for competitive FPS mostly, and cheap

The Asus has same usage but is bigger and even faster refresh rate, so more expensive

For a more varied usage the Samsung G7 is way better being WQHD 240Hz - so is quite more expensive-, but with something slower than a 3060 you may struggle getting frames

Thank, i think i will go with the g7 ^^

[Middcore]

This is a weird trio to compare. The only thing they have in common is the 240hz refresh rate, but unless your main focus is playing competitive shooters at a very high level that's pretty useless. 

 

The Acer is 24" 1080p, that's basically entry level. It has nothing going for it besides the refresh rate. If you're on a budget you can find 24" 1080p monitors with 144-165hz refresh rates for $150 or under and unless you're playing shooters at a near-professional level you won't notice any difference. 

 

The Asus is 1080p at 27" so the pixel density is going to be shit. Again this is a monitor for people who just want refresh rate and don't care how stuff actually looks. For $130 more than the Acer all you get is 280hz over 240, see my comments about 240hz refresh rate in the first paragraph. This is not good value for the money at all IMO. 

 

The Samsung steps up to 1440p which is at least a non-pleb resolution, although at over 30 inches pixel density is still not going to be great. Can your hardware even run the games you play at 1440p 240fps? It at least offers features to justify the higher price tag like QLED and a USB hub. 

 

If you play a wide variety of game genres then the sweet spot for you, as it is for most people these days, is probably a 27", 1440p, 144-165hz display in the $300-400 range. There's lots of good options available. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Slazyel]

2 minutes ago, Middcore said:

This is a weird trio to compare. The only thing they have in common is the 240hz refresh rate, but unless your main focus is playing competitive shooters at a very high level that's pretty useless. 

 

The Acer is 24" 1080p, that's basically entry level. It has nothing going for it besides the refresh rate. If you're on a budget you can find 24" 1080p monitors with 144-165hz refresh rates for $150 or under and unless you're playing shooters at a near-professional level you won't notice any difference. 

 

The Asus is 1080p at 27" so the pixel density is going to be shit. Again this is a monitor for people who just want refresh rate and don't care how stuff actually looks. For $130 more than the Acer all you get is 280hz over 240, see my comments about 240hz refresh rate in the first paragraph. This is not good value for the money at all IMO. 

 

The Samsung steps up to 1440p which is at least a non-pleb resolution, although at over 30 inches pixel density is still not going to be great. Can your hardware even run the games you play at 1440p 240fps? It at least offers features to justify the higher price tag like QLED and a USB hub. 

 

If you play a wide variety of game genres then the sweet spot for you, as it is for most people these days, is probably a 27", 1440p, 144-165hz display in the $300-400 range. There's lots of good options available. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Monitor market where i live is shit. The 1440p fight here is mostly between the Dell S2721DGF and the 27" Odyssey G27. The dell being about $50 cheaper in average. There is the high end market here to for the ultrawide boys like the Odyssey Neo G9, but it costs $2000 here haha. 
I think the best bet for me will be the G7 27" i think.

[-rascal-]

20 minutes ago, Slazyel said:

Monitor market where i live is shit. The 1440p fight here is mostly between the Dell S2721DGF and the 27" Odyssey G27. The dell being about $50 cheaper in average. There is the high end market here to for the ultrawide boys like the Odyssey Neo G9, but it costs $2000 here haha. 
I think the best bet for me will be the G7 27" i think.

 

The DELL is actually a decent 27" IPS monitor -- my brother has two of them (his work paid of them...because COVID WFH).

https://www.rtings.com/monitor/reviews/dell/s2721dgf

 

My suggestion, if you go bigger than 24", get 1440p, because when the monitor is that big, the pixels starts to get...pixelated with 1080p at that size.

TYPICAL VA panels have a lot of motion blur, but Samsung did some kind of wizardry so the G7 DOES NOT have this problem -- probably why they are charging $$$.

IPS panels have poor contrast vs VA.

 

I ended up upgrading one of my 24" ASUS 144Hz 1080p TN (MG248QR) panels to an ASUS 27" 1440p IPS (XG27AQ), it was a huge difference.
(after seeing how my TN panel looks like peasantry compared to my brother's DELLs).

 

What is the availability of the ASUS TUF Gaming VG27AQL1A in your region?

It is a decent panel for the money, and it is an improvement over the older ASUS TUF VG27AQ.

https://www.rtings.com/monitor/reviews/asus/tuf-gaming-vg27aql1a

(I was actually waiting for this to come back in stock locally....but no luck)

 

Personally, 1440p beats out a 1080p, doesn't matter if it's a 1080p 360 Hz or some ridiculous number.

1440p 144 Hz / 165 Hz / 180+ Hz is more than enough these days.

[Slazyel]

16 minutes ago, -rascal- said:

 

The DELL is actually a decent 27" IPS monitor -- my brother has two of them (his work paid of them...because COVID WFH).

https://www.rtings.com/monitor/reviews/dell/s2721dgf

 

My suggestion, if you go bigger than 24", get 1440p, because when the monitor is that big, the pixels starts to get...pixelated with 1080p at that size.

TYPICAL VA panels have a lot of motion blur, but Samsung did some kind of wizardry so the G7 DOES NOT have this problem -- probably why they are charging $$$.

IPS panels have poor contrast vs VA.

 

I ended up upgrading one of my 24" ASUS 144Hz 1080p TN (MG248QR) panels to an ASUS 27" 1440p IPS (XG27AQ), it was a huge difference.
(after seeing how my TN panel looks like peasantry compared to my brother's DELLs).

 

What is the availability of the ASUS TUF Gaming VG27AQL1A in your region?

It is a decent panel for the money, and it is an improvement over the older ASUS TUF VG27AQ.

https://www.rtings.com/monitor/reviews/asus/tuf-gaming-vg27aql1a

(I was actually waiting for this to come back in stock locally....but no luck)

 

Personally, 1440p beats out a 1080p, doesn't matter if it's a 1080p 360 Hz or some ridiculous number.

1440p 144 Hz / 165 Hz / 180+ Hz is more than enough these days.

 VG27AQL1A costs more than the g7 here haha

[-rascal-]

6 minutes ago, Slazyel said:

 VG27AQL1A costs more than the g7 here haha

 

What?!

Samsung G7 it is then hahaha

 

The Samsung G7 is $899 for me...

The ASUS VG27AQ1LA is $429 (no stock)

[xg32]

18 hours ago, Slazyel said:

Hi guys, there is a sale happening where i live and i would like to know which of those is the best bang for the buck:

Acer Predator XB253Q GX (240hz) for $218
Asus TUF VG279QM for $350
Samsung Odyssey G7 for $505

out of those 3, the g7