Hard Truth about the “Fastest” Gaming Monitor

[Plouffe]

Have monitors finally jumped the shark? The AW2524H from Alienware refreshes at an eye-watering 500Hz on a colorful IPS panel, but it's a 1080p 24.5" display that comes with a HEFTY price tag. Is it any good?

 

Buy an Alienware 24.5” 500HZ AW2524Hz Gaming Monitor: https://lmg.gg/8JXva

Buy a LG 27” Ultragear 240Hz OLED QHD 27GR95QE-B Gaming Monitor: https://geni.us/wGbroU

Buy a BenQ 24.5” 360Hz XL2566K Gaming Monitor: https://geni.us/bEWWMrm

 

Purchases made through some store links may provide some compensation to Linus Media Group.

 

 

 

[RoseLuck462]

I love the 3 hour stream vid of this, those longer vids are perfect for background entertainment when I’m busy.

[darwin006]

I wonder if anyone outside of the CSGO eSports scene is actually interested in these monitors.

[GuiltySpark_]

3 minutes ago, darwin006 said:

I wonder if anyone outside of the CSGO eSports scene is actually interested in these monitors.

I would expect not, though not just CSGO but any esport. 

 

1080p @ 1000Hz and I'd still hate such a low res. Then again i don't play esports titles. 

[poochyena]

videos like these should be 60 fps

[Nystemy]

All the video showing the fast moving images were completely useless information.... But the three seconds worth of still frames from 3 monitors side by side were the most informative part of the whole video as far as quality comparisons were concerned. If only we could get these still frames with added commentary instead of hand waving at fast scrolling blur. _{(The camera obviously didn't capture it well, nor does Youtube compression help.)}

 

Other than that, it is an overall interesting subject.

[DonGirses]

25 minutes ago, poochyena said:

videos like these should be 60 fps

60 fps + 0.5x or lower slow motion so people with 120+Hz screens can increase playback speed and actually see the difference

[Avocado Diaboli]

I feel like this should've been the thumbnail

 

 

Again advocating for high refresh rate displays when the games intended to run have a tick rate of 128. Even Valve acknowledged that with their Counter-Strike 2 video when they claimed to achieve sub-tick gameplay (which just sounds like Stadia's negative latency all over again), as if that, the latency of your connection, etc. justify such a monitor.

[HenrySalayne]

Jokes on you! I can run to the store and come back with a real gaming mouse before a Logitech Master has moved the cursor.

 

[podkall]

3 hours ago, GuiltySpark_ said:

1080p @ 1000Hz and I'd still hate such a low res. Then again i don't play esports titles. 

depends, some esports don't have long range fights that need fine display so you're not guessing which pixel to shoot

[Arika]

8 hours ago, darwin006 said:

I wonder if anyone outside of the CSGO eSports scene is actually interested in these monitors.

children who convince their parents they need one because it will make them better

[KarlR]

Does anyone remember the name of the application they used to test that ran locally on the machine?

[GuiltySpark_]

1 minute ago, KarlR said:

Does anyone remember the name of the application they used to test that ran locally on the maching?

https://www.aperturegrille.com/software/

[KarlR]

17 minutes ago, GuiltySpark_ said:

https://www.aperturegrille.com/software/

Thank you very much!

[feudalpig]

On 3/22/2023 at 3:33 PM, Avocado Diaboli said:

I feel like this should've been the thumbnail

 

 

Again advocating for high refresh rate displays when the games intended to run have a tick rate of 128. Even Valve acknowledged that with their Counter-Strike 2 video when they claimed to achieve sub-tick gameplay (which just sounds like Stadia's negative latency all over again), as if that, the latency of your connection, etc. justify such a monitor.

 

I made a .png with a transparent background of this for meme reasons.