Budget 2k 144hz +

Meat21 · April 17

Hello from EU,

Just sold my monitor and doing some research on a budget 2k 144hz + and came across AOC Q27G3XMN in Rtings and has this new technology called mini Led - even with a nice deal on Amazon at €268 Used - Acceptable.

My question is, is there something newer / better at around this price 300 euros max? Or some feedback on someone that has already this monitor.

I saw the Xiaomi G Pro 27i is a competitor for this technology:

"They each have Mini LED backlighting, with the Xiaomi having 1,152 zones and the AOC having 336 zones, but both of their local dimming features are good. The main advantage of the Xiaomi is that it gets much brighter, especially in SDR, so it's the better choice for use in well-lit rooms. The Xiaomi also displays a wider range of more vivid colors, leading to images that pop"

But the reviews on Amazon do not encourage me to take this one as it seems to have buggy and old software on it.

Price is at €245 - Used - Acceptable

Thank you!

P.S: forgot to mention, i'd use it 10+ hours a day for variety gaming / youtube / movies, the old AOC G2460PF was awful with the colours and contrast / anything that has to do with light settings.

I do have a second 2k 24 inch monitor - dell 24 p2421d that i'll use for discord / youtube etc;

Specs:

AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D

RX 7900 XT

32 GB RAM

P.P.S:

Just found this as the succesor but it is only available in China and Bestbuy in us? Anyone have extra info on this? Can it be bought from EU? Worth the wait?

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/aoc-27-q27g40xmn-mini-led-qhd-180hz-gaming-monitor-black/6617199.p?skuId=6617199

Doobeedoo · April 18

So MiniLED is just type of backlight for LCD displays that can do a bit better contrast in zones vs entire display, but need many of them to be decent and those are expensive. Basically better to get OLED nowdays really.

If you want cheaper one I'd just get a decent IPS monitor. Check Monitors Unboxed on YT for monitors roundup or best of in price category. They have these vids, some are not worth it or are bad like ghosting for example.