Gaming monitor?

[jokudolo]

Im super confused!

 

IPS? TN? 60hz 120hz? 1080p? 1200p? 1440p?

 

whhhaaaattttttttt isssss thisssssss stuffffff!

 

Ok i know what is it but I don't know what is 'more important less important what I should focus on etc. Then I remembered this forum could help me out.

 

This monitor will be used for gaming, mainly fast twitch FPS like bf4 on ultra actually that is what I build the rig for:

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($229.89 @ DirectCanada) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($32.21 @ DirectCanada) 

Motherboard: ASRock Z97M OC Formula Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($150.50 @ Vuugo) 

Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($89.99 @ Canada Computers) 

Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($139.79 @ DirectCanada) 

Storage: Seagate  1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive  ($79.79 @ DirectCanada) 

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB Tri-X Video Card  ($419.99 @ NCIX) 

Case: Xigmatek Aquila MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($79.99 @ NCIX) 

Power Supply: Corsair RM 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($129.98 @ Newegg Canada) 

Total: $1352.13

 

Please look at my build, tell me a good monitor that will be good for my GPU, (not overstress it but not make life easy for it either)

and please tell me whether I will be able to SEE the difference between a 5ms response time and a 2ms response time!

Or which would I notice more! 1080p vs 1200p? or TN vs IPS? 60hz vs 120hz? Ive been gaming with less than 60fps all my life so would i notice 120fps? could my card even go up that high?

23" vs 25" vs 27"?

WHATS THE BEST SOLUTION!?

 

Thanks

-jokudolo

[Darth_Klein]

Tn and ips are just different type of panels that will change how the viewing angles look and the color reproduction. 

[79wjd]

Either 60hz 1440p or 144hz/60hz 1080p 

 

For FPS 144hz can be very beneficial, for MOBAs and games like that then a high framerate (144 hz) isn't as big of a deal. So...what games do you play? If you play FPS games then I'd go with a 144hz TN 1080p display. If you're playing MOBAs then a 60hz IPS/TN 1440p display (I personally prefer IPS's much better colors). 

 

So, what I have is a 60hz 1080p IPS display and a 144hz 1080p TN display, both 24". 

[cloclo8003]

If you get a 60Hz monitor, you won't see a difference between 60 and 110 fps because it wouldn't be able to handle 60+ fps. If you get 120Hz it will handle more fps. With a powerful graphics card, if you can afford it, consider getting a 120Hz or 144Hz monitor. If you want better viewing angles, get an IPS monitor.

[Darth_Klein]

60 Hz and 120 Hz are the refresh rate of the monitor and 120 is better but for what your doing 60 is fine don't go under that though. 

[Darth_Klein]

2 ms vs 5 ms response time, are only really for people like professional gamer's most people cant tell the difference but at least go with 5 ms for  the games you like to play. 

[jokudolo]

So 5ms is fine, that means I can choose IPS? are there IPS monitors that have higher than 60 fps?

[79wjd]

So 5ms is fine, that means I can choose IPS? are there IPS monitors that have higher than 60 fps?

I personally have been using a Dell P2414H, which has an 8 ms response time and playing games Like Dota and Battlefield 3 with no issues. 

 

And no, there are no 120/144hz IPS displays. 

[smjpl]

@jokudolo The best way to answer this is to ask what your budget is?

 

If you have loads to blow €700 and want the latest and greatest for games, get the Asus ROG Swift. Its high resolution (1440p which is current sweet spot), TN panel (I will come back to that) and 144Hz. Okay so TN panel isn't as good as IPS panels for colours and viewing angles (although colours meant to be pretty good in the Asus ROG Swift). The benefit of TN panel is that the screen responds really well to your input so you don't feel input lag. Don't confuse this with response time. Response time only tells you how quickly pixels can change colour after you alter them. What this affects in games is ghosting (example). Then finally is the 144Hz (screen refresh rate). This means your GPU can push out 144fps and your monitor will be fast enough to keep up with 144 refreshes a second. This does effect input lag and how snappy your mouse response will feel. Having a higher refresh rate will make fast pace games feel better. Finally the good thing about this monitor (although many others also have it), is it has Gsync. Gsync means that if your GPU is not able to push out 144fps (graphics settings too high), your monitor can automatically adapt its refresh rate to match whatever fps you do actually get. This means the monitor and GPU are always in sync and you don't miss images by having you GPU push a frame when your monitor wasn't ready for it. This can cause screen tearing. (example)