Looking for two new monitors!

[GeorgeKellow]

I want two of the same monitor. 

 

I have a GTX 970 so it can easily power two. 

 

I would like it to be in £, Curved monitor, 120hz or 144hz and the cheapest possible for it

 

I am a bit of a n00b coming with monitors lol 

 

[porina]

I'm not 100% sure, but for curved monitors, they either come in ultra-wide format, or are otherwise stupidly big. For practical purposes 3 regular monitors would probably do better than two ultra-wides.

 

What's the usage? Gaming? Colour sensitive work? 

[GeorgeKellow]

Just now, porina said:

I'm not 100% sure, but for curved monitors, they either come in ultra-wide format, or are otherwise stupidly big. For practical purposes 3 regular monitors would probably do better than two ultra-wides.

 

What's the usage? Gaming? Colour sensitive work? 

Gaming (Obvs) I need a lot of screen real estate because of college work, need loads of windows open. No colour work as of yet 

[porina]

Hmm... had a quick look and it appears I'm out of date! Curved 1080p in smaller sizes is around... but too new for me. The quick look doesn't suggest any lower cost high refresh models though.

 

You can find a selection of flat high refresh monitors for around £200 each ball park. I got a Benq XL2411 to experience high refresh rates not long ago and it seems solid as long as you don't care about freesync, gsync, or critical colour stability with viewing angles hence the earlier question.

[Mr Robot]

@GeorgeKellow http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/computing/pc-monitors/pc-monitors/samsung-c24f396-full-hd-24-curved-led-monitor-10146138-pdt.html doesn't have 120 hz refresh rate though

[Omon_Ra]

11 minutes ago, GeorgeKellow said:

Gaming (Obvs) I need a lot of screen real estate because of college work, need loads of windows open. No colour work as of yet 

Were you planning on gaming with 2 screens? If so, that doesn't work; your crosshairs will be in the middle of the bezels. What kind of work are you doing? Photo/video/design, where color accuracy matters more? Or just programming, research or writing papers? How big is your desk and how far are you sitting away from the screens?

[GeorgeKellow]

9 hours ago, Omon_Ra said:

Were you planning on gaming with 2 screens? If so, that doesn't work; your crosshairs will be in the middle of the bezels. What kind of work are you doing? Photo/video/design, where color accuracy matters more? Or just programming, research or writing papers? How big is your desk and how far are you sitting away from the screens?

I use one monitor for "gaming" and the other one as a map or something else etc            

 

I have the IKEA linmon table  150x75 cm

 

I have it on this arm https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0119RCQWW/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

I sit about 45-60cm away 

[Antoon45]

11 hours ago, GeorgeKellow said:

I want two of the same monitor. 

 

I have a GTX 970 so it can easily power two. 

 

I would like it to be in £, Curved monitor, 120hz or 144hz and the cheapest possible for it

 

I am a bit of a n00b coming with monitors lol 

 

What's the budget for both monitors together if I may ask? 

 

[GeorgeKellow]

2 hours ago, Antoon45 said:

What's the budget for both monitors together if I may ask? 

 

around £150 each 

[Antoon45]

If you want 144 Hz it'll be quite hard to find a decent monitor with 150£ they start around 200£. I wouldn't recommend going for a curved monitor unless you're getting a ultrawide since you're on a budget. I found some monitors around 200£ with either 144 Hz or Curved, Acer GN246HLB, AOC G2460PF and Samsung C27F591.

 

With that being said I would highly recommend saving some more money and then buy a bit higher priced monitor, some of these maybe Asus MG248Q, BenQ Zowie XL2411 or Asus VG248QE