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4k TN vs IPS for Gaming and Video Editing

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Hey all,

 

So after spending several years on a 24 inch 1080p TN panel I have decided that it's time to upgrade. As my budget is somewhat limited but I do want a monitor that is reliable in the longterm my eye has fallen on the sub-$500 4k screens around. As it stands I mostly use my rig for gaming (I realize my gpu isn't going to pull 4k but I'll game at a lower resolution until I upgrade to Volta/Navi), additionally I regularly edit videos for my YouTube channel in Premiere Pro and actively use After Effects. Finally with a new gpu and once the support in apps like Netflix is decent I'd also want to use it to watch 4k conten. I've found the ASUS PB287Q for about € 400 which flaunts 10 bit colour(admittedly the fake kind) and does advertise itself as a monitor for prosumers as well as gamers, however with it being released in 2014 and only a TN panel I'm not sure how well it still performs comparatively. It definitely got great reviews at the start but I haven't found more recent ones.

 

A second option I found are actually two monitors, the LG 27UD58 nd 27UD68, they go for about respectively € 340 and € 440, Both are IPS and seem fairly similar. Both have fake 10 bit and seem to mostly be different when it comes to factors like brightness. adjustment possibilities and a built-in DAC. Both however seem to suffer from backlight bleed and a fairly bad anti-glare coating.

 

So I'm at a bit of a loss, considering my use cases. Which monitor would be best?

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Ehhh I would go for IPS.

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IPS is recommended if you are patient enought to play the backlight-lottery or dont care about backlight bleeding

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Regardless of the backbleed, I would go for IPS. After using 24'' 1080 IPs for about 8 years I bought  ASUS PB287Q and the new monitor was so bad and I was so disappointed so I sold it and back to good old IPS... That's just my experience. I know people using TN and don't see difference between IPS and TN and you would not convince them that there are differences :P

 

Personal preference bro, but I recommend IPS 

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I was in a similar position as you (was done with my 24" FHD, wanted a display for gaming and photo/video editing) and went for the 27UD68. 

Colors are nice, but viewing angles are not great due to its backlight bleed.

Otherwise a nice monitor and its aux output drives my headphones just as well as my integrated soundcard (so the one of the motherboard).

Games won't run on a GPU like the 780 (I have an RX 580, so performance is similar). I get 30fps in Skyrim SE regardless of settings, but some games will run just fine (like another game I play, Sonic Generations).

 

What I am saying, the LG is nice (the difference between the 58 and 68 is the height adjustment), but backlight bleed is not nice to have.

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13 hours ago, bigneo said:

Regardless of the backbleed, I would go for IPS. After using 24'' 1080 IPs for about 8 years I bought  ASUS PB287Q and the new monitor was so bad and I was so disappointed so I sold it and back to good old IPS... That's just my experience. I know people using TN and don't see difference between IPS and TN and you would not convince them that there are differences :P

 

Personal preference bro, but I recommend IPS 

Heh, I do have IPS on my ultrabook and have to say I quite like the viewing experience on that so yeah that makes sense. Also thanks for outlining your own experiences with the Asus. 

12 hours ago, Minibois said:

I was in a similar position as you (was done with my 24" FHD, wanted a display for gaming and photo/video editing) and went for the 27UD68. 

Colors are nice, but viewing angles are not great due to its backlight bleed.

Otherwise a nice monitor and its aux output drives my headphones just as well as my integrated soundcard (so the one of the motherboard).

Games won't run on a GPU like the 780 (I have an RX 580, so performance is similar). I get 30fps in Skyrim SE regardless of settings, but some games will run just fine (like another game I play, Sonic Generations).

 

What I am saying, the LG is nice (the difference between the 58 and 68 is the height adjustment), but backlight bleed is not nice to have.

Really useful, thank you. And yeah I know about the 780 being crap at 4k, a Volta or Navi upgrade is on my buy list down the road but one major expense at a time hehe.

 

Thank you all for your help, the consensus it clear and has convinced me to go for the 58.

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