Dell S2716DG vs BenQ XL2735 - going crazy here
Posted: 19 Jul 2017, 17:22
Hi. I've been researching this topic for the last few days, read tons of reviews and forum threads.. but still can't figure out which one to buy, so asking for your help. I need a monitor for gaming, 90+% of use is competitive shooters (PUBG, BF1 etc). Right now I'm using QNIX QX2710 (1440p PLS 96 Hz) and I don't like how it's all kind of blurry when I do fast pans of the camera. The computer I'm buying this monitor for is going to have 2 displays connected to it, one of which is a 4k IPS, so all the "color sensitive" work like photo/video-editing will be done on an IPS screen. Which means for gaming purposes I'd rather have a monitor with a TN panel (I suppose they're a tiny bit faster than IPS/*VA/PLS? And also cheaper). I've got a gtx 1080 ti and it looks like AMD is not going to compete with nvidia in the high-end segment of the market any time soon, so having a G-Sync monitor is a plus (I think)?
That's where I'm getting confused. I haven't experienced any of these new sync technologies (g-sync/freesync) and haven't seen blur reduction in action as well. Where I live, S2716DG and XL2735 cost pretty much the same. All the reviews I've seen say that they've got almost identical panels. Both support blur reduction tech. But — Dell supports G-Sync and BenQ doesn't! Seeing how I'm likely to stick with nvidia cards for quite some time, it does seem like I should buy Dell simply because it costs the same as BenQ but offers more (G-Sync). But then the more I read forums like this one, the more I see how people say that G-Sync is only beneficial for games that run well under the monitor's refresh rate. And if you constantly get 120+ FPS then you're better off using blur reduction tech (which can't be used together with G-Sync/Freesync?). So I guess that's what I'm going to be using for shooters most of the time (motion blur reduction)? And looks like Dell only works at 120 Hz with ULMB, while BenQ's blur reduction tech (DyAc?) works at 144 Hz. So, if I'm not going to benefit from G-Sync (most games do run 120+ fps for me), should I just buy BenQ instead and have 144 Hz with DyAc instead of having 120 Hz with ULMB if I'd buy the Dell? I've read how people say that 120 Hz vs 144 Hz is not a big deal and most don't even notice it, but if I'm not going to be using G-Sync, I might as well just get the monitor with a (little bit) faster refresh rate (which is xl2735)?
Going crazy here, could someone help me choose between these two?
That's where I'm getting confused. I haven't experienced any of these new sync technologies (g-sync/freesync) and haven't seen blur reduction in action as well. Where I live, S2716DG and XL2735 cost pretty much the same. All the reviews I've seen say that they've got almost identical panels. Both support blur reduction tech. But — Dell supports G-Sync and BenQ doesn't! Seeing how I'm likely to stick with nvidia cards for quite some time, it does seem like I should buy Dell simply because it costs the same as BenQ but offers more (G-Sync). But then the more I read forums like this one, the more I see how people say that G-Sync is only beneficial for games that run well under the monitor's refresh rate. And if you constantly get 120+ FPS then you're better off using blur reduction tech (which can't be used together with G-Sync/Freesync?). So I guess that's what I'm going to be using for shooters most of the time (motion blur reduction)? And looks like Dell only works at 120 Hz with ULMB, while BenQ's blur reduction tech (DyAc?) works at 144 Hz. So, if I'm not going to benefit from G-Sync (most games do run 120+ fps for me), should I just buy BenQ instead and have 144 Hz with DyAc instead of having 120 Hz with ULMB if I'd buy the Dell? I've read how people say that 120 Hz vs 144 Hz is not a big deal and most don't even notice it, but if I'm not going to be using G-Sync, I might as well just get the monitor with a (little bit) faster refresh rate (which is xl2735)?
Going crazy here, could someone help me choose between these two?