Eizo FG2421 or two seperate monitors?

[Meny]

Greetings,

this forum is awesome. I learned so much through reading articles, comments and generally lurking. Big thank you!

Long version
Now to my question:

I got a budget of around 500€ (I'm from germany, if that matters) and want to upgrade my Samsung XL2370 to something more up-to-date. I have a i5-3550 and a Radeon 7950, I plan to update my GPU with the next generation.

The general purpose of the monitor is mostly gaming, although I quite fancy a movie or one or two episodes of some series from time to time. If I had to put them into numbers, I would go with around 80-90% gaming, the rest of it are movies.

The games I play the most at the moment are CS:GO, League of Legends and Diablo 3. I have a very competitive mindset in the former two games.

In terms of "picture quality against motion clarity", I really thought that the Eizo FG2421 should be the best single monitor at the moment. As I read more about the topic (especially on this forum), he seems to have quite some inputlag (13-16ish?). As I have no comparison of the impact of input lag (my XL2370 is considered CRT-like), I'm unsure if that would be a problem for me in CS.

Considering the price tag, I could replace the FG2421 with a Benq XL2411Z and a nice IPS/PLS/VA panel monitor, used for games where motion blur is not that much of an issue or just as a dedicated second monitor / movie monitor.
Why not a single XL2411Z? I'm very very biased towards TN having bad colors (the Xl2370 has horrible, washed out colors). My friend has the Asus VG248QE and the colors were okay-ish and I'm unsure if the BenQ delivers more punch in that regard or if I'm just better off with a dedicated tryhard monitor and a dedicated "look at those colors" monitor.

TL;DR Version

• Old Monitor: Samsung XL2370
• Want to buy: Eizo FG2421
• Budget: Around 500€
• Games: CS:GO, League of Legends, Diablo 3. First two with a strong competitive focus. (80-90% usage)
• Movies/Series (10-20% usage)
• Unsure if Eizo inputlag throws me off
• Therefore: FG2421 or BenQ XL2411Z and a second IPS/PLS/VA panel monitor?

[flood]

the additional 10ms of input lag is not a good thing... but

fg2421s have been successfully used in csgo lan tournaments of the highest level.

[Edmond]

I have to say that i would go with a gsync monitor.

For me personally the stutter/tear/almost all lag free monitor would be a prio over a bit better motion clarity. The Eizo is good and all, but just saying...
Also, Eizo one is real 120hz, not 240.

Heres the gsync monitors we will see in 1 month:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productli ... &catid=948

Other vendors might also appear, but spec wise - their gonna be the same as one of these.

[Meny]

Thanks for your replies.

Considering GSYNC: If I am able to maintain a high framerate (as I can in both CS:GO (with fps_max set to 143) and uncapped 200+ fps at LoL), I was under the impression, that I wouldn't benefit much from GSYNC's stutter elimination. So GSYNC would mostly help against tearing, am I right? Is that also the case if(fps == refresh rate)?

[DICKTracy]

I would personally say to save an extra 300 and get the ASUS SWIFT.

UMLB with an adjustable strobe length
144hz (not with UMLB though)
1440p native res
27 inch
4ms total display lag
gsync for more intense games like metro/skyrim

It's the best gaming monitor on the market, period.

[Q83Ia7ta]

Buy EIZO try and return if input lag bothers you. Then try XL2411Z.

[Alamar]

the additional 10ms of input lag is not a good thing... but

fg2421s have been successfully used in csgo lan tournaments of the highest level.

If everone uses the monitor/same lag on tournament it is hardly an disadvantage

Thanks for your replies.

Considering GSYNC: If I am able to maintain a high framerate (as I can in both CS:GO (with fps_max set to 143) and uncapped 200+ fps at LoL), I was under the impression, that I wouldn't benefit much from GSYNC's stutter elimination.

In this case, yes. CS I think is always better to play with vsync off.

I would personally say to save an extra 300 and get the ASUS SWIFT.

UMLB with an adjustable strobe length
144hz (not with UMLB though)
1440p native res
27 inch
4ms total display lag
gsync for more intense games like metro/skyrim

It's the best gaming monitor on the market, period.

Smaller (23-24) and for less than half the current price would be something to consider (I got amd card btw) but personally I'm not decided to buy any lcd monitor atm.
I would like something that is good not only with newer games but also with older so maybe 1600p would be better.
And something that really remind my current crt (which is btw super eyes friendly).
I also hate how ips/pls black look in dark room.
Btw I have question, does 1:1 mapping of native resolution is always working fine on all monitors?

[flood]

can someone who reads polish translate this from virtus.pro snax's facebook page?

https://pl-pl.facebook.com/snaxfz

co do przypalu to chodziło o monitory 100hz na Eizo to gówno... czas chyba zmienić na 120 nawet w domu bo lipa jest na turniejach galgany się cieszą bo grają sobie jak w domu a my musimy się męczyć hf trzymajcie kciuki

[Alamar]

ur lucky, I can translate

"about this* it was about Eizo 100hz monitors that are shit... It is probably time to change to 120 even in home because hopeless* thing come on tournaments where scamps are happy to play like in home and we must tire hf**, keep you fingers crossed."

*this words in original are slang hard to properly translate
**some kind of shortcut

Btw I don't know why he refer to Eizo as 100hz as we all know it is 120hz monitor.