Good 144hz monitors within $250 price range?

[TheOneAndOnlyJP]

Trying to avoid ones that use the M240HW01 V8 panel, but I also want decent colors and motion blur reduction flexibility.

[lexlazootin]

Get a 24.5/25 or 27inch, it won't have that panel but it won't be $250.

You're looking for something that doesn't exist.

[TheOneAndOnlyJP]

Get a 24.5/25 or 27inch, it won't have that panel but it won't be $250.

You're looking for something that doesn't exist.

Okay, in that price range which one utilizes it the best if I don't have much of a choice? I have a limited budget and space on my sorry excuse for a "desk".

[Chief Blur Buster]

There's always the Acer GN246HL monitor - under $200 and has LightBoost (the early version of good strobe backlights).

The ghosting on that model is not very good (in non-LightBoost mode) -- until you enable LightBoost and then also apply the LightBoost purple-tint fix from the old 2013 Blur Busters LightBoost FAQ. The ghosting disappears & the blur reduction works fine. Then it's quite a decent cheap blur-reduction monitor. ToastyX Strobelight does not officially support it but it works anyway (on both AMD and NVIDIA). Strobelight-setup will fail with error, but running strobelight (after rebooting after strobelight-setup) will correctly enable LightBoost.

It's basic and you do have to jump through a few hoops -- but it's currently the cheapest blur-reduction gaming monitor on the market if your goal is to keep blur reduction permanently enabled.

If you want better colors, you will have to pony up. But if you can forgo the color quality criteria, it's the cheapest "Blur Busting" monitor -- cheapest LCD with zero motion blur -- it achieves CRT motion clarity with true ~1ms MPRT (at lower LightBoost % settings) Its backlight is quite bright which gives great headroom to still have okay brightness in LightBoost mode. The colors are a bit tricky, but it can reduce motion blur as perfectly good as any ULMB monitor.

[TheOneAndOnlyJP]

There's always the Acer GN246HL monitor - under $200 and has LightBoost (the early version of good strobe backlights).

The ghosting on that model is not very good (in non-LightBoost mode) -- until you enable LightBoost and then also apply the LightBoost purple-tint fix from the old 2013 Blur Busters LightBoost FAQ. The ghosting disappears & the blur reduction works fine. Then it's quite a decent cheap blur-reduction monitor. ToastyX Strobelight does not officially support it but it works anyway (on both AMD and NVIDIA). Strobelight-setup will fail with error, but running strobelight (after rebooting after strobelight-setup) will correctly enable LightBoost.

It's basic and you do have to jump through a few hoops -- but it's currently the cheapest blur-reduction gaming monitor on the market if your goal is to keep blur reduction permanently enabled.

If you want better colors, you will have to pony up. But if you can forgo the color quality criteria, it's the cheapest "Blur Busting" monitor -- cheapest LCD with zero motion blur -- it achieves CRT motion clarity with true ~1ms MPRT (at lower LightBoost % settings) Its backlight is quite bright which gives great headroom to still have okay brightness in LightBoost mode. The colors are a bit tricky, but it can reduce motion blur as perfectly good as any ULMB monitor.

I've been eyeing out this one, but it doesn't appear to have a blur reduction feature and lacks a displayport; the response time is also a bit slower since it doesn't use a TN panel: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B078ZJHD25

[Chief Blur Buster]

The ViewSonic VX2758 is a VA panel and probably has much better colors. ViewSonic is known for their good pre-calibrated out-of-box colors. If you are forgoing blur reduction, that is likely a good option if your price range is very strict.

Keep in mind if motion blur reduction is a high priority, the 144Hz only reduce motion blur by about 60% relative to 60Hz, while adding a strobe backlight mode can reduce motion blur by 95% relative to 60Hz.

[TheOneAndOnlyJP]

The ViewSonic VX2758 is a VA panel and probably has much better colors. ViewSonic is known for their good pre-calibrated out-of-box colors. If you are forgoing blur reduction, that is likely a good option if your price range is very strict.

Keep in mind if motion blur reduction is a high priority, the 144Hz only reduce motion blur by about 60% relative to 60Hz, while adding a strobe backlight mode can reduce motion blur by 95% relative to 60Hz.

Another choice was the Asus, but it's a little overpriced atm. The problem with the Acer besides its built quality is the lack of crosstalk customization.

[Chief Blur Buster]

Another choice was the Asus, but it's a little overpriced atm. The problem with the Acer besides its built quality is the lack of crosstalk customization.

Some background info about good old fashioned LightBoost, the first popular strobe backlight:

Just FYI -- ULMB and LightBoost are generally low crosstalk -- NVIDIA strobe backlights are pre-calibrated with low crosstalk most of the time. ULMB has slightly more crosstalk than LightBoost. This is because LightBoost is optimized for 3D glasses use (minimization of crosstalk). In exchange for low crosstalk it has poorer colors (narrower dynamic range) since it's pre-calibrated to minimize strobe crosstalk.

[TheOneAndOnlyJP]

Another choice was the Asus, but it's a little overpriced atm. The problem with the Acer besides its built quality is the lack of crosstalk customization.

Some background info about good old fashioned LightBoost, the first popular strobe backlight:

Just FYI -- ULMB and LightBoost are generally low crosstalk -- NVIDIA strobe backlights are pre-calibrated with low crosstalk most of the time. ULMB has slightly more crosstalk than LightBoost. This is because LightBoost is optimized for 3D glasses use (minimization of crosstalk). In exchange for low crosstalk it has poorer colors (narrower dynamic range) since it's pre-calibrated to minimize strobe crosstalk.

Hmm, the reason I returned my Acer was because of an annoying stuck blue pixel on the bottom right corner of the screen, maybe I will give it another shot and hope that the new one doesn't have any, but their policy on bad pixels is pretty weak imo.

[donger]

So i am in the same spot. Looking for a cheap non TN 144Hz gaming monitor. I think the best choice right now is Samsung C24FG70. It's curved that's why i am hesitating to buy it and maby there is something better in the price range.

Ok so i just checked some photos of this curvature and it's really pathetic(how to work with 2d images on this crap??). Waiting for a normal flat screen that is non TN, 144Hz and around 250$ range. Preferably native 1080p to get 300fps in every competetive shooter. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjWSRTYV8e0