Questions/opinions about XB271HU and 27GK750F-B
Posted: 15 Oct 2018, 20:11
So I've been making an effort to research what I could (I've actually been a reader of blurbusters for a couple years on and off, now.) And I'm looking to buy a good monitor for gaming (not just twitch shooters or competitive games as I don't play that competitively, but it's sort of a foucs.) I'm looking for some opinions, thanks.
I'm looking at a couple monitor options. I play some shooters (and I'd like to be good at them) but I don't play all that competitively or at high levels. I believe I'd really like low motion blur. As I understand it, above 120/144hz there isn't much improvement in 'smoothness' but there is in non-strobed motion blur. Although I think I'd still notice the phantom array effect at times. I can play one to three competitive games I have without dipping below 240fps. The rest I can't (GPU not strong enough.)
The LG 27GK750F-B looked like a good monitor but unfortunately it's a freesync monitor. From what I read, the crosstalk isn't bad but isn't possible to adjust fully. However it's still very good at reducing motion blur and can do so at 240hz. So I'd be running it @ 240hz mbr for a couple games (probably with vsync off, but maybe with low-lag rtss, and in Original Mode). For most other games I'd be running it at either 144hz or 120hz. Is this a good monitor for motion blur reduction?
The Acer Predator XB271HU has some advantages over a 240hz TN. It's 1440p and has better colors because it uses an IPS panel. It's also g-sync and can run ulmb+g-sync hack from what I understand. I believe the ULMB would be dimmer than a 240hz panel at the same MPRT/persistence level. And the ULMB runs at 120hz (can't run higher, I think.) In this case, is it true this monitor would have trouble with ghosting/smearing at 120hz ulmb (should I avoid if so)? The response times seemed decent. Are the IPS colors (and higher res) worth it compared to a good 240hz TN panel if they're both calibrated well? (i.e. is there much difference?)
I was considering a VA panel but I don't want to deal with the ghosting or smearing VA panels suffer from. It would be kinda nice to go below even 1ms MPRT, of course. Are there better monitors I should buy instead? New and better monitors should be coming out within a couple years, no? I hope it's okay for me to post questions here about buying a monitor, apologies if it isn't.
I'm looking at a couple monitor options. I play some shooters (and I'd like to be good at them) but I don't play all that competitively or at high levels. I believe I'd really like low motion blur. As I understand it, above 120/144hz there isn't much improvement in 'smoothness' but there is in non-strobed motion blur. Although I think I'd still notice the phantom array effect at times. I can play one to three competitive games I have without dipping below 240fps. The rest I can't (GPU not strong enough.)
The LG 27GK750F-B looked like a good monitor but unfortunately it's a freesync monitor. From what I read, the crosstalk isn't bad but isn't possible to adjust fully. However it's still very good at reducing motion blur and can do so at 240hz. So I'd be running it @ 240hz mbr for a couple games (probably with vsync off, but maybe with low-lag rtss, and in Original Mode). For most other games I'd be running it at either 144hz or 120hz. Is this a good monitor for motion blur reduction?
The Acer Predator XB271HU has some advantages over a 240hz TN. It's 1440p and has better colors because it uses an IPS panel. It's also g-sync and can run ulmb+g-sync hack from what I understand. I believe the ULMB would be dimmer than a 240hz panel at the same MPRT/persistence level. And the ULMB runs at 120hz (can't run higher, I think.) In this case, is it true this monitor would have trouble with ghosting/smearing at 120hz ulmb (should I avoid if so)? The response times seemed decent. Are the IPS colors (and higher res) worth it compared to a good 240hz TN panel if they're both calibrated well? (i.e. is there much difference?)
I was considering a VA panel but I don't want to deal with the ghosting or smearing VA panels suffer from. It would be kinda nice to go below even 1ms MPRT, of course. Are there better monitors I should buy instead? New and better monitors should be coming out within a couple years, no? I hope it's okay for me to post questions here about buying a monitor, apologies if it isn't.