Buying a new gaming monitor

[Kyo]

Hey guys,
My monitor just died(I had old samsung syncmaster) and I wanted to but a new monitor.
I was looking at the following monitors; Benq XL2420Z, Asus VG248QE , Benq RL2455HM
There are few things i quite dont understand.
I dont play any FPS games, I play moba games and RPG/RTS.
So reading around the internet people suggest the RL series for RTS/RPG(Which will save me a lot of money).
I seen people complaining about the XL2420Z colors etc.
I play mostly LoL and RPG games, I dont know if the XL2420Z will benefit me much for it's price.
In fact, I dont understand about any monitor features at all, And i dont know how much the will benefit me while i dont play any FPS games.
Will it be worth buying xl2420z if i play only rpg/rts/moba games ?
What are the huge differences between the RL and XL series? And when people complain about XL colors is it really that bad?

Thanks ahead.
Kyo.

[Black Octagon]

Ok, so some basic questions:

How much are you willing to spend, and where in the world are you?

What approximate size and resolution are you after?

What is your current GPU?

[Kyo]

I have the money to spend if it's really worth it so money is not the real issue
I have GTX680, Until now i played only 1680x1050 since it was my monitor max res but ill start going towards 1920.
I'm looking for 22-24 monitor size.
I live in the middle east.

[Kyo]

Planning to buy today, any suggestions ?

[lexlazootin]

Planning to buy today, any suggestions ?

XL series will benefit you if you fps goes above 60 and in fast action, it will make it smoother and easier to see. in most RTS/MOBA/RPG (I believe anyways) it wont matter AS much as fps games were your whole screen will be shaking really quickly.

RL series should have fine low latency monitor for you to buy

[Kyo]

Yes i understand,
I do play at around 200-400FPS (LoL).
The question is, When you say it wont matter will it result in quality/performance loss and will actually be less than the R series?
Thanks

[lexlazootin]

The question is, When you say it wont matter will it result in quality/performance loss and will actually be less than the R series?

The performance will be the same, The XL series will just be smoother because it's a 120/144hz panel meaning it can display more frame and make it smoother.

In fps games, whipping your head side to side and analyzing everything will be easier on a 120/144hz panel because you see more information, were (I think anyways) that in moba a smoother game play wont matter as MUCH. They will both have the same really low input lag which is a plus.

And if you want a small bonus, you could always get a RL series and overclock it to 75hz+~ for a almost XL experience

[Kyo]

Hey thanks for all the information.
Eventually the RL was out of stock when i went there and i got the XL2420Z at the end.
I set it on 144Hz and. While League of legends is running uncapped and vsync disabled.
I played around with the colors a lot to get it to how i want, I don't know any features of this monitor yet to be honest so i will be happy for advise.
I get around 180-280FPS on LoL, sometimes the character disappear from spot to spot.
Do you guys have any suggestions on how to improve? and what exactly the 'maximum pre-rendered frames' option on nVidia will effect? I set it to 1 for now but should i change it when i play other games ?

Thanks

[lexlazootin]

I played around with the colors a lot to get it to how i want, I don't know any features of this monitor yet to be honest so i will be happy for advise.

Lightboost is a pretty big deal, it eliminates almost all motion blur. http://www.blurbusters.com/zero-motion- ... boost-faq/

I get around 180-280FPS on LoL, sometimes the character disappear from spot to spot.

This sounds like a gpu artifact, did you overclock your gpu? or is this a bug in lol or something?

Do you guys have any suggestions on how to improve? and what exactly the 'maximum pre-rendered frames' option on nVidia will effect? I set it to 1 for now but should i change it when i play other games ?

A user named "flood" on this fourm has been testing for input lag for CS:GO and for some time now nothing has really changed the performance besides leaving the fps uncapped. I would suggest simply not touching any controlpanel settings unless you are sure you know what they do.

[Kyo]

Thanks for your answer.
I will definitely read about lightboost tomorrow, Is it something really necessary and has no risk for my monitor ?

Kyo wrote:I get around 180-280FPS on LoL, sometimes the character disappear from spot to spot.

This sounds like a gpu artifact, did you overclock your gpu? or is this a bug in lol or something?

My GPU is not overclocked. I noticed it only happens while VSync is on,
So right now i only play with VSync off and uncapped and it seem pretty good,
I didn't notice a big difference while vsync is on, im not even sure what it does to be honest and if maybe i should put it ON and adjust other settings.

A user named "flood" on this fourm has been testing for input lag for CS:GO and for some time now nothing has really changed the performance besides leaving the fps uncapped. I would suggest simply not touching any controlpanel settings unless you are sure you know what they do.

The reason i asked about the Maximum pre-rendered frames option was because I saw someone suggesting it on this forum to someone else who had my issue with LoL, But i am not sure if i should leave it as 1 and if its just a solution for this specific thing,
Idk if for other games i should adjust it differently.

Im really sorry for my ignorant but i don't understand that much about monitors or graphic options :/