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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Serious Hardware/Software Crap > Monitor/Display Megathread - Chromebook Pixel is best IPS display on market
 
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Roblo
Dec 10, 2007

I posted my food for USPOL Thanksgiving!
If all i really use my PC for is wow, and browsing the internet, do i really need to worry about 144hz? My PC only runs wow at 60odd fps at best.

Basically, my work have offered to buy me a monitor for working at home, figured i would upgrade my PC monitor, use my current PC one for work and they would chip in.

Dont really want to spend much more than £250 ideally, and i like the look of an ultrawide monitor. Am i just shooting myself in the foot? was looking at something like this:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/LG-Electro...DVS35H6RM8XCSYX

The other thing i was worried about was whether my Graphics card would handle it, given its not exactly new. its a Radeon HD7800, whatever that is.

Help me, i dont computer good.

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Roblo
Dec 10, 2007

I posted my food for USPOL Thanksgiving!

FAT32 SHAMER posted:

HD7800 should get wow to at least 144hx at 1080p, not sure about at 1440p

Sounds like it might be worth me ditching the ultrawide screen dream, then (i read back further in the thread and someone said theyre not worth it on a budget).

These seem to come up in a lot of reviews on the web, 144hz and its within budget.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/AOC-C24G1-...965&sr=8-5&th=1

Not going to be amazing compared to what a lot of you guys have, but would be an upgrade and wont cost me much.

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Roblo
Dec 10, 2007

I posted my food for USPOL Thanksgiving!
Is there a recommended maximum size you should consider for a 1080p monitor? Currently looking at both 24 and 27 inch, but would be nice to go bigger than my current monitor so it feels like more of an upgrade.

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Roblo
Dec 10, 2007

I posted my food for USPOL Thanksgiving!

K8.0 posted:


Some people don't like over 24" at 1080p, some people are fine with 27". No one can really tell you how you'll feel. Personally I'd favor 24", especially since I think you're looking at 1080p 144hz options and there are several fairly good ones at reasonable prices. The AOC 24G2, Asus VP249QGR, and Acer VG240Y P. If you wind up going toward the Acer, be careful. Any time you are looking at an Acer monitor, be really sure it's the specific version you want, especially if it seems cheap. Their monitor naming conventions are absolutely awful, and they constantly put out multiple monitors with almost identical names but important differences between them.

Thanks mate, appreciate that.

I was looking at the AOC 24", but delivery is currently 1-2 months.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/AOC-C24G1-...=8-6&th=1&psc=1

This LG is on offer at the moment, both 24 and 27" options. Seems equivalent to the best of my knowledge?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/LG-Ultrage...8-12&th=1&psc=1


^^erm normal sort of distance, I guess. It's a normal desk. So not far, which I guess suggests 24" is better.

So easy to just go "ooh I can get this amount bigger for only this much", which isn't maybe the best idea.

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