Entry level 1440p Monitor for casual gaming

[polo53]

Morning folks,

In the market for a 1440p monitor and due to the relative lack of choice out there due to their freshness on the scene was curious as to what people would recommend?

Not a hardcore gamer by any standards, so not massively fussed on a super low MS.

I assume there are various price brackets due to panels, quality and the aforementioned MS on each.

Would anyone be kind enough to provide a few examples of various monitors that cover a few price ranges?

Thanks in advance,

Paul

 

[Geekwad]

Some panels can be friendlier on the eyes if you're looking at it for long periods of time (ex. you work/surf/study on it for more hours a day than you game), so how many hours per day average do you think you'd be sitting in front of it?

Also, can you share your basic system hardware specs for reference?

 

[guanyu210379]

One of the best all-rounders with a relative good price is the ASUS PB278QR.
It costs around €450, here where I live.
Another good choice is the Dell U2715H, also in the €400-500 price class.

Those monitors are comfortable to look at for work and usable for games. Not that excellent for hardcore competitive ego shooter games due to their 60Hz and high response time but they are very usable for games.

 

[polo53]

Cheers gents for the feedback.

Geekwad. No more than 3 hours most days. I don't work or study at it so only for gaming. Some weekends maybe 5 hours or so but that's rare. System is a GTX960, AMD6300 and 8GB Ram. Curious if my GPU will even handle the higher resolution!

Cheers again folks.

 

[guanyu210379]

The GPU GTX960 is enough for 1440p, for work.
If you plan to game a lot, you need at least a GTX970/R9 390 for budget solution with GTX980Ti/Fury X as a more recommended.
Games like Witcher 3 is really demanding.
Your FX6300 could also be a problem for 1440p on some games.

 

[Geekwad]

Cheers gents for the feedback.

Geekwad. No more than 3 hours most days. I don't work or study at it so only for gaming. Some weekends maybe 5 hours or so but that's rare. System is a GTX960, AMD6300 and 8GB Ram. Curious if my GPU will even handle the higher resolution!

Cheers again folks.

With those system specs, it's going to really depend on the game as to whether you'll be able to get to a playable frame rate. For lower or older titles, it may be OK, but for newer titles you're going to have to display 1080p resolutions anyway to make it work.

If this is part of a larger upgrade strategy over time, it can still make sense to do it. 1440p is certainly nice for productivity, as more information gets displayed on the screen (less scrolling for web pages, ability to position full documents side-by-side, multitasking, etc.).