Lost picking a monitor

[Degal]

So I need help picking a monitor. One of my problems is I wanted everything to work properly and it seems the more research I find, the more compromises I will need to make with a budget of around $350.

One thing I'd really like some help on is screen tearing. It seems the ONLY solution is to get G-sync, as in a higher refresh rate wont solve screen tearing. I thought if you had a good graphics card (I have a 970) then the reason you get screen tearing is because your card is outputting more frames than your monitor is capable of dealing with. And why cant you just hard cap your gpu for a game at something just below your monitors refresh rate so it wont tear ever, you just deal with not fulfilling the monitors full refresh rate?

So I have that all confused as to how people game at all on pc if there is no solution to screen tearing even with better monitors.

Where my biggest problem is, is that I would like something good for playing Street Fighter (low input lag), and have a good refresh rate, and POSSIBLY be an IPS panel because I do a lot of web dev and graphic design stuff, so colors are kind of important. Iv been using a crappy monitor and I never noticed anything doing that work or gaming so far, but now that I know a little bit about all of this technology, Im questioning my whole existence. Please help

 

[ROCKJAYDEN_22]

The cheapest G-Sync monitor a could find was a Acer XB240H which is actually on sale at the moment and it has all the features yous want like height,tilt,pivot and swivel so if you can push your budget $35 I would highly recommend!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009729

 

[Degal]

The cheapest G-Sync monitor a could find was a Acer XB240H which is actually on sale at the moment and it has all the features yous want like height,tilt,pivot and swivel so if you can push your budget $35 I would highly recommend!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009729

Looks really nice. Cant find any info on the monitors input lag though

 

[ROCKJAYDEN_22]

The cheapest G-Sync monitor a could find was a Acer XB240H which is actually on sale at the moment and it has all the features yous want like height,tilt,pivot and swivel so if you can push your budget $35 I would highly recommend!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009729

Looks really nice. Cant find any info on the monitors input lag though

its a 1ms monitor

 

[Degal]

The cheapest G-Sync monitor a could find was a Acer XB240H which is actually on sale at the moment and it has all the features yous want like height,tilt,pivot and swivel so if you can push your budget $35 I would highly recommend!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009729

Looks really nice. Cant find any info on the monitors input lag though

its a 1ms monitor

Right, Iv just been reading that 1ms is the grey to grey, response time, not input latency. That numbers hard to find apparently. Idk though lol thats why im here

 

[ROCKJAYDEN_22]

oh ok sorry I couldn't help more I cand find the input Latency either :/

 

[Suzuki@1473780084@1473780163]

You won't notice the input lag. You only notice input lag on TV's that are above 30 ms (2 frames), such as 60-70 ms (4 frames). The response time refers to ghosting, however doesn't tell the whole story. 1 ms 60 Hz is equal to 5 ms 60 Hz, because both despite being fake numbers, achieve pixel transitions faster than 16.67 ms. A 144 Hz monitor updates every 6.9 ms, hence why they appear to have less ghosting. It's there, but to completely remove it, manufacturers now use Lightboost, as I'm sure you've heard of. LCD isn't perfect, but input lag certainly isn't a spec to worry about in a monitor, just TV's.

 

[Degal]

Okay so you really only get input lag from TVs? How come? And then why do consoles not have this issue on TV's, is it just because they can only output 30fps?

Also how do those 1ms or 5ms numbers effect the experience?

Thanks guys

 

[Suzuki@1473780084@1473780163]

No, input lag is a problem with all LCD's, the difference is that you can reach a point where you will no longer notice it, which has been said to be 30 ms, but I personally say it's 10 ms which majority of monitors are. The 1 ms and 5 ms you're referring to is called response time, this is related to ghosting, not input delays.