Need help choosing a good budget monitor.

[SurpriZe]

Greetings.

After reading lots of different articles and forum posts about 'how to choose a monitor' I still need an advice about what choice to make.

I'm looking to buy a good monitor for games (MOBA, MMORPG, RTS mostly), movies (for watching on standard HD 1080p without 3D) and anime (if that matters at all) at the price of around 240$. The important part for me is to choose a monitor which will scale well into the future: so I'm looking for a relatively new model.

My current monitor is an old LG L1942SE (19", 1280x1024 75Hz) and I'm not sure which type of monitor matrix should I get: IPS with ~60Hz or TN with 120Hz (I've never seen the difference IRL).

Is there a point of trying to get a monitor higher than 1920x1080 for possible changes in standard resolution of games/movies in the future? And I think the screen size should be around 24"/27".

Also, I don't know if this will affect the choice but I'm using AMD Radeon HD 7800 with i5 3570.


I have no preferred brands and I've found some options already:

BenQ GW2750HM

Viewsonic VX2452mh

IIYAMA ProLite E2483HS-B1

Acer Predator GN246HL

AOC i2369Vm

But feel free to suggest anything you want.

Thank you for your time. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

[unknownofprob]

For gaming a 120Hz monitor would be best, however the new IPS/PLS panels now days are excellent choices for gaming also.

This AOC is one of my favourite IPS panels available -

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824160158

Gaming 120Hz is noticeably better if your achieving high FPS in-game, if your not it won't benefit much. For a 120hz monitor this would be it - (144Hz, excellent price)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824160177&cm_re=AOC_144Hz-_-24-160-177-_-Product

AOC G2460PQU Black 24" 144hz 1ms

 

[-Lone-]

Here you go, most popular monitors of right now that is fully HD.

http://www.amazon.com/Asus-VS247H-P-23-6-Inch-Full-HD-LED-Lit/dp/B005BZNDS0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1417329849&sr=8-1&keywords=asus+vs

http://www.amazon.com/VG248QE-24-inch-LED-lit-Monitor-response/dp/B00B2HH7G0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1417340099&sr=8-1&keywords=asus+144hz

Their lower response time makes them great for gaming. You can choose different sizes if you wish.

 

[SurpriZe]

Thanks a lot for the answers! I was thinking a lot and eventually I've bought the Asus VS247 H-P and in my opinion it's just amazing.

By the way, there are a lot of modes and I'm not really sure what to choose. Can you suggest something from your experience? Is the 'Standard' good enough?

 

[-Lone-]

Nice choice on the monitor, it has great reviews of 4000. But I can't really answer that question since I have never bought that monitor, I just suggested it because from my experience from monitor threads, these two are very popular from what I have read, so I'm just passing on information. I use my TV as my monitor, I chose Vivid for my TV but I customized it to my likings. So maybe you can do that if you want to

 

[SurpriZe]

I have one more question: can there be something done with 'ghosting' effect while playing games? Or is it just how monitors of this type work?

 

[-Lone-]

I have never experienced ghosting before, so I can't answer that either maybe research a bit into ghosting?