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Hi all, I put a excel sheet to make it easier for everyone,
  • All of them are 1080p
  • These are the current options locally available to me and I'm not looking for anything else other than these options.
  • I'm currently leaning towards the Viewsonic VX2479A but the Gigabyte also seems to be a good value - BUT - my previous monitor was Gigabyte G24F 2 (165Hz - OC180Hz), using 165 because I knew about the panel issues and suddenly after 1 year of use it died on me. I'm not sure about Gigabyte Panels anymore and I keep hearing the QC issues with other monitors as well so I'm a bit skeptical about testing my luck again!
  • Price Variance shows the difference of the rate between the base price of Viewsonic and others (Gigabyte is slightly cheaper, others are expensive) to make it easier for everyone!
Monitors in order :
Been trying to get help from monitor subreddits and received absolutely 0 help from anyone there, toms hardware is my last resort. If you are me, what would you pick among these?
 
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Not quite the same monitor. Given the different stats not likely to be the same panel. Different scalar too, as the old one still had a VGA port.

Still it seems highly regarded from the budget gaming community.

If your monitor burned out that quickly, you should be able to warranty that I would hope.
 
Eximo said:
Not quite the same monitor. Given the different stats not likely to be the same panel. Different scalar too, as the old one still had a VGA port.

Still it seems highly regarded from the budget gaming community.

If your monitor burned out that quickly, you should be able to warranty that I would hope.
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Yea its on RMA and a replacement Gigabyte is on the way, likely a new G24F 2 which I'm not honestly excited for. Might sell it once it arrives and cover the cost for this.
 
aranorde said:
LeJ83Vq.jpeg

Hi all, I put a excel sheet to make it easier for everyone,
  • All of them are 1080p
  • These are the current options locally available to me and I'm not looking for anything else other than these options.
  • I'm currently leaning towards the Viewsonic VX2479A but the Gigabyte also seems to be a good value - BUT - my previous monitor was Gigabyte G24F 2 (165Hz - OC180Hz), using 165 because I knew about the panel issues and suddenly after 1 year of use it died on me. I'm not sure about Gigabyte Panels anymore and I keep hearing the QC issues with other monitors as well so I'm a bit skeptical about testing my luck again!
  • Price Variance shows the difference of the rate between the base price of Viewsonic and others (Gigabyte is slightly cheaper, others are expensive) to make it easier for everyone!
Monitors in order :
Been trying to get help from monitor subreddits and received absolutely 0 help from anyone there, toms hardware is my last resort. If you are me, what would you pick among these?
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from experience view sonic and aoc tend to have a higher failure rate after a few months.

the msi g255f has dead pixel hell lol least from all the amazon reviews.

gigabyte can be hit and miss not as bad as view sonic.
 
beyondlogic said:
from experience view sonic and aoc tend to have a higher failure rate after a few months.

the msi g255f has dead pixel hell lol least from all the amazon reviews.

gigabyte can be hit and miss not as bad as view sonic.
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Thanks for the tips, but Gigabyte G24F 2 is notorious for its issues - it's well known in monitor communities and so far the worst I've used in my life to be honest. That is the only factor preventing me from going to the same brand again. Even my RMA replacement will be a G24F 2 or the current equivalent so not sure getting the GS25F2 despite its price.

AOC seems to have a balance of great reviews and equally big negative reviews. MSI has ghosting in higher refresh rates (I personally had one).

Viewsonic is shady in some cases, other options are Odyssey G3 G30D or LG UltraGear 24" 24gs60f-b which are nearly 1.60X the price of Viewsonic.

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aranorde said:
That seems to be a different monitor, but Hardware Unboxed did a review on this and according to them, it was a good buy. I have lower priced options with better specs on paper, reliability is the question.
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My bad, heres the right one...
www.techspot.com

AOC 24G4 Review

The AOC 24G4 is a solid entry-level 1080p gaming monitor that improves upon its popular predecessor in notable areas. It's also slightly faster and slightly cheaper at...
www.techspot.com www.techspot.com

Seems like this is the successor of the other one with some refinements.
 
beyondlogic said:
from experience view sonic and aoc tend to have a higher failure rate after a few months.
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I used close to 20 monitors during the last 20 years (personal and professional use), from a, cheap 1080p Scepter to a high-end 4k LG.

Dell, AOC, ViewSonic, Asus, Phillips, Samsung, etc., I saw so many of them.

And none of them ever failed. Not a single one. I still use many of my old ones at home and at work. I don't know where you got your failure rate from, but from my own experience, monitor failure is very rare no matter the brand and should not be the main criteria when it's time to choose. I'm not saying it never happens, but you should not pass on a model you like just because someone somewhere said he had one that failed after a years.
 
JayGau said:
I used close to 20 monitors during the last 20 years (personal and professional use), from a, cheap 1080p Scepter to a high-end 4k LG.

Dell, AOC, ViewSonic, Asus, Phillips, Samsung, etc., I saw so many of them.

And none of them ever failed. Not a single one. I still use many of my old ones at home and at work. I don't know where you got your failure rate from, but from my own experience, monitor failure is very rare no matter the brand and should not be the main criteria when it's time to choose. I'm not saying it never happens, but you should not pass on a model you like just because someone somewhere said he had one that failed after a years.
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I've owned 3 aoc all developed vertical lines and from my own observation of Amazon reviews viewsonic failed with vertical lines. And that's over a span of years. If you look up the said model of MSI models alot have dead pixels including one mentioned above.
 
Different companies purchase different grades of LCDs. The cheaper monitors usually get the ones that aren't as good. Either not capable of certain refresh rates, high ghosting, or color reproduction is subpar. These are essentially the working rejects. Which comes with additional risks like dead pixels and failure. Lower cost also generally means less quality control. Though nothing stops any random PC component from dying at any time.

Reviews help sort the good from the bad.

Since the advent of LCDs, I have seen three failures. Two old 4:3 LCDs, one Dell, one Samsung, and a business grade Lenovo monitor that literally smoked itself. LCD was probably fine, but the power board certainly wasn't. My old ASUS VE278 is still ticking along, and I use that every once in a while, around 15 years old.

It sounds like you've had many monitors, did they all have continuous use over many years? Or were you constantly upgrading, obfuscating potential issues.

That is like saying since I have never had a GPU fail on me, that it doesn't happen. But I also upgrade GPUs pretty regularly.
 
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