So I notice that this question has been asked multiple times but now that it is January and a brand new year has come about, I too am looking to upgrade
As everyone here is most likely aware the ASUS PG279Q has received some bad reviews for the following issues
- IPS GLOW
- Blacklight bleed (also known as BLB)
- Dead pixels
- Poor handling of RMA (some RMA's resulting in customers returning almost 3 monitors one after the other due to the other 3 issues)
The reason I ask this question again as it has seemingly cropped up quite a bit is because, I live in Ireland, there is not 1 store in Ireland that sells this monitor, this makes the closest dispatch location the U.K. which makes RMAing a dodgy monitor rather difficult.
Another reason is, I have used a TN monitor for 10 years and have grown accustom to no back light bleed or IPS glow, in fact my Dell monitor (while very small at 19") has served me well but lacks both the color depth i want for photo editing and the refresh rate I would like (anything over 75Hz would do), so taking a leap from a TN monitor with no flaws to an IPS panel with a high chance of IPS glow or even worse issues seems like an awful gamble to me.
Why do I want a new monitor? - I had replaced (a Dell XPS710 (10 years old) my PC at the early part of 2016 and with it 2 GeForce GT 980Ti's were part of the new system, but they seem to be rather underutilized with my Dell 19" monitor. The monitor is 19" and I want more
Why am I asking these questions, surely reviews should be sufficient? This monitor has quite a bad rep, but if I could be convinced that the issue was related to a bad batch then I may be willing of parting of 1,000 euros to get a monitor that would last me 10 years, under the assumption that at a 1,000 euro price tag I would be getting what I pay for.
Why has this monitor drawn my attention specifically (basically why have i been obsessing about it) This monitor seems to have performed quite well on tomshardware reviews but seems to be getting destroyed by customer reviews, tomshardware has rated this monitor as "For its unique qualities, excellent build and top-shelf gaming performance we’re giving the Asus PG279Q our Editor Recommended Award.", which is conflicting given customer reviews, in matter of fact it is heavily contrasting, which is causing me a huge amount of anxiety. How could tomshardware recommend a monitor so highly when some many customers have complained.
Surely you understand the monitor lottery?
Not really, there is an expectation from big companies like asus, acer, benq to deliver hardware that meets certain quality controls and standards, this should not be a lottery but an expectation. Either the technology is wrong or the manufacturing processes are wrong and either way some type of "watchdog" should have/be created to insure customers get what they pay for all the time and not once after 4 RMA's
This almost sounds like a rant now, So to drill down to the point of this thread.
I want to be convinced that buying the PG279Q is worth it. If the community feels that they cannot achieve this (because my expectations are too high or the lack of guarantee from the vendor for a good monitor) then I would like the community to advise on a monitor that meets the following requirements.
- Great color reproduction
- Reasonable Refresh rate (greater than 75Hz)
- greater than 24" monitor (For having reference images open while I draw using a drawing tablet on Photoshop)
- prefer IPS unless someone can convince me color on a TN is still reasonably good now a days
- Utilizes my GT 980Ti's
- I am really on the fence about gsync or free-sync, considering i have 2 nvidia cards, I don't know
- Is less than 1,000 euros
Whats the purpose of the monitor?
- Gaming (Battlefield, World of warships, Assassins creed, Civilization VI) NOT PRO GAMING
- Photoshop
- Watching Movies
- Cubase (music production)
- Overall, just general purpose
I know all the above may seem like I am asking for a lot, but unfortunately I cannot go through the heart break of several months of arguing with companies over the quality of their monitor and the transport costs to get a monitor RMA'd from Ireland to UK, USA or Germany
I hope that someone could help me out here and forgive me for being such a picky son of ******
I would also like to see tomshardware actually update their best gaming monitors/ best professional monitors section if possible seeing as December saw the release of some new free-sync monitors etc.
As everyone here is most likely aware the ASUS PG279Q has received some bad reviews for the following issues
- IPS GLOW
- Blacklight bleed (also known as BLB)
- Dead pixels
- Poor handling of RMA (some RMA's resulting in customers returning almost 3 monitors one after the other due to the other 3 issues)
The reason I ask this question again as it has seemingly cropped up quite a bit is because, I live in Ireland, there is not 1 store in Ireland that sells this monitor, this makes the closest dispatch location the U.K. which makes RMAing a dodgy monitor rather difficult.
Another reason is, I have used a TN monitor for 10 years and have grown accustom to no back light bleed or IPS glow, in fact my Dell monitor (while very small at 19") has served me well but lacks both the color depth i want for photo editing and the refresh rate I would like (anything over 75Hz would do), so taking a leap from a TN monitor with no flaws to an IPS panel with a high chance of IPS glow or even worse issues seems like an awful gamble to me.
Why do I want a new monitor? - I had replaced (a Dell XPS710 (10 years old) my PC at the early part of 2016 and with it 2 GeForce GT 980Ti's were part of the new system, but they seem to be rather underutilized with my Dell 19" monitor. The monitor is 19" and I want more
Why am I asking these questions, surely reviews should be sufficient? This monitor has quite a bad rep, but if I could be convinced that the issue was related to a bad batch then I may be willing of parting of 1,000 euros to get a monitor that would last me 10 years, under the assumption that at a 1,000 euro price tag I would be getting what I pay for.
Why has this monitor drawn my attention specifically (basically why have i been obsessing about it) This monitor seems to have performed quite well on tomshardware reviews but seems to be getting destroyed by customer reviews, tomshardware has rated this monitor as "For its unique qualities, excellent build and top-shelf gaming performance we’re giving the Asus PG279Q our Editor Recommended Award.", which is conflicting given customer reviews, in matter of fact it is heavily contrasting, which is causing me a huge amount of anxiety. How could tomshardware recommend a monitor so highly when some many customers have complained.
Surely you understand the monitor lottery?
Not really, there is an expectation from big companies like asus, acer, benq to deliver hardware that meets certain quality controls and standards, this should not be a lottery but an expectation. Either the technology is wrong or the manufacturing processes are wrong and either way some type of "watchdog" should have/be created to insure customers get what they pay for all the time and not once after 4 RMA's
This almost sounds like a rant now, So to drill down to the point of this thread.
I want to be convinced that buying the PG279Q is worth it. If the community feels that they cannot achieve this (because my expectations are too high or the lack of guarantee from the vendor for a good monitor) then I would like the community to advise on a monitor that meets the following requirements.
- Great color reproduction
- Reasonable Refresh rate (greater than 75Hz)
- greater than 24" monitor (For having reference images open while I draw using a drawing tablet on Photoshop)
- prefer IPS unless someone can convince me color on a TN is still reasonably good now a days
- Utilizes my GT 980Ti's
- I am really on the fence about gsync or free-sync, considering i have 2 nvidia cards, I don't know
- Is less than 1,000 euros
Whats the purpose of the monitor?
- Gaming (Battlefield, World of warships, Assassins creed, Civilization VI) NOT PRO GAMING
- Photoshop
- Watching Movies
- Cubase (music production)
- Overall, just general purpose
I know all the above may seem like I am asking for a lot, but unfortunately I cannot go through the heart break of several months of arguing with companies over the quality of their monitor and the transport costs to get a monitor RMA'd from Ireland to UK, USA or Germany
I hope that someone could help me out here and forgive me for being such a picky son of ******
I would also like to see tomshardware actually update their best gaming monitors/ best professional monitors section if possible seeing as December saw the release of some new free-sync monitors etc.
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