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23"/24" Gaming Monitor Recommendations

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I'm looking for a 23"/24" gaming monitor. I know the Dell U2412M is a really good overall monitor, but I don't know if it would suit my needs for gaming. I have a couple friends who have gotten the ASUS VH238 and they love their displays.

Either 1920x1080 or 1920x1200 would work. Built in speakers would be nice. HDMI/Displayport would be fine.

Any recommendations?
 
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ASUS eIPS ones have suited me just fine, they keep changing the model numbers but they are all LG panels IIRC. The VH238 appears to be a TN panel which I'm not so fond of due to image quality and viewing angle being worse than their eIPS variants. TN panels have slightly faster GTG refresh times but is that really necessary at 60Hz??
 
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Jaydip said:
Dell U2412M or U2413 depending on your budget.
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Yes, maybe for photoshop or just general use. For gaming though, Asus VG248QE beats any 60hz monitor any day of the week. I have a BenQ XL2411T with the same panel, it is pure awesome. If you have an NVIDIA GPU you can also enable LightBoost in 2D mode to disable motion blur entirely.

Where are you located and what is your budget, OP?
 
lehtv said:
Yes, maybe for photoshop or just general use. For gaming though, Asus VG248QE beats any 60hz monitor any day of the week. I have a BenQ XL2411T with the same panel, it is pure awesome. If you have an NVIDIA GPU you can also enable LightBoost in 2D mode to disable motion blur entirely.

Where are you located and what is your budget, OP?
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BenQ XL2411T is awesome I agree, though I am not into 3D gaming but it's very good.
 
I have had the IPS panel Dell listed below for at least 2 years I believe. I play lots of FPS games including Battlefield 3, where I have a K/D ratio of 1.51. So this IPS monitor seems fast enough for gaming and with excellent image quality.... BUT, I am wavering on this...
 
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Or the ASUS VG248QE, now available for $250 on Amazon.
See the AnandTech sticky containing a list of 120Hz gaming monitors.
It also supports LightBoost which eliminates motion blur; google "LightBoost"

lehtv said:
NVIDIA GPU you can also enable LightBoost in 2D mode to disable motion blur entirely.
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I should add --
ToastyX said that his ToastyX StrobeLight Beta supports enabling LightBoost on AMD/ATI systems. However, Blur Busters have only tested nVidia productds.
 
The 2412M is $260 @ NEWEGG right now. I care more about color accuracy than refresh rate. I also wouldn't likely reduce settings enough to maintain 120fps. 60fps vsync'd is more the IQ settings I would prefer. At least in modern AAA games.
 
Mark Rejhon said:
I should add --
ToastyX said that his ToastyX StrobeLight Beta supports enabling LightBoost on AMD/ATI systems. However, Blur Busters have only tested nVidia productds.
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True, but it's an unofficial solution and not guaranteed to work 100%
 
3DVagabond said:
The 2412M is $260 @ NEWEGG right now. I care more about color accuracy than refresh rate. I also wouldn't likely reduce settings enough to maintain 120fps. 60fps vsync'd is more the IQ settings I would prefer. At least in modern AAA games.
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60 fps @ 120hz without vsync is still noticeably better (smoother and more responsive) than 60fps @ 60hz vsync. Plenty of games are light enough that they can be run at 100+ fps with a mid-high graphics card on good image quality. You're right that AAA games are too heavy to run at high framerates easily, but you can help framerates by enabling SMAA instead of MSAA and usually the IQ difference between high and ultra is very small compared to the difference in framerates.
 
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lehtv said:
60 fps @ 120hz without vsync is still noticeably better (smoother and more responsive) than 60fps @ 60hz vsync. Plenty of games are light enough that they can be run at 100+ fps with a mid-high graphics card on good image quality. You're right that AAA games are too heavy to run at high framerates easily, but you can help framerates by enabling SMAA instead of MSAA and usually the IQ difference between high and ultra is very small compared to the difference in framerates.
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Doesn't fix the color, though.
 
The Eizo Foris FS2333-BK 23 Inch PLS (Samsung 8 bit PLS (P-IPS) Panel. An outstanding quality panel that has an minimum input lag for gaming, superb image quality, accurate colour reproduction and calibration, multitude of input connectors, and five year warranty. Yes expensive, but worth every penny. The full review of the monitor can be found at Prad.de http://www.prad.de/en/monitore/review/2012/review-eizo-foris-fs2333-bk.html
 
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