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Cheap Gaming - 75Hz Freesync Monitor's.

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Madpacket

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I recently noticed a good handful of 22 - 24" monitors that have Freesync, usually with default ranges of 40 or 48 - 75Hz. This peaked my interest as my 6 year old daughter is really getting into Minecraft (and Rocket League!) so I built her a mini PC gaming battle station.

After many comparisons between different brands (AOC, Viewsonic, LG) I ended up ordering the Asus VG245H 24" monitor for $219.99 CAD.

There isn't a lot of info on these newer 75Hz 1-2ms TN/IPS HDMI 1080P Freesync monitors, but out of the choices in this price range this Asus looked like a decent deal. There's even a few LG panels with IPS displays for around the same price however very little info is available on them.

As this monitor is only for a 6 year old and I have limited space for her battle station I figure this will be a decent choice for an entry level gaming monitor. Normally I would go IPS but this Asus has a height adjustable stand (mandatory for TN IMHO) like the 27" premium models. I wanted fast input and low ghosting for her.

If anyone has any questions about this monitor let me know. I should be getting it sometime next week. I know we all like our expensive 27"+ 144Hz TN/IPS displays but there's a market for these lower end displays. If anyone else already has one of theses I would be interested to hear your feedback.

I should also say this is why I like Freesync. You can buy from a selection of lower end entry level panels for roughly $200 CAD or even much less if you go down in size, and there's almost no premium charged over previous gaming 60Hz panels.

Good times!
 
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guskline said:
I have a 24" Viewsonic Freesync VX 2457-MDH paired with my RX 480 and like it. I was quite inexpensive but works well.
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Awesome. I looked at the Viewsonic closely as it's even a little cheaper than the Asus. Looks to be around the same panel quality and should provide a very similar gaming experience between them. Thanks for providing feedback.

http://www.displaylag.com/viewsonic-vx2457-1080p-gaming-monitor-review/

http://www.displaylag.com/asus-vg245h-freesync-gaming-monitor-review/

Supposedly both panels have excellent input lag but have similar overdrive issues which can lead to mild ghosting. Have you experienced this with the VX2457?

The Asus arrived today from NewEgg but the box is a little beat up which is mildly concerning. Hopefully no damage to the monitor!

I didn't have time to set it up but should before the end of the week. Once I get it set up with the ICC profile (I don't have a calibrator) provided at displaylag I'll report back my thought's on it. I'll give it a test run with a Rx480 to test out the Freesync but it'll only have a Geforce 750 Ti lomg term as that's what powers the graphics in the Alienware Alpha bought for my 6 year old.
 
Okay setup the Asus tonight for a quick test run. Out of the box impressions happy with the quality of the unit. No shiny plastics, solid height adjustable stand, very similar in look to the Asus monitors 2 - 3x the price.

Default settings are pretty atrocious as expected. Played around in the responsive menu system for roughly 10 minutes until calibrated to my liking.

Gaming impressions. Very good. Much better quality than those older 144Hz Asus or BenQ monitors. 75Hz can be set in the Nvidia control panel over HDMI, no Freesync required to get it to stick.

Let my daughter play some Minecraft to get her impressions of it and she was very happy with it. Had to adjust FOV as she sits so close and coming from and old NEC 19" 1280*1024 LCD.

So at the default overdrive setting of 60 I'm not seeing any ghosting whatsoever like the reviewer did. I do see very mild overshoot but it's not distracting. Light bleed is very minimal but the display is set to very bright out of the box where the blacks look awful. You need to set to RGB and ensure Windows sets it up as a PC monitor and then the blacks look solid with good contrast.

I think the default settings are meant more for hooking up an Xbox or PS4.

Input latency doesn't register. Feels just as fast to me as my 27" IPS MG279Q at 144Hz. I know it's not as fast but I couldn't tell the difference. Perhaps because the 1ms response time instead of 4ms makes the difference in conjunction to the input latency. Not sure to be honest.

Games tested at 75Hz on a Core i7 Alienware Alpha, 16GB RAM, Geforce 750 Ti.

BF4 looked amazing. I could spot enemies very easily.

Rocket league looked and played perfect. Nice colour saturation and very fast response times. The difference between 60 and 75Hz is huge. You could easily play competitively with this monitor and game.

Witcher 3 looked amazing. Suprised how wonderful it looked and again no ghosting spotted. Just nice fast input..

Doom looked horrible. Something wrong with gamma so I flipped to Vulcan and then gamma was great. The Alpha is really not powerful enough to handle this game unless I run a modified BIOS which makes the fans scream so I don't bother. This game demands 60fps. I can say the detail was great but it did look a little washed out in places compared to my MG279Q.

Quake Live - didn't play much but enough to get a feel for the response times and (lack of) ghosting. It played really well (better than expected) but this is one of those games that really benefits from a 144Hz panel. Need to spend more time to see if I could play competitively (used to play the game pretty seriously while back). What I saw and felt was very impressive though.

Crysis 3 - the high contrast ratio and fast image response really helped me spot enemies much easier than on my MG279Q. The image quality was clearly worse but still looked great and it was surprisingly easier to play on it.

Super Meat Boy (with wired 360 controller). I use this game as my input lag tester and it passed with flying colours. Very responsive and 75Hz didn't seem to affect it any measurable way.

General impressions and summing up thought's;


This monitor punches above it's weight. The build quality is amazing, no dead pixels or weird light bleed, no major glow (like on some IPS displays), very responsive and no ghosting. Viewing angles better than I thought and the height adjustable stand really let me get a sweet spot where mid game I never noticed the typical TN washout.

Compared to my MG279Q it pretty much gets slaughtered in a colour contest. The lower resolution is noticeable where I'm now very used to 1440P.

That being said the 24" VG245H is the perfect 24" gaming monitor for the price. I never felt held back in any of the games (besides Doom but I'll test with a much more powerful 480 and Freesync to make a conclusion), the image quality is generally excellent after tweaks and even the speakers aren't that bad (for monitor speakers). This is a perfect entry level gaming monitor and I'm glad I bought it for my daughter. Should last her a number of years before needing an upgrade.

I still need to try out the ICC profiles and see how well that 40 - 75Hz Freesync range works but I don't have time to test that for a while yet.

Anyways, good gaming monitor, especially for the price!
 
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Headfoot said:
My favorite relatively inexpensive FreeSync monitor is easily the Nixeus VUE24. True 30-144hz FreeSync range so you get freesync and a high refresh rate monitor, and its ~$250. http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Displays/Nixeus-Vue-24-1080P-144Hz-TN-30-144Hz-FreeSync-Monitor-Review

It uses a different kind of TN panel so on-angle it needs to be calibrated but after that looks fine, but it is a lot stronger off-angle than other TN panel types.
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Hah, it's funny you mention the Nixeus VUE24. I actually ordered one of those as my first choice in a recent group buy but was told it would be delayed by at least a month so I cancelled my order. I really wanted that monitor but to get the version with the HaS it was almost twice the price of the Asus and the and availability isn't great. Even if would have waited for the group buy to go through it would have still cost me close to $400.00 CAD after import taxes. The Nixeus VUE24 is definitely a better monitor but goes a little further than what I would consider a budget Freesync monitor.

However a quick check on Amazon.com shows only a $55.00 price difference. If I were in the US, or if the price difference wasn't so large in Canada I would have opted for the Nixeus over the Asus. The gamer on a budget wouldn't be that upset with the Asus though. It's better than I expected.
 
Madpacket, thank you for such an in depth analysis of your new monitor. I'm still very Pleased with the Viewsonic, especially for the price.
 
guskline said:
Madpacket, thank you for such an in depth analysis of your new monitor. I'm still very Pleased with the Viewsonic, especially for the price.
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No worries! Pretty sure both monitors use the same panel so it comes down to whatever brand you prefer. I'm still kind of blown away we can get these monitors for $200 or less and still have such a good gaming experience.

I know we all want OLED monitors with infinite contrast and proper HDR with 240Hz support so it's easy to look past how far the technology has come in these entry level gaming panels.
 
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