monitor dying, need suggestions

[Pantlegz]

I've got a fairly old 28" hans-g 1980x1200 monitor that's slowly dying (randomly clicks and video goes blank for a couple seconds) on me and I'm looking for a replacement and well, it's a bit daunting. Between 4k monitors at $600+ that have reviews that are scaring the crap out of me and 1440p monitors that are or more as expensive with slightly better reviews. So my question is, what are the best monitors either currently on the market or coming out in the next 3-6 months? I game a little bit, a couple hours a couples days a week but nothing too crazy, I don't really need 1ms or 144hz but something at least in line with my current 5ms 60hz if not a bit better. I don't do any video/image editing so color reproduction isn't huge but I want it to look decent. Price isn't that big of a deal, I'd like to keep is as inexpensive possible but I don't mind paying $700 for a quality product that I can keep for 5+ years, even if it becomes a secondary monitor.

 

[Ban Bot]

I've got a fairly old 28" hans-g 1980x1200 monitor that's slowly dying (randomly clicks and video goes blank for a couple seconds) on me and I'm looking for a replacement and well, it's a bit daunting.

Mine has been doing the same thing for the last year 28" Hans-G 1920x1200 from ~ 2009.

 

[Achilleslastand]

I was just about to post the same question and I have the same monitor....

My Hanns-G 28 inch 1920x1200 from 2008 is slowly dying and am not sure what to get. I am considering going down to Wal Mart and just getting a Samsung 32 1080 HDTV and using it.

 

[richaron]

I'm also looking for a new monitor, but I will never buy another monitor without some form of adaptive refresh rates. People will tell you it's a matter of choosing sides, nV (Gsync) vs AMD(Freesync). IMHO there's no way the industry can ignore the open standards Freesync is based upon, so that's the way I'm going.

That being said I also like a higher refresh rate so I'm looking at something like the ASUS MG279Q. Tho that's a bit smaller at 27", it does bump the res up a bit.

What graphics cards are you using now? Willing to upgrade? Brand loyalties? Willing to go smaller than 28"? Do you want to make the 4k jump? Considered ultrawides?

 

[GeorgeW]

I use this 27" Dell monitor.
It is an IPS monitor, has 2560 x 1440 resolution, the image quality is very good and the power consumption is low.
Also it is perfect if you want a dual-monitor setup as you can adjust it to 90 degrees.

 

[KingFatty]

Are you guys interested in fixing your existing monitors? That sounds like you have one or more bad capacitors, so it might be an easy fix to swap out the bad capacitor(s) with new ones you can buy for less than a dollar.

 

[Pantlegz]

I'm also looking for a new monitor, but I will never buy another monitor without some form of adaptive refresh rates. People will tell you it's a matter of choosing sides, nV (Gsync) vs AMD(Freesync). IMHO there's no way the industry can ignore the open standards Freesync is based upon, so that's the way I'm going.

That being said I also like a higher refresh rate so I'm looking at something like the ASUS MG279Q. Tho that's a bit smaller at 27", it does bump the res up a bit.

What graphics cards are you using now? Willing to upgrade? Brand loyalties? Willing to go smaller than 28"? Do you want to make the 4k jump? Considered ultrawides?

I've currently got a GTX 680 2GB. I'm expecting to upgrade within the year, it works fine for what I've got but I'm aware that going up in res will require more RAM and it's getting a bit dated. I was going to wait for the next big release and maybe see what happens to prices after a couple months and go from there. I'm thinking a 980Ti if the performance justifies the cost. I think I would prefer 4k but DP standards don't seem up to par, yet. a bit smaller would be ok, but if I go up in res it doesn't seem to make sense to go down in size much.

Are you guys interested in fixing your existing monitors? That sounds like you have one or more bad capacitors, so it might be an easy fix to swap out the bad capacitor(s) with new ones you can buy for less than a dollar.

Possibly. I don't have a soldering iron or much experience in that arena but I'm not opposed to the idea.

I use this 27" Dell monitor.
It is an IPS monitor, has 2560 x 1440 resolution, the image quality is very good and the power consumption is low.
Also it is perfect if you want a dual-monitor setup as you can adjust it to 90 degrees.

the site says it's 1080p, which is going to make it a big no. If I'm getting another monitor at the same, or less resolution, it's going to be a stop-gap while I wait for something bigger/better therefore I don't plan on spending more than $200 and even that seems like a waste if I'm only going to use it for a year or so.

 

[KingFatty]

Possibly. I don't have a soldering iron or much experience in that arena but I'm not opposed to the idea.

Here is a kit on Amazon that's overpriced but you can purchase a set of every conceivable capacitor, and they send you a link to instructions:

http://www.amazon.com/Repair-Hanns-G-HG281D-Monitor-Capacitors/dp/B0087AJXSA

Instead, you should google the instructions yourself, open the case of the monitor, and physically inspect it for bulging/swollen or burst capacitors, and then just order those. The soldering is pretty easy, and you can get an iron for maybe $15.

 

[Pantlegz]

Figured I might as well update this so anyone looking for info in the future has something to go off of.

I decided to get a Samsung u28d590d which looked amazing but was defective and the right 3-4 inches ghosted awfully and for the short time I had it realized that it was going to take much more than I wanted to spend to get it to run anywhere near a smooth 60fps. So I ended up with the much more expensive ASUS ROG Swift which is a phenomenal monitor(1440p), although not quite as sharp as 4k it's a big step up from 1200p and gsync gives me a bit of time for GPU's to catch up and be able to run 120-144hz at 1440p. Even with my 2GB GTX 680 it runs pretty well and gsync does just what it's supposed to do and when my framerate does slip it's not noticeable opposed to 4k without gsync as soon as I got below 60fps which was most of the time, it was awful.

 

[bryanW1995]

...nvm, just read your last post.