My 27” Asus MG279Q Review (25 games tested at 5K)

[BFG10K]

I have a TN screen at home that produces consistent colors across the whole surface. If you've never seen a TN screen that can do that, you haven't been looking very hard. It only gets color shift when you move decently off angle.

The Dell 2417DG is a 24" screen. Get back to me when you've actually tried a 27" TN.

 

[Headfoot]

TN panels are incapable of producing consistent colors across their entire surface. They're garbage, suitable only for small cell-phone screens with smudging fat fingers

Where does this say 27"? Also where do you find 24" cell phones?

 

[BFG10K]

Where does this say 27"?

The thread title and OP does. I assumed it was an obvious inference that the TN was the same size, but perhaps I need to spell it out more clearly next time.

Also where do you find 24" cell phones?

All you have to do is say "no, I've never tried a 27" TN". Because if you had you'd know what you're talking about, and we wouldn't be having this conversation.

27" is enough surface area for TN to have automatic color shifting even if your head is dead center.

 

[Headfoot]

You said "TN panels are incapable of producing consistent colors across their entire surface. They're garbage, suitable only for small cell-phone screens with smudging fat fingers." You're wrong. And now you're trying to change the parameters. Nah. You made a broad categorical statement that is factually incorrect. That is the point here.

 

[Dribble]

I went the other way and got a lower res screen (2560 * 1080) which is just perfect for a 1070 if you want high fps.

Note in the TN vs IPS argument. My new screen is about as good as it gets for ips as far as response, refresh rate, ips glow and so on goes but it still can't match the stability of my old TN screen. Yes the colours weren't as good, and it didn't have gsync or ultra widescreen but it was still 120hz and was basically blur free in the blur screen tests, it had 1ms gtg and 6ms total lag.

Do I like my new screen, yes it's nice but I can tell it's slightly lacking that instant super sharp blur free response.

 

[BFG10K]

You said "TN panels are incapable of producing consistent colors across their entire surface. They're garbage, suitable only for small cell-phone screens with smudging fat fingers."

Correct, and I stand by it. That's why they cap out at 28", though they're already unusable at 27".

But every TN has color shifting issues regardless of the size. For small cheap cell-phone screens it doesn't matter so much.

You're wrong. And now you're trying to change the parameters. Nah. You made a broad categorical statement that is factually incorrect. That is the point here.

Is this is your monitor? https://youtu.be/dv9hcPpl-as?t=824

Even @ 24" looking straight on you can see color shifting when he moves the game's view up and down. The sky/dirt is much darker at the top and faded at the bottom.

It's exactly what I saw on my 27" AOC, and I spotted it immediately after firing up a game and moving the mouse. If you can't notice that in real life, you must have a vision disorder.

 

[Headfoot]

If you can't notice that in real life, you must have a vision disorder.

Or you're grasping at straws, I'll let each reader decide for themselves.

 

[BFG10K]

I finally picked up an Acer XB271HU 27" / 2560 / 144. It was much more expensive but it has no QC issues, so I'm happy with it.

By default it had a slight yellowish tinge out of the box, and all the OSD settings I tried online just made it worse. Finally I used these: http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/reviews/acer_xb270hu.htm#calibration

Apparently the panels are similar, and these made it look practically like my old Dell, which is good.

I also like how it can display the refresh rate or an aiming cross-hair on-screen, which is really useful for some old games.

I just finished configuring my entire gaming library with new settings, and 59/61 are running under 144Hz just fine. Doom 3 does 120Hz, but Serious Sam classic is stuck at 60Hz, so that's a great result overall.

 

[Alienware Gamer ALX]

i replaced my 60hz laptop screen with a 120hz and suddenly dubled cpu-gpu usage (double fps with vsync )
temps from under 80 to over 90