Its not misleading. We are talking about an IPS monitor he already has, for free. Most gamers with high end rigs are moving towards 1440p and 1600p. Saying that IPS garbage and its an either/or scenario is ridiculous. He stated he rarely plays games, but occasionally does, and the monitor will mostly for movies and office work. You should learn to read a thread before criticizing a recommendation. Are you one of those guys that says you need a mechanical keyboard or 10K dpi mouse to open a spreadsheet? Most people's lives dont revolve around games.
LOL. That's priceless "most gamers with high end rigs are moving towards 1440p and 1600p". Really? First of all, let's stop with the subjective BS statements. There have been recent numbers posted from reputable sources showing what resolutions people are playing in and above 1080p makes up a fraction of a percent of gamers. 1080p is still the biggest growing segment by a landslide but a shockingly large number of people are still below 1080p.
Secondly, you're still providing a completely unfounded recommendation based on a vague statement *without* clarification from the OP. He said he "rarely" games. What is rarely? Is it once a week? Twice a month? An hour per sitting? The OP has not provided enough information for an accurate, meaningful recommendation. I very clearly stated that if the OP games for an hour or two a week (or less) an IPS is fine, even superior for certain tasks. However, spreadsheets, word processing and videos aren't going to be any better by a significant margin on an IPS than a TN panel either. Movies don't run in higher resolutions, neither does Youtube, Netflix or any other streaming service. 1440p is ONLY good for picture/video editing, 3d modeling and screen size UNLESS you game or do something that takes advantage of the resolution.
Thirdly, the type of gaming matters. The games the OP mentioned specifically are a mix of single and multiplayer games. The general opinion of "gamers" is this: If you single player game, story mode, Skyrim, Crysis, etc...IPS is great in 1440p or higher. You won't notice the input lag as much because you aren't facing against other players and it really doesn't matter against a computer. However, if you play SCII, LoL, CoD or any of the other multiplayer games (which are also faster paced) not only will you not notice the higher resolution as much, but you WILL notice the input lag.
If you don't want people criticizing your opinions, then don't post subjective opinions to someone who obviously isn't very well-informed. You can also quit trying to belittle me with your ignorant comments too, this has nothing to do with mechanical keyboards or high dpi mice. Those have their place and also have quantifiable benefits for certain applications just like different monitor panels.
So again, OP: You need to make your own decision based on how much you actually use your monitor for various tasks. Without more information we can't help you.
Edit: Forgot to mention, we also don't know what kind of system the OP is running. He may not even be capable of comfortably running his applications or games in a higher resolution. If you run a 1440p native monitor in 1080p you're not only going to defeat the purpose but introduce scaler lag on top of input lag.
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