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iormungand
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Jul 28, 2017
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It should be noted for people considering this monitor for gaming, that having a slower response time than refresh rate is a prime recipe for ghosting. I have not personally owned this machine, but the specs would indicate ghosting would be a concern, as It can draw a new scene faster than the pixels can do the full GTG change.
144hz = 6.944ms refresh
It's very close, and under 10ms for the response time, so it may note be very noticeable. But I personally would pass on this monitor for gaming for that reason.
Jul 28, 2017
Shinigami84
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Jul 30, 2017
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iormungandI bought a Benq EX3200R - a very similar model to this one (144hz 32inch VA panel), and ghosting was absolutely horrible compared to my old ASUS VG248QE (one of the fastest TN monitors). Returned Benq the next day. Movies looked awesome, curve - fell it love with first 5 minutes of a movie I watched. When I play space sim, though, rotating the camera smears all the stars, they simply vanish till I stop rotating. All the moving lines on dark background get smeared. Details in the dark get smeared if there is any movement. CS:GO was a bit better but caused headaches - dark areas were all smeared, brightly lit areas worked much better. It would be real hard to spot enemies in the dark.
I recommend getting monitor with a fast IPS panel (some 144hz panels are very fast, able to deliver practically ghosting-free image at 144hz) or one with a TN panel for gaming. TN provide the worst image quality (its not "bad" as is, just the fact other panels have wider viewing angles and better colors, contrast). Problem with IPS panels - backlight bleed (especially bad on those expensive ASUS models, be ready to replace it 2-3 times before getting a decent model), some other monitors have slow response time @ 60hz. Problem with VA - terrible response time, dark areas of the image get smeared if you pan the camera, which is very bad for any action-packed games. But they have best contrast thanks to deep black color.
As far as I know, they only make 32 inch VA panels right now. Hopefully, this will change soon so I can get a 144hz 32 inch IPS monitor with true 5ms G2G response time. TN won't do for this size as you'll get viewing angles problems for parts of the screen (discoloration, distorted colors and so on). VA is generally bad for gaming, IMO, they're simply not fast enough, or I haven't seen those fast ones.
Jul 30, 2017
BagelBytes
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Sep 15, 2017
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iormungandUsually, these monitors include overdrive, which would reduce or eliminate ghosting. Unfortunately, not all overdrive monitors let you choose between 20,40,60,80, or 100 overdrive, which may result in overdrive overshooting it and causing inverse ghosting, which may be less or more visible to certain people. Personally, I prefer inverse ghosting over ghosting, but ideally there would be none.
Sep 15, 2017
Shinigami84
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Sep 16, 2017
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BagelBytesIt did offer some strange option, like "AMVA" with options being "off", "premium", "extreme" or something like that, I remember because of the "premium" option, which put a smile on my face. Funny translation. Sadly, other than putting smiles on people's faces that option didn't do much good. It may decrease ghosting to some extent, but the max option added even more inverse ghosting, so the image actually looked worse. The minimum setting just made normal ghosting worse, but the effect wasn't huge. Neither option eliminated ghosting. Neither option made it okay in fast action games, like FPS (CS:GO) or space sim (x3 terran conflict is my game of choice). CS:GO was playable, but motion blur was quite evident. I'd rather go without.
Sep 16, 2017
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