Helping choosing a 240hz monitor for competitive player

[Quarter]

So i play Val at a high rank and competitive , i have a 3060 ti and im not really interested at 1440p because i play stretched anyways. but whats a good monitor i was looking at the

BenQ ZOWIE XL2546 24.5 Inch 240 Hz Gaming Monitor,1080P 1ms,Dynamic Accuracy & Black eQualizer, S-Switch, Shield​

and

ALIENWARE 25 GAMING MONITOR: AW2521HFLA​

so looking in the range of 350-450 gbp

 

[SpyderTracks]

So i play Val at a high rank and competitive , i have a 3060 ti and im not really interested at 1440p because i play stretched anyways. but whats a good monitor i was looking at the

BenQ ZOWIE XL2546 24.5 Inch 240 Hz Gaming Monitor,1080P 1ms,Dynamic Accuracy & Black eQualizer, S-Switch, Shield​

and

ALIENWARE 25 GAMING MONITOR: AW2521HFLA​

so looking in the range of 350-450 gbp

What do you mean by "I play stretched anyways"?

What GPU are you pairing this with?

 

[Quarter]

What do you mean by "I play stretched anyways"?

What GPU are you pairing this with?

im messing around with 1600x900 sometimes and 4:3 and its a 3060ti

 

[SpyderTracks]

im messing around with 1600x900 sometimes and 4:3 and its a 3060ti

That BenQ is very old now and a basic TN panel which is a huge no no these days, plus there's no way it's worth as much money as it's asking, there are now 1ms IPS panels which are far superior at the competitive edge.

This is a fast IPS Asus:

VG279QM | Asus TUF 27” Full HD Gaming Monitor | ao.com

Jump into the action with this amazing VG279QM 27-inch Full HD gaming monitor from Asus, featuring a blistering 280Hz refresh rate and Nvidia G-Sync tech.

ao.com

An Alienware fast IPS:

ALIENWARE AW2521HFLA Full HD 24.5" LED Gaming Monitor - White

Full HD 1920 x 1080p; Refresh rate: 240 Hz; Response time: 1 ms; Input: HDMI / DisplayPort; USB 3.0 x 4; Can be wall mounted

www.currys.co.uk

Or if you wanted to extend the budget and get cutting edge, a 360Hz fast IPS panel:

ASUS ROG Swift 360Hz PG259QN eSports NVIDIA G-SYNC Gaming Monitor – 24.5 Inch FHD (1920 x 1080), 360 Hz, Fast IPS, 1 ms (GTG), HDR, NVIDIA ULMB - ASUS

Buy ASUS ROG Swift 360Hz PG259QN eSports NVIDIA G-SYNC Gaming Monitor – 24.5 Inch FHD (1920 x 1080), 360 Hz, Fast IPS, 1 ms (GTG), HDR, NVIDIA ULMB at Amazon.

www.amazon.co.uk

 

[Quarter]

That BenQ is very old now and a basic TN panel which is a huge no no these days, plus there's no way it's worth as much money as it's asking, there are now 1ms IPS panels which are far superior at the competitive edge.

This is a fast IPS Asus:

VG279QM | Asus TUF 27” Full HD Gaming Monitor | ao.com

Jump into the action with this amazing VG279QM 27-inch Full HD gaming monitor from Asus, featuring a blistering 280Hz refresh rate and Nvidia G-Sync tech.

ao.com

An Alienware fast IPS:

ALIENWARE AW2521HFLA Full HD 24.5" LED Gaming Monitor - White

Full HD 1920 x 1080p; Refresh rate: 240 Hz; Response time: 1 ms; Input: HDMI / DisplayPort; USB 3.0 x 4; Can be wall mounted

www.currys.co.uk

Or if you wanted to extend the budget and get cutting edge, a 360Hz fast IPS panel:

ASUS ROG Swift 360Hz PG259QN eSports NVIDIA G-SYNC Gaming Monitor – 24.5 Inch FHD (1920 x 1080), 360 Hz, Fast IPS, 1 ms (GTG), HDR, NVIDIA ULMB - ASUS

Buy ASUS ROG Swift 360Hz PG259QN eSports NVIDIA G-SYNC Gaming Monitor – 24.5 Inch FHD (1920 x 1080), 360 Hz, Fast IPS, 1 ms (GTG), HDR, NVIDIA ULMB at Amazon.

www.amazon.co.uk

The alienware looks real nice

 

[SpyderTracks]

The alienware looks real nice

It's a great monitor, any of the new fast IPS monitors are pretty fantastic.

Up until end of last year really, IPS couldn't manage fast response times less than about 5ms, and often it was more like double that. These new fast IPS monitors are just as quick as the old TN panels, but with far better contrast ratios and colours, so it's a huge step up.

 

[Quarter]

It's a great monitor, any of the new fast IPS monitors are pretty fantastic.

Up until end of last year really, IPS couldn't manage fast response times less than about 5ms, and often it was more like double that. These new fast IPS monitors are just as quick as the old TN panels, but with far better contrast ratios and colours, so it's a huge step up.

Appreciate you man might have to to coinflip becsuse price isnt that much different plus 280hz on the asus

 

[SpyderTracks]

There's a Jarrod's Tech review of the Alienware here:

And by RTings:

 

[SpyderTracks]

This is for the Asus, I would say the Asus is likely a better monitor, they've done some incredible panels recently:

 

[jamiephillips909]

Or the asus 360hz monitor but would set u back £700

 

[Quarter]

Or the asus 360hz monitor but would set u back £700

Ended up going with the alienware it went on offer so it was worth

 

[SpyderTracks]

Ended up going with the alienware it went on offer so it was worth

Friend of mine got it and rates it enormously, good choice!

 

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Ended up going with the alienware it went on offer so it was worth

Let us know how you get on with it. Especially when playing stretched, I could never bring myself to try it but I get why others do. These days my reactions are too slow for it to make much of a difference to me .