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by nottorp 1356 days ago
You talking about mainstream "gaming" monitors? I'm just a programmer and gave up on those long ago. Getting entry level monitors targeted at graphic designers now. Namely Asus ProArt and I think Dell has similar stuff?

They don't have 240 Hz and sub 0.01 ms response times though, so if you're buying your hardware based on bigger numbers in specs they won't do.

They're probably not that great for actual designers either, but they're good enough for me.
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deergomoo 1356 days ago
> Asus ProArt

I’m using one of these and I’m very happy with it. Reasonable price, 75Hz, supports USB-PD + has its own USB ports so I can one-cable it with my work laptop.

Most importantly they come factory calibrated. I consider reasonable colour reproduction important even though I only use it for programming. I stare at this thing for 8 hours a day, it needs to look good.

In fairness I also have a 165Hz LG UltraGear gaming monitor, and the image quality is almost as good. My only complaint is the black levels and grey uniformity suck, but for someone who wants performance and quality it’s a decent option.

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nottorp 1356 days ago
> I consider reasonable colour reproduction important

When I got my first I wasted 2 hours rewatching a movie I had seen recently. Just because i didn't know it can look that good on a monitor :)

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kevingadd 1356 days ago
The first graphic design monitor I bought from Benq had a busted image processor so that you couldn't turn off the sharpening - only set it to -5% (blurry) or +5%. Eventually I complained enough that they sent me a different monitor that didn't have the problem.

I've had bad experiences with some of Dell's pro-grade monitors too. It feels like modern displays are so complex firmware and hardware wise that it's just very hard to find one that isn't defective in some way. This replacement Benq works for basic uses but its freesync is broken and it's already developed burn-in around the edges after about 1.5 years.

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nottorp 1356 days ago
Funny, when I bought my first designer-ish monitor I threw a (gaming) Benq into the trash.
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