My requirements:
- Better color reproduction and viewing angles than TN panel
- So anyway for games (including first person shooters, not competitively) suitable are required fast response times and low input lag
- No sprawling Backlight Bleeding, reasonable black level
- Not possible PWM because I get them a headache
- 24 inches, due 16:10 format. 27 inches are too big for me and then I sit too close to the monitor, 23 inches is a little too small (and in less favorable for Office 16: 9 format).
Ergonomics (Högenverstellbarkeit, etc) was not a criterion, because I have a monitor stand with VESA holes.
Conclusion after prolonged research: despite the 5 years, who have moved into the field since my last monitor purchase, there is no 700 to monitor that meets all these criteria perfectly. Having said that, I tested three IPS monitors from the mid-price segment, as these were my demands next. All three are characterized by relatively small response times and a very low input lag.
- Eizo FS23333:. Yes, a 23 "monitor with PWM But the spieletauglichste IPS monitor (according to various tests) on the market, and therefore the best candidate for a comparison with my old monitor, LG Flatron L227WTP (TN panel), respect the gaming capabilities. Hardcore FPS gamers go with a fast TN panel definitely better for most other players he should suffice. The overdrive is too aggressive at the highest level, so that there will be ghosting, and also interfere in the middle stage in fast turning movements, the image artifacts. Without Overdrive monitor schliert strong. illumination, color rendering and lighting are very good, as is the quality of workmanship. no dead pixels and no buzzing in my copy.
- Benq BL2411PT: a 24-inch model without PWM. Verarbeitungsqulität ok, quality he looks terrible from. The picture quality is marginally worse than the two monitors from Eizo and Asus. The reaction time and suitability for gaming is very similar to that of the Asus monitor, but the overdrive is the Benq less aggressive and leads only in the highest setting to heavy ghosting. The OSD is a small disgrace. My copy had no dead pixels and has not gefiept.
- Asus PB248Q: a 24-inch model with very high frequency PWM, which does not make itself felt with me. The workmanship is very good, the series dispersion terrible: the first copy had 10 sub-pixel (what a defect by Pixel fault class II), the second has both in operation and in standby gefiept high frequency. Unfortunately, I hear these frequencies yet. The third copy has several sub-pixel defects again, but is free of background noise ...
Apart from these shortcomings: The image quality I find very good (even before the hardware calibration), the processing as well, and the illumination is absolutely fine. The OSD is easy to operate. For quick shooter I would not recommend the Asus, at least not challenging / sensitive players, for slower games it is useful (in terms gaming capability he is behind the Eizo). Overdrive settings greater than 40 result in significantly noticeable ghosting. The monitor is very bright, in the daily operation I use brightness adjustment between 20/100 (very bright ambient light) and 5/100 (at night).
Since my days have long lie as semi-professional players behind me and I do not again want to expect a TN panel for office and film, I found on the Asus the best compromise - the existing sub-pixel defects I do not see in daily operation also on closer Search: )
PS: the comparison of image quality related to the uncalibrated state (with adjusted brightness). The Asus I have calibrated recently and since then an even better color reproduction, but strikes me only in direct comparison with the factory setting.
