For those asking for the wallpapers in the thumbnail - they're from this creator on pexels www.pexels.com/@didsss

This kind of video reminds me of way back then I cant afford a high end pc with 144hz monitor. Now that I finally bought rigs that I wanted, I dont have the time, friends, same energy & skills I had back then. Now all I do is watch videos and casually play games (like stardew valley and such). Edit 1 : I would like to take this opportunity to remind all of you young & old gamers out there who’s currently are having a great time with your friend to cherish the moments of you all playing together. We don’t know how long we could play together.

Keep in mind: 4K is very demanding for newer titles, but older titles from a few years ago and older can often run at 4K and well over 100 fps on a moderate-to-powerful machine, and they look phenomenal. As someone playing his way through a massive backlog, I can attest to this ;)

can we have an update video on this topic for 2023.

I've been using a 1440p 144 Hz panel for the last 1.5 years. Now, when i have a 3080, it's really something. A nice sweetspot overall.

I bought a 1080p 144Hz monitor late last year. I was originally planning on 1440p 144Hz but the jump in price between 1080p and 1440p was so big that it didn't make financial sense to buy 1440p yet. I figured I can save my money now, wait until I can get a newer GPU then buy the new 1440p monitor alongside, and keep this 1080p one as a secondary monitor.

Well done video. Great detailed info at 5:38 . Finding your own personal sweet spot for your use case is so important. I know this is a gaming monitor video, but based on the recent uptick in VR market growth I think people also need to consider how that affects their equipment purchase needs. For example I am quite happy with my GTX 1080 ti for standard gaming at 1440p ( 4:11 Still hanging on!... out of necessity because of, ya know, scalpers) BUT I am really holding out for a reasonably priced RTX 3080 for VR purposes, and won't mind that it's a bit overpowered for my 1440p monitor.

Such a phenomenal channel, you deserve all the praise you get!

Great Video Man,.. Always on point

I'm so glad I bought a 1440p 165hz IPS panel. It was very much worth the money. Much sharper than 1080p, much less performance cost than 4k. High resolution and high framerates. It's the most optimal resolution to game at right now. The sweet spot in my opinion

I'm beginning to build my setup based on your reviews and advices. I'm a long time follower and i would like to thank you for all you re doing ^^

I think the main benefit of a 4K display comes outside games. People always talk about how negligible the difference is in-game (which is mostly true) forgetting how much time we spend browsing and reading text, or using productivity applications with complex UIs, all of which look undeniably better on a HiDPI display.

Your Thumbnails are always so FCKN GOOD MAN

Thank you so much for this video!! Totally relevant to my situation at the moment (just waiting for my 3080 I ordered last November to be delivered to me in a couple of months... 😫)

Your video topics are always creative and unique while still being useful. Great video

Always look forward to your notifications! Your content has the swag of a channel with millions of subs. Much appreciated!

already knew the answer, but still watched the video. good video for someone looking at newer displays for the first time.

I have 5950x and 6900xt. I've been using 1440p 165hz monitor and changed it to 4k 144hz monitor. But I really do feel the lower FPS and the resolution itself did not blow my mind so I think I'm going to return the 4k monitor. It was not that kind of wow effect that I wanted versus the lost fps. I think I just need to wait OLED monitors to blow my mind, now 4k OLED monitor would be something to consider. I have 4k OLED TV and that is really something different than these IPS panels.

helped me alot...was in a dilema should i go for a 27" 2K or 28" 4K, you opened my eyes and made me realize 4K is in the moment not a good choice for gaming, even with a rtx3080 and i don't video edit or make any hardcore office work where would i benefit from 4K. Tnx and keep on the good videos.

Another interesting question would be the state of gaming options for wider displays - 21:9 or 32:9 for instance. What are the best options currently, if you want that kind of width?

i just discovered this channel - the production quality is sick. this guy is like mkbhd but he actually knows a thing or two about PCs

You can also get the best of both worlds if you buy a 24" 4K 120hz+ display, because you can choose scale down to 1080p whenever you want without any blurring using your GPU driver's pixel scaling option.

Just putting a spec together for a new gaming PC and, along with others, your advice is invaluable Thanks - subscribed

8:33 THIS I got a 1440p display and for productivity work the difference is massive compared to 1080p

1440p 165hz Quantum dot display is great especially for singles player games, and since it isn't as demanding as 4k, you can crank up graphics to ultra.

Very good video. Concise and to the point. Thanks loads :)

I agree with you about TN panels. You didn't mention VA panels though. VA is a good option if you like curved monitors. If curved IPS monitors become more of a thing then my opinion will likely change.

subbed at 40k, can’t believe this channel has grown to 400k+… can’t wait to see what’s next

Awesome video as always. I'm 1080p 144Hz IPS squad myself. I really don't see the need for anything more personally. Maybe 1440P 144Hz IPS down the line. I am using a 3080 however.

Have a like,my good man! Keep up the stellar editing of your videos

Your videos are so calm

Christ you're almost uploading daily, take it easy my dude, don't want you to burn out

1080p is wise in terms of financials😅 Edit: Guys finally I bought my 1440p 170 hz monitor ✌️😊 ASUS TUF VG27AQL1A

Great video. Toggled on the bell for all notifications.

Love those wallpapers in the thumbnail

That thumbnail will attract a lot of new subscribers..great one..😊😍

Dude, your IPS vs TN advice is spot on! I have an IPS LG 34UM95-P (3440X1440) from 2014.......and last summer, I was shopping for a newer monitor, being jealous of newer technologies such as curved panels, Gsync, and higher refresh rates. I thought I had found the answer (at a reasonable price) in the ASUS TUF VG35V. Sadly, I didn't quite do my due diligence, and failed to notice is was a TN panel :/ I did use the new monitor for about 4-6 months, but all the eye candy in Cyberpunk made me realize how washed out the colors were on that monitor. So I switched back to the much older LG, despite its' relative drawbacks, and have been happier overall. Blacks are blacker, colors are deeper and more vibrant, and even though I'm sure it's Brightness is lower than the TUF, the deeper blacks more than make up for that. Lesson learned.

Great info! 👍🏼

Not to sound vein, but I'm a pretty decent editor and videographer, I think my B Roll is so crispy!!! But OT, your camera work and lighting are NEXT LEVEL man. Your content has always been some of the best on the platform, but your video production skills are through the roof!!! Great Video - Thanks!!!

Another good 1080p 144hz monitor for cheap is the Asus VP249QGR. I bought it last year for $160 and even with the skyrocketing prices of computer hardware it can still be had for around $200.

First of all, thank you for making buying monitors easier for us. I want to game in 4K but at the same time also want to have the best frame rate so after some research, I found what seems to be 2 monitors standing on top of others which are Asus ROG Strix XG27UQ 4K 144Hz and Asus ROG Swift PG27UQ 4K 144Hz. Which one is best in your opinion?

damn, all these videos are such high quality definitely better than most tech KZfaqrs I know this is like MKBHD level. Damn keep up the good working :)

Got a 3080ti recently and while I already had a 144Hz 1440p monitor, it was one of those BenQ TN ones he mentioned - just upgraded to a 170Hz IPS (Gigabyte M27Q) - partly for better colours but also because this one specific BenQ didn't have freesync.

This guy is amazing, finally a person who takes higher framerate over a higher res.

I do think it is worth springing for a 4k panel for the simple fact that you can turn down gameplay resolutions on the fly. This greatly benefits literally everything else you can do on a PC. Watching movies, KZfaq, web browsers, etc. The instant that 4k panels get around $400 I will definitely buy one.

I always like the videos where the creator doesn't ask for it. Especially when they do a great job, like this one. 👏

WoW !!! you make some bad ass videos excellent information and quality, thanks man !

If you want a 4K monitor, look for ones with large diametre panels, from 2014-2017, in auctions. They can be found for 200-300 bucks, mostly from liquidation sales. I've been using a 40'' 4K VA panel from Philips released back in 2014 and paid only 225 euros for it. Still came with the plastic wrap and energy efficiency label attached. The original price was 700 euros.

I had the GN27950-B for a while and both my friend and I had issues with HDR being blown out. Bright areas had no detail at all. It was fixable but a pain to do and only temporary. Now im just gonna wait for the PG32UQX.

Great video sir , thanks for the information and your time

Peace be with you Your videos are always relaxed and informative, I like that. A question, at 7:05 you said "... those games can't run at 4K 160FPS..." Did you mean 160FPS or 60FPS? Thanks, have a great day/evening!

1080ti x 1440p @ 144hz checking in here. 1440p feels like a great compromise for higher resolution while still allowing decent framerate. Maybe once I get a 3080 Ill consider a 4k monitor but I tend to like twitch shooters and 60hz might just not cut it anymore.

What's weird is that most movies are rendered at 2k 1440p but then upscaled to 4k, and if you play it on this it will be effectively downscaled to it's original resolution. Unfortunately 2k to 4k and back again doesn't scale well so by upscaling and then downscaling it will look fuzzy because every third pixel gets lost. I've never tried it but that would be my hypothesis. Unless the monitor miraculously gets rid of the same pixels that were interpolated in the first place.

I bought Asus TUF VG259QM 1080p 280hz on Black Friday and love it.

Nice vid, timelines will be very helpful 👍

I bought a Dell S2417DG monitor almost 5 years ago and it has aged beautifully. It's 24", 1440p, 165Hz, and supports G-sync. There are almost zero 1440p monitors available today with pixel density that high, and it creates very crisp images because the small pixels have a natural anti-aliasing effect. I've said for years that 1440p gaming is the sweet spot in terms of real estate and performance. Even high-end video cards struggle to render 4K at high frame rates, especially with ray tracing enabled. The viability of 4K gaming has struggled to gain footing because even though GPUs have increased in performance over the years, the complexity of the graphical effects added to new titles has likewise increased.

I gotta say. I've always been rocking low pixel density displays : my very first PC (that I kept gaming on for 5 years) was a MSI laptop with a 15.6" 1366x768 resolution. I then went to a 27" 1080p 60Hz panel, and about a year ago, I upgraded to a similar panel at 165Hz And though I have a quite powerful PC (3700X + 2070S + 32GB RAM) I just DON'T see the benefit of going 1440p I mean, I love the high refresh rate and i'm not bothered by the 1080^p resolution. That way I can push more frames in single player titles, and have a more stable framerate in competitive ones (not mentionning my PC just draining lower power overall thanks to frame limiters)

Great video, as always.

I am still rocking 2x 1080p 144hz both ips freesync LG 27 inch and Aoc 24g2 🎉 Great video man.

I went from a old 1440p TN panel to a 1080p IPS panel, love the IPS panel soo much. Here's why, the 3060 has the same performance at 1080p as the 3070 does at 1440p, 1440p is still too expensive, the drop in resolution was apparent to me but the increase in fps was even more so and more valuable to my enjoyment. With todays prices man am I glad too.

can we finally get 500K for this channel, for the quality that we get day by day? Big respect to Ali and Optimum Tech Team!!!

Great review, im considering buying a new monitor as im getting a new build (12700k 3080 Rog) atm I have an AOC 32'' 1080p, should i upgrade to a 1440p (considering the aorus i27Q-EX??) or would it be ok to stick with this one? Of course ill see the improvement on the 1440p one, i just wanna know if its a must or not. Thanks

The LG 27GN950-B is a beast. I run it at 4K 160Hz. It's amazing.

It's very hard for me to go back down to 1440p from 4k. I tried an Ultragear 1440p/144hz and I absolutely love the high refresh rate, but since I've been working from home and also use my monitor for my PS5, it's a difficult compromise to make when the 4k monitor is just more comfortable for not-gaming.

80-120fps over higher resolution, I would expect anyone else to also agree that have experienced it. 120fps (or higher) + 1440p is just fantastic. I certainly do drop graphics settings to get 80fps+, because it is totally worth that clear image. People on a budget (low-mid range cards) should be damn happy cause that DLSS 2.0 is freaking amazing too. One day... we might be able to even buy the cards :P

Very helpful videos. Subscribed. Also make a video on what resolution and refresh rate one should use for popular games like COD, GTA, FIFA etc…Hard to find on KZfaq.

I like your video, and you are very good at explaining things in an easy-to-understand way. Thank You. I agree with what you were saying about a higher refresh rate on a lower grade monitor for gaming. My decision was based on wanting a great Movie and gaming experience. Hence, I went with the LG 4K, and I am using an RTX3090 to run it (Over-Simplified: Borrowing your words) but, I would be curious to know your thoughts on Monitors for individuals that do want the best of both worlds. It never seems to be talked about much. People talk about gaming/Video editing but not much about Gaming/Home Theatre options. Typically a larger monitor calls it a Home Theatre, but I have a very tiny desktop space, so I am doing what I can. Smaller 27" 4K Monitor with a smaller 5.1 surround sound speaker setup all stuffed in basically a closet-sized area. So that is all my facts. Do you have any opinions that you can think of? Regards, Mate.

27" 1440p w/144hz refresh is my personal sweet spot. Love it, 4k is nice but you need high end hardware to make use of it. 1440 can be run on older hardware easy enough now :)

I've got the LG Ultragear GN950-b (with the160Hz firmware) paired with a RTX 3090 - sweet experience although I'd really like LG to allow "DP Deep Sleep" as an option toggle in their OSD. My second rig with SLI'ed 1080TI's runs a 165Hz 1440p ASUS monitor.

Thank you for in-depth analysis! But what are your thoughts on Mi Curved Gaming 34?

Awesome video !! With one do you use ? I have the new alien ware R12 with the 3090 gpu, and all the goodies on the alien computer.

Waited for this one for a long time... 1440p would be the pick over anything

Never thought of upgrading my 1080 60hz monitor, and probably in near future too, since my concern is finding a good gpu and psu with at least 6 years of productivity

Great vid

Hey - How is the scaling and input lag when running non native res on the LG 4k? That deserves a big chat on your video and is the biggest drawback of non native res. 1. Is it clear in game still or even slightly blurry? 2. Does it introduce noticeable input lag when performing the scaling. WHat I am getting at is the 4k screen could be perfect if you can just run 1440p or 1080p in competitive games with no drawbacks and 4k on the desktop.

Currently using a 24" 1080p monitor and I really like it, the screen size is awesome and feels immersive for me, I usually sit at an arm's length distance, around a meter maybe? Just thinking... would it be worth going 4K for console gaming? If so, would 32" be to big to use as a monitor?

I have a 2080 Super that still pushes my 1440p very well and is my preferred resolution. Although someday I hope to have a 3080 at MSRP, yes I can dream.

That thumbnail is really beautiful

Just upgraded my ancient 10 year old monitor last year to the Lenovo Legion Y27q-20 last year. My first high refresh rate panel and it's been amazing.

I agree with everything in the video, but I also think it is important to "future proof" your monitor. For me, a monitor isn't something I change very often so if I buy a new one, I want it to be ready for any future upgrades I do to the rest of my rig. Right now, I am looking for a new monitor and with my 1060 graphics card, I doubt I can play many games in more than 1080p. However, I think the perfect monitor for me is a 1440p 144-165hz because who knows if I can change my GPU in 1-2 years.

I went from 1080p 144hz tn to 1440p 165hz ips, and even tho im running rx 480 that is getting to the point of barely enough at 1080p now in some more demanding games, i think it was better choice to go with 1440p. Most games i play would not be able to run at 240+ fps even on fastest cpus so i think 165hz is better choice for me. This higher resolution makes upscaling with FidelityFX Super Resolution better, so i can actually have better looking games with no performance loss from 1080p. And on linux i can use it in almost every game, making it better for me for games that work on linux.

Super video as usual, I spend so many time on your channel to be honest sometimes I slept at 1am and I must wake up for 05:30am to go work just because I watch all your videos, I learn so many things and u are so professional and passionate it's really a pleasure to be here thx for the content. And I have something to ask you, between the asus VG259QM and the asus XG259CM can you recommand me a choice ? except hz and price I dont see any big differences and that it pretty cool with the VG259QM, ELMD run with g sync and I believe on the benQ 2546K DYAC+ dont run with g/sync at the same time.

Excellent video, thank you

those wallpapers on the cover art... man i want them 🔥

If anyone is still wondering. If you only play fps competitive games, don't go under 240hz. For me the difference between 144 and 240 is huge. You can feel how much more responsive your mouse is on the desktop. If you play mobas and games from many different genre, go for 144hz 1440p.

thank you . was very helpful

What I wanna know is - is there as big of a difference going from 1440p to 4K as it is from 1080p to 1440p, in terms of sharpness, clarity, image quality? Thanks.

In my experience 27 inch 1440p 144 Hz is the sweet spot for gaming. Give it 3-5 years and we might be at 4K 144 Hz but right now it requires too much GPU power to accomplish.

Just trying to find a gaming monitor that wont make my eyes bleed when working on a word document.

On playing a few different games I've noticed I can go from 4K to 1440p and max out the resolution and the temps will go down 15-20c. On my RX 6800 the fans sometimes don't even kick on. If you're playing on a 4K tv the difference is hardly noticeable.

Istg this is the best monitor video out there, love it

Going from 60hz to 144hz a few years ago was a revolutionary experience.. so was upgrading from a budget 1080p TN panel to a 1440p IPS panel lol. I really do think it's the sweet spot

What's your opinion on 24" vs 27"? On csgo i never had any issues with 24". But on cod warzone i keep wondering if a 1440p 27" panel would make it easier to spot people. In these games the ranges are way longer than cs/valorant type games and enemies are way harder to spot.

Great video. I just need to get more into which monitors would be best for me. I need some learning about the FPS and hz lol I don't exactly know what they mean and what they do.

I have a 4k 120hz display, which is obviously the pinnacle of all displays. You can't really get better gaming or productivity experience, especially because it's 48", coupled with the fact that's OLED means that everything just looks gorgeous. Story games feel super immersive and kind of like VR while multitasking on this screen is really easy. However, you do need serious some serious horsepower to drive this display. Even my RTX 3080 can struggle a bit with 120fps, but if you spend just a little time tweaking a few settings in the game, you can get it in basically any game. Forget about running it with anything less than an RTX 3080 though, and resolution scaling doesn't work either since it really looks like crap at 1440p and below because it's so large.

Need to see an AW2721D review vs the Aorus.

Where did you get those wallpapers from the thumbnail?!😍

It's awesome you gave the LG a shout-out, gaming TV's are a thing!

I've been looking for a 2560 x 1080 monitor lately, since I want a wider FOV for games.. but they don't seem to be around at all where I live, I honestly don't feel the difference all that much from my current ASUS VG278Q in terms of refresh rate, so I'd probably be fine with 75-120Hz. a lot of games can't run at 144fps because of poor optimisation too :P

Stop teasing us with the 30 series card you know we can't get our hands on them :(