For gaming.. Steam Hardware & Software Survey from April 2017 , 47% still using 1080 as a primary resolution.. 1440 barely makes it into single digits..
http://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/?platform=pc

Not saying everyone uses steam of course..

Running 1080p is fine. It's still the benchmark standard for PC gaming and 1440p is still an extravagance.

I personally use 1440p and have done for a few years now. For that reason I couldn't really go back to 1080p at this point but if you're not looking to spend a lot of money on hardware than 1080p is perfectly acceptable and arguably far less hassle.

From the ebuyer site:
Mechanical Design

•Chassis Colours: Black
•Tilt: +20°~-5°
•VESA Wall Mounting: 100x100mm

You can have HDMI and DP monitors connected at the same time.

i have this monitor its great,i was getting headaches with my old 2 and i got this one and turned on the blue light,looked a bit off at first but now i m used to it and the headaches have gone.
very pleased with it and its a good price.

I also have the smaller version of this, and had headaches with other monitors but not with this one!

IPS is deffo better than TN, I've had 24" 1080p TN, 27" 1440p IPS, and now 24" 1080p TN 144hz, the fav was the second one. This is a great deal. Heat already added. I don't think the extra screen space will be too much of a problem for the resolution.

does it have vesa mount?

Have the MX279H overclocked to 74Hz, very nice IPS panel.

Running 1080p is fine. It's still the benchmark standard for PC gaming and 1440p is still an extravagance.

I personally use 1440p and have done for a few years now. For that reason I couldn't really go back to 1080p at this point but if you're not looking to spend a lot of money on hardware than 1080p is perfectly acceptable and arguably far less hassle.

In direct comparison, the smaller version would be VC239H 24" IPS FHD - which has the VESA mount option, same as the monitor in this deal.

I already have a 27" frameless IPS acer monitor and was looking for an additional IPS monitor. This one just falls right in my ball part with the price. Thanks op

You're right. This is the model i have Asus MX259H 25" AH-IPS Frameless Monitor.

Was very interested but don't think it has freesync?

I'm looking to upgrade a 75htz 1ms 27" tn 1080 panel for an IPS....will keep looking.

Perfect timing. Just looking for a new monitor. Thank you

How is the calibration on this screen?

A link to the Benq deal? Thanks

I have 2 displays connected via display port, will I be able to replace and connect this Asus monitor via HDMI?
Or that means other monitor should be connected via HDMI too? Thanks

very nice find! thank you :smiley:

I have the silver VX279H and can't recommend it enough. Fantastic monitor and great price on this.

Shame about the f-ugly stand.

for ps4 and as a second screen. should I get the Asus or this one? ViewSonic VX2776-SMHD

Long shot here
But i purchased a Benq screen few weeks back off amazon its not HD and its out the box now....any one know if i can return it to amazon?? So i can buy this one?
Thanks

poor brightness. 350 is minimum for me

poor brightness. 350 is minimum for me

Thanks mate :smile:

For gaming.. Steam Hardware & Software Survey from April 2017 , 47% still using 1080 as a primary resolution.. 1440 barely makes it into single digits..
http://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/?platform=pc

Not saying everyone uses steam of course..

1080p may not be what most of your mates are using but it is still the norm and the benchmark, I assure you.

Of the 4 people I play online with most, 2 of us use 1440p, 1 uses 4k and the other uses 1080p but Steam statistics alone prove that we're ab exception rather than the rule.

2k/4k monitors are becoming cheaper because the panels are now cheaper to produce. It has little to do with mainstream adoption rates.

Steam has a relatively low user-base on AAA games so I wouldn't declare it as accurate. It would be more interesting to see the numbers of players who are using 1080p vs 1440p on esports titles such as Overwatch and Rocket League. I would wager there would be a much larger populace of 1440p by comparison.

By your own example you just kind of proved my point, albeit a small sample size. 25% 1080, 50% 1440p, 25% 4K.

It may also surprise you to learn that the majority of PC gamers do not use Steam. Steam has something like 7-million active, yet games like League of Legends can accrue upwards of 32 million active players monthly. This is also true of games that run their own launchers like Blizzard game Overwatch which is launched entirely from the Battle.Net client and is the 2nd most popular game in the world (behind league of legends).

These 2 examples are enough to show that steam statistics realistically mean nothing, the 2 most popular PC titles don't even use the application.

You could also couple this with the fact that PC gaming in particular has experienced a 'boom' in sales over the last 2 years thanks to many successful PC titles and the eventual realisation from console owners that they'll never achieve the same level of quality and modifications. The majority of these newcomers are looking for lower budget/entry level gaming quality components, much like the monitor that it is on offer here.

I think denying a movement in price is heavily based in market trend is extremely narrow minded. I wonder if everybody stopped buying iphones how much they would really sell for.

When did playing Overwatch or League of Legends mean you couldn't have Steam installed on the same machine?

Yes it's a valid point to say not all games require or use Steam - I have plenty myself through Battle.net, Uplay, Origin, GOG, DRM free, but I do have Steam installed because as I gamer I have plenty of games from all sorts of developers and publishers. I have Steam installed, therefore it reports back into the hardware survey.

As for your "stats" you aren't even close to comparing like for like. Steam stats right now shows a peak of over 13m concurrent users in the last 48 hours. That's just the peak on at the same time, not counting those that logged off earlier or came on later, or in different time zones. And you compare it to a monthly figure of only 32m whose requirement is to have logged in once in ~30 days, while dismissing the notion that any of them might have Steam installed as well.

A quick google suggests a huge number of overwatch players use 1080.. you have provided no evidence that 1440 is more popular other than your peer group.
http://prosettings.net/overwatch-best-settings-options-guide/

It certainly is the norm, the vast majority of people game at 1080p. Not everybody has a 1080/1080ti with a 1440p/144hz monitor. 1080p/144hz is the standard for pro gamers and is much more affordable for the average user.

Huh? Steam is much more accurate than "my friends".

You need 1440p minimum on a 27" monitor. Even reading text isn't much fun at 1080p 27".

Perfect for me. Narrow bezel, VESA mount. 1080p is enough, my eyes don't go any higher than that! Would fit in nice in my triple monitor setup.

Now, if only Amazon would match the price as I live in Cyprus and eBuyer don't ship here :disappointed:

I have an older asus 27"which has stood the etst of time and is superb. But it isnt vesa, so I bought this for less than half price than I paid for my old 27"Asus! Great deal heat added

Totally missed the point, thanks for the irrelevant comment.

1080 or 1080Ti is needed for 1440p? Wut?

I didn't dismiss the information, It just wasn't relevant to the argument.

On that one you are correct. I use a 1070 and regularly get 100fps on most games maxed at 1440p.

The people I was talking about all live in a first world country and all but 1 of them are professionals with a reasonable level of disposable income.

The modern PC market is largely made up of players from Russia, Brazil and China, most of whom cannot afford 1080p, let alone anything higher than that.

I'm afraid the evidence speaks for itself here. 1440p isn't the standard yet and probably won't be for at least another few years.

I should have mentioned 1070 as well but to achieve 100fps+ at ultra settings on triple A titles you need a very good card especially if you want to be future proof. 144hz should be a priority as well in my opinion.

Didn't you say this?


People you know with 1440 monitors is more relevant than Steam survey?

Alrighty then

Ended up cancelling the monitor I'd bought from Amazon with a better resolution (2560x1440) and bought this instead. Saved £110 - I don't play games much and this'll do fine

Check steam hardware survey. 1080p is by FAR the most common res.

for ps4 and as a second screen. should I get the Asus or this one? ViewSonic VX2776-SMHD

As some one out of the loop or a few years, would this be an improvement on my DELL U2311H?
No gaming some Photo-editing

Size 23"WS
Colour Depth
16.7 million (6-bit + AFRC)
Aspect Ratio16:9
Colour Gamut
72% NTSC colour gamut, 100% sRGB
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Viewing Angles
178/178
Response Time
8ms G2G
Panel Technology
e-IPS
Contrast Ratio
1000:1 static / 10,000:1 DCR
Interfaces
DVI-D (HDCP), D-sub, DisplayPort
Brightness
300 cd/m2
Colour
Black bezel and base with silver trim
Special Features
Tilt, pivot, rotate and height adjustment. USB 2.0 ports x4

The 4 mates mentioned OR ≈ 140 Million in the steam survey?

Anyone able to tell me the thickness of the side bezel? Possibly looking at something like this for a triple monitor setup and want the screens as close together as possible. Cheers in advance........

Primary display res April 2017.
. . . . . . . . . . . % . . change

1024 x 768 1.43%-0.01%
1280 x 720 0.63%-0.04%
1280 x 768 0.30%0.00%
1280 x 800 1.41%-0.05%
1280 x 1024 3.60%-0.12%
1360 x 768 2.69%-0.04%
1366 x 768 22.97%-0.29%
1440 x 900 4.38%-0.01%
1536 x 864 0.86%-0.06%
1600 x 900 5.69%-0.06%
1680 x 1050 3.35%-0.15%
1920 x 1080 46.17%+0.91%
1920 x 1200 1.13%-0.05%
2560 x 1080 0.55%-0.01%
2560 x 1440 2.00%+0.02%
3440 x 1440 0.25%0.00%
3840 x 2160 0.82%+0.04%
Other 1.77%-0.06%
1366 X 768 is mostly laptops.
I dont know where you get 140 million from,steam only has 125 million active members.
1080p outnumbers 2560 x 1440 by 23 to 1.
Steam numbers ARE gamer focused but I suspect many 1440p monitors were sourced for other reasons and happen to also be used for gaming.
Nobody I know who has a desktop gaming rig has bothered to move up from 1080p yet.
This will change (IF) good quality 27" 1440p IPS panels (particularly with freesync) drop to sub £200,and as old monitors die.
Truth is, nobody is that bothered about larger than 24" for gaming so 1080p is fine.
Use a t.v. for anything needing a bigger screen.

Reason why I sent back the AOC 1440 I bought was the nearly £120 difference in price between the AOC 1440 27" and this. And the AOC was a WAREHOUSE deal on Amazon. NOT brand new.
I didn't think the resolution was worth nearly double the price
The AOC was frameless all round, but the three side frameless on this will do me for half the price :laughing:

.........incidentally, the person I dealt with on the eBuiyer chat was massively helpful
Seems eBuyer have got their act together from how bad I found them 5 years plus ago when I stopped buying from them because of the WAY over 5 day free delivery (but only in my area for some reason)

"Only", you may have missed the point, anyway it did in Feb 2015, in the last 2 and a bit years the peak numbers have risen by nearly 50%. So I interpolated, extrapolated, then had a guesstimate. Would "A HELL OF A LOT MORE THAN FOUR" be easier on your statistical OCD?

Steam's own figures of nearly 1 % increase / month for 1080p, CURRENTLY, verses 0.02 % increase / month for 1440p would indicate you are bull **** way beyond your understanding of the subject;
peak numbers? bull ****.
interpolated.extrapolated and guessed? Bull ****.
I have posted steam's numbers here truthfully.
You on the other hand are just talking 'out of your a noose.
Enjoy your 1440p monitor,I seriously doubt you will get a bunk up without paying similar money for it.

Hi everyone this is showing at £179.99 for me. Have I missed the boat or is there a discount code? Cheers

Anyone else's arrive with a European plug adapter and since they don't use kettle leads I might be stuck

Cut plug off lead, put u.k. 3 pin on. see google if stuck.