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I wanna buy a new monitor, but I don't know too much about he current market situation for monitors, so I need some help.

I don't wanna spend more than 500€, but I could spend more money if there is a good reason to do so(absolute maximum is around 800€, but I don't wanna go anywhere near that).

Is it unrealistic to ask for a monitor with 3 out of those things: 1440p, IPS panel, G-Sync, 144hz?
It would be great if you could find something that's 24 inch, but I can make 27 inch work and there seem to be more 27 inch monitors with the features I want. Don't go any bigger though.

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Dell has a really good 25" IPS 1440p monitor, U2515h if I recall correctly. It should be under 400€ in your country.
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Does this one also have a normal stand or only this drawing table thing?
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Dell has a really good 25" IPS 1440p monitor, U2515h if I recall correctly. It should be under 400€ in your country.

yeah, it is 325€ on amazon. I'll keep this one in mind if I don't find basically the same thing with g-sync or 144hz.

I'll look into your list later, I don't have much time now.
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Does this one also have a normal stand or only this drawing table thing?

That's not something you should even consider. That thing is like 2000€.


Is it unrealistic to ask for a monitor with 3 out of those things: 1440p, IPS panel, G-Sync, 144hz?

Not if you're willing to pay the premium.
I don't think there's many of them, but this one seems to fulfill those requirements... near your maximum budget.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Acer-XB270HUbprz-27-Inch-Monitor-16/dp/B00U2FE3HY

G-Sync limits the number of video connectors to 1 due to the special scaler used, just FYI.
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Not if you're willing to pay the premium.
I don't think there's many of them, but this one seems to fulfill those requirements... near your maximum budget.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Acer-XB270HUbprz-27-Inch-Monitor-16/dp/B00U2FE3HY

G-Sync limits the number of video connectors to 1 due to the special scaler used, just FYI.

Yeah, I saw that one and I don't really wanna pay that much. At that pricepoint I might as well get an ultrawide. If I don't take an IPS panel, an acer predator xb270ha for ~500€ seems like a plan(unless anyone has a better one).
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Yeah, I saw that one and I don't really wanna pay that much. At that pricepoint I might as well get an ultrawide. If I don't take an IPS panel, an acer predator xb270ha for ~500€ seems like a plan(unless anyone has a better one).

I wouldn't go for ultrawide. 16:9 is such a well-established standard and matches so well with your natural field of view.

As for going TN instead of IPS, you'll have to decide if you want better display quality or higher framerates(at the lower price). The higher framerates are mainly noticeable in first person action games.

Asus also made a Free-Sync screen with the same IPS panel.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ultra-Low-MG279Q-Technology-Gaming-Monitor-x/dp/B00VH3HO6C
So you're paying a ~150€ premium for G-sync alone. **** that, I say. That's kind of ridiculous.
Seems to me like Nvidia is money-grubbing.
I seriously considered getting that one myself, even if I have an Nvidia GPU right now.
Only problem with Free-Sync right now is that most screen scalers are not made to run adaptive sync at very large spans, so the sync is limited to 30-90Hz. Which is where it has the largest benefit, but it would have been nice to have it up to max.
G-Sync runs at 30-144hz because it uses a special scaler from Nvidia. But the added cost is kind of ridiculous. I'm sure we'll get future FreeSync screens with full spans.
And hopefully some kind of way to hack it into Nvidia cards if they keep being stubborn and money-grubbing. It is open source after all.
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For the record, 450 GBP is already over 600 EUR
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Vynertje wrote:
For the record, 450 GBP is already over 600 EUR

Well duh. So? It was mentioned as a comparison to the pricing of the G-Sync screen, which was almost 800€.
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