June 2022 - What 27in or 34in 1440P Monitors are the best to get?

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Im looking for a 1440p standard with:
high refresh rate and freesync/gsync.
1.07b colors (low banding)
144hz refresh (dont need or want to be bleeding edge here)
Very good text quality (work and games)
say ~300-500$

Whats everyone think based on their experience?
Appreciate the feedback.
 
See if you can get a second hand CRG9 then you'll have a really good 5120x1440 (2x 1440p) 120Hz UW f/gsync screen.
It has one HDMI 2.0c (60Hz) and 2x DP 1.4 (120Hz). 2 1440p inputs can be displayed at the same time at 60Hz.
It has a USB hub that connects to one PC.
I use mine for my every day display + gaming on 2 machines and love it!
The UW desktop is great for productivity as well.

The res is short of UHD in pixel numbers so is slightly faster.
If thats too low fps it can also display at 3840x1080 which is just over 1/2 the pixels of full res (12.5% more pixels than 2560x1440p), games look amazingly good still and framerate shoots up.

Only downside there is a built in HDMI/DP soundcard (24bit 32, 44, 48KHz) but no amp or speakers.
Not that it matters for most with a better hifi setup.
With cheap speakers + Emotiva amp I use it for simple games like Age of Empires so I can also have TV sound through the hifi.


The screen has poor local dimming but HDR can be made so damn bright that you barely notice and it looks just great!
Without HDR blacks are really dark, desktop and none HDR use on this display is superb.
Great image pop even without HDR, colours look fantastic. No banding that I've noticed.
HDR works on HDMI and DP.

I wasnt sold on very UW displays until I tried this, now my HDR2000 TV is only used for films, not games.
Now I dont want to go back to a 16:9 screen for gaming, or even desktop use.
 
I am eyeballing the lg27gp850.

My desk cant really fit the CRG9 thats just too wide.
1080 doesnt cut it for vertical resolution either.
Ideally I would get a 3840x1600 (but to much cost) or a 5k monitor but cost and refresh rates.
That is why Im setting on a 1440p for now. This will eventually be a second monitor when some 5k DP 2.0 monitors come out some 32" 4k's that are better than today.
 
The CRG9 is centre mounted, it doesnt need a wide desk, and is 1440 vertical.
 
Go 4k with the gigabyte m28u. $600, 4k144, ips, 28", 1ms response. Short of an oled ultrawide like the new alienware, it's the best you'll get at that size (and arguably better imo).
 
Nenu said:
The CRG9 is centre mounted, it doesnt need a wide desk, and is 1440 vertical.
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Still not enough space.

GoldenTiger said:
Go 4k with the gigabyte m28u. $600, 4k144, ips, 28", 1ms response. Short of an oled ultrawide like the new alienware, it's the best you'll get at that size (and arguably better imo).
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hmmm. I haven't thought about a 4k 28"... I will have to think on this more. Can that one do 10-bit 444 via DP?
I was honestly hoping to spend less and get a 4k 32" or 5k 38" later when better ones come out and I can get a video card that can drive that for some reasonable money.
 
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