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The alienware doesn't have motion blur reduction but the viewsonic does. Personally I think the BenQ zowie XL2746S will blow them both away.
Damn that does have impressive features. I wonder if the Chief Blur Busters guy has seen it yet.
Here's a translated review that went up today of the XL2746: https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http://playwares.com/dpreview/57666851#
Pertinent points:
1. Input lag: 2-3 ms at 240 Hz
2. Peak luminance: ~360 nits
3. Contrast ratio: ~1100-1270ish
4. Color: ~72% NTSC
5. Response time GtG: 1.6-1.8 ms (http://down.playwares.com/xe/files/attach/images/105/954/067/744fa63a006d922190c23c99b6533de6.png)
6. Dyac+ in motion:
Viewing angles are your typical TN panel. I wish it was 400 nits uniform personally and unfortunately they don't mention how much the panel darkens with Dyac+, just that it does. I'm going to hold off for reviews from Prad, TFTCentral or RT before I buy this thing and see how it compares to other panels.
Edit:
For comparison, although from a different website, the Acer Nitro XV273X (IPS panel like the Viewsonic Elite XG270):
1. GtG Avg: 4.8 ms avg @ 240 Hz
2. Motion blur reduction: 210 nits @ 240 Hz w/CR of 957:1 (it gets darker as you lower the refresh rate)
3. Compared to TN panels like the XF252Q and the XL2746, it's noticeably slower and probably what you could expect with the other IPS panels like the Viewsonic:
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4. Input lag: 2 ms which is impressive and on par with the XL2746
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For reference, I have an old Asus PG278Q and if you look in the charts above, it still beats out many of the new panels in GtG times which is disappointing as hell considering I bought this back in 2014-2015. One area the new panels have advanced is input lag though, the signal processing time on my PG278Q isn't very good and in comparison, even the new IPS panels blows it away. Since signal processing time is the actual "feel" you get from the monitor when doing actions, I think this could make a big difference when gaming. So right now, I'd like to see hard numbers on the XL2746's DyAc+ max brightness because unfortunately the Korean website left that out and it is the single piece of information I need to decide whether to go w/the Zowie or the IPS panels like the Viewsonic/Acer (Alienware is not even a consideration since it has no blur reduction).
Chief Blur Buster what are your thoughts on this?
Wow thanks for posting this. Yeah the brightness while strobing is going to be a big factor for me too. I think I could live with IPS being at +1.5ms of GTG as long as the input lag is comparable, but if the BenQ can do over 300 nits with strobing its likely going to look better than the IPS.
Yup if the XL2746S does 300+ nits of strobing it will be a winner. If it's anything like it's predecessors, it should easily accomplish this which I think makes it the best new monitor to release on the market. None of these others will be able to touch it IMO. The color being 72% NTSC is already good enough for a TN panel since that's ~100% sRGB so I think it won't be as ugly as the previous BenQ monitors were. I don't really give a shit about viewing angles as I sit in front of my display all the time and never off center. The input lag is already really good so with 300+ nit strobing, this thing is going to be awesome for games.
P.S. The Asus 360 Hz panel and other 360 Hz panels which should follow once their exclusivity deal runs out might be the real deal if the Asus G-Sync module's ULMB can do 240 Hz strobed which should give it minimal input lag. The new G-Sync ULMB monitors (e.g. 24.5") hold their brightness pretty well so if this one does, it will definitely be a major game changer. The only problem is it's Asus and well they always screw up somehow.
With real response times on IPS panels being in the 5-6ms range I wouldn't go faster than 165 Hz on one.
Yeah realistically they top out around 180 hz before they get errors due to not being able to keep up with the refresh rate. Still that's pretty good but definitely not where TN is at.
On that note I've starting looking at the Gigabyte KD25F. Take a look at this video:
Editing as I may be more inclined to try this:
Don't bother, I had that monitor (kd25f) and returned it. Their antiblur darkens way too much so it sucks, that's why I sent mine back. It also had higher input lag than other monitors, some of the IPS ones have better input lag results. My 2015 PG278Q has better input lag results which is just pathetic for gigabyte.
Even that hwunboxed video you linked above shows it:
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BTW the xl2746S is now available on zowiedirect.com for $650
240Hz is nice I'm sure. But it's a no go for me so long as its limited to sub-34" displays and TN displays. Even with an IPS display, I wouldn't be happy with something so small as a 27".
If you're into 34"+ gaming, I'd suggest an LG OLED. These smaller displays are primarily for those into esports.
https://www.tftcentral.co.uk/blog/m...-24-5-1080p-ips-panel-and-240hz-refresh-rate/
This just came out 24.5" if you cant stand 1080P at 27 inch pixelation everyone will say it's too small but it's perfect size for me.
I've had mine for almost a week and loving it. Bop mentioned having some strobe crosstalk issues, but I haven't noticed any with the profile I'm using. Coming from a 144hz 1440p display with ULMB, it can certainly increase your advantage in FPS.
Are the colors ok? The reviews on Amazon are mixed about the colors.
240Hz is nice I'm sure. But it's a no go for me so long as its limited to sub-34" displays and TN displays. Even with an IPS display, I wouldn't be happy with something so small as a 27".