Clinton Fisher
Beautiful monitor! To be honest i might be behind the loop as i havent bought a PC monitor since 2006 (which was a top of the line model back then). It was really starting to show its age and the fact that it was 720p. I wanted something that looked a little more crisp and this monitor has certainly filled that purpose. Only had it so far for 4-5 hours but I feel very satisfied with the purchase! However the monitor feels choppy in games that my old monitor never did. This monitor has a refresh rate of 60Hz (60 frames per second) while my old monitor was 70Hz (70 frames per second). Thats only about 13% slower and I dont believe that is the problem. It just feels choppy/laggy in games. Thought it might just be input lag but its 5ms which while not great definitely isnt bad unless you play twitch reflex games at very high frames per second. Ive raised my FPS cap to 100 and it seems a little smother but Im thinking it might just be the included VGA cord and will purchase a DVI-D. Also this frame is not borderless in the sense of virtually no bezel and all screen. There is most certainly a bezel/border, its just tucked underneath the the matted layer covering the screen. Im not bashing the monitor tho for what I paid Im very pleased just I wanted to list the slight cons. Paid $99.99 for this threw Amazon prime and Im very pleased and would gladly order it again. 1 star has been removed for them not including a DVI-D cord (they are very cheap) and only including a very outdated VGA cord. That and the choppy/laggy i get in game with the fact their is a 1/2 inch bezel/border hidden under the screen. All in all very pleased and was expecting worse. --Slight Update-- I know this monitor says its 60Hzs but Im getting a noticeable amount of screen tearing between 50fps-59fps. This shouldnt be the case and above 60 its nearly a constant screen tear at the bottom of the screen. My old monitor was 70Hzs and even when I let my frames per second sit between 90-120 I didnt encounter nearly as often as I encounter it on this monitor above 50 fps. --1 Month Later-- Ive had this monitor for a month now, beyond the stuff listed above I have really started to notice that the picture quality is not that good. Text looks nice and crisp but beyond that pretty much everything looks smudgy. Instead of nice crisp boarders while gaming and watching videos it seems to be washed out (not in the sense of color but the pictures detail) stuff just seems to be almost fused. Im disappointed in this monitor as a gaming monitor (which in all actuality its not intended to be used as) but ... I have a i7 6700k and a AMD Fury (2016 Sapphire Edition) and this monitor seems to be the bottle neck for me. While its better then my old monitor for sure it really takes away from the image quality. For a productivity monitor this thing gets a A+ for gaming and videos its a C. Ill keep the monitor as a second display but I will most certainly be replacing it for a better gaming monitor. The constant screen tearing below 60fps and the image quality leaves me feeling disappointed. If this is all you can afford then use it but if you have more to spend and just trying to save a buck look else where because more then likely like me you will be disappointed. --2-ish years later-- Monitor has held up over the period of time Ive owned it, after awhile I stopped noticing the screen tearing for the most part (still there) but Ive gotten better at tuning it out. Something about it would just draw my attention which made it very easy to notice. Since than I have purchased a 144hz monitor and absolutely love it and is far superior to this monitor but like I said previously it makes a decent second monitor for multi-tasking in games and what not so Im not going to talk down on it at this point. The monitor was not nor never intended to be used as a high end gaming display so I cant fault it for not being perfect. Had no issues at all with it in the time Ive owned it and still works just as well as the day I purchased it.