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| 9838bc | Hamcha | 2024-10-25 10:36:25 | 1 | Use [RTINGS.com](https://www.rtings.com/monitor "https://www.rtings.com/monitor"), they have measured data for hundreds of monitors and they tend to explain the more technical bits. |
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| 3 | other websites with harder to parse info: |
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| 4 | - [LesNumeriques (French)](https://www.lesnumeriques.com/moniteur-ecran-lcd.html) |
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| 5 | - [TFT Central](https://tftcentral.co.uk/category/reviews) |
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| 7 | **if you care about gaming:** |
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| 8 | - Look for decent refresh rate (120hz and up) |
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| 9 | - Look for Variable Refresh Rate |
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| 10 | - Freesync is almost everywhere in gaming monitors, G-SYNC is a nice premium |
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| 11 | - Response Time and Input Lag should be low (less than 10ms would be nice) |
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| 13 | **if you care about good picture quality:** |
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| 14 | - Look for NATIVE contrast ratio |
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| 15 | - at least 1000:1, 1500:1 or up recommended |
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| 16 | - Look for the Pre-calibration Color dE |
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| 17 | - anything more than 5 is garbage, less than 2 is great, less than 1 is pro-grade |
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| 18 | - (Extra) Look for HDR and color depth (windows support for 10bits kinda sucks tho) |
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| 20 | **in any case:** |
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| 21 | - Make sure it's Flicker-free (no PWM in backlight) |
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| 22 | - VESA (Wall Mount) is a nice extra if you want to get monitor arms in the future |
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| 23 | - Always shop for the exact model number, monitor brands pull stupid stunts where different sizes or model names are completely different. |