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Video Card(s) | Asus RTX2060 ROG STRIX GAMING |
Display(s) | Samsung Odyssey G7 27" |
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I bought my Eizo HD2442W back in 2008 for an astronomical $1100, which was an insane amount of cash to spend on a display back then. I needed a professional monitor for my graphics design career which is thankfully over now.
I bought it because they marketed it as something that is suitable for professional design, entertainment and gaming as well.
They didn't lie, it's grown on me so much that I feel genuine anxiety on the thought of getting a new monitor.
My house was flooded and humidity was around 60-80% for a few weeks which took it's toll on the display: Discoloration between/and beneath the plastic sheets, vibration in one corner and the service guy who took it apart told me the electronics had a strange white stoney substance on them, i'm pretty sure it's limescale. You can imagine the quality of this monitor if i'm still using it despite the above.
Times change, and the huge stains and 1080p are starting to become a drawback in gaming.
I obviously didn't follow the monitor market over the years, so I feel stranded with an immense task of replacing my Eizo.
Let me list the reasons why I think it will be hard replacing this monitor:
-I've been using it 12 hours a day, for 10 years and I had zero eye strain, it's incredibly good on the eyes. A friend borrowed me a samsung gaming monitor for a few days and my eyes hurt after 60 minutes. It was horrible.
-Black level: You can't imagine the rich black this monitor has. it was close, or even surpassed my old 19" Samsung CRT. The rich black was so obvious when playing horror games. I have to increase gamma to see stuff, because developers obviously designed their games for TN panels
-No eye strain during long gaming sessions despite 60Hz and 5ms response time.
-Colors so beautiful, I always got 100% accurate colors when printing my work at the professional CMYK press. As you might probably know, printing art with most monitors is like lottery.
-Absolutely no bleeding
I've been hearing news about new stuff like G-sync, 144Hz, and various new panel types, but i'm really lost here, no idea where to start. My Eizo has a PVA panel which apparently died out.
In regards to Eizo, their current line-up is not very appealing. They have one 27" gaming monitor that is insanely expensive and has Free-sync. (I'm a strict Nvidia guy)
All the other 27" monitors are for office use. I don't know what's going on over there, but they used to have more variety.
What I'm looking for is this:
-27"-32" inch 2,560x1,440 monitor that can easily be run with an RTX 2060
-rich blacks, rich "tonal reproduction" - this one is the most important
-rich colors
-Eye-friendly (stuff like 'no vibration when you close your eyes')
-144Hz
-G-sync? Do I really need this? Is it worth it? what's wrong with software V-sync besides the minor FPS hit?
Don't need fancy stuff like 1ms response rates and 10million dynamic contrast
Not a fan of TN panels
Can you guys suggest anything that comes close to my beloved HD2442W?
I don't have an unlimited budget, I would prefer something between $500-1100
Thanks in advance!
I bought it because they marketed it as something that is suitable for professional design, entertainment and gaming as well.
They didn't lie, it's grown on me so much that I feel genuine anxiety on the thought of getting a new monitor.
My house was flooded and humidity was around 60-80% for a few weeks which took it's toll on the display: Discoloration between/and beneath the plastic sheets, vibration in one corner and the service guy who took it apart told me the electronics had a strange white stoney substance on them, i'm pretty sure it's limescale. You can imagine the quality of this monitor if i'm still using it despite the above.
Times change, and the huge stains and 1080p are starting to become a drawback in gaming.
I obviously didn't follow the monitor market over the years, so I feel stranded with an immense task of replacing my Eizo.
Let me list the reasons why I think it will be hard replacing this monitor:
-I've been using it 12 hours a day, for 10 years and I had zero eye strain, it's incredibly good on the eyes. A friend borrowed me a samsung gaming monitor for a few days and my eyes hurt after 60 minutes. It was horrible.
-Black level: You can't imagine the rich black this monitor has. it was close, or even surpassed my old 19" Samsung CRT. The rich black was so obvious when playing horror games. I have to increase gamma to see stuff, because developers obviously designed their games for TN panels
-No eye strain during long gaming sessions despite 60Hz and 5ms response time.
-Colors so beautiful, I always got 100% accurate colors when printing my work at the professional CMYK press. As you might probably know, printing art with most monitors is like lottery.
-Absolutely no bleeding
I've been hearing news about new stuff like G-sync, 144Hz, and various new panel types, but i'm really lost here, no idea where to start. My Eizo has a PVA panel which apparently died out.
In regards to Eizo, their current line-up is not very appealing. They have one 27" gaming monitor that is insanely expensive and has Free-sync. (I'm a strict Nvidia guy)
All the other 27" monitors are for office use. I don't know what's going on over there, but they used to have more variety.
What I'm looking for is this:
-27"-32" inch 2,560x1,440 monitor that can easily be run with an RTX 2060
-rich blacks, rich "tonal reproduction" - this one is the most important
-rich colors
-Eye-friendly (stuff like 'no vibration when you close your eyes')
-144Hz
-G-sync? Do I really need this? Is it worth it? what's wrong with software V-sync besides the minor FPS hit?
Don't need fancy stuff like 1ms response rates and 10million dynamic contrast
Not a fan of TN panels
Can you guys suggest anything that comes close to my beloved HD2442W?
I don't have an unlimited budget, I would prefer something between $500-1100
Thanks in advance!
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