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How to tell 10 bit and 8 bit monitors apart?

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Long story short, I'm partially colour blind. That means I can distinguish 6 bit and 8 bit monitors but can't see any difference between 8 bit and 10 bit.

I also heard that some vendors fool us and claim their 8 bit + FRC or just plain 8 bit displays to be 10 bit despite that being outright untrue.

I want to make a present for my friend. I got 300 dollars, I'm in Russia and I know he wants a 10 bit 1440p display of 100+ Hz. Curved displays are a complete no go. The most welcome diagonal is 24", 27" will also be fine. Anything bigger than that makes negative sense. I'd pick an OLED because he's definitely fine with OLED but it's outta question due to budget reasons.

Built-in speakers, additional USB/3.5 mm connectivity etc are irrelevant. Won't hurt, nor would it be a shame not to have them. Both HDMI and DP will do.

Is there anything better than LG 27GP850 (available open box with limited warranty of 12 months for 300 USD) all things considered?
 
Gigabyte 32QC could be a choice. There is also an Asus TUF 27" that has pretty good specs.
 
If the monitor covers 98% DCI-P3 or AdobeRGB, it is a 10bit monitor.

Monitor brands lie all the time about bits. I've seen a 12-bit gaming monitor. It was just 10+HDR lol.

So the color space is what you need to go by.
 
Too large. Monitors bigger than 27" are invalid for him.

Exact name? Is it better than LG 27GP850?
For all intents and purposes the 32QC has a huge curve and takes up about the space of a 27. There is also this


I have found that Gigabyte make better monitors than they are given credit for.

This is the Asus monitor


These are Canadian prices so add or subtract about 15% using a currency converter for region pricing.
 
If you can find this panel should be priced similarly while being BNIB.


Unsure if its 10-bit or 8+FRC
 
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has a huge curve
What I stated in the OP is curved monitors are totally NOT welcome.
Seems reasonable. Will take a look at it.
If you can find this panel should be priced similarly while being BNIB.


Unsure if its 10-bit or 8+FRC
Eh, not in stock anywhere.
 
Long story short, I'm partially colour blind. That means I can distinguish 6 bit and 8 bit monitors but can't see any difference between 8 bit and 10 bit.

I also heard that some vendors fool us and claim their 8 bit + FRC or just plain 8 bit displays to be 10 bit despite that being outright untrue.

I want to make a present for my friend. I got 300 dollars, I'm in Russia and I know he wants a 10 bit 1440p display of 100+ Hz. Curved displays are a complete no go. The most welcome diagonal is 24", 27" will also be fine. Anything bigger than that makes negative sense. I'd pick an OLED because he's definitely fine with OLED but it's outta question due to budget reasons.

Built-in speakers, additional USB/3.5 mm connectivity etc are irrelevant. Won't hurt, nor would it be a shame not to have them. Both HDMI and DP will do.

Is there anything better than LG 27GP850 (available open box with limited warranty of 12 months for 300 USD) all things considered?
Sorry late to this. But many if not most monitors are 8 bit or 8bit + frc for interpolated 10-bit

Tftcentral uk does reviews they disassemble and pull the panel number which gives the specs.

I check panellook.com sometimes as well.
 
Long story short, I'm partially colour blind. That means I can distinguish 6 bit and 8 bit monitors but can't see any difference between 8 bit and 10 bit.

I also heard that some vendors fool us and claim their 8 bit + FRC or just plain 8 bit displays to be 10 bit despite that being outright untrue.

I want to make a present for my friend. I got 300 dollars, I'm in Russia and I know he wants a 10 bit 1440p display of 100+ Hz. Curved displays are a complete no go. The most welcome diagonal is 24", 27" will also be fine. Anything bigger than that makes negative sense. I'd pick an OLED because he's definitely fine with OLED but it's outta question due to budget reasons.

Built-in speakers, additional USB/3.5 mm connectivity etc are irrelevant. Won't hurt, nor would it be a shame not to have them. Both HDMI and DP will do.

Is there anything better than LG 27GP850 (available open box with limited warranty of 12 months for 300 USD) all things considered?

I find the major monitor makers generally don't lie that much about color depth (e.g. 8-bit monitor as 10-bit). They couldn't get away with doing that, since reviewers exist. As a regular consumer on monitors, I've always read that 8-bit+FRC is good enough, and having true 10-bit should not matter. Unless you really do very high end graphic work for a living, 8-bit FRC is good enough.

And thus, 8-bit FRC monitors being advertised as 10-bit is not as big an issue as you think, since more colour depth does not denote better colour performance.

For most common QHD gaming monitors, 8-bit FRC will be the norm. 27GP850 is a decent choice, as long as you know what you're getting into with nanoIPS.

For true 10-bit, it is my understanding that it is extremely rare. Only when you get into true professional monitors or TVs, do you get true 10-bit panels. And as to the latter, there's a huge spread in quality and performance so it's not like 10-bit is an indicator of complete banding-free colour handling.

For 1440p monitors specifically though, it's worth remembering that there are some occasional DP bandwidth limitations that also affect colour depth. My M32Q is probably advertised as a 10-bit (8-bit FRC) monitor, but it's only partially true: because its DP port is 1.2 speed, it can only do 8-bit colour beyond about 120Hz. Any DP 1.4 monitor (that not only has a 1.4 port but has a physical panel inside that takes that bandwidth) will have no problem.

And to be honest, sometimes I can see a difference in banding if I look closely, but not even 8-bit is a big deal when I'm working on photos.
 
MSI G274QPF-QD or Gigabyte M27Q-P are seemingly good options in this price range. Both are mostly better in terms of panel (newer) than the mentioned LG.
10-bit vs 8-bit+FRC are completely irrelevant for consumer usage at these price points. You would want 10-bit maybe for HDR, but you won’t get any reasonable HDR at this level. That needs either lots of FALD zones or OLED. So don’t even sweat it.
 
I said it before but basically if you get 99-100% DCI-P3 it kinda has to be 10-bit color space. Doesn't matter how you get it. Either true 10bit or 8+2. The color space / accuracy is what your after.

OLED makes this color space easy to obtain. In 2009 I spent nearly $800 just to get Adobe RGB color space. Took a lot of research to find a monitor and and to buy a calibrator to get it below DeltaE 2

Now these OLEDs are coming from the factory below 2 and has more coverage. Not cheaper though, but maybe because of inflammation, it might actually be.
 
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