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To date, there are no mon­i­tors suit­able for a wide range of tasks. Some screens are suit­able for design­ers, oth­ers for gamers, and oth­ers for home use. In fact, all the solu­tions that are cur­rent­ly on the mar­ket are more or less suit­able for solv­ing nar­row prob­lems.

Cer­tain require­ments apply to gam­ing mon­i­tors. The first thing to look at mod­els is the type of matrix. Now there are 3 main options on the mar­ket: TN, IPS and MVA / VA.

TN have the worst col­or repro­duc­tion and view­ing angles, but at the same time pro­vide the high­est pos­si­ble image refresh rate. At the same time, they are cheap­er than com­peti­tors. They are often cho­sen by pro­fes­sion­al gamers, for whom aes­thet­ics are not as impor­tant as the sports com­po­nent.

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IPS have an aver­age refresh rate, but at the same time they have excel­lent col­or repro­duc­tion, wide view­ing angles and image con­trast. There are many sub­types of IPS with slight­ly dif­fer­ent char­ac­ter­is­tics. The most advanced is AH-IPS. It is the most advanced and has low pow­er con­sump­tion, which will save you mon­ey in the long run.

MVA/VA — This is a fair­ly new tech­nol­o­gy for the pro­duc­tion of mon­i­tors. It is essen­tial­ly a cross between TN and IPS, bring­ing togeth­er both their advan­tages and dis­ad­van­tages. MVA/VA are quite cheap, but usu­al­ly have slow response times, so they are not suit­able for gam­ing.

For a gam­ing mon­i­tor, refresh rates and response times are impor­tant. The first one shows how many times dur­ing one sec­ond the pic­ture is updat­ed on the screen and affects the smooth­ness of the ani­ma­tion. Typ­i­cal­ly, gam­ing devices include devices with a fre­quen­cy of 140 Hz and high­er. 240 Hz devices are pop­u­lar among pro­fes­sion­als, but for ama­teur play­ers they are redun­dant.

Response time is mea­sured in mil­lisec­onds and indi­cates how quick­ly the mon­i­tor can change the pic­ture. The aver­age for gam­ing mod­els is 5 ms, ide­al­ly you should buy screens with 1–2 ms laten­cy, but such devices are extreme­ly expen­sive. Both char­ac­ter­is­tics are extreme­ly impor­tant and a com­fort­able game with­out them is almost impos­si­ble.

Oth­er impor­tant indi­ca­tors are screen size and res­o­lu­tion. The diag­o­nal of the mon­i­tor is select­ed indi­vid­u­al­ly, some­one likes huge widescreen dis­plays, some­one prefers com­pact options. Aver­age num­bers are 21 to 27 inch­es. Less — the details of the inter­face will be too small and dif­fi­cult to read, more — the entire screen will not be able to be seen and you will have to turn your head every time.

Tak­ing a gam­ing mon­i­tor with a res­o­lu­tion low­er than Full­HD (1920x1080) in 2022 is a bad idea. If you need a diag­o­nal of more than 25 inch­es, then you should pay atten­tion to Quad­HD (2560x1440) or 4K (3840x2160) mod­els. Do not for­get that the high­er the screen res­o­lu­tion, the greater the load on the video card. For a 4K mon­i­tor to work cor­rect­ly, you need a pow­er­ful PC with a pow­er­ful video chip.

Ranking of the top 10 best gaming monitors according to KP

1.AOC G2260VWQ6 21.5″

The most afford­able mod­el in our selec­tion is the G2260VWQ6 from AOC. This is a great solu­tion for those who want a mod­ern high-qual­i­ty mon­i­tor and do not want to over­pay for a pop­u­lar brand.

The dis­play is based on a TN-matrix with a diag­o­nal of 21.5 inch­es. The refresh rate is claimed to be only up to 76 Hz, how­ev­er, it sup­ports AMD’s FreeSync tech­nol­o­gy, which will make the game­play smooth and com­fort­able. The col­ors are bright and juicy, the con­trast lev­el is good, the view­ing angles are good. Of course, the mon­i­tor los­es to more expen­sive com­peti­tors, but because of its low cost, it deserves atten­tion.

Main characteristics

Matrix	TN
Per­mis­sion	1920×1080 (16:9)
Fre­quen­cy	76 Hz
Response time	1 ms
View­ing angles	hor­i­zon­tal 170°, ver­ti­cal 160°
Oth­er	HDMI, Dis­play­Port, VGA (D‑Sub), FreeSync sup­port

Pros and cons

Good view­ing angles, low price, fast response time

Unfash­ion­able TN

2. Acer KG221Qbmix

This is a bud­get mon­i­tor from a well-known and proven brand in our mar­ket. It is posi­tioned as an eco­nom­i­cal and func­tion­al solu­tion.

The main advan­tages of the mon­i­tor: built-in stereo speak­ers, which will save on sound, and very low pow­er con­sump­tion. In active mode, the mon­i­tor con­sumes only 17 watts. If you are inter­est­ed in a com­pact inex­pen­sive mon­i­tor with built-in sound from a well-known com­pa­ny, it will be an excel­lent choice.

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Main characteristics

Pros and cons

3. AOC G2590VXQ

This mon­i­tor can be called the best in the bud­get seg­ment. The Chi­nese com­pa­ny AOC has done a great job with its range of inex­pen­sive mod­els, pro­vid­ing cus­tomers with an excel­lent bal­ance of qual­i­ty and val­ue.

At almost the same price as the pre­vi­ous Acer, it has a larg­er diag­o­nal and nar­row bezels. The G2590VXQ looks high qual­i­ty and expen­sive, look­ing at it it’s hard to imag­ine that its price is less than 10 thou­sand rubles. The mon­i­tor is equipped with built-in speak­ers and has all pos­si­ble ports with which it can be con­nect­ed to any com­put­er.

Main characteristics

Pros and cons

4. ASUS VG248QG

The mid-price seg­ment is opened by the 2019 mod­el of the well-known com­pa­ny ASUS. It’s still TN and Full­HD, but the refresh rate is already much high­er than bud­get mon­i­tors.

The declared 165 Hz is enough to feel the advan­tage over oth­er play­ers in online shoot­ers and under­stand how the increased fre­quen­cy works on per­for­mance. Its col­or repro­duc­tion is quite mediocre. If you like to enjoy rich graph­ics in games, watch movies and oth­er visu­al con­tent, you will have to man­u­al­ly adjust the mon­i­tor, and what you see in the end may not be to your lik­ing. Sep­a­rate­ly, it is worth not­ing that this is one of the cheap­est mon­i­tors that sup­ports G‑Sync tech­nol­o­gy and Nvidia fans should pay atten­tion to it.

Main characteristics

Pros and cons

5. AOC CQ32G1

This best gam­ing mon­i­tor boasts a huge 31.5‑inch diag­o­nal, Quad HD res­o­lu­tion, curved shape and no bezels.

In terms of cost, the mon­i­tor approach­es the upper lim­it of the mid­dle price seg­ment, but it has col­lect­ed so many fea­tures and inno­va­tions that it could be con­sid­ered a pre­mi­um one. It is worth pay­ing atten­tion to the fact that the mon­i­tor uses a matrix built using MVA / VA tech­nol­o­gy. This was done to reduce the cost and sim­pli­fy pro­duc­tion. In the com­ments, sev­er­al buy­ers warned about the fre­quent depar­ture of pix­els.

Main characteristics

Pros and cons

6. Acer Nitro VG270Ubmiipx

The mon­i­tor from ACER became the best in the mid­dle seg­ment. It is equipped with a high-qual­i­ty and wide IPS matrix with Quad­HD res­o­lu­tion and nar­row bezels.

The col­or repro­duc­tion of this device is impres­sive. On it, you can enjoy the scenery in your favorite game, watch a movie or video, and even work with graph­ics. Despite this, it has a rather mediocre refresh rate and in dynam­ic games, espe­cial­ly online shoot­ers, it can be lack­ing.

Main characteristics

Pros and cons

7. DELL S2719DGF

This mod­el from the list of the best gam­ing mon­i­tors of 2022 has excel­lent char­ac­ter­is­tics — a wide diag­o­nal, nar­row bezels, smooth­ness and rich­ness of the image.

And prob­a­bly, this mon­i­tor could take a place above, but it is let down by tech­ni­cal prob­lems and build qual­i­ty. DELL tries to make its prod­ucts as afford­able as pos­si­ble and tries to save mon­ey, which some­times results in prob­lems. Buy­ers of this mod­el are usu­al­ly either very hap­py with the pur­chase, or com­plain about prob­lems right away, so a lit­tle luck is need­ed to pur­chase. Most often there is a depar­ture of pix­els.

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Main characteristics

Pros and cons

eight. Alienware AW3418DW

Huge styl­ish mon­i­tor, with excel­lent col­or repro­duc­tion and IPS matrix. The design of the mod­el is sim­ply chic, and the image qual­i­ty is breath­tak­ing.

This pre­mi­um mod­el will sat­is­fy the needs of even the most demand­ing gamer who appre­ci­ates high graph­ics and fast response. It can hard­ly be called a pro­fes­sion­al gam­ing mon­i­tor like the pre­vi­ous BenQ, how­ev­er, it will allow you to get much more plea­sure from the very process of the game. Accu­rate col­or repro­duc­tion, wide diag­o­nal, no bezels and high res­o­lu­tion make it an excel­lent choice for fans of sin­gle AAA projects and view­ing visu­al con­tent.

Main characteristics

Pros and cons

9. ASUS ROG Swift PG279Q

This mod­el is list­ed in the pre­mi­um ROG line from ASUS. It has col­lect­ed not only the sig­na­ture styl­ish design, but also extreme­ly bal­anced char­ac­ter­is­tics.

This mon­i­tor, equipped with an IPS matrix, has an excel­lent ratio of pic­ture beau­ty, image refresh rate and response. There are built-in speak­ers, G‑Sync sup­port and plen­ty of mod­ern con­nec­tors for every occa­sion. With all the advan­tages of this device, it has prac­ti­cal­ly no draw­backs, and its ver­sa­til­i­ty makes it an excel­lent choice for both gam­ing and graph­ics and mul­ti­me­dia.

Main characteristics

Pros and cons

10 BenQ Zowie XL2546

A mon­i­tor spe­cial­ly designed for gamers from long-estab­lished behe­moth BenQ.

The device is equipped with anti-glare cus­tomiz­able shields, fine adjust­ment of the angle of incli­na­tion and height, as well as a huge num­ber of ports for con­nect­ing exter­nal devices. A con­trol pan­el is hid­den on the stand, which will allow you to set the set­tings pre­set for each game sit­u­a­tion and quick­ly respond to it. Giv­en the high refresh rate of the matrix, the dis­play will suit even pro­fes­sion­al gamers.

Main characteristics

Pros and cons

How to choose a gaming monitor

We have con­sult­ed with Apple­Zone Elec­tron­ics Ser­vice Man­ag­er Aram Azgaldyan. He is often approached by clients with ques­tions about PC assem­bly and the choice of periph­er­als.

Why buy a gaming monitor

Usu­al­ly this ques­tion is asked by avid gamers who want to improve their user expe­ri­ence, get the max­i­mum advan­tage in com­pet­i­tive online projects and improve the con­ve­nience of the process. For play­ers who work for the result, the beau­ty and bright­ness of what is hap­pen­ing are not so impor­tant, but the speed and func­tion­al­i­ty. And for those who just like to play for fun, on the con­trary, the aes­thet­ic com­po­nent is impor­tant.

There are no uni­ver­sal mon­i­tors, the device must be select­ed for spe­cif­ic desires and tasks.

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What to do if the monitor is broken

Mon­i­tors are vir­tu­al­ly unre­pairable. Before buy­ing, be sure to check the device for oper­abil­i­ty and care­ful­ly study it. Usu­al­ly mon­i­tors have a fair­ly long war­ran­ty, both from the store that sells it and from the man­u­fac­tur­er. In case of prob­lems, you need to con­tact sup­port and return the device under war­ran­ty.

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The best gaming monitors

The expert advis­es to pay atten­tion to well-known, proven brands. Now there are many know-names on the mar­ket that offer excel­lent qual­i­ty for ridicu­lous mon­ey. But, as the say­ing goes, the miser pays twice. A mon­i­tor is a respon­si­ble and expen­sive pur­chase, so don’t go for the cheap­est option avail­able.

It is worth pay­ing atten­tion to such com­pa­nies as Acer, Asus and BenQ. Espe­cial­ly those mod­els that the man­u­fac­tur­er itself posi­tions as gam­ing.

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