As a basic rule of thumb, if you need extra pixels, you’ll must fork out additional cash. Bucking that pattern again in November 2018, within the halcyon days when leaving the home was a viable choice, was the AOC U2879VF – a monitor that Katharine reasonably favored when she reviewed it at £273. Now it’s down to £190, which makes it a stone-cold discount when you’re available in the market for a brand new panel and don’t wish to spend an enormous sum of money.
There are, inevitably, some downsides to purchasing a 4K monitor at this worth. It has a hard and fast stand for a begin, so you might have to prop it up on some books when you’re notably tall, and the color accuracy of its TN panel is respectable, however not excellent.
It additionally solely has a 60Hz refresh fee, so that you received’t be pushing tremendous excessive body charges – though when you plan to do any gaming in 4K that was already wishful considering. Still, not less than you get AMD FreeSync assist when you occur to have an AMD-flavoured graphics card in your PC. Alas, Katharine examined this lengthy earlier than Nvidia launched their G-Sync Compatible driver, so it’s laborious to say whether or not Nvidia graphics card house owners will have the ability to make a lot use of its variable refresh fee tech (though given the display’s capped at 60Hz anyway, it shouldn’t actually be a lot of an issue both means).
There’s additionally a query as as to if 4K is sensible on a display of this dimension: loads of individuals will inform you that you simply’ll want a far greater panel than this to see the distinction over a 1440p show, however at this worth you would possibly as nicely seize all of the pixels you possibly can take.
The actual query is whether or not you are able to do higher for this sort of price range, and for that you could be wish to flip your consideration to the BenQ EL2870U which presents comparable specs with the added bonus of higher color accuracy and (so-so) HDR assist. It’s currently £35 more over at Ebuyer.
If you’re nonetheless within the analysis part, it’s most likely price having a learn of our best gaming monitor spherical up for tips about what you need to search for and the very best panels round in your price range.
