Well it's either that or this beautiful ASUS 27'' monster PLS monitor. I love ASUS too, it costs a couple hundred more though.. http://www.amazon.com/PB278Q-27-Inc...id=1379220149&sr=8-5&keywords=x-star+27''+pls
The actual panel is identical, the only difference is that the Asus has a proper warranty and a decent OSD (on screen display for calibrating). It also has a pretty conservative matte coating.
I did notice the X-Star has an 8 ms grey-to-grey time, whereas the PB278Q has a 5 ms grey-to-grey time. The 8 ms is probably a little low for gaming. There are other models that do 6 ms GtG, which is probably very borderline 'acceptable'. There's this one: http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-27-Inch...mputerComponents_Monitors&hash=item20cf31b6ab which supposedly can be overclocked to 125 Hz (but you'd only do it to 120 Hz), I guess that could be an option if you want a 2560x1440. That is, if you don't mind S-IPS over PLS. I have been tempted to actually get that one over the Asus VX279Q I'm waiting for (that's only a 1920x1080 monitor with the latest AH-IPS 5 ms GtG), coupled with the upcoming HD 7950 equivalent, but I guess I'll have to wait and see what my temptation decides. You'd need a pretty good video card to run the upcoming games at 2560x1440x120 Hz on the highest settings, so I'm leaning towards that Asus. That is considering the response time, panel tech, ability to get warranty if something goes wrong etc...
yeah 8ms is pretty high response for gaming honestly that is true. ASUS is more money but it's really better quality, unless there's a better one for around the same amount of money or bigger for that same amount of the ASUS like X-star or QNIX or something? Like a 29'' QNIX or X-Star with 6ms response and bigger for $500-600 lol.. Maybe I'll wait until the holidays for the ASUS 27'' PLS to go down in price..Unless there's a better one I'm unaware of..
Anything I can look at that's a PLS monitor that's not like $600 bucks like the ASUS PLS PB Series PB278Q 27" 5ms (GTG) WQHD HDMI Widescreen LED, that has a 5-6 ms response time and is a PLS monitor?
It's either a 27'' PLS WQHD 8ms response time monitor or a 27'' IPS-S WQHD 6ms monitor, both at 2560x1440p, which is a better choice? X-STAR Samsung 27'' PLS WQHD 8ms 2560x1440p Glossy http://www.ebay.com/itm/X-STAR-DP27...2369?pt=Computer_Monitors&hash=item1c33f7cdc1 or CROSSOVER BLACK TUNE 2735AMG IPS LED 6ms 27" Slim LG H-IPS 2560X1440 http://www.ebay.com/itm/CROSSOVER-B...2211?pt=Computer_Monitors&hash=item1e7c389683 This will primarily be a gaming monitor.
If they are your two options, the Crossover would be the better choice. 8 ms is just too slow for gaming.