Will be looking to buy a new monitor soon. Need some suggestions on which ones seem to be the best at the moment.

No particular budget, preferably 1920x1080 res.

Cheers

me too, after selling this gfx card

aftermarket 2233rz

Using 3d? No? Don't bother with 120hz.

You are beyond ******ed. Do not post again.

sameeeee

Is there good ones for around $200-300???
or will i be looking at like $500 or some shit like that.

There's not many 120Hz monitors and they're all decent, hard to say which is the 'best'.

Probably the BenQ XL2410T since you can watch movies and shit on it as well. 20k contrast ratio on the 2233RZ makes me cry

BenQ XL2410T

Alienware Optx, lataz.

Fair decent deal for a BenQ XL2410T can be found here..
A little more expensive than other stores, but comes with a 4 Year on site dead pixel warranty, and you don't have to deal with asian staff trying to rip you off left right and center.

and showies color settings

if you want 1980x1020 then don't go with the samsung because its max res is 1680x1050

benq and alienware are both excellent in-game. genx has the alienware and i've got the benq.

the benq is a much heaver monitor. it comes with a large base (detachable) that you can store stuff in. it's not a 'headline' feature but i've always found it strangely useful.

the monitor presets for the xl2410T are awful. don't use them. the 'standard' and 'sRGB' presets are the way to go.

both monitors have a height-adjustable stand and can rotate left or right. the alienware can rotate further but the benq is more flexible vertically. this is massively useful for LANs and your general area.

alienware has a touch osd on the bottom right hand side of the monitor. benq's is done by a set of buttons tucked away under the bottom right hand side. i prefer the buttons, but the edges of the alienware aren't that shitty matte black, so constant pressing won't leave fingermarks everywhere.

the benq OSD's a little easier to navigate (once you get the hang of left and right being reversed once you're in a menu). the alienware looks like it has more features though; benq's options can be restricted depending on what settings/presets you have available.

alienware's base/stand is matte black. it's fairly small, which is good if you're limited for space. looks like shit every time you pick it up though; fingerprints everywhere.

benq has hdmi (doesn't support 120hz though). alienware comes with hdmi, as well as firewire and four USB ports. alienware clearly wins out here.

i had to RMA my benq a couple of months back; had a dead bright pixel. benq had a 3 year policy on 0 pixels and they returned it within the week, although they called me up when i was asleep (i sleep during the day, not much i can do about that) because they couldn't find it.

alienware optx comes from dell; dell's customer support is the best in the industry by a country mile. alienware wins again.

my only doubt with the benq is the image quality when watching movies isn't that good. there's a bit of backlight bleeding as well, although it's minimal. if the prices are the same, i'd consider the alienware first.

when it comes to games, the benq is easily just as good as the alienware. genx told me he was happy when he played on one for the cod nats just passed. but its the extra features with the alienware, the OSD and the colour that pits it over the line imo. that said, i'm not unhappy with my purchase at all. (if you had to rate them, it'd be like 75-80% to 85-90%. neither monitor is a 'bad' buy.)

what dippa said

my acer GD245hq 120hz is going hard