BenQ's XL2730Z 'FreeSync' monitor reviewed

Stefan Mileschin · 14th April 2015, 10:59

I get a little bit too excited about monitors these days, to be honest. The market for desktop PC displays has traditionally been sleepy and slow-moving, but things have changed in the past year or so. Pixel densities and display quality are up generally, and the prices for big LCD panels have been dropping at the same time. Yet in our latest TR Hardware Survey, over two thirds of our readers are rocking a main desktop monitor resolution of 1920x1200 or lower. The time has come for an awful lot of folks to consider an upgrade.

That said, perhaps the single biggest reason for PC gamers to consider upgrading their displays isn't size, pixel count, or contrast ratio. Nope, it's variable refresh technology. You may have already heard us wax poetic about the smooth animation made possible by Nvidia's G-Sync. AMD has been promising to release a competing ...

http://techreport.com/review/28073/b...nitor-reviewed

14th April 2015, 10:59	#1
Stefan Mileschin [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Romania Posts: 148,618	BenQ's XL2730Z 'FreeSync' monitor reviewed I get a little bit too excited about monitors these days, to be honest. The market for desktop PC displays has traditionally been sleepy and slow-moving, but things have changed in the past year or so. Pixel densities and display quality are up generally, and the prices for big LCD panels have been dropping at the same time. Yet in our latest TR Hardware Survey, over two thirds of our readers are rocking a main desktop monitor resolution of 1920x1200 or lower. The time has come for an awful lot of folks to consider an upgrade. That said, perhaps the single biggest reason for PC gamers to consider upgrading their displays isn't size, pixel count, or contrast ratio. Nope, it's variable refresh technology. You may have already heard us wax poetic about the smooth animation made possible by Nvidia's G-Sync. AMD has been promising to release a competing ... http://techreport.com/review/28073/b...nitor-reviewed

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