Greetings

I am looking for a new monitor.

I am playing these games:

Diablo 3

Dota 2

WoW (20+ man raiding)

Witcher 3

EOS

Skyrim

Far cry 4

My setup looks like this:

GFX: ASUS GeForce GTX 970 TurboOC 4GB GDDR5

Processor: Intel Core i5-4690K

Memory: HyperX Fury DDR3 1600MHz 16GB Black

PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA 750 G2, 750W PSU

MB: MSI B85-G43 GAMING, Socket-1150

HD: Samsung 850 EVO 250GB SSD

I just bought BenQ 24" 3D LED XL2411Z, previously owning a Samsung SyncMaster 2233RZ, I thought TN panels were ok. The colors on the BenQ are complete trash and I have spent ours making it barely watchable. I have returned this monitor now. I thus fear buying another TN panel monitor, and have investigated a lot of IPS monitors.

So...

I wish to have a monitor that:

- great colors

- does not bottle neck the system

- has no ghosting or tearing

- overall serves my setup (neither under/over-budgeted)

I wish to play the above-mentioned games at max settings with maximum possible fludity. I can spend around 300-500 USD on this monitor. I can accept a TN panel, if it has proven very good colors. I appreciate a resolution of 2560x1440 and at least 24". I am very confused about refresh rate: most people say that these games require no more than 60 fps and thus 60 Hz, others say that 120-144 Hz is a vast improvement no matter what. Yet again, others say that going from 1980x1080 to 2560x1440 and prioritizing color depths is the major thing gained by the right monitor.

So what to believe?

What are you experiences on monitors, fps, hz and these games in particular.

My own best idea atm is:

Dell UltraSharp 25 Monitor - U2515H

It is supposed to have no ghosting.

Sorry for a long post, hope you can help me out

Thank you

The key thing about framerate is that in these games (TES and Fallouts) it should never exceed 60, otherwise physics go bonkers.

As for choice of monitor, I wouldn't sacrifice all other quality for sake of refresh rate. Higher rate is a plus but I'd rather take better colours and viewing angles any day. That Dell U2515H seems good.

You could argue that getting ghosting, lag, tearing is also loss of quality. I don't know if this is the case however, haven't played these games with my new rig and monitor....
This is a jungle to me, dang

you have a g force card, look for a g sync monitor.

Weird that the BenQ had bad colors. They usually look the best of monitors out there. I know the last 3 that I had do. This is the monitor I have now

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007HSKSP0?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00

Reason they usually look better for a lower price is these are the people who make the actual display panels that other manufacturers use. Wonder if something has happened in the last couple of years. I would also lean towards the IPS monitors as a technology

I would start with the following two review sites

http://www.pcmag.com/category2/0,2806,2355089,00.asp

http://www.maximumpc.com/best-gaming-monitors/

What's your budget? I bought an Asus ROG Swift, which has 144hz and 2560x1440, but it cost me ￡430, wonderful colours and a very low latency. Recommended if you can afford it.

TN panels have poor colour reproduction as a rule and narrow viewing angles the plus points they have going for them is lower cost and fast response times. If you want good colour reproduction and good viewing angles then you're looking at an IPS panel and no higher than 4ms response time.

Secondly 4k resolutions require a lot of graphics grunt a single 970 isn't going to cut it you're looking at a couple 980ti's in SLI if you want decent framerates in Witcher 3 for example. Stick to 1080p and your card will be fine.