Criteria for selecting a 1440p monitor

Stercus Accidit

Hey guys,

I am looking at http://www.dabs.ie/products/aoc-q2778vqe-27--2560-1440-1ms-dvi-d-hdmi-dp-led-monitor-q2778vqe-B8NR.html?q=2560%20x%201440&src=16 which is the cheapest 1440p monitor on dabs. The thing is I don't know why it is so cheap compared to the rest of this http://www.dabs4work.ie/search?q=2560%20x%201440 list of monitors?

What are the kind of things I should consider for gaming? I have spent ~1100 on the computer itself so I don't want to cheap out on the monitor.

Xenoronin

I assume the dabs4work link doesn't include VAT. Also, AOC are a relatively cheap brand. They cut corners to minimise cost. That doesn't mean that they are bad, but using the G-Sync monitor they produce as an example, it is 100euro cheaper than the BenQ model with the same panel because they don't offer the extra inputs, OSD and Quick select peripheral. The performance is still very similar for strictly gaming between the two panels.
For gaming you want low input latency so that tearing is minimised and decent colour reproduction. The site TFTCentral is an excellent resource for learning about this stuff.

Luck100

It's a TN panel, which is cheaper than the IPS or PLS panels used in most of the others. IPS and PLS have better color but tend to be slower response time than TN. There's some recent G-sync/Freesync monitors that have IPS with fast response times but they're relatively expensive.