Tom's HW - Overlord Tempest X270OC, 27" 120 Hz IPS Gaming Monitor Review

wvjohn · Post by **wvjohn** » Sun Jul 20, 2014 9:27 am

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ove ... ,3879.html -

They give it a smart buy recommendation. $450.

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Sun Jul 20, 2014 9:30 am

I'm wating for the ROG 27" 144hz G-Sync monitor to come out.

Losbot · Post by **Losbot** » Sun Jul 20, 2014 9:44 am

Isn't the ROG supposed to be out already?

Err · Post by **Err** » Sun Jul 20, 2014 10:40 am

This is a good price but I'd like to see 4K monitors become more common before I get one. A 4K gaming rig will probably be my next upgrade.

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Sun Jul 20, 2014 2:25 pm

Isn't the ROG supposed to be out already?

Supposed to be out late this month but haven't seen it yet. Waiting for reviews. Doubly confusing because there's a non G-sync model for $450 with the same model number available now, but the G-sync version will be closer to $800.

Ahh found a review here:
http://www.kitguru.net/peripherals/moni ... og-matrix/

I have no interest in 4K for desktop or gaming. 2560x1440 is more than enough. I think 4K is too high a resolution to be practical right now, and it's not cost effective. You need a beefy video card to actually play games at 4K without sacrificing performance. In desktop use it's way too high a resolution that will force you to increase the text DPI which defeats the whole purpose.

I'm more interested in a G-Sync monitor for my gaming rig. The pair of old Dell 2208WFP monitors on my main desktop still does the job nicely for non-gaming.