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Office monitor vs. premium gaming monitor: waste of money or must-buy?

Philipp Rüegg
20.7.2017
Translation: Eva Francis

Is it worth investing in an expensive gaming monitor or is a regular office monitor just as good? Five of our co-workers tried to find out and played Battlefield 1 on two completely different screens. But is the difference really that big?

A decent gaming set-up doesn’t only include a good PC. A mechanical and colourful keyboard, a laser mouse with 15 programmable buttons and good monitor are also a must. Not just any monitor though, but one that’s as large as possible, with a high refresh rate and resolution, a curved screen and ideally G- or Freesync.

Of course, not everyone can afford such an expensive monitor. To find out if it’s worth the investment, we’ve invited a few co-workers and asked them to test both screens and find differences between a regular, small full HD monitor and a huge, curved monitor with all the gadgets.

«Do I really have to play on this tiny screen first?»

We used the following office monitors for our experiment:

24", full HD resolution, that’s it. No other gimmicks.

This gem was our second test monitor:

35", 21:9 ultra-wide, 3440x1440 Pixel, G-Sync and 100Hz.

We made our co-workers play a round of «Battlefield 1» on the HP first.Most testers would have liked to keep the monitor.

Conclusion

Video: Stephanie Tresch

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As a child, I wasn't allowed to have any consoles. It was only with the arrival of the family's 486 PC that the magical world of gaming opened up to me. Today, I'm overcompensating accordingly. Only a lack of time and money prevents me from trying out every game there is and decorating my shelf with rare retro consoles. 


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