Now with my new graphics card arriving in the mail soon -ish (G1 980 Ti), I am planning on getting a new monitor during fall, I decided to go with 2560x1440 resolution. For the size I'd prefer it to be 27 inches. I am not sure if G-Sync is worth it though. I live in Finland and I would not like to go over 500 euros on the thing but if there are compelling enough reasons, I might. Oh yeah, I'd like IPS over TN.
I play games and occasionally edit some photos, my current monitor is ASUS MX279H and it has a few dead pixels and is 1080p, I think otherwise it's been good.
If games matter here are some I play: Dota 2, Warframe, Arma 3, GTAV, Terraria.
You went for the G1 Gaming eh? I was considering that, but I went with the Zotac AMP! Edition GTX 980 Ti, been really impressed the the overclocking and silence, I keep having to open my case and make sure the fans are still working even on load lol.. BTW PB278Q is probably the best 1440p panel 500$ USD and under, not sure how that converts to euros.
Yeah I will go with that PB278Q most likely now that I've compared these. The AMP!'s silence really impressed me but I went with this one because I think it was a bit cheaper, I heard G1 coilwhines but I hope mine won't be too noticeable, luckily I got damping in my FD case.
PB278Q is a pretty good monitor. It's just over the 16ms total lag which is pretty good but according to TFTCentral's definition it does cause 1 frame total lag.
Here's a list that may help discover other options if you are still looking.
I've been using this monitor for a couple months and it has been absolutely phenomenal. Not a single dead pixel. I've been using the HDMI cable that came in the box at full 60hz. The color, contrast ratio, minimal bezel - everything is simply gorgeous. At 1440p and 4ms response time for less $300 this monitor is a steal.
Eh, I don't trust those Korean monitors, always had bad experiences with them. Anything that spends weeks shipping across the world, especially a monitor is sketchy. =/