I'm a new graphic design artist and am trying to find monitors that really hit the ball out of the park in terms of detail and how well graphic design, video editing/rendering, gaming, and Adobe Suite are displayed. Money is not a limiting factor. I was looking at this monitor the other day ago, but was sort of turned off without DVI-D connections. Am I just being a stupid skeptic or should I ditch DVI-D and go to HDMI? Keep in mind I do a lot of PC gaming as well. Any input will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
For graphics design, I would look into the Dell Ultrasharp 30" 2560x1600 monitors. Nothing compares to Dell quality, generally, and that resolution is just insane! If you don't like the design of the Dell(s), then you might like the Asus 27" 2560x1440. I kind of like the Yamakasi Leonidas 30" 2560x1600, as well. At these resolutions, there aren't any monitors with thin bezels. If you want thin bezels, you will have to settle for lower-end resolutions, which aren't ideal for graphic design.
Go with something IPS and if you are looking in the 27-30" range, something higher than 1080p. Dell makes some really nice monitors, or you can go with some of the more reputable asian brands, but I would recommend paying the premium for the pixel perfect display. Alternately, you can just get two or three of some 23" IPS panels such as the HP or Dell or AOC ones and be more than happy because you can have several things open at once (if I were doing production work, I would definitely go this route, although for the final proofing I would probably want as high of a resolution large format display [30"] as I could find.)
It is really pretty and it is almost wide enough to make a suitable replacement for multi-monitor setups. I know I would go with just this one over multiple monitors.
If you can afford, like, three of them, then it is an amazingly good solution, as it does have those thin bezels and it is a very nice display. I'm just not a huge fan of multi-monitor setups for gaming, as I think any bezel is too much and it gets distracting for me.
Short answer, probably. DVI is a fairly old connection standard and is most likely going to be phased out within the next five years or so. Expect display port to take over in its stead. I love the ultra-widescreen monitors, especially the IPS panels, because they give you a continuous vantage point instead of one that you may have to turn your head to see, as would be the case in a multi-monitor setup with standard LCD monitors, as the colors would look wrong from your peripheral vision, since you would be seeing it at a funny angle. You may consider waiting to see what the Asus option looks like, but the LG is at a pretty good price from what it was. It also happens to be very pretty.
Also, a note: Most graphics cards nowadays have a Displayport or mini-Displayport which can drive the entire resolution of this monitor with one connection. I'm not so sure about the other connections though, as I believe the resolution of this monitor is outside the capabilities of DVI as it were... Oh, nevermind. I just saw that the monitor actually comes with a dual-link DVI cable adapter. So that sorts everything out in that regard. So long as you have either a single dual-link DVI port on your card, or you have a card with two DVI ports and the included cable you can connect up with this monitor via DVI with no problems. And HDMI Rev. 1.4 should be able to manage.
And now my question is posed again, why do you need to overclock a panel which already has sufficient enough refresh rates for everything? Some people after having used them for extended periods of time can tell the difference between 60 Hz and 120 Hz, but it isn't going to give you an edge and for the most part, your system will probably still be insufficient even with 2 Titans to run it at a full 120 fps. You'd be better off turning on Vsync and capping the frame rate at 60 fps. Save trying to impress people for the synthetic benchmarks. Like Unigen Heaven.
Well, it is a really impressive monitor, and that is about what all production quality 30" displays are going for these days. Apple kinda set the market price with theirs, and for that price, you could actually just buy a 27" iMac and use it as a display, if you really wanted to.