I am currently looking on parts for building myself a new rig with this months overtime pay (shitloads of overtime)
But looking for a monitor and wanting the best value for the money also made me realize how important a good monitor is as it's what you are "using the most" on a computer setup.
So do you have any monitors you can recommend in the 22-27" size?
Also, is g-sync worth it, or should I buy a monitor with upgrade compability for g-sync?
And I was thinking about buying a 280x (Live in Norway so no problem getting them here), but then again it doesn't support g-sync.
A broad and complete answer so I can learn something instead of just a yes or no would be very very much appreciated.
future proof : there's no such thing. Because predicting the future is not possible.
Example: if there's a breakthrough with eye-projectors, monitors might become obsolete altogether.
My advice is buy a nice monitor that is suited for your current needs, don't spend too much money now because in a couple of years you'll get much better stuff for allot less money.
G-sync is proprietary, so chances are that it'll never take off, i recommend to wait and see whether it becomes an industry standard.
I personally don't care for g-sync because I don't notice screen tearing unless I'm paying extra attention to it.
The only way you can get a more futureproof monitor would probably be to get the best one out there with the best and newest bells and whistles, but if you're wanting value, that's not going to work. Like fluffymace said, just get something that suits your needs for now and the foreseeable future. I think G-Sync will be worth it in the future (if you game, probably not otherwise), but right now it's too new to be worth bothering with unless you feel a need to be on the bleeding edge.
should I buy a monitor with upgrade compability for g-sync?
Absolutely not. G-sync doesn't even solve any important problems, you shouldn't be playing at framerates below your monitor's refresh rate. And G-sync significantly limits your choice in monitors making you pay more for a monitor with worse image quality.
The future-proofest thing with best price/quality I can think of - korean IPS panels.
I was thinking about an ips panel perhaps yeah, because I want something with good image and colour quality.
and ofc I want the most value for the money invested, but at the same time I can afford paying for the little ekstra as long as it's not a waste of money :)
Those monitors are that price for a reason, they did not make the cut. They either have dead pixels or backlight bleeding, read the warranty info.
Samsung and LG said no we won't disgrace the market with this garbage and chucked em out. They one day some korean fucker said hey, we'll give you some money for your garbage instead of you paying to dispose of them. And Samsung was like FUCK YEA! now we can pay for all the legal shit apple stirred up. lol