AOC G2460PF 24-Inch Free Sync Gaming LED Monitor, Full HD (1920 x 1080), 144hz, 1ms Reviews

HAS:
+ 144Hz refresh rate
+ Very low input delay and pixel response time
+ AMD Freesync
+ Great stand and VESA mountable
HAS NOT:
– Only 1920×1080 resolution
– Only 24" diagonal
– Not IPS
– No super-slim bezels

I bought 2 of these monitors after reading this review: […]
I recommend looking through the excellent details provided in that review.

This is the ideal 24" / 1080p monitor for me. I had been looking for gaming monitors for 4 months, and this one stacked up perfectly against my criteria.

Responsiveness. This one is among the best: 3.66ms input latency and 1ms pixel response time put it above all the other options I considered. In fact, it’s so good it’s not even worth valuing above something with double those numbers, since the difference will be unnoticeable. This monitor is fast, period.

High Refresh Rate. With a strong enough GPU to power it, hitting 144 frames per second is very appealing. If your PC can do better than 1080p @ 60Hz, get a monitor that can do better. This monitor can execute silky smooth game visuals at HD resolution (or higher if you enable virtual super-resolution in Radeon Software Crimson Edition).

Adaptive Sync. I hate vertical tearing, and I don’t want to take the performance hit from V-sync. Adaptive sync solves that with no performance loss. There’s 2 different kinds of adaptive sync, G-sync for Nvidia GPUs and Freesync for AMD GPUs. I’m on team red, so Freesync was a goal from the outset.

Stand that can rotate to portrait (and be mounted) was also on my list, but not as highly. I do computer programming, and it’s nice to edit code and other documents in portrait mode.

Update: This monitor needs no extra drivers for Windows 10 when using DVI, but today I plugged it into a 280X using DisplayPort, and had to take out the CD to install drivers. The drivers on the CD didn’t work; I had to download newer drivers from AOC’s website.

This thing is freaking awesome. 144hz is such an upgrade from 60hz. The only problem I had was the initial color on the screen. Just some tinkering with the handy OSD fixed it though. I found the optimal settings to be 45 contrast, gamma 3, and normal color temp.

This monitor was a slow revelation. It started out just awful to me. Colors were washed out, blacks and grays blended together. Tried out some ICC profiles and even with fine-tuning, it didn’t seem acceptable. The only redeeming quality seemed to be the Freesync, which worked flawlessly for me since I’m running an AMD card. Although judging by some other reviews, it seems some people are having issues with certain games.

Over the last few days that I’ve been using it, it appears that the panel has "broken-in" somewhat. Colors seem to be less washed out, grays and blacks have a bit more contrast to them, and the backlight seems less harsh on my eyes. I did come from an 60hz IPS panel so maybe it’s just my eyes readjusting to a TN panel, but my IPS is still being used as a second monitor, so my exposure to the superior clarity of an IPS panel hasn’t been eliminated.

Keep your expectations in check. Especially if you’re coming from an IPS panel to this TN. It’s illogical to expect such a great value monitor to have a top-of-the-line TN panel in its case. The obviously inferior, but not bad (after breaking in), display is more than acceptable for gaming. That is, provided you value smooth, beautiful motion and control responsiveness over vivid colors.

I had read about some people having old firmware with this monitor when receiving them, but mine shows a 35-144hz Freesync range so it appears that my monitor arrived up-to-date out of the box. Also no stuck/dead pixels so far, either.

The only advice I can provide is to be sure you set up an ICC profile when you get this monitor, temper your expectations, and above all, make sure you use it for a few hours (I’d say at least 10+) to let the panel break in and settle down a bit before looking at other monitors.