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Oh, how the times do change. It seems like only yesterday that we were having to pay an arm and a leg just to get a 144 Hz or 165 Hz 1440p IPS monitor. And now, courtesy of Bezos' finest spring delectables (also known as the Amazon Spring Sale), you can get an even faster one for just $151 at Amazon.
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The specs in question that really make this thing worthwhile are the combination of a 200+ Hz refresh rate (210 Hz with overclock) and 450 nits of peak brightness. Most budget panels are VA ones that don't reach that 450 nits, and at best you can usually expect to get 180 Hz, not 200+.
You're getting a snappy IPS panel here though, which permits such things. It does also come with the usual drawbacks of IPS, of course, these being washy blacks and some light bleeding in dark scenes. And you're getting the minimum in terms of ports and a stand, with no USB and just tilt adjustments.
Setting aside the snappy performance, our Jeremy also found the panel to be "very bright and punchy", with colors that pop (perhaps even a little too much) on the default calibration. You're getting HDR400, too, but no full DCI-P3 HDR, which is to be expected at this price point.
This means it should not only be a good monitor for competitive gaming at 200+ Hz, but also pretty good for general immersion and content consumption. IPS doesn't have to mean dull and washed out, even if those blacks can't quite as dark as VA or OLED or the contrast quite so high.
Take the monitor's standard overdrive mode and its high refresh rate, and you have, in the words of our Jeremy, "the kind of response and performance that would have been very premium and far more expensive just a few years ago." Throw in the punchy colours, even on default calibration, and you have something that's well worth the $151 sale price here.
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