To explain, I have two old LG 27EA83-D 27' moniitors'. One of them recently failed with a green tint suddenly appearing on the left-side of the display. Since they were both purchased at the same time, the one I'm using now is on borrowed time. It's time for a replacement and I'm looking for suggestions.
I use them primarily for editing photos, but will occasionally use them for gaming. I'm very critical on photo quality and am looking for recommendations.
The discussion below is from my attempt to purchase a graphics card - which are in short supply and the market prices are reflecting the shortage. I'll discuss the GPU cards in the PC build thread.
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As noted somewhere in this thread, we want to stay here so we can see how things evolve over time.
One of the Newegg shuffle combos was for an ASUS RTX 3060 Ti and monitor. It wasn't the monitor I wanted, but it ranked fairly well in the reviews and I could use the card. I didn't get selected. Thinking harder, if I don't want the monitor, I shouldn't get the combo deal.
I then decided to get the monitor I wanted. For laser-focused reviews and specs, I went to The 7 Best Computer Monitors - Summer 2021: Reviews - RTINGS.com.
Scroll to the bottom of the page for the tabular listings. It's quite good, as you can filter for exactly what you want. Just select "Customize table" and click away. I was after an IPS panel, 27" diameter, 3840x2160 monitor. I ended up with the Dell S2721QS.
I got the monitors on Newegg. One priced at $398.00, the other at $429.00. The pricing is due to only one being available at the time. The next day, it showed up again from the same vendor at $429.00. It's still cheaper than Amazon. The monitors are arriving today.
As for the Newegg shuffle, I've been trying for every RTX 3060 Ti card that showed up for the past week or so. They're cycling between Everex, Gigabyte, and Asus cards. I haven't been selected yet, but will keep trying. I'm not sure how much longer I'll hold out before buying a card in-stock at the inflated price. Today's deals are for combos only, which I'm skipping.