this right here is the LDAT aka
the latency display analysis tool and
we're going to be using this device
to test out input latency
on budget monitors now i picked up these monitors
for around 25 us dollars and under
and we've got one monitor from each of
the brands that is samsung
phillips lg hp
dell and acer you may be wondering what
is total system input latency
that has to do with the moment you click
the button and something appears on your
screen
so the higher this number is the worse
you're going to be playing games
the better this number is the more of a
competitive advantage you're going to
have
so with that aside let's go through all
these monitors right here and give you guys
some results on which is the winner
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so first up here guys we've got the hp
monitor
and we can see here by the results that
the minimum and maximum
aren't that bad like i was expecting a
little bit worse
from this monitor considering it's age
and it's also the good thing about it is
it is a tn
panel so if you're gaming on a budget tn
panels
will usually give you decent response
times in the grand scheme of things
so let's now now that we've got these
results we can
jot these down and ends our number of
samples we've taken 100 samples and from
here
we've got our numbers where the average
input latency here from click
to getting a picture out on the monitor
is 23.7 milliseconds
also one quick test i am throwing in for
you guys before we move into the other
monitors is testing with vsync
on versus off now vsync is the original
technology to sync up a full frame
output
so there's no tearing but the problem
with this old
tech is that it pretty much gives you
ridiculously high input lag
we've seen an increase here of 36
milliseconds on average
and the best frame that we got was 49
milliseconds which
was over 40 milliseconds higher than
that of having vsync
off then the maximum went over 70 as
well so
really if you guys are serious about
competitive play do not turn
on v-sync leave it off but in terms of
g-sync i've actually tested this in the
past and g-sync and freesync
these are much better technologies which
are actually on a lot of the newer
monitors coming out
but if you're on an older monitor i
would just stick to the vanilla
leaving v-sync off but besides v-sync
you guys probably want to know about
having just a manual frame limiter set
with v-sync
off and this is where we scored about
three milliseconds on average higher
input delay
than that of the original test so just
having your frames
uncapped and having vsync off on budget
monitors
will give you the best results at least
for valerian
so next up here we've got the v246hl
from acer similar to the hp model in
that it's both a tn panel
with white led backlighting and at 60
hertz but they're claiming it's a five
millisecond response time
versus the hp's three milliseconds
let's put that to the test and just like
that our acer has taken
pole position over the hp by 1.6
milliseconds on average so next up is
the odd duckling of the bunch mainly
because of its size and resolution it's
a 4x3 monitor
with a resolution of 1600 by 1200
though just because it's got the weird
size and the weird resolution
doesn't mean it will necessarily get
some weird results
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and here we've got the lg flattron
e2340v
another 1080p
special here with the tn panel and white
led backlighting so
pretty much all these panels in today's
comparison are tn panels
with white led backlighting but of
course we want to see manufacturer
manufacturer
if there is any funny buggers introduced
and which one
you should avoid but so far i mean so
far so good
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next up here we've got the philips 200v
and this is a 20 inch monitor but it's
still 1080p
white led backlit tn so let's see
what philips can bring to the table
on a budget i think this one's actually
the cheapest i got out of the bunch i
think i got this for 10
bucks off memory
and the last monitor we've got up here
is the samsung bx2 440 this is a tn
paddle with
white led backlighting just like the
others
so let's finally now with all this aside
see what the results show us of all
these monitors
and with all that testing out of the way
we now answer the question of
which brand is the best budget monitor
brand if you're looking
around the under 30 used bangers
on the used market well the results here
show that the input lag on
all these models were coming in a
similar ballpark
so if you're going out and buying an
acer versus a hp versus a delvers
lg philips or samsung all the monitors
that we had tested here today
showed a worst case scenario from best
case scenario
of a difference of around four
milliseconds so
the worst average time that clocked in
was the lg e2340v
with 25.3 average milliseconds and then
the best case scenario that we saw
was actually the dell monitor which came
in with an average of 21.7
so that was impressive that the dell had
the best time
but that being said the dell also had
some of the worst response times
where that was a pva panel so basically
va
and it's not as fast to respond as a tn
panel
and so that got 10 milliseconds on
average response times
and the funny thing about that was the
fade time with those response times
there's also another negative six
milliseconds so it's very weird
to analyze the response times on the
dell monitor but in terms of the other
tn panels
they all scored around three to four
milliseconds
real response times the best panel i
thought overall if i had to pick one
would be this acer a v246hl
this came in with a on average three
milliseconds response time but it did
have
a black frame insertion it's actually
quite funny because the lg
as well as the samsung they also had
black frame insertion as well
and so what this does is it turns off
the leds in the monitor and that makes
it appear
as if it's a sharper picture in
technical terms it's called strobing
and it helps reduce ghosting then now
it's time to answer that question of
was there one that i would avoid and at
this money
when it comes down to it all these
monitors here i picked them up dirt
cheap and i was actually impressed with
all six of them
they are all decent panels in that if
you wanted to get in
to gaming and you had the skill set
then you could get good on any of these
six monitors that i've shown
in today's video 21 to 25 milliseconds
input lag
is not going to be too much of a
detriment keep in mind you can shave
this down 15 milliseconds by going from
60hz to 360hz but that's going to set
you back
a lot of money you can put together
something budget
and get a real cheap rig put together
and still be able
to compete with other players at a
competitive level now besides the
monitor one of the other most important
things if you're getting into pc gaming
of course is your mouse selection
i'm going to say if you're on a budget i
would look at two different choices and
that is the logitech
g203 or i think in other parts of the
world it's known as the g102
or if you've got a bigger hand and you
like palm gripping i would go for the
razer death adder
both those mice are very cheap even
worldwide shipped on aliexpress
they both have extremely low input
latency and coupled with even a 60hz
monitor
you should be able to play at a very
good level
until of course your men making money
and then you can upgrade your gear if
you need be
now that being said my two favorite
picks here today was the acer
and then the hp the 2 301 believe it or
not you're probably like why did you
like the hp monitor
and that's because it's got the gloss
screen with out the matte coating on it
i'm actually personally a big fan of the
gloss
i think it just takes away that matte
layer which i feel is like almost like
you're putting
a blur over the monitor it just allows
me
personally to see the image a lot
clearer and it's a lot more crisp
especially coupled with tn technology if
you're on a budget
you're going to get some real sharp
pictures out of this type of monitor
anyway guys with that aside if you
enjoyed today's video be sure to hit
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in the comment section below which of
these six monitors did you like
or if you've got your own favorite pick
on a budget monitor
do drop a comment in the comment section
below or if you've got any questions
about today's testing and how we got all
these numbers
then i'll be happy to answer that as
well but we've also got the question of
the day which comes from ascender
and they ask when will the 21 h1 edition
come
waiting and they're talking about the
windows 10 update and we do
a custom iso here at tech air city i'm
actually waiting for this to be mass
adopted
i have seen some people are getting the
update some people aren't i like it when
it's
available to everyone then we can do our
video and we'll actually
make a v2 of the tech yes custom windows
10i so i'll put the link that video up
here
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bloatware
out of your os anyway guys if you stayed
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