AOC G2460PF vs BenQ ZOWIE XL2411

Its fast pixel response time, low input lag, highly responsive 144 Hz panel, and decent picture quality make this an excellent gaming monitor.

The AOC G2460PF features a set of 2 W speakers which might come in handy from time to time.

This monitor doesn't flicker because it uses a DC signal to dim its backlight. Monitor flickering is proven to be one of the leading causes of eye fatigue.

Having four downstream USB ports, this monitor makes an excellent USB hub which can be used for charging peripherals or connecting them to a computer via a dedicated USB upstream port.

The AOC G2460PF, will suit the needs of every gaming station since it supports an impressive range of ergonomic adjustments, including height, tilt angle, and swivel. Additionally, because of its 0-90 degree pivot support, it can be used in either portrait or a landscape mode.

The monitor can display smooth and blur-free motion because of its full pixel response time of 1 ms, which makes it one of the fastest monitors in its price range.

The full pixel response time shows how fast each pixel of a monitor can change its color. Currently, the de facto standard in the gaming monitor market is 1 ms.

However, keep in mind that the 1 ms pixel response time is achieved by the use of overdrive feature which has one adverse side effect. When abused, pixel overdrive makes the pixels noticeably overshoot their target values and introduce some unwanted artifacts.

Priced just a tiny bit above $200, the AOC G2460PF offers an exceptional set of gaming-specific features that can't be found in any other monitor in this price range.

The G2460PF supports VGA, DVI, HDMI and DisplayPort and all of the corresponding cables are already included with it. That way, you don't need to buy any extra ones.

The monitor offers one of the highest native refresh rates in its price range - 144 Hz, which in video games gives you the advantage of receiving faster image updates than your opponents who play on slower panels.

A monitor’s refresh rate corresponds to the number of frames it can show each second. The higher the refresh rate - the more frequent image updates you can receive. For example, compared to a 60 Hz panel, the 144 Hz one will display a frame 10 ms faster solely due to the difference in refresh rates.

This monitor works very well in bright rooms with lots of windows because its panel is bright enough to fight glare.

This monitor has an amazingly low input lag of only 3.6 ms which makes gameplay feel responsive and lag-free. Only a handful of monitors in this price range perform at the sub 4 ms range.

Input lag is an essential parameter of a gaming monitor - it represents how much time a monitor needs to process a frame generated by your computer.

FreeSync allows a monitor to synchronize its refresh rate to the framerate of Radeon graphics cards, which eliminates vertical tearing and stutter. The AOC G2460PF supports FreeSync in the 35-144 Hz range.

The AOC G2460PF offers excellent overall picture quality for a gaming monitor in its price range. Its contrast ratio, brightness, color volume, and gamma are superior to what the vast majority of competitors in this price range offer.

The monitor can display bright images with vivid and consistent colors across its whole panel. Colors pop thanks to the 350 nit brightness of the panel. Mid-tones are accurate and consistent thanks to the average gamma value of 2.09. Color accuracy issues are virtually unnoticeable to the human eye with the average color gamut error of 2.39.

Additionally, dark scenes look quite good thanks to the native contrast ratio of 1000:1.

The most in-depth settings of the monitor are usually just 5-10 clicks away.

The backlight of this monitor does not cause flickering. Instead of using the conventional PWM backlight dimming technique, this monitor dims its backlight by the aid of DC voltage, which eliminates the unwanted effect of flickering. Monitor flickering is one of the primary sources of fatigue and eye strain and should be taken very seriously, especially by those who spend a lot of time in front of a monitor.

The panel of the ZOWIE XL241 has enough brightness to fight glare, making it an excellent monitor for bright rooms.

You'll receive faster picture updates than your rivals who play on slower panels because of the monitor's native refresh rate of 144 Hz, which is among the highest in this price range.

The monitor's native refresh rate tells how much frames its panel can show each second while working at the native resolution. The faster is the panel, the more frames it can process and display.

The ZOWIE XL2411 can reproduce clear motion, free of artificial motion blur and ghosting effects as each pixel of the monitor can change its color within only one millisecond. It is on par with what the best monitors in this price range offer.

Note that the overdrive feature is used to achieve such fast pixel response. In some cases, pixel overdrive makes the pixels overshoot their target values which causes artificial effects. Nonetheless, this can be avoided by not setting the overdrive setting to its maximum.

This monitor offers a responsive and lag-free gaming experience because of its fantastically low input lag of only 3.2 ms. In terms of input lag, the XL2411 outperforms every single competitor in its price range.

The monitor's input lag corresponds to the delay between a video card producing a frame and the frame being processed by a monitor. Lowe input lag means controls feel more responsive onscreen when gaming.

When it comes to picture quality, the BenQ ZOWIE XL2411 does have a lot to offer as the monitor's contrast ratio, peak brightness, and color accuracy are on par with what the best gaming monitors in this price range offer.

This gaming monitor can display eye-catching dark and bright scenes, full of luminous, and accurate colors. Dark scenes look good because of the monitor's native contrast ratio of 1090:1, which is high enough to make blacks appear truly deep. Bright scenes look genuinely luminous because of the monitor's high peak brightness of 350 nits, which combined with the panel's excellent color accuracy reproduce vivid and life-like colors.

The BenQ ZOWIE XL2411 has enough juice to be one of the best gaming monitors in its price range. It combines low input lag, fast pixel response time, and high native refresh rate with excellent overall picture quality.