A good monitor is essential to getting the most out of your PC. A poor display will make everything you do seem lackluster, whether gaming, viewing/editing photos, and video, or just reading text on your favorite websites.
Our monitor guides cover everything you should look for when shopping for a monitor.
A monitor is one of the most underrated factors in any gaming rig. Most of the time people just focus on their graphics cards, processors, and motherboards, and nothing else. However, things like CPU cooler and monitor also play an important role in defining your whole PC gaming experience. Best Monitors For RTX 3060 Ti … Read more
The RTX 3000 series graphics cards are here, and this is the first time in the last decade and a half that we’re seeing such a big performance leap in just one generational update. Let’s think of it this way. When exactly did we saw a midrange graphics card of a new generation outperforming the … Read more
The RTX 3060 is the new entry-level GPU in Nvidia’s RTX 3000 series and is targeted towards 1080p gaming. In terms of specs, it is similar to the 3060 ti in many aspects, but has slightly less powerful hardware in the form of CUDA cores (3584 vs 4864), memory interfaces (192-bit vs 256-bit), and memory … Read more
The RTX 3050 is the latest addition to Nvidia’s RTX 3000 GPU series. Being a little sibling to the RTX 3060 and 3060Ti, the 3050 aims to give you a solid 1080p gaming performance at the ‘High’ preset in most AAA titles. We also tried to play some games at 1440p resolutions, but the results … Read more
The RX 6800 and 6800 XT are two of the three graphics cards that AMD has released in November 2020. Armed with features like RDNA architecture, 7nm process, and Smart Access Memory (SAM), these graphics cards promise to go neck-to-neck against Nvidia’s well-praised but often out-of-stock RTX 3070 and 3080 graphics cards. But if you’re … Read more
When building or upgrading their PCs, most people pay attention to only hardware components like processor, graphics card, and RAM. While each of them is important in its own right, you shouldn’t skip on peripherals such as mouse, keyboard, and monitor. Monitor, in particular, is important because this is where the graphics rendered by your … Read more
Unless you’re living under a rock lately, you’ll be aware that ultrawide monitors have gained popularity among PC users in the last few years. These monitors come with same height as traditional monitors, but have wider screens with 21:9 aspect ratio (compared to 16:9 aspect ratio of regular monitors). Ultrawide monitors are further divided in … Read more
Buying a monitor is not an easy task as you have to consider a lot of factors including screen size, screen resolution, refresh rate, panel type, and video input. While all these factors are a good way to differentiate one model from another, monitors, in general, are complex devices – meaning you have to look … Read more
Thinking about upgrading your monitor, but don’t know which refresh rate to go with? We’ve all been there. Selecting the best refresh rate is as important as the type of panel these days. It may seem like a daunting choice to make, but once you know the difference between 60Hz and 240Hz you’ll be able … Read more
An ultrawide monitor is a display wider than a regular monitor. Unlike other displays, ultrawide monitors come in a 21:9 aspect ratio, making them an alternative to dual and triple-monitor setups. But are they actually worth their hype? This is what we’ll find out today by analyzing their benefits in different use cases such as … Read more
When most users purchase a new screen, they are likely to look at three specifications; refresh rate, price, size, and resolution. In fact, a screen’s affordability, size, and pixel density may be enough to convince the average user to purchase it. However, gamers tend to be more pedantic about their monitors. Every characteristic counts, from … Read more