[PCM2]

I’m only really an expert on the monitor side of things and have fairly limited experience with gaming on one monitor whilst using the other for tasks such as YouTube. But I don’t recall there being an issue with the gameplay or refresh rate of one monitor based on what the other was doing. I’m not sure if that would depend on the graphics driver and how you’ve set things up there or perhaps the GPU vendor (I have only used an Nvidia GPU in this way) or other system hardware. I shared some of these experiences earlier in this thread.

Having a monitor with weaker contrast and stronger contrast side by side can certainly introduce mismatches and make the relative weaknesses in contrast clearer. I don’t see a good reason for going for any of the current 144-180Hz WQHD Nano IPS options over something like the G273QPF, as covered in the thread exploring such models.

[tmfrank]

I don’t see a good reason for going for any of the current 144Hz+ WQHD Nano IPS options over something like the G273QPF,

Fair enough. Do you say that even at a similar price? If you don’t need wide gamut, I can understand always going for the G273QPF.

[PCM2]

Yes, again this is justified in the thread I’ve linked to exploring all options with various comparisons drawn. Whether you consider price or cast that aside, competing IPS-type models to Nano IPS in this sector offer a similar experience when it comes to responsiveness and colour reproduction without compromising on contrast. And some offer superior screen surfaces and potentially superior viewing comfort from the backlights, too. 🙂 That isn’t to say all Nano IPS models are to be avoided – there are certainly some models with Nano IPS panels in other segments I recommend. And I’m not saying people wouldn’t enjoy the experience the Nano IPS models in this segment offer, they’re just not the ones I’d recommend.

The G273QPF is a wide gamut monitor, though not quite as wide as some options – 93% DCI-P3 and 125% sRGB certainly counts as having a wide gamut and would need sRGB emulation to give appropriate saturation levels for sRGB content.

[Shingyboy]

Hi guys in regards to lets say having a main monitor at 240hz and a second monitor at 144hz does that cause any problems? I remember having a 144hz monitor as my main and a 60hz as my second and there were not really any issues that I personally noticed but I could tell the difference going to the 60hz monitor and it felt quite irritating I am not going to lie.

So firstly is there actually any real issues if I had difference refresh rates as well as would it be quite irritating having difference refresh rates still?

[PCM2]

I’ve merged your thread with an existing topic covering this. I frequently use monitors with different refresh rates side by side in ‘Extended’ mode (including one that’s 240Hz and another that’s 144-180Hz) with no particular issues on my system. This includes with one running HDR, which I haven’t found forces the refresh rate of one to lower than its maximum as reported here for a specific monitor.

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