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Monitor for fast, competitive gaming

In fast paced gaming, what matters most is the screen’s ability to follow the action without trailing or lag. A high refresh rate and a short response time make the difference here, far more than the number of displayable colours or typical brightness.

This situation clearly shifts priorities: smoothness and responsiveness rise sharply, while colours and brightness, less decisive for following fast motion, count a little less. Screen size keeps its usual weight, remaining a matter of personal preference and viewing distance.

What matters in this specific case

The same criteria as on the category page, but not the same weight: here is what goes up and what goes down.

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  1. Screen size

    Unchanged weight coefficient 1

    Diagonal keeps its usual weight here: it is mainly about gaming comfort and viewing distance, with no direct link to the speed of the action. Benchmarks range from twenty one point five inches to thirty four inches, with a median of twenty seven inches.

  2. Smoothness

    Matters more coefficient 1.9

    Refresh rate becomes one of the most decisive criteria, as it governs the perceived smoothness of fast on screen motion. Benchmarks range from seventy five hertz to two hundred forty hertz, with a median of one hundred hertz.

  3. Colours

    Matters less coefficient 0.8

    The number of displayable colours counts a little less here, since it mainly shapes visual rendering rather than gaming speed. Benchmarks are tightly clustered, from sixteen point seven million to sixteen point seven eight million, with the median matching the lower mark.

  4. Brightness

    Matters less coefficient 0.8

    Typical brightness also weighs a little less here: it mainly serves readability in a lit room, a secondary concern compared with display speed. Benchmarks range from two hundred fifty to four hundred fifty candelas per square metre, with a median of three hundred.

  5. Responsiveness

    Matters more coefficient 1.8

    Response time, where lower is better, rises sharply in this situation, since it determines whether or not trailing appears behind fast moving objects. Benchmarks range from eight milliseconds to one millisecond, with a median of four milliseconds.

  6. Price

    Unchanged weight coefficient 1

    Budget keeps its usual weight: it remains the comparison point at equal specifications, unaffected by this particular situation.

What is not worth paying for

The features pushed in this category that make no difference in this context.

  • A maximum colour count

    Fast gaming is decided above all by display speed: paying for the highest colour count brings little to the action itself.

  • Very high brightness

    Very high typical brightness mainly benefits brightly lit rooms: for gaming use, a median level is largely enough.

  • A very large diagonal

    An extreme diagonal forces you to sit back or scan the screen, which can hinder rather than help tracking fast action.

Price ranges for this use

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Under €110

Under €110: this level gives access to monitors with still modest refresh rate and response time, enough for occasional gaming.

€110 to €300

€110 to €300: this range offers monitors with refresh rate and response time clearly above the median, suited to regular gaming.

Over €300

Over €300: beyond this, monitors reach the best refresh rate and response time benchmarks recorded on the market.

The products selected for this use

Ranked by relevance for this specific case, not by their overall score.

Our selection criteria for this use

A product only enters this list if it meets every one of these points. Its relevance is rated for this specific use, independently of its overall score in the category.

  1. The product shows a high refresh rate against market benchmarks.
  2. The product reaches a short response time, where a lower value means better speed.
  3. The product keeps a diagonal suited to typical gaming viewing distance.
  4. The product does not charge for excess colours or brightness of little use here.
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