The Rank 1 240Hz Monitor - Viewsonic XG2431 

Hey Blurbusters, how about updating your website to cover the news on newly-announced monitors at CES?

Hi Chief! why viewsonic never include saturation setting in OSD? It's just a silly setting that can really improve sellpoint in an esport monitor. Could they add it by firmware update? (Color vibrance is a strong selling point in benq zowie monitors, know plenty of people that just buy zowie for that, not even for dyac)

When will it be available in India?

can you answer whats the best custom settings for this monitor? I have had this for 2 months already andso far no answer form you

@@413fps just use nvidia control panel xD

Considering how well the monitor performs for the price point the stand having any adjustment options is pretty great

My AOC monitor stands really suck, take up so much room

@@TuriGamer not 240hz but my lg ultragear 24gl600f has a bare minimum stand, wobbly as fuck

Plus you can just buy a VESA wall mount or a VESA monitor stand if this one sucks

But adjustments ARE basic! No adjustments is just garbage. I'm pretty tall, and I've suffered from no height adjustment long enough!

Imagine one day he starts making goat sounds....

@Gabriel Gandi Goesantoso - 😅 😂

Funnily enough it just went on sale for 240 dollars.

Did you end up buying this monitor? how well has it been?

Last time I played on CRT was in 1999. Did you spend most of your gaming years in 90s or did you actually play on CRT in 21st century?

@@DuBstep115 I was about to ask this too...! Dammm !

@@DuBstep115 He could've been an FGC gamer. I used to be, and the older games like SF3/MvC2/Melee had to be played on crts for a long, long time due to the input latency and whatnot on hdtvs.

@@DuBstep115 I used CRT until 2012, so I've spent 12 years in CRT and only 10 in LCD f.e

@@413fps I swapped to 144hz 1440p like in 2014 😂

there is, its 27"

@@orcusdei Not wrong, its 144hz however and not a blurBusters tuned modes

@@ItsAkile they have two if i am not wrong around 350 and 500

for some reason , my purexp option cannot be chosen , pls help

@@FanWrenEvans20nam Did you turn off G-sync and are at the Max FPS your display supports for the feature?

Can u recommend this monitor even if i use 240hz option? Bcs it seems like a dumb move to use 120hz on a 240hz.. or do u recommend other 240hz like the asus vg259qm or vg279qm? Or does this monitor have the same issue with viewsonic?

@@Axel-lt5jb VG25/279QM are 2019 panels which I can't recommend anymore. Asus ELMB implementation isn't very good - too much overshoot and locked overdrive with average strobe crosstalk. Although XG uses newer panel with slightly faster gtg, contrast and color is nothing special. Very standard in that regard. If u plan to use strobing @max Hz and u can maintain those 240 fps 99% of the time (large fps headroom), and u don't mind 100-160 nits, than sure go for it. Better strobing at lower refresh rates is not Viewsonic specific issue. Thats how thing works. Refresh rate must be reduced for QFT to be used. QFT is basically sped up delivery of refresh cycle over the cable. E.g. sending data at the speed of 240Hz while at 120Hz... Interestingly most of the monitors on market don't utilize this for strobing which makes XG2431 the best option currently.

@@josipreponj1928 is the qft option an alternative to the ulmb and lightbooster etc? or is it much better quality

Do you think there'll be a monitor similar to the XG2431 (in terms of little to no blur) but at 27" and much brighter? That would be a no brainer.

@@arthurcuesta6041 xg270 but its 1080p at 27" unfortunately and im not sure about its brightness but the motion clarity is top notch

the chart said it was under the darkroom mark. I understand It would be cool to see, but it wouldn't be playable. The numbers are like mine at minimum brightness, and that's not fun to use.

​@@LuanSalama That dark room mark is very much subjective. My monitor's 100% white is around 80 nits with strobing on

@@LuanSalama i'd say the extreme mode is perfectly usable at night

​@@LuanSalama Ultra is the only one objectively unusable, many people online use Extreme

hey man, any idea where i can buy the XG2431? ive been looking everywhere and no website has it for sale 😭

@@Dolmen2 amazon should have it

for some reason , my purexp option cannot be chosen , pls help

@@FanWrenEvans20nam make sure you have G sync and free sync turned off. Having these on will take away the option of letting you use pure xp.

Does yours still work? I’m seeing a lot of Amazon reviews saying theirs have stopped working after anywhere from 10 months to a year

Is yours still working? Mine has a defect and couldn't return it I basically lost money on this investment

@@Rivizar i sold it last year mate and got the 540hz one and the level of difference is just on another planet haha

It has been my main monitor for nearly two years now and for 200€ back then there wasn't anything that comes close. Especially if you do a bit of colour sensitive work besides gaming.

Been telling people about this monitor, heck I even asked many people to take a look at the monitor

@@hemster5228 Same same and those who bought it, are as happy as could be. I think it was the best option, as a entry to good 144hz panels.

Better than AOC 24G2U for the price?

@@everope Its the same panel as the 24G2U

Yeah, I'd say that a clear picture is more important than even the 120 extra Hz you get with 360Hz screens, especially when most games can't even reach high enough framerates *cough cough* apex legends

I use an OLED as a monitor, I love it.

for some reason , my purexp option cannot be chosen , pls help

@@FanWrenEvans20namif the srgb color mode is selected the osd doesn’t allow for sharpening, black equalizer or purexp to be enabled for whatever reason.

is the brightness drop so annoying? what strobing settings do you suggest to use to have an acceptable brightness?

better with purexp or without?

Man the availability of this thing seems in US only. Jesus I cannot find anything in my country and also on Amazon its going for 470$ incl. shipping and tax like bruh

@@MrNikovec If you've Amazon may eventually arrive.

@@avieshek it’s not worth it 480$ for that hmmm

@@MrNikovec 5 months later and it's still $300 with 20% discount ($387 without it). Like wtf...

for some reason , my purexp option cannot be chosen , pls help

Wait for the upcoming Samsung OLED panels later this year.

@@erisium6988 I think the only currently announced monitor with that new samsung qd oled is the aw3423dw, which is 21:9 1440p 175hz

Blurbusters carried it

@@CalvinL.Stevens It will probably be very good but the size will be too big for a competitive screen. 24 inches is the sweet spot.

@@Hsmzid 24" and 1080p looks like dog sh*t. I changed from 240hz 1080p to 34" 144hz panel and it's just as good or even better for competitive gaming.

you can use Nvidia DSR or Amd VSR to make it 1440p

Atm I’m debating between the AW2721D and the Rog Swift PG279QM

Yes, I'm hoping to get the ViewSonic XG271QG after it launches soon. Can't wait!

@@willowispyy haven't seen much on the Swift but can vouch for the 2721D, really nice panel overall, good for content creation work too

@@HotdogNoire thanks, good to hear.

@@willowispyy np :')

omg same but mine broke

кайдан сатып алдын?

@@alikz97 from putin

Sadly still not available in Europe. Did yours arrived with any panel problem?

@@vestrage8207 no problems at all, the package was very solid.

@@alikz97 Ибейден алғам, вьюсониктын аккаунтынан, глоббинг деген фирма арқылы.

I was curious as well but they seem to have forgotten to include a BFI option.

How's it going so far, enjoying the monitor? Wanted to ask what the manufactured date of your unit was. (It'll probably be on the back)

Windows 11 yep

No

@@Tricendo O K

@AmpEdition kind of true. Many of them still suffer from bad software though, even some G9s. I owned a Samsung VA QLED monitor which sucked so hard that I would never buy a gaming monitor from Samsung ever again. Seeing even just a few (there are more than a few) complaints about them broke all my trust for their gaming gear. They should focus a little more on the R&D for their gaming monitors, maybe not as much as phone displays since it doesn't bring as much profit but still, they have a LONG LONG way to go.

Oled better

I saw this comment and went to watch the Zowie monitor review. I was shook and thought maybe the reviews are using biased information to make the monitor seem better. But when I watched his Acer 390Hz monitor review he says that he uses a different UFO speed to see the differences better. So the UFO test picture you see here is from 1080 pixels/second whereas in his original Zowie review he was using 960 pixels/second. This is a based comment though, should get pinned so people are aware!

have you seen a decent difference between 144hz vs this monitor's 240hz now? wondering if it's worth buying this monitor or going for a 4k 144hz monitor

@@BroSanch honestly no idea since I haven't tried a blind test yet, but it is definitely more subtle than the change from 60 to 144Hz. I'd say go for the 4K display if you play AAA games primarily and have the horsepower to run them at 4K. I bought the XG2431 because I play competitive shooters 95% of the time

@@KILLTHEREDDITOR Hey, are you able to test 60-120 fps with + without VRR (no strobing either). I'm unable to find data on this as one of my games doesn't work well with VRR and sits around that range, I don't want to use strobing for it either.

@@griffin1366 i do not use VRR as far as I know. How do I enable that?

@@KILLTHEREDDITOR I think in the OSD, then the nvidia control panel.

bro how can you see ? i am blind now xD

@@owASTA lol, my brightness is 55

@@Debzzzzzzzz so you play without pureXP+ ?

@@owASTA I play with purexp+. But I turn it off after playing

are the colors vibrant now that you changed them and are they good for video editing to

How is it 1 year later?

@@jaaayyymannnit’s a good monitor with a few weird options, the hdr is just flat out bad, but like the video says the motion clarity and colors are amazing

can you share your settings?​@@tylerjohnston4389

ive used the hp omen x27 for a little over a year now, its nice but wish it came in smaller sizes, other than that i dont have any complaints its great, you definitely need a beefy pc to be able to take advantage of it though

How do you game on that type of monitor though? Almost nobody games at 1440p 120hz so why go higher? Do you have a 3080?

@@thetechrealist yeah i have an evga ftw3 3080, that certainly helps but i had this monitor even when i had a 2070 super, i only play competitive fps games so i just turned all my graphics settings to low and put a pretty hefty gpu overclock on. It worked pretty decently for most games but if you really wanna take advantage of it youll need a 30 series card

If you watch his video on the BenQ monitor the UFO images are a lot better than the ones showed here. Idk why he's changed them. Affiliate links probably.

How's it going. Is purexp the same as dyac or even better

I assume you play in the dark then?

@@Zeno- actually no, i play in a bright room ironically lmao

Between the two of them Legion one is probably better, I got this XG2431 and image quality sucks ass, very washed out or maybe I just got too used to the 1440p monitor I had before.

Hey whats your color settings that you use for gaming

@@genesisbtw3907 standard setting contrast at 75 brightness at 100 and color temperature native color space auto color range auto sharpness 50 blue light filter zero black stabilization 60 advance DCR zero response time ultrafast freesync off HDR off pure XP off

@@Classixs thankyou bro

@@genesisbtw3907 no problem

@@Classixs even with pure XP off. is it still good?

Does yours seem dark to you my brightness is at 100 and it just seems so dark compared to my old monitor

@@fatimals5228 not really, but i play in like, the dimmest room u can think of haha

@@rdkayy yeah, still good as new and still my main monitor today. i have seen those reports as well, guess i got lucky with QC

2546K is better than this monitor and AMD cards arent faster than Nvidia at 1440p

@@PeterGriffinFN4 depends on your reasoning... Colors are terrible on the XL2546K even after proper calibration the panel just lacks the ability to produce solid colors. There is a way to balance out the colors on the XL2546K that I found bearable but for anything but gaming the monitor is awful.. also depending on your ability to use the monitor at the lower brightness technically the ViewSonic is the winner here. I'm receiving the ViewSonic soon..I will be comparing them both and deciding on which I will keep. (Still unsure)

@@dillacorn_linux Oh yea I agree with that for sure, I'd never get xl2546k for normal use, I'd only consider it just for 1 thing: competitive gaming

@@PeterGriffinFN4 so would you recommend this monitor (XG2431) or the AW2518h/hf (TN panel)?

@@Zynedify they're both very similar, so u cant go wrong, pick the one you like more

truth be told the brightness is not that big of an issue, you'd be surprised by how quickly you can adjust to daily driving a dim monitor

I think the xl2546k is way overhyped, the acer 390hz is better.

@@waterflowzz hz isnt eveything

@@waterflowzz lmao no

si hay ahora,busca en solotodo

torn between Viewsonic XG2431 vs Asus TUF VG259QM

Im literally in the same boat as you right now. The AW sale is so tempting. Which one did you go for?

What did y'all go for? @@martinblaine4541

Same question 😄

UP

Yea the viewsonic isnt available in my country but the asus is. The asus has basically zero reviews though even tho the panel is the same as the viewsonic. The question is, if asus made the same out of the panel as viewsonic did or if they fcked it. Would really love a indepth comparisson on both.

i felt the monbitor for me had more blacks than my other monitors LMFAO

@@JustSenix Yeah I have to use 80 black stabilization in some games. Just too dark.

😂

No other way of changing settings?

@@voltgaming7478 no other way unfortunately.

@@tomlau It's a joke that we still have to fully rely on physical buttons in 2023. I'm returning this monitor for the same reason. Also I don't know if why but FreeSync isn't working. I have G-Sync enabled in NVidia Control Panel, but maybe I have to enable FreeSync in the OSD settings as well. Which I can't reach because the buttons are not working. So I think I'll get the 390Hz Acer monitor mentioned in this video instead. They are at the same price basically.

​@@richardmiklos please tell me, did you purchase an Acer 390hz monitor? which one is better? I’m also choosing now, I’ll play CS2

@@lilahzd I did buy it, yes. So for pure visuals I don't really see a difference. They are both much better than my other monitor which is a TN panel. As for the backlight strobing stuff once again I don't really see a difference between the two, but the Viewsonic was annoyingly dark when using the good backlight strobing settings, even in a dark room it annoyed my eyes. It's like when you are reading something in a badly lit room, you can read it, but your eyes are uncomfortable. So not seeing a difference in clarity, but being annoyed by the brightness, I didn't even use the feature on the Viewsonic. I do notice the framerate difference though, even in Apex that is limited to 300 FPS, so I think if you can get stable 390 FPS in CS2 you will benefit more from the extra frames. Here comes the bad stuff. The Viewsonic has this button problem that makes it basically unusable after a few months. You might be lucky and get one with good buttons if they even exist, but that sounds like gambling. Unfortunately the Acer also has a serious problem: sometimes (like once or twice a day) the screen goes black for 1-2 seconds. Now this sound serious, but I've found a solution on a reddit post that also worked for me. I haven't had this happen for about 2 months now. The redditor suggested placing 2 ferrite beads on each end of the DP cable, and I did just that. The beads have a maximum cable diameter of 6.5 mm to fit the DP cable.

How do u know that

are you still liking it?

@@OdieTheGreat Yes , I am liking it alot no screen tearing , thin bezels and very fast response time with good colors

@@sup3rnov400 alright thank you 👍i bought it and it's coming soon i hope it's as good as everyone says

@@OdieTheGreat Nice

​@@OdieTheGreat people say that their broke after a few months

How is the brightness ?

@@boricuasup2015 The light bar or the monitor?

@@bluesrike monitor

@@boricuasup2015 Significantly brighter than the 15-inch monitor of my Acer Predator Helios laptop for sure.

Update? Been considering getting this but I've heard that it has lots of quality control issues with things like the buttons or the panel breaking after a while of use.

how is it bro?

@@user-de9dg9rg9m all i can say is.. i am not going back to lower fps monitors xD

@@user-de9dg9rg9m so damn good that i went to give away my second 27 inch monitor. so satisfied with it im telling you

who tf cares about eu? US> every other poor countru

@@epzoLOL

4th one no issues. Pray it stay that way

so far so good

@@thefunnybuddy4138still good?

What rank r u?

Broo can we wall mount it

I mean can we like mount the moniter

it does but not noticable