u/F_N1

Hi

My XG248QSG had coil whine from the top of the monitor. I only noticed it when some guy mentioned it and I couldnt unhear it after that.

I ended up returning it as I only had it for a few days. The actual loud level is not that bad, but since I already suffer from tinnitus I dont want anything that reminds me of tinnitus otherwise it becomes louder in my ear, so coil whine for me is a big no-no.

Anybody knows if it's a standard for these monitors or would buying another one have a chance of not having coil whine?

So my timeline recently is that I bought the XL2586x+ before knowing anything. I just wanted 600hz and the 24" size coming from a 240hz IPS.

At first I was decently happy with the purchase, but after a few days there was some problems I could not get used to.

1. It developed a red stuck pixel just after few days of use.

2. The anti-glare coating that looks like dirty sand on top of the monitor that forever gives it a dirty look + interferes with text. Extremely obvious when trying to read on a white background, mission impossible.

So I ended up returning it.

I DID however like the feeling of 600hz + dyac2. It's like CRT clarity that I did not get from the XL2566x+, so for that reason alone the 600hz does have benefits.

Anyway..

So I bought it AGAIN.

This time there was no dead pixel at all, however there was something that did not feel the same as the first model. I dont know if it was a different batch or not, but motion in the screen felt faster, bit more input lag in feeling. All same settings.

Either way at an overall experience I did not feel satisfied that I had just paid 1300€ for this. So I just returned it and was done with it. It costs the same as a top 3 OLED monitor in the world.

But instead of directly going to OLED, since I prefer 24" I wanted to try one last time of the 600hz: the direct competitor, which is the asus xg248qsg.

And I got to say that it pretty much delivered everything the zowie has and some extra on top. It does NOT have the aggressive coating zowie has, text is more clear. The colors are better (subjective) ingame performance no complains, mouse movement feels crisp and no dead pixel.

But most important of all.... 300€ cheaper.

I want to know the reasoning for the Zowie price. Are there diamonds inside?

EDIT: My ASUS unit seems to have coil whine at 600hz. However when overclocking to 610hz the coil whine stops.