And everyone who has told you that if all you do is game on this thing, you won't miss it if you want to save the cash. Probably the only difference is richness in color. The color difference between the two panels is negligible. And they didn't bat an eye when I wanted to return the PG278QR. Microcenter's PG279Q stock seems pretty reliable now. People are going to disagree with me, and that's okay, but I've owned both panels in the last 12 hours and wanted to offer my takeaway insights (and they are subjective and anecdotal). I'm simply floored it worked out so well.īut let me break this down to brass tacks. I mean, this is on par with every IPS experience I've had in the past. Just IPS glow in the corners, which is minimal at best. I took the risk this morning and traded it in for a PG279Q. I could mitigate it to the point where it was barely a concern, but you could still see it, and frankly, I don't want to be staring at that for the next 3-4 years. The only thing that bugged me was gradient color banding. I originally bought a PG278QR and let me tell you, it games like a dream. I live about 5 minutes from the 'main' Microcenter in the US in Ohio. Just wanted to add myself to the growing anecdotal knowledge base of purchase experiences here to assist others.

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