XBitLabs

27 Nov.,2023

 

Usage Scenarios

While having a decently bright monitor is essential, it is even more critical to understand your usage scenario when purchasing a monitor. If you are buying a gaming monitor what you should investigate the most are refresh times, response time, etc.

In a home or office environment, a gaming monitor which usually has 300-500 nits in brightness is more than enough to be retina-burning bright. With this in mind, it makes no sense to buy a monitor with 600+ nits of brightness but with lower Hz and worse response times.

Most gamers and office workers do not use their monitors in the great outdoors like a smartphone which can hit 1200 nits maximum brightness, and quite a lot never even got beyond 100-200 nits which is an optimal value to keep your eyes healthy.

Considering that the brightness level for your monitor is absolutely a preference it makes no sense to base your entire purchasing decision on it.

HDR Gaming

One scenario however where peak brightness does matter in a gaming monitor is when you like to game in HDR. A good gaming HDR monitor will be able to hit at least 600 nits while a professional-grade monitor will do at least 1000 nits to achieve proper HDR quality.

The issue with HDR is that not many games support it natively, HDR implementations vary, and the insane brightness is detrimental to your health. You can definitely enjoy HDR content from time to time, especially if it is on a big TV you stay meters away from, but for a gaming monitor that is practically in your face, it can cause damage to your eyesight.

TL;DR

While having a bright monitor with 1000 nits sounds cool on paper, in reality, most gamers should focus on specs like refresh rate and response times. The vast majority of gamers never use their monitors at maximum brightness (300-500 nits) and prefer a much lower brightness level that does not fatigue their eyes.

The only time you should care about nits as a specification is when you are big into HDR gaming or a professional that actually needs that 1000+ nits for pro-grade tasks.

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