Review: iiyama G-Master G2530HSU

by Tarinder Sandhu on 1 February 2018, 15:01

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Conclusion

...sure, it's not a do-it-all screen, but we can forgive non-perfect colour and a lack of adjustment at the keen street price.

Purchasing the right budget monitor is an exercise in reducing the number of compromises one needs to make.

For the aspiring gamer looking to jump into the adaptive framerate bandwagon, AMD's FreeSync technology is the way to go, and iiyama has consequently brought a couple of budget monitors to the market.

Priced at £130 and touting a 24.5in screen with a 1080p resolution, together with limited FreeSync support between 48Hz and 75Hz, the G2530HSU makes a strong case. Sure, it's not a do-it-all screen, but we can forgive non-perfect colour and a lack of adjustment at the keen street price.

Bottom line: want a budget monitor that can offer stutter-free gaming when paired with an appropriate AMD graphics card? The iiyama G2530HSU is hard to beat, but be mindful of its limited supported range.

The Good
  
The Bad
Budget price
Decent design
Power efficient
Solid brightness and contrast
FreeSync
Three-year warranty
  
Colour accuracy not great
No height adjustment
No LFC, narrow range



iyama G-Master G2530HSU

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Posted by Millennium - Thu 01 Feb 2018 15:52
Nice review and great price point for 75hz max freesync. Thanks.
Posted by CAT-THE-FIFTH - Thu 01 Feb 2018 16:26
It would be awesome if someone could compare a 2200G running games using the IGP,and a FreeSync monitor to a system running a lower end graphics card like a GT1030 without one.
Posted by Xlucine - Thu 01 Feb 2018 16:36
The limited range for FreeSync does pose an interesting question: would it be better to ensure a wider range, like Nvidia, and guarantee a solid games-playing experience at the direct expense of cost? We ask this because frustration arises as soon as any game falls out of the minimum 48Hz support refresh rate. If you are going to do FreeSync, do it right, as users who expect to see silky-smooth visuals may well be left flummoxed by a screen such as this.

I can see what you're getting at, but when the cheapest g-sync monitor on scan is north of £300 I think AMD is on to the better solution. £190 buys a big increase in GPU power, even in the current GPU climate
Posted by CAT-THE-FIFTH - Thu 01 Feb 2018 17:52
Xlucine
I can see what you're getting at, but when the cheapest g-sync monitor on scan is north of £300 I think AMD is on to the better solution. £190 buys a big increase in GPU power, even in the current GPU climate

£190,would buy you a Ryzen 3 2200G,and a motherboard!! I really want to see how these APUs paired with a FreeSync monitor would compare to an Intel rig with a GT1030 and a normal monitor!!
Posted by Nobull - Thu 01 Feb 2018 18:57
Can't you usually ‘hack’ the lower Freesync range to bring it down? Or have I completely made that up?

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