Sceptre 30-inch Curved Gaming Monitor 21:9 2560×1080 Ultra Wide/ Slim HDMI DisplayPort up to 200Hz Build-in Speakers, Metal Black (C305B-200UN1)

Best features and performance to price sub-$300 gaming monitor on Amazon!
Was shopping online with my son for his first gaming PC (which we decided upon an AMD Ryzen 5 3600 CPU with Nvidia RTX 2060 Super GPU model) and I quickly realized handing him down my old Samsung 27″ 1080p 60hz LCD monitor as was the original plan would have been a total waste of his new computer!So having saved a couple hundred bucks buying a pre-built instead of building our own with the same specs (as PC components are experiencing shortages cause of COVID-19 and have gone up drastically in price), I told my son he could pick out any monitor on Amazon he wanted on a budget of $300, and he picked out this one.I could instantly see why he chose this model which at 30″ was bigger than most other gaming monitors with decent specs at this price range and it was an ultrawide, which made me proud (like him being a chip off the old block) as I game on a 49″ super ultrawide monitor myself. But the real “wow factor” of this model, of course, is the 200hz refresh rate which is a rarity in itself especially for ultrawides but almost unheard of at this price range.The only thing I wasn’t sure about was I wasn’t familiar with the Sceptre brand. Generally as a rule I’ve stayed away from buying displays from lesser-known manufacturers as with panels you often get what you pay for and “cheap” usually turns out more “expensive” in the long run, if not just “frustrating” and “disappointing”.But this was my son’s computer and his pick for the monitor and I was proud that he did all his own research so I wanted to support him. So Sceptre it was!Well I’m glad I didn’t say anything cause this monitor rocks! The colors looked great straight out of the box and I haven’t felt the need to do any calibration of any sort. Contrast and blacks are above average on this display and well beyond my expectations for a sub-$300 model. Even though there’s no HDR and I believe it’s rated at just 250 nits, it looks much brighter than that, possibly because of its high native contrast.But what both my son and I were most looking forward to see, of course, was how it performed at 200hz. So I fired up 3DMark and ran a few benchmark tests and…WOW!The motion on all frame rates was buttery smooth. On some tests we were reaching fps of over 600 so we knew we hit the monitor’s 200 frames per second limit and it looked incredible! No tearing or ghosting or any sign of distortion whatsoever. My own 49″ super ultrawide only goes up to 144hz and I could see a discernible difference in frame rate running identical tests on our PCs both of which were pushing frames well beyond the limits of our monitors. This monitor’s 200hz refresh rate is legit!Another great feature of this monitor is its support of AMD Freesync. It worked flawlessly with my son’s RTX 2060 Super both in fullscreen and windowed mode, even though the Nvidia Control Panel said the monitor wasn’t “validated as G-SYNC Compatible”. I’ve actually had problems in the past getting this compatibility feature to work on other Freesync monitors so was really relieved to find it working perfectly on the Sceptre.Overall this is a fantastic gaming monitor that performs well in all its highlighted and advertised features, and phenomenally when you also factor in its price. Highly recommended and most importantly for me is my son couldn’t be happier!