The Sceptre C325B-185RD has a refresh rate of 185Hz. If you’re someone who is coming from a 60Hz monitor, there will be a day and night difference between the amount of smoothness in the gameplay. Everything will be buttery-smooth.
By default, you will be having your refresh rate set to 60Hz. You need to manually change your refresh rate to 185Hz. Make sure you’re using a DisplayPort and follow this guide to change your refresh rate.
Though VA Panel monitors offer better contrast ratio, viewing angles, image quality than TN Panel monitors, they cannot promise you 1ms response times. This monitor is no different.
It offers you a 3ms response times. Its input lag is around 7ms which makes it imperceptible. If you’re a hardcore competitive gamer, I would suggest you go with a 1ms TN panel monitor. If you’re fine with 3ms response time and prefer better image quality, choose this monitor. You can still enjoy fast-paced games.
The Sceptre C325B-185RD has issues of ghosting especially during the dark areas of the game. Most VA panels suffer from it. Let me be clear, it is not too bad and is definitely tolerable. Most of the time you may not even notice it.
You can also reduce ghosting by following these two simple steps:
First, Try tweaking the contrast of the monitor in the OSD menu. This will solve ghosting to some extent.
Next, In the OSD Menu, there will be an Option called Overdrive. Turn off this option. This should reduce your ghosting to a large extent.
Another important feature is that the Sceptre C325B-185RD supports AMD FreeSync and Nvidia G-Sync. You will have no problems with stuttering, tearing, or lagging during gameplay.
Overall, the Sceptre C325B-185RD offers great performance for an affordable price.