Originally Posted by
Mitsu3000gt
You want IPS if you are going to use it for photo editing at all. Color accuracy and viewing angles are much superior, and they calibrate better. TN is cheaper and better for speed but has very poor color accuracy, poor viewing angles, etc.
Also you want hardware calibration and a built in LUT if you need truly accurate color instead of pretty good (software).
Matte finish is much better for photo editing as well.
You aren't going to find a hardcore gaming monitor that is also really good for photo editing, so since you said primarily photo processing, I would just buy a proper photo editing monitor and then just play games on it. Or buy a cheap gaming monitor and have both if you absolutely need 144hz.
It depends how critical you are too. Your options are basically:
1) Buy a good IPS gaming monitor, and accept average photo/color performance along with just software calibration
2) Buy a proper photo editing monitor like the NEC PA272W, game on it, and give up the 144Hz requirement.