Talking from a perspective of having spent myself 870 € on a Dell U2711 just a year away I'll must say that "best gaming monitor" and "under 350$" doesn't fit thogether at all.
First, allmos all sub-400 $ displays are made with TN panels, instead od MVA or SIPS panels, which means that they code the RGB in 6 bit x channel format instead of 8 bit x channel as the other ones. It also means low quality colour gamut, mediocre contrast and small angles of view. the only two good things of TN displays are 1) they are cheap, and 2) they are fast so achieving 120 Hz to obtain 3D gaming at 60 Hz is easy, but in terms of quality any SIPS made display from Dell, Apple, Nec, etc. will wipe the floor in terms of "best gaming monitor" compared against cheap TN alternatives.
Alienware and Asus are maybe the best TN choices for 3D gaming (Alienware is itself a Dell propertie from a few years now), but I'll still choose SIPS over the 3D gimmicks.
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