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Jacobus Spades posted:Bummer this sold out so quickly (or was never available to begin with in my ZIP...) are there any other ultra wides at a similar price point with comparable specs to this? The 29um67 is available on Amazon for ~$320 too.... I picked up that 29um67, it's pretty great
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I there a way to adjust the backlight brightness on a monitor with a TN panel (Asus Vx248h)? I spent several hours tweaking the brightness and contrast but came to the conclusion that its the backlight.
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Sep 8, 2015 18:26
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Adjusting the brightness should be adjusting the backlight? There's no monitor that I can think of offhand that has a separate control for "Backlight level" and plain "Brightness level"
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mcbexx posted:Oh, that actually was a 35" 2560x1080 display? Weak. Oh well, back to pining for the XR3501 then.
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Cephalocidal posted:Weak. Oh well, back to pining for the XR3501 then. Isn't that one also 2560x1080? I don't get how these guys can justify the $800 price tag when it's not even 1440p. Who's gonna buy these things?
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Hikaki posted:Isn't that one also 2560x1080? I don't get how these guys can justify the $800 price tag when it's not even 1440p. Who's gonna buy these things? It is 1080p yes, but the biggest feature is that it is 200Hz. They can basically charge whatever they want for it and people will buy it just for that.
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Hikaki posted:Isn't that one also 2560x1080? I don't get how these guys can justify the $800 price tag when it's not even 1440p. Who's gonna buy these things? Me? 1080p means I can take more advantage of the high refresh rate with less than two Titans in SLI. I've used a 4k monitor, it's really nice. Being able to read the text tags on things I'm running past in a game without having to stop because the refresh rate is high enough to render steep vectors without blurring is nicer.
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The photography dept said they're getting NEC PA272W-BK 27" LED Backlit Wide Gamut LCD Desktop Displays so I'ma go with that. Thanks all.
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Cephalocidal posted:Being able to read the text tags on things I'm running past in a game without having to stop because the refresh rate is high enough to render steep vectors without blurring is nicer. I'm using a 7 year old 60hz ips screen and this is never an issue 
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Cephalocidal posted:Me? 1080p means I can take more advantage of the high refresh rate with less than two Titans in SLI. I've used a 4k monitor, it's really nice. Being able to read the text tags on things I'm running past in a game without having to stop because the refresh rate is high enough to render steep vectors without blurring is nicer. Truga posted:I'm using a 7 year old 60hz ips screen and this is never an issue Uhh.. Yea, ^^ this. Also despite the trend towards "Just buy a 980ti!!!" goonsensus for anything over 1080 resolution, you don't actually need something that powerful to get a totally fine experience. High refresh rate/ULMB displays still look fantastic even if you're not pushing 144 fps. Even if you're at sub 60. The last screen I remember with blurring as bad as you described was like.. The Dell 2408, which was a reallllly slow panel by today's standards. (Even though it had excellent color).
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Gwaihir posted:Uhh.. Yea, ^^ this. Also despite the trend towards "Just buy a 980ti!!!" goonsensus for anything over 1080 resolution, you don't actually need something that powerful to get a totally fine experience. High refresh rate/ULMB displays still look fantastic even if you're not pushing 144 fps. Even if you're at sub 60. Anything over 30 fps in most situations isn't necessary. Jumping from 20 to 30 is a big improvement and if you never saw 60 you'd never think it was bad. 60 is wonderful but not necessary.
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FraudulentEconomics posted:Anything over 30 fps in most situations isn't necessary. Jumping from 20 to 30 is a big improvement and if you never saw 60 you'd never think it was bad. 60 is wonderful but not necessary. Not necessary, true. Most games are playable at 30 FPS, though you probably won't be competitive in anything "twitch" oriented. Not still a huge difference...very false. You're right that if you've never experienced 60 you wouldn't know to miss it, but unless you have only ever played games on a potato (and never play older games that still run fast on even lovely hardware) it's hard to have not experienced it. Here's the same scene in the same game with 30 and 60 side by side. 30 is a jerky mess, it's not even close. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QksH65BmjK4
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Going from 60Hz -> 144Hz was a world of a difference. It instantly made me not regret picking up a ultrawide screen. This is also a good example of 30 vs 60fps 
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I'm REALLY getting the itch for a high refresh rate G-Sync monitor in the next couple of months. I know the Acer XB270HU is the current top dog but man oh man the last few pages full of QC issues make me want to hold out for a better option. Looking in the near future I only see two comparable monitors:
 Are these two pretty much it for upcoming 27" G-Sync IPS monitors with high refresh rates?
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Dell is also coming out with a XB270HU equivalent within the next month or two.
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Etrips posted:Dell is also coming out with a XB270HU equivalent within the next month or two.
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The Dell screen is confirmed TN. I wouldn't expect for the PG279Q to have any better QC than the XB270HU considering that the PG278Q was a mess from launch too.
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FraudulentEconomics posted:Anything over 30 fps in most situations isn't necessary. Jumping from 20 to 30 is a big improvement and if you never saw 60 you'd never think it was bad. 60 is wonderful but not necessary. 30 FPS may be OK in some games, but it's borderline and 30hz on the desktop is pure 100% eye-aids whenever anything is in motion. It makes a plenty powerful machine feel choppy and laggy even when it's not. Yea, everyone's eyes are different in what they can perceive, but uhhhh 30 FPS is pretty bad and obvious even if you're generally not one to notice things like that.
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wolrah posted:Not necessary, true. Most games are playable at 30 FPS, though you probably won't be competitive in anything "twitch" oriented. Not still a huge difference...very false. You're right that if you've never experienced 60 you wouldn't know to miss it, but unless you have only ever played games on a potato (and never play older games that still run fast on even lovely hardware) it's hard to have not experienced it. Gwaihir posted:30 FPS may be OK in some games, but it's borderline and 30hz on the desktop is pure 100% eye-aids whenever anything is in motion. It makes a plenty powerful machine feel choppy and laggy even when it's not. I'm probably one of those odd people who can't see too much of a difference in 30 vs 60. I mean I can see the smoothness but coming from someone who currently is gaming at or around 20FPS, they both look amazing to me. There's a reason why I'm building a desktop. For some anecdata, I remember first playing WoW with like 20 frames on my old machine and then upgrading and hitting 60 frames for the first time ever. It was magical. I would notice some slight hiccups when it started dropping to 30ish with later expansions but I've found 30 to be the threshold for a game feeling "good" and anything above being a premium. I'm not saying more frames aren't worth it, they absolutely are (and why I went for a b-stock 980 in my new machine).
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Gwaihir posted:Uhh.. Yea, ^^ this. Also despite the trend towards "Just buy a 980ti!!!" goonsensus for anything over 1080 resolution, you don't actually need something that powerful to get a totally fine experience. High refresh rate/ULMB displays still look fantastic even if you're not pushing 144 fps. Even if you're at sub 60. So in a game like Witcher III you can read the dialogue text over people's heads while running past them? I might just have lovely eyes I guess. Higher refresh definitely helps me though.
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http://www.testufo.com/#test=framerates-text At 60fps this is barely readable. At 120+fps it's trivial.
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Skuto posted:http://www.testufo.com/#test=framerates-text I usually scroll ~**then stop**~ when I get down and dirty at hardcore 60fps reading. #lifehack
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KakerMix posted:I usually scroll ~**then stop**~ when I get down and dirty at hardcore 60fps reading. Stopping and staring at NPCs in vidja games doesn't need to be necessary though. Or, for another example, in Path of Exile it's really quite nice to be able to run past a piece of loot laying on the ground and be able to see all of the sockets and count the links between them rather than having to stop and eyeball it for a second to make sure that's not actually a 5-link.
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Cephalocidal posted:Stopping and staring at NPCs in vidja games doesn't need to be necessary though. Or, for another example, in Path of Exile it's really quite nice to be able to run past a piece of loot laying on the ground and be able to see all of the sockets and count the links between them rather than having to stop and eyeball it for a second to make sure that's not actually a 5-link. Not to hijack the thread, but in the new PoE expansion they added loot filters so you can set good items to be highlighted in a very obvious way so it's impossible to miss them. Also, if I've decided that I don't want to go through the hassle of RMA circus with the XB270HU and 144hz isn't all that important but I do want IPS, is the PB278Q a good monitor?
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Ambaire posted:Not to hijack the thread, but in the new PoE expansion they added loot filters so you can set good items to be highlighted in a very obvious way so it's impossible to miss them. Here's an in-depth review of the PB278Q: http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/reviews/asus_pb278q.htm
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Ambaire posted:Not to hijack the thread, but in the new PoE expansion they added loot filters so you can set good items to be highlighted in a very obvious way so it's impossible to miss them. If cost is a concern the Qnix 2710 is a 2560x1440 IPS using a $600 retail Samsung panel for $200-300, which can also be overclocked all the way to 100hz because it's so basic internally(120hz if you gently caress with timing). It's a Korean panel with a lovely stand but for $220 it's loving unbeatable considering you can buy 2 or even 3 for the cost of anything comparable. EDIT: Its $199 on Newegg right now from the common distributor. Mazz fucked around with this message at 16:11 on Sep 11, 2015 |
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Mazz posted:If cost is a concern the Qnix 2710 is a 2560x1440 IPS using a $600 retail Samsung panel for $200-300, which can also be overclocked all the way to 100hz because it's so basic internally(120hz if you gently caress with timing). It's a Korean panel with a lovely stand but for $220 it's loving unbeatable considering you can buy 2 or even 3 for the cost of anything comparable. FYI - The $199 version is the off-grade monitor which means that you're playing screen roulette. You can look at the comments on Newegg for good examples of what to expect.
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Krailor posted:FYI - The $199 version is the off-grade monitor which means that you're playing screen roulette. You can look at the comments on Newegg for good examples of what to expect. I know, I own one. It's amazing. The screen defects are literally not visible under 99% of viewing conditions, as they are two small discoloration only visible on a full black screen and even then they mostly transparent. For $200 it was a steal and me and several other goons all had good luck. The thing is you could fully buy 2 for the cost of that Acer and have 2 screens or pick the better one and sell the other for like $150 on Ebay. I cannot say there is no risk, of course there is. But at $200 I will definitely say I'm pretty tempted to buy a second one after my experience with the first. It comes down to warranty vs cost. If you really want a solid warranty and all that then it's probably not what you want. If you like saving potentially $200 over similar products AND getting a superior product in regards to refresh rate then it should be very intriguing. EDIT: VVVV AFAIK The other panels don't have any real guarantees on better panel quality, you just get the warranty attached for screen stuff. You still have to try and process it with a company fully in Korea with no US presence. For 240 it's worth a shot, normally they are like 280 which defeats the purpose of the savings IMO. Mazz fucked around with this message at 18:40 on Sep 11, 2015 |
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For $235 there is this. I have no idea of the quality of it though.
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I have one of the Korean special 2ks. It's awesome, and the only issue is the stand which is very wobbly. Mine has vesa compatibility so I ordered a desk mount for it. Other than that it's awesome.
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Looks like Amazon won't have stock until October 5 - November 5. Who had the second best return policy? Amazon 3rd party or newegg? Contacted them via chat, one rep said I can only request a replacement if it has 8 or more dead pixels and they will do an rma. Asked another and they said they will replace it for any reason with 30 days for no charge??? Google Butt fucked around with this message at 22:15 on Sep 11, 2015 |
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Mazz posted:If cost is a concern the Qnix 2710 is a 2560x1440 IPS using a $600 retail Samsung panel for $200-300, which can also be overclocked all the way to 100hz because it's so basic internally(120hz if you gently caress with timing). It's a Korean panel with a lovely stand but for $220 it's loving unbeatable considering you can buy 2 or even 3 for the cost of anything comparable. The other downside is it's DVI-DL only, which substantially limits how many of them you can actually run. I think there's one or two 980/980Ti variants right now with 2x DVI ports. AMD seems hell-bent on eliminating them entirely. Hopefully there'll be an update to the QNix at some point to replace it with DP or something.
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Ambaire posted:Not to hijack the thread, but in the new PoE expansion they added loot filters so you can set good items to be highlighted in a very obvious way so it's impossible to miss them. You're just as likely to get caught in RMA roulette with the PG278Q, with Asus' lovely RMA service to boot. Also, don't buy it anyway. It is a TN screen so at 27" it will always look off colour at the edges of the screen even looking straight on, and it is inferior in pretty much every way to the XB270HU.
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BurritoJustice posted:You're just as likely to get caught in RMA roulette with the PG278Q, with Asus' lovely RMA service to boot. Also, don't buy it anyway. It is a TN screen so at 27" it will always look off colour at the edges of the screen even looking straight on, and it is inferior in pretty much every way to the XB270HU. I think you are confused, they are talking about the PB278Q, which is a 60Hz IPS monitor.
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AVeryLargeRadish posted:I think you are confused, they are talking about the PB278Q, which is a 60Hz IPS monitor. You're totally right. Seeing 278Q alongside the XB270HU makes me instantly think RoG Swift.
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BurritoJustice posted:You're just as likely to get caught in RMA roulette with the PG278Q, with Asus' lovely RMA service to boot. Also, don't buy it anyway. It is a TN screen so at 27" it will always look off colour at the edges of the screen even looking straight on, and it is inferior in pretty much every way to the XB270HU. Even if it was TN, TN is all that I've gamed with for the past 12 years, since I replaced my old 19" CRT with a birthday LCD. While I was at BB getting the bad mouse, I did take a look at the 23" IPS 1080p monitors they had and they looked loving amazing. Definitely going with an IPS 1440p monitor probably just 60hz but I just have to figure out which one I want and stick with it. HU is out because of RMA bullshit. I've spent at least 6 hours today going through review site after review site and I'm no closer to a final decision than I was three weeks ago. I have managed to narrow it down to this pcpartpicker selection but that still leaves me to decide among the Asus PB278Q, BenQ GW2765HT, Dell U2715H, or Asus MX27AQ. I also found this site that has a list of what they consider to be the best 27" 1440p monitors, which has the Asus MG279Q and the LG 27MB85R vying for top spots. Ugh. Why does it have to be this difficult. And when I think I finally have one down, was thinking about the BenQ GW2765HT, I find out from the tft central site that it has 1-2 frame input lag.
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Ambaire posted:Even if it was TN, TN is all that I've gamed with for the past 12 years, since I replaced my old 19" CRT with a birthday LCD. While I was at BB getting the bad mouse, I did take a look at the 23" IPS 1080p monitors they had and they looked loving amazing. Definitely going with an IPS 1440p monitor probably just 60hz but I just have to figure out which one I want and stick with it. HU is out because of RMA bullshit. Of those the Dell U2715H has the lowest input lag, with the ASUS PB278Q coming in second, the U2715H also has a flicker free backlight so it's easier on the eyes during extended use. If you can afford it I'd go with the Dell, it's the best overall and also comes with Dell's warranty service which is some of the best in the industry.
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Skuto posted:http://www.testufo.com/#test=framerates-text Hey, this i docates that my ipad air is 30Hz and I've never had problem with it.
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KingEup posted:Hey, this i docates that my ipad air is 30Hz and I've never had problem with it. Your browser you're using on your iPad is likely just limited to 30Hz, if you whole interface was 30fps it would feel pretty bad.
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Looking to upgrade a 6-year-old 24" 16:10 TN monitor, connected up to a KVM switch via DVI. Used only for boring work stuff, and photos on the Mac. Zero gaming. The landscape has gotten pretty complex since I last looked. It seems like my options are: A 24" 16:9, but I would actually lose screen space so that's not really an option. A 24" 16:9 4k, which would look pretty (on the Mac side at least) but probably need me to upgrade my computers and KVM switch. A 24" 16:10 IPS monitor with tiny bezels for $300, like the Dell U2415. I'm leaning toward this. A 25" 16:10, but that would just make the pixels a little bigger. A 25" 21:9 ultrawide, probably has smaller pixels and is shorter, and full-screen mode gets awkward. Nice for movies? A 27" 1440p, but I'm not sure how much space I would really gain, nice panels are quite expensive, and I would probably need to change my cabling from DVI. Am I missing any contenders here?
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