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Animal posted:Where did you order? eBay seller redcap or red-cap. I forget his exact name. My monitor arrived a few hours before my adapter I ordered from mono price.
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Shadowhand00 posted:I think its a Dell thing, considering the Korean IPSs and Apple CDs don't come with it. It's a Dell, HP, NEC, Eizo, and Asus then I guess. It's definitely LG's fault seeing as they don't seem to offer anything in between their ultra grainy AG coating and a glossy coating, which hopefully they'll correct soon enough. Going from a HP ZR24w to one of the 27" 2560x1440 glossy displays was really eye opening and there's absolutely no way I could ever go back to one of those awful coatings.
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Priam posted:It's a Dell, HP, NEC, Eizo, and Asus then I guess. Totally agree with you. I'm currently only using the 27" display. I have a perfectly great 2407WFP right next to it that hasn't been plugged in or used since I've received the glossy 27".
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HalloKitty posted:I find it a bit ironic seeing as ATI spearheaded tesselation hardware on GPUs with TRUFORM, a long forgotten and little-used feature  - when I first tried Truform in Morrowind with a GF2 GTS
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Filthee Fingas posted:Yeah those appear to be possible with the Feb builds. All the March builds appear to be (at least what I've read) only able to do 60. I opted for the Crossover. No real reviews yet on it but the adjustable height/pivot looked good. If it does manage to get over 60, I'll see it as a bonus. Fact remains: 1440p IPS monitor for just over 400 US is amazing. I'm planning an upgrade soon and one of these sounds awfully tempting... How does game support go for that resolution go? Most seem to pull their resolution list out of the Windows supported ones at the time but I'm guessing older ones would be out of luck - do you know if it does 1:1 or aspect scaling or will only stretch, anyone know?
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VodeAndreas posted:I'm planning an upgrade soon and one of these sounds awfully tempting... Most of my games support the resolution 1:1 if that' shwat you're asking. Seems to be the case with some of my older games as well.
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rapeface posted:Yeah, I didn't see any of that anywhere. CrossFire/SLI is rather confusing. tl;dr CF/SLI is great when it works. But it doesn't always work, and if you play a lot of MMO's or other games that you run windowed/"full-screen windowed" then CF/SLI is not for you. Buying a single faster card is usually a better all-around choice than two slower cards and trying for CF/SLI.
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What the hell, it just doesn't work unless you're in a 3D environment? So if you run a movie full screen on one window while browsing or something on a second screen, your second card is basically doing nothing? I run pretty much all my games in windowed mode so I'm really glad to have this advice, thank you. I did some research and this never came up, which is pretty annoying. What card should I get instead?
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rapeface posted:What the hell, it just doesn't work unless you're in a 3D environment? So if you run a movie full screen on one window while browsing or something on a second screen, your second card is basically doing nothing? As for recommendations, depends on your price range. I'm a big fan of the Radeon 7950/7970 (depending on your budget). You can get factory-overclocked ones for only a minimal cost bump, they can support more than two monitors with DisplayPort, are pretty quiet, and beat nVidia's offerings right now on a price:performance ratio. That said, if you prefer the green team, the GF 570 and 580 are good choices. The 590 is powerful, but like the Radeon 6990, it is a dual-GPU solution; that second core ain't gonna spin up in your windowed game, so there's no point.
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I guess I'm going to have to start my video card review again. I don't really want to spend more than the cost of two 6950s or 7850s. Basically, I just want good performance at 2560x1600
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rapeface posted:I guess I'm going to have to start my video card review again. I don't really want to spend more than the cost of two 6950s or 7850s. Basically, I just want good performance at 2560x1600 Then it's either a pair of 6950s/7850s, or stretch a bit to a 7970 (and overclock it). There really isn't anything comparable for frames and eye candy at that resolution for anything near the same price.
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DrDork posted:It's a business-class thing: the assumption is that you'll be using it in an office or production studio of some sort, where you very well may not be able to completely control the lighting. Therefore Dell has opted for a heavier AG coating, which solves the problem of glare, at the expense of some color-pop--a feature that's not really a big selling point with businesses. Apple, on the other hand, has an entirely different way of approaching monitors, and apparently it's "Make 'dem colors POP! Who cares that you can see your face in it in almost any lighting condition?" Personally I wish both companies offered more options in that regard (I'd like a Dell Ultrasharp with a lighter AG coating, and an Apple laptop with any AG coating), but such is life.  
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Space Gopher posted:If only other manufacturers offered decent res 16:10 screens in their ranges. The panels exist, Apple uses them! People need to catch up..
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Space Gopher posted:He was talking about the imac/thunderbolt display.
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7970 is stretching the budget a bit too far I think. I don't expect to get the same possible performance out of a single card as a dual card set up, just trying to work out the best option for a single card now that dual cards are out of the picture for me. Currently, I'm trying to decide between the 7950 or wait for the 7870. I think I'll go for the slightly cheaper cheaper 7870. It's faster, but only has 2 GB compared to 3 GB. I figure I can still decide to CrossFire it later if I feel like I really need the extra room, but I imagine it will be fine. Does this sound like a good move?
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Shadowhand00 posted:Most of my games support the resolution 1:1 if that' shwat you're asking. Seems to be the case with some of my older games as well. Video card drivers have several options for non-native resolution scaling even if the monitor does not. You can set it to center a 1:1 pixel window at a lower resolution, scale it up at the driver level, or a couple other choices. Both ATI and Nvidia do this really well, the only way you would have issues with scaling is if you were plugging in a non-PC source to the screen. (This is the problem people have with U2412s, wanting to use them with PCs and consoles).
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Ordered the Catleap for $370 shipped to Puerto Rico. A similar HP or Dell would have been around $100 for the shipping alone, so for me its a specially sweet deal. Hopefully it will be in good condition..
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Animal posted:Ordered the Catleap for $370 shipped to Puerto Rico. A similar HP or Dell would have been around $100 for the shipping alone, so for me its a specially sweet deal. Hopefully it will be in good condition.. I'm not sure how thorough the customers for PR is, but some euros had to pay duties on it (most sellers mark it as $50-100 though so it's not too bad) Best of luck in getting one with 0 dead pixels and no light bleed.
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Its the same process as anywhere in the US here. Hoping the same too. And that my 560 Ti 448 will be enough for it!
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Ordered the catleap 27". Will post my thoughts on it when I get it. $370 shipped to Canada. e: Mostly getting it for just document work for screen real estate, but hopefully my GTX 460 will work for it for DOTA 2. Anyone know if it will? Also still need recommendations for a VESA mount for it. Have a glass desk so not sure if the ones that clamp will work on it, so maybe need to look into a wall mount.
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I'm selling one 24" IPS, one 24" PLS (non grainy coating), and one 27" IPS panel over in this thread
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Just got this display in the mail today and I love it. Even though I haven't seen the Dell U2312HM in person, this one seems to be just as good at about $30 less.
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Phiberoptik posted:e: Mostly getting it for just document work for screen real estate, but hopefully my GTX 460 will work for it for DOTA 2. Anyone know if it will? As for the VESA mount, being a glass desk shouldn't be a problem unless it's really thin. If you want to be extra careful, you can take a small wood or metal plate and put it between the clamp and the glass to spread the pressure a little. Just don't yank it around angerly and it should be ok.
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L33t_Kefka posted:Just got this display in the mail today and I love it.
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Phiberoptik posted:Ordered the catleap 27". Will post my thoughts on it when I get it. $370 shipped to Canada. It will but it might not do it at the same graphics quality your current monitor runs at. loving hell, I wasn't planning on getting a new monitor, but a 27" IPS at this price is sexy as hell (would go from a 24" pva @1900x1200 and 21" ips @1680x1050 to one of these). Are these prices pretty consistent throughout the year? Going to have to wait and see what my Ivy Bridge/Kepler (Or southern islands) build costs me.
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Tedronai66 posted:It will but it might not do it at the same graphics quality your current monitor runs at. It looks like the monitors cost only $250 in South Korea and these are what they use in the gaming cafes there.. so I'd imagine not too much of a variance in pricing-- maybe it'll go up a little bit as they got a ton of orders due to overclockers/slickdeals/reddit/other forums.
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DrDork posted:Considering DOTA 2 is pretty much DOTA 1 which is basically WC3...yeah. You should be fine. Turns out it doesn't take too much effort to push a game that doesn't have models with more than like 100 polys each. edit - What 100 polys looks like: 
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Cicero posted:Are you retarded? I'm ashamed to share a registration month with you. Although it may not be entirely accurate, it will be Source based, as far as I recall, and Source is pretty gloriously scalable.
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HalloKitty posted:Although it may not be entirely accurate, it will be Source based, as far as I recall, and Source is pretty gloriously scalable. It also sounded like he was implying that it would have the same system requirements as War3 just because the gameplay is based off of a War3 mod, which is just 
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Shmoogy posted:It looks like the monitors cost only $250 in South Korea and these are what they use in the gaming cafes there.. so I'd imagine not too much of a variance in pricing-- maybe it'll go up a little bit as they got a ton of orders due to overclockers/slickdeals/reddit/other forums. Excellent. Gives me something to think about. Though dual-link dvi is finicky as poo poo compared to displayport, etc.
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Tedronai66 posted:Excellent. Gives me something to think about. Though dual-link dvi is finicky as poo poo compared to displayport, etc. What do you mean by finicky? All of my experiences with dual-link DVI go like this: 1) Have cable 2) Plug in cable 3) Enjoy a thing that works
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Cicero posted:Oh I agree that the system requirements will be really low, Valve is amazing at having highly scalable games. He just made it sound like Valve was pushing out low-quality art, when the exact opposite is the case; Dota2 has some of the strongest art I've ever seen in a game, and it certainly blows its biggest competitor, LoL, out of the water. I stand by my statement that a 460 should have no trouble with it.
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L33t_Kefka posted:Just got this display in the mail today and I love it. I have 2 of these and they are great screens for the money. Slight backlight bleed at the top but for everyday use,gaming and programming stuff they do me just fine. No dead pixels on either and great stand adjustment options. .
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DrDork posted:The art direction and quality is quite strong, yes, no argument there--but that doesn't have much bearing on how many polys get used. Compared to the poly counts involved in top-flight games like BF3, Skyrim, etc., DOTA2's are hilariously low, and that' a-ok because a game like that doesn't need 10,000+ poly models in order to create good quality visuals; 100-poly models are just fine for a game you'll spend mostly zoomed out on, anyhow. Valve has never pushed high-poly counts or hardware-demanding games, and DOTA2 isn't going to buck that trend. I get what you are trying to say, I really do, but sticking by these numbers makes you sound like an idiot to people that do 3d work. Quake models are more than 100 polygons, and they are about as primitive as any true 3d game gets. Extremely low detail player models now clear well over 1000 polys.
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Welp, my VG236HE just developed a single dead black pixel with about 40 dead white ones all around it. Is there a better 120hz panel out there now or should I just buy another one? 
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Vatek posted:Welp, my VG236HE just developed a single dead black pixel with about 40 dead white ones all around it. Is there a better 120hz panel out there now or should I just buy another one? Did they refuse to replace it under warranty? I'd avoid saying the words "dead pixel." "Big white blob" (or line or whatever) will probably get you better results.
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Space Gopher posted:Did they refuse to replace it under warranty? I didn't even think to try, but I don't really want to go 2+ weeks without a monitor. I bought it in November of 2010 so it's definitely still under the 3 year warranty for the panel.
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Tell them to send you an advance replacement. They'll need a credit card number, but do it.
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Vatek posted:Welp, my VG236HE just developed a single dead black pixel with about 40 dead white ones all around it. Is there a better 120hz panel out there now or should I just buy another one? Keep using your boob monitor
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