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Looks like amazon is selling the new Dell 34" Curved Widescreen for a great deal, but with a slightly different model #: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00PXYRMPE
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arbybaconator posted:Looks like amazon is selling the new Dell 34" Curved Widescreen for a great deal, but with a slightly different model #: Does the other model have speakers built in?
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Jan 28, 2015 17:43
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Don Lapre posted:Does the other model have speakers built in? Yes it does. Edit: It's definitely the same model: U3415w. I cancelled my order for a second one from Dell, and did an overnight order with Amazon. 
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Jan 28, 2015 17:46
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They probably just did a new model number so they don't have to worry about price matching it.
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Jan 28, 2015 22:49
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Well, since Acer announced a curved 34", 3440x1440, 144Hz IPS monitor with G-Sync, I need to resist temptation. I'm already scheduled to donate a kidney for that baby.
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Jan 28, 2015 23:20
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Krailor posted:They probably just did a new model number so they don't have to worry about price matching it. I actually checked with Dell, since I had an existing order with them. The pricematched, and chopped off an additional $50. Can't beat dat next day prime though
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Jan 28, 2015 23:35
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mcbexx posted:Well, since Acer announced a curved 34", 3440x1440, 144Hz IPS monitor with G-Sync, I need to resist temptation. I'm already scheduled to donate a kidney for that baby.
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Jan 29, 2015 01:35
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japtor posted:The one from a page or two ago? IPS isn't confirmed yet I think. Given the technology for 144hz IPS nowadays, and how rare large TN panels are (for the longest time they were never over 24" due to the inherent issues), I doubt it isn't IPS.
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Jan 29, 2015 02:31
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LG is making the panels also arn't they? And LG are the IPS guys right now.
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Jan 29, 2015 02:41
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Well, my HP zr24w just died and I guess that guy from the last page selling one for £20 has got rid of it already, not that I want to pick it up from Cambridge anyway so I need a new monitor. 1080p is bullshit so it looks like either the dell ultrasharp 24 inch at 1920x1200 or maybe an acer k272 27 inch with a higher resolution. But, is buying a bottom end 27 inch going to end up with a poo poo panel compared to a mid range 24? Edit: looks like the dell 25 inch 2560x1440 is a good compromise now I've found it. Powerful Two-Hander fucked around with this message at 21:26 on Jan 29, 2015 |
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Jan 29, 2015 21:07
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Cross posted from the PC Upgrading thread, but can someone post the link to the HP monitor stands everyone is using for the Korean IPS monitors? I think they were HP stands if that helps...
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Jan 30, 2015 00:18
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Powerful Two-Hander posted:Well, my HP zr24w just died and I guess that guy from the last page selling one for £20 has got rid of it already, not that I want to pick it up from Cambridge anyway so I need a new monitor. 1440 is hardly a compromise. It's simply the next step up. Be careful though, keep in mind 1440p can be intensely more difficult on your gpu depending on games you play/settings you use as it is 75% more pixels. It's the sweet spot (to me, at the moment) for reasonable gpu demand while looking the best that but it isn't a cakewalk. Also, I've not actually seen a lovely 1440p panel yet in any casing. Dont know how true that holds over, but its nothing like 1080p/1200p where you can go out and buy a total piece of garbage 1gnoirents fucked around with this message at 00:21 on Jan 30, 2015 |
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Jan 30, 2015 00:19
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1gnoirents posted:1440 is hardly a compromise. It's simply the next step up. Be careful though, keep in mind 1440p can be intensely more difficult on your gpu depending on games you play/settings you use as it is 75% more pixels. It's the sweet spot (to me, at the moment) for reasonable gpu demand while looking the best that but it isn't a cakewalk. Also, I've not actually seen a lovely 1440p panel yet in any casing. Dont know how true that holds over, but its nothing like 1080p/1200p where you can go out and buy a total piece of garbage Yeah it might cause my r9280x to catch fire, though that genuinely seems to have more trouble with shittily optimised Unity engine games than say battlefield 4 so who knows! Edit: the Dell is a bit of a steal actually - £264 plus delivery on Scan for anyone in the UK. Usb 3 ports as well which is nice.
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Jan 30, 2015 00:43
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1gnoirents posted:Also, I've not actually seen a lovely 1440p panel yet in any casing. Dont know how true that holds over, but its nothing like 1080p/1200p where you can go out and buy a total piece of garbage All 1440p panels are IPS or equivalent with the exception of the TN ROG Swift, so yeah it's hard to go wrong.
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Jan 30, 2015 02:10
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Subjunctive posted:OK, thanks. I'd been looking at the ROG 1440p 144Hz thing lately with a covetous eye. Any caveats I should be aware of? I bought the ROG Swift for 799 Euro which was 150 Euro more than I had to pay for both eVGA 970 to enjoy SLI at 1440p. It is the best invest in my gaming hobby I have ever done. I underestimated the experience of smooth gameplay and up to 144 frames/ Hz. You can't describe it, you have to see it. Everytime I showed my buddies my new gaming rig, they were in awe and amazed. Not because of my PC specs but because of the ASUS Swift.
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Jan 30, 2015 03:22
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Subjunctive posted:OK, thanks. I'd been looking at the ROG 1440p 144Hz thing lately with a covetous eye. Any caveats I should be aware of? Two things. Firstly there are 1440p 144hz IPS panels coming out very soon, which fix the major shortcoming of the Swift (TN). Secondly ASUS' exclusivity on the TN 1440p 144hz ended with 2014, so there are equivalent models coming out from companies like AOC and Acer that won't carry the ASUS Tax and Exclusivity Tax, pushing down the prices. Really I think its a bad time to buy a Swift right now.
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Jan 30, 2015 03:58
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BurritoJustice posted:Really I think its a bad time to buy a Swift right now. Yeah, it wasn't ideal, but I needed a new monitor ASAP and the Acer isn't available yet. When the Acer starts shipping I'll probably get one as a new primary and make the Swift my secondary display.
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Jan 30, 2015 08:32
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Picked up one of those "used refurbished" 2560x1440 Korean monitors on eBay for 175$. I don't think mine has ever been touched before. No dead pixels, no backlight bleed, no issues at all. I only slightly regret getting glossy because MY GIRLFRIEND makes jewelry in the same room as my gaming setup and it's like a mirror with all the super-bright lights she uses... It's a tough call gaming-wise whether I'll use this or the 120Hz, but my current desk only has room for the one monitor so I guess the IPS wins for now Captain Yossarian fucked around with this message at 13:42 on Jan 30, 2015 |
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Jan 30, 2015 13:40
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Powerful Two-Hander posted:Yeah it might cause my r9280x to catch fire, though that genuinely seems to have more trouble with shittily optimised Unity engine games than say battlefield 4 so who knows! That's the Dell U2515H right? I was wondering about that, can't find much info or reviews on the web but all the specs seem to hit the sweet spots for me. Anyone know much about it?
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Jan 30, 2015 17:41
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Mr.PayDay posted:I bought the ROG Swift for 799 Euro which was 150 Euro more than I had to pay for both eVGA 970 to enjoy SLI at 1440p. I'll go ahead and second this and say G-sync feels like the most dramatic PC upgrade since SSD. There are better things on the horizon, but there's no doubting how good it is now.
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Jan 30, 2015 23:29
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Captain Yossarian posted:Picked up one of those "used refurbished" 2560x1440 Korean monitors on eBay for 175$. I don't think mine has ever been touched before. No dead pixels, no backlight bleed, no issues at all. I only slightly regret getting glossy because MY GIRLFRIEND makes jewelry in the same room as my gaming setup and it's like a mirror with all the super-bright lights she uses... Could you please link the one you bought? Have been debating between a new one for $350+ or the new 24" ultra sharp at $300+, but I'd roll the dice on that deal tonight.
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Jan 30, 2015 23:50
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tesilential posted:Could you please link the one you bought? Have been debating between a new one for $350+ or the new 24" ultra sharp at $300+, but I'd roll the dice on that deal tonight. I got the same deal from a seller who seems to be out of refurbs, but Green Sum has a refurb Shimian for $209 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Used-Refurb...=item20f1090a5b
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Jan 31, 2015 00:10
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Anae posted:That's the Dell U2515H right? I was wondering about that, can't find much info or reviews on the web but all the specs seem to hit the sweet spots for me. Anyone know much about it? Yeah I thought the same thing but on the basis that the 24 and 27 inch Dell panels are good I figured this would be too. If it turns out to be poo poo when it arrives on Sunday I'll post a complaint.
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Jan 31, 2015 01:09
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Captain Yossarian posted:Picked up one of those "used refurbished" 2560x1440 Korean monitors on eBay for 175$. I don't think mine has ever been touched before. No dead pixels, no backlight bleed, no issues at all. I only slightly regret getting glossy because MY GIRLFRIEND makes jewelry in the same room as my gaming setup and it's like a mirror with all the super-bright lights she uses... Can you check to see if it's overclockable? Some of those korean monitors can be pushed to 120hz (or at the very least, 96hz). If it only has a dual-link DVI input then it likely is.
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Jan 31, 2015 01:51
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SwissCM posted:Can you check to see if it's overclockable? Some of those korean monitors can be pushed to 120hz (or at the very least, 96hz). If it only has a dual-link DVI input then it likely is. Edit: I typed out a whole bunch of words about how anything that wasn't the single DVI input QNIX/X-STAR probably wouldn't overclock, but then I remembered monitors like the Yamakasi Catleap that could also do this. From what I'm reading, technically the Shimian QH270 should be able to overclock, but the results people have reported seem to be pretty poor and the word is that they top out around 70 Hz before seeing artifacts. Zorilla fucked around with this message at 08:01 on Jan 31, 2015 |
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Jan 31, 2015 02:41
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tesilential posted:Could you please link the one you bought? Have been debating between a new one for $350+ or the new 24" ultra sharp at $300+, but I'd roll the dice on that deal tonight. SwissCM posted:Can you check to see if it's overclockable? Some of those korean monitors can be pushed to 120hz (or at the very least, 96hz). If it only has a dual-link DVI input then it likely is.
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Jan 31, 2015 05:36
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Captain Yossarian posted:This is the one I ended up getting. http://preview.tinyurl.com/jw2cgfm Looks like it is at $179 now which is still hella cheap. Don't know if I hit the jackpot or not but mine is basically perfect. Bezels are a little large but I am only rolling with the one screen right now so it doesn't bother me at all. Yeah the shimian probably has the most prominant bezel out of all of them, partially cause it's kinda big and partially cause of the dumb white stripe. And even though I have mine vesa mounted the part of the stand connected to the monitor doesn't come off without dismantling part of it. Neither of those bother me enough to not make it worth it though, no dead pixels or backlight bleed for $180 was pretty sweet.
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Jan 31, 2015 06:29
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So I'm having some buyer's remorse about the Swift, I think mostly because it's a TN panel and with a panel that size it's hard to avoid having a bad angle on part of the screen. I'm thinking about switching to a 4K IPS panel, which I've wanted for programming and such for some time, and then waiting for Acer to get my G-sync fix. What are the crowd-favorite 4K displays? I might be able to get a deal on a friend's ASUS PQ321Q, which looks good, but I'm not sure what other good options are.
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Jan 31, 2015 21:05
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Subjunctive posted:So I'm having some buyer's remorse about the Swift, I think mostly because it's a TN panel and with a panel that size it's hard to avoid having a bad angle on part of the screen. The BenQ BL3210PH is a high quality 32" 4K IPS, that comes with a really high quality stand and a SST design (a HUGE benefit over the original MST 4K screens like the Asus that I think puts them out of contention) for only $1000 flat.
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Feb 1, 2015 00:49
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BurritoJustice posted:The BenQ BL3210PH is a high quality 32" 4K IPS, that comes with a really high quality stand and a SST design (a HUGE benefit over the original MST 4K screens like the Asus that I think puts them out of contention) for only $1000 flat. (Assuming you mean BL3201.) That display looks pretty great -- how does it manage to be 1/3 cheaper than the ASUS?
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Feb 1, 2015 01:04
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Cause it says BENQ on the label.
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Feb 1, 2015 02:02
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Don Lapre posted:Cause it says BENQ on the label. Best possible reason. Thanks!
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Feb 1, 2015 02:13
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Thinking about picking up a QNIX QX2710 from this seller: http://www.ebay.com/itm/QNIX-QX2710...=item1e876ecd0b I will be gaming in 1440p on a GTX 970. I play a lot of single player AAA titles, and while I've been on a hiatus from FPS for a while, I am definitely looking to get back into the fray once the new setup arrives. Does anyone have a better recommendation, or a reason to go for a different monitor? My display budget is ~$350.
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Nuja posted:Thinking about picking up a QNIX QX2710 from this seller: http://www.ebay.com/itm/QNIX-QX2710...=item1e876ecd0b I have exactly this setup (with a couple 24" 1080p on either side) and it is great, highly recommended.
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Feb 1, 2015 03:35
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This stand fits them perfectly (other than not being tall enough for portrait http://www.amazon.com/HP-ZR22w-21-5-LCD-Monitor/dp/B00HES611S
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Feb 1, 2015 03:39
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FormatAmerica posted:I have exactly this setup (with a couple 24" 1080p on either side) and it is great, highly recommended. I'm in a living room with 4 decently sized windows covered by blinds. I assume I want to go for matte. The version I linked earlier was matte, but I just realized it's the SE variation. Looks like non-SE are more expensive than I was anticipating. I'm scouring, but does any one see a posting for an original one that's below $350? I guess the same would go for the X-Star DP2710; my needed specifications are kind of expensive. Hmm... does anyone have experience with glossy panels? Would it be worth it to spend the extra cash on matte over glossy? This would probably be the panel I went with if it wasn't. Can someone point out the difference besides price between this display and this one? Edit: Upon further inspection, it looks like the listing titles are just mislabeled, the item specifications list the correct model. The less expensive one is the glossy model, the more expensive being the matte model. Nuja fucked around with this message at 04:35 on Feb 1, 2015 |
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Nuja posted:I'm in a living room with 4 decently sized windows covered by blinds. I assume I want to go for matte. The version I linked earlier was matte Not necessarily. I have a glossy and matte display side by side and the glossy one is easier to read when the blind in my room is open.
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arbybaconator posted:Looks like amazon is selling the new Dell 34" Curved Widescreen for a great deal, but with a slightly different model #: I couldn't resist buying it at this price, especially since I had some Amazon gift cards. It was delivered Wednesday, and it's glorious playing games in 21:9. There is a bit of bleed in the top corners, but I only see it when the screen is black. I haven't really noticed it during any dark games, so I'm fine with it. I'm also fine with the 60Hz, honestly. Edit: Not sure why Amazon is listing the different model no. It was the U3415W I received. digital penitence fucked around with this message at 05:53 on Feb 1, 2015 |
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heavy liquid posted:I couldn't resist buying it at this price, especially since I had some Amazon gift cards. It was delivered Wednesday, and it's glorious playing games in 21:9. Grats! I picked up two. Here they are on top my Ikea Bekant adjustable standing desk. Love these things. 
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Wowporn posted:I got the same deal from a seller who seems to be out of refurbs, but Green Sum has a refurb Shimian for $209 It says "does not work with macs." Any reason why dual link DVI won't work through my thunderbolt 2 ports with an adapter?
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