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Joe Son posted:Is Gsync something that will be improved on, hardware-wise, in the upcoming future? I'm trying decide if I want to pay the premium now or wait until they start selling gsync 2.0 modules or whatever it is that's inside the monitors. I don't think they're going to go back to the module thing. I have one of the very few monitors that ever supported upgrading to G-Sync and by the time I got it the modules were out of production and expensive as hell on eBay with no indication that they'll return. I think the "2.0" version is already out as well, wasn't that where they made it work over HDMI?
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Sidesaddle Cavalry posted:Samsung and LG fight each other in this segment with competing IPS panels: Samsung S32F351 and LG 32MP58HQ-P. You can also buy a sad, sad QNIX gaming monitor that only has a 144Hz TN panel with no variable refresh (-Sync) at all: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA2RY4AS9055
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I'm in Japan and in the market for a 1080p monitor around 24" inch. The HDMI connector on my GFX(GTX970) has shat itself, so I'd like to get something with display-port. I'm guessing IPS is the way to go and I have have a budget of 30,000yen. I'm surrounded by Iiyama and Eizo monitors, but it's hard to find decent information about them. XB2485WSU-2 seems real nice if I can find a deal, but I doubt it. Can anyone offer a suggestion for a good monitor, or about the quality of Iiyama and Eizo monitors?
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Daddys hot grill posted:I'm in Japan and in the market for a 1080p monitor around 24" inch. The HDMI connector on my GFX(GTX970) has shat itself, so I'd like to get something with display-port. I'm guessing IPS is the way to go and I have have a budget of 30,000yen. Eizo has always reviewed pretty well. They make a lot of utilitarian looking professional displays, so I'm not aware if they have anything really marketed to consumers, but Japan is kinda weird WRT markets.
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Rashomon posted:I've had a Shimian 1440p monitor that I got on eBay about 5 years ago, at the beginning of the "cheap Korean monitor" craze. I'm building a new computer right now, mostly for gaming and video editing (semi-pro), and I'm curious if there's anything out there that would be an easy and cost effective upgrade that keeps the things I like about this monitor (1440p, IPS) and is maybe better in some ways (better stand/mount, higher refresh rate, maybe something that works with G-Sync?, even a smaller bezel or better connectivity would be a small plus). Anyone have thoughts? Anyone have any ideas about this? Or, another way to ask, is what is the current best <$500 1440p monitor for gaming and does it have anything to offer over my Korean no-frills monitor from 5 years ago?
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Wasabi the J posted:Eizo has always reviewed pretty well. I'm aware of one consumer screen that's really top end and has a lot of fancy features, the Foris FS 2735, I think foris is a customer line.
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Rashomon posted:Anyone have any ideas about this? Or, another way to ask, is what is the current best <$500 1440p monitor for gaming and does it have anything to offer over my Korean no-frills monitor from 5 years ago? Amazon has Dell's GSync-equipped 24" (TN-paneled -_-) for $399.99 at the moment: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01IOO4SGK I'm told it's a very decent TN panel...but it's still a TN panel. This is the lowest it's ever been priced.
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Oh wow, I didn't know ASUS makes a 23.6" 4K IPS G-Sync monitor now. That's a lotta PPI. Kind of interested in seeing how ship rigging and other tiny details show up on World of Warships with it and such http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236690
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Sidesaddle Cavalry posted:Oh wow, I didn't know ASUS makes a 23.6" 4K IPS G-Sync monitor now. That's a lotta PPI. Kind of interested in seeing how ship rigging and other tiny details show up on World of Warships with it and such http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236690 It's not G-Sync - it's Adaptive Sync. Still looks like a good monitor, even if I'm a bit skeptical of the price.
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So whats the hot 2560x1600 27" these days? Still the korean ones?
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KOTEX GOD OF BLOOD posted:So whats the hot 2560x1600 27" these days? Still the korean ones? Nothing. There's almost no 16:10 monitors left.
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KOTEX GOD OF BLOOD posted:So whats the hot 2560x1600 27" these days? Still the korean ones? There's some Korean ones like: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Perfect-Pixel-FIRST-F301GD-LIVE-30-LED-2560x1600-LG-IPS-DVI-D-PC-Monitor-Matte-/121296923082 but they're not gonna have any of the hot new features or any features, really. The one I linked is also dual link DVI so you need to have a video card that can support it.
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Sorry I meant 2560x1440, yes.
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I'm about to get a Dell UltraSharp U2414H after some recommendations and looking things up online. Does that sound like a good call? I'm kinda clueless as far as screens are concerned.
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I've narrowed it down that I'm getting behind the eye headaches from my two external work monitors. The laptop, my personal laptop, and home external screen do not do this. Would this bee a sign of an old monitor, uncalibrated, or something else? All I can find on Google is people talking about staring at monitors for long periods of time.
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huhu posted:I've narrowed it down that I'm getting behind the eye headaches from my two external work monitors. The laptop, my personal laptop, and home external screen do not do this. Would this bee a sign of an old monitor, uncalibrated, or something else? All I can find on Google is people talking about staring at monitors for long periods of time. Probably PWM backlight. If you want to diagnose, turn them up to full brightness and see if they still give headaches. PWM dims the backlight not by making it dimmer but having it flicker very fast.
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xthetenth posted:Probably PWM backlight. If you want to diagnose, turn them up to full brightness and see if they still give headaches. PWM dims the backlight not by making it dimmer but having it flicker very fast. Ah yes, that would make sense. I felt the screen was too bright so I turned it down which was probably about when the headaches started. Is there some alternative way to make a screen less bright(maybe not the right word, intensity?) besides reducing the brightness?
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huhu posted:Ah yes, that would make sense. I felt the screen was too bright so I turned it down which was probably about when the headaches started. Is there some alternative way to make a screen less bright(maybe not the right word, intensity?) besides reducing the brightness? No, not really. You need new monitors that are flicker free. I went through the same problem myself and the only solution was a new monitor, luckily flicker free is a common feature on a lot of monitors these days.
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AVeryLargeRadish posted:luckily flicker free is a common feature on a lot of monitors these days. It was also when we used CCFLs instead LEDs for the backlight, but hey ho
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I've got a new rig with a GTX 1070 in it that I am looking to get a monitor for. The last monitor that I bought was an Asus PB278Q that I got on sale for $350 a couple years ago. It is easily the best display I've ever had in comparison to a 24" Samsung monitor and an ancient L1900J I have. Definitely would like to stick with 1440p and an IPS panel preferably. I live in Canada, so that will likely limit my options, but my budget is loosely somewhere around $400 - $500. I would have happily continued using the monitor I have, but my new rig is not replacing the old one. Can someone make me some recommendations?
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GettaRobo posted:I've got a new rig with a GTX 1070 in it that I am looking to get a monitor for. The last monitor that I bought was an Asus PB278Q that I got on sale for $350 a couple years ago. It is easily the best display I've ever had in comparison to a 24" Samsung monitor and an ancient L1900J I have. Definitely would like to stick with 1440p and an IPS panel preferably. I live in Canada, so that will likely limit my options, but my budget is loosely somewhere around $400 - $500. I would have happily continued using the monitor I have, but my new rig is not replacing the old one. Can someone make me some recommendations? The PB278Q is still your best option for $500 CAD, to spend less you would need to go with a smaller or lower end monitor. The BenQ GW2765HT(review) is a good option if you want to get something cheaper but not quite as good as the PB278Q. Between the two I would go with the BenQ, it's a lot cheaper but only a little bit worse than the Asus.
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AVeryLargeRadish posted:The PB278Q is still your best option for $500 CAD, to spend less you would need to go with a smaller or lower end monitor. The BenQ GW2765HT(review) is a good option if you want to get something cheaper but not quite as good as the PB278Q. I kind of figured that might be the case, but wanted to be sure. Much appreciated.
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I'm getting a 144hz gsync monitor and would like know something: For those games that have a hard 60 fps cap such as Dark Souls 3, is it advisable to run the monitor at 60hz, 120hz or 144hz?
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Otakufag posted:I'm getting a 144hz gsync monitor and would like know something: For those games that have a hard 60 fps cap such as Dark Souls 3, is it advisable to run the monitor at 60hz, 120hz or 144hz? Gsync should just adjust the refresh rate to 60Hz for those games, that's why it's there.
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AVeryLargeRadish posted:Gsync should just adjust the refresh rate to 60Hz for those games, that's why it's there. But is there any advantage in running 60fps capped games at 120hz? Since 120 is a multiple of 60 it shouldn't cause any problems, does it?
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Otakufag posted:But is there any advantage in running 60fps capped games at 120hz? Since 120 is a multiple of 60 it shouldn't cause any problems, does it? You don't understand, regardless of what refresh rate you have the monitor set to the monitor will adjust its refresh rate(Hz) to match the game FPS, if the game runs at 60Hz the monitor will run at 60Hz for that game regardless of what the refresh rate is set to in the monitor's OSD or the GPU control panel, if the game puts enough strain on your computer that it drops down to 55 FPS for a few seconds the monitor will run at 55Hz for that time and so on.
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I use the monitor's limit to keep Skyrim at 60 after disabling VSync since physics go nuts over 60. That's the only use I have had for it, otherwise I just leave it at 144.
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Can someone talk me out of buying the dell s2417dg 24 inch for $400.00? It seems like such a good deal but I keep telling myself to wait for Black Friday. 165hz, fantastic tn color accuracy, pixel density and so on. If I'm interested in buying a "gaming" monitor is there anything that comes close at this price level?
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Ample posted:Can someone talk me out of buying the dell s2417dg 24 inch for $400.00? It seems like such a good deal but I keep telling myself to wait for Black Friday. 165hz, fantastic tn color accuracy, pixel density and so on. If I'm interested in buying a "gaming" monitor is there anything that comes close at this price level? It's pretty rare for high end monitors to go on sale for Black Friday, but if that price isn't going anywhere you should wait since there is no knowing what will happen. Even if that monitor does not go on sale what if the 27" version goes on sale for like $450? Or if one of the 27" IPS versions goes on sale for $500?
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This question is probably an obvious one, but: I want to get a 40" 4K monitor, and I want to drop less than a grand. I'm basically playing roulette on Korean resale, aren't I?
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A bit outside the norm for this thread, but can anyone point me to any good sources for small but relatively high-resolution displays? I'm looking to restart my car PC project but the 480p Lilliput and Xenarc displays I was looking at ten years ago just don't cut it anymore, though they still sell basically the same things. I'd rather not do what it seems most do and just mount a tablet to the dash, I like Android but it's a lot harder to integrate random interface hardware beyond basic bluetooth OBD adapters and USB audio. I'm looking for something in the 7-9" range, preferably 16:9. 1080p is where I'm mostly thinking, but 720p would be acceptable at the smaller end and I'll never complain about more pixels. HDMI input strongly preferred. Integrated touch would be nice but not necessary. I thought it'd be easier to find this sort of thing thanks to smartphones and tablets making small 1080p/1440p displays common, but aside from the iPad DisplayPort adapters there doesn't seem to be much about using their displays with a normal computer. Unfortunately those are larger than I'd like because they're 4:3 and being DisplayPort only severely limits my choices for the core PC. Almost everything worth using has HDMI or something that can be cheaply adapted to HDMI (DVI, DisplayPort++).
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I want to buy a Samsung KS8500 for the HDR and while my Denon 2113 has 4k passthrough, it only has HDMI 1.4 with out HDCP 2.2  Am I going to need a new AVR?
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Basic Chunnel posted:This question is probably an obvious one, but: I want to get a 40" 4K monitor, and I want to drop less than a grand. I'm basically playing roulette on Korean resale, aren't I? It's a TV, but this is considered one of the best options for a TV to use as a monitor. I was really happy using an LG model for the most part, but I wouldn't recommend that model because it had issues with dimming that couldn't be turned off fully. The Sony will even take 1080p@120Hz input as well. Edit: Fixed the link. Sinestro fucked around with this message at 02:50 on Nov 16, 2016 |
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xthetenth posted:Probably PWM backlight. If you want to diagnose, turn them up to full brightness and see if they still give headaches. PWM dims the backlight not by making it dimmer but having it flicker very fast. Or point a camera at it and see if you get rolling shutter artifacts in the form of horizontal bands across the screen. That should tell you immediately. Using a monitor a full brightness might trigger a headache for its own reasons. Basic Chunnel posted:This question is probably an obvious one, but: I want to get a 40" 4K monitor, and I want to drop less than a grand. I'm basically playing roulette on Korean resale, aren't I? There is the Seiki Pro SM40UNP, but it's a budget MVA panel, so it has bad gamma shift outside the center of the screen at typical computer viewing distances (2.5-4 feet) and awful backlight uniformity. The taskbar and Start button on the one I tried were considerably darker than the rest of the screen. It also had motion artifacts I could only describe as "vertical interlacing". This was very apparent when playing games that use 2D pixel art like Axiom Verge and a flickering sprite was being displayed (e.g. damage invincibility frames). The Seiki uses a Samsung Super MVA panel, while some of the others like the Philips BDM4065UC and Crossover 404K use a TP Vision panel, but I believe those have the same weaknesses with gamma shift and backlight uniformity. I'd also advise against 40" based on ergonomics alone. It was too much vertical space for me and it was doing a number on my neck. If you're willing to go down to 32", there's the Seiki SM32UNP ($400), Edit: never mind, the Amazon listing for the Seiki 32" says it uses Super MVA. I didn't know that tech made it to displays with > 110 ppi yet. I wonder if has the same shortcomings as the 40" Zorilla fucked around with this message at 06:04 on Nov 16, 2016 |
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wolrah posted:A bit outside the norm for this thread, but can anyone point me to any good sources for small but relatively high-resolution displays? There are a lot of various bare screens on eBay with driver boards like: Look at this on eBay http://www.ebay.com/itm/191334234506 Often they have lower native resolutions (I think that one is 1280x800) but if your doing a custom case it's not a bad solution.
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Just want to confirm before I jump on it, this is the Acer XB271HU that's been recommended earlier in this thread with the G-sync and 1440p? http://www.staples.com/Acer-27in-Predator-Gaming-Monitor-Refurbished/product_2256385 I know it's refurbished but I've never had a problem with that and this is the best price I've found.
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Biodome posted:Just want to confirm before I jump on it, this is the Acer XB271HU that's been recommended earlier in this thread with the G-sync and 1440p? The specs match up. Acer themselves have a refurbished sale web portal, but generally the Predators don't last long on there. Case in point: http://acerrecertified.com/Acer-Predator-Monitor-27-4k-UHD-3840-x-2160-IPS-Panel-XB271HK-bmiprz BIG HEADLINE fucked around with this message at 04:31 on Nov 16, 2016 |
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Biodome posted:Just want to confirm before I jump on it, this is the Acer XB271HU that's been recommended earlier in this thread with the G-sync and 1440p? They do explicitly mention IPS and a 4ms pixel response on that page. It's good that you checked because Acer used to do this thing (and may still do it) where they would take one of their popular models (like the XB270HU) and tack on a suffix that may or may not appear on the product page that indicates that it's the crapper TN version.
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