#old-monitors-and-tv

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summer obsidian
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Significantly too much filing later

slate hamlet
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hey so I just realized what the heck is going on with rtings hdr ratings?

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they have a top 5 hdr monitors list and literally the #1 only has a 7.5 for hdr?

fading wyvern
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probably being compared to Big ol' TV hdr like tht OLED that has .1ms response time PepeHands

slate hamlet
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I guess there's a bit of a push and pull in that regard

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easier to pack hdr features into a bigger panel probably

full moat
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its all about what you value in a monitor

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the more specific things you value, the rarer the monitor will be

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because it can be hard as heck to actually physically make that monitor

slate hamlet
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I guess I'll have to wait a while anway

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but basically I want an actually hdr 4k monitor for watching movies super good

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problem is, it has to be a monitor, and less than $900 maybe pls that'd be nice

full moat
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if you "just" want it for watching movies, it might be simpler to get a tv with HDR support

slate hamlet
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I'd really rather it be a monitor, like, in general

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I'll wait a while

full moat
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best of luck in your search :)

limber crest
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Im happy with my 4k monitor, its hdr1000 43" 144hz, but I think its running around double your budget.

Im sure there have to be cheaper options by now though, Ive had it for a bit now.

slate hamlet
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jesus

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that's too much money man

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I think I might just get one of those weird portable monitors

limber crest
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I had trouble finding 4k hdr1000 with 144hz refresh rate when I was looking, not many options

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if you're ok with lower refresh rate maybe

slate hamlet
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I am cuz just for media

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what is this monitor you have and also how's that singular kidney treating you

limber crest
slate hamlet
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the 27" inch version for 1200

fading wyvern
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yup LG oled at tht point pepeCool

summer obsidian
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It looks nice, granted I don't have my desktop built yet so for now it just looks pretty 😂

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It's nicer than the junky TN monitor I had?😂

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I just haven't built my desktop because I need to focus on my exams at the end of the semester. All the parts are sitting in my room back home

summer obsidian
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Yea college be kinda expensive to have to retake these classes so I'm tryna focus up pass and then I can be completely unproductive after

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I mean I'm taking two gen eds over the summer with a community college and transferring them back to my University. Those will just be a lot less intense than my engineering classes

summer obsidian
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Best of luck to you👍 what are you studying?

sage trail
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masters 🤮

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i would cry myself to sleep at night if i had to keep taking college classes after my senior year

sage trail
celest lark
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my monitor is flickering but not shutting off and turning back on mainly just lightly flickering

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what should I do?

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should I try uninstalling my graphics drivers?

summer obsidian
steel garden
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Both of you will get As!

summer obsidian
vivid wave
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is a 27 inch 1440p pixel density good or bad

summer obsidian
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Pretty good based on my understanding, they don't really make 1440p monitors any smaller than 27inch

fleet spade
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laptop monitors

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but 27in is fine imo, even for 1080p

vivid wave
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24 1080p was blurry for me

summer obsidian
summer obsidian
vivid wave
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right next to it

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close

summer obsidian
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Here's Benq's table for distance at which its indistinguishable. there's another chart I prefer to use but I can't find it and Benq is a monitor manufacturer

vivid wave
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oh got thanks

limber crest
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these dont handle 1440p i think, but it would be somewhere after 1080p but before 4k

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tyler's is more useful but something like that is probably the graph you meant

summer obsidian
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That's the graph I was looking for I forgot they didn't have 1440 on them

limber crest
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i didnt realize it either lol, i mainly use it for 4k

summer obsidian
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Yea, it helped me understand why I shouldn't buy a 480p 80" tv to sit 2 feet away

misty gyro
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The reason the graphs don't include 1440p is because there's no 1440 TVs

summer obsidian
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That's fair, it definetly helped me justify my 1080p 24" monitor though since I sit like 3 and a half feet from it

slate hamlet
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It's weird cuz I can't find 24" 1440p but I've found tablet like displays at 4k

summer obsidian
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I think its because the view distance on laptops and tablets is so short and then they assume people willing to pay for 1440p or 4k displays buy bigger than 24"? idk

full moat
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its all about the intended consumption pattern for the given device

slate hamlet
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1440p: the neglected resolution

misty gyro
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Those charts all measure in feet, so they're clearly designed for TV size screens. Let me see if I can find one that has smaller sizes.

weak sierra
misty gyro
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I would love to see a 130 inch screen at 1080p lol

full moat
fading wyvern
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Projectors can fill that need

full moat
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except when you dont have the space for projectors

fading wyvern
full moat
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or the environment works against you (say its in a very sunny room)

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and yes, you can use a high lumen projector in that kind of enviro, but if you really really want high visibility, you are going to be pumping a LOT of power into that projector

fading wyvern
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Eh it’s fine using a projector from like 2012 just close the blinds and blast some lord of the rings

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8/10 good experience

full moat
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which is changing the enviro

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which is why i mentioned it above :)

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there is a reason we use LED walls for outdoor displays

fading wyvern
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Oh yeah it’s just my use case didn’t mean to start any type of argument lol

full moat
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no no, not a argument at all :)

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let me just find a work photo

fading wyvern
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This is my weird setup for reference

full moat
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crop from a bigger photo, and i cant show the rest of it because logos etc

fading wyvern
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Must be fun to setup

full moat
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but that wall there is about 10 inches or so thick

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and IF you give it enough power, you need sunglasses to look at it

fading wyvern
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Create a artificial sun I dare you

full moat
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its super simple and fast to setup

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unlike the predecessor

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which was a finicky hell on earth experience

fading wyvern
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How beefy are the heat sinks on those panels anyways

full moat
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there arent really any

fading wyvern
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Unexpected steveconfused

full moat
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indeed

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this is a truly horrendous quality shot

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but that is the back of it

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1 light per tile

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well, 1 light per subtile really

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and 4 lights per "module" that you use

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reason for the colours is that its not engaged fully by the controller yet

visual pilot
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Naed, do you think those would benefit from a heatsink?

full moat
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no

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it would just make them annoying to work with

visual pilot
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(I just remember this bit from Noctua's Industrial Applications example)

full moat
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thats for the lights

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think things like follow/chase-lights

visual pilot
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Ah

full moat
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you know, the light cone that follows the solo artist etc

visual pilot
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Thought that would also apply for projectors for those things

full moat
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projectors, when they get big enough, have liquid cooling

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generally, when they require a 32A cable, they are also water cooled

visual pilot
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Hm, they have their own radiator?

full moat
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the panels up above are just LED panels

full moat
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own radiator with a fridge/chilling element

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because cooling those kind of projectors by air would make them insanely loud

visual pilot
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(Unless you get Noctua to make you a huge heatsink :D)

full moat
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it would not help

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you cant move the heat fast enough without doubling the size of the unit (case that it is mounted in)

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for reference, the last water cooled projector i saw was roughly the same size as the couch in this picture

visual pilot
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interesting

full moat
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as in, projector with its cooling fits in a flightcase (with wheels etc) roughly the size of one of those couches

visual pilot
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damn

full moat
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yes

fading wyvern
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Let’s say I’m getting tired of my 2012 projector and had enough space for one of those screen setups in my house... how much would that cost me and what kinda power consumption are we talking

full moat
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that wall can eat about 32A

fading wyvern
full moat
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each module of 4 tiles is about 20k usd (is my guess)

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pricing on the consumer side is not exactly something i ever stumble on for stuff like this

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because its never sold to consumers

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and the consumers that might actually end up with it, dont ask for a price

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make sense?

fading wyvern
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Completely

full moat
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good :)

fading wyvern
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Glad I don’t have that eating away at my electric bill

full moat
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:)

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the 32A is very much a "up to" number

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because the brightness can go so silly high on them

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but yea, they like power :)

warped night
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sigh I think my Asus VG248QE is starting to take a dump

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Every so often my screen when playing on my Switch just goes blank for about 5 to 10 seconds.

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I think the HDMI Controller is making its final plea for sweet release.

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The DisplayPort controller already kicked the bucket last year.

wheat obsidian
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I don't think I've ever had a display port go bad, wtf?

misty gyro
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It happens sometimes. I think it was the 5700XT that was known to have HDMI ports go bad more frequently than others. Usually it's due to the cable moving too much while it's plugged in, and the soldered connection to the PCB loses contact.

steep siren
wild coralBOT
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river edge
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You need the internal board?

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Or is it a brick?

steep siren
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A brick

radiant flume
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👍

misty gyro
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It's an external supply it looks like

misty gyro
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Needs to be at least 100W

tranquil geyser
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Hi all, I have a a Samsung 27" s27e330h.
Every now and then it just doesn't want to display anything. The only way to solve this is to unplug the hdmi cable, wait a couple seconds then plug it in again. I would say this works maybe 3-10 times. Every other time, I need to shut down my computer wait maybe 20min then turn it back on.

Anyone come a crossed an issue like this?

steep siren
river edge
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Europe. Hmmmm

misty gyro
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That's a broad range of countries to cover, which one exactly?

river edge
steep siren
# misty gyro Needs to be at least 100W

The one I linked from Newegg doesn't show the wattage so it's hard to check, but it has the right head I think from the pic and it has the BN44-00794A code which should be right

steep siren
misty gyro
steep siren
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read*

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BN44-00794A should be the right reference (I think)

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But if you enter that info on Newegg you get a bunch of different supplies that have different heads

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The pic on the one I linked has a horizontal ridge mid-way across the head which looks like what I have on mine

misty gyro
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Is it under warranty? If so you can contact Samsung and get a new one

steep siren
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Nope

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They say they can repair it for me but it would cost as much as a new one, but that implies they have spare power supplies so I don't understand why they can't just sell me a new power supply

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And it cost me over a grand so I don't want to buy a new one..

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I really do think my best (or only) course of action is to try and buy a new power supply off-market but it just seems impossible to find the right one

steep siren
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If anyone could confirm/deny that the power supply is the likely culprit would be helpful aswell; at first the screen would not boot up (black screen/no led) when I started my pc. As temporary workaround, if I unplugged it/plugged it back in/wriggled the connector on the power supply side (not screen side) a bit it would work again for a while. But it started losing power more and more often and now it doesn't work at all anymore

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Also the power supply is hot but the screen is cool to the touch.

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And the screen usually runs very warm (by design)

river edge
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That actually sounds like the power port soldered to the internal board

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Rather than the power supply itself

steep siren
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Is this something I could try fixing myself? The back panel has no screws and the last time I tried tacking one of these off I completely rekked the screen

river edge
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If you can find a new port and can solder it to the board inside

harsh anchor
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hi peeps,

need helps with selecting monitor mount for dual monitors, i currently own this monitor:

https://www.newegg.ca/black-gigabyte-aorus-cv27q-27/p/N82E16824012009?Item=N82E16824012009

but i'm searching for just a secondary frameless monitor thats mountable as well, I see that most mounts arent height adjustable so im worried if i get a second monitor like this for example, the heights would be different.

https://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=22_1953_1958&item_id=168149

This is the monitor mount im considering:

https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B009S750LA/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=AX105E1SOBX1B&psc=1

steep siren
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Is it standard for such expensive monitors to only last 3-4 years?

misty gyro
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Sadly yes

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Electronics these days are engineered to barely outlive the warranty, and $amsung is one of the worst offenders

steep siren
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Okay thanks, mid range Asus here I come

copper star
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Has there been a big shortage in monitors too? Bought an Asus monitor through B&H a couple weeks ago that was supposed to ship when they had stock (they said they expected it in 7-14 days) and it still hasn't shipped.

visual pilot
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Well, not really, but some monitors may be running in and out of stock

harsh anchor
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Could someone recommend me a 27" frameless/mountable monitor that's half the cost or less then my main monitor, that I can use as a secondary monitor for media consumption and contrast ? My main monitor is a Aorus CV27Q 27" Frameless

grave adder
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What is the BEST ultra wide monitor on the market. 50% of the time it would be used for office work and 50% for flight sim

fading wyvern
grave adder
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I am trying to replace my current dual Asus 24" mk214H set up when I build my new computer

fading wyvern
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its a absolute beast of a display overall, just $1400. you wouldn't necessarily need 240 hz for flight sim. LG 34GN850-B 34 is a great LG display at 160hz and is a bit smaller for under a grand. LG 38GL950G-B 38 Inch is way more then the samsung but has more of the same feature sets

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the g9 is absolutely massive though at 31 pounds and 49 inches again lol

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Its a hard display to compete with... just go with the samsung if u want complete immersion @grave adder

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like the LG 38GL950G-B has hdr 400 while the samsung has HDR 1000 which is honestly super impressive. basically the samsung is just bigger badder better... pixel density is solid at 108 ppi and the refresh rate is insane

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I'd personally just go for the 34GN850-B since it also has hdr 400 and good enough refresh... and is $400 cheaper...

grave adder
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Thank you!

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Massive real-estate is a huge selling point. In my day to day I use excel sheets that span both my monitors and I'm still scrolling around

fading wyvern
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I hope youll post a picture when u get it lol

grave adder
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Will be a few months. Home ownership is expensive and unfortunately the Honey Do list takes priority of my new desktop. But I am planing the build now

wheat obsidian
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something makes me feel like there may be another Housing market crash. Loans are way up and income has barely changed. People just got a momentary boost

misty gyro
slate hamlet
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It's been 13 since the last one...

summer obsidian
wheat obsidian
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I'm betting on the bear, not going to even entertain the thought of buying a house RN, esp since prices everywhere are up 15-20+%

lucid flax
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Asking this here, because I think it's closest to right. Any recommendations for Displayport cables? I have a GPU and monitor that can use it, but the monitor only came with HDMI.

sage trail
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amazonbasics

vernal remnant
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monoprice as well

keen helm
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Any recommendations for a quad moniter setup (3 on the bottem and one on the top) with a mount, this will be used for stock trading for my dad.

desert fable
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should my friend get a 1080p or 1440p monitor for his 3070

fading wyvern
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1440 M27q

fading wyvern
misty gyro
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#rules number 9, no buying, selling, etc

mystic iris
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Didn't see that last part of the sentence

misty gyro
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No problem, now you know

rich crypt
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I feel like I need a new monitor sooner or later, with my pc, seems like the 60hz is bringing me down

misty gyro
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M27Q is a pretty decent 1440p high refresh monitor, especially for the price

rich crypt
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on my Newegg wishlist now

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my Fiance prefers TVs for monitors, gotta admit. with that most people don't need to buy desktop speakers

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FreeSync Premium that's AMD, right?

misty gyro
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Yes but freesync works on nvidia too, it just might not be perfect

rich crypt
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alright, still great for me my GPU is AMD

slate hamlet
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Depending on your budget going into tvs could get you some amazing panels

fading wyvern
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shy LG oled

slate hamlet
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Nah

fading wyvern
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.1 ms pixel response and amazing hdr and incredible color out the box 120hz 4K true blacks 🤷‍♂️

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Ah and hdmi 2.1

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Did I mention it’s about the same cost as a ultrawide?

fair surge
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Does any of your guys monitors have an issue where when you turn the pc on the monitor doesnt turn on.
i mean like everything is working fine INSIDE of the monitor but just the display isnt there
i entered my password without event the monitors display being on and it worked so ik its something with the display
the display ONLY turns on when I mess around with the monitor buttons
like the buttons to change the settings for specifically the monitor

rich crypt
summer obsidian
thorn brook
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Think buying an old dell CRT for 15 is worth it?

misty gyro
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Which one? If it's a large one or high refresh rate totally usable.

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Just don't keep anything magnetic near it, like speakers

thorn brook
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dell e773c

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Just looked it up. Not a grail crt by any stretch, but usable.

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Have always been curious about how they look with newer games.

misty gyro
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E means economy model. Usable but not great like you said.

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1280x1024 isn't bad at least

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You just have to hope the tube doesn't burn out lol

thorn brook
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The guy has a few tube tvs and monitors. Looks like a storage unit cleanout

misty gyro
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$15 is worth some experimenting to me

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Maybe you could overclock it 😂

thorn brook
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Lol I feel like tubes are already maxed haha

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I think I may but this guy.

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It's funny I wanted to buy something like this as a joke for my boss a while back when he started rocking an old model m keyboard.

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Then came to the conclusion that it wasn't happening lol

misty gyro
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I might get one for my wife, I built her a retro gaming pc for Christmas and that would complete the aesthetics

thorn brook
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Would be awesome. Full throwback gaming!

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I kinda want to play perfect dark now

sick plume
thorn brook
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Nah would ruin it. CRTs on top of getting harder to come buy also have a few benefits over LCDs that are great for retro games

sick plume
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Was talking about when the tube dies

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To keep the theme

misty gyro
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When the tube dies I buy another crt, cheaper and easier than modding an lcd

jagged bluff
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Is there such thing as Moniter Gpu bottleneck, where having a rtx 3080 and a 75hz moniter 1920x1080 cause any bottlenecks ? (Apologizes if this sounds ridiculous)

jagged bluff
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maybe i was mistaking it for something else

visual pilot
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@jagged bluff it does have a bottleneck of sorts of you not being to see the fps your gpu is outputting, but it's not physically limiting it, just limiting how useful the performance is for your eyes.

summer obsidian
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*unless v-sync is on.
Then your card may be trying to only maintain 75 fps instead of anything higher

visual pilot
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V sync sucky

quartz sandal
summer obsidian
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Oh yea I'm not recommending v-sync I was just saying that's the only way what monitor you have plugged in impacts your framerate beyond the resolution

analog dock
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Hey guys! Just installed windows on my new pc :D My pc is connected to an LG 49WL95C-W monitor via Display Port. At first the usb ports on the monitor were working to carry mouse + keyboard signal. But after I restarted the ports on the display are not working anymore via Display Port. Still working via USB-C to my mac. Anyway to get those to work?

pseudo heart
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@analog dock keep the USB C cable connected to use the USB ports as a hub

analog dock
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Right now USB C cable is connected to MacBook and Display Port is connected to PC. That way its easy for to just switch inputs on display to switch between computers. The USB ports were working just fine only being connected thru Display Port, but then after a restart it stopped working. Clearly it is capable of working... but it stopped

pseudo heart
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Oh damn :/ sorry to hear that mate, how long have you had the monitor

sick plume
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Display port and HDMI carry dataonly one way iirc

analog dock
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I’ve had the monitor and macbook for about 8 months now, the pc is brand new tho :P

sick plume
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you need to hook up some usb to get both way data transfer

analog dock
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Yeah that’s what I also saw when googling it, but like I said... for a short time (before I restarted) it was working just fine lol

analog dock
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ikr, mby there are some drivers I need or somthn?

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Which got removed after update idk

misty gyro
# sick plume Display port and HDMI carry dataonly one way iirc

Sort of, but not wholly accurate. ARC (audio return channel) and ethernet are included in both HDMI and DP spec. Both devices have to support those features on a hardware and firmware level to use them, and most don't. The PS4 for example was able to use ARC to turn the television set on and off remotely if the TV supported it.
Video signal, on the other hand, is wholly a one-way connection. A port is either an input or an output, never both.

maiden wedge
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is the m27 worth the $50 bump from the g27?

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or should i go for a different one from these

visual pilot
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@maiden wedge pcpp being dumb, G27q is really 285$ with 20$ MIB, and we all know MIB is dumb

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with 30$ difference, M27q def worth imo

dusty island
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i wanna try m27q just to see if i can see difference in it and my monitor lol

slate hamlet
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MIB annoying but does work

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I did it for my case it just took them a gazillion years to send it back

misty gyro
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When I look at pcpp I turn off the rebates in the listed prices. I've only once actually received a rebate, despite jumping every hoop and giving every possible bit of info. They still deny it because "funds ran out" or some other BS.

slate hamlet
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I've done two and gotten two that's all I can say

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Doesn't help your wallet if you aren't patient

misty gyro
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It's not that I'm not patient, it's that I'm apparently too patient and I only contact them about the rebate like a month later, at which point they deny receiving it before the deadline or something.

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I've heard that with rebates the squeaky gear gets the grease, people that bug them about it twice a week get it faster.

slate hamlet
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No clue m8

maiden wedge
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yo guys

summer obsidian
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I've done MIB with cooler master for my NR600 and they came though it took a little while but they did. Granted that was also for $5 so do with that what you will

visual pilot
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It's a tiny piece of paper that's usually really easy to miss :p

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Took be a year and a half to even see that I had a rebate thing for my Evga PSU

vivid wave
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would how powerful ur gpu affect the quality of a monitor

summer obsidian
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Do you mean like impact the color quality of the monitor? @vivid wave

vivid wave
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eh

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kinda

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my thig is blury i im thkning about my gpu being trash

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gt 750m

summer obsidian
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Hmm, I haven't really heard of that outside of it being a game settings thing but I could be wrong. Someone else might also know more than me in this scenario also

vivid wave
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okay

misty gyro
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A bad gpu or port could cause problems like that. Try another video port if you can.
Another possibility is that it's simply the color mode, which you can change in the nvidia control panel resolution settings.

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Oh wait it's mobile, you probably don't have a second port

true hearth
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Can someone recommend a decent monitor

fading wyvern
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M27q what kinda gpu we working with and wuts ur budget

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@true hearth

true hearth
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3060 under 250

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@fading wyvern

slate hamlet
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mm

fading wyvern
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On the nose 250$

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@true hearth

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This msi is suppose to be alright 2, much cheaper but just as a note it doesn’t get very bright

true hearth
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Thanks I’ll check both out

summer obsidian
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The msi g242 is what I have and I love it so far

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But I'm also not one who keeps my monitors super bright

fading wyvern
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Yeah a good buddy of mine picked one up off a recommendation, it was his only complaint

summer obsidian
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like my second monitor is really birght and I keep the brightness at like 40-50%

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I guess it depends your lighting conditions too

mystic flower
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is there a big difference going from 27 to 24 in monitor

fading wyvern
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not especially

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27 on the left 24 on the right, 1440p 1080p

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@mystic flower

mystic flower
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whats that 24 in monitor?

fading wyvern
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Omen X 25f

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its a tn panel got it on sale

mystic flower
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ok

weak sierra
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What monitor would you guys prefer for gaming that is minimum 1440p 144hz?

river edge
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M27Q

visual pilot
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M27q

sage trail
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M27q

summer obsidian
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m27q

wet hornet
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What would you guys recommend as a 165hz 32" monitor that's under 400?

frozen vault
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240hz 1080p or 144hz 1440p?

slate hamlet
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2nd one

frozen vault
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the extra frames aren't worth it?

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fair

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follow up question then

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2 Identical monitors, but one is 165hz instead of 144hz

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$40 more

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worth it?

quartz sandal
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165 is meaningless upgrade over 144 tbh

frozen vault
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thats what I thought

visual pilot
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and also, keep in mind, there's likely more to the monitors than just 144hz vs 165hz

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For example, Gigabyte M27q against G27q, M27q is just better, not only higher refresh rate, but better panel in general for color accuracy, pixel response times, and color gamut

vernal timber
#

Is the pixio px277 prime the best monitor with those specs for thag price range. Or if I spent like 30 bucks more could I get something with a noticeable difference. Or is there a better monitor for the same price. Currently I can get it for 300

visual pilot
#

@vernal timber M27q is great. Px277 isn't bad, and it's not much worse than M27q, but M27q always nice option.
(I believe better pixel response time and color accuracy again)

vernal timber
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People are saying it makes text blurry

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I can’t seem to find out how blurry though

fading wyvern
#

steveconfused maybe it isn’t the king of displays

river edge
river edge
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Ah, reddit

vernal timber
#

Also this

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He talks about it there

river edge
#

INteresting

vernal timber
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Like I kinda want to get it and just see how bad it is

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And if I don’t notice anything I’ll keep it

river edge
#

Eh, I tend to not trust user reviews, more often than not they don't have something set up right

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Most of them are horrible.

vernal timber
#

The panel is BGR

river edge
#

I get that

vernal timber
#

But the thing is I can’t really tell a difference

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Like not enough for it to be a dealbreaker anyway

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Could I return the monitor if it was fucky

river edge
#

Update 02/12/21: We tested text clarity with a MacBook running on Big Sur. It appears that macOS doesn't use sub-pixel dimming in any of the apps we tested, which includes Safari, TextEdit, Notes, Finder, and Chrome. This means that blurry text isn't caused by the BGR sub-pixel layout. We've added some photos below.

vernal timber
#

What about for windows

river edge
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Just set Cleartype to BGR

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Looks way better

vernal timber
#

And if it’s poop I can always return

river edge
#

The review at the bottom says it's def not poop

wild coralBOT
#
Phantom#0317 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

river edge
#

And the issue isn't due to BGR itself but rather how Windows handles it

vernal timber
#

Choosing a monitor is so difficult

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I said bad word

river edge
#

It defaults to RGB so set it to BGR

vernal timber
#

I know but someone also said someone had the m27 and switched and liked the other one a lot more

river edge
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How do you know they had it set up right?

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Or what settings they even used?

vernal timber
#

Because they prob read reviews

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I have this thing where I take like 10 years to make decision when I’m buying smth

river edge
#

And didn't know about setting cleartype to BGR

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😉

vernal timber
#

Maybe

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I could get both

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And return the worse one

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Right

river edge
#

Nah

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Get the M27Q

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Set cleartype to BGR

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and enjoy it

fading wyvern
#

...u could always just spend more money on a different display

visual ravine
#

I just upgraded my computer to a Aorus Z590 AX everything works perfectly EXCEPT the vga light will not go off on my motherboard and because of it I have no power to my monitors. I have done absolutely everything; i.e., changed RAM, re-seated the CPU changed the GPU and bypassed my Geforce 560 graphics card and went direct to the onboard DP....nothing works still got that stupid red light. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to remedy this problem. I hate to take everything apart and return it to Amazon but if I have to I will. Thanks for reading my post.

summer obsidian
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Based on what was said in the #graphics-cards channel when you asked about compatibility it would appear your 560 won't work with a z590

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I would have linked the messages but it's hard on mobile so I did a screenshot

weak sierra
#

Thanks! I'll definitely look for the M27Q Gigabyte monitor. 😊👍

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Is the M27Q G-sync compatible though?

fading wyvern
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Yes

slate hamlet
#

At this point it's harder to find ones that aren't

daring thunder
#

agreed. most good monitors are G-sync compatible

analog dock
#

Hey guys! I'm in a bit of a tricky situation...
My display only has 1 upstream USB-C port. However... I have 2 computers which ideally should be connected to the display. Is there any possible way to connect 2 computers to a single upstream USB port (so that I can use the built-in usb hub for both computers). I am using the LG 49WL95C-W ultrawide

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Actually I just saw on the DisplayPort 1.2 Press Release that it should support USB 2.0 transfer...

Doubles Performance of Existing Standard, Multi-Monitor Support over single connector, optional Bi-Directional Data Transport supporting USB 2.0 and Ethernet, Support for the Mini DisplayPort Connector and Backwards Compatibility with the Current DisplayPort Standard
I wonder why that is not working then for me...

visual pilot
#

@vernal timber BGR doesn't really matter, RTings re-tested the monitor too

We've retested the monitor to further investigate the BGR sub-pixel layout's effect on text clarity. In most instances, text clarity is minimally impacted and shouldn't be an issue for most people. If it is, you can mount the monitor upside down, although there are some drawbacks as it increases input lag and causes G-SYNC to not work properly. We've also included more photos to show how text looks like at 100% and 125% scaling, with and without ClearType, and with the monitor upside down.

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yay discord loading messages in now

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looks like Vintage got there already

visual pilot
rigid drum
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Im making my friend a pc for streaming and gaming and i already have everything but the monitor i want a good monitor for a tuf 3080 oc and if it can be 240hz that would be great the budget for the monitor is 400$

quartz sandal
#

Unless they playing esports they won't notice the diff from 144hz to 240

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But M27q is good 1440p 144hz iirc

rigid drum
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he wants to play games like seige cod and csgo

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but ok

warped basalt
#

240 is good for csgo

rigid drum
#

ok

gray marsh
#

Good 1440p above 60hz monitors for relatively cheap?

quartz sandal
#

M27q

vernal timber
#

Bro stop recommending that monitor

wild coralBOT
#
Phantom#0317 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

vernal timber
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It makes text hard to read

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Cuz it uses bgr

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Not rgb

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Even with changing windows settings

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Because they cheaper out on da panel

river edge
#

It's not a BGR issue

quartz sandal
# rigid drum but ok

Yeah they would benefit from 240hz then, I'm not sure if there's any 1440p 240hz under that price tho

river edge
#

We proved that lol

vernal timber
#

I mean like

river edge
#

I mean like what

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We've been recommending that monitor for a LONG time

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Not a single person has come back to say it sucks

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In 6 months

vernal timber
#

Have u ever used it urself

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Because maybe it’s god their

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Tier

river edge
#

Doesn't matter, we recommend all kinds of things that we don't personally use

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27" is too big for my area

vernal timber
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Alr lol

river edge
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I have a 24"

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Or else I'd have one XD

vernal timber
#

27 might be too big for me too lol

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Oh well

gray marsh
#

What are the downsides of bgr?

river edge
#

Take some measurements

vernal timber
#

It makes text hard to read

wild coralBOT
#
Phantom#0317 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

river edge
#

Depends

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Most people don't even notice

vernal timber
#

If the monitor I got has any issues I’ll return it and get da m27

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Like dead pixels

gray marsh
#

I feel like the px277 and the m27 were very similar when I was looking at reviews

vernal timber
#

I got the px277

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It’s coming today

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I didn’t wanna risk hating the bgr and possibly not being able to return it

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The Pixio also comes with a 3 year warranty

river edge
#

RTings rated the M27Q higher despite the BGR

vernal timber
#

True

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It’s also 30 bucks more

river edge
#

Ye

vernal timber
#

With coupon on Amazon for px277

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Like I said if the Pixio has dead pixels I’ll try the m27q

river edge
#

Yeah, the Pixio has worse contrast too but not by much

weak sierra
#

@river edge is the m27q g-sync compatible?

river edge
#

Yes

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The vast majority of Freesync monitors work with Gsync

vernal timber
#

Some people like the m27q others hate it

river edge
#

Just like anything else in the PC world

vernal timber
#

Idk it was 30 bucks more and I’d need a monitor arm with it too

river edge
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Cases, fans, keyboards , mice

vernal timber
#

So I’d be spending like 360 not including tax

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And then with tax it’d be like 400

vernal timber
#

Which is close to cost of dell

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And I can’t justify that

visual pilot
covert solstice
#

anybody used one of those light bars/lights on top of monitors?

vernal timber
#

It’s also more expensive tho

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And it’s not much better than the pixio

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It might be a little bit better but idc

vast plover
covert solstice
#

yeah i just glanced at some of them and that was the first one i saw, there seem to be a few cheaper options that are decent too

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how bright is the benq one?

sterile mason
#

can someone help me change my hz on my monitor and I have a nvidia monitor with 5700 xt GPU

quartz sandal
sterile mason
quartz sandal
river edge
sterile mason
#

yes

vast plover
vivid wave
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is the pixel denisty better for 1440p 24 or 27 inch

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i mean ik 24 is better but is it good for 27 inch too?

quartz sandal
#

24inch just get 1080p from what I've heard, i cant see any pixels on my 24ich 1080p

quartz sandal
vivid wave
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okay

quartz sandal
#

Yes but you can't rell the diff

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At 24inch or at least hardly

summer obsidian
#

At 24 inches you need to be closer than 3 feet give or take to notice the difference between 1080p and 1440p I think. Which also sounds like its pretty far but I've found 3 feet away from a monitor isn't that far

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But even then they just really don't make 1440p for 24"

glossy jacinth
#

I need help choosing out an monitor

summer obsidian
#

What size?

glossy jacinth
#

Ummm

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Idk

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I am new

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It’s for gaming

summer obsidian
#

what graphics card?

glossy jacinth
#

Umm 3080 maybe 3080ti or 3090

summer obsidian
#

The general go to recommendation tends to be the Gigabyte M27Q for 1440p 170Hz

glossy jacinth
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I ant like 240

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Or higher

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With like .5 or 1 response time

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@

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@summer obsidian

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Or lower

visual pilot
#

[Insert how all manufacturers BS their pixel response time ratings]

river edge
#

The listed spec means literally nothing

lucid flax
#

I have the MSI G241. Seems to be a good monitor for me, once I fixed the issue I was having with it.

summer obsidian
#
Best Buy

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visual pilot
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@summer obsidian FI27Q-X is nicer nowadays

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Because ips

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And same price as g7

summer obsidian
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ah ok

visual pilot
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It's quite new, I don't think rtings has a review on it yet

summer obsidian
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I just popped open rtings and that was "best gaming monitor" and hit his requirements.

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Ah that makes sense

hazy warren
#

does tht have flicker issues with gync compat. still?

visual pilot
#

possibly, but seems really inconsistent in testing

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We've retested the G7 with the latest firmware (version 1009.3). Not much has changed since the last update. We couldn't replicate the flickering in games that has been reported by other users, but the flickering and horizontal lines are still present when displaying a GIF. Samsung has added a 'VRR Control' setting in the on-screen menu, but it doesn't seem to have any effect. The VRR range remains unchanged and there's no tearing in-game with or without this setting enabled.

hazy warren
#

i see ty

quartz sandal
vast plover
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I ordered this recently, still waiting on the delivery

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won out for me over Asus TUF, the Gigabyte one and the Samsung G7 since I can't use curved and sit a foot away from the monitor anyway, but not gonna lie would like a 32" upgrade at some point when they start making them like they do the 27" ones

visual pilot
#

eh, hopefully you got it at a good price

vast plover
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well, it does say $200 off so

visual pilot
#

uh

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@vast plover the Gigabyte M27q is flat btw

vast plover
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yea I know was referring to the G7, I wouldn't use anything but flat

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if the G7 was flat and was IPS then I'd go for it

visual pilot
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oh it's 700 cad, not 700usd

vast plover
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lol yea

visual pilot
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less bad but meh

vast plover
#

I think it's a very solid choice, always been a Dell fanboy for monitors

visual pilot
#

I was about to say the FI27q-x is also 700usd

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it's a solid panel, I wouldn't really say so for price to perf tho

vast plover
visual pilot
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I'd say it may be an even better panel than M27q in general, but usually quite a bit more expensive

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(fi27q-x is 1440p 240hz)

vast plover
#

I agree, it is a bit more premium, but the Dell one wins me over since it seems better for productivity sake

visual pilot
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Fair nuff, it's a great panel in general

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I like the price perf offered by the M27q better tho

vast plover
#

possibly, I went through user and professional reviews, and the Dell won me over, not just looking at straight performance, but image quality too, have to look at code all day anyway lol... I have two 24" 1080p Dell UltraSharps from 2017 and the LCD panels are dying due to misuse

slate hamlet
#

dell s2721dgf?

vast plover
#

just have black horizontal bars all over the screens right now

vast plover
slate hamlet
#

heck yeah PB_peepo_cool

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tell me how the colors treat you though, I hear they need some tweaking

vast plover
#

I don't have a color calibrator, but I'll write here for out-the-box xp

hazy warren
#

gsync compatible, curved ips. go

fading wyvern
#

steveconfused curved ips

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LG 34GN850-B? 😄

hazy warren
#

ima look it up

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is there a non ultra wide

fading wyvern
#

LG's ultra gear line is usually great, in a match of hunt. ill let u know after lol

hazy warren
#

kk take ur time

slate hamlet
#

curve is like, whatever

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1500r curve is perfectly fine, no problems here, even sometimes nice

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but 1000r is just bad, no thanks

fading wyvern
#

cant seem to find a smaller curved ips, seems to be ultrawide exclussive

hazy warren
#

no 27 either>

hot tendon
#

Any recommendations for a 1440p monitor to match with a 3070 ranging for 144hz to 240hz, I want a good balance between good looks and good performance preferably on the cheaper end

slate hamlet
hot tendon
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Yea been looking at that one

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Just wanted to hear if there is any other options

slate hamlet
#

dell s2721dgf for faster response

echo willow
visual pilot
#

M27q

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Used market is wack

warped night
visual pilot
#

Well, dead pixels are just manufacturing defects, not much you can do to that

warped night
#

sigh I can't find anyone who will show how the XV240Y is VESA Mounted...

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Hmm... IDK how I like that "Inset" box for VESA mounting.

visual pilot
#

says vesa 100x100 but

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yea

warped night
#

That's just asking for incompatibilities.

visual pilot
#

huh

warped night
#

My other (slightly cheaper) option is the MSI Optix G241

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Or I could go slightly more expensive and get the Viewsonic XG2405

#

Looking at it a little more I don't think I should have any issues. If I do, I'm gonna be pissed.

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Actually, I should have 0 issues.

#

Someone put these on a set of Dell monitors with an inset.

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Welp, paid for expedited shipping, and rush processing. I will have my new XV240Y on Tuesday.

rustic vapor
#

i want a 27 inch curved display

warped night
#

At.... what resolution?

#

Because if you say 1080p, I'm gonna slap you.

summer obsidian
#

Granted I think it was something like 0.07mm I had to file which in fairness was just really annoying

warped night
#

Fair enough. I think I have a metal file laying around somewhere in case that happens.

maiden wedge
#

Anyone here use an LG OLED as their PC monitor?

fading wyvern
#

i keep suggesting it to people but tht doesnt count PepeHands

crude bolt
#

is the asus TUF Gaming VG279QL1A monitor compatible for HDMI?

remote wedge
#

hey um im vary confused

#

i have 2 montors 1 is in wifi works second one and the wifi dies

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it cant read nothing\

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what do i do

#

oh i got a hp x24 ih and a samsubg 390

misty gyro
#

So when you plug in your second monitor the wifi cuts out?

remote wedge
#

yes

misty gyro
#

Weird

remote wedge
#

it disconects and wont find any

misty gyro
#

Have you tried different ports on the gpu and monitors? Different cables? It sounds like electrical interference

remote wedge
#

ya i replaced on all of it and i ant got anyohter ports on grapics card

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o got a 1660 atm

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i got 1 hdm and a dvi waiting for check to get the newer cord

river edge
#

Is your wifi an add in card?

remote wedge
#

no

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its in the motherbord

#

i had the pc for 2 months so i dont think its that

river edge
#

is the second monitor going in front of the antennas?

remote wedge
#

yes

river edge
#

And it works fine when it's off

remote wedge
#

it works fine when it ant pluged in

river edge
#

ya

remote wedge
#

i plug the hdmi to it and it gose

river edge
#

Move the tower or the monitor so it's not in front of the antennas

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😉

remote wedge
#

i think i just fixed it

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my hp screen donloaded a omen gameing program

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and i uninstalled it

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now it works

river edge
#

Huh

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allrighty then

remote wedge
#

would that be something i should report to hp?

river edge
#

Might be worth it, IDK

#

Can't hurt

remote wedge
#

oh and im looking to make my first pc i want to stick intel and go wifi any sagestions on motherbord

misty gyro
maiden wedge
#

what’s a good monitor i can get for like 250$

#

cad

#

144hz or 160

#

and does response time matter?

river edge
#

Advertised response time is garbage. Check rtings.com for real measurements.

#

IDK about which one though.

maiden wedge
#

and what about freesync

#

why do most monitors have that

#

will that affect anything if i have a nvidia gpu

river edge
#

Nvidia can worknwith freesync. Displayport is best though

maiden wedge
#

okay i’ll have to get one of those

hybrid terrace
#

does vga only work up to 75 hertz

river edge
#

70 or maybe 85hz

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85 at 1024x768

hybrid terrace
#

oh

delicate dust
#

when a monitor has no listed response time on pc part picker what does that mean

delicate dust
river edge
#

They do monitor and TV reviews

delicate dust
#

oh i see

river edge
#

Listed refresh is always garbage

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They test the real one

delicate dust
#

so why doesnt PCPP have the ms listed?

river edge
#

Sorry, response time

#

Forget about the published response time

#

100% of the time it's bogus

delicate dust
#

thanks

river edge
#

1 ms advertised but 4-5 in real world testing

steel garden
river edge
#

Yep

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hence why advertised response is poo

steel garden
#

false advertising is poo poo for real

warped night
#

It's 1ms Grey to Grey, which is different from Real World.

#

It's not exactly "false" advertising, but it's misleading at best.

visual pilot
#

I'd call it false advertising

warped night
#

I wouldn't, you do see some grey to grey transitions in the real world, but they aren't exactly common.

visual pilot
#

@warped night I mean their test methodology wise

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Since they don't measure the same thing (20% to 80% g2g usually)

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Not total pixel response

warped night
#

Ah.

tribal glen
#

has anybody run into an issue with their monitor where there are a lot of black lines and a sort of "drag" effect along the bottom of the screen?

#

I opened this monitor like 2/3 days ago and without doing any physical damage it began to act up like an hour ago

#

I wanted to see if it was my gpu so I plugged in my nintendo switch but the same thing was happening

sick plume
#

TN is

hazy warren
#

im looking for color accuracy tho

sick plume
#

IPS>VA>TN

sick plume
hazy warren
#

so

crimson moss
sick plume
#

Yeah then you want an IPS

hazy warren
#

realistically

crimson moss
#

Is the Samsung odyssy G6 good?

hazy warren
#

could i still run tht ultrawide with an nvidia gpu

#

is there any downsides

fading wyvern
#

What kinda gpu

fading wyvern
#

M27q

devout basin
#

I'm not that versed on displays lol

warped night
#

He's recommending another model.

#

Also a 27" 1080p display is gonna look like butt warmed over.

#

They all use the same panel.

devout basin
#

Oh I was needing a 1440p monitor

warped night
#

Yeah, well you picked a 1080p one.

#

And why 1440p? What GPU do you have?

devout basin
#

3060ti TUF OC

#

And really? Maybe the link is broken, when I click it, it goes to a 1440p monitor

warped night
#

Ehhhh, you "could" go 1440p, but you aren't gonna get the full performance out of the monitor.

#

Oh how odd.

#

Still, you wouldn't get the full 144hz out of the monitor with a 3060Ti

devout basin
warped night
#

You'd get ~90 to ~100 FPS in most games.

#

If you absolutely still want 1440p

devout basin
#

.5ms response time lmao

#

Gonna be seeing the future

warped night
#

Ignore that.

#

That's marketing twisting the numbers.

devout basin
#

Yeah I figured

warped night
#

One of the really nice things about the M27Q is that Gigabyte allows you to plug the monitor into a USB port on your PC and you can control the OSD through your PC directly.

devout basin
#

I would like a 1440p for my main monitor with two 1080p additional monitors

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Then my drawing tablet on the other desk

#

And that sounds cool but I have no idea what OSD is if I'm honest

warped night
#

OSD = On Screen Display Settings.

devout basin
#

Ahhh

warped night
#

Basically the settings for the Monitor

#

Normally you have to tweak them with the buttons on the monitor itself.

devout basin
#

Right yeah

warped night
#

Personally, I wouldn't get a 1440p monitor unless I had a 3080. But, I'm also a framerate snob.

#

Anything below 60 is jarring to me.

devout basin
#

I mean I'm only gonna be using 1440p in games that I can get 120+ fps at 1440p in, if I can't get that I'll just do 1080p. Is going 1080p on a 1440p a bad thing? Also I'd like 1440p for vids/movies

warped night
#

Yes 1080p resolution on 1440p is gonna look like butt warmed over.

#

Just get a 4K60hz display for Movies/Videos

#

And then 1080p for Gaming

#

You'd likely spend less money too

devout basin
#

Oof. That sounds like a better idea, thank you

warped night
#

Are you in a fairly dark room?

devout basin
#

Yeah I am usually, I keep a lamp on but

#

It's dim

warped night
devout basin
#

That's tempting, but I already have a 4k tv in my room at the foot of my bed so I think a smaller 4k display for discord movie nights/yt vids is more what I'm looking for

warped night
#

Then that 28" Asus monitor should do you well.

devout basin
#

Thanks!

warped night
#

Ignore the HDR rating though, HDR10 is... not a great standard.

#

HDR on PC is also quite a joke.

devout basin
#

Yeah I don't think I'll be using hdr

warped night
#

If you do ever want to get into HDR content, look for at least a DisplayHDR 600 rating at the minimum.

summer obsidian
warped night
#

lol

#

I have a hard time playing Monster Hunter Rise on switch sometimes because the game flickers often between 20 to 30 FPS

#

Can't wait for the PC Release.

summer obsidian
#

Anything above 60 looks like butter to me and I just got a 3070 and a new monitor so it's going to be really nice

vast plover
#

so uhh, why is my Dell S2721DGF stuck at 60Hz

#

just got it delivered

visual pilot
#

nvcp?

vast plover
#

amd

#

freesync is on

visual pilot
#

ick

#

adrenline or whatever they use for settings

#

change refresh rate in there

vast plover
#

ya I would if I could but it's not letting me

visual pilot
#

wdym?

#

Also, displayport cable if possible

vast plover
#

the included DP is 1.4 so that's checked

#

tried all three ports on the GPU too

#

disconnected my other monitor, restarted PC etc.

vast plover
#

created a custom resolution but that didn't seem to do anything

#

monitor menu is also not helpful, although I did use dell's "overclock"

visual pilot
#

Try from windows then

#

Advanced display settings, adapter properties, monitor, and set it there

vast plover
#

^ that did it

#

thanks

#

ahh the smoothness

visual pilot
#

:)

vast plover
warped night
#

You can always change your colors. Or find an Rtings profile.

vast plover
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true

shadow gust
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Noticing dark spots on this Acer V277U after having it for nearly 10 months. How concerned should I be?

fading wyvern
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Maybe a backlight defect, try making the screen all one color gray/black and check if the spots are still there

shadow gust
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Yeah they're still there, I checked

fading wyvern
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A lot of IPS panels have similar issues with uneven uniformity mostly because of weird backlight bleed

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I have no clue about that monitor generally, you could always get into contact with Acer and see if it’s a potential problem

shadow gust
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This is honestly very weird but the spots are completely gone as of this morning

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They went away on their own

slate hamlet
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A backlight uniformity issue then

shadow gust
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Yeah probably xd

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Unfortunately they are now back after the monitor warmed up so

waxen arrow
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Any cheap 27” ips panel to be used as side panel? I need something that turns 90 degrees

rich comet
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Ok, hear me out. I need a starter monitor to start up with new PC, but later i plan on having something like the 34" G5 as a main screen. What would be a good starter monitor that i could later vertically/horizontally mount, and wont look completely stupid next to the g5. Something big-ish, i dont really care about the refresh rate, as long as the resolution isn't dog water and does not use vga. Ive been looking aroung newegg but im not monitor literate

quartz sandal
waxen arrow
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imo 1440p 144hz is the sweet spot right?

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For main screen

sick plume
quartz sandal
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depends on what you play too

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for example i wont be going 1440p for a while because i play esports so i want all the frames

sick plume
quartz sandal
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true

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but i also dont wanna spend 400ish on a new monitor when my 1080p 24ich 144hz suits me fine

sick plume
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if the guy has the cash why not

quartz sandal
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yeah i was just making the argument for sweet spot

sick plume
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sweet spot is absolutely based on cpu and gpu. nothing else.

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also ram

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ram important

quartz sandal
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as in vram?

sick plume
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normal ram

quartz sandal
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how so?

sick plume
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single channel/ double channel and also speed of the ram can make MASSIVE differences

quartz sandal
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on your display size?

sick plume
warped night
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No, just in performance of the system.

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And RAM Speed too, My Ryzen 5 3600 saw a pretty nice boost in FPS going from 4x8 2933Mhz to 2x16 3600Mhz

quartz sandal
warped night
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Eww, no.

sick plume
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fps will drop like CRAZY

warped night
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That's asking for low performance.

sick plume
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There was legit a guy on #general-chat a few days back complaining his pc wasnt getting as much fps in fortnite as yt videos of same systems say it should. Said he had a great pc background as well. The problem was that he put a single 16gb stick of ram instead of 2 8gb sticks lmfao.

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also he was running 2666 iirc

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@warped night

warped night
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Yikes.

sick plume
# warped night Yikes.

I really enjoyed how he said he has a pc background before we realised he had single channel ram

quartz sandal
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single channel :/

sick plume
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2666 in single channel would basically limit a 5950x and a 3090 to low fps lol

quartz sandal
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indeed

waxen arrow
quartz sandal
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yes but if you're competitive you don't want comfortable frames you want all the frames

waxen arrow
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Agree😂

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But back to my question

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Can anyone recommend a second monitor?

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For my main monitor I got a LG 27GL83A-B

warped night
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Literally just buy anything that isn't a TN panel.

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¯_(ツ)_/¯

waxen arrow
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😂

warped night
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Can't wait for my Acer Nitro XV240Y to come in tommorow.

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It's replacing my ancient Asus VG248QE

rich comet
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im on this 600p vga random brand monitor from 2007

warped night
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Ok, WTF why does nobody have an ICC profile for the XV240Y?

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Or even a calibration profile.

quartz sandal
warped night
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No? It's only 165hz OC.

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Apparently though I'm taking a gamble on G-Sync compatibility.

quartz sandal
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ohh ik the 390hz monitor is like acer or something

warped night
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But, I doubt it won't be able to do G-Sync

quartz sandal
warped night
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Yeah, but there's a list of actually Compatible monitors.

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And even if G-Sync doesn't work, it's still going from a TN panel to an IPS.

quartz sandal
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i mean idk they only allowed freesync as of a few years ago anyway

summer obsidian
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Yea the list of compatible monitors is only for the newer ones and they've actually been tested but for the most part any free-sync monitor with a display port should work

ruby hare
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Looking for a new monitor, this is what I found that I like so far, what should I get
ROG Strix XG27AQ or
ROG SWIFT PG329Q

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Any suggestions

slate hamlet
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32" is a bit big...

ruby hare
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Ya, but I do do CAD and CAM so the larger screen may help but I do have a 27 inch now

limber crest
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i disagree with 32 being big, especially with working on media stuff. Being able to make it physically bigger helps sometimes. If you can fit it on your desk comfortably

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I havent done cad in maaaaany years but I use photoshop and illustrator and stuff a lot and its a lot more friendly on my 43 than it is on my 28. Id imagine being able to make things physically bigger would provide similar benefits.

That said, if all you're looking to do is workstation specific, you can prob get something cheaper than ROG

queen halo
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I have a 40sum inch tv, I could never imagine me sitting infront of that using it as a monitor

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Same with 32inch

dark condor
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I have a 75 hz monitor and i want to upgrade to 144hz for a better experience for valorant but I feel like it wont matter because of my ping, I average 70 - 110 ping but I don't want spend my money on a monitor if my ping will make it obsolete .

warped night
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Ping =/= Refresh Rate or FPS

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The less your Keystroke to Eyeball latency is, the better, regardless of your ping to a game server.

sage trail
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i just realized =/= is supposed to mean does not equal

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im an idiot

quartz sandal
sage trail
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yeah same lol

limber crest
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fira code ligatures show them as ≠ and for js triples ≢ if that helps

dark condor
warped night
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Yes. 144hz will definitely make your gameplay experience in competitive games better.

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Also, don't buy a Quadcast mic. They are worse than a similarly priced XLR setup.

maiden wedge
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Why does my 1080 monitor have an option for 4k?

scarlet mauve
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any good moniter under 100$

quartz sandal
quartz sandal
scarlet mauve
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i play valorant would it affect anything

quartz sandal
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60hz is standard so if you don't know you're refresh rate it's already 60hz

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1080p 120/144hz start around 150 afaik

scarlet mauve
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my computers hz is already 144

quartz sandal
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Yeah for that budget you would just get a worse monitor

scarlet mauve
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hmm then what should i spend the money on

quartz sandal
scarlet mauve
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8gb ram

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144 hertz display

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AMD Ryzen 7 4800H with Radeon Graphics, 2900 Mhz, 8 Core(s)

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thats the proccessor

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its a laptop

visual pilot
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What exact laptop

scarlet mauve
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msi bravo 17

visual pilot
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might want more ram if it fits

scarlet mauve
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ok

visual pilot
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(dual channel nice)

scarlet mauve
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but im confused what ram could help with

visual pilot
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dual channel

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2 slots

warped night
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Get SO-DIMM DDR4 modules. 2x8gb at 3200mhz would be a good performance increase

queen halo
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Can that even take advantage of the 144hz display????

warped night
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Do you have a GPU

quartz sandal
visual pilot
quartz sandal
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true

scarlet mauve
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so if i get 8gb ram and install it will i get 12 gb

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cuz imma just do that if i can

river edge
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It will work weird like that

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It will run dual channel speeds until you hit 8 GB of used capacity, then drop to single channel speeds

visual pilot
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I mean compatibility as in the ram just choose not to boot because they don't like each other

scarlet mauve
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so should i or will there be w problem

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im not a computer expert

warped night
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Looks like the Bravo 17 comes equipped with an RX5500M also

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Jeez, this is a pretty killer laptop TBH.

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Is your keyboard only Red, or is it RGB?

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NVM that doesn't really matter. That's literally the only difference between the 2 sub-models of Bravo 17.

scarlet mauve
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lol

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it was on sale

warped night
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Gotcha. The literal only difference between sub-models of the Bravo 17 is the Keyboard, either Red only or RGB.

scarlet mauve
warped night
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Get yourself a 2x8GB kit of 3200Mhz SODIMM RAM

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It's definitely worth the purchase.

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You should see a nice FPS increase going from the likely Single Channel RAM to Dual Channel.

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Ryzen is very heavily impacted by RAM performance, so having Fast dual channel RAM is very good for Ryzen.

warped night
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That kit would be even better.

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Thanks PCPartPicker...

scarlet mauve
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alr

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thanks

warped night
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That kit is a bit faster since it's 3200Mhz CL16 instead of 3200Mhz CL22

scarlet mauve
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its cheaper

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too

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by a solid 20$

warped night
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Yeah, PCPartPicker for some reason doesn't have that Ballistix kit on it.

maiden wedge
warped night
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I'd turn that off.

slate hamlet
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Unless it's ez pz to run type game

warped night
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Holy mother of god, my new monitor is amazing

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Acer XV240Y is definitely a good display.

slate hamlet
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not even 300 nits smdh

warped night
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I didn't buy it for the HDR

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I bought it for the excellent overall performance compared to my VG248QE

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Going from a 144hz TN panel to a 165hz IPS with G-Sync capabilities is WORLDS of difference.

fading wyvern
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IPS is very pretty alright

quartz sandal
visual pilot
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It's refurbished, sold by a third party seller, so it's your risk to take.

maiden wedge
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Not by msi?

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oh i see, they have pretty positive reviews overall so might be worth the risk

visual pilot
novel ridge
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E

crimson moss
vivid wave
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which panel is the best

misty gyro
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Depends on your needs

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OLED for example has sub-pixel dimming so HDR looks gorgeous with no bleed.

vivid wave
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casual gamign?

quartz sandal
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ips for most people

warped night
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For the large majority of people you will want an IPS panel. OLED Monitors are never gonna catch on, VA panels are a good cheaper option, and TN panels are basically relegated to side monitors in 2021.

quartz sandal
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Oled are nice but burn in is too much of an issu

slate hamlet
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Mini LED is already the hot new kid on the block

warped night
blazing current
keen nebula
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Hi all, can anyone help me with a desk setup

wild coralBOT
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BenC#8669 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

keen nebula
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anyone got pics of their desk monitor setup ?

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looking for some recomendation what to pair with my 34 inch ultra

warped night
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I'd just get another of your same monitor and vertically stack them.

quartz sandal
keen nebula
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ok thanks

keen nebula