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Re: Just got new monitor
2018/09/19 10:24:30
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You have a winner as that monitor is going for 570 dollars.
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Re: Just got new monitor
2018/09/19 12:13:29
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You went from a 4k monitor to a 2k one?
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Re: Just got new monitor
2018/09/20 10:44:38
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Sajin You went from a 4k monitor to a 2k one?
My single GTX 1080 was struggling to play games at 4K above 40 fps with max details, and I have been very curious to see if I would prefer a higher refresh rate. Now, I'm playing at 75 fps average because of the lower resolution. Not to mention that my previous monitor is not really a gaming monitor and this one also has G-Sync.
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Re: Just got new monitor
2018/09/20 10:58:04
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Based on the specs, I'd say you got a pretty sweet deal at that price...
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Re: Just got new monitor
2018/09/20 11:49:14
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Sajin You went from a 4k monitor to a 2k one?
My single GTX 1080 was struggling to play games at 4K above 40 fps with max details, and I have been very curious to see if I would prefer a higher refresh rate. Now, I'm playing at 75 fps average because of the lower resolution. Not to mention that my previous monitor is not really a gaming monitor and this one also has G-Sync.
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Re: Just got new monitor
2018/09/20 13:24:53
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I picked up one of these from Best Buy for $350 last Christmas holiday for my son, wasn't looking for a monitor but happened to be in Best Buy and came across it at that price, I couldn't pass it up. I had purchased a PG279Q 7 months prior for myself, even though I like mine if I could return it for full refund and get the Dell even at $500 I would. (never been a fan of Dell either)lol. IMO 1440p 144hz is still the sweet spot, 4k looks good but I would never go back to 60hz now experiencing high refresh rate.
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Re: Just got new monitor
2018/09/21 08:12:06
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fergusonll, how do you have your monitor calibrated? I'm having a bit of a time finding color and gamma settings I like. When on desktop/internet anything white has a noticeable red tint, but games look good. If I adjust for the red tint, games become too dark.
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Re: Just got new monitor
2018/09/21 08:46:41
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Re: Just got new monitor
2018/09/21 09:48:12
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I don't have the money to purchase that. Thank you though.
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Re: Just got new monitor
2018/09/21 17:47:00
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Tweaked fergusonll, how do you have your monitor calibrated? I'm having a bit of a time finding color and gamma settings I like. When on desktop/internet anything white has a noticeable red tint, but games look good. If I adjust for the red tint, games become too dark.
This is my son's monitor, so we have a different opinion on settings, he has set R-91, G-94, B-99 with brightness at 40, contrast at 65. I don't see any visible red tint on his white backgrounds and gaming looks fine as well. I have my PG279Q a little different than his, the coloring pretty similar but I have brightness/contrast pretty much opposite but not as high as 65. I thought about buying a display calibrator, but didn't want to spend the money either, so I researched online for PG279Q calibration and looked at a couple sites recommendations and dialed it in that way.
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Re: Just got new monitor
2018/09/21 17:50:51
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Congrats ... i just picked up the AW3418DW myself
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Re: Just got new monitor
2018/09/21 18:01:27
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OGM3X Congrats ... i just picked up the AW3418DW myself
Nice , I've been eye balling that one, just not sure its high enough refresh rate. Trying to hold out for Asus 200hz that seems to be taking forever to be released.
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Re: Just got new monitor
2018/09/21 19:12:31
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