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2560x1600 30 inch gaming monitor

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September 3, 2013 10:58:02 AM

Hello. I am in some serious help of finding a new monitor.

The monitor must be a 30 inch. Not 27 or 24 but 30 inch! :) 
Resolution must also be 2560x1600.

What shall I use this monitor for?

FPS games mainly but also some RTS like SC2 and Diablo 3.

So guys.. What can you recommend me? The price doesn't really matter. I just want a 30 inch monitor that can be used as a gaming monitor first and foremost.

Thanks for your time reading this.

Best regards

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September 3, 2013 11:37:54 AM

There are not a whole lot of "gaming-focused" 30 inch monitors at that resolution, that is, if you're looking for low-response time monitors (1 or 2 ms). Almost every 30" 2560x1600 screen has a 5-6ms response time.

Granted, this isn't horrible for gaming, but for some people it's a noticeable amount of motion-blurring in fast-paced games compared to lower response time monitors. The Dell Ultrasharp 30" are pretty popular I hear, but I'm not sure about others.
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September 3, 2013 12:34:44 PM

CraigN3: The thing is.. I HATE motion blur and everything related to blur. You say I will experience this?
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September 3, 2013 12:44:00 PM

I'm saying you will experience it more than you would on a 1 ms response monitor. Look up the specs on your current monitor - if the response time is similar to that range, and you are happy with how you are seeing things now, you will likely not notice a large difference.

http://www.blurbusters.com/ Has a lot of information on the benefits of low-input lag, high refresh rate monitors. Personally, if you're main 100% focus is gaming, you'd be better off with a low-response time, high-refresh rate monitor, and if you're looking in that price range, i'd say take a look at the VG278HE or VG278H (Very similar, one just comes with a 3D Transmitter already in if you intend to do any 3D Gaming) if you must have a large screen, I own the ASUS VG248QE and am very happy with it for gaming.

BenQ also makes a 27" model, but I can't remember the model number for the life of me.
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September 3, 2013 12:58:36 PM

CraigN: Thanks but it seems there is a option with the dell monitor to select a gaming mode which reduces the ms down to 2-3 ! :o  holy shit that's crazy.
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September 3, 2013 1:51:16 PM

Koda1 said:
CraigN: Thanks but it seems there is a option with the dell monitor to select a gaming mode which reduces the ms down to 2-3 ! :o  holy shit that's crazy.


I had not seen anything about that. Well if that's what you're looking for, then go for it. Good luck!
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September 4, 2013 4:59:44 AM

Ah, so I see it does. That's great, and looks like it actually stacks up pretty well with some other monitors. You'll notice later on they compare the motion blur and response times to 120 and 144 Hz monitors later in that article, and even a visual comparison of the motion blur associated. Granted, if you're going for sheer high resolution here, then yes, that Dell U3014 is your best bet. But if you absolutely hate motion blur, definitely give that article a closer look, especially since they use the VG278HE I recommended as a comparison. Hope all this input has helped make your decision though!
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September 5, 2013 7:08:14 AM

I just ordered Dell 30" LED UltraSharp U3014 . Hope it arrives tomorrow! Thanks everyone for your time and help. I really appreciate it. /Cheer
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September 5, 2013 7:12:12 AM

Glad to hear you found what you wanted, and thanks for sharing the article you found on the Dell as well :)  Enjoy your purchase!
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September 5, 2013 7:21:17 AM

Thumbs up! :) 
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September 12, 2013 1:56:04 AM

To be honest.. I am quite disappointed / mad as hell with this monitor..
I feel the color is flat and it gives me a headache and it hurt my eyes also, no matter what mode I am in (standard in windows and game games)

I've made 2 videos I would like for you all to watch and tell me if THIS is normal behavior of a monitor?

Skyrim:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/lggbrm49jyatzl3/2013-09-12%20...
Battlefield 3:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/5zh00ggv7dkb96b/2013-09-12%20...

I swear to god my old Acer G24(gaming monitor oohh ohh) didn't do any of this?

I have tried to turn off dynamic contrast but that didn't do any good. What is going on here? :o 
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September 12, 2013 4:32:01 AM

That's not right, it looks as though it's a contrast issue.
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September 12, 2013 5:19:01 AM

So are my monitor faulty? :o 
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September 12, 2013 5:30:17 AM

have you tried different cables?
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September 12, 2013 5:34:01 AM

Yes, same result.
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September 12, 2013 5:48:55 AM

To me, it looks like dynamic contrast. Do get the same result with it off... rather with contrast set lower.

Maybe I missed it, but what card do you have?

Try turning off smart color and messing with dynamic dimming.
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September 12, 2013 5:50:41 AM

smart color? Gonna try. My GFX is a 7970 3GB. The dynamic contrast are turned off.
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September 12, 2013 5:53:38 AM

Hold on a sec. Gonna try something
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September 12, 2013 5:55:37 AM

I went into my GFX settings and turned off dynamic contrast. Still the same :/  God dammit.
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September 12, 2013 5:58:49 AM

Try turning off SVE.
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September 12, 2013 5:59:54 AM

Tried that also, nothing seems to work.
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September 12, 2013 6:08:13 AM

Do you have EDID enabled in CCC?
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September 12, 2013 6:08:44 AM

Whats that, EDID ?
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September 12, 2013 6:22:57 AM

Koda1 said:
Whats that, EDID ?


EDID = Extended Display Identification.

Open the AMD Catalyst Control Center
Click the Displays menu option
Click the first option Properties
At the top of this page it should display your monitor model.

There is a check-box for Use Extended Display Identification Data (EDID) or driver defaults

Un-checking this option will allow you to manually put in the Maximum Refresh Rate
as well as the Maximum Resolution.
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September 12, 2013 6:28:05 AM

It's already unchecked.
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September 13, 2013 6:46:05 AM

check it, see if it helps.
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November 17, 2013 3:15:04 AM

Koda1 said:
It's already unchecked.


RussK1 said:
check it, see if it helps.


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November 17, 2013 3:17:20 AM

Hi Koda1 do you solve your problem? Please share to me.
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November 17, 2013 3:17:24 AM

Hi Koda1 do you solve your problem? Please share to me.
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November 20, 2013 7:48:44 AM

Hello everyone. Update on my former U3014.. Yes former! I returned it yesterday.

The problem I had in games wasn't the monitors fault lol.. Games were made like that! Haha :)  BUT!
A new problem arose.. The ISP backlight glow was killing me! In dark games / watching movies you could really notice the glow and damn it ruins everything for me.

So I returned it yesterday :/ 

Im sitting on a crappy 17 inch now which gives me headache for the moment.. Looking for a replacement. Just wish someone would make a god damn perfect 30inch gaming monitor :/ 
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November 20, 2013 9:55:17 AM

Doubt it really. ISP glow is much higher on a 27 and especially 30 inch compared to a 24inch. Not going to touch any ISP panels made from LG, that's for sure. What a terrible experience it has been really
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June 5, 2014 7:42:10 AM

Koda1 said:
Doubt it really. ISP glow is much higher on a 27 and especially 30 inch compared to a 24inch. Not going to touch any ISP panels made from LG, that's for sure. What a terrible experience it has been really


Have you checked out the HP zr30w? For gaming it has great input lag compared to other 30" monitors due to having no scaler. It has a beautiful picture also because it uses a S-IPS panel. Being a FPS gamer myself, I grabbed one early 2011 and it still amazes me.
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