Benq XL2420G color banding, please help!

[rockcracy]

Hi, i just bought this ew Benq Xl2420G but right now im not using gsync because my gtx650 ti doesnt support gsync. After plugging in the monitor i immediately notice extreme color banding on photos, desktop, steam, photoshop etc. Im wondering if someone can help me solve this.

Thanks!

Photos samples
http://imgur.com/a/b0oqA

 

[Suzuki@1473780084@1473780163]

You're only getting 18 bit so of course there's banding, that's 260k colors.

If it's a setting that I'm missing then I wouldn't know.

 

[rockcracy]

You're only getting 18 bit so of course there's banding, that's 260k colors.

If it's a setting that I'm missing then I wouldn't know.

How did you know that i was getting 18bit? where can i find that?

Thanks!

 

[Suzuki@1473780084@1473780163]

6 bits per channel, R G B = 18 bit. 24 bit = 8 bit per channel. It's just a more accurate way of talking about color palettes. In layman's as it's common now to just say 6 bit, is that it's got over 16 million colors less than 8 bit. Color banding is normal when you don't have that many colors, in this case 260k.

 

[rockcracy]

6 bits per channel, R G B = 18 bit. 24 bit = 8 bit per channel. It's just a more accurate way of talking about color palettes. In layman's as it's common now to just say 6 bit, is that it's got over 16 million colors less than 8 bit. Color banding is normal when you don't have that many colors, in this case 260k.

But i think my monitor is 8 bit, before i got this monitor i was using a dell u2412m ips and the colors are flawless

 

[Suzuki@1473780084@1473780163]

It's 6 bit, otherwise you wouldn't spot obvious banding.

 

[rockcracy]

It's 6 bit, otherwise you wouldn't spot obvious banding.

so you mean all this Benq Monitors are 6bit? but this links shows it's 8bit according to BenQ
http://techreport.com/review/27762/benq-xl2420g-g-sync-monitor-reviewed

The banding is really pissing me off

 

[Suzuki@1473780084@1473780163]

They're lying, If a monitor is 6 bit + FRC to simulate 8 bit, they'll just list it as 8 bit. If what they were saying was true, then you wouldn't spot banding.

Proof to what I'm saying: http://support.benq.us/customer/portal/articles/1712616-is-the-xl2430t-and-xl2420g-using-a-8-bit-lut-or-6-bit-frc-

 

[rockcracy]

They're lying, If a monitor is 6 bit + FRC to simulate 8 bit, they'll just list it as 8 bit. If what they were saying was true, then you wouldn't spot banding.

so i can't really do anything about this? even my movies are affected @_@

 

[Suzuki@1473780084@1473780163]

No, there's nothing you can do. For the record and future purchases, following specs are always lies:

Color
Contrast
Viewing angle
Response time

 

[m_a_c_m_]

i've been searching for a reason why my xl2411p colors look so bad for weeks, you've explained it perfectly!
How can people review these monitors and not talk about how terrible the color banding is...