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    Looking for opinions on r9 290 and gtx 780

    So, as it happens, I did manage to go to Fry's today. I picked up an EVGA gtx 780 FTW for $514. I know I only another week or so for the 290 to get here, but the more I read about the ASUS 290 DCUII, the more I felt like I might not like it due to it running hot and loud when overclocking. The...
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    Looking for opinions on r9 290 and gtx 780

    That's a great resource, if I was comparing stock reference boards. It at least gives me a good baseline which seems to show the gtx 780 is nice at 1080 and then starts to give way to the 290 at higher resolutions. Yes, yes it is. It's a Thermalright Archon push/pull directed at my now empty...
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    Looking for opinions on r9 290 and gtx 780

    but the rig is so lonely... I'll try to wait it out I guess. I'll be sure to post my thoughts on it though. I just didn't realize it would take so long to get here. I've been getting by with a friend's gtx 570. He lent it to me for a little bit so I could play with my 4K monitor. Now that...
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    Looking for opinions on r9 290 and gtx 780

    I'm it a bit of a dilemma. I've sold my vanilla gtx 680 for $200 to a cousin that was building a budget gaming rig thinking that I'll just put that towards my next purchase. I decided to order an r9 290 in the form of the Asus DirectCUII when it was available on Amazon for $439.99. That was...
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    Just ordered my Dell UHD 24 Monitor UP2414Q

    My experience with this monitor (once I received a defect free unit) has been spectacular. Looking into the scaler and washing out issues, I've come to find that my unit does not exhibit any of these characteristics. To test, I've plugged in my wd tv live via hdmi and gave it a go. What I found...
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    Just ordered my Dell UHD 24 Monitor UP2414Q

    Okay, I've since solved my display woes and finally received a perfect monitor from Dell. I tried what you had asked through hdmi and 1080p scaling looks as good as, if not better than my native 1080p screen (Asus V242H). Granted my native 1080 screen is TN, but this Dell looks as though there...
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    Just ordered my Dell UHD 24 Monitor UP2414Q

    What make/model of display port cable would you recommend? I talked to more like 6-7 since they accidentally deleted my order (replacement) and I had to call in again to get it going. My replacement request was granted on the 9th and they did not give me an eta. If you get yours in 1-2...
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    Just ordered my Dell UHD 24 Monitor UP2414Q

    I did some testing with OSX (Mavericks), Windows 8.1 x64 and Windows 7 x64, display port and hdmi, intel 5100 iris and gtx 680 - in every combination I could. Even with updated drivers, the same problem persisted, and now the panel is completely dead and won't even power up. This happened last...
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    Just ordered my Dell UHD 24 Monitor UP2414Q

    The half screen glitch looked exactly like the image I posted earlier in the thread, vertical green, red and white lines with glitches in the image. It didn't matter if dp 1.2 was on or off. It seemed to happen randomly between 3-5 minutes and sometimes up to half an hour. I also tried an hdmi...
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    Just ordered my Dell UHD 24 Monitor UP2414Q

    I agree that this display is absolutely awesome to look at, I just wish I didn't have that one bright pixel. I'm still having the half screen glitch along with a lockout of the OSD controls so my sample probably isn't one of the better ones that some people have received (derkspector!). My...
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    Just ordered my Dell UHD 24 Monitor UP2414Q

    Are you speaking from experience? I guess it would depend on what you feel is 'comfortable' at the distance you're viewing the screen. Even though I probably wouldn't ever need to, I can read two word documents side by side 'comfortably' on this screen at my normal viewing distance of ~24" or...
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    Just ordered my Dell UHD 24 Monitor UP2414Q

    Did the Dell representative give you a hard time when you explained the half screen issue? I had trouble explaining that particular problem to them (in India) but they went ahead and set me up with a new monitor since I had a bright/stuck pixel. I hope our next panels fair better than the ones...
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    Just ordered my Dell UHD 24 Monitor UP2414Q

    I think mine might be a problem with the panel itself since it works for a little bit and then falls apart after 3 - 7 minutes. I've got updated drivers on the 680 in the build in my signature, and also updated the drivers on my mac book pro retina running both osx and windows 8.1. Both...
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    Just ordered my Dell UHD 24 Monitor UP2414Q

    I just received my unit. Well packaged, quality stand, beautiful panel. Hooked it up and was playing with the settings and after a few minutes the touch buttons become unresponsive and the right side of the screen goes crazy. Checked the cables and everything is good so I power off and back on...
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    GTX 680 Performance Questions

    Here's what I'm working with:
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