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    Old (2001?) Lian Li case rebuild...

    I'm done waiting for Broadwell on the desktop, much less Skylake. My existing rig is using a 2010-era Lynnfield processor, which is actually holding up pretty well, so I'm going to keep it and build out a new Z97+i7 rig using the case of my old backup PC. That was a WinXP system with an...
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    Benq BL3200PT (32" 1440p)

    Yes, dark shades all the way down to 0x010101 RGB is distinguishable from pure black, even at extreme angles, but I've also spent some time calibrating against the lagom site. Out-of-box, the gamma is too high and IIRC I couldn't distinguish the darkest grey square from black. BTW, you...
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    Benq BL3200PT (32" 1440p)

    @A.Shaferov-- The colors, black level, and contrast on the BenQ are great; although there is a bit of black crush, it's much less noticeable than the older VA panels you might have seen. The only real adjustment needed out-of-box for sRGB mode is to lower the gamma to 1 or 2 and lower the...
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    Benq BL3200PT (32" 1440p)

    Crap. I'd seen that effect once or twice and thought it was signs that my video card's RAM was overheating. Here's a direct linky to the OC forum post which made it easy to recognize: http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showpost.php?p=16381592 I was also trying out that GreenMagenta link...
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    Benq BL3200PT (32" 1440p)

    True, but I see the screen flashing with that test pattern on two IPS displays and an older TN display as well as on the BenQ. Test patterns which contain sharply contrasting pixel-by-pixel changes are a challenge to anything which is trying to do temporal dithering aka "FRC".
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    Benq BL3200PT (32" 1440p)

    Yup, trying to shoot a dark grey screen in low light is hard. "auto" mode tends to way overexpose these pictures and makes the grey brighter than what your eyes see. Switch to "night sky" mode or Aperture mode and dial it back to about where it fusses about the scene being too dark. That...
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    Benq BL3200PT (32" 1440p)

    Yeah, that seems to be fairly mild. Hit up Skyrim during the night or something with similar dark grey shades, and see whether you notice anything during gameplay.
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    Benq BL3200PT (32" 1440p)

    This monitor has some of VA cone and "black crush" effects, but significantly less than older generations of VA panels. I did my best to capture the effect in some pics earlier in the thread, here: http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?p=1040999666&highlight=#post1040999666 If you move your...
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    Benq BL3200PT (32" 1440p)

    I second or third the advice to use DisplayPort if your source offers it. Next try HDMI (so long as it's HDMI 1.3 or later so that you can do full rez at 60Hz; older HDMI will only run at 30Hz), then DVI. But prefer DVI over older HDMI versions. However, @Scottyl39, it sounds a bit like you...
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    Benq BL3200PT (32" 1440p)

    The dot pitch of these 32" displays almost exactly matches that of a 24" 1920x1200 display. I find the text very readable at 100%, but you do want to re-run the ClearType calibration tool after switching to a new monitor under Windows. As for comparing to a 30" 2560x1600 display; well, I've...
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    Benq BL3200PT (32" 1440p)

    You can run it at 75Hz just fine-- the specs say it will take up to 76Hz-- but the panel itself only runs at 60Hz and will drop one frame out of 5, rather than overclocking. I think running at 60Hz looks smoother.
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    Benq BL3200PT (32" 1440p)

    I didn't bother with the eco sensor-- set up power management in the OS to turn off the display after 15 or 30 minutes, and you should be good.
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    Benq BL3200PT (32" 1440p)

    Sure, dude-- most welcome. Anyway, the manual claims it does all three-- SD / SDHC / SDXC. Have you checked that USB daisy-chaining a mouse or something thru the BenQ is working? When I first put the SDHC card in, Win 7 popped up a "installing new driver for SDHC card reader" bubble for a...
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    Benq BL3200PT (32" 1440p)

    Seems to be: I plugged a 16GB SDHC ("class 10") card into the reader, and it works fine.
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    Benq BL3200PT (32" 1440p)

    It only rotates right; you can't rotate it towards the left....
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