Dell S2716DG LCD 1440p TN with G-sync $449.99 at Best Buy

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Dell - 27" LED GSync Monitor - Black

144hz goodness and 2560x1440 resolution. Only downside is TN. Acer Predator IPS is ~$800 though.

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I think this is the lowest price I've seen yet.

Newegg has had it (in the past for $480). Amazon is currently $499.99

With tax for me it was $488. That's worth the small price difference if it turns out that I don't like it, I can return it in store.
 
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Just make sure it's revision A03. A01 STAY AWAY! A02 was hit or miss.

This is important regarding panel quality.
 
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Damn they have one at $399 open box at the store close to me... Pretty much the perfect panel (for me) but I don't really want to buy any more PC parts, lol. Damnit.
 
Rustynuts said:
$250 TN panel + $250 n-sync tax. No thanks
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Please explain how to use Freesync with a Geforce. Oh, that's right. You can't.
Troll elsewhere bud. Or go buy a Radeon that's capable of >100fps at 1440p.

Oh that's right, they don't exist.

Acer XB271HU is out of stock everywhere. Only on fleabay or sketchy sellers for >$1000.

ROG has major QC issues from everything I've read. So there's no other option for G-sync and 1440p. A used xb270hu (no warranty) for $400 is the only other option.

if AMD had released a semi competitive card this generation, then i would have considered a Freesync LCD.
 
Rustynuts said:
$250 TN panel + $250 n-sync tax. No thanks
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I agree to some extent. I'd buy one of these if it was 60hz and no sync (and hopefully less expensive).
G sync and 144fps is nice but it is not necessary for most people.
 
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aeliusg said:
Best Buy is supposed to be all A03's, and it shows what revision it is on the box.
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I was wondering if there is a menu which will tell the revision,that would help if someone were to come across a used one.
 
bought this monitor last round and still loving it.
the colors are horrid out of box but looks damn good after some tuning and that response time...
 
J Macker said:
Please explain how to use Freesync with a Geforce. Oh, that's right. You can't.
Troll elsewhere bud. Or go buy a Radeon that's capable of >100fps at 1440p.

Oh that's right, they don't exist.

Acer XB271HU is out of stock everywhere. Only on fleabay or sketchy sellers for >$1000.

ROG has major QC issues from everything I've read. So there's no other option for G-sync and 1440p. A used xb270hu (no warranty) for $400 is the only other option.

if AMD had released a semi competitive card this generation, then i would have considered a Freesync LCD.
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Microcenter Atlanta (Marietta) has four of the XB271HU in stock for $799.

Err... make that three! :)
 
Staples said:
I agree to some extent. I'd buy one of these if it was 60hz and no sync (and hopefully less expensive).
G sync and 144fps is nice but it is not necessary for most people.
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You'd be better off buying any solid Dell Ultrasharp IPS at that point, numerous options in the 25-27" range at 1440p for $300 or so.

G-Sync, 144+Hz, high response times are what drive these premiums, for many gamers its worth it!
 
I want this but cant spend that kind of money when my 24" 144hz is doing fine. I wish these would be in the 250-300 range.
 
Welp, I just bit on two of these. One for myself, which I'm using now and must say I'm impressed so far, and one for my wife. Just built her a dual purposed home-office/gaming PC w/GTX 970 so the GSync should help when that framerate goes a bit low at 1440p. Getting this crap out of the way before a baby starts growing inside of her... :p Once that happens I wont be able to rationalize these things, lol.

I must say that compared to my VG248QE, this is quite the upgrade. GSync alone is much more impressive than I was expecting. 1440p is about what I expected, and 27" is pretty much perfect. What I am more impressed with is the upgrade in contrast and colors versus the VG248QE. I have a custom ICC profile for the VG and this is better with about 10 seconds of tweaking (no ICC yet on the Dell). I always knew the VG was bad, but man it pales in comparison to this Dell TN which doesn't even have amazing picture quality (comparing versus IPS and my VT60 TV), though it isn't designed for that.
 
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Just found out Frys had one for $699, so took my receipt back to Microcenter and they matched it. :)
 
chizow said:
You'd be better off buying any solid Dell Ultrasharp IPS at that point, numerous options in the 25-27" range at 1440p for $300 or so.

G-Sync, 144+Hz, high response times are what drive these premiums, for many gamers its worth it!
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I've been using IPS monitors for a long time (Dell U2209WA and U2412). I recently bought a Benq 1080p TN 2MS. I have not used a TN since 2005 but I am impressed with how far better TN screens look than 10 years ago. They still have terrible viewing angles but the color reproduction is very close to the U2412 and the very dark shades are better because of the IPS backligh bleed.

I have two screens on my desk now and I would like to consolidate them to one that does it all. A good 60hz TN 1440p might just fit that bill.
 
TheGamerZ said:
TN panels make me throw up in my mouth
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Any LCD pretty much makes me throw up in my mouth, but I do what I can with what I have and for me 144hz+ and TN is the only way to get an acceptable amount of motion blur. Even with this 144hz gsync TN I still notice the blurring when I look around, I can't imagine what an IPS screen would look like. Actually, I can probably guess pretty closely and it would be slightly worse than the TN, which means for me and many FPS gamers an IPS screen wouldn't really be acceptable. Different strokes.
 
EricGRIT said:
Any LCD pretty much makes me throw up in my mouth, but I do what I can with what I have and for me 144hz+ and TN is the only way to get an acceptable amount of motion blur. Even with this 144hz gsync TN I still notice the blurring when I look around, I can't imagine what an IPS screen would look like. Actually, I can probably guess pretty closely and it would be slightly worse than the TN, which means for me and many FPS gamers an IPS screen wouldn't really be acceptable. Different strokes.
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Which is why my TV is a high end plasma. But fortunately LCD motion blur has improved in the last couple of years. This monitor has ULMB (hard baked lightboost, basically), which reduces blur considerably. (Can't be used with g-sync)

PHOTOS: 60Hz vs 120Hz vs LightBoost | Blur Busters

Acer Predator XB270HU Review - TFT Central (same panel as the XB271HU)
 
5icko said:
Hella bargain on the Acer refurb. Get the IPS.
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Yeah, but only a 90 day warranty.

What if there's problems?
yes, it's an awesome price, and had I not just gotten the Dell S2716DG for $450 (no tax), then I'd be all over the Acer.

is it worth it to trade the 3 years of warranty on the Dell for a 90 day acer warranty?
 
Well.....

I now have 3 (new to me) LCDs en route.

The new Dell S2716DG from best buy is a Rev. A02, my wife picked it up and will be bringing it back on 8/25.

I ordered the Acer xb270hu within the first 30 minutes of the slickdeal thread. And just now, after reading some of the comments saying that Acer provides prepaid return shipping label and some people have received defective screens, I ordered a XB271HU.

So, it'll be fun to compare them all.

My current LCDs in the house:
NEC 20wmgx2 (AS-IPS, 1680x1050)
Qnix 2710 (1440p)
24" Dell TN E248WFP (1920x1200)
23" Dell U2311Hb (e-ips, 1080p)
24" Acer TN (some old model, 1920x1200)

I've previously owned the Dell 2001fp (s-ips) and had 3x Dell 2209wa LCDs (e-ips). I think the 2209wa's looked pretty similar to the U2311Hb
 
Hahah nice, well at least you'll be able to make a fully informed decision without much risk of buyer's remorse with all of them in front of you. I've been extremely happy with my 1st-gen 144Hz G-Sync TN Swift, but I heard there were QC issues with it, I've heard this Dell unit is generally better with fewer defects, great price on it too especially if you stack it with all the discounts from BestBuy ppl don't seem to know about. :D
 
EricGRIT said:
Any LCD pretty much makes me throw up in my mouth, but I do what I can with what I have and for me 144hz+ and TN is the only way to get an acceptable amount of motion blur. Even with this 144hz gsync TN I still notice the blurring when I look around, I can't imagine what an IPS screen would look like. Actually, I can probably guess pretty closely and it would be slightly worse than the TN, which means for me and many FPS gamers an IPS screen wouldn't really be acceptable. Different strokes.
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If it really bugs you, you can enable ULMB at the cost of gsync and a fallback to 120hz.

It definitely works but g-sync is so eerily smooth that I can't quite give it up.
 
socK said:
If it really bugs you, you can enable ULMB at the cost of gsync and a fallback to 120hz.

It definitely works but g-sync is so eerily smooth that I can't quite give it up.
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Yeah I used ULMB on my VG248QE and loved the lack of blur but couldn't stand the reduction in brightness and contrast/colors. And like you said, GSync is pretty great so I'm okay with it. This TN isn't *blurry* by any means, my main point was that I don't think I could go any worse - including IPS. Its right on the edge for me.
 
EricGRIT said:
Yeah I used ULMB on my VG248QE and loved the lack of blur but couldn't stand the reduction in brightness and contrast/colors. And like you said, GSync is pretty great so I'm okay with it. This TN isn't *blurry* by any means, my main point was that I don't think I could go any worse - including IPS. Its right on the edge for me.
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the VG248QE didn't have ULMB it had Lightboost. there's a big difference between the two. color and contrast are fairly untouched when using ULMB on one of these newer G-Sync monitors and the maximum brightness with it on is the same as what everyone calibrates for anyway (~120 cd/m2).
 
J Macker said:
Yeah, but only a 90 day warranty.

What if there's problems?
yes, it's an awesome price, and had I not just gotten the Dell S2716DG for $450 (no tax), then I'd be all over the Acer.

is it worth it to trade the 3 years of warranty on the Dell for a 90 day acer warranty?
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Warranty is a consideration, but with electronics if it ain't broke within 90 days then it likely isn't going to. And $200 is expensive breakage insurance.

I'd buy the refurb and save a couple of hundred off the one I just bought from Microcenter at $699, except it's a good panel and could backfire spectacularly.
 
Odellus said:
the VG248QE didn't have ULMB it had Lightboost. there's a big difference between the two. color and contrast are fairly untouched when using ULMB on one of these newer G-Sync monitors and the maximum brightness with it on is the same as what everyone calibrates for anyway (~120 cd/m2).
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Ah, and here I thought they were the same thing, just implemented in the menu/OSD directly on the monitors that officially supported ULMB - thanks for the clarification. For older games I might actually prefer ULMB, then, but my 1080 can't even keep a rock solid 144fps in newer games @1440p so I'm still good with GSync over ULMB at this point.
 
5icko said:
Warranty is a consideration, but with electronics if it ain't broke within 90 days then it likely isn't going to. And $200 is expensive breakage insurance.

I'd buy the refurb and save a couple of hundred off the one I just bought from Microcenter at $699, except it's a good panel and could backfire spectacularly.
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Well dang. Even though I ordered both an xb270hu and a xb271hu, Acer sent cancellation emails.

Guess I'm stuck with the Dell for $450.

It wouldn't have been $200 breakage insurance for me. The xb270hu was only $60 cheaper than the dell.
 
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J Macker said:
The new Dell S2716DG from best buy is a Rev. A02, my wife picked it up and will be bringing it back on 8/25.
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definitely hook it up and try it out.. make sure you calibrate it..
I have an AO1 and you would think from reading this thread it was junk....but it looks amazing ..Ive had it for about 8 months Ive played hours and hours of games and I see no reason I would ever complain about it.
 
J Macker said:
Well dang. Even though I ordered both an xb270hu and a xb271hu, Acer sent cancellation emails.

Guess I'm stuck with the Dell for $450.

It wouldn't have been $200 breakage insurance for me. The xb270hu was only $60 cheaper than the dell.
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That sucks. Hate it when cancellations happen. And from Acer?? Wonder what happened there.

And ya, I was comparing a new 271hu over refurb.

Mine is devoid of any BLB, so I'm reticent to change anything.

Let us know how the Dell works out.
 
Crosshairs said:
definitely hook it up and try it out.. make sure you calibrate it..
I have an AO1 and you would think from reading this thread it was junk....but it looks amazing ..Ive had it for about 8 months Ive played hours and hours of games and I see no reason I would ever complain about it.
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The newer versions have lighter AG coating. I have A00 version and AG coating is bad. Yours is the same. I requested warrant service because of the buzzying noise that was were common in the beginning.
 
Vengance_01 said:
Is there a freesync version or close to it?
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Interesting... looks like they just released the SE2717H, but it's a 1080p IPS with FreeSync.
It does have super thin bezels though.

They also have a 24" version with 1440p and G-sync (TN)

Dell Releases S2417DG and SE2717H Monitors: New Gaming Displays with G-Sync and FreeSync


Asus has the MG279Q IPS with 1440p and FreeSync or the MG278Q (TN, for under $500).

I'm surprised the 1440p TN's with Freesync aren't <$350.
 
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