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Sent mine back. Feels good. It's a cool piece of tech, but the quality control is pretty bad, and the image quality was just too big of a downgrade. As far as I'm concerned, it's not anywhere near good enough of a display to be worth $800.

Got mine set up last night after having it in the box for a couple weeks. I'm... in two minds about it. On the one hand, it's great for gaming. G-sync is cool, but I think I like ULMB even better. This is the first monitor I've used that's been on a CRT's level for motion clarity, and...

Unless they surprise us with a price tag that's lower than the rumored $900, looks like I'll just be going with a 680 Classified. That kind of performance increase isn't worth anywhere near $300 to me.

Might be the wallpaper.

Breaking NDA to tell friends something isn't exactly uncommon... So assuming he actually knows the dudes in question, it's reasonable.

So I'm putting together a new build pretty soon, and I'm trying to figure out which memory to get. I was going to go with 16gb of the Corsair Dominator Platinum RAM (2400), but I realized that my CPU cooler is going to be fucking massive and is going to cover up the RAM slots, making this RAM...

Well, I hope this card really is something to get excited about... because I can only take so much more of this 5870.

Interesting. Just to clarify, I'd be using an external DAC, my soundcard is an HT Omega Claro+ (which is just outputting through an optical cable), and I'm using a 2 channel setup. And I am only looking for BD/DVD playback. Don't have any real interest in streaming services or SACDs. And...

Thinking about going the HTPC route a few months from now, but I'm not sure if it's worth bothering with. All I want to know is if I can get video and audio performance that's on-par or better than what I could get from say... the Oppo BDP-93, if I put together an HTPC with good hardware...

I'd be using it exclusively for BDs and DVDs... for DVDs, I'm currently using an Oppo 981HD. Streaming isn't even on the radar for me. And I would indeed be using this over HDMI, just to clarify.

I'm kinda torn as to what I should do for Blu-Ray playing, as I've got some money to play with right now. On the one hand, I could get an Oppo, which I've seen in action before and find pretty spectacular all around. Or, I could hook up my current PC to my HT kit. My only real concern is what...

Cool. That was definitely helpful. Seems like I should probably just go with the 2311, then. That saved me about $250.

So it would definitely look markedly better than my 2407 and Asus V236H? Because that's my primary concern. The thing that's still kinda alluring about the PA246Q and the Dell 2410 is that they display 98 and 96% of the Adobe RGB, respectively. But would that even matter to me? I mean, is...

So is there any reason to go with the 2311 over the 2410? I'm not really concerned about price.

I'd heard there was an LG that used the same panel as the 2311, but it was slightly better... not sure which model it was though. Any thoughts on that one?

So I want to get another monitor that's going to be used primarily for gaming... and while I know that TNs tend to have the best response times and whatnot, I want an IPS instead. The monitor must be 23-24", it can't have problematic input lag, image quality is a priority, and I'm not happy...

So has anyone with the monitor done that precise method of testing lag that someone mentioned earlier? That's really my only concern with this thing... if that's not a problem, I'm sold.

For anyone who's not sure how to test input lag, the best way to do it is probably to play a music game like Rock Band or Guitar Hero. Does it work without fucking with the lag settings? If so, you're golden. The ideal would be something super timing sensitive like Beatmania, but yeah...

Indeed. Quake III is about as hardcore as shit gets, so anyone who played that game on a high level probably knows what they're talking about. I just need a few more confirmations that it's good for gaming, and then I'm buying this sonbitch.

I just wanna know how it is for games, particularly in terms of ghosting and input lag.

You'll be trying to pry off the plastic-y part with the matte finish. The shiny part (which is the bigger part of the stand) is what you'll need to unscrew from the monitor. And yes, when the screwdriver is in there, you just pop it out. I was a bit nervous taking a screwdriver to the...

Sure. Okay, put the monitor face down. Now look at the side of the stand. See how there's that indent near the very top? Basically, you want to wedge a flathead screwdriver in there, and pry the top part off. It shouldn't be too tough to get the screwdriver to go in, and you don't need to...

Holy shit. I have a VH236H on a better stand, and I thought that removing that damn thing was a lost cause... so I just had this ghetto looking stub sticking out. You guys are awesome -- I got that sonbitch taken off in about 2 minutes.

Specs sound great so far, but I want to know about input lag before I pull the trigger. If it checks out, I'm completely sold.

So I'm having a weird issue where I can hear some interference sometimes when my hard drive is working, or when I move my mouse... and it's really, really annoying. I'm wondering what's causing it, and I'm hoping it's something as simple as a cable that needs to be replaced or something. My...

So I've been having this problem for about a week where I'll have horizontal red lines that randomly appear on the screen and flicker for a second or two, and then go away... is this likely just a driver issue? Really hope this fucking card isn't dying on me...

Nope. Won't buy anything that uses it. And yes, I actually would've bought Assassin's Creed II.

If there's a crack released for the game that circumvents the DRM, I'll buy it... otherwise, fuck 'em.

hmm... well I was getting grey screens with my bad ram, and then I switched the ram and haven't had a problem. So... problem solved for me, I guess.

Tyrian was awesome back in the day when I didn't know any better. Then I got hella into shmups, and realized that it's really not all that great. But still fun.

All I'm saying is that that might be what's causing the issues for me. Relax.

Hmm... just as a test, I left FEAR 2 running for like 10 hours in an area where there was nothing being loaded into the game or anything... and it didn't crash. So I'm thinking it might indeed be my RAM that's fucked since I only seem to run into problems when there's a lot of shit going on...

So basically, I've got some OCZ ram that's giving me errors, and it's really pretty annoying. I'm thinking about just returning the stuff and going with Corsair since that seems to be a lot more reliable. For the same price, I could get Corsair's Dominator DDR3 that's PC12800. The only thing...

Hmm... so the gray screen could be caused by bad ram? Because my RAM was giving me hella errrors in memtest, and it did gray screen when I was just chillin' on the internet once. If that's all that's causing it, that's a relief. I can have that shit shipped back to newegg in like a minute.

Eh, it was crashing in FEAR 2, and that changes Windows over to basic theme, if I'm not mistaken. edit: hmm... it also crashed when loading a level in Crysis Warhead, so I dunno what that means. But man, if this is really all the video card... holy shit. Newegg doesn't let you return cards...

I'm still gettin' gray screens after the 9.12 with the hotfix. Really don't know what the fuck could be doing this. I tried adjusting my ram settings, in case that'd fix anything, but it didn't. I guess it's possible the card could be overheating, since it doesn't do it until I've been...

hmmm.... well these didn't fix the gray screen for me... and that's all I wanted :(

Alright, so what causes this for most people? I just built a new computer, and it's a little fucking annoying to have it constantly either hang or crash altogether.

My sister has a Dell printer that I end up having to fix pretty much once a week. I eventually stuck my foot through it and bought her something that isn't such a piece of shit.

Not that I have any interest in C&C4, but if this tactic carries over to their other stuff, that's when I will stop buying any of their games. The stupid activations I can put up with, but this? Not so much.