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    Just ordered my Dell UHD 24 Monitor UP2414Q

    I've upgraded to a Dell M6800 laptop, which has a K3100M video card. I'm pleased to report that this drives the UP2414Q at full res and full refresh, and the glitches I remember from a few years ago have almost entirely disappeared. It will also drive two 4k monitors at full whack from the...
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    Just ordered my Dell UHD 24 Monitor UP2414Q

    For the time being a workaround for the Nvidia Control Panel is to test the custom resolution and during the 15 second test period, kill the control panel process. The monitor will be left at the chosen res. Currently running 3720x2160 @ 39Hz. There is an occasional glitch so I might reduce...
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    Just ordered my Dell UHD 24 Monitor UP2414Q

    Some more notes on overclocking this monitor. The firmware lock that restricts it to 30Hz (or at most 31Hz) seems to only apply at full resolution 3840x2160. You are free to create custom resolutions with different refresh rates. Using Nvidia's tool, and just entering pixel size and refresh...
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    Just ordered my Dell UHD 24 Monitor UP2414Q

    A few years ago I switched from the UP2414Q to 5k and then 8k monitors at work, but having to work from home means I'm again using the UP2414Q. This time I am driving it from a Dell M6400 laptop. This has a Quadro FX 3700M video card and has DisplayPort but not a new enough DisplayPort to...
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    First Impressions of the Dell UP3218K "8K" Monitor

    Some notes on the fault I observed with my UP3218K. A horizontal strip about an inch high towards the bottom left corner of the display shows 'washed out'. Black and white are okay there but colours appear only partly saturated. See the two attached photos of the Windows login screen; its...
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    First Impressions of the Dell UP3218K "8K" Monitor

    Just to add some more information to my earlier notes on driving this with a Quadro P600 card. So, I accepted that 8k with the P600 is "not supported" -- and moreover, that it didn't appear to work in practice. I went out and bought a Geforce 1060 card with two DisplayPort outputs. After...
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    First Impressions of the Dell UP3218K "8K" Monitor

    I just got one of these and I am trying to drive it with a reasonably priced video card. (I don't play games or do other GPU-intensive stuff, just text and basic 2d stuff like web browsing.) Currently I have three 5k monitors (Dell UP2715K) and I am hoping to replace one or more with the...
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    Dell 27" 5K Monitor (5120x2880)

    With the ambient temperature dropping below about 24 degrees C, the line of stuck pixels on my faulty UP2715K has returned :-(
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    Dell 27" 5K Monitor (5120x2880)

    Ouch, you're right, discontinued! And so is HP's Z27q. Philips have this: http://www.philips.co.uk/c-p/275P4VYKEB_00/brilliance-5k-lcd-monitor-with-perfectkolor/specifications but searching for it often turns up other Philips monitors by mistake.
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    Dell 27" 5K Monitor (5120x2880)

    Actually, I bought the monitor cheap with the known screen defect, so I'm pleased to find that it fixes itself when it warms up. I have three other UP2715Ks which haven't developed any faults in the past year or two of use (if that anecdote has any validity). It does appear that "they don't...
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    Dell 27" 5K Monitor (5120x2880)

    One of my UP2715Ks developed a display fault - a vertical blue dashed line running down the display. But then the fault disappeared again. Perhaps a dry soldered joint which got connected again when the monitor warmed up and some things expanded with the heat? Has anyone else seen something...
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    Dell 27" 5K Monitor (5120x2880)

    The scaling has changed again in Windows 10 Creators Update. Now the older font scaling mechanism dating from Windows 3.x has been removed from the settings app and control panel. The only choice appears to be the new-style scaling. (The 'custom scaling level' looks like it would be the...
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    Dell 27" 5K Monitor (5120x2880)

    ...and now this monitor has been officially dethroned as the highest resolution one you can get, by the hopefully-on-sale-in-a-few-months Dell UP3218K: https://hardforum.com/threads/dell-8k-32-monitor.1921738/
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    Dell 27" 5K Monitor (5120x2880)

    That must be the reason - but from my experience such applications, while surely there are many, are not that likely to come up in everyday use. Pretty much everything runs fine with 200% font scaling, which I have been using since Windows XP. (Non-integer scaling factors like 150% are another...
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    Dell 27" 5K Monitor (5120x2880)

    Some more notes about font scaling, this time with Windows 10. It does not give you the option to turn off Aero. There are two different ways of setting the scaling. The one it tries to make you use has the advantage of being set independently for each monitor, but it doesn't work that well -...
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    Dell 27" 5K Monitor (5120x2880)

    Apple have refreshed the retina iMac. It still has the same 5120x2880 resolution but the panel has changed to one with better backlighting for a wider colour gamut. See http://www.theverge.com/2015/10/13/9512503/apple-imac-update-27-inch-5k-price-release-date-specs I wonder whether we will...
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    Dell 27" 5K Monitor (5120x2880)

    Ryankirsch13, try turning off Aero and then setting 200% font scaling using Control Panel. You may also want to turn off anti-aliasing (font smoothing / ClearType). This works almost perfectly for me. It does indeed look like a super-sharp 1440p display.
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    Dell 27" 5K Monitor (5120x2880)

    Oh, it's a single panel. In fact I am not aware of any 4k or 5k monitor that has two separate panels (the Dell UP2414Q and similar 4k monitors is a single panel too). Presenting it as two separate screens over two separate DisplayPort connections is to get around a limitation in the cable...
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    Dell 27" 5K Monitor (5120x2880)

    One of my two UP2715Ks has broken today. It only displays the right hand half of the screen, stretched horizontally. At first I suspected a driver bug, but another UP2715K connected to the same PC with the same cable works fine. I have asked Dell to replace it under warranty.
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    Dell 27" 5K Monitor (5120x2880)

    HP's 5k monitor, the Z27q, is now shipping. I believe it uses the same panel as the UP2715K. But its retail price seems to be a bit lower. Has anyone tried it?
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    Dell 27" 5K Monitor (5120x2880)

    I have had good results (on both Windows XP and Windows 7) with 200% font scaling. Go to Control Panel -> Display -> Set custom text size (DPI). On Windows 7 and 8 you should also try disabling Aero. With this done, pretty much everything scales correctly and cleanly.
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    Dell 27" 5K Monitor (5120x2880)

    Vega, what's the visible effect of what you mention? Do you mean the backlight flickers?
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    Dell 27" 5K Monitor (5120x2880)

    OK, an embarassingly simple solution - only one of the two DisplayPort cables was connected, so only 4k resolution was available. The UP2715K on-screen display shows two DisplayPort icons side by side, but that doesn't necessarily mean that both ports are connected, only that it will try to use...
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    Dell 27" 5K Monitor (5120x2880)

    I have been using a Dell UP2715K happily with a Nvidia NVS 510 card. It drives the screen at full res (5120x2880) and 60Hz refresh without problems. The card is also able to drive two other monitors at the same time. However, I have not been able to set up two of the Dell UP2715K monitors -...
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    Dell 27" 5K Monitor (5120x2880)

    I use 200% font scaling, so for me the 24" 4k monitors with 184ppi make the text a little bit too big. The T221 with its 204ppi is okay and the UP2715K at 218ppi is just right.
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    Dell UP2715K - 5K Monitor - Review

    Newer thread is here: http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1832555
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    Dell 27" 5K Monitor (5120x2880)

    Yes, it will rotate to portrait mode. As an IPS panel, the viewing angle is just as good when rotated. But I find the top of the display too high like that. I have two UP2414Qs in portrait mode and even those are a little bit too tall. (Good ergonomics says you should look slightly downwards...
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    Dell UP2715K - 5K Monitor - Review

    Just a note to say that when driven at full resolution and full refresh over a pair of DisplayPort cables, the UP2715K appears as two logical screens. Not four logical screens as has sometimes been rumoured. This means that if you have a card with a four-screen limit (as is common with some...
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    Dell 27" 5K Monitor (5120x2880)

    OK, good news! The UP2715K appears as two logical screens - not four. This means that it uses up only two of the outputs on a Nvidia card. From one NVS 510 card I am currently driving one UP2715K (at full res and full refresh) plus two T221s with DL-DVI adaptors (at full res but only 24Hz...
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    Dell UP2715K - 5K Monitor - Review

    I'm waiting for 30-32" 8192x5120 or something absurd like that. Although the UP2715K is very nice in the meantime :-p.
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    Dell 27" 5K Monitor (5120x2880)

    houkouonchi, I also thought the UP2715K used MST and four logical screens, but in the Nvidia control panel I see it appearing as just two - the same as the UP2414Q. So I'll try connecting another couple of (non-MST) monitors to use up the two remaining logical screens! (I drive it from a...
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    Mac with Dell secondary monitor

    If they have DisplayPort or Thunderbolt then you will need DisplayPort to DVI adaptors. The basic ones give you a single-link DVI connection and are cheap to buy since they are just passive wiring. More expensive adaptors provide a dual-link DVI signal, but these should not be needed for the...
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    Just ordered my Dell UHD 24 Monitor UP2414Q

    Although SwitchResX on the Mac lets you rotate the UP2414Q at 60Hz, it produces an odd effect after a restart. You get only a small rectangle in the middle of the monitor, the screen somehow being scaled down. A workaround is to go back to portrait orientation and then ask SwitchResX to rotate...
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    Just ordered my Dell UHD 24 Monitor UP2414Q

    I plugged a UP2414Q into a retina iMac. It works, and displays at 60Hz after you enable DP1.2, but Mac OS X does not offer the option to rotate the display. The rotation option only appears in 30Hz mode. However, the shareware program SwitchResX gets around this and lets you rotate the screen...
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    Where are 4k 3840x2400 16:10 monitors???

    If you want a three-monitor setup with a square one in the middle, why not have three square monitors? (BTW, the T221's diagonal is 22.2 inches and it makes an excellent 1920x1200 monitor using pixel doubling... but that's probably not what you were looking for ;-p)
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    Where are 4k 3840x2400 16:10 monitors???

    I don't think the prevalence of 16:9 monitors can be traced only to wanting to use the same panel for televisions. 4k televisions are mostly quite big - 40 inches and above. As far as I know there is no 24 inch 4k television, so that cannot be the reason why the 24 inch hi-res monitors are all...
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    Where are 4k 3840x2400 16:10 monitors???

    Yes, I am still using three IBM T221 monitors which are 3840x2400 (though only about 22", so perhaps too small for your requirements). It's a nice aspect ratio in both portrait and landscape orientation. I have a couple of Dell UP2414Q 4k monitors too, which are great, but a bit too skinny in...
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    Just ordered my Dell UHD 24 Monitor UP2414Q

    I don't know when exactly it happened, but the Nvidia drivers now allow rotation when driving the UP2414Q at 60Hz. I am using 340.52 (I have not tried the latest on Nvidia's site, 341.21).
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    Just ordered my Dell UHD 24 Monitor UP2414Q

    I haven't measured the input lag but I do know that it is much less in 'game mode'. (Apologies if you already knew that)
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    Just ordered my Dell UHD 24 Monitor UP2414Q

    Dell make a stand MDS14 (482-10011) for two monitors. Any opinions?
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