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It's kind of hard to find random posts in a very long topic. But if you read on you would also find out that I solved that problem earlier by doing what you suggested. I just tried it on instinct and it worked.
But all of that said, I'm still sending this thing back.
I was playing Payday 2 with a friend just earlier and then noticed when a certain level loaded my screen just started flickering like crazy at 144Hz at some point. Then this persisted for every single other level. When I alt tabbed out, my text was all fuzzy and blurred in Explorer and in Waterfox and everything else under the sun. After trying to fix the annoying backlight flickering during the game desperately to no avail, and even with driver reinstalls nothing.
http://rog.asus.com/forum/showthrea...ft-PG278Q-Blurry-text-and-bad-quality-overall
And yeah apparently there's nothing you can do.
This is friggin pathetic. Absolutely pathetic. I was willing to deal with 2 stuck subpixels, but then it can't even keep it down to that! Now it's even more messed up. Yeah, I'm kind of sick of dealing with this thing already. I'm taking it back to Fry's as soon as they open today. I don't even care if they don't have any more in stock. They can just have it back, I don't need a replacement if they don't have one already there. Between Signal errors that you can't solve except by restarting (sometimes alt tabbing doesn't even work and if you try to unplug during the game, good luck. It'll lock up the entire system, probably thanks to G-Sync), panel quality control, and then it suddenly deciding to fail by making text blurry and the backlight flicker like crazy... yeah I don't need this.
I know I've been mercurial about my opinion on this thing, but this time it's a bit much.
With regards to the fuzzy text; this might sound basic but have you unplugged it from the mains for a minute or two and held the power button in for 15 seconds during the time its been unplugged and tried again?
With regards to the flickering a member on another forum has the same problem with his old VG248QE so its either an unavoidable characteristic of G-Sync or it will be patched with a driver.
With regards to the flickering a member on another forum has the same problem with his old VG248QE so its either an unavoidable characteristic of G-Sync or it will be patched with a driver.
Actually I tried your suggestion anyway because I had some time. No dice. Also I am now noticing that the colors appear to be dying out on this lol. The quote bars under in my post above are actually GREEN when at the stock brightness (because I tried a reset). Plus they're bigger than they're supposed to be. This thing's entered another level of messed up. I've got some pictures on my phone. I'll see if I can upload them later. For the fuzzy text pictures, just refer to that post I linked. Mine look exactly like that.
No I didn't. If you might be kind enough to explain what this is supposed to do... I might find the willingness to unpack this thing and try before I head to Fry's.
I highly doubt it's an unavoidable characteristic of G-Sync. Other members have noted it while browsing and scrolling on white backgrounds and loading (where I experience it during neither event on my panel), but I'm actually witnessing this in-game. And the game doesn't matter. I tried out Diablo 3 after Payday 2 and I experienced the same flickering. It did not do this when it first came in, and I certainly did not change drivers before it started to do this. Hence there's no way this can be anything but a recent problem.
Furthermore what's interesting is that the blurry text and backlight flickering started at the same time. Literally, right after I started noticing the backlight flickering in Payday 2, my text got blurry.
Considering this post:
http://rog.asus.com/forum/showthrea...uality-overall&p=425088&viewfull=1#post425088
There doesn't seem to be a way to solve the latter except returning.
It's kind of hard to find random posts in a very long topic. But if you read on you would also find out that I solved that problem earlier by doing what you suggested. I just tried it on instinct and it worked.
But all of that said, I'm still sending this thing back.
I was playing Payday 2 with a friend just earlier and then noticed when a certain level loaded my screen just started flickering like crazy at 144Hz at some point. Then this persisted for every single other level. When I alt tabbed out, my text was all fuzzy and blurred in Explorer and in Waterfox and everything else under the sun. After trying to fix the annoying backlight flickering during the game desperately to no avail, and even with driver reinstalls nothing.
http://rog.asus.com/forum/showthrea...ft-PG278Q-Blurry-text-and-bad-quality-overall
And yeah apparently there's nothing you can do.
This is friggin pathetic. Absolutely pathetic. I was willing to deal with 2 stuck subpixels, but then it can't even keep it down to that! Now it's even more messed up. Yeah, I'm kind of sick of dealing with this thing already. I'm taking it back to Fry's as soon as they open today. I don't even care if they don't have any more in stock. They can just have it back, I don't need a replacement if they don't have one already there. Between Signal errors that you can't solve except by restarting (sometimes alt tabbing doesn't even work and if you try to unplug during the game, good luck. It'll lock up the entire system, probably thanks to G-Sync), panel quality control, and then it suddenly deciding to fail by making text blurry and the backlight flicker like crazy... yeah I don't need this.
I know I've been mercurial about my opinion on this thing, but this time it's a bit much.
I'm Ch0b0 from the other forum you're referring to. The fact that it occurs on two G-Sync screens is somewhat bad news for G-Sync. I'm really hoping it can be patched with a driver.
I also stumbled upon a new test that causes the monitor to flicker when you *click* the mouse. A little odd, but true.
- Load up Morrowind
- Open up your Journal
- Click the mouse button
Every time you click the mouse button, it flickers. Something about input is interfering with the image. It's possible this issue is related to the GPU and not the monitor in some way. Is the backlight flickering, or is the image just darkening for a split second?
Damn not what I wanted to hear. There has been a few too many of these reports regarding the text going fuzzy. I thought it might be a firmware/controller issue that could be resolved via a power drain.
How long did you have the panel before it went tits up?
All the flickering I have witnessed have been in game when GSync is enabled. I read a suggestion that says it happens worse when in game using the steam overlay browsing a website and scrolling. Is this what you are referring to or have you read someone is getting this in 2D desktop mode as well?
And Phillips wants 699$ for gsync 144hz 27" 1080p monitor...
If people are suggesting frazzled Gsync boards, I'd be curious of the ambient temperature in the room of each setup. Just something to think about since many areas are in the 80's F outside in the past few weeks.
It slowly reaches its level.Been gone for a week ....Interesting but doesn't sound as bad as the Eizo 2124
If you buy a monitor that is advertised as 144Hz you should be able to use it at 144Hz, period. If the monitor can't do 144Hz all the time then that's a real problem and they should either revise the monitor or change the advertising.I mentioned this earlier, but we already know that the GSync module in these is overclocked and ASUS had to compensate with additional airflow and an improved heatsink. Correlation, maybe?
I do raise an eyebrow when I see people stick these at 144Hz and drive them there for 12-24 hours straight...
If you buy a monitor that is advertised as 144Hz you should be able to use it at 144Hz, period. If the monitor can't do 144Hz all the time then that's a real problem and they should either revise the monitor or change the advertising.
If people are suggesting frazzled Gsync boards, I'd be curious of the ambient temperature in the room of each setup. Just something to think about since many areas are in the 80's F outside in the past few weeks.
Exactly. Or what do you also raise eyebrows when people overclock their CPU's and GPU's and then do 12-24 hour long stress tests that push them to their limits to test the overclock, so that they know they can run that ALL THE TIME?
If a monitor has settings then it should be able to accommodate them. That simple.
Anyway all that being said I went back to Fry's and they actually did have a replacement, so I'm deciding to give this monitor one more shot. I went ahead and scanned this one carefully too. This one has one stuck subpixel. In about the same area that I had that one on the last monitor, though this is a different color. I couldn't see it on any background but black, so it's likely a subpixel. Sigh. I kind of wish I could just get a perfect panel, but again whatever. Like I said, me+monitors=fail luck. I'll see how this one goes. I'll also be leaving it in 144Hz mode for extended periods of time (several days) to make sure this one works properly. It seems like that does some kind of good burn-in test on these. Preferably also pixel Overdrive to Extreme, it seems to do even more.
I keep my AC on (ie monitoring the temp) all of the time. It's a pretty new unit (though a very basic temp sensor, which is actually pretty reliable), and I have it set to about 72-73F. Which I think is very reasonable.
I took quick screenshots but the GPU temp can reach as high as 50C+ on idle @ 144 hz. Not to mention the % TDP usage which is extremely high for just idling at 144 hz.
just chiming in here:
my setup:
i7 3770k @ stock
factory OCed Gigabyte GTX680 with 4GB VRAM
primary screen PG278Q
secondary screen Eizo EV2736
i've had the screen since the 25th August, so for a week. been running it at 120Hz in games and desktop mode for several hours every day. secondary EIZO runs at 60Hz (of course).
no problems so far (knock on wood), no flickering, no blur.
games i've tested:
90% of the time - Planetside 2
Skyrim
Guild Wars 2
Diablo 3 (doesn't run with G-Sync)
Firefall
Elder Scrolls Online
Hard Reset
Shadow Warrior
as i said, works like a charm so far, i have no need for 144Hz and since i do have a secondary screen, i want to avoid these high idle clock issues.
going to keep a close eye on it, knock on wood again, it stays as flawless as it is now![]()
You been using G-Sync or ULMB?
Having a monitor turned on for long periods is an average use case. It's not like they're overclocking it, they're using it entirely as designed. It's not questionable at all.I do raise an eyebrow when I see people stick these at 144Hz and drive them there for 12-24 hours straight...
how good is this monitor for pro photo work?
Are you just saying issues with this monitor, or 144Hz in general? Because I've been using my VG278HE for nearly 2 years, running at nothing but 144Hz without issues in Firefox or any game I have played.More advice: Don't use 144hz. We know from past experience that 144hz has more software compatibility problems than 120hz
Again, been using nothing but 144Hz on my VG278HE for nearly 2 years. Sometimes I've left my monitor on with my computer for an entire weekend (around 60 hours), and I have had no issues at all.Having a monitor turned on for long periods is an average use case. It's not like they're overclocking it, they're using it entirely as designed. It's not questionable at all.I do raise an eyebrow when I see people stick these at 144Hz and drive them there for 12-24 hours straight...
Having a monitor turned on for long periods is an average use case. It's not like they're overclocking it, they're using it entirely as designed. It's not questionable at all.
Bad.
You'll want to go IPS with SRGB, something 10 bit without dithering.