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ASUS PG279Q 144hz 1440P IPS G-Sync

the color range setting is definitely not going to create a problem like that.
 
Odellus said:
the color range setting is definitely not going to create a problem like that.
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in a select area no so your correct but across the whole screen it will. I am just saying it appears to be like 50% of the people here are saying their screen is bad and half at least turn out to be something correctable.
 
4RunnerTE said:
Checked...and nope. Calibration issue?
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Thanks for checking! Guess I'm going for a replacement.

SomeGuy133 said:
I am sure i am missing a couple things to check before RMA/resturn.
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It's definitely an uniformity issue in this case, noticeably higher color temperature on the right hand side of the panel. I can deal with uniformity not being perfect, but this & the top being darker (which seems to be common) means it's going back.
 
Tiaess said:
Thanks for checking! Guess I'm going for a replacement.



It's definitely an uniformity issue in this case, noticeably higher color temperature on the right hand side of the panel. I can deal with uniformity not being perfect, but this & the top being darker (which seems to be common) means it's going back.
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whats the readings with your calibrator? it would be interesting to see the difference
 
Mine was delivered yesterday, before i even expected it. Didn't have too much time to play with it, but did that test from few pages back looking for dead pixels and lo and behold - nothing.
Everything seems to be ok, nothing major i can notice so far, but when i have time i'll have to go through TFT's calibration settings and play with them a little. Played a round or two of BF4 and Black Ops 3 to try it a bit, and dear God, gsync is really another level of enjoyment. Super smooth. Coming from BenQ 120Hz TN panel this is major upgrade in every way possible. So far i'm happy camper. Good luck to the rest of you waiting for your screens to arrive.
 
GibsonEX said:
Mine was delivered yesterday, before i even expected it. Didn't have too much time to play with it, but did that test from few pages back looking for dead pixels and lo and behold - nothing.
Everything seems to be ok, nothing major i can notice so far, but when i have time i'll have to go through TFT's calibration settings and play with them a little. Played a round or two of BF4 and Black Ops 3 to try it a bit, and dear God, gsync is really another level of enjoyment. Super smooth. Coming from BenQ 120Hz TN panel this is major upgrade in every way possible. So far i'm happy camper. Good luck to the rest of you waiting for your screens to arrive.
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Try ULMB? if so what are your thoughts. I am dying to see it in action and curious how it would look on action movies because those always look like crap to me
 
I'm amazed Amazon ever got any in. They don't even have the place holder up when you put this monitor in their search engine.


I know it's not authoritative but I am getting certain common themes in the user feedback reviews on Newegg and in this thread in total. It sounds like if you can get a monitor with a later than September build you stand better odds of being in good shape.
 
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the screen or calibrator? If you don't own a calibrator how did you finish troubleshooting.......:confused::rolleyes:
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As an android, I'm able to discern color discrepancies with my naked (bionic) eye. But seriously, the lower right hand corner of the display area is, quite obviously, much heavier on the blue than the rest.

SomeGuy133 said:
Try ULMB? if so what are your thoughts. I am dying to see it in action and curious how it would look on action movies because those always look like crap to me
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It's quite sharp, but for my taste, too dark. I didn't experiment with pulse width settings.

And Gsync is simply amazing.
 
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I just ordered one from Newegg. Since I have an EDU email address I signed up for the 1 free year of premier just in case. Basically if this comes in and is actually OK I will be sending my Dell s2716DG to Amazon since it has pixel inversion issues. If it sucks I can send it back to Newegg for free thanks to premier. I'm honestly expecting to end up with someones return but it's worth a shot.
 
Cypher- said:
I just ordered one from Newegg. Since I have an EDU email address I signed up for the 1 free year of premier just in case. Basically if this comes in and is actually OK I will be sending my Dell s2716DG to Amazon since it has pixel inversion issues. If it sucks I can send it back to Newegg for free thanks to premier. I'm honestly expecting to end up with someones return but it's worth a shot.
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I hope you're right, but I noted that this item wasn't marked as eligible for Premiere benefits. So I'm not sure our return shipping will be covered. I guess we'll see (but hopefully it won't come up!).
 
Hurin said:
I hope you're right, but I noted that this item wasn't marked as eligible for Premiere benefits. So I'm not sure our return shipping will be covered. I guess we'll see (but hopefully it won't come up!).
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People on overclock.net said Newegg are paying for the return regardless since they are defective. I saw someone else say it wasn't eligible for shipping but they were honoring returns with premier. I figure I should be OK either way, I just wanted to be extra safe. Regardless I'm really hoping I get a decent monitor. I'm not overly excited about the viewing angles or pixel inversion on my Dell but now that I've had a 1440p 144hz I'm not going back. Either I play the lottery for a while to find a decent monitor or just settle for something halfway decent.
 
I'm returning mine due to the luminance issue. I thought I could live with it but it's gotten more noticeable to me, especially when going back and forth between this and my LG UM95 (been using both in a dual monitor config) for desktop use.

I don't notice it at all during gaming but I didn't buy this for a single purpose.

The top 1/3 quadrant of the monitor looks about twice as dark as my UM95, same brightness level and everything.
 
I ordered one from New Egg Canada; it should arrive next Monday or Tuesday. I can pick a Acer XB270HU, Asu PG278Q or Dell S2716G to test it against as well, but I'm not sure which. Testing the Dell would be more beneficial to my pathetic Youtube views, and there are no decent 1440p AHVA versus TN comparisons yet. I'll use some of the same photos with single, vertical space covering colours so people can see the gamma shift like I did with the XL2420G versus Qnix PLS comparison I made.
 
I'd agree with Dell, since that's probably the version that people have the least of. There should be many others who will test (even if unprofessionally) PG279Q against either XB270HU or PG278Q.
 
Mine's not going to make it before the weekend. Boo!

Just installed my monitor arm. I'm not a fan of the ROG design.
 
Have only done quick pixel check on my two. So I believe they work perfect in my wsgf 3x1 stand, once my new desk arrive.
 
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I ordered one from New Egg Canada; it should arrive next Monday or Tuesday. I can pick a Acer XB270HU, Asu PG278Q or Dell S2716G to test it against as well, but I'm not sure which. Testing the Dell would be more beneficial to my pathetic Youtube views, and there are no decent 1440p AHVA versus TN comparisons yet. I'll use some of the same photos with single, vertical space covering colours so people can see the gamma shift like I did with the XL2420G versus Qnix PLS comparison I made.
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Pick the Dell I would love to see the comparisons, I think the color on mine is outstanding for a TN panel.
 
x3sphere said:
I'm returning mine due to the luminance issue. I thought I could live with it but it's gotten more noticeable to me, especially when going back and forth between this and my LG UM95 (been using both in a dual monitor config) for desktop use.

I don't notice it at all during gaming but I didn't buy this for a single purpose.

The top 1/3 quadrant of the monitor looks about twice as dark as my UM95, same brightness level and everything.
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Sorry to hear that. Are you going to try again?
 
4RunnerTE said:
Sorry to hear that. Are you going to try again?
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I'm thinking about getting the Predator X34 instead, it has the same panel as my LG so at least I know uniformity should be good.

Acer pulled back stock due to some firmware bugs though so if I can't get one by next month I may try my luck with the PG279Q again.

Also I'm seeing less complaints with the October units on overclock.net, seems Newegg is still shipping out ones dated September though.
 
So I received my monitor from Newegg tonight and I was expecting the worst. Going off of things I've seen on overclock.net the September monitors (which mine is) are worse than the October ones. I also noticed my box has a QC passed sticker on it and was clearly resealed which once again were bad signs according to others.

My first impressions upon plugging it in were the colors and viewing angles are much nicer than the Dell as would be expected. Loading up some full white screens revealed some flaws. The top 1/3 of the is definitely darker than the rest. There is also a small cluster on the bottom left (basically an 3/4" toward the center of the screen, just above the task bar) that is overly bright on light backgrounds. There are no dead pixels however. Loading up a black screen shows a minimal amount of bleed which is nice. I would definitely call it acceptable in that regard.

My main concern with this monitor was having a yellow/orange glow to it which this particular one seems to lack. The top 1/3 being slightly darker doesn't bother me much and I doubt I will ever notice it in the real world. The bright spot is a concern but once again it is in a spot where I don't know if I will notice it much. I should absolutely return it based on that but I don't know if its worth playing the lottery and getting something even worse. It's pretty sad I even have to say that.

I'm going to use it for a few days before I make my decision. Others reported more bleed after using the monitor for a bit so I will see if that happens. I definitely prefer this monitor over the Dell which makes complete sense as IPS should be better than a TN but I need to decided if I can either live with these defects or want to continue playing the lottery for a perfect one.

I'll get some pictures up tonight or tomorrow night depending on when my SLR battery finishes charging.
 
Cypher- said:
So I received my monitor from Newegg tonight and I was expecting the worst. Going off of things I've seen on overclock.net the September monitors (which mine is) are worse than the October ones. I also noticed my box has a QC passed sticker on it and was clearly resealed which once again were bad signs according to others.

My first impressions upon plugging it in were the colors and viewing angles are much nicer than the Dell as would be expected. Loading up some full white screens revealed some flaws. The top 1/3 of the is definitely darker than the rest. There is also a small cluster on the bottom left (basically an 3/4" toward the center of the screen, just above the task bar) that is overly bright on light backgrounds. There are no dead pixels however. Loading up a black screen shows a minimal amount of bleed which is nice. I would definitely call it acceptable in that regard.

My main concern with this monitor was having a yellow/orange glow to it which this particular one seems to lack. The top 1/3 being slightly darker doesn't bother me much and I doubt I will ever notice it in the real world. The bright spot is a concern but once again it is in a spot where I don't know if I will notice it much. I should absolutely return it based on that but I don't know if its worth playing the lottery and getting something even worse. It's pretty sad I even have to say that.

I'm going to use it for a few days before I make my decision. Others reported more bleed after using the monitor for a bit so I will see if that happens. I definitely prefer this monitor over the Dell which makes complete sense as IPS should be better than a TN but I need to decided if I can either live with these defects or want to continue playing the lottery for a perfect one.

I'll get some pictures up tonight or tomorrow night depending on when my SLR battery finishes charging.
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That sounds like the other guys panel. Se all should post s3rials to see if we get the same unit from another return lol.
 
Received a "new" PG279Q from Newegg today also. It had a "QC Passed" sticker on it, the box was slightly damaged and looked re-taped as well.

September build, Top 1/3 of the screen is 15-20% darker / not as white as the rest of the screen. Besides normal IPS glow, the bottom right and left corners bleed a little bit, in the top right corner there is a very small 1/2inch hotspot of light on a black dark background but it is hardly noticeable.

Everything else about the monitor is excellent and it performs great in games. I'm really on the fence about keeping it or not as I do Photoshop / 3D Texture work and I'd prefer this to be my main monitor. Eventually I think the uniformity issue would drive me mad when not gaming, especially for such a hefty pricetag.
 
Pics. Please ignore the spot in the middle left of the white background shot. I assume it was something on my lens... it definitely is not on the monitor. The bright spot was pretty hard to capture as well. The picture doesn't do it justice.

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Cypher-'s picture on a black BG demonstrates the slight bright spot on the top right I have, desktop / games you don't notice it though.

I really wish this monitor didn't have the 1/3 top of screen uniformity issue, it'd be really amazing.

Did anyone else have the "QC Passed" besides Cypher- who purchased earlier?

*edit* Mine shipped from TN.
 
Starrbuck said:
No "QC Passed" on mine. Appears to be the original seal.
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Starrbuck, You said earlier in the thread that your monitor was good. What was the manufacture month? You don't notice any kind of uniformity issue of lighting/lum towards the top 1/3 of the screen?

I'm curious as yours didn't have a "QC Passed" sticker on it or appear to be resealed.

Thanks
 
It is a Sept 2015 and I do not notice any lighting issues on a white screen. I checked earlier today when I saw all the comments here. I guess I got lucky!
 
Does this monitor exhibit the yellow IPS glow that happens on the XB270HU?
 
Unfortunately I work this weekend, so the soonest I'll be able to check mine is Sunday evening.
 
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