Monitor Advice

[Don Kondra]

So Bob, did you buy one ?

Mine arrived yesterday. Not on sale though, paid $369, sigh..

First impressions are good even before calibrating.

Cheers, Don

[Elisha]

So Bob, did you buy one ?

Mine arrived yesterday. Not on sale though, paid $369, sigh..

First impressions are good even before calibrating.

Cheers, Don

Is it the 2209WA? Where did you get it from?

[Don Kondra]

Yup,

Ordered it online from shopRBC, thank you very much for that

Now I need to decide whether to keep my new Dell SP2309W, my desktop is looking rather decadent right now...

Cheers, Don

[Elisha]

Have you tried forcing it to 75Hz yet?
It is capable of 75Hz according to the manual but you can't pick it by default in Display settings.

If you have a Nvidia card, just follow these instructions: http://www.ocforums.com/showpost.php...2&postcount=19

[Don Kondra]

No, have you?

Cheers, Don

[Elisha]

Yep it was one of the first things I did.
Not sure how much difference it makes for Image Editing but it is supposed to make a difference when it comes to gaming.

[Don Kondra]

No gaming here

I understand it's also easier on eye strain...

Cheers, Don

[BobJohnson]

Yeah I got it. Here inthe UK it was delivered in 20 hours lol. Unfortunately the graphics card on my laptop has melted. I received the hard drive and RAM back from the repair centre as the laptop is useless now. Had it for just over 2 years and paid £900 for it. Absolutely gutted. Apparently the problem of overheating is very common and is a coding problem with GeForce graphics cards. Disgraceful they can get away with it lol. So my spanking new monitor hasn't even had a picture through it yet. It still looks rather good onthe table though

[Don Kondra]

Yikes... that sucks

I guess this is redundant now but do you know if your laptop supports a remote monitor?

The reason I ask is I hooked up my three year old 19" Dell LCD monitor to my one year old Dell Inspiron 15" laptop and the picture quality was horrible, as in, unuseable...

Cheers, Don

[BobJohnson]

It did support a remote monitor, until the graphics card melted lol. Now it supports nothing