Microcenter now carrying the 27" 2560x1440 Korean IPS monitors - Page 68

Very remarkable. No dust-like particles on my screen anymore which annoyed me looking on white backgrounds. If I had three of these, I would remove all the AG coatings(all at the same time!).

Finally got my Auria ordered. Excited!

There are two versions of the U2711, Version 1 used LED panel, version 2 used this 8x CCFL panel. The manufacture that made the U2711 monitors for Dell (Dell doe not manufacture anything, only sells) quickly switched to the LG LM270WQ2 8x CCFL panels due to issues with whatever they were using. You have the early version of the U2711. Yes, the anti-glare coating on the early versions of the U2711 was really bad and its still too aggressive IMO on the LG LM270WQ2 based monitors like the Auria.
Edited by Grimster - 2/17/13 at 3:30am

LOLZ!!! Dell does not design or make anything. They simply sell other manufactures products and put their name on it. All the products you see from Dell come from the same sources as this Auria does.

dell DO design their stuff ... they just outsource the manufacturing stuff ... like the majority of the companies in the world

you guys are misunderstanding 2 things , designing and manufacturing ... i understand they dont design the PCB or the LCD or IPS technology ... they just implement them in the design ... that is all


if Dell or Apple didnt have those huge contracts to manufacture those monitors u love soooo much ( those A- and + panels) , those korean monitors wouldnt exist in the first place , remember those korean branded monitors are just scraps from the production line wich didnt passed QC by little ...

... if the manufacturer wants to sell their scraps ... i bet it was stipulated in the contract for sure ... same as the iPhone manufacturing contract lol can you imagine lots of CNC aluminum casing Korean branded phones that looks like the iPhone , but at 100$? lolol


(yes , i do know they cant sell the iphone scraps , because its a patented design ... to the last millimeter of PCB and every hole in it lol)

So I see it going back and forth here...can anyone confirm whether this new matte version of the Auria is using CCFL or continues to use PWM LED for dimming? I had the glossy model for a week or so and it gave me massive headaches and eyestrain, so I had to take it back. I think it was a combination of the small text, PWM, and glossy finish (with a window right behind me) that ruined that monitor for me. This one has a lot of promise if it does not use PWM.

Hello, ladies and gents of OC.

First time caller, longtime listener here. Thanks to the mostly gushing reviews of this monitor here, I went down to my local MicroCenter and bought it home to use with my newly-built, less-than-a-week-old custom system.

I am coming from an Asus VE249 LED, which was very nice for me.

This Auria monitor is astounding to me - it has vibrant, robust color right out of the box and the additional real estate (my last monitor was 24 inches, it seems) is overwhelmingly generous to what I am accustomed. Though I am easily impressed by such things, I would have made a great commercial for Auria - there I was staring literally open-mouthed as the Unigine Meadow, Unigine Heaven and the demo edition of 3dMark did their stuff passively on the screen to test the graphical prowess of my new rig.

But all is not perfect for me - there is a kind of "stuttering" or "skipping" when I am playing two games in particular - Planetside 2 and Borderlands 2. Everything is gorgeous at standstill in both games, and seemingly fine at a standard pace, but when I swing a mouse back and forth quickly, there seems to be a light residual "ghosting" effect.

Is what I described actual "ghosting"? Strangely, I do not notice the effect in ANY of the benchmarking programs!

I know ghosting suppression isn't the strong suit of these IPS monitors, but the effect on this Auria is strong enough to give me, a hardened, 20-hour-a-week gamer that's committed to that schedule for most of his 40+ years of life, a bit of motion sickness.

I notice some people complain about mild ghosting here and on [H]CP, but not a lot, which is leaving me curious, because I am generally not picky with how things look. I cannot believe, in a group of the most discerning, exacting, demanding masters of PC hardware (that's you guys - and I mean it in the most flattering, revering way) I would be the only one to dramatically complain that the "ghosting on this monitor literally makes me sick".

So I suspect I am missing something.

1. Is this effect simply due to the distinct difference in fluidity between my old Asus and this LCD/LED IPS? Is there a chance I might I simply adapt to the "blurrier" or "choppier" motion?

2. Is there perhaps something wrong with the monitor?

3. Is there a setting I neglected to adjust? Shall i try another to be positive?

I added Adaptive Vsynch via my NVidia controls, as well as experimented with Triple-Buffering in both games, which dealt with some unrelated tearing I was getting and mildly improved the "ghosting effect" (if that is indeed what it is) I described above. I also turned off Ambient Occlusion and Depth of Field, as those are new to me, as well (I generally kept them off with my former GTX 470.

My FPS does not dip below 50 in either game at any time, according to EVGA Precision X, so I doubt it is a regular old frame-rate issue.

Anyway, I have a 15 or 30 days to return, but I don't want to! I love how everything looks in both games and everywhere else. I have tasted what 2560x1440 IPS offers and it is delicious!

Help me keep this beauty!

Any suggestions?

TL;DR: Lovely monitor, but it has a "stutter" or "ghosting" issue severe enough to give me motion sickness, at least in FPS games like PS2 and BL2. But I think it is somehow my fault, and not the Auria
Edited by hurtmypony - 2/17/13 at 11:38am

^ Please add your system specs to your signature.

Are you sure your computer is powerfull enough to handle 1440 res? Switch to lower graphical quality in your games and see if the stuttering persists.

Tripple post...
Edited by axiumone - 2/17/13 at 12:19pm

Sorry, I filled out the rig sheet, but didn't realize I needed to manually attach it to the signature. Thank you for the reply!

This is no exact science for me, but I never seem to see Borderlands 2, the game I more extensively tested, dipping below 50FPS during any point of the game. The effect I mention can be demonstrated out of combant and within the comforts of the town of Sanctuary (if you are familiar with the game) - I can simply side strafe without touching the mouse, and the dude on the bench kind of "blurs" out as I move back and forth, as if I were looking out a car side window as I passed him on the street. Not sure if that is a feature of the game's more elevated effects, or a deal-breaking ghosting side effect of this otherwise wonderful monitor.

I certainly don't notice the same in the benchmarking graphical demonstrations.

I'll see how it looks at 1920 x 1080 and report back, but is there anything else I can try?