Dell S2716DG - Dells first G-sync

se_vietboi · 25 Jul 2016 at 11:32

Alright I've just ordered one of these myself; didn't want to take the gamble on an Acer or Asus panel. Thinking about it now, viewing angles and colour accuracy does not pose a priority for me although it's been said this display is one of the best for a TN. I'll also be rid of IPS glow which is awesome.

Gonna compare to my Samsung S27B970D - a solid PLS display with amazing picture and see how it fares.

infernox · 25 Jul 2016 at 11:59

Dell just announced the release of a 24inch model -

http://www1.la.dell.com/vc/en/corp/...tor/pd.aspx?refid=dell-s2417dg-monitor&s=corp

24" QHD 165Hz TN Gsync.

Price unconfirmed, I believe somewhere around the £500 mark.

pcfarrar · 25 Jul 2016 at 14:53

infernox said:
24" QHD 165Hz TN Gsync.
Price unconfirmed, I believe somewhere around the £500 mark.

Shouldn't it be cheaper than the S2716DG? Any idea what the release date of this model is?

PCM2 · 25 Jul 2016 at 15:16

pcfarrar said:
Shouldn't it be cheaper than the S2716DG? Any idea what the release date of this model is?

Dell have not specifically 'announced' this product, in fact their product pages aren't even complete yet. You can certainly expect it this year, but not for another few months I'd say. And yes I certainly expect it to be cheaper than the S2716DG. Perhaps not as much cheaper as some may hope, but I don't see Dell charging a premium just for the extra 21Hz or anything like that.

Yaayuh! · 25 Jul 2016 at 16:21

24" though.. A lot people will be put off by the size. But would be good for LANs etc.

se_vietboi · 25 Jul 2016 at 16:27

24" isn't bad for the average consumer and it'll contain more ppi so that's another +.

infernox · 25 Jul 2016 at 16:38

I think it will be more expensive for the PPI Reason.

How many 24inch QHD Screens are about? 1.. as far as I can see.
How many of those have 165hz? Or even 144Hz? 0...
How many of those then have Gsync. Well 0...

Yeah itll be more expensive than the 27 for those reasons.

First to market a QHD 165hz 24" after all.

The ASUS 24" TN 165hz 1080p is £400...

PCM2 · 25 Jul 2016 at 17:03

infernox said:
I think it will be more expensive for the PPI Reason.

How many 24inch QHD Screens are about? 1.. as far as I can see.
How many of those have 165hz? Or even 144Hz? 0...
How many of those then have Gsync. Well 0...

Yeah itll be more expensive than the 27 for those reasons.

First to market a QHD 165hz 24" after all.

The ASUS 24" TN 165hz 1080p is £400...

You should Google AOC AG241QC. Uses exactly the same panel with a September release expected and yeah, £500+. Not sure which will be first to market. But you're quite right about the novelty factor - that will wear off in not too long though.

Retro89 · 25 Jul 2016 at 19:37

Got my monitor today, what colour settings are people using? The ones on TFT Central give it a greenish tint which I don't like.

Nevermind, I found a setting I like. Got a few dead pixels on mine

They are in the corners though.

dudebro2102 · 26 Jul 2016 at 01:19

Dicehunter said:
Get this ICC profile from TFT Central - http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/icc_profiles/dell_s2716dg.icc

And these settings -

Preset mode - Standard

Brightness - 26

Contrast - 75

RGB - 97, 99, 96

Also set digital vibrancy in the Nvidia control panel to 55%.

Reboot and hey presto it's configured

Do i need to adjust some colour settings in the ncp?

Dicehunter · 26 Jul 2016 at 01:20

dudebro2102 said:
Do i need to adjust some colour settings in the ncp?

Nope but setting digital vibrancy to 55 is a good option

dudebro2102 · 26 Jul 2016 at 01:33

Dicehunter said:
Nope but setting digital vibrancy to 55 is a good option

Thanks

Dervious · 26 Jul 2016 at 08:29

I tried the settings from TFT Central, and was rather underwhelmed.

These are the adjustments that I`ve found to produce good results :

Brightness : 36
Contrast : 75
Custom Color : R : 90%, G : 97%, B : 98% < Fine tune to remove any tint on your monitor. White should appear as "white" as possible.

NVIDIA CONTROL PANEL.

Use NVIDIA settings

Brightness : 50% < Recently reduced to 45
Contrast : 50% < Recently reduced to 30
Gamma : +0.90
Digital vibrance : +60%

PCM2 · 26 Jul 2016 at 08:37

Dervious said:
I tried the settings from TFT Central, and was rather underwhelmed.

These are the adjustments that I`ve found to produce good results :

Brightness : 36
Contrast : 75
Custom Color : R : 90%, G : 97%, B : 98% < Fine tune to remove any tint on your monitor. White should appear as "white" as possible.

NVIDIA CONTROL PANEL.

Use NVIDIA settings

Brightness : 50% < Recently reduced to 45
Contrast : 50% < Recently reduced to 30
Gamma : +0.90
Digital vibrance : +60%

The settings on TFT Central are designed to be used in conjunction with the ICC profile. Same applies to the settings on my review. The gamma of the S2716DG is too low 'out of the box' and there is no option in the OSD to adjust that. That is why you have adjusted the gamma in Nvidia Control Panel. The fact that you have done that negates any ICC profile, however. And because of the fact the gamma curve bows (is correct at the upper end but not further down), you're only able to correct the gamma properly by using an ICC profile rather than displacing the curve using NVCP adjustment.

Dervious · 26 Jul 2016 at 08:41

PCM2 said:
The settings on TFT Central are designed to be used in conjunction with the ICC profile. Same applies to the settings on my review. The gamma of the S2716DG is too low 'out of the box' and there is no option in the OSD to adjust that. That is why you have adjusted the gamma in Nvidia Control Panel. The fact that you have done that negates any ICC profile, however. And because of the fact the gamma curve bows (is correct at the upper end but not further down), you're only able to correct the gamma properly by using an ICC profile rather than displacing the curve using NVCP adjustment.

I did download and install the profile. I checked the profile was working by switching back to the default profile a couple of times.

hyperseven · 26 Jul 2016 at 08:43

Twirlywoos posted some decent profiles

https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=29158814&postcount=917

PCM2 · 26 Jul 2016 at 08:44

Dervious said:
I did download and install the profile. I checked the profile was working by switching back to the default profile a couple of times.

The profile overwrites any changes made in NVCP, aside from the 'Enhancements' such as 'Digital Vibrance'. You can't adjust gamma AND have the profile active. It's one or the other.

Dervious · 26 Jul 2016 at 08:53

PCM2 said:
The profile overwrites any changes made in NVCP, aside from the 'Enhancements' such as 'Digital Vibrance'. You can't adjust gamma AND have the profile active. It's one or the other.

I understand that.

In fact I`ve just reinstated the TFT Central Profile and settings. It seems that with my monitor's brightness set to 26%, the image is lacking a bit of vibrancy. To be fair, when I increase the brightness by about 10% on the monitor, the image looks fairly similar to the settings I`ve been using.

Dervious · 26 Jul 2016 at 09:04

Something I`ve noticed is that the image quality on my screen seems to have improved after a few day's use. I'm sure that's due to my eyes becoming accustomed to the new TN panel after using IPS for a couple of years.