Just picked up the new Asus 27 IPS Monitor

Catanonia · 28 Sep 2012 at 14:07

Wow !!!!!!!

Just popped into OC and picked this bad boy up

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-043-AS&groupid=17&catid=1120&subcat=

Fantastic monitor, my 1st IPS monitor and it is the dogs !!!

Have it in the middle of 2 older 22inch HP's as my main monitor. Loving the colours, the resolution and well everything about it.

eyetrip · 28 Sep 2012 at 14:29

Nice. Enjoy! It is quite nice going to 2560x1440 for the first time. Makes me reluctant to get rid of mine

Using it for gaming?

Catanonia · 28 Sep 2012 at 14:40

eyetrip said:
Nice. Enjoy! It is quite nice going to 2560x1440 for the first time. Makes me reluctant to get rid of mine

Using it for gaming?

Yes is very nice, using it for number crunching, editing and video with the odd game such as Diablo and SkyRim

monitorsgrrrrrr · 28 Sep 2012 at 14:44

Hows the black in a dark room? Any backled bleed?

Catanonia · 28 Sep 2012 at 15:11

monitorsgrrrrrr said:
Hows the black in a dark room? Any backled bleed?

not sure what black bleed is.

Can you give some instructions on how to test and what to look for and I will happily do the test and report back.

monitorsgrrrrrr · 28 Sep 2012 at 15:20

Just make the room as dark as possible and turn the brightness of your monitor to 80%. Run this program http://www.dps.uk.com/download.php?file=4 and select a black screen. Now look if the blacks are even everywhere. If backled bleeding occurs then you will see bright spots on the edge of the panel. Thanks in advance!

Sighn · 28 Sep 2012 at 15:22

Talking about back light LED bleed, Cat.

Catanonia · 28 Sep 2012 at 15:35

Ok no worries, will give it a go tonight and report back as I guess I am one of the 1st in the UK public to buy one of these monitors.

eyetrip · 28 Sep 2012 at 15:57

No. Don't go looking for problems if you don't know what they are/if you have them or not!

Ignorance is bliss

Catanonia · 28 Sep 2012 at 16:15

eyetrip said:
No. Don't go looking for problems if you don't know what they are/if you have them or not!

Ignorance is bliss

LOL, I have heard of the Back Bleed with all monitors so will not be surprised if it does have it. Persoanally this is a massive step up from old HP 22inch 1680 mode monitor.

Catanonia · 28 Sep 2012 at 16:21

Running a i3930 OC to 4.8Ghz W/C loop
32GB ram
2 x GTX460 SLI
256GB SSD
3TB Raid 0

Catanonia · 28 Sep 2012 at 20:12

Yes you get LED Bleed around the corners on the monitor using the test above, but only noticeable if you look for it in a dark room on a black screen.

Still awesome monitor.

monitorsgrrrrrr · 28 Sep 2012 at 20:55

Thats good to hear man! A little bit of backled bleeding is very normal for a LED panel, so dont worry about it. Did you play any games?

C64 · 28 Sep 2012 at 22:07

I hate my first ips waaaaay too bright had to turn it down to 10 brightness and 5 contrast or it burned my retinas out the viewing angles are great but I cant notice much of an improvement over my samsung 226bw but this is the Lg 235IPS, just goes to show what an awesome monitor the 226bw was

james_2k · 28 Sep 2012 at 22:26

how glossy is the screen?

Medo · 28 Sep 2012 at 22:31

This is advertised as an IPS panel but it's really a Samsung PLS.

Catanonia · 28 Sep 2012 at 23:10

james_2k said:
how glossy is the screen?

Matt finish which is nice for office with windows.

One of the reasons I picked it.

Catanonia · 28 Sep 2012 at 23:12

monitorsgrrrrrr said:
Thats good to hear man! A little bit of backled bleeding is very normal for a LED panel, so dont worry about it. Did you play any games?

Yup Diablo and skyrim no problems for me. Not a FPS person so can't comment on them.

james_2k · 28 Sep 2012 at 23:19

hmmm. matt

im trying to decide between this and the samsung 970.

dont know if the sammy is worth the extra 300. but i do like a glossy screen!

could you take a picture of the backlight bleed?

Adaptive12 · 29 Sep 2012 at 00:52

I've just pulled the trigger and have ordered this one too... will let you know in a few days how it goes