New Samsung S23A700D 120Hz
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Had the monitor for a few days now and still can't fault it.
After applying for the VAT on day one, I had this today....
Your claim has now been validated and approved for payment. Typically payments are processed within 30 working days. You will receive your payment within this timeframe.
That's not bad, still think its a great price without the VAT off tbh.
After applying for the VAT on day one, I had this today....
Your claim has now been validated and approved for payment. Typically payments are processed within 30 working days. You will receive your payment within this timeframe.
That's not bad, still think its a great price without the VAT off tbh.
Yeah I thought so too, brings the game alive
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which games did you try?
I've been blown away with Metro 2033 and Batman AA. BF3 on the other hand is quite poor imo.
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No invoice on the side of my box either,have tried the e-mail route,(with Windows snipping tool),will see what happens.
The monitor,wow,just wow,and exceptionally rapid shipment too.
The monitor,wow,just wow,and exceptionally rapid shipment too.
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I've just finished uninstalling everything and ran driver sweeper. I grabbed the drivers from AMD's site again and will report back if it has worked. CHeers.
edit - it is still isn't there.
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gibbo said those who didn't get a receipt can contact customer service & they will send one out to them.
Does anyone have a link to the place to get the USB Emulator for 3d Vision? We got one for my dad at the gadget show after one of the OcUK staff said it would work, but we can't get frame sequential to work at all so are going to try this route, pretty annoying if I'm honest as it is certainly not straight forward! Where do we stand in returns from the gadget show too, as I imagine it doesn't count as DSR, but it was also mis-sold? Perhaps the wrong place for this but just wanting to get it to work properly with an Nvidia 460 Ti!
The ones that worked for me where; Guild Wars and L4D. Although GW is an old game a particular 'hub' with snow popping out of the screen looked great.
SWTOR, Crysis and SS:HD didn't work for me - although I think it was just a code-18 on Serious Sam because it didn't work properly. SWTOR just crashed after the game launcher kicks in and Crysis came up with a message about only being able to work in Dx9 mode.
I don't have a hugh library of PC games to try because I do a lot of my gaming on the 360 still (ME's, COD's, BF's etc). Was going to try TF2 and The Witcher next.
gibbo said those who didn't get a receipt can contact customer service & they will send one out to them.
Yep - will call in on Monday.
in the end i caved in & i just ordered this monitor from OCUK,£166.66 (after vat discount) is awesome price for 120hz screen but i really really really hope OCUK is lucky shop for me because i bought 3 of this exact same model from the river named company in germany & all 3 had stuck/dead pixels,i truly hope my luck is with OCUK & i don't get a fourth one with the exact same ultra annoying issue.
What has surprised me the most, is the fact that Tridef just 'works', after all the bad things said in the graphics section of the forum regarding AMD's implementation of 3D, take into account I'm using CrossFire too with no hassles as mentioned in various threads over there(I'm assuming Tridef sorted out the CrossFire problems).
£166(after cashback and assuming you get a good one) for a 120Hz 3D monitor using AMD gpu's is amazing value compared to swapping to the green team and investing in Nvidia 3D surround and being tied to it.
There is a laser sight available via Tridef hotkeys(keypad arrow keys and no.5) for those finding it hard to aim.
All games launched via Tridef game launcher unless stated.
BF3(not launched via tridef, 3D applied directly within the game), very disappointing, thought it would be much, much better, especially compared with the effects on other titles, quite a performance hit too!
L4D2, incredible 3D effect, the best use of 3D of all the games I tried, imo the overall depth, looking into the distance is incredible.
Skyrim, stunning 2nd best looking title for me absolutely fantastic.
Deuss Ex(not launched via tridef, 3D applied directly within the game), it's ok, but nothing special.
BAC, fantastic, not much of a performance hit and Bats looks incredible when you pan the camera around him it has to be seen to take it in.
Dead Space 2, fantastic.
Bulletstorm, very immersive.
ME3, good looking and lots of depth.
F3 NV, great looking.
Dirt 3, (not launched via tridef, 3D applied directly within the game) disappointing as I heard it was very impressive, maybe expected too much.
Portal 2, looks great but I was getting a huge performance hit.
Crysis 2, fantastic, not much of a hit.
Crysis, sore on the senses, it looks great, but I was getting a shimmering effect, maybe have to play about with the settings and there is a considerable performance hit too.
The bad bits:
Brain strain was quite pronounced when I first started using the 3D, but last night it wasn't anywhere near as bad, maybe because I was just playing a game instead of testing(jumping back and forth between titles in 3D to desktop and back again), etc.
EA games are looking to get authorised when launching directly from Origin(probably without Origin too) via Tridef game launcher, not good as it's going to take activations away from you, could cause problems further down the line.
After installing the latest Tridef(on another W7 installation) without the Samsung license(pointed out in an earlier post how to do it), you get the full use, including the media player(whether it's a bug or Samsung don't supply this part of the license I don't know) but the only thing your missing is the Yabazam 3D Movies 3D movies from the site(as you can use VLC, media player etc to watch converted 2D>3D movies).
Alas the monitor is getting DSR'd due to a dead pixel, so I don't know if I'm prepared to take a chance on getting another one incase it has the same problem, it's not a bargain anymore when you have to factor in sending them back out of your own pocket.
@as905, does the monitor leg come off the monitor easy enough?
Anyone know the cheapest way to return the monitor?
I looked at DPD's website but they are wanting £20, I will find out how much parcel Force is and the PO for anyone in my situation.
£166(after cashback and assuming you get a good one) for a 120Hz 3D monitor using AMD gpu's is amazing value compared to swapping to the green team and investing in Nvidia 3D surround and being tied to it.
There is a laser sight available via Tridef hotkeys(keypad arrow keys and no.5) for those finding it hard to aim.
All games launched via Tridef game launcher unless stated.
BF3(not launched via tridef, 3D applied directly within the game), very disappointing, thought it would be much, much better, especially compared with the effects on other titles, quite a performance hit too!
L4D2, incredible 3D effect, the best use of 3D of all the games I tried, imo the overall depth, looking into the distance is incredible.
Skyrim, stunning 2nd best looking title for me absolutely fantastic.
Deuss Ex(not launched via tridef, 3D applied directly within the game), it's ok, but nothing special.
BAC, fantastic, not much of a performance hit and Bats looks incredible when you pan the camera around him it has to be seen to take it in.
Dead Space 2, fantastic.
Bulletstorm, very immersive.
ME3, good looking and lots of depth.
F3 NV, great looking.
Dirt 3, (not launched via tridef, 3D applied directly within the game) disappointing as I heard it was very impressive, maybe expected too much.
Portal 2, looks great but I was getting a huge performance hit.
Crysis 2, fantastic, not much of a hit.
Crysis, sore on the senses, it looks great, but I was getting a shimmering effect, maybe have to play about with the settings and there is a considerable performance hit too.
The bad bits:
Brain strain was quite pronounced when I first started using the 3D, but last night it wasn't anywhere near as bad, maybe because I was just playing a game instead of testing(jumping back and forth between titles in 3D to desktop and back again), etc.
EA games are looking to get authorised when launching directly from Origin(probably without Origin too) via Tridef game launcher, not good as it's going to take activations away from you, could cause problems further down the line.
After installing the latest Tridef(on another W7 installation) without the Samsung license(pointed out in an earlier post how to do it), you get the full use, including the media player(whether it's a bug or Samsung don't supply this part of the license I don't know) but the only thing your missing is the Yabazam 3D Movies 3D movies from the site(as you can use VLC, media player etc to watch converted 2D>3D movies).
Alas the monitor is getting DSR'd due to a dead pixel, so I don't know if I'm prepared to take a chance on getting another one incase it has the same problem, it's not a bargain anymore when you have to factor in sending them back out of your own pocket.
@as905, does the monitor leg come off the monitor easy enough?
Anyone know the cheapest way to return the monitor?
I looked at DPD's website but they are wanting £20, I will find out how much parcel Force is and the PO for anyone in my situation.
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it doesn't come off,just send it the way it is,that's what i did twice (even the one samsung collected for refund was sent the same way but in a plain box because their repair centre lost the original box),i know the box may look slightly stretched but there is nothing you can do about it,samsung should have thought about the possibility of customers returning their screens under DSR. doh
as for shipping i used parcel2go & selected parcelforce from the list of available couriers no insurance paid because they don't insure monitors or laptops but lucky for me parcelforce has proven reliable as overseas courier,each time it costed me £20.56 but the good old river company refunded me the p&p cost every time. simply impressive
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try www.myhermes.co.uk
they will charge you about £8 or £9 & it takes them around 4 days to deliver it.
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Thanks for the info as905.
@nitram100, OcUK will let you DSR it back, but you will have to foot the bill, I very much doubt Samsung will repair single dead pixels as it doesn't fall under a fault, from OcUk:
@nitram100, OcUK will let you DSR it back, but you will have to foot the bill, I very much doubt Samsung will repair single dead pixels as it doesn't fall under a fault, from OcUk:
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nope once repair has been a proved samsung uk will collect your screen free of charge,they will provide you with the required booking details,all you have to do is call UPS & arrange collection day.
very true,samsung only agreed to repair my 2nd monitor because they told me to send the 1st one back to the retailer & i did so when i called them regarding the 2nd one (i wasn't happy) they probably felt bad & agreed to take it in for repair,but when i call them regarding the 3rd monitor they asked me to email them a photo of the stuck pixel which was right in the middle of the screen (the worst one yet) 5 days later they called me saying 1 pixel is still within their acceptable...blah blah blah & so they wont repair it. i said i have already sent it back & got my money back,thanks for your help & gave them some advice regarding their poor quality control.
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Really hope you have better luck this time mate fingers crossed for you.
Also for people with bad fps in BF3 try turning off stereoscopic 3D in the in game options.
I think this worked for crysis and deus ex too.
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anyone running these with 680's in SLI ? does performance hold up well across games like BF3/Crysis 2 (3 monitor surround/eyefinity)
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