BenQ XL2730Z Freesync Owners Thread

Nexus18 said:
Yeah I watched that when you first posted it, good review like the others.

I can't bring myself to buy asus products when their QC/CS is awful and reports of the bleed put me of as well as the freesync range (initially thought 35-90 was good but not now)
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For me it was more the input lag that annoyed me + it was another factor I didn't like to think about - if I've paid for a 144hz screen, I don't want to be limited to 90hz just to use Freesync.

And, yes, the lower-right hand backlight bleed ruined the screen is dark games - it was as borderline excessive.

The new Asus ROG Swift PG279Q looks much better in that regard (the actual panel is different too - they must have been waiting for a more premium part for their ROG line) but it obviously you'll need an NVIDIA GPU to enjoy it to its full potential - especially at the £750 price tag.

It will be amuzing if OLED sweeps the market within a couple of years, making all existing tech look black & white hunks of cr@p! :) - screens like the above will lose half their value overnight.
 
That is one thing I have never really had a problem with on my IPS screens, input lag, I'm sure the difference is night and day though but can't say it bothers me anywhere as much as motion/blur does.

I watch/play a lot of dark content so deep blacks and the detail being visible in those areas is a must.

And yup, OLED TV's have come a long way with regards to uniformity, image retention etc. so hoping that we aren't too far of OLED monitors, although I imagine it will be a good 2/3 years until then.... once they are out at a decent price, all LCD's will be dead to me! :p

It is unfortunate that we will be tied to AMD/nvidia with regards to our monitor choices now, I really don't like the thought of that but in the long run I can see freesync/adaptive sync winning.... and besides there is no way I am paying more than £500 for a monitor.
 
Likewise, never had an issue with IPS input lag, but I know people who certainly claim to pick up on it, and insist on fast TN panels, happy to accept the colour shift/reproduction issues and inferior blacks that come with it. All very subjective at the end of the day.

I agree OLED has the potential to be a game changer, but it's a wayyy off. DP 1.3 will step things forward MUCH sooner though, and I do believe if the manufacturers can get their act together, it would be VERY achievable to produce a genuine high quality 1440p 21:9 IPS panel, fitted with a polarizer to prevent glow, along with proper QC to catch other issues... and with DP 1.3 implementation that will enable a native speed higher than 100Hz (none of this overclocked nonsense), then we would have as near a perfect monitor as possible until OLED can manage the same... which I suspect is a good 2-3 years away. The perfect IPS monitor is within sight... the question is if someone will actually make it or not!?

And if 21:9 isn't your cup of tea, then there really would be nothing stopping them producing a high quality 16:9 panel TODAY! The one used in the PG279Q is really not up to task.
 
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I'm now almost certain this is going to be my next monitor. If only I could get it for under (or close to) £400!

I really want IPS too but I want to experience freesync with a wide hz range.

TerminatorUK, your video has made it easier for me to decide!

When I get it, I'm going to buy a R9 390 (or a second hand 290x) to tie me over until AMD Greenland next year. :)
 
DM8104 said:
I'm now almost certain this is going to be my next monitor. If only I could get it for under (or close to) £400!

I really want IPS too but I want to experience freesync with a wide hz range.

TerminatorUK, your video has made it easier for me to decide!

When I get it, I'm going to buy a R9 390 (or a second hand 290x) to tie me over until AMD Greenland next year. :)
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Good - glad it helped. Honestly the margins between IPS and this screen are slim - forget any of your previous TN panel experiences - they barely apply.

I was going to hold out for the Eizo Foris FS2750 that is coming December / January time (27", 1440p, 144hz, IPS, 4ms gtg, Freesync, native blur reduction mode) but I don't think I fancy even entertaining it to be honest now - I'm sure it'll be in the £550-600 region too.
 
I opened an RMA for my monitor, and it has been sent back with no faults detected, although the issue is definitely real. Not sure where to go from here :confused:

Tested a couple of other monitors on my PC and they have no issues.
 
take a video of the fault, in the video show in one continuous shoot with the BenQ and with another monitor to prove another screen does not do it. Send that video off to BenQ and ask them to repair or send another screen as good will.
 
Hello all.

Had this monitor for around 5 weeks. First week I had it I had an issue where there would what appears to be static links appearing on the screen. Only happened a couple time for 2-5 minutes each time.

For the past 5 weeks everythings been okay, now since 2 days ago its been like it none stop.

Has anyone ever had this issue or know how to fix it?

Links to images of the issue- http://imgur.com/a/FMQqi


Thanks
 
Hi, bit of a cross post from here but have just picked one of these up, along with a 'Sapphire Radeon Fury Tri-X' and so was wondering - save me trawling the thread for info - if there is anything I need to know? re: settings etc.

Thanks !
 
display port 144hz, enable freesync in the amd catalyst control centre (or crimson when it comes along) good to go, great card and monitor combo!! nice one.
 
I'm noticing that the screen is flickering, particularly during loading screens, on some games. I saw this post concerning G-sync monitors - http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Editorial/Look-Reported-G-Sync-Display-Flickering - and it does mention that any variable refresh screen can have this problem.

I tried lowering from 144hz to 120hz but it still flickers, although it seems a little better. It's in Star Wars Battlefront that it seems really bad though.

Anyone else experiencing this? (Sorry if it has been mentioned, I was up to date on this thread until last month).
 
tomb233 said:
Hello all.

Had this monitor for around 5 weeks. First week I had it I had an issue where there would what appears to be static links appearing on the screen. Only happened a couple time for 2-5 minutes each time.

For the past 5 weeks everythings been okay, now since 2 days ago its been like it none stop.

Has anyone ever had this issue or know how to fix it?

Links to images of the issue- http://imgur.com/a/FMQqi


Thanks
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Ive had that a couple of times while browsing, its a driver prob, i just CTRL+ALT+DEL to fix it, then press ESC to get back to my desktop.
 
chaosophy said:
Hi, bit of a cross post from here but have just picked one of these up, along with a 'Sapphire Radeon Fury Tri-X' and so was wondering - save me trawling the thread for info - if there is anything I need to know? re: settings etc.

Thanks !
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Hey great card and monitor configuration.....just like mine :D

I put up some of the settings from other posters two pages ago (Pg 53) but TerminatorUk also put one of his own up (Pg 54, I think) and quite a few liked his settings too...I'm going to put them in as another profile on my S Switch to try them out. The S-Switch...another fine feature from Benq. :)

I am loving my monitor/gfx combo so far. I did have some flickering a few weeks ago but then realised that my windows desktop was running at 60Hz and so I upped it to 144Hz and the flickering dissappeared.....I'm sure I set it to 144Hz to start with though? Oh Well, all good now.

Enjoy your Monitor/GFX card combo
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Do the undocumented features on the S-switch still work on this monitor?
It's not even listed in the Benq manual.

But, on XL2720Z:
hold down button #1 (ENTER/EXIT) button on S-switch for 8+ seconds=Standard mode

Hold down a profile 1-3 gamer button for 8+ seconds = saves preset to the profile
(edit) this is listed in the manual. But the standard mode switch ("return button" for 8 seconds) is not listed at all.

I'd check the XL2730Z manual if it didn't take 20 years to download -.-
 
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Does anyone else get the issue with this monitor where it looks like everything (including the OSD stuff) is being displayed at a lower resolution?
It looks like you can see every pixel.

Really horrid.
 
Hi all, I picked up this monitor a few days ago and for the most part it's great. However, with the newest crimson drivers that came out I get weird flickering on the desktop when I alt tab out of games. I also get the same kind of flickering when playing heroes of the storm but I haven't seen it in any other games I have tried out. It looks kind of like the backlight is flickering or something like that. It's definitely freesync related because if I turn off freesync it goes away. Also I rolled back my drivers and the desktop flickering went away, but not the flickering in heroes of the storm.

I'm wondering if anyone else has seen this problem? I'm using a sapphire tri x 290xx to drive the display, I've thought about removing the overclocking from the card even though it's a factory overclocking but haven't tried that yet.

I'd liek to figure out if this is a problem with my particular display or a driver problem so I can get a replacement for the monitor before the time is up on that.
 
I believe I'm getting the blurring that I've seen a few others complain of :(

Not happy.
Not sure whether to get a replacement or just get a different monitor. There's the worry that a replacement would do the same thing in a few months time.
 
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