Dell S2716DG alternative?

Fanatic · 23 Jun 2017 at 22:48

Here's what I use (A00 version):

Brightness: 33%
Contrast: 75%
Colour preset on monitor: Standard
ICC colour profile from TFTCentral: http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/icc_profiles/dell_s2716dg.icc
Gamma in Nvidia Control Panel: Display -> Adjust Desktop Colour Settings -> Gamma 0.8

Griff7520 · 23 Jun 2017 at 23:02

Fanatic said:
Here's what I use (A00 version):

Brightness: 33%
Contrast: 75%
Colour preset on monitor: Standard
ICC colour profile from TFTCentral: http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/icc_profiles/dell_s2716dg.icc
Gamma in Nvidia Control Panel: Display -> Adjust Desktop Colour Settings -> Gamma 0.8

thanks...will give it a try

kevindd992002 · 24 Jun 2017 at 00:11

That's interesting. Where'd you buy yours again? And does it also say A05 on the monitor itself?

Griff7520 · 24 Jun 2017 at 10:13

It's in the pdf manual on the cd that came with the monitor....where do I look on the monitor and I will see if it's on there when I get home from work tonight

....and I can not say the name of the supplier but it is a well known high Street chain

Griff7520 · 24 Jun 2017 at 19:23

on the back of the monitor it says the date of oct 2016 and AO4

Smrtka · 26 Jun 2017 at 14:55

I am looking to get the dell monitor but now wondering if I should not try an ultrawide ? I wanted one main monitor for gaming and one to read stuff on while I game.
I was thinking of pairing the dell with a cheap 27" 1440 would it be better to use the budget (around £800) to get one UW ?

kevindd992002 · 26 Jun 2017 at 15:54

@Griff7520

I don't have the monitor so I don't know where to look for the revision in the back of the monitor but I guess you got it figured out

So it's still A04. That's weird, it says A05 in your manual. Can you take a screenshot of where it says that?

Griff7520 · 26 Jun 2017 at 17:18

kevindd992002 · 26 Jun 2017 at 17:22

Griff7520 said:

OK, now I know what that means! That's the revision of the manual itself, not the monitor, LOL.

Griff7520 · 26 Jun 2017 at 17:27

kevindd992002 said:
OK, now I know what that means! That's the revision of the manual itself, not the monitor, LOL.

lol

Andi-C · 28 Jun 2017 at 10:24

Griff7520 said:
lol

Haha, dafty ! You almost set the internet on alert with that rev A05.

Let me know how you get on with the settings, I'm really toying with the idea of getting this Dell but keep being put off by others that have came from an IPS to this Dell TN.

Griff7520 · 28 Jun 2017 at 15:51

never owned an ips but I have gone from a Asus VG278HE to this and if I am honest I have no better performance with this than the old one. I have exactly the same fps in my games as before and cant see any difference except for the higher resolution which is a bit better off course. I have got the colour much better after seeing other peoples settings. The problem I had at boot with a couple of pixels showing has now disappeared so all good there. Everything else with the monitor is spot on now. It is a nice looking monitor but I think I have wasted £520 really as the asus was fine for me. I think a better upgrade for me would have been a bigger screen if I am honest. But still I got it now so all is good.

peahead · 28 Jun 2017 at 16:37

Griff7520 said:
if I am honest I have no better performance with this than the old one.

I am not sure why you were expecting more fps from a monitor ?

Griff7520 · 28 Jun 2017 at 16:41

I wasn't expecting more but I think I misunderstood what gsync does. I thought it kept the fps at 144 fps but it doesn't...it still goes up and down a bit as before so to me I can not see any difference in that ...just the higher res which I suppose is the upgrade for me... I think if you have a high end pc anyway then gsync does not bring much to the table...so it is just me not understanding how this tec works,....I like to build computers but it don't make me an expert on all the other stuff lol..if you know what I mean

Random Guy Esq. · 28 Jun 2017 at 16:45

You definitely misunderstood what G-Sync does.

Griff7520 · 28 Jun 2017 at 16:57

Random Guy Esq. said:
You definitely misunderstood what G-Sync does.

please enlighten me......... would be nice to know what I get for my purchase ....I still have time to return it if its not worth the outlay.

Random Guy Esq. · 28 Jun 2017 at 17:02

In very basic terms, G-Sync, when used with a compatible Nvidia GPU, synchronises the refresh rate of your monitor with whatever FPS your GPU is outputting.

Griff7520 · 28 Jun 2017 at 17:23

Random Guy Esq. said:
In very basic terms, G-Sync, when used with a compatible Nvidia GPU, synchronises the refresh rate of your monitor with whatever FPS your GPU is outputting.

so basically if my gpu can only do 80 fps at best then gsync will make the monitor do 80 fps in line with the gpu...is that correct

Dr Delphi · 28 Jun 2017 at 17:23

so if the GPU is outputting at 60Hz and the monitor is 120Hz the monitor isn't waiting (1/120 * 2) seconds for the screen to refresh, the monitor always redraws the picture whenever the graphics card outputs another. This has the advantage of smoothing out the picture as you don't get tearing.

Random Guy Esq. · 28 Jun 2017 at 18:00

Griff7520 said:
so basically if my gpu can only do 80 fps at best then gsync will make the monitor do 80 fps in line with the gpu...is that correct

More or less, although technically the monitor operates in hertz rather than FPS.

Basic video here. Lots more on YouTube that explain it better/in more depth, but I didn't want to subject you to an annoying YouTube personality!