Monitor reviews are a minefield.....
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TFTCentral the one I use but agree with @humbug monitors are far more subjective view of the reviewer than the spec a lot of the time. A lot of them are swung into positive reviews by addons, gadgets, nonsense addons and not the panel itself sometimes. The focus really should be the screen for the vast majority of the score. If the review spends less time on quality, clarity, reflection etc than on the USB hub, stand and what the back of the monitor looks like - it's generally a bad sign IMHO.
It's because of DSC right? That monitor is 160hz - so 160hz at 4k means you have to use DSC to reach that refresh rate. DSC, with Nvidia cards pre 5000 series, have black screen alt-tab issues between fullscreen applications.
Does that monitor have a DSC toggle? You could run it over HDMI 2.1 at 4k120hz with DSC off and you'd avoid all of the black screen issues.
Or - swap to an AMD GPU or a newer 5000 series GPU from Nvidia and that'll also help sort it!
exactly.. always the case do your own from multiple sources and when you are happy enough pull the trigger.Research research research
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Thats amazon for you they do that for everything its barely worth looking at reviews there because you can't be sure its for the item you're buying
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You should look at IPS panels with FALD and mini LEDs. When using the local dimming you will get contract ratios like those on OLED. For example, my monitor has 1,152 zones and is HDR1000 certified. Before I bought this one I made the mistake of going for a cheaper 32" 1440P VA curved. I hated it and returned it for this model. 32" at 1440p was not sharp. VA was ghostly and smeary when gaming. And curved just gave me a bad head with my astigmatism. Like you, I really don't get it. Flat panel all the way for me.
Totally - applies to everything is life. Though I'm very impatient and sometimes a little relaxed on the research front
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My mistake - I meant to say Gsync Pulsar, could be promising.
It seems to happen randomly I think, though I have noticed it shortly after Windows turning off the display, then coming back on (maybe within some minutes or so), sometimes when mousing over something in Edge. I have seen some suggest moving to HDMI fixes it but also saw someone on Reddit claim it didn't make any difference, could be a combination of drivers/monitor issue I suppose. Might be worth giving HDMI a go though. Yes I'm using a 4090, but I don't have any intentions of moving to a 5000 series yet.. I might not change until the 6000 cards or whatever AMD has at the time. By then I might be using a newer monitor anyway if something noticeably better comes along.
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I pretty much solely read tftcentral.co.uk cross referenced with techpowerup.com if possible.
I would mention I’ve returned more monitors than I can remember because some haven’t come close to reproducing some review results. This along with the ever increasing ropey standards tech journalists and aweful quality control makes buying monitors a real PITA.
I would mention I’ve returned more monitors than I can remember because some haven’t come close to reproducing some review results. This along with the ever increasing ropey standards tech journalists and aweful quality control makes buying monitors a real PITA.
Something to bear in mind is what the reviewer can do with the monitor after the review. Maybe they have to return it, maybe they’re allowed to give it away, maybe they’re allowed to keep it. But if they’re allowed to sell it on then you really need to ask yourself if the review is a review or an advert.
There's only one way to see if a monitor is right for you really, 30 day trial from a retailer. You have monitors out there that every review gives an 8/10 on or whatever but that one little detail no reviewer ever talks about stands out to you when it's on your desk and that could be a deal breaker. Most reviewers have a list of stuff to review so need to turn reviews around without hanging around on finer details so you never know about them until you buy the highly rated model and get it home to realise you either put up with it or return it.
As for curved, very few flat ones out there now, stick to 1800R models if you can for a subtle curve that doesn't distract the viewing experience and it's nearly as good as flat, at 32" 1800R is actually useful in that there's less "hunting" with the eyeballs at the far reaches anyway, anything smaller than 1800R and I find it too curved and also gives an optical illusion of distortion when working on productivity stuff.
As for curved, very few flat ones out there now, stick to 1800R models if you can for a subtle curve that doesn't distract the viewing experience and it's nearly as good as flat, at 32" 1800R is actually useful in that there's less "hunting" with the eyeballs at the far reaches anyway, anything smaller than 1800R and I find it too curved and also gives an optical illusion of distortion when working on productivity stuff.