Asus MW221U 22" Ghosting in games.

Devious · 21 Mar 2007 at 21:34

Darren1987 said:
well i returned my monitor got a refund and got a samsung 226bw instead

Have you tried the lighthouse AVI to check for negative ghosting ?

Shaddow · 21 Mar 2007 at 22:02

Devious said:
Have you tried the lighthouse AVI to check for negative ghosting ?

Yes that was the 1st test!

And YES IT IS STILL A PROBLEM

No fix until the currently worked on fix eta April. ;-(

I am only pleased that I have a monitor that does not ghost on the deskop , colours seem right and no monitor squeeling noises.!

To be honest I could not 'see' any ghosting issues with my last monitor that was 12ms (Viewsonic vx912), thus when I switch OFF overdrive it seems perfectly fine. Shame it does not remember that setting ;-(

Even so as consumers we should expect a fix ASAP, and If I had only just bought one and could return it I would.

NOTE: In the overdrive menu it seems that the only way to switch it OFF is to hit the LEFT arrow , as hitting the RIGHT one seems to always select ON. !?" - Yet more 'bugs' or 'features' in the firmware. This is different behaviour that the earlier versions.

Van Diemen · 22 Mar 2007 at 00:04

I applied for my RMA in mid Feb was told thing should be sorted within a few days, then I get a call saying that there was no stock, so i will have to wait a few days. weeks go by with no contact

Then today, (came as a complete surprise) this Vasco fella rings me. Told me that a firmware was in the works & it should be ready my mid April.

lets just hope this is a real fix

Darren1987 · 22 Mar 2007 at 00:18

Devious said:
Have you tried the lighthouse AVI to check for negative ghosting ?

i tried it with my Asus monitor yes, and i couldnt particulary see it. all i know was when i had overdrive on videos lagged and paused, coupled with screen tearing very bad i returned and got a refund so all is good.

Devious · 22 Mar 2007 at 07:10

Darren1987 said:
i tried it with my Asus monitor yes, and i couldnt particulary see it. all i know was when i had overdrive on videos lagged and paused, coupled with screen tearing very bad i returned and got a refund so all is good.

I was asking whether you have tried it with the Samsung not the Asus.

Shaddow · 22 Mar 2007 at 09:58

Devious said:
I was asking whether you have tried it with the Samsung not the Asus.

Oh Sorry... Yes it will be interesting to see if any other screens experience the same sort of problem. Or if it is just Asus's implementation of 'Overdrive'

Darren1987 · 22 Mar 2007 at 13:28

Devious said:
I was asking whether you have tried it with the Samsung not the Asus.

link me to the lighthouse avi dont wanna trawl through all these pages

Shaddow · 22 Mar 2007 at 19:32

I think this link is still live.
http://www.putfile.com/downloadfile/Asus-MW221U-22--Ghosting-in-games-

You will probably need fraps installed to play it back.

http://www.fraps.com/

Stick in to repeat and see if you get a nasty white ghosting either side of the lighthouse when it scrolls left to right

Thanks

CSpaR · 22 Mar 2007 at 20:27

I just got off the phone with ASUS support USA. The guy said they had some issues with ATI video cards and this monitor, but with cross fire. I'm only running on one ATi x1950xt card. He then said they test using a DVI-I dual link cable. The monitor shipped with a DVI-D single link I believe.

I have 4 DVI cables, none of which are DVI-I dual, ofcourse.

Here's a link to where you can see the pin config on the cable:
http://www.datapro.net/techinfo/dvi_info.html#Page06

Does anyone have a dual DVI-I cable they are currently using, or can test this out?

Chris Tomki · 22 Mar 2007 at 21:51

pfft they are lying . its a firmware issue . ive got an nvidia 7900gtx and got massive ghosting

CSpaR · 22 Mar 2007 at 22:07

I told him I tested it out on an ATi 800gto2, Nvidia 7900gt, and now my new card. He's going to talk with the support mgr and see what they come up with.

He did try to get ahold of Vacso in UK ASUS, but must have been home by then. He sent Vasco an e-mail to find out what is in the works 'across the pond' as you say.

Darren1987 · 23 Mar 2007 at 00:09

Shaddow said:
I think this link is still live.
http://www.putfile.com/downloadfile/Asus-MW221U-22--Ghosting-in-games-

You will probably need fraps installed to play it back.

http://www.fraps.com/

Stick in to repeat and see if you get a nasty white ghosting either side of the lighthouse when it scrolls left to right

Thanks

yeah just tried it now and mno ghosting with my 226BW its fine.

Plodicus · 23 Mar 2007 at 07:06

Well I'm the same as you guys...

Had a chat with Vasco yesterday and he basically informed me of the same April fix that you guys have mentioned. I gotta say though that him taking the time to ring us and to keep up to date on this forum is excellent work and gives me faith that one day we shall have a fix for this.

Overall I think the ASUS monitor is excellent apart from the ghosting which can be an annoyance, but yeah all we want is are our monitors to do exactly what it said on the tin

Mook · 24 Mar 2007 at 16:10

If Asus are in any doubt they should try playing STALKER, terrible terrible negative ghosting in that game...

Plodicus · 27 Mar 2007 at 13:10

I've turned overdrive off and mine is flawless.

Mook · 27 Mar 2007 at 13:16

The point is you shouldn't have to turn off overdrive for it to be 'flawless'....

Shaddow · 27 Mar 2007 at 13:50

Plodicus said:
I've turned overdrive off and mine is flawless.

Yes but the problem is that MOST screens out there don't remember this setting and reset back to ON again, even after it goes to sleep. (Ie not manually switched off)

Devious · 27 Mar 2007 at 16:31

and there is much more more tearing, even with vsync on.

Plodicus · 28 Mar 2007 at 12:49

I agree I do still see tearing with vsync on but only on some games, in particular Inferno

I can cope with manually turning off Overdrive when I need, at least until Asus fix this.

Mook · 3 Apr 2007 at 10:00

!Bump! for any new info off anyone??