BenQ XL2420G settings

Epoch

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Does anyone have much experience with this monitor? I cant seem to ever get the colours to look quite right, and when I feel they're okay all the settings are lost next time I come to use it again. I've installed the display pilot but there doesn't seem to be any settings I can change in there really.

I have it on g-sync mode. I'm considering returning this as it's a bit frustrating and wasn't a cheap purchase.
 
Hi there, I’ve got the Benq XL2430T monitor, I believe it uses the same panel, and I'm hoping that the menu layout is the same. I've had it for a few months now and I am totally happy with it.

I will share my settings from the MENU>GAME SETTINGS and MENU>PICTURE settings. These are the settings I have that I like.

I will share my settings from the 3 custom presets (GAMER1, GAMER2 and GAMER3) that I have created. You may not like the way I have my settings, but here goes:

GAMER1 Profile (I use for general stuff like browsing, watching videos, photos and MS office. I don’t like the screen too bright when doing things like this):

BLUR REDUCTION > ON
DISPLAY MODE > FULL

MENU > GAME SETTINGS > BLUR REDUCTION > ON
>BLACK EQUALIZER > 0
> COLOR VIBRANCE > 10
> LOW BLUE LIGHT > 3
> INSTANT MODE > ON
> AUTO GAME MODE > OFF

MENU > PICTURE > PICTURE MODE > GAMER 1
> BRIGHTNESS > 9
> CONTRAST > 47
> SHARPNESS > 8
> GAMMA > GAMMA 5
> COLOR TEMPERATURE > USER DEFINE
> AMA > HIGH (Do not change this for any mode)
> SENSEYE DEMO > OFF



GAMER2 Profile (I use this profile for all gaming, screen a lot brighter with optimum setting for gaming. You can use this for videos as well if you want the screen brighter):

BLUR REDUCTION > ON
DISPLAY MODE > FULL

MENU > GAME SETTINGS > BLUR REDUCTION > ON
> BLACK EQUALIZER > 3
> COLOR VIBRANCE > 9
> LOW BLUE LIGHT > 0
> INSTANT MODE > ON
> AUTO GAME MODE > OFF

MENU > PICTURE > PICTURE MODE > GAMER 2
> BRIGHTNESS > 35
> CONTRAST > 50
> SHARPNESS > 7
> GAMMA > GAMMA 5
> COLOR TEMPERATURE > USER DEFINE
> AMA > HIGH (Do not change this for any mode)
> SENSEYE DEMO > OFF



GAMER3 Profile (I only use this if I am in a game where the scene is really dark and I really need help from the Black Equalizer):

BLUR REDUCTION > ON
DISPLAY MODE > FULL

MENU > GAME SETTINGS > BLUR REDUCTION > ON
>BLACK EQUALIZER > 15
> COLOR VIBRANCE > 10
>LOW BLUE LIGHT > 0
>INSTANT MODE > ON
>AUTO GAME MODE > OFF

MENU > PICTURE > PICTURE MODE > GAMER 3
> BRIGHTNESS > 100
> CONTRAST > 50
> SHARPNESS > 7
> GAMMA > GAMMA 5
> COLOR TEMPERATURE > USER DEFINE
> AMA > HIGH (Do not change this for any mode)
> SENSEYE DEMO > OFF

Hope this helps, remember these setting are from the Benq XL2430T, the menus might be different, also remember this is how I like the monitor set up for me in my environment, you may not like these settings.

BTW, I don't bother with that Display Pilot software, I find it very buggy, make the changes from the monitor itself.
 
Assuming the XL2420G is in Z mode, it's using the same settings as the XL2420Z.

The gsync mode (G) mode is different and uses the Gsync scaler, which has different features due to limitations from the gsync scaler.

The settings you gave are a bit irrelevant UNLESS you tell us which mode you are calibrating from!

Each preset has different factory calibrations for color, saturation, white point and so on.

Any calibrations you do should be based on STANDARD MODE. The others have different default calibrations.

Also standard mode doesn't have the same unlocks as fps1 mode.
Black equalizer isn't available in standard mode because BEQ also changes the gamma

Also, in factory default setting or after a factory reset, the gamer 1, 2 and 3 presets use the FPS1, FPS2, and RTS presets. It's best to switch to standard mode, and then save your settings to a gamer preset.
 
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Falkentyne said:
Assuming the XL2420G is in Z mode, it's using the same settings as the XL2420Z.

The gsync mode (G) mode is different and uses the Gsync scaler, which has different features due to limitations from the gsync scaler.

The settings you gave are a bit irrelevant UNLESS you tell us which mode you are calibrating from!

Each preset has different factory calibrations for color, saturation, white point and so on.

Any calibrations you do should be based on STANDARD MODE. The others have different default calibrations.

Also standard mode doesn't have the same unlocks as fps1 mode.
Black equalizer isn't available in standard mode because BEQ also changes the gamma

Also, in factory default setting or after a factory reset, the gamer 1, 2 and 3 presets use the FPS1, FPS2, and RTS presets. It's best to switch to standard mode, and then save your settings to a gamer preset.
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I haven't seen the menu layout of the XL2420G, I know that because the G-Sync module that there will be some differences, I just gave the basic settings for the colour and brightness settings that I am using. On the XL2430T the BEQ setting is independent from the gamma setting.

I was expecting the original poster to just use my settings as a guide if he or she likes them, and discard the settings that don't apply to the XL2420G, and then make their own adjustments that suits them. I don't expect them to use the exact settings, simply because the monitors are not exactly the same, although they use the same panel.

Not everyone likes the same contrast, brightness settings etc.
 
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I appreciate the replies.

When I get back home tonight I'll remove the display pilot software and try to apply the settings you said.

Do I need to configure the monitor in normal mode then switch to g-sync then? The options seem limited with it on.
 
Epoch said:
I appreciate the replies.

When I get back home tonight I'll remove the display pilot software and try to apply the settings you said.

Do I need to configure the monitor in normal mode then switch to g-sync then? The options seem limited with it on.
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It seems that way, i wasn't aware of the setting limitations placed on the monitor when operating in G-sync mode. I have the XL2430T, not the G-sync model. You can try my settings in Z-mode, then see what happens when you switch to G-sync mode.
 
The monitor has two display scalers in one.
The realtek scaler, and the gsync scaler.
The scaler is basically firmware that deals with resolutions and timings and so forth.

So basically the XL2420G is two monitors using the same panel shared, with different circuitry.

Settings for Gsync mode do not apply to Z (Mstar scaler) mode.
Also notice that "display scaling" (instead of GPU scaling) does not exist in gsync mode. You can only use display scaling in Z mode.
GPU scaling takes the native resolution and scales it down to lower resolutions when a lower resolution is set by the driver. Display scaling has the lower resolution handled by the monitor's scaling functions.
 
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Thanks for the help with this. I removed the display pilot stuff and tweaked settings and it looks like its keeping the good settings now and not looking weird. Looks like I'm all sorted :)
 
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