BenQ XL2730Z Freesync Owners Thread

jason-uk said:
You know what Nails , i've just turned down my brightness now to 30 for the last few minutes and it still looks great ,, so i suppose its just the case as what you find right for yourself ,, but i could definitely live with 30 too and if anything i think it makes the text on webpages look better with a lower level.

Before this monitor i used to use a 32 inch LG LCD TV and that thing was bright , i think i must off got use to a high brightness level , so when i swapped to this screen the 1st thing i did was to crank up the brightness.

When i first got it i ran with 100 brightness lol , but as time passes i keep knocking it down lower and lower . ;);)
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Yeah I found when you first drop the brightness it looks all dull and rubbish but your eyes very quickly adjust and then it looks fine and much easier on the eyes.

GoogalyMoogaly said:
So, my finger is hovering over the buy button, but I have a concern...

I plan to run this alongside my 4K monitor, with this as my primary display.
I currently have a 23" 120Hz Samsung monitor running as a secondary display with my 4K monitor. If I reverse them to make the 120Hz display the primary monitor the 60Hz 4K display gets quite jerky. It's worse when dragging a window from the 120Hz display to the 60Hz display but is noticeable on the 60Hz display all the time.

Has anyone else got a similar setup and noticed anything like this with when using the BenQ? (Obviously I'm expecting the BenQ to be fine, it's the other screen I'm expecting the issue on)
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I have the Benq as my primary at 144Hz and my secondary is an old 60Hz Samsung. I've not noticed the 60Hz display being any worse than it used to be when my primary was 60Hz as well but with the 2 right next to each other it is very obvious that the 144Hz display is sooo much smoother if that makes sense.
 
Can one of you guys with this monitor do me a small favour please? I have an Asus IPS freesync monitor and have noticed a big degradation in quality while watching movies with Freesync on. It's like noise on the screen, compression artifacts etc.

Has anyone noticed this using the BenQ monitor?
 
It's not the media player as I am using MPC-HC. When I play movies on my other monitor, my Pioneer TV or this monitor with Freesync off, the quality is perfect.

That's what I want people to check, play movies with Freesync on and Freesync off and see if there is a difference. I am just trying to check if I have a faulty monitor, or is it an Asus issue or is it a freesync issue.
 
Sounds like an issue with the asus monitor then, although I don't remember badass mentioning any issues so perhaps just your monitor?


And still no word from benq about what changed with the V2 firmware and/or new panels, I don't think you will get an answer back badass/PCM2 :p
 
Nexus18 said:
And still no word from benq about what changed with the V2 firmware and/or new panels, I don't think you will get an answer back badass/PCM2 :p
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Yeah I get that feeling too. ;) I'll be having a meeting with them later this month and will see if anybody actually knows what exactly was changed. It's usually the case that somebody in Taiwan tweaks something and doesn't communicate exactly what with their UK team.
 
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Just picked mine up, and its a version 2 :D

Now just got to get it up onto me desk, and sorted out :p

Well this is baffling, just tried the blur busters UFO test again on the DP, and its still a sync failure, exactly the same as on my old screen via the DL-DVI. :confused:
 
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From recollection IE is fps limited for some reason, Firefox is a pain to get synced, inefficient browser or, no idea. If i have any other tabs and almost any programs open it won't sync. Chrome syncs easily every time regardless.
 
LoadsaMoney said:
Just picked mine up, and its a version 2 :D

Now just got to get it up onto me desk, and sorted out :p

Well this is baffling, just tried the blur busters UFO test again on the DP, and its still a sync failure, exactly the same as on my old screen via the DL-DVI. :confused:
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What Browser are u using ?
 
drunkenmaster said:
From recollection IE is fps limited for some reason, Firefox is a pain to get synced, inefficient browser or, no idea. If i have any other tabs and almost any programs open it won't sync. Chrome syncs easily every time regardless.
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Right, thanks for that. :)

jason-uk said:
Use Google Chrome for BlurBusters test , it works a treat ,, IE wouldn't work for me either .
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Will do :p

jason-uk said:
What Browser are u using ?
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Firefox.

jason-uk said:
Please Folks use--------- chrome for all blurbusters test-------- most of the other browsers cause problems
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Will give it a go :D



EDIT: Just tried Chrome, VALID :D

Thanks all.

EDIT2: Don't get full memory clock now, like on my old screen, idles 350/150 :cool:
 
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mayed it not stressed enough for it to kick into full clock speed (i'm on Nvidia atm) ,,,, what about in game are you getting full 3d clocks ?
 
jason-uk said:
mayed it not stressed enough for it to kick into full clock speed (i'm on Nvidia atm) ,,,, what about in game are you getting full 3d clocks ?
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Yeah gamings fine, on my old screen (Asus VG278HE), through the DL-DVi, set to 144Hz, my memory clock was locked at full whack (any other Hz, and it dropped to 150 fine), so my idle clocks were 300/1250Hz, instead of the normal 300/150, but on here, its now dropping the memory clock correctly at idle, so im getting 300/150 @144Hz, using the DP. :)


Gona take a while to get used to the smaller text etc..., after being so used to 1080p :D

Just about got the picture sorted now too, couple of tweaks i reckon, and she'll be right, no dead pixels or anything too, beautiful screen.
 
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