Dell S2716DG - Dells first G-sync

pcfarrar · 18 Oct 2016 at 22:07

Dell said on their forum that there is no A04 yet..

Upgrade · 18 Oct 2016 at 22:36

Apparently someone on /r/monitors got an A04. I don't know who to believe anymore

mikeo · 18 Oct 2016 at 22:48

Upgrade said:
Apparently someone on /r/monitors got an A04. I don't know who to believe anymore

Indeed

Upgrade · 19 Oct 2016 at 16:56

What's a good paired monitor with this one btw? I'm thinking of getting a secondary monitor, which will also be 27", ideally Dell to match the aesthetics. I guess just a standard 60hz, nothing fancy, just something to browse the net/watch videos on the side.

wblastyn · 21 Oct 2016 at 10:17

Did anyone switch from IPS to this one? Was it worth it?

beavis · 21 Oct 2016 at 11:50

Upgrade said:
What's a good paired monitor with this one btw? I'm thinking of getting a secondary monitor, which will also be 27", ideally Dell to match the aesthetics. I guess just a standard 60hz, nothing fancy, just something to browse the net/watch videos on the side.

Having had a quick look the U2717D is the best match, it uses the same button layout and stand. Unfortunately it is about the same price as the S2716DG

Upgrade · 21 Oct 2016 at 13:06

beavis said:
Having had a quick look the U2717D is the best match, it uses the same button layout and stand. Unfortunately it is about the same price as the S2716DG

Heh, yeah. I can't justify paying same price for a 2nd monitor. Going to keep my eyes open for 2nd hand 27" monitors.

Upgrade · 21 Oct 2016 at 13:08

Also, my new Dell arrived today. Only took 2 days to arrive directly from Dell. A03 as expected and absolutely no issues from what I can see so far. It's my 4th one, and hopefully my last

I'll see what it's like after being on it for a few days, but hopefully it's all working perfectly from here on out.

marcus1954 · 21 Oct 2016 at 15:11

my was built may 2016 and an A03 after calibration its good got all color 100 digital vibrance 70 the monitor looks good

Upgrade · 21 Oct 2016 at 15:23

Going with Gamma 0.85, Digital vibrance +55% and everything else default.

Daaaveee · 21 Oct 2016 at 16:13

Anyone else using an ICC profile on theirs? I'm using the one from TFT central which looks much nicer than default, but I would prefer to not use one.

Upgrade · 21 Oct 2016 at 16:17

Anyone have these weird artifacts when minimizing/going back into a game? It's really off putting lol

pcfarrar · 22 Oct 2016 at 12:59

wblastyn said:
Did anyone switch from IPS to this one? Was it worth it?

Yes I switched from a Dell IPS to this monitor. For me it was a good improvement and my panel is decent with no problems.

beavis · 24 Oct 2016 at 10:54

Upgrade said:
Anyone have these weird artifacts when minimizing/going back into a game? It's really off putting lol

I've had a problem with artifacting on the desktop, especially when scrolling on webpages. It's an nvidia driver issue, switching to a different refresh rate then back to 144hz fixes it until the next reboot. New nvidia driver installed yesterday but I've not had time to test to see if it is resolved yet.

mikeo · 24 Oct 2016 at 12:50

beavis said:
I've had a problem with artifacting on the desktop, especially when scrolling on webpages. It's an nvidia driver issue, switching to a different refresh rate then back to 144hz fixes it until the next reboot. New nvidia driver installed yesterday but I've not had time to test to see if it is resolved yet.

or... what will also probably solve this ...
set your max refresh rate in the Nvidia control panel to 120hz.

Most games should still use the max 144hz even if you've done the above. Though some do seem (EG. the DOOM reboot) check to see what you've set (IE. will max out at 120hz).

Rhaos · 1 Nov 2016 at 11:32

Those looking if ICC profiles have a look at the ones Twirlywoos created a while back. I use them and can vouch that they are spot on.

https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=29158814&postcount=917

baldmonk · 3 Nov 2016 at 17:15

just received my parts from overclockers along with this dell monitor

cant fault it all its perfect

yeungster · 3 Nov 2016 at 21:21

Guys. I'm looking at this monitor to go alongside my U2715H for primarily gaming. Do you think it's worth buying the A03 or waiting for the next revision?

PCM2 · 3 Nov 2016 at 21:22

yeungster said:
Guys. I'm looking at this monitor to go alongside my U2715H for primarily gaming. Do you think it's worth buying the A03 or waiting for the next revision?

Given that there were no major changes between A02 and A03 and Dell's history of the newest revisions changing very little, I see little point in waiting if you want the monitor.

physichull · 5 Nov 2016 at 13:42

Just bought one of these and a stupid question:

I've plugged it in, both DP and the USB, works fine, have manually adjusted display settings in Nvidia control panel to how I like them. G-Sync says its on...so is that all I need to do?

I've also set the refresh rate to 144Hz, presumably that is the upper limit and it will just track whatever frames my GPU kicks out when playing games?

Sorry, don't understand all this new tech properly!