Dell S2716DG - Dells first G-sync
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Presumable nobody installed the drivers that came with the cd right?
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As long as the gsync setting shows in the nvidia control panel. Set this to either full screen, or windowed/fullscreen. I'd also make sure vsync is set on in the global settings and also gsync. That's it really. Now enjoy
Really, you use Vsync with a G-sync monitor?
Yes. Recommended by Nvidia:
With Gsync on and vsync off then you can exceed your monitors refresh rate and the game will tear.
With gsync on and vsync on the game will cap out at the monitors refresh and not tear
So ... GSync and VSync on in NCP, off in-game.
As most games wont exceed 144Hz, then it's probably a moot point though
This is what Nvidia used to recommend, unless things have changed.
PS. As I understand it. V-sync will only have an effect if you exceed your monitors refresh rate. Without it on, you can still get tearing above this with just G-sync on. Unless this has now changed.
EDIT. Here you go http://www.geforce.com/whats-new/articles/g-sync-gets-even-better
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G-Sync on and V-Sync off with a framerate cap just below the screen refresh rate used to produce the lowest latency and keep you within the G-Sync window but for some reason with more recent drivers doing this results in occasional tearing which didn't used to happen before - the other option is to use FastSync instead of Off.
Yep... as you say, something changed at some point in the drivers me thinks.
V-sync on almost just seems to enforce a frame rate cap = max monitor refresh rate. Or that's what it seems to do for me.
Though annoyingly. With the continued "flicker" issue for 144Hz monitors (unless the latest drivers have sorted this), I've had to set the max rate refresh rate in NCP to 120Hz, otherwise the screen flicker is unbearable
Not a problem in games as most seem to cap out at 144 FPS, some (EG. DOOM reboot) must check the NCP and cap out at 120 FPS.
Always something out there that doesn't quite work correctly. Just got to find a work around. Computers, I don't know
Yes, seems a bit strange.
There's even people with pretty near identical systems to me and they don't suffer.
Yet it did it from day one with me. First with the MSI 970 gaming and now the EVGA 1070 FTW. No big deal I suppose. More annoying than anything. As most games still seem to run up to 144 FPS, it's just the odd one that caps out at 120 FPS. Life
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Thanks for the replies guys, much appreciated. I may have more questions tomorrow! I can never judge whether the colours are set right or not! May take a little time to perfect the whole set up.
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Has anyone got a third party monitor desk stand for this? Like on an arm or some such? Any recommendations?
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Try out the Duronic DM353 or the various single, twin or triple models they produce. Very sturdy and well build.
Very happy with the one I've got and the support from them was also good when I went from a single mount to a twin.
Try out the Duronic DM353 or the various single, twin or triple models they produce. Very sturdy and well build.
Very happy with the one I've got and the support from them was also good when I went from a single mount to a twin.
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Thank you!
As long as you get a decent panel (eg. No dead pixels etc.) you should be ok. As to the colours, just play around in graphics card control panel until you get a balance that you like. You might even find that it suits you out of the box. As I've commented previously, there's no golden bullet, when it comes to adjusting a screen to suit you. One of the biggest things that tends to get overlooked, is personal choice. One persons set up, even if done with expensive test equipment, might not suit you or your particular panel. Not always the case.... But again as commented before. I've seen screens where owners have had the brightness and colour vibrance set so high, that it almost makes my eyes bleed. But they think it's great and if they are happy, who am I to argue. As I say, personal choice.
In my personal opinion. With a bit of effort, you can get this panel to look pretty good.
Good luck
PS. By all means try some of other people's settings. There are several mentioned in this thread. Or the settings from tft central. But I suspect in the end, you will still end up tweaking it to suit you.
As long as you get a decent panel (eg. No dead pixels etc.) you should be ok. As to the colours, just play around in graphics card control panel until you get a balance that you like. You might even find that it suits you out of the box. As I've commented previously, there's no golden bullet, when it comes to adjusting a screen to suit you. One of the biggest things that tends to get overlooked, is personal choice. One persons set up, even if done with expensive test equipment, might not suit you or your particular panel. Not always the case.... But again as commented before. I've seen screens where owners have had the brightness and colour vibrance set so high, that it almost makes my eyes bleed. But they think it's great and if they are happy, who am I to argue. As I say, personal choice.
In my personal opinion. With a bit of effort, you can get this panel to look pretty good.
Good luck
PS. By all means try some of other people's settings. There are several mentioned in this thread. Or the settings from tft central. But I suspect in the end, you will still end up tweaking it to suit you.
ive litterally just taken delivery for it.. theres a very very small amount of bleed on the left bottom but nothing im going to panic over.
Forst thing i have done is go into the nvidia settings and change to 1440p @ 144hz
Anything more i need to do in the initial setup?
Just check in the Nvidia control panel that G-sync is enabled.
If having issues with flicker on desktop, or simple desktop applications (browser etc.) then try setting the desktop max refresh rate to 120Hz in the NCP (this wont effect most games and they will still run up to 144FPS). Worth a try.
PS. Can check for dead pixels with DPT (Dead Pixel Test) http://dps.uk.com/software/dpt
PPS. Have a look on the previous page on this thread, for a discussion of whether to set V-sync on in the NCP as well.
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Thank You
More annoying than anything. Hopefully Nvidia will at some point "finally" sort this issue with a new driver release. It's been going on for months though!