DELL S2719DGF Owners Thread

This thread has more information on the Dell than the other monitor so I reckon that this thread title should be changed to the DELL S2719DGF Owners thread as it's already 8 pages.

This monitor has more or less replaced the S2716DG in some sense and that thread has 130 pages to date.
 
ree said:
just changed it to owners thread.
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Thanks ree.:D

If you get some free time maybe you could edit your first post and put some high res photos and links to reviews so that hopefully we can make a big thread for years to come. Here are few starting with the best one imo if it helps.

https://pcmonitors.info/reviews/dell-s2719dgf/

https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/dell-s2719dgf-155hz-gaming-monitor,5881.html

https://www.rtings.com/monitor/reviews/dell/s2719dgf

https://www.monitornerds.com/dell-s2719dgf-preview/

https://techaeris.com/2018/10/20/dell-s2719dgf-review-a-qhd-gaming-monitor-worth-getting/

https://www.pcmag.com/review/365538/dell-27-gaming-monitor-s2719dgf
 
Do any of you owners of this monitor use it for desktop work and also static games like Football Manager and also have experience with IPS screens?

I've had IPS screens for many years and worried about going with a TN, but I'm keen to get a high refresh rate screen to aid with motion sickness and fatigue. The fastest games I play really are the TrackMania series & Redout, but I also play CIV style games, Battletech, Elite Dangerous, XCOM etc.....

Any insight would be gratefully received :)
 
My first high refresh rate monitor was also for the same reasons such as motion sickness which really helped. I am sensitive to motion blur as well and can tell the difference between the TN's and VA's that I have owned.

I use mine primarily for fast paced gaming but I also play all kinds of games and have yet to be disappointed with it. I was using a Samsung VA which had immense colours and deep blacks and had no issues going to this TN as it's the best TN I have ever used once setup to my liking.

I don't do any real desktop work so I can't comment on that.

I had the Asus PG278QR, Dell S2417DG and the Acer Predator X271HUA TN and this Dell is better than all of them imo. The Samsung was the 27CHG70 Quantum Dot HDR and I still prefer this.

I have also had a two LG Ultrawide IPS monitors that had very nice colours and image quality and I still prefer this monitor. I would say that you may want to stick to what you know as the change might not be to your liking at first but you can get used to it.

As good as this is it's not an IPS so if you do buy one then make sure that you can return it easily if you're not happy. I will say that my unit has really rich colour, no intrusive banding, acceptable black level and no bleed at all.

For the prices that it's going for it's definitely worth it imo.
 
So, I've ordered one of these...!
Won't dispatch til 13/03 though :-(
Was torn between this and the Acer 27" 4K IPS that was £249 for today only, now out of stock.
Hope I've made the right choice!
 
LadFromWales said:
So, I've ordered one of these...!
Won't dispatch til 13/03 though :-(
Was torn between this and the Acer 27" 4K IPS that was £249 for today only, now out of stock.
Hope I've made the right choice!
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Fingers crossed. Its a great monitor if you can live with it and get use to coaxing the best out of it (he/she who experiments and tweaks regularly wins prizes).
 
You sound happy enough with yours! And you come from an IPS!
Of all the different monitors I've looked at and each panel tech, this one does seem to have the best compromises...at least I'm saying that now before I've seen it with my eyes!
Fast pixel response with very little artifacts, slightly more than sRGB coverage for a little extra richness, no IPS glow, and contrast levels that aren't all that much different from an IPS.
I want it now! I could get it sooner from the rainforest but it was cheaper direct.
 
Davanius said:
Thanks ree.:D

If you get some free time maybe you could edit your first post and put some high res photos and links to reviews so that hopefully we can make a big thread for years to come. Here are few starting with the best one imo if it helps.

https://pcmonitors.info/reviews/dell-s2719dgf/

https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/dell-s2719dgf-155hz-gaming-monitor,5881.html

https://www.rtings.com/monitor/reviews/dell/s2719dgf

https://www.monitornerds.com/dell-s2719dgf-preview/

https://techaeris.com/2018/10/20/dell-s2719dgf-review-a-qhd-gaming-monitor-worth-getting/

https://www.pcmag.com/review/365538/dell-27-gaming-monitor-s2719dgf
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cheers just copied them. if someone fancies taking photos i'll add them too (am not gonna embarrass myself by taking camera phone ones lol)
 
LadFromWales said:
You sound happy enough with yours! And you come from an IPS!
Of all the different monitors I've looked at and each panel tech, this one does seem to have the best compromises...at least I'm saying that now before I've seen it with my eyes!
Fast pixel response with very little artifacts, slightly more than sRGB coverage for a little extra richness, no IPS glow, and contrast levels that aren't all that much different from an IPS.
I want it now! I could get it sooner from the rainforest but it was cheaper direct.
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It's £349 from both at the moment, isn't it?
 
superleeds27 said:
It's £349 from both at the moment, isn't it?
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I had a student code...

EDIT: Cheers, got impatient, cancelled and ordered from the rainforest for tomorrow...!

EDIT2: Reading about issues with gamma out of the box, averaging 1.9 rather than 2.2, impossible to correct in the OSD. Did this only apply to the first batches and is fixed in the newer ones?
 
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Thanks ree for your good work. :D

@LadFromWales, your right about compromises. Choosing a monitor has become very difficult so one has to sort out what they're prepared to put up with.
I personally don't regret my purchase one bit and don't miss the Samsung 27CHG70 which on paper has very impressive specs but in reality fell short imo.

I am also not too bothered about colour accuracy but I know that this monitor has decent coverage. I prefer more pop and have set it up accordingly without messing with the Nvidia control panel.

I first used the icc profile that was installed when I installed the driver. I then tried the profile from the pcmonitors review which I found quite dark but very rich. My unit may have had higher gamma than the review unit did.

I prefer the RTS profile with brightness usually under 20. This gives a very rich but not necessarily accurate picture with good black and eye pleasing gamma and nice contrast.

I added bias lighting and I really enjoy the look of it. It doesn't look like any other TN that I have previously had and I have some of the best ones but I won't exaggerate, it's not an IPS.

I hope you enjoy yours. :)
 
Yeah I've had a few different VA panels recently, all of the curved ones had terrible uniformity and backlight bleeding. The LG 32GK850F had fantastic uniformity and no perceived backlight bleed but I couldn't get one without faults after three tries.

I do prefer a little extra pop, and my IPS is set up as such. I would rather avoid having to make changes in the Nvidia control panel, or apply ICC profiles as doing this can introduce banding.

Are you using the RTS profile without any software changes at all? You mentioned you used an ICC profile, did you remove that and go back to windows default?

I will be adding bias lighting, though I will be getting a strip without a controller, and hooking it up to an Arduino nano and controlling the LEDs like "Ambilight".
Will cost about the same, around £15 or so, and I can always just set them to white if I don't like the colours changing!
 
I won't exaggerate, it's not an IPS.
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No its not.

Its also not the 32 inch 4k monitor with H.D.R, 144 hz, low glow, better contrast and decent response times for £750, that lives in my dreams; alongside the as yet to appear next gen. card I would want to drive it.

As a reasonable priced stop gap until V.A and I.P.S advance and evolve as t.n has clearly done, it offers an improved gaming experience over 60 h.z I.P.S, if you can adjust to the differences.

Its not what I thought it would be and exceeded my expectations of what a modern t.n panel can do.

Dell it offers enough for £350 until something better comes along.
 
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Comparing mine with the Dell IPS I had before I find the picture rather 'flat' and I cannot run it below a brightness of 55 without it appearing dull. However this is early days yet and I am sure once everything 'burns in' it'll be fine.
The main thing I am struggling with is that, compared with my U2913wm ultra widescreen, is where everything is on the screen. Again it is something I need to get used to after having the previous screen for a number of years...
 
Ordering one of these tonight, I will have to buy a dp cable separate? Doesn't the included hdmi run 1440 144 or it gives worse picture quality?

Can't wait to try out freesync
 
HDMI or DP should result in the same picture, though DP can overclock up to 155Hz

@efish VA is getting there, with the LG 32GK850F I saw very little ghosting and overshoot outside of very dark transitions, like night time in Far Cry 5, panning around wooded areas, there was a purple shadow trail behind them. I do believe VA has the most room to grow, and that IPS and TN are at the limits of what they can do.
I may pick up a 4k IPS down the line and use it alongside...best of both worlds...If I can get on with the Dell to begin with! It'll be here tomorrow :-D
 
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LadFromWales said:
Are you using the RTS profile without any software changes at all? You mentioned you used an ICC profile, did you remove that and go back to windows default?
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I have seen it without the ICC profile and it looks fairly the same which doesn't look bad either way. I use it because it was installed with the driver.

I haven't touched anything in the Nvidia colour settings at all. There is no extra banding that I have noticed whatsoever and I know how bad it can be with the other monitors that I've previously had.

I never ever use osd monitor profiles other than standard usually but the RTS profile is the first that I have seen that's actually usable to my eyes for gaming. I have tested quite a few games and most new games don't ignore the ICC profile. Only a few older ones do.

I recommend trying the ICC profile from the pcmonitors review just to see what it looks like on your unit when you get it even if you won't keep it.
 
cuke2u said:
Comparing mine with the Dell IPS I had before I find the picture rather 'flat' and I cannot run it below a brightness of 55 without it appearing dull. However this is early days yet and I am sure once everything 'burns in' it'll be fine.
The main thing I am struggling with is that, compared with my U2913wm ultra widescreen, is where everything is on the screen. Again it is something I need to get used to after having the previous screen for a number of years...
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I find its outside of games, prefer I.P.S for browsing the web, text looks marginally better. Games overall improvement, something I don't like sharpening/ artifact effect in the far distance, I suspect after updating the drivers it may be in large part g sync related, had to re-tweak in game settings and o.s.d in one game after the driver update.

In some scenes it looks slightly washed out, but it's minor, in others to my surprise it can look better, lack of blur and response is a game changer. To my taste and preference the pros outweigh the cons.

Play games for longer and with a few minor exception's I get more absorbed and sucked into the game.
 
Where do you set the RGB colour settings? I cant find it anywhere in the OSD

Also whats Response Time? Just leave it as normal? and Game Enhance Mode?

Edit - Found them but there are 4 different options for setting the RGB, confused as to which ones to set with recommended settings?

Thanks
 
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