To be honest at the price is was that is looking to be a great monitor sub £200 if they get the issues sorted, which im sure they will sharpish
Gsynch, freesynch or neither?
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To be honest at the price is was that is looking to be a great monitor sub £200 if they get the issues sorted, which im sure they will sharpish
I find both look great, However the Gsync price compared to the FreeSync is insane! and puts people off. However I am currently looking at the Rog swift 144hz vs the BenQ 27 1440p , even though I have Nvidia cards... ;/
Ah I see, didn't bother following anything since the initial launch info. as the monitor specs. weren't for me but still for the price, it can't be sniffed at imo.
Worth remembering as well that if you don't mind doing this, you can extend the freesync range:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18693893
Some report that it works, other don't.
Worth remembering as well that if you don't mind doing this, you can extend the freesync range:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18693893
Some report that it works, other don't.
To be fair the AOC ranges are far superior to the LG/ASUS range and sub £200 its a really good option.
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If people are worried about Asus QC (though to be fair I was "lucky" and got a perfect Swift first time), there is also a Dell 1440 gsync on the way
But the nvidia graphics cards are cheaper in general right now at the high end
They give you a refurbished monitor, not a brand new one.
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oh, that's pants :/
I see no problems with this policy. Why should you get a brand new monitor when they are getting a faulty used one that needs repaired? Warranties only need to cover repairs, not brand new replacements. On occasion you will get a brand new replacements but not as a matter of right.
To the OP, if you are currently running only 1440p or 1080p then don't waste your money on a top end GPU just yet. By the new year when you are getting your monitor you will see newer and better monitors made available and can decide on your next GPU upgrade then.
My experience with both G-Sync and Freesync is "nice but not game changing". I should state that this is because the majority of such monitors are 28" or less and IMHO any monitor under 32" is a toy.
My experience with both G-Sync and Freesync is "nice but not game changing". I should state that this is because the majority of such monitors are 28" or less and IMHO any monitor under 32" is a toy.
Well if it is over a year old, I might agree but not if the monitor is less than 2 months old....
Also, this is why I am against it because you can get a monitor that:
- is not in "new" condition i.e. scratched
- has dead pixels (for most monitors, you need to have at least 3+ dead pixels in a central viewing area to be considered faulty)
- back light bleed (most monitor manufacturers class bleed only as an issue if the bleed extends to a certain distance, any bleed, no matter how small is not acceptable especially when you are spending £500+ on a premium monitor)
It would also seem that either ASUS don't bother checking what they send out as a replacement or/and don't bother to fix all of the returned monitors for being faulty.
Just one of the many threads/posts regarding the above:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18593841
I rather ASUS take the monitor and fix it then return it to me than getting a used/refurbished monitor but with their RMA turn around time, it means you would be without a monitor for a very long time.
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If you want to sell on the refurbished monitor, you would probably get even less money for it.
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UK law has just changed, you now have 30 days to return something for a refund, so in your "less than 2 months" example, you would have to be pretty unlucky for something to be delivered perfect and go faulty after one month but before 2
As Andy pointed out you have 30 days entitlement to a full refund if your monitor goes faulty within that period. If it is more than 30 days and less than a month old then you really would need to be unlucky. Though it is still second hand and what do you think the manufacturer does with that 2+ month old pre-used monitor? They have to refurbish it and use it for warranty repairs. What if your few month old monitor had a few scratches on it when it failed, would you refuse to send it back under warranty because some other person might end up with it when it gets repaired?
Apologies if I'm making the wrong assumption but your initial post to which I responded, implied that anything up to 1 years old should be replaced with a brand new unit. You are asking for the manufacturer to fix your broken and used monitor with a new one and I think that's unrealistic.
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True that new law is most certainly very welcome and I hope everyone makes good use of it.
Unfortunately with monitors these days, you have to be lucky to get a good one that doesn't develop issues within a year.... Back light bleed, dust behind the screen and dead pixels are all common issues today and in the case of the swift, a lot of people have had issues where their monitor has failed completely in less than a year.
As I said in my last post, I rather they just take my monitor back and replace what ever parts need to be in order to get rid of the issue than have them send out someone else's faulty/fixed monitor, which chances are will still have a fault or another fault such as dead pixels, scratches etc. as has happened to so many other people like the above link.
If dell can offer a brand new replacement next day on your door then why can't asus?
At the end of the day, I am not concerned about companies who are worth millions/billions and what they do with monitors that failed/developed a fault as a result of their poor QC, what I want is good customer service and good QC especially if I am dropping serious money on said monitor.
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As for the 1 year comment, I think that is reasonable considering monitors should/tend to last 5+ years, if it fails after a year then I wouldn't expect a brand new replacement assuming they couldn't repair the monitor first....
Unfortunately with monitors these days, you have to be lucky to get a good one that doesn't develop issues within a year.... Back light bleed, dust behind the screen and dead pixels are all common issues today and in the case of the swift, a lot of people have had issues where their monitor has failed completely in less than a year.
As I said in my last post, I rather they just take my monitor back and replace what ever parts need to be in order to get rid of the issue than have them send out someone else's faulty/fixed monitor, which chances are will still have a fault or another fault such as dead pixels, scratches etc. as has happened to so many other people like the above link.
If dell can offer a brand new replacement next day on your door then why can't asus?
At the end of the day, I am not concerned about companies who are worth millions/billions and what they do with monitors that failed/developed a fault as a result of their poor QC, what I want is good customer service and good QC especially if I am dropping serious money on said monitor.
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As for the 1 year comment, I think that is reasonable considering monitors should/tend to last 5+ years, if it fails after a year then I wouldn't expect a brand new replacement assuming they couldn't repair the monitor first....
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