Iiyama ProLite B2888UHSU-B1 28" 4K 60Hz
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Well I got this monitor through the door on Thursday after changing it from the Acer (grr to delays) and I have to say that this is one amazing monitor!
Out of the box the monitor was a little bit too bright for my liking and when it came to configuring the monitor I hardly had to do anything, the colours out of the box just seem to be really accurate. I don't have a colorimeter though but from using the old fashioned "grab a pair of 3D glasses, close one eye and look through the blue lens" and doing other contrast and brightness changes I got the following:
Out of the box the monitor was a little bit too bright for my liking and when it came to configuring the monitor I hardly had to do anything, the colours out of the box just seem to be really accurate. I don't have a colorimeter though but from using the old fashioned "grab a pair of 3D glasses, close one eye and look through the blue lens" and doing other contrast and brightness changes I got the following:
- RGB - all at 50
- Contrast - 35
- Brightness - 50
Thanks Varsh, those settings really helped. Think i'll run those or at 55 forever now. Or until TFT do a proper colour profile.
Varsh or anyone, one other question. How do you select one chip setting (disables all other inputs) from this monitor to improve response times?
Varsh or anyone, one other question. How do you select one chip setting (disables all other inputs) from this monitor to improve response times?
You won't see any difference via a picture, you would have to see the monitor itself at that resolution to know what it looks like.
One chip setting? Either way I'm not getting response problems at all, everything seems pretty snappy to me.
Can you tell me?
Make sure you select the input at Display port 2, improves response times by disabling the other connections apparently.
These are my thoughts having moved from a DGM 1440P IPS screen.
1. TN sucks. I'm sorry, i like my new screen but don't let anyone fool you into saying 'this is a better than normal tn screen'. They aren't a patch on an IPS in terms of colour, accuracy etc. The difference is massive.
2. It's not all bad, the tn is more responsive. I can feel this playing bf4, as a result I'm doing better.
3. It's 4K, it does look awesome in games.
4. Overall i was a little disappointed, because I'm used to IPS quality and TN is a downgrade. However the fact it is 4K (and games look great) means i will keep it until a similar freesync (hopefully 4k and IPS) monitor comes out. I love 4K, but i miss parts of my IPS. I still have my IPS, but am letting my mrs use it for now.
5. If you're already a TN user then you won't feel the pain i did switching. If you're an IPS user, then you should be prepared for the downgrade to TN.
I'm using 1440P for a desktop resolution and it seems to work pretty well.
I'll try out a few games at 1440P later and tell you then. But gaming at 4k is gorgeous!
Going from an IPS is always going to make you cry unfortunately, the only time that happened to me was when I went from CRT to LCD for the first time. As I haven't had an IPS panel or CRT since 2005 I have come accustomed to TN panels and this panel is a huge difference, even over my Samsung 23A700D's that had super vivid colours and 120Hz. Now the 120Hz I miss but I can easily live without.
With AUO finally announcing APVA 4k panels at 144Hz I can finally wait for BenQ or Acer to bring a monitor that I want to the market and I'm sure this is what you'll be waiting for too.
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Have you actually calibrated it at all matt?
The out of the box settings on my Samsung were all over the show, after calibrating I struggled to really spot any difference between my IPS and my 4k except the lack of Ips glow and better response times
The out of the box settings on my Samsung were all over the show, after calibrating I struggled to really spot any difference between my IPS and my 4k except the lack of Ips glow and better response times
How do i do that? Do you just mean adjust things myself? If so that's not really my specialty if im honest. I've settled on stock settings but with the blue light reducer on two. I found varsh's settings produce a similar effect. For me this is quite a big downgrade in colour and quality wise from my IPS. However it is 4k and games look very nice so i will keep it. Can't wait for a best of both worlds 4k screen with freesync mind. I hope TFT central will do an ICC file like they did for my old monitor. I'd rather have an expert calibrate it for me.
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google for calibration images and there are a few websites that walk you through different settings, I tend to use the NV control panel for most things as it is easy to flick between that and the images
I used game mode on the samsung, which sets the RGB and brightness to 100 iirc, as well as enabling dynamic contrast, and you can then use your GPU's settings to tone down the brightness and gamma (that is how I got the best results on the samsung)
I have the same IPS as you and used the same method to calibrate both against the same calibration images and was able to get a decent match between the two, the samsung then just having a slightly worse viewing angle but faster response so clearer motion handling
I have the same IPS as you, so I would be very surprised if the iiyama was that much worse than the DGM considering what I know about the samsung
if you aren't doing any calibration whatsoever, then it is difficult to have grounds to say that one is better than the other, other than you are saying that you don't like the out of the box settings on the iiyama compared with the DGM
the ROG is not quite as clear as the DGM or samsung was, but then I am using ULMB mode most of the time and that does affect brightness
I used game mode on the samsung, which sets the RGB and brightness to 100 iirc, as well as enabling dynamic contrast, and you can then use your GPU's settings to tone down the brightness and gamma (that is how I got the best results on the samsung)
I have the same IPS as you and used the same method to calibrate both against the same calibration images and was able to get a decent match between the two, the samsung then just having a slightly worse viewing angle but faster response so clearer motion handling
I have the same IPS as you, so I would be very surprised if the iiyama was that much worse than the DGM considering what I know about the samsung
if you aren't doing any calibration whatsoever, then it is difficult to have grounds to say that one is better than the other, other than you are saying that you don't like the out of the box settings on the iiyama compared with the DGM
the ROG is not quite as clear as the DGM or samsung was, but then I am using ULMB mode most of the time and that does affect brightness
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I've managed to overclock this monitor at 4k to 65hz. It did not like 70hz and started to skip frames. I will continue to tweak it and see if i can get it any higher than 65hz.
EDIT
Did a quick test at 69hz and seemed ok. Will need to test it properly later this evening on Battlefield 4 to confirm though.
A question for people in the know... will increasing the hz of the monitor reduce input lag from using vsync? I'd have thought it would, but not 100% sure myself.
EDIT
Did a quick test at 69hz and seemed ok. Will need to test it properly later this evening on Battlefield 4 to confirm though.
A question for people in the know... will increasing the hz of the monitor reduce input lag from using vsync? I'd have thought it would, but not 100% sure myself.
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I saw that the monitor did 75hz refresh and wondered if you could OC it.
Is it easy?
If it works in Beef4 will you do a 'how to' Matt?
Is it easy?
If it works in Beef4 will you do a 'how to' Matt?
It definitely overclocks a bit Woodsta. It's really easy, just download this.
http://www.monitortests.com/cru-1.1.2.zip
I used this guide here. You don't need to do anything apart from follow the quick start bit.
Once restarted apply the overclocked refresh rate and see if it works. If it says out of bounds then wait and 15 seconds later windows resets back to the old refresh rate. Just be careful not to delete the stock monitor profile, as you want that to be the default fall back. I recommend trying 65hz first, then 70hz, then fine tuning it.