MG279Q

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Right.
I took a gamble and went for an Asus MG279Q.
And it arrived this evening - 2 days earlier than expected - thanks warrior women!
Now, I can spot about 3 or 4 dead pixels straight away (some of these may actually be clusters of more than one), but I had to really hunt for them. Very possibly I won't notice them in day to day use.
IPS glow/Backlight bleed - well I have that rather nasty lower right corner that others have mentioned. It was improved by lowering the brightness from the ludicrous default of 100.
I'm just ruminating on whether it's acceptable or not.
Looping the mouse pointer in circles across the desktop creates almost a complete circle of ghost pointers. Is that normal?
And finally, even connecting using the mini DisplayPort cable, my max refresh rate is 120hz. What am I missing??
Thoughts welcome folks! :)
 
Here's a pic in a dark room of a grab from Elite Dangerous...

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That's not great is it?!



(Sorry - don't know how to do spoiler tags)
 
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Hmm. I thought the defining characteristic of IPS glow was that it was angle dependent.
And this very much is: If I align my head so that it is perfectly perpendicular with that bottom right of the screen, the glow disappears. It's only visible when viewed from the angle that results from my head being perfectly aligned with the centre of the screen; the light from that bottom right corner reaching my eyes along a more acute angle.
Either way, surely better can be expected from a £500 monitor?
If you reckon this is within acceptable limits though I may just have to lump it.
What do you all think?
 
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I think the camera was exaggerating it slightly. But it's still not very good is it.
It's annoying because using the monitor now in daytime the screen looks beautiful. Makes me doubt what I was seeing last night. But I have the photographic evidence!

Bleed/glow aside...

Why can I get no higher than 120hz refresh rate??
I have the latest GPU driver. Yes it's nVidia but that shouldn't make a difference.
My only options are 60hz and 120hz (and even that keeps dropping to 119hz for some reason.)
What do I have to do to get the claimed 144hz!?
 
Freesync is off.
nVidia Control Panel identifies it as 'Ancor Communications', but a bit of research show's that's not an error as Ancor is the maker of the panel.
Maybe a 770GTX lacks the capability of a refresh rate that high. But it would be nice to know definitively.
 
I have no second monitor. And I've tried to change the refresh rate in both nVidia control panel, and windows control panel. There is just no option higher than 120hz.
Oddly, when I first turn the machine on - before the machine has properly started 'talking' to the monitor - if I turn on the monitor OSD it states a refresh rate of 144hz! Moments later it switches to 120hz. I think the problem is the 770 GTX; and possibly a driver issue rather than a connection issue. But I do have the latest drivers.
But - Oh! - that IPS glow!!!!!
I've never really done the whole RMA thing before. If I do decide to send it back should I go via Asus or the seller (south american river)?
 
Thanks melmac.
Why do you think that would be best though, rather than going direct to Asus who would no doubt have a more direct technical understanding of the problem?
 
I'll be returning it. And I'll be wanting a replacement - I'll give the MG279Q one more go!
It was thinking about the sent replacement that made me think Asus might be better. Reseller might just blithely go and grab the next box from the warehouse whereas Asus - as they're no doubt familiar with this problem - might be more likely to send me a better one?
Wishful thinking I know.
 
I know I have two concurrent threads going about this monitor, but I'll put this comment in this thread as the thread title is suitably general.

It's back to the point I mentioned earlier.
Why can I not get a higher refresh rate than 120hz?
I have the latest NVidia diver. Are there any specific monitor drivers I should install? I can't find any?
Is it something to do with the fact that if I right click and go to Change Resolution, the monitor there is listed correctly as the MG279Q, but if I open Monitor in Device Manager it's listed as Generic PnP Monitor.
I've tried changing the refresh rate in both the Change Resolution>Advanced Settings>Monitor box, and also the NVidia Control Panel. There is no option higher than 120hz.
I think it must be something to with a driver that speaks to the monitor, because when I first turn the monitor on - before it has properly 'shaken hands' with the machine - the OSD shows that the monitor has a 144hz refresh rate. this soon switches down to 120hz as Windows 7 loads.
Any ideas??
 
Interesting, thanks Aatu. I'll have a look through that thread.
I'm also curious as to what you said about an inf driver? I confess I have no idea what that is. I've been to the Asus website and I can't find any MG279Q driver downloads or anything, so where can I get the correct inf driver?

Thanks
 
To be honest I'm reluctant to try stuff like that, because as far as I can tell this monitor should be working at 144hz without any problems. Makes me think that maybe the DisplayPort cable isn't very good. I've heard of people having problems with one DP cable but not another.
 
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