My new Dell 2405FPW - pictures & first impressions

Shmee150 · 17 Oct 2005 at 19:46

Wait a sec, I have BF2 on a single stock 7800GTX with everything maxed out and get a decent enough framerate that I couldn't tell you if it was 30 or 50 or 100, so yeah, and i never have any lag at all.

ShMeE

Smiley Man · 17 Oct 2005 at 20:24

how does the 2405 perform when you scroll up and down sites with the mouse wheel? does it go all blurry like on most other tfts ive seen?

ps3ud0 · 17 Oct 2005 at 20:26

Ive not seen a TFT that doesnt motion blur Im afraid - including the 2405FPW (tho its not that bad, but still noticeable unlike the ghosting) - I presume its just inert to the technology...

ps3ud0 :cool:

kinggost · 17 Oct 2005 at 20:27

Shmee150 said:
Wait a sec, I have BF2 on a single stock 7800GTX with everything maxed out and get a decent enough framerate that I couldn't tell you if it was 30 or 50 or 100, so yeah, and i never have any lag at all.

ShMeE

What monitor that on?

What res is that at shouldnt think 1600x1200 or more got to be less!!

Smiley Man · 17 Oct 2005 at 20:30

ps3ud0 said:
Ive not seen a TFT that doesnt motion blur Im afraid - including the 2405FPW (tho its not that bad, but still noticeable unlike the ghosting) - I presume its just inert to the technology...

ps3ud0

as long as its not terrible i dont mind too much

i think i'll keep the CRT in the cupboard though

Shmee150 · 17 Oct 2005 at 20:37

kinggost said:
What monitor that on?

What res is that at shouldnt think 1600x1200 or more got to be less!!

It is at 1600x1200 stretched to 1920x1200 on HP f2304 23".

System got 9567 when overclocked big time on 3dmark05 (with standard settings) and runs BF2 as I said, no lag, and perfectly for my eyes.

ShMeE

kinggost · 17 Oct 2005 at 20:47

Shmee150 said:
It is at 1600x1200 stretched to 1920x1200 on HP f2304 23".

System got 9567 when overclocked big time on 3dmark05 (with standard settings) and runs BF2 as I said, no lag, and perfectly for my eyes.

ShMeE

That good if it running at full af and high settings on every thing :eek:

ps3ud0 · 17 Oct 2005 at 21:06

Smiley Man said:
as long as its not terrible i dont mind too much

i think i'll keep the CRT in the cupboard though

To be quite honest it does slightly annoy me as I sometimes like to autoscroll long webpages/documents slowly and skim read them to get the gist.

If its just a bit too fast its slightly garbles - its still readable, just not skimmable - usually when its slow enough to read easily its just scrolling a bit too slow :/...

The monitors brillant and well worth the money - just theres some very minor niggles - when you spend this kind of money most people rightly expect a perfect product, but I guess with most things in life theres always a level of acceptable compromise...

I went from a decent iiyama VM Pro 451 and really havent looked back - now Im looking for a HDTV for downstairs

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ps3ud0 :cool:

Yaka · 18 Oct 2005 at 00:55

Elvis Himselvis said:
Huh? Your playing BF2 with all the effects turned up at 1920 x 1200 resolution on one AGP 6800GT? No way!

I get about 7 FPS when I try that with my (PCI) 6800GT.

i didnt say with everything turned up, prolly would end up burning the house down

its with the normal settings game had upon install it plays fine enuff at native screen res without looking naff.

some screenies to show what the game looks like for me 1, 2 3

Smiley Man · 18 Oct 2005 at 18:13

ps3ud0 said:
To be quite honest it does slightly annoy me as I sometimes like to autoscroll long webpages/documents slowly and skim read them to get the gist.

If its just a bit too fast its slightly garbles - its still readable, just not skimmable - usually when its slow enough to read easily its just scrolling a bit too slow :/...

The monitors brillant and well worth the money - just theres some very minor niggles - when you spend this kind of money most people rightly expect a perfect product, but I guess with most things in life theres always a level of acceptable compromise...

I went from a decent iiyama VM Pro 451 and really havent looked back - now Im looking for a HDTV for downstairs .

ps3ud0

i think the CRT is sold, but if i really dont like the 2405 (which is highly unlikely) i know i can get a better CRT than i have now and still have money left over if i sell the 2405

dvd recorder is sitting here waiting to use its component outputs

ps3ud0 · 18 Oct 2005 at 18:33

Would be interested to hear how the component inputs do - thinking of getting a dvd hd recorder myself as using the dvdrom is way too cumbersome for the odd 1/2 an hour of Red Dwarf...

No doubt Ill catch you on MSN soon

ps3ud0 :cool:

Mud · 18 Oct 2005 at 18:36

The components are pretty good, I can see some noise but I'm only using a cheap 3rd party xbox component lead.

Smiley Man · 18 Oct 2005 at 18:45

ps3ud0 said:
Would be interested to hear how the component inputs do - thinking of getting a dvd hd recorder myself as using the dvdrom is way too cumbersome for the odd 1/2 an hour of Red Dwarf...

No doubt Ill catch you on MSN soon

ps3ud0

then next year sky HD hopefully

would look awesome on the 2405

inoxx · 18 Oct 2005 at 20:58

OMG these things look huge.
It probably wont fit on my computer desk with the tower standing by it.
Was wondering tho whether one of these puppies would be better suited for things like photoshop, premiere etc or 2 x 19" LCDs?

Any suggestiong guys?

phykell · 18 Oct 2005 at 21:58

They're bloody bright aren't they? I've just got one today and it's much brighter than my 22" widescreen TFT. Overall I'm very impressed. It's bright and clear and seems to have a very fast response. I'm running DVI at 1920x1200 on an FX5900XT and I have my other TFT on the D-SUB. Horizontal split is easy. Immediate problems are the poor quality buttons, the memory card slots being on the side and the lack of a remote control (my other TFT has touch buttons and a remote). Great value for the price though, and highly recommended especially with the generous warranty

Yaka · 18 Oct 2005 at 22:21

yep they are bright, i remeber when i first used ms word and had to lower the settings abit

HEADRAT · 19 Oct 2005 at 08:52

I really want another one and at the price they are at the moment it pretty tempting

HEADRAT

Robert · 19 Oct 2005 at 09:09

I would love to try one, but after sending my FPW2005 back 2/3 times I can't be bothered dealing with dell again. Hopefully I should have my Eizo before next friday (I want it now and need a monitor anyway BAH!)

phykell · 19 Oct 2005 at 09:42

HEADRAT said:
I really want another one and at the price they are at the moment it pretty tempting HEADRAT

Two? What for?

I've just been using my 22" next to it but TBH I can't be bothered carrying on. I'd rather stick with the single monitor having tried both out side-by-side.

HEADRAT · 19 Oct 2005 at 11:00

Robert said:
I would love to try one, but after sending my FPW2005 back 2/3 times I can't be bothered dealing with dell again.

To be honest the early 2005FPW's were crap, I sent 3 back as well, very happy with my 2405FPW though!

phykell said:
Two? What for?

There is a spare DVI port on my 7800GTX and its feeling lonely!, to be honest I think another one would be complete overkill but hey we're all tempted to spend too much money when it comes to 'puters.

HEADRAT