Yamakasi Catleap 27" 100mhz IPS

.Griff. · 25 Apr 2012 at 13:20

Thanks N1D.

Auction site it is in that case.

MOOGLEYS · 25 Apr 2012 at 13:27

Mine was 1.5m and crappy quality. I picked up one of these

DVI-D Dual Link

It's £5.99 but really good quality, some of the ebay ones are a bit ropey too...

.Griff. · 25 Apr 2012 at 13:28

MOOGLEYS said:
Mine was 1.5m and crappy quality. I picked up one of these

DVI-D Dual Link

It's £5.99 but really good quality, some of the ebay ones are a bit ropey too...

That's too short unfortunately.

I've gone for a 3 metre one off the auction site. A friend got the same one a month ago seems happy enough with it.

zoomee · 25 Apr 2012 at 13:36

wow! - It just keeps getting better!. I was gunna try to mess around today (whilst vomiting my brains out with a sickness bug) by updating the bios, but wahay: As someone earlier mentioned I can now mysteriously get into the BIOS fine!

One thing I do note though is looking in Windows Update, There was an Intel corporation - Display - Intel (R) HD Graphics 3000 update applied on 20/4/12 - That must have kicked something in the rear!

It still doesn't show the BIOS whilst booting (but my bios is set to 1 sec pause time so fair does) - But if I hit DEL upon bootup it now works

- I am now thoroughly 120% happy with this monitor.

BF3 however is another feat entirely - I've never seen my 7970 struggle so much (1125/1575) lol!. Need to knock some of the settings down from the standard ULTRA mode and see how I can get reasonable framerates now. The REAL fun begins :>

kingy666 · 25 Apr 2012 at 14:55

^ I think my 6950 with unlocked shaders is going to struggle when my catleap turns up. I don't have the spare cash after my catleap purchase to buy another 6950 (I would have to buy a bigger PSU too). So I guess I will have to turn the settings down from ultra.

MOOGLEYS · 25 Apr 2012 at 15:05

Yeah I must admit some games feel like they are really pushing my 7970 at 2560x1440. It's managing to do the job but I think it's at about the max it can handle..

sHo0sH · 25 Apr 2012 at 15:13

My 5850 extreme will have no chance!
Good job I don't really game on the PC

Mine's in Paris now, delivery estimate of Friday

spidermaxx · 25 Apr 2012 at 16:28

sHo0sH said:
My 5850 extreme will have no chance!
Good job I don't really game on the PC

Mine's in Paris now, delivery estimate of Friday

Mine must be in the same crate as yours then, as its also sitting in Paris for Friday delivery!
Fingers crossed they're being treated well!!

.Griff. · 25 Apr 2012 at 16:30

sHo0sH said:
My 5850 extreme will have no chance!
Good job I don't really game on the PC

Mine's in Paris now, delivery estimate of Friday

spidermaxx said:
Mine must be in the same crate as yours then, as its also sitting in Paris for Friday delivery!
Fingers crossed they're being treated well!!

You two aren't the only ones with their monitor in Paris lol

antran · 25 Apr 2012 at 17:00

My GTX 580 is struggling to run BF3 on high setting, medium for now. Lucky my next game is Diablo 3, don't need need to get a new gpu.

sHo0sH · 25 Apr 2012 at 17:18

I doubt I'll get mine until Mon/Tues as I won't be at home to receive it on Friday

Azza · 25 Apr 2012 at 17:19

Soooooo tempted to get a PCBank PB2700, I have a feeling my 560Ti might die a sudden death though!

Those that have one / ordered, how long is delivery looking to take?

kingy666 · 25 Apr 2012 at 17:29

I ordered my catleap on Monday but because of the time difference between here and S. Korea I had an e-mail from bigclothcraft which i didn't read untill tuesday which asked me

1) May I mark item as gift?
2) How much price I put on invoice?

3) May I ask your model number of video card in computer?
-This monitor don't works with Mobile video card in Laptop and macbook.

4) May I check your phone number and address for express shipping service?
(Our company only use personal information for shipping)

So I replied to the questions and had an e-mail today saying it is ready to be shipped but it probably won't be shipped until tonight as Korea are about 9 hours ahead of us.

I have just realised that i never gave the seller my phone number, will this cause a problem with the courier?

spidermaxx · 25 Apr 2012 at 17:49

kingy666 said:
I have just realised that i never gave the seller my phone number, will this cause a problem with the courier?

Just means if customs charge you a fee, you'll have to wait for a letter to come to your house letting you know too pay it.

Cuchulainn · 25 Apr 2012 at 17:50

DHL called me to tell me I owed £17 charges, which I had to pay before they'd deliver the monitor.

You might find out the same info though from your tracking.

panyan · 25 Apr 2012 at 17:50

kingy666 said:
1) May I mark item as gift?

silly question but what difference does this make to the fee?

.Griff. · 25 Apr 2012 at 17:54

panyan said:
silly question but what difference does this make to the fee?

I think they ask if they can mark it as a gift for their benefit not ours. I could be wrong however.

kingy666 · 25 Apr 2012 at 17:55

panyan said:
silly question but what difference does this make to the fee?

From the HMRC website -

Goods sent as a gift that are over £40 in value are liable to import VAT. Customs duty also becomes payable if the value of the goods is over £135 but is waived if the amount of duty calculated is less than £9.

To qualify as a gift:
■ the customs declaration must be completed correctly
■ the gift must be sent from a private person outside the EU to a private person(s) in this country
■ there is no commercial or trade element and the gift has not been paid for either directly or indirectly by anyone in the UK
■ the gift is of an occasional nature only, for example, for a birthday or anniversary

Double07 · 25 Apr 2012 at 18:17

Hmm maybe I spoke too soon about mine being so good! So I was using the monitor last night, everything is fine, I goto bed and switch it off. I log in tonight and I'm not too sure how to explain this but it now looks like I have what I would describe as scanlines on the monitor, you know like on and old CRT or arcade machines.

Any ideas on what could be causing this?

Now this is weird, its just corrected itself! The brightness seemed to have gone way down too even with it up full. But it just kinda 'poppped' back to looking like it did previously. Video card? THe VERY poor DVI cable perhaps? The dodgy power brick?

MOOGLEYS · 25 Apr 2012 at 18:21

Double07 said:
Hmm maybe I spoke too soon about mine being so good! So I was using the monitor last night, everything is fine, I goto bed and switch it off. I log in tonight and I'm not too sure how to explain this but it now looks like I have what I would describe as scanlines on the monitor, you know like on and old CRT or arcade machines.

Any ideas on what could be causing this?

Are you using the supplied DVI lead....?

If I use the one that came with mine I get flickers and some odd effects..