27" 2560x1440 Monitor Under $400!

[Supertrucker]

Unless the replacement pcb is cheeeeeaaaaap I wont be bothering either, they would practically have to give it to me...

Also, I played a bit of crysis, still one of the best looking games on the market imo, and it didnt like 4x supersample aa, I had to drop to 2x to keep it smooth, this res chews up my cards. The upside is its such a high res I coudnt see a difference between the two settings at all.

 

[mjw21a]

There are ZERO ghosting issues at the stock settings, for the record. Its fine as is. Im not even going to bother upping it personally.

So, no point in running at 100Hz?

 

[Rotary]

how do you up the Hz on one of those?

 

[mjw21a]

There's a YouTube guide on there somewhere. Found it Googling Cat leap. I wish YouTube hadn't replaced written guides

 

[Viper69]

Same here, though these are tempting enough to almost sway me. I would jump on these if they were slightly different in 1 or 2 of the following ways. If it was 2560x1600 OR 23-24" instead of 27". If I could find monitors that fit both of those criteria id probably need a change of pants...

Wiz, why do you like 16x10 better?

 

[mjw21a]

Ok, found the YouTube guide to run the Catleap at 100Hz: Tada!

 

[Rotary]

Wiz, why do you like 16x10 better?

i have a 2560x1600 and its really to big, 3 27'' screens seem good for me

 

[mjw21a]

I know I had a 32" for a while and it was just way too big, I reverted to a 27". Now this will be WAY better than my old 27" due to supporting a higher res on the same 27" screen size

 

[Rotary]

Ok, found the YouTube guide to run the Catleap at 100Hz: Tada!

Can you do this with all IPS screens? i have a dell 3011. because it says in CCC that my max refresh rate is 75hz

 

[mjw21a]

No idea..... Do you see a difference going from 60hz to 75hz? I want to know if it makes any real difference or not.

 

[Viper69]

i have a 2560x1600 and its really to big, 3 27'' screens seem good for me

I'm lost, if it's too big, why do yo have 3? Lost


3 monitors are great for FPS, you get peripheral vision

 

[neonblingbling]

just bought mine from ebay off green-sum

Ok, found the YouTube guide to run the Catleap at 100Hz: Tada!

Don't get too excited. To my knowledge, people in the OCN thread reported back in mid March that the Catleap screens stopped shipping with the 'unlocked' PCBs. Since it's nearly two months later, the odds of getting a 100 Hz PCB is slim to none.

 

[Rotary]

I'm lost, if it's too big, why do yo have 3? Lost


3 monitors are great for FPS, you get peripheral vision

because its not so tall, the dell 3011 is taller then the 27''

 

[mjw21a]

Regular 27" screens are the same screen res as TV screens, so good for watching movies and playing games...... Not so good for doing work on though as they really need to be taller for that

 

[Rotary]

Regular 27" screens are the same screen res as TV screens, so good for watching movies and playing games...... Not so good for doing work on though as they really need to be taller for that

I mean sell my dell 3011, and just buy my self 3 of these 27'' IPS's

 

[mjw21a]

I mean sell my dell 3011, and just buy my self 3 of these 27'' IPS's

Yah, you're doing what I did then. These just too good of a buy to pass up.

 

[Viper69]

Regular 27" screens are the same screen res as TV screens, so good for watching movies and playing games...... Not so good for doing work on though as they really need to be taller for that

I'm confused. Why are they not good for doing work? My CRT is 21", so smaller than a 27". and it's fine for working. Is there some resolution issue I don't know about? My monitor's working space is taller than a piece of paper.

 

[mjw21a]

A 27" is a wider screen than the old computer sizes which were almost square in shape. The size is measured diagonally from corner to corner. If you're working on a word document then you end up not using half the screen on a widescreen and that screen real estate would have been better in being higher rather than wider. For movies and games on the other hand wide is precisely what you want.

Thats why most business grade screens are the older size and cost more due to a smaller production run, whereas consumer grade screens can be cheaper due to using the same size as TV's. One is mean for entertainment, the other office use.

 

[Viper69]

A 27" is a wider screen than the old computer sizes which were almost square in shape. The size is measured diagonally from corner to corner. If you're working on a word document then you end up not using half the screen on a widescreen and that screen real estate would have been better in being higher rather than wider. For movies and games on the other hand wide is precisely what you want.

Oh right, I forgot they are rectangular! That makes sense. So for business apps, you have a lot of wasted space unless you have many documents open at one, which I sometimes to do.

SO how does gaming compare on a rectangular screen vs my square CRT?? I play FPS and RTS too

SO if you are are surfing with FF on a 27" monitor, is the text/webpage flush to the left? Or can you center it to accomodate for the extra width?

 

[mjw21a]

Wider is great. You can see more to each side so you're less likely to get killed in FPS. Think of your current screen as similar to having tunnel vision and only seeing straight ahead. The wider screen takes away that tennel vision so you cna see people shooting at you from the side.