10-05-2014 05:31 AM - last edited on 03-06-2024 09:11 PM by ROGBot
10-05-2014 04:47 PM
BrNone wrote:
So I bought ASUS ROG SWIFT PG278Q in Russia and after first few days it gives me more problems.
Main concerns are blurry text and g-sync backlight flicker.
1. Blurry text. I don't remember was it first day issue or not but the thing is - text looking like it's scaled but resolution is native. And when you turn on the ULMB function text is suddenly crisp and clear. In windows desktop there is no difference in using other refresh rates or OD settings. But in CS:GO game the text is more clear in lower refresh rates when using turbo-button. To illustrate my point I took some photo from ASUS site main page.
Normal Mode DP 2560x1440@120Hz
ULMB Mode DP 2560x1440@120Hz
You can easily see damged font even in thumbails, but click images an see other aspects of obviously scaled text. Another example
Normal Mode DP 2560x1440@120Hz
ULMB Mode DP 2560x1440@120Hz
But I noticed that the monitor don't have a scaler itself. In Nvidia control panel it says you can only use GPU scaling. And if you change resolution, it still says 2560x1440 on monitos OSD. So, I have a hope here: maybe it's a bug with nvidia drivers and GPU scaling?
2. Backlight flicker with g-sync.
When I first tried g-sync I didn't see this effect. But now it became far more pronounced. Here is the video, best watch it 1080p fullscreen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8xAKSF50WY
(G-Sync Mode DP 2560x1440@144Hz)
It's more pronounced with that gray console window. And there is no flickering without g-sync there. But hey, I did buy that panel for g-sync.
Of course there is no such problems with my other monitors. I tried run PG278Q as a single monitor, unpluging other one. I tried to change DP cable. I tried to clean reinstall nvidia dtriver. No effect.
My system:
Intel i5-2500K
ASUS Sabertooth P67 MB (BIOS 3602)
8GB RAM
ASUS Nvidia Geforce TITAN (BIOS 80.10.39.00.0A)
Windows 7x64 with all latest updates and drivers
Nvidia 344.11 Driver
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