EPTMemory Express from my experience is significantly faster than any retailer. I typically order in the morning and afternoon, and it ships within three hours. It's actually scary how fast they do it when the other retailers takes a day or more. Friends say the same thing. Only complaint is that their stock sucks donkey balls.
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
Memory Express from my experience is significantly faster than any retailer. I typically order in the morning and afternoon, and it ships within three hours. It's actually scary how fast they do it when the other retailers takes a day or more. Friends say the same thing. Only complaint is that their stock sucks donkey balls. | ||
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Djzapz
Canada10681 Posts
On August 21 2013 06:45 skyR wrote: Could you elaborate? Memory Express from my experience is significantly faster than any retailer. I typically order in the morning and afternoon, and it ships within three hours. It's actually scary how fast they do it when the other retailers takes a day or more. Friends say the same thing. Only complaint is that their stock sucks donkey balls. Meh maybe I judged too quickly. I ordered Sunday, called earlier today, gave my order number, she had an accent I didn't recognize and was like "it's in process", "it should ship today" or something. Then around 5:30 PM I sent an e-mail, which was answered really quickly, apparently even though the online store showed 4 units when I ordered, they were a lie. Now it's out stock and they only have 2 open boxes, which they said they could ship tonight if I responded quickly, but I don't want a 5% discount for an open box monitor... Ew, not taking that gamble. But yeah I'm waiting on a stock transfer and the guy assured me through emails that he would make sure my order shipped tomorrow. So I'll see tomorrow... I just wish the stock checker thing hadn't lied to me in the first place. Had I known it was actually out of stock, I would've ordered from somewhere else. I probably wouldn't have complained if I had been informed that the thing would be delayed due to a stock transfer, preferably through e-mail, but the lady on the phone really should have informed me! And yes their stock sucks, I was tempted to buy my next PC from them because the price match 25% thing adds up nicely, but they're just always out of stock of some parts of my hypothetical system. I prefer buying the whole thing from one place, so it'll likely be NCIX again. | ||
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Blisse
Canada3710 Posts
http://www.ipsledmonitors.com/QNIX-QX2710-Evolution-II-Monitor-p/qni1.htm For a 1440p 27" monitor at $329+50. How far down does the U2713HM go for on sale? O: that's an aussie link :3 http://accessories.dell.com/sna/products/Gaming_Accessories/productdetail.aspx?c=ca&l=en&cs=cadhs1&sku=225-4015&baynote_bnrank=0&baynote_irrank=0&~ck=baynoteSearch | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
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drew-chan
Malaysia1517 Posts
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Celeritas
Australia52 Posts
1. Return warranty 2. Adjustable stand 3. USB ports 4. Colour-calibrated out of the box (by choosing the correct mode) 5. HDMI input Dell's warranty gives you some peace of mind, knowing that you can get a replacement if your monitor is faulty is nice. That, and the latest revision of the U2713HM seems to be fault-free (mine is at least). An adjustable stand is only important if you don't use VESA mounts, or don't have some other way to put your monitor at eye-level. USB ports are a luxury, might be nice if you keep your PC tucked away under your desk. The colour calibration is a big plus, as most people don't have access to calibration tools. The HDMI is another luxury, but definitely useful if you want to be able to plug a console or blu-ray player into your monitor. In my opinion, with the Dell only costing $10 more for you, it's a no-brainer. I personally don't notice the Dell having any input lag issues, but I've never experienced a > 60Hz refresh rate. | ||
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Predje
Belgium12 Posts
Dell Ultrasharp U2312Hm Asus VG23AH Can get both for the same price, just wondering which one is best, or even if there are any better options around the same price :D | ||
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slowbacontron
United States7722 Posts
Asus Vs238h-p VS228h-p Ve228h Vh238h Ve208t —resolution is 1600x900, I was wondering how significant that is? Acer S200HL Abd —1600x900 S220HQL ABD Aoc E2351f HP Lv2311 20xi —cheapest, 1600x900 Hanns-g He225dpb Sorry for the long and nooby post! | ||
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Grimmyman123
Canada939 Posts
I want above 60 FPS. It is my understanding that to visibly see above 60FPS, one must move up to a 120hz monitor. Is this true? I run a Gigabyte GTX 560 graphics card ( http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3932#sp ), on a Gigabyute GA-970A-D3 Ver.3 board with AMD FX-6200 at 4.0Ghz, 8GB DDR2 Ram, and a Kingston SSD. I shop primarily at www.canadacomputers.com as they are the largest store in my city. I prefer a 23-24" monitor, but I am also looking at 27" as I will be taking 3DCAD and CAD drawing for college. Suggestions? Clarifications? | ||
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
On August 27 2013 19:49 Predje wrote:+ Show Spoiler + Getting a new screen soon and I've narrowed it down to the following: Dell Ultrasharp U2312Hm Asus VG23AH Can get both for the same price, just wondering which one is best, or even if there are any better options around the same price :D U2312HM and VG23AH at same price... VG23AH has semi-glossy screen, passive 3D mode implementation that is supposedly pretty bad, some cases of people seeing cross hatching, adjustable pixel overdrive (so you can find the setting that best trades off between speed and then reverse ghosting artifacts), height/swivel/tilt adjustment. U2312HM has heavy matte screen, some reverse ghosting artifacts, height/swivel/tilt/rotate adjustment. Both should be similar LG eIPS 23.6" 1080p panels. It probably goes down to whether you prefer semi-glossy or matte screens. On August 28 2013 11:46 slowbacontron wrote: + Show Spoiler + Hey y'all! Having just built a new computer, I'm running it with a Dell P780. So I'm looking for a new monitor in the $100-130 range, but I'm not knowledgable on the subject (did read the TL OP and logical increments guide though). Eventually I just shored up a bunch of monitors in my price range that have good reviews in newegg, but I don't know how to differentiate between them. They are: Asus Vs238h-p VS228h-p Ve228h Vh238h Ve208t —resolution is 1600x900, I was wondering how significant that is? Acer S200HL Abd —1600x900 S220HQL ABD Aoc E2351f HP Lv2311 20xi —cheapest, 1600x900 Hanns-g He225dpb Sorry for the long and nooby post! Those are all cheapish TN panel monitors (except the 20xi and perhaps one or two models I don't recognize), which tend to be pretty similar in performance. Not much to distinguish them except the base, aesthetics, and brands. You get the inaccurate colors out of box, usual TN gamma shifting even at normal viewing angles. Some may or may not have too much or too little overdrive; nobody really knows for sure because nobody reviews these individual models. Note that the models with more newegg reviews are likely older and use CFL backlights rather than W-LED backlights, for what that's worth. If you don't mind (or especially if you prefer) glossy screens and don't mind some overshoot on some transitions, there's the Dell S2240M for $130: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Dell---S-Series-21.5"-Widescreen-Flat-Panel-IPS-LED-HD-Monitor/6814843.p?id=1218807855400 On August 28 2013 12:13 Grimmyman123 wrote: + Show Spoiler + OK, i'm playing a fair bit of LoL as of late. I want above 60 FPS. It is my understanding that to visibly see above 60FPS, one must move up to a 120hz monitor. Is this true? I run a Gigabyte GTX 560 graphics card ( http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3932#sp ), on a Gigabyute GA-970A-D3 Ver.3 board with AMD FX-6200 at 4.0Ghz, 8GB DDR2 Ram, and a Kingston SSD. I shop primarily at www.canadacomputers.com as they are the largest store in my city. Suggestions? Clarifications? I think the best way to put it is that to be able to see more than 60 different things from the monitor per second, you need something with a refresh rate faster than 60 Hz, yes. (With a 60 Hz monitor and more than 60 fps, you can definitely see fragments of more than 60 different images, but it's only new stuff every 1/60 of a second at best.) With custom timings you can get some 60 Hz nominal LCD monitors a bit above that to a higher rate even at native resolution, but even on those models is more like 75 Hz than anything like 120 Hz. LoL isn't particularly a fast kind of game where there are as many benefits from the higher refresh rate, but here are some options from Canadacomputers: VG236H, VG248QE, XL2420T. http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=22_1195_699_292&item_id=032642 http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=22_1195_700_1103&item_id=057347 http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=22_1195_700_1103&item_id=045300 Any of those should be okay. The latter two models are newer and a bit better I think? Also, the VG248QE and XL2420T support Nvidia LightBoost. If you were to ever upgrade to a newer Nvidia graphics card, you could use that to further improve perceived motion performance (less blurring, though technically slightly higher latency) through the strobing. | ||
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Cyro
United Kingdom20345 Posts
I want above 60 FPS. It is my understanding that to visibly see above 60FPS, one must move up to a 120hz monitor. Is this true? This is one of the most complicated questions possible to ask in terms of computing that can be approached or asked from dozens of different angles, the whole deal with FPS and refresh rate, it's pretty much impossible to answer straight up, there's too many debates and sidetracky things You can't see more than 60 refreshes per second on a 60hz monitor, but that doesn't mean you can't tell the difference between 60fps and 100fps or benefit from increasing, particularly in a volatile environment like a game (as opposed to an encoded movie) If you're looking for more smoothness without adding input latency, if your FPS is already high (like in league, it's easy to have it flying into the hundreds and i think have good frametimes, though i didn't bench it yet) then the next step is a higher refresh rate monitor | ||
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mav451
United States1596 Posts
LB works on either AMD or nVidia cards now with ToastyX's Strobelight utility. Utility still is in beta though, so can't really testify to how things are progressing on that front. | ||
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slowbacontron
United States7722 Posts
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
On August 28 2013 12:54 mav451 wrote: http://www.monitortests.com/forum/Thread-Strobelight-LightBoost-Utility-for-AMD-ATI-and-NVIDIA LB works on either AMD or nVidia cards now with ToastyX's Strobelight utility. Utility still is in beta though, so can't really testify to how things are progressing on that front. I'm way behind the times, it seems. On August 28 2013 12:56 slowbacontron wrote: @Myrmidon Thanks for the info! So are you saying that the Dell is a better option than the others or are they all essentially the same? It's part of their consumer-oriented line of cheaper IPS monitors, so it's something of a different class of product than almost all of the others. So it's IPS, pretty much, with the advantages and disadvantages related to that. You read the OP and other stuff, right? If you wanted a TN, I might consider the VS238H-P. Supposedly that's one of the cheaper Asus models with the adjustable overdrive. However, the VS series stand is Very Shaky and offers no control other than tilt, though they are VESA mountable if you want to get an aftermarket stand later. | ||
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Grimmyman123
Canada939 Posts
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slowbacontron
United States7722 Posts
 I guess IPS, if my eyes are too untrained to notice the input lag. If that's the case, I would be choosing between the s2240m and the HP 20xi? (The prices are quite different, but it doesn't matter too too much for me) | ||
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Predje
Belgium12 Posts
My next question is Benq Xl2420t (€370), 2411t(€280) or another U2312HM(€210), I'll be using it mainly to play LoL and maybe some cod ghosts, watch movies and code websites etc | ||
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Grimmyman123
Canada939 Posts
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
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