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On a white screen if you stand up and look down you can see the sparkle and ag-coating more clearly. All the 144hz IPS screens use the same panel so they will all have identical coating. I may have got this monitor cheap but not sure I'm willing to be the first to rip the coating off - just...

Has anyone done it? My unit is perfect in every way, except the sparkle which is causing eyestrain. How anyone can think this coating is acceptable is beyond me. At certain angles the coating is clearly visible. It's a refurbished unit I got cheap so warranty not a concern.

Pixel doubling can be done without adding any lag - assuming the firmware coders are willing (and allowed) to add such a specific routine. In reality, time constraints and lazyness results in every non-native resolution being sent through the same laggy resizing functions. It's not uncommon to...

PWM is bad regardless of the frequency. Even if you hit 1,000,000hz you're still subjecting the nervous system to a barrage of instant on/off pulses of light. Sure you will no longer get eyestrain or headaches, but the underlying effects will be there building up over time.

Everyone can see low rate PWM using the pencil trick and via their peripheral vision. It's not a test of whether you are seriously affected. PWM has an impact on everyone to some degree, even those with excellent eyesight. It affects your brain and nervous system, not just your eyes. How much...

Set Full RGB over HDMI - http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=373241

It's being compared to DLP, so expect rainbows if you are susceptible.

On a reasonably calibrated FW900 the original rose picture is somewhere between the Benq and Eizo. That's the red. The whites in that picture look spot on.

I was going to grab a 290 but this very reason stopped me. The trend is looking dire. Nvidia GTX6xx and prior all had 2 DVI-I ports. The latest GTX7xx series have dropped to just 1 DVI-I port.

Only question mark for me is the extra frame (8.3ms) of input lag over other 120hz gaming displays. As with lightboost this may be offset by the lack of sample/hold effect. Other than that this looks like a viable option for us die hard CRT users. 1ms pixel response time for VA must mean they...

Input lag on displays without lightboost is more than just the technical figure gained by testing equipment. The sample/hold effect and motion blur add significantly to the lag your brain perceives. I suspect this is why despite having more actual input lag, so many lightboost users claim to...

IME higher dpi with lower sensitivity hinders performance in fast paced games like Quake. The choppy nature of 400-1600dpi (depending on resolution) allows far more accurate aim than 4000dpi+, with in game sensitivity adjusted. Too much precision tends to increase the time spent before hitting...

Correct me if I'm wrong here. Vsync off will send the output buffer as it's being updated, hence tearing. Gsync will only send the last completed frame, even if a new one has almost finished. This can be seen in the following slide: While the 3rd frame is being sent, a 4th frame is...

I fully expect g-sync to require a single frame buffer to work effectively. Input lag would be greater than running with vsync disabled.

I'm still kicking myself for not bidding higher on a new boxed FW900 a cpl years ago. It went for £500 / $800 which was my limit. Bargain of the year for whoever won.