Unofficial 2405FPW Thread (Now that its been announced)

chrism said:
I didn't find my 2405FPW very bright either. I too have a 2005FPW which I feel is brighter with factory settings. This may have to do with how bright the room you use it in is. My room is relatively bright.
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That almost seems like a joke. I had to turn my brightness down to 7 or it hurts my eyes.
 
I just got my 2405 today and it is amazing. No dead pixels and the picture is incredible.

However, one issue I am having is that I can't change the scaling to 1:1 or Aspect. When I go through the monitor controls and drill into the image menu, the scaling option is disabled. I have tried this with both DVI and Analog D-Sub.

I'm sure its something simple I'm missing, but I can't for the life of me figure it out. Anyone know how to enable this feature?
 
Got mine. Looks nice (after some tweaking) - just a little brighter than 2001fp. However, after playing HL2 for a bit at 1920x1200, I got some motion sickness. Frameraate appared to be fine but something was off. :confused:
 
When playing High Definition video material i see some small glitches in the video (only in the video!). I tried different video players, all with the same result.
Anyone else experienced this? Wonder what is causing this..
 
Hi all...

My first post on this forum. I asked this on other forums, but they don't seem to be able to help me (Dell support couldn't either).

I ordered this monitor, but need a videocard for it. I want to use a DVI-port for this monitor and a VGA port for a secondary monitor. However, I don't play games, so I don't need a top-of-the-line videocard.
I read DVI-I supports a resolution a little lower than the monitor.

My question is:
Can I use a Radeon 9200 DVI-port to connect this monitor on?
Or, what is the cheapest videocard that supports this monitor (and a secondary 17" LCD)?

Thank you in advance.
 
logrus said:
I just got my 2405 today and it is amazing. No dead pixels and the picture is incredible.

However, one issue I am having is that I can't change the scaling to 1:1 or Aspect. When I go through the monitor controls and drill into the image menu, the scaling option is disabled. I have tried this with both DVI and Analog D-Sub.

I'm sure its something simple I'm missing, but I can't for the life of me figure it out. Anyone know how to enable this feature?
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For that, you should use another resolution (non native)...exemple, in the game if you play inm 1600*1200 you can adjust this option.
 
raps said:
Hi all...

My first post on this forum. I asked this on other forums, but they don't seem to be able to help me (Dell support couldn't either).

I ordered this monitor, but need a videocard for it. I want to use a DVI-port for this monitor and a VGA port for a secondary monitor. However, I don't play games, so I don't need a top-of-the-line videocard.
I read DVI-I supports a resolution a little lower than the monitor.

My question is:
Can I use a Radeon 9200 DVI-port to connect this monitor on?
Or, what is the cheapest videocard that supports this monitor (and a secondary 17" LCD)?

Thank you in advance.
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Well, I'm using the ATI AIW8500DV with the DVI port if that helps you at all. However, my X800XL has already shipped from NewEgg so I can BF2 in super res!!!
 
MethylONE said:
That almost seems like a joke. I had to turn my brightness down to 7 or it hurts my eyes.
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Running my brightness at around 20 right now. Way to bright out of the box. I'm using these setting which I got in another thread here:

"Using my Pantone Colorvision USB color calibration unit, here are the settings I came up with for my particular unit. YMMV based on manufacturing variability, but for those without a calibration unit this is probably a good start.

Since this is supposedly an sRGB compliant monitor, normally just setting sRGB should be perfect, but that wasn't the case. These settings work much better:

(target sRGB 6500K of course)

Brightness 27
Contrast N/A (not available in DVI)
Color: User Preset
Red 36
Green 33
Blue 32

With any brightness setting the gamma was still too low (i.e. too bright) around 1.89. I solved this by using the nVidia driver color adjustment page to set the gamma slider to 0.91 which gave me a measured gamma of 2.05. This is still a touch brighter than sRGB but I couldn't get it any higher, and as the page below notes, 2.0 is a good compromise between Mac (1.8) and PC (2.2) gamma.

There is a good gamma adjustment page here:

http://www.photoscientia.co.uk/Gamma.htm "
 
Should I have to do anything special to be able to choose other 16:10 resolutions? I want try CS:Source in 1680x1050 and I noticed this resolution was not selectable on my desktop or in game. From what I've read on the widescreen gaming forums I should have native support for this. I have a 9800 pro with the newest drivers and I installed the 2405 monitor driver.
 
sgt said:
Should I have to do anything special to be able to choose other 16:10 resolutions? I want try CS:Source in 1680x1050 and I noticed this resolution was not selectable on my desktop or in game. From what I've read on the widescreen gaming forums I should have native support for this. I have a 9800 pro with the newest drivers and I installed the 2405 monitor driver.
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Are you setting scaling to 1:1 for this?
 
I haven't changed any scaling settings. Is that a setting on the monitor or is it a software setting?
 
Has anyone tried this display with really low resolutions. I use dosbox to play old games. Their resolution is usually something like 320x240. If I try to go full screen with this resolution, the image shakes violently making it unusable. Anyone have any idea why? I'm using an EVGA 6800 ultra.
 
I think it should work. Your POST screen should be the same resolution, no?
 
I think post screens are 640x480 these days actually.

I tried changing my windows desktop to 320x240 and 320x200 also. I get the same results. So it's either my video card or the monitor. Anything higher than those 2 resolutions works fine.
 
sgt said:
I haven't changed any scaling settings. Is that a setting on the monitor or is it a software setting?
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By default, the scaling (which is set thru the LCD menu) is set to fill. If you don't plan on setting it to 1:1 (which will shrink the image), you don't want to run any games at non-native resolution (1920x1200) unless you don't care about image quality.
 
Riptide_NVN said:
I think it's still 80 column text mode. Could be wrong though.
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You're not wrong, but it is some sort of resolution .. I seem to remember the number 720x480, but it's been sooooo long... I could be wrong too ;)
 
Has anyone ran this on Linux? I cant get my Fedora box to run at 1920x1200 with a Radeon 9200SE. It recognizes it as a Dell 2405FPW but with a maximum res of 1600x1200. If i change my monitor to a "Generic 1920x1200 LCD" the max res it will do it 1920x1440.

Any ideas?


 
MethylONE said:
That almost seems like a joke. I had to turn my brightness down to 7 or it hurts my eyes.
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that almost seems like a joke, i have mine at 88! with brightness down in ati -15. maybe something is wrong with mine, glad i'm getting it replaced
 
bench261 said:
that almost seems like a joke, i have mine at 88! with brightness down in ati -15. maybe something is wrong with mine, glad i'm getting it replaced
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I have about 300W of light in my computer room. I really think a lot of this is related to the amount of light in your computer room. I'm sure personal taste plays a role too.
 
i also leave it at that in the dark....maybe im just used to it now from the 2005fpw, i remember when i 1st got it it felt like looking at the sun
 
Has anyone heard any more buzzing or high-pitched whines from the back of their monitors when it's on? :confused:
 
CalKenneth said:
Has anyone heard any more buzzing or high-pitched whines from the back of their monitors when it's on? :confused:
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I think some of our older users have lost pitch recognition at that specific freq. j/k

I work with a guy that has a Dell 17" (1702fp) LCD with the high pitched whine.....drives me insane anytime I go into his office!
 
CalKenneth said:
Has anyone heard any more buzzing or high-pitched whines from the back of their monitors when it's on? :confused:
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No high pitched sounds or dead pixels on my 2405. I have had my 2405 since March 11th.
 
coneypark said:
On checking my tracking info it says that I am getting two packages and was wondering if someone who got one can tell me why it is two packages.
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I heard it said that the second box may actually be a very small box with a (DVI?) cable in it. Not sure why it wouldn't be in the main box, but if it's not this, it's probably still a small box with something that goes with the monitor (could even be the appropriate power connector, if the rest of the monitor ships the same worldwide).
 
bench261 said:
nope, just exchange it if you do....for 1000$ i sure would
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Yeah, I'm arranging for one now. It's a crap shoot out there, though... my first one buzzed/slightly whined but had no bad pixels or backlight bleed. I hope the next one I get won't have any of those defects either!
 
elder_shawn said:
I think some of our older users have lost pitch recognition at that specific freq. j/k

I work with a guy that has a Dell 17" (1702fp) LCD with the high pitched whine.....drives me insane anytime I go into his office!
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Hey, it's possible. My Dell 2001FP (the one I bought right before the 2405FPW came out) used to whine whenever it was on - couldn't stand it so I ordered a replacement. Guess what, same deal. Tech support didn't want me to return it - they insisted that I give it one more shot. So I got yet another replacement, and it STILL whined. Sent it back - I bet they sourced defective components that month.

You could reduce it somewhat by changing the brighness level, but it wasn't ever a consistent thing.
 
bchomp said:
My 2405 definitely whines. It's somewhere about 7khz to 13khz and it is significant.
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Do you have any buzzing behind the monitor, where the power cord goes in? Does yours whine always (during standby, when "off" -- even if the power is still plugged in, etc) or just when it's displaying a screen?
 
megmond said:
I heard it said that the second box may actually be a very small box with a (DVI?) cable in it. Not sure why it wouldn't be in the main box, but if it's not this, it's probably still a small box with something that goes with the monitor (could even be the appropriate power connector, if the rest of the monitor ships the same worldwide).
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Yeah, I would guess it's the correct power connector since the monitor itself is the same component.
 
Actually...if I put my ear up against the back of my 2405 I can hear a very slight whine. I have to turn off ALL background noise, though, to hear it.

It's a non-issue for me. I would not have even known about the whine if other people weren't reporting it. I don't hear it even in a quiet room.
 
RyanR100 said:
Actually...if I put my ear up against the back of my 2405 I can hear a very slight whine. I have to turn off ALL background noise, though, to hear it.

It's a non-issue for me. I would not have even known about the whine if other people weren't reporting it. I don't hear it even in a quiet room.
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So it sounds like people are reporting one of three things:

1) buzzing only
2) whining only
3) neither

I wonder why the components BenQ sources are so varied that the monitors either whine or buzz but not both!
 
raps said:
Hi all...

My first post on this forum. I asked this on other forums, but they don't seem to be able to help me (Dell support couldn't either).

I ordered this monitor, but need a videocard for it. I want to use a DVI-port for this monitor and a VGA port for a secondary monitor. However, I don't play games, so I don't need a top-of-the-line videocard.
I read DVI-I supports a resolution a little lower than the monitor.

My question is:
Can I use a Radeon 9200 DVI-port to connect this monitor on?
Or, what is the cheapest videocard that supports this monitor (and a secondary 17" LCD)?

Thank you in advance.
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Nobody? (not even here :confused: )
 
Well, that's my question. The max I'd spend is as little as possible. The monitor is ordered and will be connected to a computer one way or the other.
I've read some posts and it seems to work with a Radeon9800 and some lower cards. But I don't know exactly which ones.
I came up with the Radeon9200 since it is a rather 'new' card, and it is quite cheap.

Obviously it's absurd to buy a X800 for somebody who doesn't play games or uses 3D graphical programs.
 
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