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ReadyMan

Krom, do you have any suggestions for a 2nd/3rd monitor to match with this AW2721D? The size disparity is annoying when moving the cursor between monitors. I've got a 24" 6:10 to the left, and my 24.5" 6:9 asus to the right. I *could* get another AW2721D, but seems like overkill since I'm ...

ReadyMan

Thanks Krom!

Turning the brightness down enriched the colors 100 fold!

ReadyMan

The monitor arrived today. Got it all set up, and you were right! what a difference! The Asus is great, but the Dell/AW is awesome! Do you have any tips, or utilities to tweak the colors/brightness/contrast? I basically set the Brightness to 75% and the Contrast to 70% on the monitor settings, then ...

ReadyMan

They had 11 in stock when I refreshed the page yesterday, then 8 left when my purchase was finalized, and this morning they are out again. Wow! Paid $727 + tax. Thanks for saving me $400 Krom! I'm going to move my Asus 24" PG258Q to be my right screen, and perhaps adjust it to vertical to match...

ReadyMan

Happened to hit refresh on my screen and saw that Amazon had just posted as some in stock.
Bought it (well visa did), and should have it by the 13th.
Thanks Krom!

Any need for additional cables?

ReadyMan

Thanks Krom. Appreciate the info on curved panels.

I'll watch for Amazon to restock the AW2721D.

ReadyMan

Thanks Merlin. I think I'm going to stick with 240hz, as that's what I have now.

ReadyMan

Did some research last night and this morning and I see what you are saying about the AW2721D monitor. 1ms response, IPS, 1440, 240 refresh That's a hard set of specs to equal, which shows why the PG258Q is so outstanding. From what I can tell, there's no other monitors out there that have the 1ms r...

ReadyMan

Good tips. Thank you! I was just doing some reading on curved monitors. Some of the Samsung's are quite excellent from what I can tell. Do you have an opinion on curved monitors? (I'm thinking I might just get one for my primary monitor, and use the Asus as the 2nd monitor, and one of the 24" H...

ReadyMan

Why the Del AW2721D? (I notice Alienware sells this same monitor with its logo for $1000) Do you think it's worth going for the 4k monitor with my system? Can you give me some ideas for how to set up my triple monitor system, keeping my Asus 24" PG258Q? I'm not opposed to getting 3 new monitors...

ReadyMan

Hi Krom, Congrats on your Tesla! very cool, and a super purchase. Right when Covid hit, I purchased a new system: ASUS - ROG Strix GL12CX Gaming Desktop - Intel Core i9 - 9900K - 32GB Memory - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti I got a premade Asus system from BestBuy. I'm still using my Asus 24" PG258...

ReadyMan

Thanks Krom. I was thinking of the PSU as well. I have the original corsair 750w PSU from my build in 2009 lol! I dont have a spare psu, but maybe I'll pick one up at bestbuy and try it out. hard to know on a system this old what it could be. I've got the work-around, but would hate to have it die o...

ReadyMan

I still have this problem, and it's mutating a bit now. When I turn on the pc, the fans will spin up to max rpm and continue at that speed, and the system hangs in that state. If I hold the power button for 5 seconds or so, the system will shut down. If I immediately press the power button again, th...

ReadyMan

A friend of mine has a small business. He's got cable 1gb connection to the net. He's got his cable modem connected to his wifi router, and he's concerned about people hacking into his router. Any recommendations for protection for a router? I found this https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/forHome/prod...

ReadyMan

Well, it wasnt a glitch. I replaced the CMOS battery and still have the same problem....press the power button to start the pc, and lights go on, starts to load up, but the HD light doesnt activate and it hangs, giving me the message: Please press DEL or F2 to enter UEFI BIOS setting. Interestingly,...

ReadyMan

OK, will do.
I havent had the problem re-occur for a week...wonder if it was just a glitch?

ReadyMan

Oops

Here's the C: drive that I boot from.
The 1 TB drive is also in "good" health status.
Everything on both drives is blue.

ReadyMan

Thanks Krom. I appreciate the input and help! I dl'ed the Crystal Disk Mark 6.0.2 (both shizuku and standard editions), but the screen is much different than the pic that you posted. It allows me to sect a drive, and then does a read/write to that drive giving me some numbers, but that's it. I didnt...

ReadyMan

In the last week, every other time that I boot my system up, I get the error: Reboot and Select proper Boot device or Insert Boot Media in selected Boot Device So....that means my Hd is failing, right? I put this system together in 2013: i7 3770 16 GB RAM SSD Samsung 840 Gb 502 GB HD I thought the S...

ReadyMan

Stopped flying in D1/D2 decades ago, basically when D3 came out. The MP (much larger groups of pilots from d1/d2 kali days) for D3 was the best I've experienced. Nothing has come close since....Overload is decent for SP, but it's not as addictive as D3 for sure. I remember the DBB from 1999 (registe...

ReadyMan

I upgraded the AI suite to the current v2.00.15 version, but I didnt see an option to change turbo ratios. but if I click on "tool", then "TurboV EVO", choose "manual mode" and click the "group tuning" button, I can up the MHz from 39 to 40. That bumps the CPU...

ReadyMan

Also basically 100% of 3770k CPUs can hit 4.0 GHz at stock voltage all core turbo (mine didn't even blink at it), so definitely go into your BIOS and turn on your multi-core enhancement/sync all cores settings and set the turbo multiplier to 40, leaving all other voltages and timings at auto, its f...

ReadyMan

Krom, the monitor arrived today. Any advice on setting it up?

ReadyMan

heh! Waiting is not an option. Hard to believe that having 3 monitors has become a necessity, but I really feel crippled with just the 2 working right now. I think I'm just going to bypass the 30" option and go for the gsync 240 Hz Asus PG258Q. I can get it for $550 from bestbuy online, so if i...

ReadyMan

Thanks Krom!

I'm ready to go monitor hunting.
Either a 30-32"with a 2560x1440 resolution,
or a 24-25" 1920x1080 gsync monitor that hits 240 Hz

(Is the extra 60 Hz from 180 Hz to 240 Hz worthwhile in your opinion for the extra $150 (I'm not going to overclock it)?

ReadyMan

I'm still running the 3770k @3.50ghz with 16 GB RAM Havent had to upgrade in quite some time (5 years, which is a record, thanks to Krom and Grendel and the DBB Tech forum all giving great component advice!) I can spend $600 or so on a monitor. The Asus PG258Q gsync is $547 on Amazon. Do you think m...

ReadyMan

Great questions. I work for myself now, working from home half the time. I dabbled in triple monitor gaming, but found that I preferred one monitor (the center one) for gaming, while having my browser open on on side, and email/documents open on the other. So I'm primarily looking for a monitor that...

ReadyMan

I've been running a triple monitor system for a few years, and tonight one of my monitors stopped working. It turns on, and shows the desktop briefly for 1 second or so before going black. Turning it off and on produces the same issue. Seems from what little I've read, that the monitor needs work. I...

ReadyMan

What a complete waste of money.

ReadyMan

Yes, the ships are really ugly. Like boxes...is there a design reason they are so "non descent-like"?
Very ugly and uncool looking...heh!

I hope I can get into the MP beta...any word on this yet?

ReadyMan

The Asus 1070 Strix arrived and I installed it with no issues. Took me a few minutes to figure out that the 6+2 power connector from my Corsair 750w PSU would work in the 8 slot connector on the card (my nvidia 670 used 2 6 slot connectors). Seems to be running well now. Gotta do some tests to see h...

ReadyMan

ok thanks.
I turn off my machine at night/when I'm not at home.
I think I'm sold on the asus 1070 here:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01HDUVJ1I/re ... 9HLMM?th=1

and when one of my monitors dies, I'll upgrade to the monitor you mentioned above

ReadyMan

so a couple display port to display port cables, and a display port to hdmi?....and forget the DVI I'm using? Found these on amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Cable-Matters-Gold-Plated-DisplayPort/dp/B005H3Q59U/ref=sr_1_3?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1480292312&sr=1-3&keywords=displayport ...

ReadyMan

I'm sold on the 1070, just need to find the right one. However, I noticed that these cards come with 2 display ports, 1 DVI and 2 HDMI I'm currently (with my 670) using a triple monitor setup connected to my card with with 2 DVI cables and 1 HDMI cable. My LA2405wg monitors have a DVI-D port, and a ...

ReadyMan

Good idea.
I'm still with the triple monitor setup (3 24" @ 1920x1200)
Not sure how that new monitor would fit in with what I have....

ReadyMan

Thank you for the recommendations. I'll watch for the 1070 8gb over the weekend sales!

ReadyMan

Thinking of upgrading my current video card, a GTX 670 with 4GB of memory if I see some good sales this weekend. Had it for about 6 years, which is the longest I've gone without upgrading. I havent kept up with the video card progression, so wouldnt know what the "sweet spot" to target is ...

ReadyMan

Same here. I had to use the mouse to get Overload working. I found that I had MUCH greater accuracy with the mouse. My flying with the 3dpro is much better, so I'm far more defensive, but the accuracy isnt there. Thus my dilemma. I'm so used to the 3dpro/kb, but seem to be MUCH better with the mouse...

ReadyMan

I've been a joystick user for Descent since the initial D1 release (during the demo it was all kb only...but the sore wrists was too painful to continue with). Been with the 3dpro since just after the $50k tournament. I'm wondering if it's time to switch to KB/Mouse...? I know Overload is a long way...

ReadyMan

I tried plugging the 3dpro into another USB spot and that seems to have fixed the problem!
Sometimes it's just the simplest solution that works...

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