Hardware Discussion Thread

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(01-22-2015, 02:07 AM)kirbypuff Wrote:

(01-21-2015, 03:03 PM)NaturalViolence Wrote: I have a similar benq monitor and to me the difference in motion blur is not noticeable while the RTC errors are.  Any RTC at all results in a black shadow behind the mouse when moving the mouse slowly.  If you crank it up to maximum it gets REALLY distracting.

It depends on the panel. If it's a TN panel with a decent response time, you can turn it off.

But for VA and IPS, the ghosting when AMA is set to "Off" is unbearable.

VA and IPS have non-linear response times (some color transitions are 20 times slower than others), so RTC is a must.

So my TN-panel has an advertised 1ms response time; obviously it's never accurate but suffice to say that it is still pretty good. (My refresh rate is currently 144Hz, the monitor's maximum.)

All I want to say is that I turned AMA off for the first time since getting the monitor. I'm noticing ghosting when just moving my mouse around. I think I'll keep AMA on, thank you very much.

Me experimenting with my settings: (Show Spoiler)

I also tried a few other things. Setting the picture to standard mode, turning on blur reduction, and experimenting with instant mode. I then went and played a couple quick rounds of TF2 as scout, which is probably the activity that requires the least input lag and clearest image I can get. My verdict?
Blur reduction does make a small difference, but when not gaming it makes everything flicker - even scrolling a webpage isn't smooth anymore. Even with 144Hz. I think I'll wait till 240+Hz for true blur reduction.
The ghosting without AMA is very noticeable, at least for me. Still keeping it on high.
The black eQualizer setting is not available in standard mode for some reason (lolwut). While you'd want true blacks while, say, watching a movie, when playing games seeing clearly in darkness is really helpful, and the lack of eQualizer was noticeable and annoying. (And TF2 isn't even a very dark game.)

So after all this, I decided to keep my previous settings. Except for instant mode, I'm still playing around with that.

EDIT: Also, I did notice a yellow tinge while experimenting with Standard mode. And the colours where a lot more washed-out. Garteal, try setting the mode to Movie and see if it's any better? Even if I wanted to keep blur reduction, I'd probably still go with my current settings.