My dell is getting old and theres a shadow that appears ones its warmed up
Looking to get something bigger and better and found this http://www.ebuyer.com/product/199631
But is there anything more suited to viewing and editing photos?
Get an IPS panel, something with wide/full colour gamut, preferably calibrated from the factory like the high end Dells. The colour reproduction is phenomenal and youll think your previous screens were garbage.
It does depend on your budget though, if youre not stretching much beyond the budget of the screen you linked to there, you wont really get a great panel for photo editing.
Yeah, thatll be too rich for me, ill have to put up with a standard LCD and my huey colour correction
Save for a DELL. My 24" is (still) glorious!
Wouldnt mind one of these 30" bad boys though:
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/30-dell-ultrasharp-u3011-widescreen-hdmidvi-d-vga-displayport-370cd-m2-2560x1600-plus-more
:rock:
im saving hard for a pair of monitors, IPS,
cant work out whether or not to get
http://www.pcbuyit.co.uk/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=&products_id=822
or
http://www.pcbuyit.co.uk/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=&products_id=1069
ps, theyre over 40 quid cheaper than scan on that 30"er too.
Mate the 27" is available with 25% off direct from Dell - thats £530 :ptu: only lasts until the 21st December I think though.
http://accessories.euro.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=uk&l=en&s=bsd&cs=ukbsdt1&sku=381164&~ck=bncat&~bk=gr:CategoryRec_default,g:NextStep,rk:&dgc=AF&cid=5212&lid=122756&acd=486521ca72c394910a1686aee075c359
wow thanks, cant see me having that by then though.
Matt
Holy thread ressurection!
I could seriously murder a 30" screen now. 24" seems so... model village.
Does anyone know if DELL monitors are rebranded for anyone else or if there are exact equivalents? £700-£1000+ is a bit of a wallet killer.
Quote from: Eagle on December 03, 2011, 00:57:42 AM
Holy thread ressurection!
I could seriously murder a 30" screen now. 24" seems so... model village.
Does anyone know if DELL monitors are rebranded for anyone else or if there are exact equivalents? £700-£1000+ is a bit of a wallet killer.
The whole point of going for a Dell is the Zero Defect Warranty and 24 hour (business day) swap-out, thats the only reason i buy them lol (ok, and the fact the colours look fantastic) because all the other brands suck at after sales.
The only issue i've had is my 2209WA went wrong 3 times in 3 years but i've had 3 replacements, the latest one being a .5" smaller but its the latest IPS offering with Full HD, and i have 3 months left on the warranty so i'm happy with the outcome. :D
I've been offered a s/h 3007WFP HC for £595 but I think that's steep considering the model's age. :(
Quote from: Eagle on December 03, 2011, 11:38:20 AM
I've been offered a s/h 3007WFP HC for £595 but I think that's steep considering the model's age. :(
It is alot but it is also !/2 the price it was when it was launched.
Fair one. I'm tempted just to go for a 27" as that's around the same price on eBay - but with an IPS panel!
Come on, you know the 30" panel is the daddy. I've seen one in the flesh, it's breathtaking. It makes my 24" panel look tiny!
It is indeed but it's well over a grand. :(
Eagle If you're going to do any gaming on the PC go for a 27" 30" is just far too big to sit up to your desk and use without the need to turn your head to see from one side of the screen to the other, a bloke I used to play World of Warcraft with got one and ended up having to sell it as constantly having to turn his head was driving him to distraction after a few weeks :D
Another thing to take into account is your need a lot more graphic's power to run games at such high resolution going from 1920x1200 to 2560x1440 expect your FPS to take quite a hit, you really need SLI/Crossfire to be able to keep all the eye candy turned on (which you will want with such a stunning monitor) and the FPS at a decent rate IMO.
I recently upgraded to a Dell 27" from a 24" that I got in 05, bought from these guys: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/320796833713?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649#ht_3243wt_1265
Quote from: Shaun on December 04, 2011, 04:04:55 AM
Eagle If you're going to do any gaming on the PC go for a 27" 30" is just far too big to sit up to your desk and use without the need to turn your head to see from one side of the screen to the other, a bloke I used to play World of Warcraft with got one and ended up having to sell it as constantly having to turn his head was driving him to distraction after a few weeks :D
Another thing to take into account is your need a lot more graphic's power to run games at such high resolution going from 1920x1200 to 2560x1440 expect your FPS to take quite a hit, you really need SLI/Crossfire to be able to keep all the eye candy turned on (which you will want with such a stunning monitor) and the FPS at a decent rate IMO.
I recently upgraded to a Dell 27" from a 24" that I got in 05, bought from these guys: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/320796833713?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649#ht_3243wt_1265
I've linked them a 100 times on this forum :P http://www.pcbuyit.co.uk/
I will vouch for them too, fantastic service and pricing on the Dell panels, got my 24" IPS from there :thumbup:
Fair point; I hadn't considered the hit on FPS a larger screen might bring.
30" is out now as I 'mapped out' a 30" monitor in my mind and quickly realised that I'd be turning my head too much. Now to wait for a 27" IPS at a decent price! Will my Radeon 6870 handle it?
Quote from: Eagle on December 04, 2011, 18:33:25 PM
Fair point; I hadn't considered the hit on FPS a larger screen might bring.
30" is out now as I 'mapped out' a 30" monitor in my mind and quickly realised that I'd be turning my head too much. Now to wait for a 27" IPS at a decent price! Will my Radeon 6870 handle it?
27" is 1080 or 1200 isnt it, so should be fine.
It's 2560 x 1440
(The 30" DELL ones are the same native resolution but the pixels are bigger on them).
Quote from: Eagle on December 04, 2011, 21:59:56 PM
It's 2560 x 1440
(The 30" DELL ones are the same native resolution but the pixels are bigger on them).
I think your going to need a better GPU unless you play at lower game settings, maybe possibly a Crossfire/SLI setup but your talking about spending a fair whack of money!
From what i found around the net, a 6970 will run most games but not all at max settings e.g. Metro2033 / Crysis type games, 2x 2GB 6950 in Crossfire will work better, also some of the 6950s (Revision 1, reference) can be flashed to run at 6970, i really think your going to need to do a bit of reading or call your specific retailer and ask them for advice (somewhere like Scan who sell high end pre built systems).
I was also going to point out that Hazro do a 27" Pro series monitor for about £430 ish, the general consensus is that warranties for their consumer products are handled with the business side and in-house through the UK (also built in the UK apparently), but the issue is they don't have any warranty information outside of the standard 3 year RTB, no specifics or anything which is a bit amateur for any company.
okeedoke. I'll shelve the idea until my next full upgrade. Now't much wrong with a 24" DELL anyhoo!
100Mb/s broadband coming on Tuesday - so not a f**k will be given about screen size!!! :muttley: :nana:
A second 6870 would handle current games fine tbh, I have a pair of 6850's and they can keep the frame rate pretty reasonable with eye candy at 2560x1440, but when you take into account most likely you would need to upgrade your case and PSU to go crossfire and the 7000 series of cards from AMD hitting early 2012 I don't think it is the best time to look to do such a upgrade.
Quote from: Eagle on December 04, 2011, 23:30:27 PM
okeedoke. I'll shelve the idea until my next full upgrade. Now't much wrong with a 24" DELL anyhoo!
100Mb/s broadband coming on Tuesday - so not a f**k will be given about screen size!!! :muttley: :nana:
Jammy beggar, who's that with?
Got a pair of Dell 24" screens, 2 of my brother's have Dell screens too, all work perfectly.
Although I wouldn't touch a Dell laptop with a proverbial barge pole.
Quote from: Clock'd 0Ne on December 05, 2011, 10:00:26 AM
Jammy beggar, who's that with?
VirginMedia. Makes up nicely for 9+ years at 0.3 Mb/s :thumbup: