BenQ XL2730 - need help
Posted: 26 Apr 2018, 01:20
Hello everyone,
so after taking a look at this website I finally decided to give up my CRT (still works, BTW) and to try some of the LCD monitors with motion blur reduction. I chose to try the BenQ XL2730 for various reasons.
And, well, at first, it looked good, the UFO test was very sharp and nice.
But then I realized that this works only on the middle of the screen; at the top and the bottom of the screen, there were naughty double images. Visible even as I move windows on the desktop.
I read something about that and realized that it's normal, that the blurred area can be moved vertically, but not removed completely, and nothing can be done about it. Well. OK, fine.
But the next thing I realized was that this works only with refresh rates 100 Hz and above.
The monitor allowes only refresh rates up to 60 Hz and then 100 Hz, 120 Hz and 144 Hz. Nothing between 60 and 100 Hz.
I tried to create some custom resolutions (both using AMD driver and CRU) to enable 70, 80 and 90 Hz, but to no avail. The refresh rates below 100 Hz produce sharp DOUBLE image across the whole screen. And, for some reason, the CRU fails to add custom refresh rates above 70 Hz or so. After adding them and restarting they are just not offered.
I even tried to raise the vertical totals for 60 Hz or 70 Hz refresh rates in CRU, but it did not help either.
The situation is also the same for lower resolutions.
What causes this and can it somehow be gotten rid of? Is this a monitor model feature? Would it be better with a different one?
I don't have a gaming system that can sustain 100+ fps in games. Even the 60 fps is a problem, but it would still be much more realistic than 100 fps. Only in Minecraft with significantly reduced details settings was I able to get at 100 fps - then the movement was very nice, sharp and smooth.
I'd really appreciate any information on the topic.
Thanks in advance.
EDIT:
Tried the Strobe Utility 2.0.9 beta. The "Enable single strobe 60 Hz" text is not visible for me.
so after taking a look at this website I finally decided to give up my CRT (still works, BTW) and to try some of the LCD monitors with motion blur reduction. I chose to try the BenQ XL2730 for various reasons.
And, well, at first, it looked good, the UFO test was very sharp and nice.
But then I realized that this works only on the middle of the screen; at the top and the bottom of the screen, there were naughty double images. Visible even as I move windows on the desktop.
I read something about that and realized that it's normal, that the blurred area can be moved vertically, but not removed completely, and nothing can be done about it. Well. OK, fine.
But the next thing I realized was that this works only with refresh rates 100 Hz and above.
The monitor allowes only refresh rates up to 60 Hz and then 100 Hz, 120 Hz and 144 Hz. Nothing between 60 and 100 Hz.
I tried to create some custom resolutions (both using AMD driver and CRU) to enable 70, 80 and 90 Hz, but to no avail. The refresh rates below 100 Hz produce sharp DOUBLE image across the whole screen. And, for some reason, the CRU fails to add custom refresh rates above 70 Hz or so. After adding them and restarting they are just not offered.
I even tried to raise the vertical totals for 60 Hz or 70 Hz refresh rates in CRU, but it did not help either.
The situation is also the same for lower resolutions.
What causes this and can it somehow be gotten rid of? Is this a monitor model feature? Would it be better with a different one?
I don't have a gaming system that can sustain 100+ fps in games. Even the 60 fps is a problem, but it would still be much more realistic than 100 fps. Only in Minecraft with significantly reduced details settings was I able to get at 100 fps - then the movement was very nice, sharp and smooth.
I'd really appreciate any information on the topic.
Thanks in advance.
EDIT:
Tried the Strobe Utility 2.0.9 beta. The "Enable single strobe 60 Hz" text is not visible for me.