BenQ Zowie XL2546K 240hz TN

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Re: BenQ Zowie XL2546K 240hz TN

Post by axaro1 » 11 Nov 2020, 08:28

Motion clarity is exceptional, I'm quite impressed.

If I compare the UFO deluxe on the XL2546k VS VG259QM:
- there is no asymmetrical blur on the crash test dummy circle, the asus struggled with dark transitions.
- You can actually read "BLURBUSTERS.COM" and "BETTER THAN 60hz"
- You can differentiate the 3 white dots on the ufo spaceship (on the Asus it was more like a white line) and the black lines are very clear.

There isn't much difference between AMA High or Premium except for premium increasing the amount overshoot in the traffic lights in motion testers like Frog Pursuit, it is very noticeable in this test but I don't see any overshoot while playing.
Regardless of the color used in ufo tests for the background the amount of overshoot is either nothing or a very fain 1pixel wide line.
I'm really enjoying motion clarity, it feels very responsive and everything on the screen is crystal clear during fast paced movements.

Dyac+ is nice, there isn't any difference between High or Premium so I keep it on Premium, I'm struggling to notice both when the fps drops to 220 and when there are multiple frames rendered in the same scanout, which was something that bothered me a lot on the Asus.

The only bad thing are the shades of red/magenta/pink, every shade of red is oversaturated and doesn't feel right.

I'm currently playing Overwatch with Freesync + 234 FPS cap with AMA Premium and Dyac OFF.
Edit: I played some Apex capping at 190fps ( 210fps is 99% Gpu usage in some cases and I want to avoid it, with 190fps I average 90% GPU usage), Sharpness tweaking is insane, 10x better than Vividpixel with 0 artifacts even when set to 10/10, Color Vibrance is great for distinguishing enemies, I'm still using the Black Eq at the stock 10/20.
Freesync works so well with my 5700xt.
Can't wait to try some R6S with Dyac+ and tweaked black EQ+digital vibrance. So far so good! :mrgreen:
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Re: BenQ Zowie XL2546K 240hz TN

Post by Conan » 11 Nov 2020, 08:35

Nice!
I'm quite used to Benq's messed up Red shade and its oversaturation. So I know I wouldn't mind that.
Still waiting on mine to arrive.

Why did u cap fps to 234? Is there any particular reason or?

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Re: BenQ Zowie XL2546K 240hz TN

Post by axaro1 » 11 Nov 2020, 08:49

Conan wrote:
11 Nov 2020, 08:35
Nice!
I'm quite used to Benq's messed up Red shade and its oversaturation. So I know I wouldn't mind that.
Still waiting on mine to arrive.

Why did u cap fps to 234? Is there any particular reason or?
I always cap at -6fps than the refresh rate (because that's what battle(non)sense used to do), especially if using fps limites inside the game engine that tends have bigger variations compared to something like RTSS/Special K/Radeon Chill.

Generally, as the Chief said, you have to increase the headroom the higher is the refresh rate, I remember him telling me to try setting it to 270fps on Asus at 280hz.
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Re: BenQ Zowie XL2546K 240hz TN

Post by Conan » 11 Nov 2020, 14:27

Im sorry I dont understand ...quake runs at 250fps max by default. I thought thats good for 240hz.
I am really glad you are enjoying monitor. Im checking tracking 5 times per day even ig they didnt dispatch it yet.
#justhumanthings

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Re: BenQ Zowie XL2546K 240hz TN

Post by Conan » 12 Nov 2020, 05:47

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-t33btvFsI

Great review from GameGeek - Japanese youtube channel.
I loved it cause it has english subtitles.
It showed closely features of the monitor and the video quality is top notch. I really enjoyed it.

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Re: BenQ Zowie XL2546K 240hz TN

Post by Doozy » 12 Nov 2020, 06:24

Hello my friends. I have a question about this monitor. Can you still adjust brightness with Dyac+ enabled? I have a Gigabyte KD25F 240hz and the brightness is locked at 50% when you enable backlight strobing, which isn't great for night when I want lower brightness.

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Re: BenQ Zowie XL2546K 240hz TN

Post by axaro1 » 12 Nov 2020, 16:50

Doozy wrote:
12 Nov 2020, 06:24
Hello my friends. I have a question about this monitor. Can you still adjust brightness with Dyac+ enabled? I have a Gigabyte KD25F 240hz and the brightness is locked at 50% when you enable backlight strobing, which isn't great for night when I want lower brightness.
Yes you can adjust brightness, there's a slider from 0 to 100, it can go from dark to very bright.
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Re: BenQ Zowie XL2546K 240hz TN

Post by Stayle » 13 Nov 2020, 19:12

Hello, I plan to get the XL2546K although the price is quite high, but I saw BenQ is releasing BenQ XL2540k for cheaper, anyone have seen it? Does anyone know the difference ? The only thing I saw different was the BenQ XL2540K has 4ms response time on Amazon but I don't think it's reliable since on the official BenQ website nothing is stated.
I don't know which one should I go for, thank you for the advice.

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Re: BenQ Zowie XL2546K 240hz TN

Post by speancer » 13 Nov 2020, 20:49

Stayle wrote:
13 Nov 2020, 19:12
Hello, I plan to get the XL2546K although the price is quite high, but I saw BenQ is releasing BenQ XL2540k for cheaper, anyone have seen it? Does anyone know the difference ? The only thing I saw different was the BenQ XL2540K has 4ms response time on Amazon but I don't think it's reliable since on the official BenQ website nothing is stated.
I don't know which one should I go for, thank you for the advice.
XL2540K is the same panel as XL2546K (fast liquid crystal), the differences are that XL2540K does not have DyAc+ (their motion blur reduction technology), additional shields nor the S-Switch, but you can buy them separately, if you want.

Concerning response time, Zowie stated that they do not provide response time information anymore, which they explained in here, but as far as I know, it's alleged to be 0.5-1.0 ms using current "standards" (companies tend to lie about real response times, usually providing the best case scenario figure, including situations where to achieve this claimed response time, extreme overdrive is needed, which makes the display unusable).
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Re: BenQ Zowie XL2546K 240hz TN

Post by Stayle » 13 Nov 2020, 20:53

speancer wrote:
13 Nov 2020, 20:49
Stayle wrote:
13 Nov 2020, 19:12
Hello, I plan to get the XL2546K although the price is quite high, but I saw BenQ is releasing BenQ XL2540k for cheaper, anyone have seen it? Does anyone know the difference ? The only thing I saw different was the BenQ XL2540K has 4ms response time on Amazon but I don't think it's reliable since on the official BenQ website nothing is stated.
I don't know which one should I go for, thank you for the advice.
XL2540K is the same panel as XL2546K (fast liquid crystal), the differences are that XL2540K does not have DyAc+ (their motion blur reduction technology), additional shields nor the S-Switch, but you can buy them separately, if you want.

Concerning response time, Zowie stated that they do not provide response time information anymore, which they explained in here, but as far as I know, it's alleged to be 0.5-1.0 ms using current "standards" (companies tend to lie about real response times, usually providing the best case scenario figure, including situations where to achieve this claimed response time, extreme overdrive is needed, which makes the display unusable).

Oh I see thanks, if it's the same response time approximately between 2540K and 2546k that's great, it would save me 300€ compared to XL2546K.
As for the shields, you meant the physical ones you place between the monitor ?
I have no idea about the DyAc+ technology, is it a must for FPS such as Valorant and CSGO ( I play mostly competitively)?
I don't know why Amazon stated 4ms lol

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