AW2521HF overdrive settings with VRR off and on..and a few questions.

[maestroo]

The only thing I noticed was when I put extreme with gsync off funny stuff starts to happen, artifacts, overshooting etc...

Anyway Im kinda disapointed with it, I though the difference was gonna be bigger compared to my old benq xl2411z.

[jorimt]

The only thing I noticed was when I put extreme with gsync off funny stuff starts to happen, artifacts, overshooting etc...

Anyway Im kinda disapointed with it, I though the difference was gonna be bigger compared to my old benq xl2411z.

The highest overdrive presets typically aren't "best," since they can create overshoot.

The best "overdrive" in an objective sense is where the overvolt is balanced to the point that the GtG time matches the scanout time of the monitor's native refresh rate as closely as possible, which results in a neutral image without ghosting or smearing, leaving only the MPRT (aka persistence) blur of the display.

The improvement from your old 144Hz monitor to your new 240Hz will instead mostly come from any reduction in processing latency and the decrease in scanout time (6.9ms vs 4.2ms) with an additional 96 refreshes per second.

Ideally, if both monitors have good overdrive tuning, they should look the same in this respect; neutral.

[maestroo]

I used the middle option overdrive on the old benq (high) which had slight overshoot but never bothered me ingame.

[jorimt]

I used the middle option overdrive on the old benq (high) which had slight overshoot but never bothered me ingame.

The point is, higher overdrive presets don't necessarily = better (let alone lower latency) unless you prefer overshoot for whatever reason, which is usually all they start to introduce over the lower presets.

[maestroo]

I used the middle option overdrive on the old benq (high) which had slight overshoot but never bothered me ingame.

The point is, higher overdrive presets don't necessarily = better (let alone lower latency) unless you prefer overshoot for whatever reason, which is usually all they start to introduce over the lower presets.

Ok I just noticed something...On my benq when i push the overdrive to max (premium) I can see the coronas and the inverse ghosting but ingame its nowhere near as noticeable as with the AW.

Is ghosting, coronas and stuff like that more noticerable on an IPS panel compared to TN?

[jorimt]

I used the middle option overdrive on the old benq (high) which had slight overshoot but never bothered me ingame.

The point is, higher overdrive presets don't necessarily = better (let alone lower latency) unless you prefer overshoot for whatever reason, which is usually all they start to introduce over the lower presets.

Ok I just noticed something...On my benq when i push the overdrive to max (premium) I can see the coronas and the inverse ghosting but ingame its nowhere near as noticeable as with the AW.

Is ghosting, coronas and stuff like that more noticerable on an IPS panel compared to TN?

Depends entirely on the panel type, its native base GtG, the overdrive tuning of the given model, and what preset you have it on.

TN panels used to have a huge edge on other panel types where native GtG performance and achievable overdrive tuning was concerned, but the latest IPS panels have caught up since, to the point that the fastest modern IPS panels can now have better overall GtG performance than the fastest older TN panels.

It's possible you're just really, really used to the overdrive performance of your BenQ to the point that any change on the new model is distracting you, regardless if it's better or worse.

That said, the BenQ's max overdrive preset may, hypothetically, be roughly equivalent to your new monitor's middle or upper middle setting, and your new monitor may simply have more overshoot at it's highest overdrive preset than your old monitor.

Again, all models are tuned differently. Overdrive can even be tuned differently on the same panel depending on what brand you purchased. I.E. AOC could use the same panel, but have weak overdrive across all presets, while ASUS, with that same panel, may have more aggressive overdrive across all presets, and so on.

[maestroo]

It's not, in fact from the UFO ghosting test it appears that the benq is worse. The alienware on the minimun overdrive has zero ghosting while the benq still has a bit but then ingame its like you dont notice anything wrong with the benq, my guess is because of his washed out colours as with the alienware everything pops out way more. idk

[jorimt]

my guess is because of his washed out colours as with the alienware everything pops out way more. idk

Color contrast can have an effect on perceived overdrive performance, yes.

And I say again, GtG is an average of all the possible pixel transitions from one shade to another, so even if one monitor has faster transitions in multiple ranges of shades than another monitor, the monitor with the slower overall GtG could still have faster transitions in a specific range of shades.

So there's really no "one" answer or "best" across-the-board setting, as it's dependent on the monitor in question and what you're comparing it to, but again, you can pretty much just use your eyes where overdrive presets are concerned and adjust to your preference.

The "best" overdrive preset in your case would probably be whichever one provides the least distracting artifacts in-game; test patterns are just reference for an isolated baseline.

[maestroo]

This looks incredible bad...Sorry for the bad quality tho

https://streamable.com/3mdm8e

[jorimt]

This looks incredible bad...Sorry for the bad quality tho

https://streamable.com/3mdm8e

Okay, then change the overdrive until the ghosting is reduced? "Fast" looks good in your video. What do you find wrong with that preset?

And again, if you're playing in G-SYNC mode (don't know if you are), since the monitor doesn't have variable overdrive, it will be stuck in one overdrive preset, so the lower the framerate below the refresh rate, the worse the overdrive will probably be, since it's only tuned for the max refresh rate.