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| Thread ID: 138066 | 2014-09-30 09:27:00 | which 22? -23" monitor ? | sroby (11519) | Press F1 |
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| 1385171 | 2014-09-30 09:27:00 | My monitor had a fit tonight, and blew up my vid card. Put in another vid card as a test, yep it blew that one as well. Both vid cards totalled, PC wont even start with them in. Luckily I have a spare PC to rob parts from running on no.3 now. Never seen a monitor blow vid cards before. I wont be doing any more testing on that , its the devils monitor now. So I need a new 22' -44 " monitor ASAP . Any recommendations , less than $300 ? say around the $250 mark (just an arbitrary number) Ive been looking at the ASUS monitors from playtec , and the usual Samsungs. There are just too many to choose from I need to get one tommorow, I've had to use a 23" Warehouse TV as my PC monitor: its truely awefull :( How reliable/good are the ASUS monitors. Is LED backlight really any better on cheap monitors ? I want something with a zero pixel fault warranty . www.playtech.co.nz www.playtech.co.nz I also need a new vid card,something quiet. I was going to get a Asus R7 250-1GD5 ($130) . I almost never play PC games anymore, but like all ex-gamers I still want to be able to :) Cheers |
sroby (11519) | ||
| 1385172 | 2014-09-30 18:23:00 | How do you know the monitor was the cause and not the PSU or something? ASUS is a well known quality brand. On the other hand Samsung make good monitors too...... |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1385173 | 2014-09-30 19:41:00 | How do you know the monitor was the cause and not the PSU or something? When I replaced the vid card, the PC turned on . Then I plugged in the monitor & it killed it. I comfirmed both vid cards were now toast (very toasted) on another PC. Its been running 100% OK with the 3rd vid card & using the TV as a monitor. Cheap TV as a display is awefull. |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1385174 | 2014-09-30 19:48:00 | I have had for the past couple of years, a Samsung SyncMaster B2430HD. It doubles as a TV screen too. I'm more than happy with it but I do not know today's cost. |
Bryan (147) | ||
| 1385175 | 2014-10-01 00:59:00 | Often with TV's you have to set the input mode to PC to make it display clearly as they tend to be optimised for bright colourful images not text. The warehouse TV may not have an option but it's worth having a play with the settings. It's not always obvious either, my 24" samsung TV made a very disappointing monitor until I discovered that setting the input "name" to HDMI-PC from the menu effects more than just what it's called. Of course if it's a 720P display it'll never be great as a monitor. As for recommendations, both the ones you mentioned are fine and I don't think you can get anything that doesn't use an LED backlight now so it's a moot point. I have just bought a cheap 27" LG on special and am very happy with it but prior to that I often used AOC brand monitors as they are usually a little cheaper and I've had a good run out of them. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1385176 | 2014-10-02 21:24:00 | I have found Asus to be a reliable and trouble free brand. | PPp (9511) | ||
| 1385177 | 2014-10-02 21:40:00 | Yup Dug the Veon I use for TV and the new build here is fine. Using HDMI on it. Havent had a prob with it so far even if its 720p. It's clear enough for me. The satellite receiver and bluray player are also plugged into it | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
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