I dont know what is broke, 3dvisionglasses or the screen.. again :S
specs: Asus Republic Of Gamers Swift PG278Q Zwart Nvidia 3D Vision 2 Wireless Glasses kit Intel Core i7-4790K Boxed Asus Republic Of Gamers Z97 MAXIMUS VII HERO Inno3D GeForce GTX 970 OC 4GB WD AV GP WD15EURS, 1,5TB WD Blue PATA 100 MB/s, 500GB Antec Twelve Hundred V3 D-Link DWA-160 Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard Microsoft Habu Kingston HyperX Beast HX324C11T3K2/16 Creative Sound Blaster Recon3D Omega Wireless Headset Corsair TX950W Samsung 850 Pro 512GB Hello, I most say i have had my share of problems with this monitor! Had to wait a few months for a new adapter, then i had flickering and they send me a "fixed" rma model after a few months. When i tried playing 3dvision games or watching movies it didn't work. Then after another month i finally got a new 3dvision set but guess what... i got crossover pretty bad. So instead of losing my screen again for a long time i would like someone to help me go through the best process to conclude if the screen is broken or if it is a setup/driver problem. I already tried different USB ports, but am willing to go all the way so every possibility is covered. I will edit this post with the steps made so it stays up to date and easy to follow if that is ok. left eye with visible crossover [img]http://i.imgur.com/UBPy8TG.jpg[/img] Right eye with visible crossover [img]http://i.imgur.com/5TFCzqU.jpg[/img] any help is appreciated!
specs:

Asus Republic Of Gamers Swift PG278Q Zwart
Nvidia 3D Vision 2 Wireless Glasses kit
Intel Core i7-4790K Boxed
Asus Republic Of Gamers Z97 MAXIMUS VII HERO
Inno3D GeForce GTX 970 OC 4GB
WD AV GP WD15EURS, 1,5TB
WD Blue PATA 100 MB/s, 500GB
Antec Twelve Hundred V3
D-Link DWA-160
Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard
Microsoft Habu
Kingston HyperX Beast HX324C11T3K2/16
Creative Sound Blaster Recon3D Omega Wireless Headset
Corsair TX950W
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB


Hello,

I most say i have had my share of problems with this monitor!
Had to wait a few months for a new adapter, then i had flickering and they send me a "fixed" rma model after a few months. When i tried playing 3dvision games or watching movies it didn't work. Then after another month i finally got a new 3dvision set but guess what... i got crossover pretty bad. So instead of losing my screen again for a long time i would like someone to help me go through the best process to conclude if the screen is broken or if it is a setup/driver problem. I already tried different USB ports, but am willing to go all the way so every possibility is covered.


I will edit this post with the steps made so it stays up to date and easy to follow if that is ok.

left eye with visible crossover Image
Right eye with visible crossover Image

any help is appreciated!

#1
Posted 08/18/2016 01:15 PM   
Try unplugging the monitor for a minute from the wall socket, this will reset the monitor. Sometimes, something hangs up with G-Sync monitors and it increases crosstalk. Try lowering your brightness and contrast settings, this will reduce pixel afterglow and reduce crosstalk. You can also try different USB ports, crosstalk can sometimes be caused by a small delay caused by certain ports. If the above things fail, try re-installing the drivers using Display driver Uninstaller.
Try unplugging the monitor for a minute from the wall socket, this will reset the monitor. Sometimes, something hangs up with G-Sync monitors and it increases crosstalk.

Try lowering your brightness and contrast settings, this will reduce pixel afterglow and reduce crosstalk.

You can also try different USB ports, crosstalk can sometimes be caused by a small delay caused by certain ports.

If the above things fail, try re-installing the drivers using Display driver Uninstaller.

#2
Posted 08/18/2016 06:41 PM   
Occasionally this happens with my Monitor too. Do as D-man11 says and it should come right. Make Sure Gsync is turned off and make certain you are set to 120hz in the advanced monitor settings. and yes proper calibration is especially important on this monitor. For crosstalk I lower contrast right down to about 15 with (no brightness setting in 3d mode) lightboost on max and it looks almost perfect. Also in Nvdia display settings set gamma to 0.95 My R/G/B settings are 98/95/95 through the monitor display. When I first started getting this I reinstalled drivers with DDU every time to fix it, but have found as long as I do the above and pull out the power cable to the monitor worst case scenario it fixes it.
Occasionally this happens with my Monitor too. Do as D-man11 says and it should come right.
Make Sure Gsync is turned off and make certain you are set to 120hz in the advanced monitor settings.

and yes proper calibration is especially important on this monitor.

For crosstalk I lower contrast right down to about 15 with (no brightness setting in 3d mode) lightboost on max and it looks almost perfect.

Also in Nvdia display settings set gamma to 0.95
My R/G/B settings are 98/95/95 through the monitor display.

When I first started getting this I reinstalled drivers with DDU every time to fix it, but have found as long as I do the above and pull out the power cable to the monitor worst case scenario it fixes it.

i7-4790K CPU 4.8Ghz stable overclock.
16 GB RAM Corsair
EVGA 1080TI SLI
Samsung SSD 840Pro
ASUS Z97-WS
3D Surround ASUS Rog Swift PG278Q(R), 2x PG278Q (yes it works)
Obutto R3volution.
Windows 10 pro 64x (Windows 7 Dual boot)

#3
Posted 08/19/2016 03:10 AM   
lightboost is enabled trough third party app? i will try the above and report back I did a full format of my PC (told you i wanted to go all the way :p) Unplugging the screen + changing tweaks from above (without lightboost cause i haven't figured that out). results: left eye [img]http://i.imgur.com/nIZkgAx.jpg[/img] right eye [img]http://i.imgur.com/SEno5qn.jpg[/img] Kind of looks just the same if you ask me :(
lightboost is enabled trough third party app? i will try the above and report back

I did a full format of my PC (told you i wanted to go all the way :p)
Unplugging the screen + changing tweaks from above (without lightboost cause i haven't figured that out).

results:

left eye
Image

right eye
Image


Kind of looks just the same if you ask me :(

#4
Posted 08/19/2016 08:57 AM   
Definitely does not look right. A reformat was probably overkill. In future just use DDU to completely clean install the driver. Did you make sure you are set to 120hz through windows advanced display? this happens to me sometimes and I find its set to 60hz. Lightboost is a feature of the monitor. in the OSD you will see it if the display is in 3d mode. (different set of options if it is not.) I definitely see this problem on my screen but all that fixes it.. but its always a driver issue with GSYNC and the monitor not really being in proper 3d mode.
Definitely does not look right.

A reformat was probably overkill. In future just use DDU to completely clean install the driver.

Did you make sure you are set to 120hz through windows advanced display? this happens to me sometimes and I find its set to 60hz.

Lightboost is a feature of the monitor. in the OSD you will see it if the display is in 3d mode. (different set of options if it is not.)

I definitely see this problem on my screen but all that fixes it.. but its always a driver issue with GSYNC and the monitor not really being in proper 3d mode.

i7-4790K CPU 4.8Ghz stable overclock.
16 GB RAM Corsair
EVGA 1080TI SLI
Samsung SSD 840Pro
ASUS Z97-WS
3D Surround ASUS Rog Swift PG278Q(R), 2x PG278Q (yes it works)
Obutto R3volution.
Windows 10 pro 64x (Windows 7 Dual boot)

#5
Posted 08/19/2016 11:22 AM   
[quote="necropants"]Definitely does not look right. A reformat was probably overkill. In future just use DDU to completely clean install the driver. Did you make sure you are set to 120hz through windows advanced display? this happens to me sometimes and I find its set to 60hz. Lightboost is a feature of the monitor. in the OSD you will see it if the display is in 3d mode. (different set of options if it is not.) I definitely see this problem on my screen but all that fixes it.. but its always a driver issue with GSYNC and the monitor not really being in proper 3d mode.[/quote] Having to set the refresh rate to 120Hz was one of the first things i needed to do when i had the screen, i got this weird error that a non stereoscopic mode was enabled or something. lightboost didn't cut it, i think my suspicion was right all along. They gave me a broke RMA in return. Have this screen for a little over a year now, and only able to use it half the time because of problems. This is really freaking me out here. I hope to have a good screen one day and hopefully within the warranty period. For a big cost like this i have way to much BS.
necropants said:Definitely does not look right.

A reformat was probably overkill. In future just use DDU to completely clean install the driver.

Did you make sure you are set to 120hz through windows advanced display? this happens to me sometimes and I find its set to 60hz.

Lightboost is a feature of the monitor. in the OSD you will see it if the display is in 3d mode. (different set of options if it is not.)

I definitely see this problem on my screen but all that fixes it.. but its always a driver issue with GSYNC and the monitor not really being in proper 3d mode.


Having to set the refresh rate to 120Hz was one of the first things i needed to do when i had the screen, i got this weird error that a non stereoscopic mode was enabled or something.
lightboost didn't cut it, i think my suspicion was right all along. They gave me a broke RMA in return. Have this screen for a little over a year now, and only able to use it half the time because of problems. This is really freaking me out here. I hope to have a good screen one day and hopefully within the warranty period. For a big cost like this i have way to much BS.

#6
Posted 08/19/2016 08:29 PM   
[quote="Zworba"][quote="necropants"]Definitely does not look right. A reformat was probably overkill. In future just use DDU to completely clean install the driver. Did you make sure you are set to 120hz through windows advanced display? this happens to me sometimes and I find its set to 60hz. Lightboost is a feature of the monitor. in the OSD you will see it if the display is in 3d mode. (different set of options if it is not.) I definitely see this problem on my screen but all that fixes it.. but its always a driver issue with GSYNC and the monitor not really being in proper 3d mode.[/quote] Having to set the refresh rate to 120Hz was one of the first things i needed to do when i had the screen, i got this weird error that a non stereoscopic mode was enabled or something. lightboost didn't cut it, i think my suspicion was right all along. They gave me a broke RMA in return. Have this screen for a little over a year now, and only able to use it half the time because of problems. This is really freaking me out here. I hope to have a good screen one day and hopefully within the warranty period. For a big cost like this i have way to much BS.[/quote] Hi, zworba, before you go through another annoying RMA process, why don't you tell me what game this is (Tomb Raider?) and I'll boot it up and see if it looks the same on mine.
Zworba said:
necropants said:Definitely does not look right.

A reformat was probably overkill. In future just use DDU to completely clean install the driver.

Did you make sure you are set to 120hz through windows advanced display? this happens to me sometimes and I find its set to 60hz.

Lightboost is a feature of the monitor. in the OSD you will see it if the display is in 3d mode. (different set of options if it is not.)

I definitely see this problem on my screen but all that fixes it.. but its always a driver issue with GSYNC and the monitor not really being in proper 3d mode.


Having to set the refresh rate to 120Hz was one of the first things i needed to do when i had the screen, i got this weird error that a non stereoscopic mode was enabled or something.
lightboost didn't cut it, i think my suspicion was right all along. They gave me a broke RMA in return. Have this screen for a little over a year now, and only able to use it half the time because of problems. This is really freaking me out here. I hope to have a good screen one day and hopefully within the warranty period. For a big cost like this i have way to much BS.

Hi, zworba, before you go through another annoying RMA process, why don't you tell me what game this is (Tomb Raider?) and I'll boot it up and see if it looks the same on mine.

#7
Posted 08/19/2016 08:49 PM   
It is not a game, it is after the setup process in nvidia. its shows you some demo pictures, none of them look good. none of my games look good and no movies look good. Which did look good on my first screen :(.
It is not a game, it is after the setup process in nvidia. its shows you some demo pictures, none of them look good. none of my games look good and no movies look good. Which did look good on my first screen :(.

#8
Posted 08/19/2016 09:42 PM   
Yeah, I just noticed it's the 3d vision preview pack. Mine does shows zero crosstalk on that image. Maybe you can get ASUS to cross-ship you a replacement so you don't have as much down-time. Having to wait months for a power adapter in the first place would have made me pretty mad. In the meantime, try switching around your USB ports for the emitter and all that. It could still be an issue there.
Yeah, I just noticed it's the 3d vision preview pack. Mine does shows zero crosstalk on that image.

Maybe you can get ASUS to cross-ship you a replacement so you don't have as much down-time. Having to wait months for a power adapter in the first place would have made me pretty mad.

In the meantime, try switching around your USB ports for the emitter and all that. It could still be an issue there.

#9
Posted 08/19/2016 09:53 PM   
What's your monitor contrast? If for some reason is very high, you will get really bad crosstalk. That at least happens in the Dell S2716DG, where I use 57 contrast instead of the default 75.
What's your monitor contrast? If for some reason is very high, you will get really bad crosstalk. That at least happens in the Dell S2716DG, where I use 57 contrast instead of the default 75.

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#10
Posted 08/19/2016 10:19 PM   
Contrast is set to 15 as advised, tried switching usb ports already. I guess i knew what to do.. thx for the help people.
Contrast is set to 15 as advised, tried switching usb ports already. I guess i knew what to do.. thx for the help people.

#11
Posted 08/19/2016 10:34 PM   
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