My Acer GD245HQ review experiences of a new 3D vision user
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The Acer sounds terrible. Does anyone know if the Alienware has problems with 2d quality like the Acer does. There is no way I can get a display that is weak in 2d. It sounds like they have a lot to sort out on this display still. If they havent thought far enough to turn off overdrive in 2d, then they havent thought much.
The Acer sounds terrible. Does anyone know if the Alienware has problems with 2d quality like the Acer does. There is no way I can get a display that is weak in 2d. It sounds like they have a lot to sort out on this display still. If they havent thought far enough to turn off overdrive in 2d, then they havent thought much.
I think the Alienware also suffers from ghosting. Check on Dell's site you will see user reviews of the product. Or google around and check if anyone did a review or minireview to know more about the 2d and 3d performance.
The Alienware is like 500 euro's here in Holland. :s
I think the Alienware also suffers from ghosting. Check on Dell's site you will see user reviews of the product. Or google around and check if anyone did a review or minireview to know more about the 2d and 3d performance.
The Alienware is like 500 euro's here in Holland. :s
[quote name='scstudios' post='1019824' date='Mar 15 2010, 08:48 PM']The Acer sounds terrible. Does anyone know if the Alienware has problems with 2d quality like the Acer does. There is no way I can get a display that is weak in 2d. It sounds like they have a lot to sort out on this display still. If they havent thought far enough to turn off overdrive in 2d, then they havent thought much.[/quote]
Well, the problem is the display will not really know when you are looking at 3D, 2D, gaming or just surfing/reading. I suppose there could be a way to adjust the panel according to it's use - the 3D Vision stuff now puts it on max brightness, so enabling or disabling an overdrive should be possible, but I fear we are still far from that.
Anyway, my guess is that Acer decided to crank up the overdrive a little more than Alienware. The result: Acer is better in 3D, less ghosting, Alienware better in 2D, less overdrive artifacts. I'm still glad I picked the Acer, but it would be nice to have easy access to enabling/disabling the overdrive, then it'd be the best 3D experience with fair 2D quality, in stead of unacceptably bad.
I've asked Acer to do something about it, but I fear they won't - this way the thing is fool proof, and they'll accept poorer 2D as a side-effect, the selling point being 3D anyway. Meh.
[quote name='scstudios' post='1019824' date='Mar 15 2010, 08:48 PM']The Acer sounds terrible. Does anyone know if the Alienware has problems with 2d quality like the Acer does. There is no way I can get a display that is weak in 2d. It sounds like they have a lot to sort out on this display still. If they havent thought far enough to turn off overdrive in 2d, then they havent thought much.
Well, the problem is the display will not really know when you are looking at 3D, 2D, gaming or just surfing/reading. I suppose there could be a way to adjust the panel according to it's use - the 3D Vision stuff now puts it on max brightness, so enabling or disabling an overdrive should be possible, but I fear we are still far from that.
Anyway, my guess is that Acer decided to crank up the overdrive a little more than Alienware. The result: Acer is better in 3D, less ghosting, Alienware better in 2D, less overdrive artifacts. I'm still glad I picked the Acer, but it would be nice to have easy access to enabling/disabling the overdrive, then it'd be the best 3D experience with fair 2D quality, in stead of unacceptably bad.
I've asked Acer to do something about it, but I fear they won't - this way the thing is fool proof, and they'll accept poorer 2D as a side-effect, the selling point being 3D anyway. Meh.
I've been using just the Acer for the past 2 weeks, although I have my old monitor ready to take over 2D duties. I have to say in my opinion it's pretty rubbish for 2D, I'm noticing huge bleed from the righthand side of the monitor, it's ridiculously bright for anything other than 3D gaming, and I'm not really the type to keep dipping into factory setting menu's eveytime I want to do something other than play 3D games. This causes issues with type and making general browsing quite painful on the eye's. Over-all I'm not really happy with my purchase as most of the games I like don't have proper support for 3D anyway so there's usually some compromises to be made, on that note if you do intend to go 3D I urge you to check the nVidia 3D ready games list before you click the buy button [something I wish I had done].
Sorry Acer, for the monitor it's a 3 out of 10 and for the whole 3D experience it's probably only a 5.
Having said all that... I am a fussy git, and the tech is still fairly new, so it's not all bad.
I've been using just the Acer for the past 2 weeks, although I have my old monitor ready to take over 2D duties. I have to say in my opinion it's pretty rubbish for 2D, I'm noticing huge bleed from the righthand side of the monitor, it's ridiculously bright for anything other than 3D gaming, and I'm not really the type to keep dipping into factory setting menu's eveytime I want to do something other than play 3D games. This causes issues with type and making general browsing quite painful on the eye's. Over-all I'm not really happy with my purchase as most of the games I like don't have proper support for 3D anyway so there's usually some compromises to be made, on that note if you do intend to go 3D I urge you to check the nVidia 3D ready games list before you click the buy button [something I wish I had done].
Sorry Acer, for the monitor it's a 3 out of 10 and for the whole 3D experience it's probably only a 5.
Having said all that... I am a fussy git, and the tech is still fairly new, so it's not all bad.
[quote name='Obone' post='1020043' date='Mar 15 2010, 07:56 PM']I've been using just the Acer for the past 2 weeks, although I have my old monitor ready to take over 2D duties. I have to say in my opinion it's pretty rubbish for 2D, I'm noticing huge bleed from the righthand side of the monitor, it's ridiculously bright for anything other than 3D gaming, and I'm not really the type to keep dipping into factory setting menu's eveytime I want to do something other than play 3D games. This causes issues with type and making general browsing quite painful on the eye's. Over-all I'm not really happy with my purchase as most of the games I like don't have proper support for 3D anyway so there's usually some compromises to be made, on that note if you do intend to go 3D I urge you to check the nVidia 3D ready games list before you click the buy button [something I wish I had done].
Sorry Acer, for the monitor it's a 3 out of 10 and for the whole 3D experience it's probably only a 5.
Having said all that... I am a fussy git, and the tech is still fairly new, so it's not all bad.[/quote]
Have been using the Acer GD245hz for about two months, preordered.
I am extremely pleased with the Acer and 3DVision. Have been gaming at 2560x1600 for two years on high end sli systems. At this extreme resolution gaming is sublime compared to psIII OR XBOX360 @ 720p on my 50" plasma.
But neither can compare to good stereo 3D on the Acer! The immersion is incredible just play CODmw2 in stereo (use cheatheppans.com trainer to slow to bullet time) the experience is surreal. Assassins creed I, batman aa, dark void all excellent. Even bioshock 1 great in some areas, in others simply toggle off 3D.
Once you play in stereo 3D you won't go back.
The acer is a great value 1080p in 3D for $400! The new 3D TVs from panasonic that will work with nvidia's 3dplay are 1080p displays but seems like will only do 720p in 3D.
I have seen better displays for 2D but for 3D gaming this monitor is great.
baragon
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RAM: 2x2GB OCZ PC8000 SLI (Timing:5-5-5-15-2T@ 2.0V, FSB:DRAM Ratio=2:3)
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HDD2: Western Digital Caviar SATA II 500GB 7200 rpm
SOUND: On board
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PSU: Thermaltake Toughpower 1000W
CASE: Gigabyte 3D Mercury
3DMARK Vantage: 24,920p Current Display Driver:196.21[/color][/size]
[quote name='Obone' post='1020043' date='Mar 15 2010, 07:56 PM']I've been using just the Acer for the past 2 weeks, although I have my old monitor ready to take over 2D duties. I have to say in my opinion it's pretty rubbish for 2D, I'm noticing huge bleed from the righthand side of the monitor, it's ridiculously bright for anything other than 3D gaming, and I'm not really the type to keep dipping into factory setting menu's eveytime I want to do something other than play 3D games. This causes issues with type and making general browsing quite painful on the eye's. Over-all I'm not really happy with my purchase as most of the games I like don't have proper support for 3D anyway so there's usually some compromises to be made, on that note if you do intend to go 3D I urge you to check the nVidia 3D ready games list before you click the buy button [something I wish I had done].
Sorry Acer, for the monitor it's a 3 out of 10 and for the whole 3D experience it's probably only a 5.
Having said all that... I am a fussy git, and the tech is still fairly new, so it's not all bad.
Have been using the Acer GD245hz for about two months, preordered.
I am extremely pleased with the Acer and 3DVision. Have been gaming at 2560x1600 for two years on high end sli systems. At this extreme resolution gaming is sublime compared to psIII OR XBOX360 @ 720p on my 50" plasma.
But neither can compare to good stereo 3D on the Acer! The immersion is incredible just play CODmw2 in stereo (use cheatheppans.com trainer to slow to bullet time) the experience is surreal. Assassins creed I, batman aa, dark void all excellent. Even bioshock 1 great in some areas, in others simply toggle off 3D.
Once you play in stereo 3D you won't go back.
The acer is a great value 1080p in 3D for $400! The new 3D TVs from panasonic that will work with nvidia's 3dplay are 1080p displays but seems like will only do 720p in 3D.
I have seen better displays for 2D but for 3D gaming this monitor is great.
baragon
MOTHERBOARD: EVGA 780I SLI A2 P-06Bios
CPU: Intel 2 Core Quad QX9650 45nm(OC @ 3.83GHz FSB:1333 @ 1.3200V set in bios)prime95 all day
CPU Cooler: Gigabyte 3D Mercury case with integrated watercooling (cpu only at present)
I'm leaning more and more toward the Alienware alternative. As 2D gaming is my focus a lightly less aggressive overdrive might not have as big an impact as it has for 3D gaming. Not having to constantly configure the screen for 2D/3D use would be worth the extra money and the slightly smaller panel imho.
I'm leaning more and more toward the Alienware alternative. As 2D gaming is my focus a lightly less aggressive overdrive might not have as big an impact as it has for 3D gaming. Not having to constantly configure the screen for 2D/3D use would be worth the extra money and the slightly smaller panel imho.
I initially had problems with the settings, but here's what I found that works well, for me anyways:
Brightness: 20
Contrast: 20
eColor Management: Standard
Colour Temp: User
ACM: On
The ACM is active, and a little weird at first. When you switch to full screen apps, like movies, it will auto-sense and adjust the contrast so that blacks become deeper, which then causes the colors to pop. When you minimize, the screen will be dark and almost faded, but then the ACM adapts, and everything will brighten again. It's a bit odd, and the whole thing happens within a couple seconds, but it's made life much easier for me and I'm impressed with the color reproduction. I hope this helps some of you that have been having issues.
I initially had problems with the settings, but here's what I found that works well, for me anyways:
Brightness: 20
Contrast: 20
eColor Management: Standard
Colour Temp: User
ACM: On
The ACM is active, and a little weird at first. When you switch to full screen apps, like movies, it will auto-sense and adjust the contrast so that blacks become deeper, which then causes the colors to pop. When you minimize, the screen will be dark and almost faded, but then the ACM adapts, and everything will brighten again. It's a bit odd, and the whole thing happens within a couple seconds, but it's made life much easier for me and I'm impressed with the color reproduction. I hope this helps some of you that have been having issues.
I've noticed that I need 120 fps MINIMUM with vsync enabled to get that absolute buttery smoothness that I love :) I don't know if even the power of the new Fermi in 3-way SLI will be able to keep 120 fps min on 3D Surround with newer games but we shall see I guess.
I've noticed that I need 120 fps MINIMUM with vsync enabled to get that absolute buttery smoothness that I love :) I don't know if even the power of the new Fermi in 3-way SLI will be able to keep 120 fps min on 3D Surround with newer games but we shall see I guess.
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[quote name='Appelsap' post='1019367' date='Mar 14 2010, 11:13 PM']Another interesting thing I've found is that the bright halo I've described in my review, which disappears when disabling the OD, is only present in the left half of the panel. When I move the window around, I can see the halo's magically disappear on the right hand side, as if the left and right part of the screen are separate. I've yet to find out whether or not I have a faulty panel, or it's to do with the hardware and/or firmware. I'll make a video of it when I have more time.[/quote]
I've been using my screen for a month and I have the exact same problem. It disappears when I turn off OD (thanks for that "fix") but then 3D gets out of sync. It seems as if the left side has some problems with OD that the right one doesn't...
On the other hand it is a really amazing screen for 3D, I only get ghosting during really difficult circumstances.
[quote name='Appelsap' post='1019367' date='Mar 14 2010, 11:13 PM']Another interesting thing I've found is that the bright halo I've described in my review, which disappears when disabling the OD, is only present in the left half of the panel. When I move the window around, I can see the halo's magically disappear on the right hand side, as if the left and right part of the screen are separate. I've yet to find out whether or not I have a faulty panel, or it's to do with the hardware and/or firmware. I'll make a video of it when I have more time.
I've been using my screen for a month and I have the exact same problem. It disappears when I turn off OD (thanks for that "fix") but then 3D gets out of sync. It seems as if the left side has some problems with OD that the right one doesn't...
On the other hand it is a really amazing screen for 3D, I only get ghosting during really difficult circumstances.
I got the updates for this screen from the acer page and it didn't do anything. Imagine my confusion when I saw that windows update had a driver for it even though I had the newest one from acer. Ah well I thought and downloaded it the second time windows update told me about it.
I rebooted my computer and... no more halos on the left side of the screen! Good bye bad 2D quality, and headache, hello super good screen :-D
It's version 1.1.0.0 of Acer GD245HQ (Digital) from 2009-10-21 (it wasn't even out then... weird) signed by Microsoft for Acer Inc.
I got the updates for this screen from the acer page and it didn't do anything. Imagine my confusion when I saw that windows update had a driver for it even though I had the newest one from acer. Ah well I thought and downloaded it the second time windows update told me about it.
I rebooted my computer and... no more halos on the left side of the screen! Good bye bad 2D quality, and headache, hello super good screen :-D
It's version 1.1.0.0 of Acer GD245HQ (Digital) from 2009-10-21 (it wasn't even out then... weird) signed by Microsoft for Acer Inc.
[quote name='Luke997' post='1028741' date='Mar 28 2010, 12:53 PM']Good.... no... amazing news! :)[/quote]
That is interesting news indeed. Is it the monitor driver? The latest version I can see on the Acer website (v1.0) is dated 2009/12/02, did you download and install those? And then Windows offered an upgraded version? Just trying to figure out which driver it is and the exact install-path, so I can do the same and hopefully get the same results.
That is interesting news indeed. Is it the monitor driver? The latest version I can see on the Acer website (v1.0) is dated 2009/12/02, did you download and install those? And then Windows offered an upgraded version? Just trying to figure out which driver it is and the exact install-path, so I can do the same and hopefully get the same results.
It was exactly like that, I had the Acer drivers 1.0 and Windows update offered me an optional update, which was the 1.1 driver for the Acer screen. I don't know where Microsoft got hold of the 1.1 drivers, the latest ones I found was also the 1.0 (and why is the 1.1 drivers from an older date than 1.0?)
I've attached the screen shots from my device manager so you might be able to compare it to yours. I'm at Vista 64 bit if that helps ya.
It was exactly like that, I had the Acer drivers 1.0 and Windows update offered me an optional update, which was the 1.1 driver for the Acer screen. I don't know where Microsoft got hold of the 1.1 drivers, the latest ones I found was also the 1.0 (and why is the 1.1 drivers from an older date than 1.0?)
I've attached the screen shots from my device manager so you might be able to compare it to yours. I'm at Vista 64 bit if that helps ya.
[quote name='Luke997' post='1028941' date='Mar 28 2010, 07:13 PM']I've attached the screen shots from my device manager so you might be able to compare it to yours. I'm at Vista 64 bit if that helps ya.[/quote]
Dude, that is very helpful indeed, thanx! Well, I've tried to copy what you did, but Win7 (x64) isn't yet offering me any updates. The Acer driver from their website actually is version 1.1.0.0, dated 21-10-2009. However, in Win7, I get monitor.sys version 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255). My guess is this came with Win7 anyway. The color driver I have is not digitally signed though.
As things are now, I still have the weird halo on the left side of the screen, so this didn't solve anything for me - yet. I'll investigate further, because it is interesting.
[quote name='Luke997' post='1028941' date='Mar 28 2010, 07:13 PM']I've attached the screen shots from my device manager so you might be able to compare it to yours. I'm at Vista 64 bit if that helps ya.
Dude, that is very helpful indeed, thanx! Well, I've tried to copy what you did, but Win7 (x64) isn't yet offering me any updates. The Acer driver from their website actually is version 1.1.0.0, dated 21-10-2009. However, in Win7, I get monitor.sys version 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255). My guess is this came with Win7 anyway. The color driver I have is not digitally signed though.
As things are now, I still have the weird halo on the left side of the screen, so this didn't solve anything for me - yet. I'll investigate further, because it is interesting.
Just to add to the confusion, Luke, I'm running the 1.1's too, although I don't remember seeing an update for them, the thing is though I've got my old Samsung 245B back up now and I'm using dual monitor, so I can just move a window straight over to the Acer for comparison. That halo is still there but it doesn't seem as bad as before. I'm not sure if you can put this down to getting used to it, or if it has actually reduced.
Just to add to the confusion, Luke, I'm running the 1.1's too, although I don't remember seeing an update for them, the thing is though I've got my old Samsung 245B back up now and I'm using dual monitor, so I can just move a window straight over to the Acer for comparison. That halo is still there but it doesn't seem as bad as before. I'm not sure if you can put this down to getting used to it, or if it has actually reduced.
[quote name='Obone' post='1029131' date='Mar 28 2010, 11:04 PM']That halo is still there but it doesn't seem as bad as before. I'm not sure if you can put this down to getting used to it, or if it has actually reduced.[/quote]
There might still be a bit of a halo but the quality is that of the right side of the screen on the whole screen, the left side symptoms are all gone :)
[quote name='Obone' post='1029131' date='Mar 28 2010, 11:04 PM']That halo is still there but it doesn't seem as bad as before. I'm not sure if you can put this down to getting used to it, or if it has actually reduced.
There might still be a bit of a halo but the quality is that of the right side of the screen on the whole screen, the left side symptoms are all gone :)
The Alienware is like 500 euro's here in Holland. :s
The Alienware is like 500 euro's here in Holland. :s
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Well, the problem is the display will not really know when you are looking at 3D, 2D, gaming or just surfing/reading. I suppose there could be a way to adjust the panel according to it's use - the 3D Vision stuff now puts it on max brightness, so enabling or disabling an overdrive should be possible, but I fear we are still far from that.
Anyway, my guess is that Acer decided to crank up the overdrive a little more than Alienware. The result: Acer is better in 3D, less ghosting, Alienware better in 2D, less overdrive artifacts. I'm still glad I picked the Acer, but it would be nice to have easy access to enabling/disabling the overdrive, then it'd be the best 3D experience with fair 2D quality, in stead of unacceptably bad.
I've asked Acer to do something about it, but I fear they won't - this way the thing is fool proof, and they'll accept poorer 2D as a side-effect, the selling point being 3D anyway. Meh.
Well, the problem is the display will not really know when you are looking at 3D, 2D, gaming or just surfing/reading. I suppose there could be a way to adjust the panel according to it's use - the 3D Vision stuff now puts it on max brightness, so enabling or disabling an overdrive should be possible, but I fear we are still far from that.
Anyway, my guess is that Acer decided to crank up the overdrive a little more than Alienware. The result: Acer is better in 3D, less ghosting, Alienware better in 2D, less overdrive artifacts. I'm still glad I picked the Acer, but it would be nice to have easy access to enabling/disabling the overdrive, then it'd be the best 3D experience with fair 2D quality, in stead of unacceptably bad.
I've asked Acer to do something about it, but I fear they won't - this way the thing is fool proof, and they'll accept poorer 2D as a side-effect, the selling point being 3D anyway. Meh.
Sorry Acer, for the monitor it's a 3 out of 10 and for the whole 3D experience it's probably only a 5.
Having said all that... I am a fussy git, and the tech is still fairly new, so it's not all bad.
Sorry Acer, for the monitor it's a 3 out of 10 and for the whole 3D experience it's probably only a 5.
Having said all that... I am a fussy git, and the tech is still fairly new, so it's not all bad.
Sorry Acer, for the monitor it's a 3 out of 10 and for the whole 3D experience it's probably only a 5.
Having said all that... I am a fussy git, and the tech is still fairly new, so it's not all bad.[/quote]
Have been using the Acer GD245hz for about two months, preordered.
I am extremely pleased with the Acer and 3DVision. Have been gaming at 2560x1600 for two years on high end sli systems. At this extreme resolution gaming is sublime compared to psIII OR XBOX360 @ 720p on my 50" plasma.
But neither can compare to good stereo 3D on the Acer! The immersion is incredible just play CODmw2 in stereo (use cheatheppans.com trainer to slow to bullet time) the experience is surreal. Assassins creed I, batman aa, dark void all excellent. Even bioshock 1 great in some areas, in others simply toggle off 3D.
Once you play in stereo 3D you won't go back.
The acer is a great value 1080p in 3D for $400! The new 3D TVs from panasonic that will work with nvidia's 3dplay are 1080p displays but seems like will only do 720p in 3D.
I have seen better displays for 2D but for 3D gaming this monitor is great.
baragon
[size=1][color="#FFCC00"]MOTHERBOARD: EVGA 780I SLI A2 P-06Bios
CPU: Intel 2 Core Quad QX9650 45nm(OC @ 3.83GHz FSB:1333 @ 1.3200V set in bios)prime95 all day
CPU Cooler: Gigabyte 3D Mercury case with integrated watercooling (cpu only at present)
RAM: 2x2GB OCZ PC8000 SLI (Timing:5-5-5-15-2T@ 2.0V, FSB:DRAM Ratio=2:3)
GRAPHICS: 2X EVGA GTX 285ssc(clocks: 720/1624/1370, stock heatsinks)
Physx: GTS250 512MB 756MHz stock
HDD1: 2X Western Digital Caviar SATA II 250GB 7200 rpm Raid 0
HDD2: Western Digital Caviar SATA II 500GB 7200 rpm
SOUND: On board
OS: Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit SP2
MONITOR: Dell 3008wfp 30" Native Res: 2560X1600 @ 60Hz, AcerGD235Hz120Hz
PSU: Thermaltake Toughpower 1000W
CASE: Gigabyte 3D Mercury
3DMARK Vantage: 24,920p Current Display Driver:196.21[/color][/size]
Sorry Acer, for the monitor it's a 3 out of 10 and for the whole 3D experience it's probably only a 5.
Having said all that... I am a fussy git, and the tech is still fairly new, so it's not all bad.
Have been using the Acer GD245hz for about two months, preordered.
I am extremely pleased with the Acer and 3DVision. Have been gaming at 2560x1600 for two years on high end sli systems. At this extreme resolution gaming is sublime compared to psIII OR XBOX360 @ 720p on my 50" plasma.
But neither can compare to good stereo 3D on the Acer! The immersion is incredible just play CODmw2 in stereo (use cheatheppans.com trainer to slow to bullet time) the experience is surreal. Assassins creed I, batman aa, dark void all excellent. Even bioshock 1 great in some areas, in others simply toggle off 3D.
Once you play in stereo 3D you won't go back.
The acer is a great value 1080p in 3D for $400! The new 3D TVs from panasonic that will work with nvidia's 3dplay are 1080p displays but seems like will only do 720p in 3D.
I have seen better displays for 2D but for 3D gaming this monitor is great.
baragon
MOTHERBOARD: EVGA 780I SLI A2 P-06Bios
CPU: Intel 2 Core Quad QX9650 45nm(OC @ 3.83GHz FSB:1333 @ 1.3200V set in bios)prime95 all day
CPU Cooler: Gigabyte 3D Mercury case with integrated watercooling (cpu only at present)
RAM: 2x2GB OCZ PC8000 SLI (Timing:5-5-5-15-2T@ 2.0V, FSB:DRAM Ratio=2:3)
GRAPHICS: 2X EVGA GTX 285ssc(clocks: 720/1624/1370, stock heatsinks)
Physx: GTS250 512MB 756MHz stock
HDD1: 2X Western Digital Caviar SATA II 250GB 7200 rpm Raid 0
HDD2: Western Digital Caviar SATA II 500GB 7200 rpm
SOUND: On board
OS: Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit SP2
MONITOR: Dell 3008wfp 30" Native Res: 2560X1600 @ 60Hz, AcerGD235Hz120Hz
PSU: Thermaltake Toughpower 1000W
CASE: Gigabyte 3D Mercury
3DMARK Vantage: 24,920p Current Display Driver:196.21
Brightness: 20
Contrast: 20
eColor Management: Standard
Colour Temp: User
ACM: On
The ACM is active, and a little weird at first. When you switch to full screen apps, like movies, it will auto-sense and adjust the contrast so that blacks become deeper, which then causes the colors to pop. When you minimize, the screen will be dark and almost faded, but then the ACM adapts, and everything will brighten again. It's a bit odd, and the whole thing happens within a couple seconds, but it's made life much easier for me and I'm impressed with the color reproduction. I hope this helps some of you that have been having issues.
Brightness: 20
Contrast: 20
eColor Management: Standard
Colour Temp: User
ACM: On
The ACM is active, and a little weird at first. When you switch to full screen apps, like movies, it will auto-sense and adjust the contrast so that blacks become deeper, which then causes the colors to pop. When you minimize, the screen will be dark and almost faded, but then the ACM adapts, and everything will brighten again. It's a bit odd, and the whole thing happens within a couple seconds, but it's made life much easier for me and I'm impressed with the color reproduction. I hope this helps some of you that have been having issues.
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I've been using my screen for a month and I have the exact same problem. It disappears when I turn off OD (thanks for that "fix") but then 3D gets out of sync. It seems as if the left side has some problems with OD that the right one doesn't...
On the other hand it is a really amazing screen for 3D, I only get ghosting during really difficult circumstances.
I've been using my screen for a month and I have the exact same problem. It disappears when I turn off OD (thanks for that "fix") but then 3D gets out of sync. It seems as if the left side has some problems with OD that the right one doesn't...
On the other hand it is a really amazing screen for 3D, I only get ghosting during really difficult circumstances.
I got the updates for this screen from the acer page and it didn't do anything. Imagine my confusion when I saw that windows update had a driver for it even though I had the newest one from acer. Ah well I thought and downloaded it the second time windows update told me about it.
I rebooted my computer and... no more halos on the left side of the screen! Good bye bad 2D quality, and headache, hello super good screen :-D
It's version 1.1.0.0 of Acer GD245HQ (Digital) from 2009-10-21 (it wasn't even out then... weird) signed by Microsoft for Acer Inc.
I got the updates for this screen from the acer page and it didn't do anything. Imagine my confusion when I saw that windows update had a driver for it even though I had the newest one from acer. Ah well I thought and downloaded it the second time windows update told me about it.
I rebooted my computer and... no more halos on the left side of the screen! Good bye bad 2D quality, and headache, hello super good screen :-D
It's version 1.1.0.0 of Acer GD245HQ (Digital) from 2009-10-21 (it wasn't even out then... weird) signed by Microsoft for Acer Inc.
That is interesting news indeed. Is it the monitor driver? The latest version I can see on the Acer website (v1.0) is dated 2009/12/02, did you download and install those? And then Windows offered an upgraded version? Just trying to figure out which driver it is and the exact install-path, so I can do the same and hopefully get the same results.
That is interesting news indeed. Is it the monitor driver? The latest version I can see on the Acer website (v1.0) is dated 2009/12/02, did you download and install those? And then Windows offered an upgraded version? Just trying to figure out which driver it is and the exact install-path, so I can do the same and hopefully get the same results.
I've attached the screen shots from my device manager so you might be able to compare it to yours. I'm at Vista 64 bit if that helps ya.
I've attached the screen shots from my device manager so you might be able to compare it to yours. I'm at Vista 64 bit if that helps ya.
Dude, that is very helpful indeed, thanx! Well, I've tried to copy what you did, but Win7 (x64) isn't yet offering me any updates. The Acer driver from their website actually is version 1.1.0.0, dated 21-10-2009. However, in Win7, I get monitor.sys version 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255). My guess is this came with Win7 anyway. The color driver I have is not digitally signed though.
As things are now, I still have the weird halo on the left side of the screen, so this didn't solve anything for me - yet. I'll investigate further, because it is interesting.
Dude, that is very helpful indeed, thanx! Well, I've tried to copy what you did, but Win7 (x64) isn't yet offering me any updates. The Acer driver from their website actually is version 1.1.0.0, dated 21-10-2009. However, in Win7, I get monitor.sys version 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255). My guess is this came with Win7 anyway. The color driver I have is not digitally signed though.
As things are now, I still have the weird halo on the left side of the screen, so this didn't solve anything for me - yet. I'll investigate further, because it is interesting.
P.S I'm W7.
P.S I'm W7.
There might still be a bit of a halo but the quality is that of the right side of the screen on the whole screen, the left side symptoms are all gone :)
There might still be a bit of a halo but the quality is that of the right side of the screen on the whole screen, the left side symptoms are all gone :)