Dell S2716DG - Dells first G-sync

marcus1954 · 14 Oct 2016 at 09:21

a03 question

do like I did get them to check the box the revision is listed on the label provided its not been opened of course.the a03 version calibrates well .You then follow pc monitors instructions on ICC profile .

marcus1954 · 14 Oct 2016 at 09:25

extra info

And on the A03 set digital vibrance in the g-sync to 70 makes the colors very good

phil-k · 14 Oct 2016 at 19:38

I'm still undecided which moniter to get, I wonder, does Overclockers have any a03 versions in stock

mikeo · 14 Oct 2016 at 20:52

phil-k said:
I'm still undecided which monitor to get, I wonder, does Overclockers have any a03 versions in stock

Only way to find out, is to give them a phone

antran · 15 Oct 2016 at 12:59

phil-k said:
I'm still undecided which moniter to get, I wonder, does Overclockers have any a03 versions in stock

**No competitor hinting!**

phil-k · 15 Oct 2016 at 14:49

antran said:
**No competitor hinting!**

What competitors, I'm asking if Overclockers have any ???

RJC · 15 Oct 2016 at 14:54

phil-k said:
What competitors, I'm asking if Overclockers have any ???

antrans reply to your post was edited, your post is fine

phil-k · 15 Oct 2016 at 18:32

RJC said:
antrans reply to your post was edited, your post is fine

Ok Thanks

beavis · 17 Oct 2016 at 12:06

Mine is sat under my desk ready to go home an be set up tonight. It's an A03 as the vender promised with a build date of June 2016.

Is there a recommended ICC profile someone can link to? Thanks.

Rroff · 17 Oct 2016 at 13:00

beavis said:
Mine is sat under my desk ready to go home an be set up tonight. It's an A03 as the vender promised with a build date of June 2016.

Is there a recommended ICC profile someone can link to? Thanks.

Think people are using the TFT Central one - I'm not a big fan of using a stock ICC profile though as they are usually fine tuned for a specific panel and while it can look good if yours is the same or close it can be terrible if your panel out the box is totally different - which more than half the time has been the case when I've tried ICC profiles from TFT Central, etc.

mikeo · 17 Oct 2016 at 13:51

Agree with Rroff here.

I initially tried the tft central profile and after a while decided to have a go myself in the nvidia control panel. Think the end results were better.

There are so many variables in play here, plus of course personal choice. I've seen monitors set with what I would consider ludicrously high brightness and such vivid colours, that it's almost made my eyes bleed. But the owners think their monitor/s are set to perfection.

No silver bullet. I'd have a play around with the various settings and try and end up with what "you" think is right.

Have fun.

beavis · 17 Oct 2016 at 15:45

Thanks for the replies Rroff and Mikeo, I'll have a play and see how I get on.

Rroff · 17 Oct 2016 at 18:09

The biggest improvement to the monitor comes from knocking the gamma down in the nVidia (or AMD) control panel which is unfortunately needed as the monitor has horrific gamma out the box and no hardware gamma control - I've seen a range of monitors that use this panel that require anything from 0.75 to 0.92 gamma.

mikeo · 17 Oct 2016 at 18:33

I'd second the gamma comment. Mine is set at 0.90.

Also increased the Digital Vibrance to 60%

All I did to adjust mine. Was find a nice quality phot of something I know well (my car in this case set against a really nice backdrop) and fiddled away until it looked like how I rembered it should.

Footyslayer · 18 Oct 2016 at 16:57

I received my 3rd monitor today after the first had an HDMI issue and the second having a cluster of dead pixels.

All set up, what do I see? A dead pixel in the upper left corner area, very dark and noticeable now I know it is there. Looks like a single dead pixel. Should I be bothered or is this acceptable? I mean yes it bothers me but is it worth the hassle to get onto Dell about one dead pixel? I know this monitor isn't covered by the zero dead pixel policy.

mikeo · 18 Oct 2016 at 17:30

Footyslayer said:
I received my 3rd monitor today after the first had an HDMI issue and the second having a cluster of dead pixels.

All set up, what do I see? A dead pixel in the upper left corner area, very dark and noticeable now I know it is there. Looks like a single dead pixel. Should I be bothered or is this acceptable? I mean yes it bothers me but is it worth the hassle to get onto Dell about one dead pixel? I know this monitor isn't covered by the zero dead pixel policy.

Only you can really answer this

Personally I'd not be bothered.

Footyslayer · 18 Oct 2016 at 17:40

mikeo said:
Only you can really answer this

Personally I'd not be bothered.

Yeah I thought it would be a case of personal preference. It bugs me but as I say this is my 3rd monitor and I am fed up of the hassle. I'll test it with games etc and if I don't notice it I'll probably leave it.

Upgrade · 18 Oct 2016 at 20:36

Lol, decided to see if I could get a discount price on this monitor directly from Dell. He quoted one price, I asked if I could get it lower to match other suppliers in the UK, he said that's the max, then he bumped the price down again when I said I would buy elsewhere..

Hopefully I can get the A04 version too.

Upgrade · 18 Oct 2016 at 20:53

Am I allowed to elaborate on the above? Or does buying directly from Dell class as a competitor?

mikeo · 18 Oct 2016 at 21:43

Can't find out much about the supposed A04 revision.

The things I've seen mentioned are:
- The problem that some seem to have with Pixel Inversion has been addressed
- Buzzing noise.

If that's all ... then can't say that I'm too bothered, as can't say that I've noticed either on my monitor.