New Dell IPS S2721DGF 165hz gaming monitor

psycros · 23 Sep 2020 at 20:00

Sigh, well I got my monitor today and was very excited to plug it in only to find out I got served a cabbage. The right half of the screen is a mess. 100% the panel as it happens regardless of connection to the PC.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKvVpmbX-aM

Buying myself a pizza as a consolation prize

chroniclard · 23 Sep 2020 at 20:16

Damn. Feel for ya!

Hopefully not take too long to RMA.

marcus1954 · 23 Sep 2020 at 20:56

if the message says dp signal problem i have a solution but my monitor just put up the dp error message

Rumblefish · 23 Sep 2020 at 23:48

Just ordered one with the 15% discount code. Hope I get a good panel.

Katch · 24 Sep 2020 at 12:11

Katch said:
Mine just arrived. Not sure if I'll get a chance to set it up today.

Set up last night - dropped the brightness down to 50% but that's about all I changed. Panel is flawless. Really enjoying it but shame I found out that my G-Sync compatible GTX 980 isn't Freesync-G-Sync compatible.... boooo...

Ready for my 3080 now...

Absolutely Clueless · 24 Sep 2020 at 12:59

Katch said:
Set up last night - dropped the brightness down to 50% but that's about all I changed. Panel is flawless. Really enjoying it but shame I found out that my G-Sync compatible GTX 980 isn't Freesync-G-Sync compatible.... boooo...

Ready for my 3080 now...

At least you have a GPU. The only part of my pc build i have is... this Dell monitor, haha. Waiting on a 3080 and Zen 3.

Pino · 24 Sep 2020 at 13:31

Hi,

I have a problem that I don't understand with this S2721DGF AMD FreeSync monitor with G-Sync compatibility and how to fix it:

I have the PC connected with DisplayPort and when I start cold, the boot is not seen (the message "No DP signal from your device. Enter Power Save Mode" comes out.

As soon as the windows starts, the video magically appears.

If I press reset (immediately after cold power up), or if I restart windows, the boot shows correctly.

With the HDMI instead, there is no such problem. With the old monitor (Dell U2312HM) I didn't have this problem with the DisplayPort.

In the monitor there is no option to disable the power saving...

The video card is a Sapphire Pulse AMD RX 550 (I had a GeForce 750Ti before, but it had the same problem)

I also tried to change some settings in the bios, but nothing to do....

Since no one has talked about this problem so far, what do you think it could depend on?
From the video card, from the motherboard, from the bios, or what?

marcus1954 · 24 Sep 2020 at 13:36

there is a fix shown on you tube basically unplug pc and monitor power down both wait a minute or so then plug both back in and reboot it seems its a detection problem

Pino · 24 Sep 2020 at 13:40

marcus1954 said:
there is a fix shown on you tube basically unplug pc and monitor power down both wait a minute or so then plug both back in and reboot it seems its a detection problem

but do I have to do this every time I turn on the pc?

mattyfez · 24 Sep 2020 at 13:54

Pino said:
but do I have to do this every time I turn on the pc?

Not in my experience, I've been fine on DP since...but I've not tried going back to HDMI again and then going back again to displayport. Maybe its some sort of firmware bug on the monitor, I can't think what else it would be.

Name · 25 Sep 2020 at 00:45

Me and a few friends with the same monitor have been having 1 niggly annoying issue with this display. Randomly the refresh rate will lock from 165Hz to 60Hz. Very noticeable, seems to happen couple of times a week depending on usage but it seems the only way to sort it is to pull out display port from graphics card and plug it back in - 165 Hz again no problem.

TLDR: If you have an issue where your refresh rate keeps locking to 60Hz just reconnect your DP cable to your graphics card. (p.s. this is not advice and i am not responsible if anything blows up

)

Mr G · 25 Sep 2020 at 08:46

Just ordered this myself with discount, for those who own this how's your experience with it so far as I've seen nothing but praise?

Furyus · 25 Sep 2020 at 10:40

Don't suppose anyone has a discount code by any chance? <3

oldbanana · 25 Sep 2020 at 16:30

try the honey browser extension that got me 90£ off when it was launched.

boswell22 · 26 Sep 2020 at 13:43

Furyus said:
Don't suppose anyone has a discount code by any chance? <3

Try - DELLMONPG09

neeb · 27 Sep 2020 at 13:36

How does this monitor compare to the
ASUS ROG SWIFT PG279Q, 27 Inch ?

figgypuddin · 27 Sep 2020 at 21:14

Hey, I've had the monitor for a few days but I'm noticing a lot of glow in bottom corners specifically left corners that ruins dark scenes. Is this typical blb/glow or is my unit worse than others? https://youtu.be/3tUjX1m2bYA Wondering if it's worth an RMA or if I should just return within my return window. Thanks.

Dirk Diggler · 27 Sep 2020 at 21:28

figgypuddin said:
Hey, I've had the monitor for a few days but I'm noticing a lot of glow in bottom corners specifically left corners that ruins dark scenes. Is this typical blb/glow or is my unit worse than others? https://youtu.be/3tUjX1m2bYA Wondering if it's worth an RMA or if I should just return within my return window. Thanks.

That doesn't look too bad to me, but you have various light sources shining on the screen so it's difficult to tell from the video.

figgypuddin · 28 Sep 2020 at 00:06

Dirk Diggler said:
That doesn't look too bad to me, but you have various light sources shining on the screen so it's difficult to tell from the video.

Thank you, here is a video without light sources and at 40% brightness. https://youtu.be/Hq16tMf-FFg The only issue for me is the bottom left corner which makes scenes in dark games/cutscenes cloudy in a large part of that corner. Wasn't sure if that is common or if i should seek RMA.

trawetSluaP · 28 Sep 2020 at 08:13

neeb said:
How does this monitor compare to the
ASUS ROG SWIFT PG279Q, 27 Inch ?

Benefit of the PG279Q is the physical G-Sync module, however, in every other aspect the Dell is better IMO.

The Dell has an LG Nano-IPS panel, whereas the PG has a dated IPS panel and you would also have to put up with ASUS bad customer service as well as the bad QC issues ASUS monitors tend to have.