Just setup my Dell 3007WFP - Initial Impression

The price of the monitor was $2447.00 with all applicable taxes/next day air shipping (Which was only $65.. and if you are gonna spend ~$2400 why not?).

Monitor came boxed extremely well, and all manuals/utilities claim 11ms grey to grey response time.

Monitor connects via a single DVI connector with a USB connector that NEEDS to be plugged in for the Dell utility and monitor drivers to install properly. You do need a dual DVI card to run it, but you don't need SLI. AND I have been testing some games running off 1 card (turning SLI off on the machine) and they will play in the native high res... you can actually play COD2 with decent options and still get 30fps at max rez with 1 256GTX. I would imagine that 1 512 would be able to play it admirably and get 40+ fps.

I have yet to encounter ANY ghosting or anything resembling it, leading me to believe that the response time is correct.

No dead pixels out of the box. And I checked it HARD!!! :)

Today I changed my font size in XP to 'large' from normal to see if I liked it better. It IS easier to read, but normal wasn't hard to read, so your mileage may vary.

The left side (when you are facing it) of the monitor contains a multicard reader, that can read just about anything (except XD cards, as I found out while trying to upload those pics!!!! Damn you Dell!), so that's nice. The back panel contains some USB hookups that I am currently running my mouse and keyboard from, which is also nice.

So far, after a full day of hard use - I have found no flaws with this lcd at all. It is living up to all the expectations I had for it.

Supposedly, from the amateur reviews I've read the RT is closer to 22ms and the contrast ratio closer to 450:1. Better than the Apple display of course, which is more like 28ms and 400:1.

It's pretty normal though for companies to grossly overstate the specs. When they say things like that all it really means is that at a SINGLE point on the screen with a SINGLE color those are the "lowest" number attainable. They are BY NOT MEANS an average. The only company I know of that doesn't overstate like that is ViewSonic...and maybe Samsung to some extent.

:p looks good, i just got the 2405 several months back, i just can't find the $$$ for this one, ...................













YET :p

1 - Thanks for the pics, it looks amazing.

2 - I hate you. Now my 2405s seem small and I don't really want/need to spend 2500 on a new monitor, but so much peer pressure, I can't handle it!

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Originally Posted by ImaNihilist

Supposedly, from the amateur reviews I've read the RT is closer to 22ms and the contrast ratio closer to 450:1. Better than the Apple display of course, which is more like 28ms and 400:1.

It's pretty normal though for companies to grossly overstate the specs. When they say things like that all it really means is that at a SINGLE point on the screen with a SINGLE color those are the "lowest" number attainable. They are BY NOT MEANS an average. The only company I know of that doesn't overstate like that is ViewSonic...and maybe Samsung to some extent.

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I can't say much on true rt, except that I have not encountered any ghosting of any sort YET. The only tests that it has been put through are:

COD2 (at varying resolution and FPS), X3: Reunion (runs like a champ at 2560x1600), and 3DMark05.

No ghosting anywhere on any of those, at any resolution.

Which I think is the main test of RT. IMHO, the RT is one of those things that "If you never notice it, it's good enough". :D

Awesome monitor! I just got done setting up my home entertainment area in the basement. Can you say 110" screen? It uses a projector mounted to the ceiling. I haven't hooked up the comp to it yet, but will this weekend. BTW movies are AWESOME on it :)

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Originally Posted by CaliOCManiac

No ghosting anywhere on any of those, at any resolution.

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Well, it's going to be pretty hard to get ghosting a screen with such a high native res. I imagine it's pretty hard to run games with a 60FPS VSYNC or 60FPS minimum which is really where you have to be to notice ghosting.

If the game is only displaying 45FPS average, and the monitor has a refresh rate of 22ms, then the screen won't show any ghosting. They are more or less in sync. However, if you break things down and run a game around 60-100FPS you should notice ghosting. Techincally, if you get any game running at a high enough FPS, it will ghost. Then again, it's somewhat limited by refresh rate as well because you get to the point where frames are being dropped.

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Originally Posted by James

You should be able to. Dell usually offers good deals on their "old" monitors. Heck, it would be easy to pick up a fairly cheap 2005 nowadays, but after seeing that, who would want to? ;) :D

Very nice monitor. Congrats on your purchase.

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Yea ive seen 2005's going for less than 350... ill hop on the 2405 when it drops below 400:D.

man I saw the pic with the coke can in front of it for the scale of it...then I looked at my sunkist can in front of my monitor and cried...

As I stated before, can I run one 7800Gt or two with that monitor?
plus whats the dead pixel policy on that monitor?
thanks

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Originally Posted by clubsport

As I stated before, can I run one 7800Gt or two with that monitor?
plus whats the dead pixel policy on that monitor?
thanks

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ANY video card that is:

1. Dual DVI
2. Capable of running 2560x1600 @ 60hz

Will work.

So check the stats on the 7800GT you are buying. If 1+2 are true, you're golden.

I don't know what the dead pixel policy is, but there is a 3 year warranty on it, and if I start seeing dead pixels, I will ***** my way to getting a new one, rest assured. :)

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Originally Posted by CaliOCManiac

I don't know what the dead pixel policy is, but there is a 3 year warranty on it, and if I start seeing dead pixels, I will ***** my way to getting a new one, rest assured. :)

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Punch the screen, and say you have no idea what happened. :)

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Originally Posted by CaliOCManiac

ANY video card that is:
1. Dual DVI
2. Capable of running 2560x1600 @ 60hz

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Just to clarify on this...

You need a video card that is DUAL LINK DVI capable. This is different from a card that just has two DVI connectors on the back. Dual-Link DVI is what offers the higher bandwidth to support the larger resolution.

Currently that leaves you the following choices in the PC world:

nVidia 7800 series cards. 6800 and previous do NOT have Dual-Link DVI connections.

ATI current generation x1000 series cards. The 850 and previous series do NOT have Dual-Link DVI.

Matrox Parhelia

3DLabs Wildcat series (Wonderful cards for CAD/CAM, maxing out at 640MB of onboard memory!!)

*Edit: In case you are wondering, the variations of the previous generations of cards from nVidia and ATI that were used in Macintosh's were required to have a Dual-Link DVI port, and were modified from their PC counterparts to comply with this requirement.

Has the 3007 monitor been tested on lower resolution and if they worked?
thanks

640x480
800x600
1024x768
1280x1024

I'd assume they work, but not well. The resolutions you listed are all 4:3 or 5:4, while the 3007 is 16:10 widescreen or something along those lines.

edit: 1280x800 should work well though.

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Originally Posted by clubsport

Has the 3007 monitor been tested on lower resolution and if they worked?
thanks

640x480
800x600
1024x768
1280x1024

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I just tested all those rezzies, and they work, along with a dozen or so up and down.

However, the monitor only really looks excellent when running 1280x800 or 2560x1600.

So, why they DO work, I probably won't be using them for anything.

Nvidia has tested several 3007's that do work with 82.12 drivers. I also could not get 82.12 to work, but did get 81.98 and 83.10beta to work but I'm not sure about how many resolutions are listed in the 83.10 beta driver.

Cali, did you do a unisntall/driver clean before you tried loading the 82.12's? Have you re-tried loading the 82.12's on top of the 81.98's to see if maybe that would work?

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Originally Posted by CaliOCManiac

I just tested all those rezzies, and they work, along with a dozen or so up and down.

However, the monitor only really looks excellent when running 1280x800 or 2560x1600.

So, why they DO work, I probably won't be using them for anything.

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Thanks for your info, thats a great help now I can save and buy that Monitor?

ok, yah im officially jealous. whats the life on that monitor? 5 years?

im officially jalous of his rig, except the cpu, that is sooo 2005. pls upgrade to FX-60

Awesome display but I can't justify buying the 30" at least for now.

Tried driver 82.65 - No go. Same as 82.12. back to 83.10 with at least 2560x1600 support. here is my EDID diagnosis if anyone has had sucess with these drivers and could check the EDID version. i used Riva Tuner to check it:

$ffffffffff Monitor EDID details
$ffffffffff ---------------------------------------------------
$0d00000000 EDID version : 1.3
$0d00000001 Manufacturer ID : DEL (Dell Computer Corp.)
$0d00000002 Model ID : 4016 (DELL 3007WFP)
$0d00000003 Manufactured on : 2005, week 49
$0d00000004 Serial number : 47323536
$0d00000005 Input signal : digital
$0d00000006 Screen size : 64 x 40 cm

Awesome, not quite the same as yours, but just about 10 minutes ago I ordered a 2005FPW :)

I have dual BFG 7800oc GT's and have had no luck going above 1280x800. When ever I select 2560x1600 the screen goes black and then back to 1280x800. I thought all 7800 GT's would support this. I even bought a EFG 7800GTX and still no luck. I am running a 700watt power supply dual WD Raptors, AMD 3800+, and 4 gigs of Corsair XMS PC 4000. Ugg. If anyone else has had this issue and has worked around it please let me know.

Thanks :)

Mike

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Originally Posted by Mikee4fun

I have dual BFG 7800oc GT's and have had no luck going above 1280x800. When ever I select 2560x1600 the screen goes black and then back to 1280x800. I thought all 7800 GT's would support this. I even bought a EFG 7800GTX and still no luck. I am running a 700watt power supply dual WD Raptors, AMD 3800+, and 4 gigs of Corsair XMS PC 4000. Ugg. If anyone else has had this issue and has worked around it please let me know.

Thanks :)

Mike

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Did you try using the other DVI output? Only one of the outputs is dual-link.