Dell 3007WFP Pictorial (vs. 2405FPW)

@ Gar: I immediately noticed something 'not right' when I switched from my 17" SyncMaster to the 24" Dell. It felt 'laggy'. Reports on [H]ardForums and various threads about the 2405 confirmed what I had been feeling.

@ Terry: LMAO. I didn't know I was 'hardcore' :o I'll clean it up soon and we can take proper side by side views with the 24"

@ soupnazi: On my laptop I don't notice any kind of input lag. Ton of ghosting though :)

Trying to ditch my 24" now. Seems to be many people interested, but everyone balks at the price. Everyone wants a deal and a half :(

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Originally Posted by groutyzoob

Kappa2001: 1080i HD. 1920x1080

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Actually, for any given frame, 1080i is actually only 1920x540.

Also, all DVDs are 720x480 AFAIK.

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Originally Posted by groutyzoob

Trying to ditch my 24" now. Seems to be many people interested, but everyone balks at the price. Everyone wants a deal and a half :(

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$50 shipped :D

Is it true this monitor can rotate so it's in portrait mode? If so could you possibly post some pictures of this as well?

I do a lot of software engineering work, and having my 17" secondary monitor in portrait is handy for reading long code listings.

Now that's HUGE!!! :eek:

If you look at the 10th-11th picture from the start of the thread, you see a shelf with change on it, hehehehe thats what Zoom has left eat with for the rest of the year after buying the monitor :-P

Sweet Display,




as for the 2405 that someone mentioned wanting to get rid of, how much are you selling for?

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Originally Posted by groutyzoob

klakalou: $1599+tax = $1838.85 CAD.

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Where'd you get it for that price then? Dell's asking $2,200 CAD before taxes! I'd totally nab one for $1,600.

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Originally Posted by offtone

Where'd you get it for that price then? Dell's asking $2,200 CAD before taxes! I'd totally nab one for $1,600.

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Dell.ca usually has "10 days of deals" every couple of months. For one day only, the 24" and 30" monitors are on sale. Near X-mas last year there was a sale and the middle of Jan had another sale.

24" was $900CAN
30" was $1600CAN

Keep any eye out at www.redflagdeals.com (go to forums) to see when the deals occur.

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Originally Posted by Gar

Why is that? I play FPS games alot and I love my 2405, in fact I don't know how I ever gamed without it ;)

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theres supposedly input lag on the 2405

also the native resolution of the 2405 doesnt allow you to really take advantage of a lower non-interpolated resolution... you either need a monster video card to run the latest games or just deal with interpolation/borders

the 30" however can run in 1280x800 without interpolation... imho a pefect gaming rees for the balance between iq and speed

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Originally Posted by kpxgq

also the native resolution of the 2405 doesnt allow you to really take advantage of a lower non-interpolated resolution... you either need a monster video card to run the latest games or just deal with interpolation/borders

the 30" however can run in 1280x800 without interpolation... imho a pefect gaming rees for the balance between iq and speed

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I agree with you on all counts, especially the last part! ;) Running @1280x768, max detail, 4xAA/8xAF (or 2xAA/4xAF for certain games) looks pretty good. If I had a more powerful card, I'd prolly up the eye candy even more..... :)

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Originally Posted by kpxgq

theres supposedly input lag on the 2405

also the native resolution of the 2405 doesnt allow you to really take advantage of a lower non-interpolated resolution... you either need a monster video card to run the latest games or just deal with interpolation/borders

the 30" however can run in 1280x800 without interpolation... imho a pefect gaming rees for the balance between iq and speed

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I haven't noticed any of the input lag personally, and I'm coming from a Diamondtron 22" which is one of the better CRT's. Maybe only a handful of 2405's have this bug?

And yeah I can see how 1920x1200 might be a bit much for some people to run confortably. I'm sure I'll run into that problem as well someday, but luckily enough my 7800 GTX performs well in enough in all the games I play at that res.

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Originally Posted by Gar

And yeah I can see how 1920x1200 might be a bit much for some people to run confortably. I'm sure I'll run into that problem as well someday, but luckily enough my 7800 GTX performs well in enough in all the games I play at that res.

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Well, obviously you haven't tried FEAR.....@1920x1200, it'll bring your GTX to its knees. :eek:

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Originally Posted by phelan1777

If you look at the 10th-11th picture from the start of the thread, you see a shelf with change on it, hehehehe thats what Zoom has left eat with for the rest of the year after buying the monitor :-P

Sweet Display,




as for the 2405 that someone mentioned wanting to get rid of, how much are you selling for?

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Haha, that's my change :D
About $10 worth.
Zoob actually has a lot more.

<-------- dreams about %#!t like that! WOW

I now know what my next display is going to be :)

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Originally Posted by mikeysg

Well, obviously you haven't tried FEAR.....@1920x1200, it'll bring your GTX to its knees. :eek:

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I never bought FEAR, but I played the demo and my GTX did a good job running it smoothly @ 1920x1200...I even put up some cool Fraps videos when the demo came out :p. But thats not saying much, for all I know they changed alot for the retail release of FEAR.

But thats another topic, grats on your new monitor. Honestly I think it would be too big for comfortable gaming, hell my eyes already have to do alot of wandering side to side to get the whole view of my 2405 in FPS games, can't imagine how it would be on a 30" screen.

what price do you want for that 24"? PM me.

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Originally Posted by Gar

I never bought FEAR, but I played the demo and my GTX did a good job running it smoothly @ 1920x1200...I even put up some cool Fraps videos when the demo came out :p. But thats not saying much, for all I know they changed alot for the retail release of FEAR.

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It plays just fine. A little stuttery if you only have 1gb of ram. I can even maintain over 25fps with 2xAA/16xAF enabled at 1920x1200. Thats on an X1800XT.

@ ImaNihilist: Actual resolution is 1920x540, however effective resolution is still 1920x1080... I'd rather not get into the technical details :P

@ ewitte: Don't you wish... haha.

@ Sunday Ironfoot: The 3007WFP cannot do portrait mode. However, the vertical resolution of 1600 is greater than most regular LCD's (17"/19" being 1280 when in portrait)

@ offtone: soupnazi got it dead on.

@ Gar: MANY 2405FPW users have reported input lag. Not every user is sensitive enough to feel/see it. 30" is great for gaming. Although I tried playing HL2 for a bit and I felt motion-sickness... dunno if that's because I already AM sick (caught a bad cold last week).

@ Terry: My change is all Loonies and quarters for laundry... not for spending on chips. :)

@ rabidmoose171 / Anyone interested in purchasing: Shipping would likely kill the deal. For reference, I'm looking for about $1000 shipped (Losing a smooth ~$300 on it.. yar)

AND! For the patient.

http://verbicide.ca/images/3007-1/IMG_2826.JPG

30" on the right, 24" on the left. So tiny! Terry's SD100 causing the chromatic aberration.... :)

Whoa! Thanks for the sidebyside pc Zoob.:cool: Is that a binary clock I see?;)

Yup, I've read about the input lag as well. They said it's probably due to the overdrive circuit (to speed up response times of MVA/PVA panels) Increasing the refresh rate to 100hz has been a consistent solution to fool the overdrive but this may put your monitor at risk. (max rate is 60hz) At first I noticed the lag a little in CS but now I don't even notice it at all. (must have gotten used to it)

One thing I find is at 60hz, the mouse cursor is a little chopping when moving it around on the windows desktop. (in comparision to my CRT at 100hz)

canu post a link to that wallpaper, i just love it :P

Here it is. A couple of sites for high res wallpaper.
http://interfacelift.com/wallpaper/i...ate&id=&page=3

http://wp.deviantart.com/wallpaper/?...imit=24&res=22

Well I bought one, though I got it for $1699 CAD instead of $1599 because I missed the promotion. A little shameless begging and voila: Saved $600 off the sticker price.

So then: Did you say you noticed the input lag on the 2405 but don't feel anything of the sort on your 3007? That input lag is why my 2405 is about 1000 miles away on someone else's desk ;) I couldn't take it!

Woo. I'm stoked. Dell gave me a wicked deal on a 7800GTX too, so the day those two boxes arrive will be a good one.

$1699 canadian???

That's only $1478 U.S. :eek:

It's currently $2199 on their U.S. site. Apparently I should be a Canadian.

Input lag on the 2405? Never seen anything. BTW it runs 75hz if you have a DL cable and video card (X1800XT has DL ports).

Eric