Windows 10 Anniversary Edition

Sunspark

The whole "display port seems better for me" is interesting. It seems people prefer a specific port for some reason I've seen people complain about DP/HDMI/DVI causing eye strain while others being fine.

I don't think I've seen a difference for me. I've never used DP but HDMI and DVI seem pretty much equivelant of each other on a "comfy" GPU but I would imagine it's definitely possible for one to be better than the other either for you or just for an individual card.

I guess this means we should always try all ports before assuming a GPU is "bad" for us?

Generally my connection now goes GPU > DVI to HDMI converter > 10m HDMI cable >HDMI to DVI CONVERTER to monitor so I'm really using DVI at this point. This seems to be fine for me with "good" GPUs

(10m cable because I like my computer in a different room for maximum silence and I use an HDMI cable because of the smaller connector making the hole much smaller. If you want a silent computer this is the way to do it. Nothing is loud when it's completely out of earshot)

Soreeyes Just so you know, you don't actually have converters, but adapters. The video signal with DVI and HDMI are the exact same, use the same signalling protocol, etc. The only difference with HDMI is that it has a pin for audio and DVI doesn't carry audio. Where the video portion is concerned, all you have are extra bits attached that don't do anything. It'll be exactly the same as with a single DVI cable.

Sunspark

Ah, I'm aware they're not active converters and that HDMI and DVI are basically the same thing.

This is what makes it more interesting when people claim HDMI is fine but DVI is causing them eye strain or vice versa.

Soreeyes It is not impossible that the ports are using a different model chip on the monitor's logic board.

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Windows 10 is killing me. I was using a BenQ 2255gw on probably 5 different computers over the course of 4 years originally starting with Windows XP then switching to Windows 7 no issues. Windows 10 installed I'm dying literally. This is the absolute worst I have felt. Two minutes is enough to cause eyestrain for days. I can barely walk by the computers now. My workis not able to accommodate me switching back but they have taken me off the computer. Problem is now when I walk by a computer screen I feel sick. I'm going to complain on Microsoft's site I doubt it will do any good. I'm trying to retrieve my Microsoft account need to wait 24 hours. Dithering is the absolute worst form of pain in regards to this issue with LEDs. Has anyone been able to prove if dithering is less extreme with CCFL or CRT?

jasonpicard Two minutes is enough to cause eyestrain for days

Wow, now it sounds like you're beginning to have my level of sensitivity. On Dec 18 I described the exponential effect of having exposure to these problematic displays:

"
Immediate reaction looking at it - Not nice to look at. Feels very bright even at 0% brightness
30 secs of exposure - Not fun, but usually no lingering "LED migraine"
60 secs - 5 mins of exposure - A 3-5 hour "LED migraine"
30 mins of exposure - A 4-day-long "LED migraine" from hell...
"

I am ok with windows 10 with my samsung sa850d. No strain. Maybe some tireness after many hours, but nothing really problematic.

MagnuM Yeah I have been in complete darkness for 12 hours. I only looked at that screen for 5 minutes all day. I can't even walk by them now. I have an eye appointment and another useless doctor appointment.

diop it's one of those little boxes that connects to the server. I won't be any access to change anything I don't think.

diop it's one of those boxes that connects to the server. I don't think I can make any changes to it. I honestly don't think I can stare at it for more then 10 seconds. It's the worst form of flicker I have ever felt in 10 years.

jasonpicard I had an LED headache this afternoon for about 3 hours from looking at my colleague's Dell U2713H for literally between 10-30 seconds. Even seeing the light in the background seems to not be very nice. Just creates a deep pain in the head behind the eyes. Also I have sort of that camera flash afterimage like thing if someone snaps a photo with flash in front of your eyes, but it's pretty faint. It's such a strange reaction. I know I was a little skimpy on sleep last night and only got 6 hours (thanks to YouTube! LoL!)

MagnuM Yeah I feel like these windows 10 machines are the worst thing I have ever experienced. I wonder is dithering is less painful if a CCFL monitor is used instead of led.

if you're running nvidia - tried the new dithering regedit fix?
https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/1082681/geforce-drivers/is-it-possible-to-quot-port-quot-dithering-from-nvidia-x-server-to-geforce-driver-/post/5934577/#5934577
Also Intel HD 5xx graphics

jasonpicard Actually we're still using Windows 7 at work here for the next little bit (with Intel HD Graphics 4000 as the GPU)