[monitor] some monitors testing & experience
eDenon-2 Monitor: HKC VG275QM (27 inch)
Panel: HVA (8 bit)
Resolution: 2560 * 1440
Brightness: 100%
Refresh rate: 170hz
Graphics Card: intel Arc A380
OS: Ubuntu 23.10
Eyestrain: Eyestrain free
I see Arc A380 video cards can be had for cheap, when I look for HKC VG275QM on Amazon I see an Asus monitor with that product ID, is that the same monitor?
Interesting to see a Refresh rate that high
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The monitor is on taobao.
Here is a middle man taobao site for US buyers. (Product link translated)
https://parcelup.com/shop/item.php?id=713816539392#5291000911100
eDenon-2 Good to hear. I also bought an 24.5'' HKC VG255 SE with IPS panel, actually two. Their QC is a bit unreliable, had to return their 27'' 2k monitor T2752Q (new IPS model, not VA), because it was pretty bad. I use the monitors on an AMD R9 380, they are really soft on the eyes, although I use them on 0 brightness and 0 contrastā¦
JTL yeah, sourcing the actual Intel card variants is hard in this case - they only made them for the initial series (770/750) and while a 750 can still be had (for ~$200) the 770 is all back stock or used and will run double that amount easily. The 580 never had a reference board, and it's not clear the 380 did either, so I was curious what brand 380 eDenon-2 had since that VBIOS would most likely be "safe".
He says it's Gunnir, which is unfortunately an APAC-exclusive brand. My options to get it in the USA are limited. So I'm going to grab an Intel reference board 750 and keep my fingers crossed. It'll run me $239 from Amazon, which is a bit of a premium, but worth it if I can use it for a few years without pain. I could grab one locally for $200 (for an unopened box model) or even less on the secondhand market. But at Amazon I can return it...
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Gurm Actually from the several graphics cards I have tested, besides NVIDIA, they dont support Linux, the Intel A380 and AMD RX6400 have the same color, and both eyestrain free. So AMD is also safe. From the several monitors I have tested, I find HVA panel is more eye protected than FAST-IPS, this is very important. And I tested them all via DP cable.
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Display: ASUS VG258QM (24 inch)
Panel: TN (8 bit)
Resolution: 1920x1080
Brightness: default
Refresh rate: 240hz
Graphics Card: Gigabyte AMD RX6400
Cable: DisplayPort
OS: Archlinux
Eyestrain: Eyestrain free
This TN display is eyestrain free, the only disadvantage is bad viewing angle, you can only sit straight in front of it.
Can you add panels used in your eye-free monitors? Using engineer menu