Newbie- Where do I start?

autobot

Jl1994

First step: use an os that is is good for the eyes, that doesnt use the gpu, just to test if your display feels good to your eyes. Test it for a day or more. Share your results here.

The operating system is ubuntu 18.04. You can use it with a live usb, No need to install.

Also, connect the monitor using display port. Its better this way.

Jl1994

autobot Can I use my computer as normally without GPU? For example I play a lot of poker, is that possible still? Also I'm not really sure what you mean by "You can use it with a live usb" How does that work exactly

Zappano

Jl1994 Yes, the i7 14700K has an integrated GPU. It's obviously not as fast as a dedicated GPU but enough for light computer usage such as editing docs, surfing etc. It should also be possible to play Poker on a website.

Live USB just means that you can install Ubuntu on a USB Stick and run it from there as well without installing it on your PC.

autobot

Jl1994

In this they show how use a live usb.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=n-nS660EmYM

But it's for a different version.

For testing, What i and others tested with is lubuntu 18.04.

It's availble here: https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/18.04.5/release/

You need this "64-bit PC (AMD64) desktop image".

moonpie

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simplex

moonpie Lower refresh to 60/70/75Hz (probably not needed)

I do not recommend to reduce refresh rate due to some inversion artifacts visibility in gaming monitors.

To mask such patterns, its very important to keep very high refresh rates

Jl1994

simplex Do you agree with the other suggestions? Disabling VRR and Trace free techcnology for example

Edit: Just did a quick search on VRR on the forum, seems like everyone agrees to turn it off. Didnt find much on trace free technology. Appreciate all the help guys.

simplex

Jl1994 Disabling VRR and Trace free techcnology for example

I dont have experience with VRR feature and comfort impact of it

But I do have experience with high-frequency monitors, where decreasing refresh rate to 60/50hz lead to eye-strain

moonpie

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Jl1994

moonpie Thank you very much

Jl1994

moonpie Is "Freesync premium" similar to VRR? I didnt find VRR but I found freesync premium which was turned off. Turned trace free to 0. Do you suggest to use "blue light filter"? Got one of those.

Any other suggestions on features/gimmicks to turn off?

Jl1994

Is it possible to send a video here somehow btw? Took a slow-mo video of my screen. Looks like its flickering. Just wanted to confirm

moonpie

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Jl1994

moonpie Okay thanks. Btw I bought this monitor like 5 days ago. First 2 days the difference was crazy, felt so much better, headache so much better etc. Then after that started feeling worse again. It coincides with my computer starting to freeze randomly 4 or 5 times now which never happens usually. I'm hopeful something's up with the graphics or the computer that's causing the increase in symptoms again. Does that sound reasonable?

autobot

moonpie ubuntu 22.04 won't disable the gpu.So it's not a good way for testing

Jl1994

And thank you also aswell for your inputs @autobot

How do you guys know if the monitor is dithering or not? Any video of what it looks like or how to spot it?

moonpie

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simplex

moonpie even for testing

even old win XP or win7 could be useful for testing, to check OS influence

Get wide your mind, your not better than others

JTL

moonpie I certainly wouldn't recommend it beyond testing, but given the influence of OS issues (compared to the past) I think offline testing with a set of "known known" to be a good start.

moonpie

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