Thanks! I am definitely interested in that model as well!

lol. Thanks!

Thanks!

Thanks Jason!

Thanks!

lol. Thanks!

Thanks! If you're happy with what you have. Keep it! lol. The upgrade bug is never satisfied! haha

Thanks!

+David Zhang Peace Sir...💗

Thanks! Fan of your work as well! I did play around with the ClearType on Windows (didn't test VividPixel) to see if it would make a difference. It does help but there's still something about the Dell I prefer over the Asus. I "feel" like there's always some color fringing around the black text on white on the VA panel. But it is pretty minor, and I'm not being totally scientific about how I'm testing it so it could just be my eyes playing tricks on me and I could be wrong about all of this. haha.

Looking at the text again on both monitors. It's probably just that I find the Asus panel very sharp (and I'm noticing the colors from the rgb subpixels) Reducing the "vividpixel" setting on the Asus helps soften/smooth the text a tad, but on the Dell by default I just find it a little more softer/smoother. Increasing the sharpness setting on the Dell makes it look pretty much identical to the Asus. But in the end I think text looks great on both. I just have a slight personal preference for the Dell but I'm sure you can tweak settings here and there to make it go either way.

David Zhang Yeah, with everything really text rendition is pretty subjective. Glad to hear that you stilk found both to be decent in that respect though, and that reducing 'VividPixel' helped a bit.

I agree I also have a Dell and it's a lot more fluid and just looks sharper

Also, its a pain in the ass messing around with how to scale games on here because some don't scale well or at all

Thanks! I'm totally biased but I think for productivity purposes the Dell U3415W is a clear winner being pretty much flawless minus the ips glow (especially great deal when on sale). For gaming, it's a toss up. This Asus monitor is looking great for FreeSync gaming, for Gsync the new AOC AG352UCG looks to be pretty good as well, and you have all the 1080 144Hz and 1440p Overclockable IPS panels. All of them have their benefits and flaws so no clear winner on the gaming side right now. It just depends on your priorities.

Built it. From some Ikea Capita legs and an Ikea Shelf

Can you make me one and ship it to me? I pay for it by Paypal.

Thanks! The text isn't blurry on the Asus. It's nice and clear on both the Asus and Dell. I just slightly prefer reading text on the Dell over the Asus because it looks cleaner. (you can see my other comment to PC Monitor) I would never really notice unless I had a side by side comparison. I'm not a professional graphic designer, but I do find the 1800R a little distorting but still very usable. Perfectly fine for gaming and regular web browsing but I prefer 3800R overall since it feels more natural. But that's a personal preference. The bigger issue I see with this monitor for graphic design are the crushed blacks. I don't like the feeling that I'm missing those details.

That sounds like an awesome deal!

But having the screen resolution lower than native is much worse than turning down resolution scale

Yeah I was originally interested in getting that monitor, but it seems to have gotten more expensive and low on stock so I picked up this Asus instead. Would be an interesting comparison though!

I believe the M349CLZ uses the same Samsung VA panel in the MX34VQ.

Yes i'm looking into both of these two monitors myself and would like to see a comparision of the two. Its a bleeding edge battle between these two models.

Fuad Shaqiri I own one so here is a small review- I got it for $623 (sale and best offer on EBay normally $699) and it is fantastic. I use a 980 ti, but FreeSync works great on it, (I tested on my old R9 390) there is no flickering, and the range is large enough that it supports LFC (40-100hz). The stand on my one is matte, it used to be glossy but they updated the design. The stand is sturdy, and has no wobble, but it is a bit annoying that it has no adjustment capabilities. The OSD is bad, but I rarely ever use it. The curve is very curvy and very nice. The panel itself is amazing. I had previously used TN and IPS (the Acer X34 which I had to return because it had QC issues), and out of the box, the colours were bad, but after calibration, they were amazing. They were very vibrant and rich, just like how this MX34VQ is vibrant compared to the U3415W. This along with the next to no backlight bleed and very, very deep blacks have now made VA my favourite panel type. I do miss the IPS viewing angles, but the viewing angles are better than TN monitors and the colours are better anyway IMO. I can't see any smearing or ghosting either. The size of the damn thing and the 21:9 aspect ratio blew me away. The resolution of 3440x1440 looks very crisp and to my eyes text clarity is good. I love it.

I mean probably gaming is the 2nd priority here.

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David Zhang i hope that we can get together with each other too and you can go barefoot too when I get to show you around

Just cause 3

A few webpages have these "fine checkerboard" patterns on their background. When I visit those websites I can notice my entire screen dim a bit until I leave the site. Otherwise I don't really encounter the issue during typical usage.

Please reply!

the game picture looks so nice, cannot believe it's from old game battlerfield.

Rered Liu It's from Battlefield 1. It's only a few months old :D

For gaming, yeah that's a better monitor. For productivity purposes I'm not a big fan of the lower 1080p resolution. But that's still a great monitor I'm sure it will be awesome!

I'll give Dota 2 a quick test later. (I also played Just Cause 3 and Project Cars for my testing and had pretty much the same results as bf1) But as you said the experience will likely change from game to game, since a lot of it depends on the driver/freesync algorithm. From my testing anywhere from ~53fps to 48fps (but is most noticeable closer to 50) can cause some flickering (or more accurately described as brightness changes) So if you're averaging around 55fps on Doom, minor variations in fps could easily drop you into a flicker prone situation but is more or less noticeable depending on a wide number of factors outside our control. But I'm okay with it because I'll just drop quality/resolution for a higher fps. I find higher fps worth the graphical tradeoff for faster paced games.

I would greatly appreciate if you could give Dota 2 a quick run, thanks! I agree with you and all points. It's just that the one guy described it as a severe problem, and if the case with Dota true it's a deal breaker for me. I honestly still hope he just got a bad unit, but currently waiting for more cross references. No one has this thing yet, let alone made a review covering this issue, so your input will be greatly appreciated. Will also link to your video in the forum of course

I think I figured it out. Or something for them to test on their end. Dota2 has a built in frame limiter (usually defaults to 120) You need to raise this to the max (240 or turn it off completely) because it is causing the GPU to stall every time you hit the limit (it is causing the instantaneous fps to drop for a moment and hence the flicker). You can prove this by lowering the frame limiter to something much lower and you'll start seeing the flickering go crazy. Opening/closing menus will also stall the gpu and flicker the screen for a couple seconds. that is unavoidable and occurs in many games. Otherwise I don't see flickering during gameplay, as long as you stay out of the 50 fps range. Hope that helps.

Thanks so much for your input! I will ask the guy to try it out :) Cheers!

Did you ever figure out how to get to 100Hz? I'm seeing the same issue.

rgray318 you​ have the "original" Samsung CF791 that is ~150$ more, but free of any of the mentioned flaws. vesa mountable, completely flicker free.

I know it's 1 year late but I did have the same issues with the Microboard display. I have the pixel inversioon issue. My channel has some videos about it as well.