Anybody tried the checkers gaming monitor ?

[Llama_04]

@fiekz79 There were 3 x 24" Monitors available when I was there at about 6pm last night

 

[chriswp]

Did you manage to sort this out? I have the exact same issue, stuck at 120Hz.

Nope. I've looked at a lot of suggestions and not one worked for me.

 

[Deku]

Just a heads up guys, I went to the Checkers Hyper (New Market) in Alberton, they charged me R2599 for monitor, had to literally convince the manager it is R1999 and show him the pamphlet from google -_- such chops, I was literally there the previous day and bought one for R1999 without issues.

https://imgur.com/a/0eqTkWE

did you swipe your checkers rewards card ? because when they scan the box it said R4300 for the 27 inch then swipe the rewards card and it brought it down to R2999

 

[chriswp]

Nope. I've looked at a lot of suggestions and not one worked for me.

@Toi
To be fair, I did a fresh install of Windows 10 on a newly installed SSD, and since then some of the keyboard buttons, such as keyboard backlight, don't work. And in ROG Gaming Center my GPU isn't picked up. I'm waiting on a response from ASUS regarding this.
Games still work as normal though.

 

[Ninja Sandwich]

did you swipe your checkers rewards card ? because when they scan the box it said R4300 for the 27 inch then swipe the rewards card and it brought it down to R2999

Yep, I did swipe it, I got discount on the Pepsi xD haha, you can see on that slip they had to manually remove and add a "custom" price.

 

[Firestorm]

A bit of an anomaly i think......... but im able to set this screen to 165hz and 12bit when connected as a dual display

165hz hosted at ImgBB

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ibb.co

 

[MellowYellow]

A bit of an anomaly i think......... but im able to set this screen to 165hz and 12bit when connected as a dual display

165hz hosted at ImgBB

Image 165hz hosted in ImgBB

ibb.co

hoax!

 

[waz]

Just a note, I changed the monitor settings to 1080 @144hz via the Nvidea control panel using an HDMI cord and the screen went a bit haywire. I restarted it and tried again and that seemed to have solved the issue.

 

[Firestorm]

hoax!

Do you think I have time to create random hoaxes , test it yourself before calling BS

 

[Ninja Sandwich]

A bit of an anomaly i think......... but im able to set this screen to 165hz and 12bit when connected as a dual display

165hz hosted at ImgBB

Image 165hz hosted in ImgBB

ibb.co

Purely with dual screens though? Are you running x2 of them? Or is the other monitor just random? I want to try and replicate it tonight

Also, are you using DP or HDMI on them?

 

[Firestorm]

Purely with dual screens though? Are you running x2 of them? Or is the other monitor just random? I want to try and replicate it tonight

Also, are you using DP or HDMI on them?

the other screen is a mecer k3g3r 32" 144hz 8bit running over dp , the 27" was over hdmi.....which is weird since you shouldnt be able to push that signal over hdmi.

 

[fiekz79]

@fiekz79 There were 3 x 24" Monitors available when I was there at about 6pm last night

Salesman gave me a BS story then.... thanks for the info

 

[waz]

Is anyone experiencing extremely High GPU usage when upping the refresh rate ( I was expecting higher usage but not 20% + of the GPU on idle) ?
For me 144 Hz is disconnecting and reconnecting. Is this an HDMI cord issue ?

Is the HDMI cable with the monitor a high speed HDMI ?

 

[MellowYellow]

Do you think I have time to create random hoaxes , test it yourself before calling BS

Welcome to my ignored list. #blessed #nosenseofhumor

 

[aiccc]

The included hdmi cable on the 27 inch is hdmi 2.0.

You need the right cable for 144hz to work.

 

[aiccc]

A bit of an anomaly i think......... but im able to set this screen to 165hz and 12bit when connected as a dual display

yes 165Hz is the correct setting with VRR freesync.

What is interesting the 12 bit colour depth. The monitor EDID is reporting differently. Perhaps you have different panel. Or yours is correctly reporting under freesync 2.0.

Note nearly everyone that has posted has a nvidia card an they do not work optimally with freesync 2.

Thank you for contributing to the thread and the info.

Can you run monitor info and post the results here. Thank you

MonitorInfoView - View Monitor Information (EDID)

What are FreeSync and FreeSync2? How are They Different?

Annoyed by screen tearing when playing your favorite video games? FreeSync is the technology that solves this problem. Learn more about Freesync and FreeSync 2 technologies in this article.

www.benq.com

 

[R1Y1A1]

 

[Deku]

A bit of an anomaly i think......... but im able to set this screen to 165hz and 12bit when connected as a dual display

165hz hosted at ImgBB

Image 165hz hosted in ImgBB

ibb.co

This product is no longer available.

This product is no longer available.

www.alibaba.com

please check that it seems if you run free sync its 165hz have no idea how that works

 

[Deku]

This product is no longer available.

This product is no longer available.

www.alibaba.com

please check that it seems if you run free sync its 165hz have no idea how that works

this is the screen 27 inch that checkers just re branded

 

[johnny_h]

yes 165Hz is the correct setting with VRR freesync.

What is interesting the 12 bit colour depth. The monitor EDID is reporting differently. Perhaps you have different panel. Or yours is correctly reporting under freesync 2.0.

Note nearly everyone that has posted has a nvidia card an they do not work optimally with freesync 2.

Thank you for contributing to the thread and the info.

Can you run monitor info and post the results here. Thank you

MonitorInfoView - View Monitor Information (EDID)

What are FreeSync and FreeSync2? How are They Different?

Annoyed by screen tearing when playing your favorite video games? FreeSync is the technology that solves this problem. Learn more about Freesync and FreeSync 2 technologies in this article.

www.benq.com

Thanks for that utility, it allowed me to set the sharpness on the monitor (changed from the default 2 to 3 out of 4 ) and now text is just a bit sharper, looks better overall (at least for me)

 

[Slickster]

You can use this Utility to tweak the settings as well

DisplayHDR Test - Official app in the Microsoft Store

The DisplayHDR™ Test Tool allows users to confirm the display parameters including brightness, color and contrast performance of high dynamic range (HDR) laptop and desktop monitors as per the set forth in VESA’s High-Performance Monitor and Display Compliance Test Specification (DisplayHDR)...

www.microsoft.com

 

[animehero]

@animehero
@Deku
How did you adjust the height,I bought the 2 arm one but couldnt get the arm to stay down as it is quite high in the normal position and couldnt find a way to tweak the arm.

Just saw this now.
On the single arm bracket,it's spring loaded as well. I tightened it as best I could and pushed the arm down. With the monitor on, it kind of just floats in position that I put it in. If I move it up it goes with a bit of effort but for the most part it kinda just floats where I put it after tightening the springs screw as much as possible without stripping it

 

[Slickster]

Just saw this now.
On the single arm bracket,it's spring loaded as well. I tightened it as best I could and pushed the arm down. With the monitor on, it kind of just floats in position that I put it in. If I move it up it goes with a bit of effort but for the most part it kinda just floats where I put it after tightening the springs screw as much as possible without stripping it

Thanks I tried that as well but it goes back up so I returned it

 

[VladM]

Are there still any checkers with stock in JHB north?

 

[asianpersuation]

Are there still any checkers with stock in JHB north?

Got mine (27") from fourways mall checkers yesterday. From what I saw, there was 1 27" left behind the one I took and a couple 24" below.

 

[bythecantloads]

And my first one died. Taking it back today.

Seems like a power issue where it would randomly switch off and then on again repeats the process about 3 to 5 times and then it would be fine for 10 minutes and the process starts all over again.

Tried another kettle cord as I realised the ones given don't fit very snuggly. Same issue. Switched the power supply with the other one I bought. Same issue.

 

[Slickster]

Are there still any checkers with stock in JHB north?

Try Sandton City Checkers..They still had loads left

 

[Andrew_Smith]

And my first one died. Taking it back today.

Seems like a power issue where it would randomly switch off and then on again repeats the process about 3 to 5 times and then it would be fine for 10 minutes and the process starts all over again.

Tried another kettle cord as I realised the ones given don't fit very snuggly. Same issue. Switched the power supply with the other one I bought. Same issue.

That's really a pity.

Maybe it is a case of silicone lottery panels?

 

[ta24]

I'm planning on returning my 24 and 27 inch monitors unless if someone on the forum would like to take them instead?

I've unboxed the 27 inch and it seems to be an IPS panel from the typical IPS glow on a black screen. I bought it to try out the 144hz refresh rate but after comparing to my Dell ultrasharp u2719d, I've decided to stick with the Dell even though it is only 60hz. I can't see any dead pixels on the 27 inch and I haven't unboxed the 24 inch.

 

[bythecantloads]

That's really a pity.

Maybe it is a case of silicone lottery panels?

Okay and to restore faith and give Checkers staff a +1, went to the Centurion branch and exchanged it with no problems whatsoever. They tested the old one in store, didn't see anything wrong, gave me a new screen and off I was.

Got home, plugged in the new screen. 100% the same issue. Changed the cable (was using DVI to HDMI for a couple of years with the old screen and until today with the Xceed) to HDMI cable and the problem seems to be gone.

So DVI the problem would either be with the cable or it is with the DVI port on my GPU.

I feel like a fool for not testing it before I went to exchange the monitor, but it wasn't on my list as it worked fine before.