PC Peripherals Dell Ultrasharp U2311H - Should i buy it? (Opinions please)

Status
Not open for further replies.
Using 580SLI and a 23" 1080p monitor?

You are doing things at the wrong end of the horse.

A good monitor lasts ages (5 yrs+ for a nice 30" IPS panel). A graphics card is useless after 12-18 months as games become more demanding.

Suggest you research a bit before you effectively waste your money, which in this set of upgrades you already have. It's a bit like running a 800BHP engine on bicycle tyres. You'll never be able to even use a little bit of the potential of your setup, all that power is just wasting away.

In your case, the monitor will be the bottleneck.
 
^^^ i donnt want to spend much on the monoitor rite now....already own a samsung 40" sereis 7 led...so just want to upgrade from my present monitor....
 
close your eyes and go for U2311H....(and be careful, not to tumble in the way ...you eyes will be closed na :P )
 
At the risk of sounding repetitive, sell the 580 or get a 27".A 580 SLi sounds uber cool and has the x factor. But once it's seen to be combined with a 23", it starts looking like the buyer had better bought a Alienware or some other branded "Gaming rig". I'm running a 5870 on a Dell 2408WFP, playing anything I want@full visual effects. Your SLi will be devastatingly wasted. Please don't do that. The joy of watching your show-offs will mostly be replaced by pitying sniggers... especially on a tech forum like this. On other general sites, will they even appreciate the SLi setup?

Btw, I would never-ever even mention a TV LCD when talking about computer monitors. It's considered blasphemous :P!
 
Getting a U2711 will be the Best bet, Whats the point having 2 Cards , which consume extra power and yes off course its gonna affect your Electricity bills and Also with the 1200Watt PSU, you are willing to take extra expenses every month but not on something which would make full use of the SLI Setup, if i were you, I would get the IEMs 1st which you are saving up for, and start saving for the 27 incher and complete the rig
 
thanks guys for alll the suggestions,,,,:hap2:

i want to stay at res 1080p bcoz at the present moment by pc can run any game at full setting at 2560 res but after 6months- 1 year it might be a problem...if i stay at 1080p i can run these cards for a long time......the 24 and 27 inchers are very costly i also need to invest in my clinic...to own a sli pc was my dream ..3- 4yrs back i used to drool over sli pc at guru3d forums but now i got a sli pc myself .I got the sli bcoz its just a satisfaction and also a dream come true...
 
dr.sankhadeep said:
thanks guys for alll the suggestions,,,,:hap2:

i want to stay at res 1080p bcoz at the present moment by pc can run any game at full setting at 2560 res but after 6months- 1 year it might be a problem...if i stay at 1080p i can run these cards for a long time...
Click to expand...
One of the reasons why I have not upgraded to a 27/30 myself :P. Can't afford the cards to run them... It's your money and your rig, anyway. Whatever gets you groovin :)!
 
I got the sli bcoz its just a satisfaction
Click to expand...

And that is that. As long as you're happy. Word of warning - don't show it off, and specially not on international forums unless you're ready for negative comments. Your purchase is a clear sign of a lack of logic and sense.

if i stay at 1080p i can run these cards for a long time
Click to expand...

Sure. Until DX12 is released with windows 8 and SLI gets broken, or the cards have an incomplete feature set for new games.

@naga - I run just fine with an old 4870x2 on my 30". It still does just fine for all the games I play - of course now that DX3 and Elder Scrolls 5 is on the way, an upgrade calls. The monitor is just under 3 years old, and still going great guns. I also use it for surfing, the integrated chipset on my 880G board run it at native res and I can't live with smaller screens anymore.
 
  • Like
Reactions: 1 person
@cranky cool down...u are being toooo hyper...if i show it-off also it doesnt matter to u rite...who the hell are u to say i have no sense and logic:@...better u dont post on my topic.:cool2:..please keep your gyan to yourself...:@
 
dr.sankhadeep said:
@cranky cool down...u are being toooo hyper...if i show it-off also it doesnt matter to u rite...who the hell are u to say i have no sense and logic:@...better u dont post on my topic.:cool2:..please keep your gyan to yourself...:@
Click to expand...
I see that you have modified your post. Anyhow, you asked for it. When you mention this in your thread title - '(Opinions please)', others are entitled to post their opinions regarding your intended purchase and cranky was just being frank here. I think some of us second his opinion here. Did I not post the same before? A second GTX 580 and a 1080p display is a sheer overkill! They do not complement well.

And he posts with experience since he owns a Dell 30 incher and a dual GPU setup. What matters more here is, this is your investment and your money. So spend it wisely. :)

Good luck!
 
"Word of warning - don't show it off, and specially not on international forums unless you're ready for negative comments. Your purchase is a clear sign of a lack of logic and sense." these statements from cranky doesnt help...this is not opinion....i wanted opinion on the monitor not ON my SLI SETUP...

I TOTALLY AGREED WITH WHAT U GUYS SAID ITS TOTALLY TRUE....BUT THE WAY HE POSTED THE STATEMENT IS NOT FINE WITH ME

MODS PLEASE CLOSE THE THREAD
 
^^Cool down, doc. He's just being frank and honest here. I bet most of the techies here were thinking the same when they 1st saw this thread (I plead guilty:P). They just didn't say it in so many words (guilty again, lol). It does no good for the community and its members if everybody constantly walks on egg shells while commenting, especially when dealing with members not considered n00bs (my opinion). As a professional yourself, I would've thought you would prefer honest opinions over any mollycoddling. Relax and buy whatever you want. You did set yourself up by asking for opinions :)
 
@Naga: Just a little perspective on the issue.

You are putting off a monitor(Reolution wise) upgrade since you think your gpu/cpu setup wont be able to hold its fort at that resolution an year down the line. So you are technically happy at 1080p as of today. So why not invest in the monitor which'll last you 5 years, and the day your existing setup shows signs of ageing at 1440p fall back to 1080p. The 2711 is known to scale pretty nice and work well with smaller resolutions source.

So ultimately, rather than wasting your existing setup's added muscle and living in FUD make full use of it till it lasts and fall back to the next smaller supported resolution when time demands it.

PS: That reminds me, I need to get a respectable GPU myself. :ashamed:
 
@naga i really value te members opinions but that kind of statement from a reputed te member i am not digesting it:no:....did i say anything what others told me...i have put up the reasons why i am not investing in a 27 or 24 inchers...i just wanted to know how good the u2311h monitor is:huh:???? btw i never showed off.. putting up a thread in te in show-off section is just sharing the joy with the members:)
 
^ alright then sell the old samsung p2250 and get 3x u2311h or 2xu2311h for dual or tripe setup at EYEcandy ready :P so if u love it for better large wide mix resolution :)

if u are plan for monster resolution and u overkilled 580 SLI setup ;)
 
sarang said:
@Naga: Just a little perspective on the issue.

You are putting off a monitor(Reolution wise) upgrade since you think your gpu/cpu setup wont be able to hold its fort at that resolution an year down the line.
Click to expand...

Wish it was simple as that. I'm not worried about a year and down on my present setup (will probably have a new rig by then, depending on how hot the next gen hardware is). I play mostly FPS and we all know how they keep pushing the boundaries. I just want to avoid the inevitable GPU upgrade everytime a new game releases for as long as I can. I hate testing out the best settings for each game I play. As of now, I put in the native res and max everything out (I hope to keep doing that).

Gaming on smaller resolutions@bigger screens spoils the whole graphical experience. I'm as happy on 1920x1200@24" as I would be on 1680x1050@22". Of course, if I could demo a 27" or 30" at 1920x1200, I'd be more comfortable with the idea. Especially when you take into account that I desire a bigger screen mainly for gaming. Movies and all are on my 40" Samsung. Having personally gone through a 7900GTX > 7900GT SLI > 9800 GTX > GTX 285 >Ati5870 line up, I've seen how fast top line cards are rendered obsolete. Fast tracking the process was my LCD upgrades @ 17" CRT > 17" LCD > 22" LCD > 24" LCD, lol.

Putting all that aside, when I do have the extra cash, I'm sure I'll be buying a bigger screen, though :P! The GPU thingy is there in the back of my mind just cos I don't have the money for a screen, lol.
 
I am just adding my opinion :- OP should go with a 1080p monitor simply because at 5 feet ( the distance I sit when gaming on my 21.5 inch monitor) away, unless you have exceptionally good eyesight, the benefits of 1440p is hardly noticeable! I got the data from this excellent chart

resolution_chart.png


A couple of friends and me noticed that we could notice very little difference between 720p and 1080p and this because of the limitation of the human eye, and because I game from a somewhat high 5 feet away from the monitor. If OP buys a 27 inch monitor, he has to game from around 3.5 feet away to gain the benefit, and full benefit from 1440p is achieved around 2.5 feet away from the monitor.
 
@TS: first of all, cool down. I never said you had no logic or sense, but that this decision doesn't have any and you should not be proud of it. I don't know you and have no idea what you're like. Since you're a doctor of some kind, one would hope and expect you to have logic and sense. However, you must learn to separate a comment on your actions and decisions from you as a person. It's not a judgement on you. It's a judgement on your decision. Hope that is clear.

Now, I still think it's not a good decision. If you can't handle the truth you shouldn't ask for opinions. You bought a SLI rig to satisfy an emotional urge. Obviously it's your money and you have the right to spend it the way you want. I already said that it's fine as long as you're happy. However I make no bones about how I feel, and if hadn't asked the question I wouldn't have weighed in with what I thought. No matter what logic you use to defend your choice, the fact remains that it was not a logical purchase (by your own admission, not my words). In which case, the rest of the world doesn't matter.

@unixguru - I'm not sure I follow your point. I have my 30" monitor 18-24 inches away at any point in time, and it's absolutely fine at normal text size at native (2560x1600) res. For gaming it's fine anything above 3', a little more than screen diagonal. And my 22" 1080p monitor is kept about 8 feet away at which point I can't really see much except video, and a playlist with 18-20pt text (which is pretty much all I need to see).

Are you sure your chart is not specifically for video and television? PC text and gaming follows slightly different rules, specially given the frame design in video games, and variable size fonts in 2D display.
 
@ cranky bhai no offense but your statement was little hurtful...

@ naga that was what i was trying to tell....

--- Updated Post - Automerged ---

after a year or so i may not be able to invest in a sli so to be safe i want to stick with 1080p...
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Top Bottom