I can see my bios fine as well. Using a 690, and its the DVI model of the monitor.

Mine shows bios fine through 480 gtx and 690 gtx.

Is this a good monitor for the price? Its not cheaply made or anything? I might pick one up on my next paycheck. 

kidcrumb


Is this a good monitor for the price? Its not cheaply made or anything? I might pick one up on my next paycheck. 

questions like these really bother me. There are pages upon pages of information. and people read 1 post then ask a question without spending a second to read anything.

2B versions for sale for $500
 
 
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Overclockable-Yamakasi-Catleap-Q270-Multi-2560x1440-WQHD-S-IPS-LED-Monitor-HDMI-/140763967660?pt=Computer_Monitors&hash=item20c62fb0ac#ht_20862wt_1163

Dang it, I should have waited for the 2B! :/

killuchen


2B versions for sale for $500


http://www.ebay.com/itm/Overclockable-Yamakasi-Catleap-Q270-Multi-2560x1440-WQHD-S-IPS-LED-Monitor-HDMI-/140763967660?pt=Computer_Monitors&hash=item20c62fb0ac#ht_20862wt_1163

omg, can u play in 3d with that, was thinking about dell 27" but this looks very sexy

killuchen


2B versions for sale for $500


http://www.ebay.com/itm/Overclockable-Yamakasi-Catleap-Q270-Multi-2560x1440-WQHD-S-IPS-LED-Monitor-HDMI-/140763967660?pt=Computer_Monitors&hash=item20c62fb0ac#ht_20862wt_1163

 
Thanks! Just ordered one

McMada

killuchen


2B versions for sale for $500


http://www.ebay.com/itm/Overclockable-Yamakasi-Catleap-Q270-Multi-2560x1440-WQHD-S-IPS-LED-Monitor-HDMI-/140763967660?pt=Computer_Monitors&hash=item20c62fb0ac#ht_20862wt_1163

omg, can u play in 3d with that, was thinking about dell 27" but this looks very sexy

Only if you can overclock it to 120Hz, not all of them can achieve that.

<p>I picked up the base one for $309.00 few weeks ago, other then the lack of OSD and cheap stand its great.</p> <p>0 dead, bright or stuck pixels and next to no back light bleeding.</p> <p>I would have paid a litte more for the OSD but out of the box it needed no real adjustments.</p>

McMada

killuchen


2B versions for sale for $500


http://www.ebay.com/itm/Overclockable-Yamakasi-Catleap-Q270-Multi-2560x1440-WQHD-S-IPS-LED-Monitor-HDMI-/140763967660?pt=Computer_Monitors&hash=item20c62fb0ac#ht_20862wt_1163

omg, can u play in 3d with that, was thinking about dell 27" but this looks very sexy

I actually think that is false, at least for now. Even if you can achieve 120hz, we still need a driver for it, either home brewed or one actually released from NVidia that supports the monitor in 3D.....My understanding is that 3D currently will not work on the monitor, even if you get 120hz.
 
That being said, if they release a driver that will allow 3D to work, or if someone corrects me saying it works now, I'LL GET ONE!
 
 

loveha

Only if you can overclock it to 120Hz, not all of them can achieve that.

Not really true. NVIDIA 3D Vision kit glasses will lock 100hz+. 120hz is not a requirement. That being said, my statement is general and I have no experience with Catleaps, just with 3D Vision at 100hz and other displays.
 

blairnorman

I actually think that is false, at least for now. Even if you can achieve 120hz, we still need a driver for it, either home brewed or one actually released from NVidia that supports the monitor in 3D.....My understanding is that 3D currently will not work on the monitor, even if you get 120hz.

That being said, if they release a driver that will allow 3D to work, or if someone corrects me saying it works now, I'LL GET ONE!

There is a trick with dvi cable pins where you pull a certain pin which kills the ability to read the EDID information on a display. This forces NVIDIA control panel to see the panel as a generic display which you can set 3D Vision on. Again, no experience with Catleaps here, just seen other panels use the trick.
 
http://3dvision-blog.com/...gether-with-3d-vision/
 
I'm not attempting to raise any hopes here that 3D Vision will work or not. I've just giving you some options to explore. Both the fact that only 100hz is required and that you can disable EDID information is in the above link. Also another way is to use the INF of a known 3D Vision certified display and update your Catleap display to that INF file to make NVIDIA control panel see it as 3d Vision certified. Then create a 2560x1440 100hz+ custom resolution. Since I don't have a Catleap, someone else will have to be the pioneer to experiment. I'm used to this kind of hacking with projectors though.

Brad_Hawthorne

loveha

Only if you can overclock it to 120Hz, not all of them can achieve that.

Not really true. NVIDIA 3D Vision kit glasses will lock 100hz+. 120hz is not a requirement. That being said, my statement is general and I have no experience with Catleaps, just with 3D Vision at 100hz and other displays.

blairnorman

I actually think that is false, at least for now. Even if you can achieve 120hz, we still need a driver for it, either home brewed or one actually released from NVidia that supports the monitor in 3D.....My understanding is that 3D currently will not work on the monitor, even if you get 120hz.

That being said, if they release a driver that will allow 3D to work, or if someone corrects me saying it works now, I'LL GET ONE!

There is a trick with dvi cable pins where you pull a certain pin which kills the ability to read the EDID information on a display. This forces NVIDIA control panel to see the panel as a generic display which you can set 3D Vision on. Again, no experience with Catleaps here, just seen other panels use the trick.

http://3dvision-blog.com/...gether-with-3d-vision/

I'm not attempting to raise any hopes here that 3D Vision will work or not. I've just giving you some options to explore. Both the fact that only 100hz is required and that you can disable EDID information is in the above link. Also another way is to use the INF of a known 3D Vision certified display and update your Catleap display to that INF file to make NVIDIA control panel see it as 3d Vision certified. Then create a 2560x1440 100hz+ custom resolution. Since I don't have a Catleap, someone else will have to be the pioneer to experiment. I'm used to this kind of hacking with projectors though.

 
Brad, I am somewhat relieved by your post. I welcome the possibility of 3D working with these monitors! I wish someone else out there would be willing to give your suggested methods a try to see if they could get it to work! I have been waiting and waiting to buy one of these Korean monitors, however had been leaning towards the Crossover (another Korean model but is not overclockable). If the Crossover would work with 3D vision, I would buy one of those overclockable versions in a heartbeat!
 
Anywho - I hope it works with 3D, I am glad I have been able to bite my lip and keep my patience for now! Thanks again Brad for at least shedding a little light on that subject!

I'm in the process of working up an A-10C simulator for DCS: World. The Catleap is an ideal fit to do the gauges fit behind the main instrument panel as the 27" 2560x1440 form factor has the right dimensions for the gauges to do a glass cockpit for it. I'm weighing the idea of getting one of the Catleaps, but thinking on cheaping out for the cheapest I can find, not one of the 120hz versions. If the luck of the draw I do get one that can lock at least 100hz, I'll do the tests on it myself. I'm too early in the design phase of the simpit to have this nailed down as what I'll end up doing though.

Brad_Hawthorne


I'm in the process of working up an A-10C simulator for DCS: World. The Catleap is an ideal fit to do the gauges fit behind the main instrument panel as the 27" 2560x1440 form factor has the right dimensions for the gauges to do a glass cockpit for it. I'm weighing the idea of getting one of the Catleaps, but thinking on cheaping out for the cheapest I can find, not one of the 120hz versions. If the luck of the draw I do get one that can lock at least 100hz, I'll do the tests on it myself. I'm too early in the design phase of the simpit to have this nailed down as what I'll end up doing though.

 
They are worth it. Although until they specifically specify the OC board is back in the monitors, the most you will hit on the standard ones will be 67Hz.  Really though, at that resolution its not easy to hit 100+ FPS anyway to even match the monitor Hz. Probably have to go for SLI 680s to have enough power for max settings and 100+ FPS.
 
I wouldnt worry too much on the price, i would just worry about the sellers rating.  They all just buy the monitor in Korea for dirt cheap off the store shelves, then ship them out to us.  They offer Pixel perfect for an added cost, but there is still no guarantee it gets to you un-damaged.  One good toss from the truck to the conveyor belt then back can kill a pixel.  Trust me I used to program for FedEx and we used to have to ride along with the drivers and they just toss the packages across the floor and they roll, its bad.  And most of the sellers guarantee "less than 5 dead pixels" is pixel perfect so, id just get a cheap one from a reputable seller.

Sounds cool to me. It's not going to be the main display on the setup though. It's going to be behind an instrument panel for a flight simulator. The high resolution should make for crisp gauges. A few dead pixels are not going to kill me on this as bad as if it would be the main visuals for the game.
 

Was reading up on the various panels and saw someone did a bezel removal mod on theirs. Man that looks awesome in 3x1P with the casing removed. See pics 3 and 4 in that post.
 
http://hardforum.com/show...575289&postcount=4
 
Definitely reassures me a lot more now that I've seen the bezel stripped that this display might be just what I'm looking for.

What ive always wondered is why cant you force 3D on 60hz? I know 120hz for 3D splits the refresh rates so you are looking at a 60hz 3D image basically, but why cant 60 do that and be 30hz? I know it wouldnt look that good for games but movies would look fine. 

Because at 60hz, each eye is really blanked for a long period. The glasses are shutters blacking out and showing each eye half of the time. At 30hz per eye you truly see the shuttering bad and it's flickering. At 120hz you still see it, but nothing like you do at 60hz. The stress on your eyesight is bad enough at 120hz. 60hz it very stressful. Also the slower you are the darker it is. It's pretty bad enough at 120hz when only half the light going in. Your eyes can sense the shutters closed on the eye. The slower it is the worse the contrast and brightness. Old shutter glasses for specifically targeted at CRT use. CRTs are still years ahead of LCDs when it comes to refresh rates. You could lock 240hz or more on some CRTs which ran smooth as butter. That's why you'll find many hard core gamers still using big-arsed heavy CRTs.
 
tl;dr: It would look like total crap at 60hz.

I meant without shutter glasses. Passive 3D? Like the movie theater glasses. And yeah i miss my CRT monitor. It was from 1999, and had a resolution of 1600x1200. Refresh rate of 240hz. Colors on it were amazing too. Only plus side to LCDs really is the size. I would love to see a nano-CRT monitor that is as slim as older LCD screens. 5 inches thick really isnt that bad when you think about it. 
 
Because from my understanding, with passive 3D at 60hz, every other refresh would be a different eye. So effectively a 30hz 3D image. I know it would look weird and even hurt your eyes, im just wondering why there isnt a software to force it anyway just for fun. 

Depends on the passive tech used. The ones I know about use two different LCDs stacked against each other with a polarized film for each LCD to align the light to the polarized filters in each lens. It's still at least 60hz per eye. In that case it's 60hz per LCD.

Ok I only just now noticed this monitor today thanks to this thread. If someone could be helpful, and tell me which version of this monitor I want. The Q270SE seems to be the one I want. As that can possibly be overclocked to 100-120hz, and does not have a scaler, as I want minimal input lag.

From what I gather it's all the same A- panel from LG that didn't make the A+ quality control for Apple. These are binned LCDs that have 1-5 bad pixels. Checking ebay and Google it looks like at least 4-5 different brands are using the panel and some have different controller boards/input options. Looks all of them are called Q270 though. I'm still digging for one that would do 100hz+ AND both DVI and DP.

No dead pixels on any of the three I ordered. I'm actually running them in eyefinity now. I got my adapters. My 6970 is barely able to push them in games though. Its sits at 75% ussage just opening a web page lol.

Finally got the opportunity to play a game on my monitor after owning it for quite some time now.  Currently gaming with my 8800 Ultra and 3570K at 4.5ghz after finally getting my PC built today.  I can play crysis at low to medium settings and I played Singularity and some other games and they are just stunning at this res.  Overall the best money I have spent on my PC in a long time.  Until I buy a 670 FTW next week.. lolz

I went ahead and ordered one. From what I gathered it probably wont be able to OC to a higher refresh rate. There is a site that selling the Catleap that is overclockable, but they dont guarantee it will hit 100hz. Seems to depend on your graphics card as well. But yeah I've never had an IPS monitor, so 1440p and the price were hard to pass by. 

A question for the owners of this catleap monitor. Are you guys experiencing the blacks of the monitor and seeing that it changes its view to gray? If I'm leaning towards one side of the monitor, the other side loses its color, and when I try to test the angles of the IPS, I see that black areas get even darker, don't know if it is normal or not. This is my main monitor that I use to watch games and movies, sometimes I would like to invite people to watch movies with this beauty, but I don't want the experience to be ruined with people saying they can't see the movie well because it's dark at one side, blacks are grayish, etc.

I wanted to purchase 3 of these for Eyefinity/Surround.  I only game in 2d (3d hurts my eyes and give me headaches).   You guys think this is a wise investment?  I'm sure my frames will suffer a bit (gaming rig below with tri-fire), but I can live with that as long as I can remain over 60fps or so average.

I think it is a fantastic investment!
I really want to do this as well, but at the moment funds, desk space and GPU limit me to my single Catleap and 24" Samsung.

Johnny_Utah


I wanted to purchase 3 of these for Eyefinity/Surround.  I only game in 2d (3d hurts my eyes and give me headaches).   You guys think this is a wise investment?  I'm sure my frames will suffer a bit (gaming rig below with tri-fire), but I can live with that as long as I can remain over 60fps or so average.

May want to ask moose that question http://www.evga.com/forum...10&mpage=1#1635968