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Poor quality of movies on new Dell U2515Hc
Hi,
I bought a Dell monitor U2515Hc less than a month ago and only started using it in last couple of days.
The computer (a six years old laptop) runs Windows 7, a GeForce 9200M GS (512MB, it cannot be replaced) and has a HDMI 1.3 port which I use to connect the screen, not having a DisplayPort. All drivers are up to date and the HDMI cable is new and good quality.
I can use the screen at its top resolution of 2560x1440 @60Hz and the quality looks brilliant.
However, when I finally tried to watch a movie, the quality was terrible. The image looks pixelated and a bit blurry. I tried to lower the screen resolution but nothing changed. Static images, icons, photographs, etc. all look good, so the problem only seem to apply to videos/films.
I would like to understand the nature of the issue and if there is a workaraound.
Thank you for any help and advice!
speedstep
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October 5th, 2015 11:00
The Geforce 9200 GO SLOW edition is not suitable for 2560x1440 movies. Its not suitable for 1920 x 1080 Unless you are going to set this to 800 x 600 or 1024 x 768 with 256 colors its gonna be SLLLLLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWW.
27" displays 1920 x 1080 vs. 2560 x 1440 your video card is not capable of handling such a high resolution with a decent frame rate
In older dells like Precision T3400 BIOS A09 I've used an EVGA GeForce GTX 960 SuperSC ACX 2.0+ 2GB GDDR5 128bit, 02G-P4-2966-KR
http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=02G-P4-2966-KR
This is the minimum I would recommend for that resolution for movies.
TV's do not have half the response time that game monitors do in the 27 inch range.
Geforce 9200 has 8 shaders 256 or 512 megs ram
GTX 960 has 1024 shaders 1536 or 2048 or 4096 megs ram
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2012/09/17/asus_geforce_gtx_660_ti_directcu_ii_top_review/
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October 6th, 2015 13:00
Hi there,
Thank you for your views and for the performance comparison, I appreciate it!
Unfortunately it's a six years old graphic card integrated in a laptop so it can't be replaced.
I must say I never had problems playing 3D games, videos, movies and working on high quality graphics up to 1600x1200, and never noticed any significant degradation.
Fortunately, I will finally have a stable desk for a new, stable desktop PC in few months!
:)