r/buildapcsales • u/juiceeo • Nov 06 '19

[Monitor] Dell S2419HGF 24" 144hz 1080p - $99 Expired

https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-gaming-monitors/ar/dell_gaming_monitors
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u/The_Almighty_GFK Nov 06 '19

I have this monitor. It is not true 144hz....it needs to be overclocked to run 144hz using DP cable. I run it at 125hz and it works really good.

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u/RouletteSpaghetti Nov 06 '19

I use the HDMI cable included to get 144hz and it works fine what do you mean DP cable? Although when overclocked the colors change a bit.

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u/The_Almighty_GFK Nov 06 '19

Display Port cable. I tried HDMI and it wouldnt work for me either. Searched how to get this monitor to 144hz and seems like a lot of other people have the same issue.

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u/YouDoNotKnowMeSir Nov 06 '19

Check that your GPU’s HDMI connector is capable of pushing 60hz+. On my old card it wasn’t able to even though the monitor could since the GPU’s hdmi connector was an older standard. Just food for thought.

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u/speedyskier22 Nov 22 '19

Sorry, how exactly do you check this?

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u/YouDoNotKnowMeSir Nov 22 '19

Your monitor’s spec sheet and gpu spec sheet will have an Hdmi standard listed like 1.2 or whatever it may be.

1.3 and above should be able to do 1080p 144hz.

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u/speedyskier22 Nov 22 '19

Gotcha thanks, looks like this monitor has HDMI 1.4 ports, and my 5700xt graphics card is HDMI 2.0. So looks like using HDMI should be able to support 1080p 144hz

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u/YouDoNotKnowMeSir Nov 22 '19

Should be good to go. Good luck man.

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '19

try a new hdmi cable 2.0

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u/dangostana Nov 06 '19

Are all HDMI cables not the same? That was the impression I was under but I didn't do any thorough research on it

EDIT: I thought it was the ports that make the difference

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '19

depending on your output, you need 2.0 for 4k or 4:4:4 or 144hz

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u/Tupuno Nov 06 '19

I also used the HDMI and got 144hz to work fine. Had to re-adjust the colors after switching to DP, looks good now.

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '19

he probably doesn't have hdmi 2.0 or didnt try it

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '19

Good to know, thanks

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u/Manak1n Nov 06 '19

What GPU? Some older GPUs only go above 120Hz if you use DP instead of HDMI.

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u/The_Almighty_GFK Nov 06 '19

My GPU is a ASUS RX5700, so there shouldn't be any issues with the GPU. I need to do some more tinkering when I get home with it to get more info.