Yamakasi Catleap monitor club.

GarH

Hi all.
I stumbled on this thread while looking to upgrade my monitor.
As a result, i'd love to go for the Catleap, but not sure about compatability of gfx card.
This is my setup:
Dell 730x Case with FX Lights
980x 6 Core Intel i7 overclocked to 4.25Ghz
Corsair H70 Water Cooling
12GB 2000Mhz DDR3 Ram
64Gb SSD System Drive
2 x 1Tb Storage Drives in Raid 0
ATI 5970 (2 x 5950) overclocked to 850Mhz / 1100Mhz
24x DVD-RW Drive
Creative X-Fi Sound Card

Somewhere I read that the ATI 5970 won't work with the Catleap.
Is this true?

Thanks

Brian

ShadowHearth wrote: »

Hmm of you get stung by import duties, then it is not such an bargain. 400eu ish. Then again you can buy dell ips 27inch for 550eu now.

Compared to this price I'm pretty happy http://store.apple.com/ie/product/MC007B/A?fnode=MTY1NDA5OQ

ShadowHearth

Brian wrote: »

Compared to this price I'm pretty happy http://store.apple.com/ie/product/MC007B/A?fnode=MTY1NDA5OQ

Who ever buys that for that price, should be checked for mental illness in the first place....

But compared to dells 27 ips panel it does not look like a big bargain. ( when you get hit with customs )

Tar.Aldarion

Haha only crazy people buy apple products /run
Lost it when I saw a 2500E macbook recently that has integrated gfx.

Burgo

ShadowHearth wrote: »

Who ever buys that for that price, should be checked for mental illness in the first place....

But compared to dells 27 ips panel it does not look like a big bargain. ( when you get hit with customs )

Don't knock them till you see them! they really are amazing monitors, but they don't justify the cost, I'm happy with my dell monitors all the same :pac:

Osmosae

I've seen them, and I'll back shadow up, you would want to be checked for mental illness to be paying that much for that monitor!, better out there for same price.

I thought people were getting this catleap to the door for ~270 ?

Eboggles

Osmosae wrote: »

I've seen them, and I'll back shadow up, you would want to be checked for mental illness to be paying that much for that monitor!, better out there for same price.

I thought people were getting this catleap to the door for ~270 ?

A good few people do, its just that you do run the risk of high costing customs around the €70-€100 zone.

Tar.Aldarion

Well you would if you dont get hit by customs I'd guess

Burgo

Osmosae wrote: »

I've seen them, and I'll back shadow up, you would want to be checked for mental illness to be paying that much for that monitor!, better out there for same price.

I thought people were getting this catleap to the door for ~270 ?

Some people appear to be getting stung by customs, hence the higher price.

ShadowHearth

Burgo wrote: »

Some people appear to be getting stung by customs, hence the higher price.

yup, if you sneak by customs then you are on the ball with a good monitor for 280eu ish, but if customs sniff you out, it becomes around 350eu-400eu ish.

btw did all of the people were ordering from dream seller? so its a hit and miss by customs, not just a different seller?

stevenf17

ShadowHearth wrote: »

yup, if you sneak by customs then you are on the ball with a good monitor for 280eu ish, but if customs sniff you out, it becomes around 350eu-400eu ish.

btw did all of the people were ordering from dream seller? so its a hit and miss by customs, not just a different seller?

No, this the one I went with http://www.ebay.ie/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320865591510#ht_19604wt_1163
and AFAIK i didn't get hit by customs but i wouldn't at all be surprised if i get letter from FedEx sometime soon!

Tea_Bag

I got mine for 270. even with a 70e hit its still a bargain and 340 =! 400 anyway but catleap = u2711 with a chunk of change.

Osmosae

Yeh but then if you want a better stand thats a lump of extra money. The u2711 also has much more connectivity options, and the u2711 comes with a 3 year warranty.

The catleap is still a good deal, just not as good as i had thought if your coming to ~350 to the door. If you dont get stung by customs it's a bargain

Brian

Does anyone have any 1440P video samples to try out? I've got this one - http://red.cachefly.net/TimeScapes4K2560p.mp4 - but it's been heavily processed so it's not a great example.

stevenf17

First of all...... Amazing!!!
Not one dead pixel and everythings so crisp.

For any of you that have one watch this on "Origional" its unreal!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D30a61m5byk

For some reason I was just expecting it to come in a plain cardboard box but it came boxed just as anything else you'd buy online
Few Pics for anyone who want to have a look!
http://bit.ly/IFnh3n
http://bit.ly/IZKfgy
http://bit.ly/HDEUBs


Comparison to my old Dell IPS monitor.
http://bit.ly/HzUJ6W
http://bit.ly/IIxdoe

White levels are a lot better and and colours are slightly better on the catleap so I'm thrilled with it anyway!

For anyone who's interested here's the link to the one I bought
http://www.ebay.ie/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320865591510
They declared it as 80 USD on the invoice and it seemed to scoot through customs no problem! Happy Days

ShadowHearth

stevenf17 wrote: »

First of all...... Amazing!!!
Not one dead pixel and everythings so crisp.

For any of you that have one watch this on "Origional" its unreal!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D30a61m5byk

For some reason I was just expecting it to come in a plain cardboard box but it came boxed just as anything else you'd buy online
Few Pics for anyone who want to have a look!
http://bit.ly/IFnh3n
http://bit.ly/IZKfgy
http://bit.ly/HDEUBs


Comparison to my old Dell IPS monitor.
http://bit.ly/HzUJ6W
http://bit.ly/IIxdoe

White levels are a lot better and and colours are slightly better on the catleap so I'm thrilled with it anyway!

For anyone who's interested here's the link to the one I bought
http://www.ebay.ie/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320865591510
They declared it as 80 USD on the invoice and it seemed to scoot through customs no problem! Happy Days

what size is your small dell?

stevenf17

ShadowHearth wrote: »

what size is your small dell?

20.1"

tiny in comparison!

Tar.Aldarion

Would love to see that video on your monitor, even on my 1080p one I can't tell that I am not there in real life.

Did you ask them to mark that price? Should have been customs on that much though, maybe it was lucky!


I'd like to see a 23/24 beside a 27 too, sort it out

ShadowHearth

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

Would love to see that video on your monitor, even on my 1080p one I can't tell that I am not there in real life.

Did you ask them to mark that price? Should have been customs on that much though, maybe it was lucky!


I'd like to see a 23/24 beside a 27 too, sort it out

This. Can anyone do that lads? Would love to see how big it looks. Even 22 inch.

I can't believe that 1080p now is sort ... Low end . Do you even need AA in games with such resolution lads? I don't even need fr 1080p, but interesting to hear about 1440p

NTMK

ShadowHearth wrote: »

This. Can anyone do that lads? Would love to see how big it looks. Even 22 inch.

I can't believe that 1080p now is sort ... Low end . Do you even need AA in games with such resolution lads? I don't even need fr 1080p, but interesting to hear about 1440p

You have no idea I was "testing" tea's for 2 or 3 days and now im back on my 1080p i hate it its looks **** really ****

Brian

I'll take a photo next to a 23" tomorrow when the lighting is better.

In the interim here's my temp. setup back in my old bedroom for the study break:




@steve, appreciate the link but would prefer something that hasn't been mangled by Youtube...

ShadowHearth

Brian wrote: »

I'll take a photo next to a 23" tomorrow when the lighting is better.

In the interim here's my temp. setup back in my old bedroom for the study break:




@steve, appreciate the link but would prefer something that hasn't been mangled by Youtube...

do it now!!!

stevenf17

No I never asked them to mark it that price... just bought it and it was dispatched like 12 hours later!

Catleap ----> 22" (16:9) ----> 20.1" (16:10)
http://bit.ly/IMIl6j

The dell is big for a 20 incher!


*Sorry for the ****ty phone pics btw!

ShadowHearth

That dell is fecking huge for a 20incher...

Tea_Bag

stevenf17 wrote: »

No I never asked them to mark it that price... just bought it and it was dispatched like 12 hours later!

Catleap ----> 22" (16:9) ----> 20.1" (16:10)
http://bit.ly/IMIl6j

The dell is big for a 20 incher!


*Sorry for the ****ty phone pics btw!

nice case and screen :P

heid

stevenf17 wrote: »

First of all...... Amazing!!!
Not one dead pixel and everythings so crisp.

For any of you that have one watch this on "Origional" its unreal!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D30a61m5byk

For some reason I was just expecting it to come in a plain cardboard box but it came boxed just as anything else you'd buy online
Few Pics for anyone who want to have a look!
http://bit.ly/IFnh3n
http://bit.ly/IZKfgy
http://bit.ly/HDEUBs


Comparison to my old Dell IPS monitor.
http://bit.ly/HzUJ6W
http://bit.ly/IIxdoe

White levels are a lot better and and colours are slightly better on the catleap so I'm thrilled with it anyway!

For anyone who's interested here's the link to the one I bought
http://www.ebay.ie/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320865591510
They declared it as 80 USD on the invoice and it seemed to scoot through customs no problem! Happy Days

Kinda hard to compare with different viewing angles!

stevenf17

heid wrote: »

Kinda hard to compare with different viewing angles!

There IPS Monitors so they look near enough exactly the same whatever angle you look at them! They don't look any different straight on, when compared to that picture up above.

Brian

Some pics









It's definitely got a bit of a lean to it. But I've removed the back silver arch so all set to get a new mount when I can afford one.

Can't get all the sticker gunk off the top right though! I've tried both olive oil and whiskey so far.

Bloodwing

Brian wrote: »

Can't get all the sticker gunk off the top right though! I've tried both olive oil and whiskey so far.

Try rubbing alcohol, I've been using it on everything since I bought it for cleaning thermal paste off CPUs, it's great stuff.

Skylinehead

Brian wrote: »

Some pics


It's definitely got a bit of a lean to it. But I've removed the back silver arch so all set to get a new mount when I can afford one.

Can't get all the sticker gunk off the top right though! I've tried both olive oil and whiskey so far.

You have the same Samsung I have :cool:


Looks crap now

frozenfrozen

This thread is making me so jealous.
Any more news on getting a 120hz pcb?

stevenf17

Brian wrote: »

Can't get all the sticker gunk off the top right though! I've tried both olive oil and whiskey so far.

Try a bit of White Spirits..... just after using a bit on mine there and it all came off in a sec!

Brian

Only have meths, not risking that! Going to give olive oil another shot. It's a pain to get off the screen itself though.

dwighet

lads would a single 680 be able to run battlefield 3 at 60 fps(ultra settings) on one of these monitors?
Or would i need to go sli

Kirby

It would depend on the resolution.

At it's native resolution of 2560x1440 I would say yes. It probably won't be rock solid at 67fps and might dip into the 50's and high 40's at times but it will run it. But you will have to disable most forms of AA. And Super-sampling AA is probably out the window at that resolution for real high end games. Maybe x2 if you are lucky.

Brian

I discovered a useful secondary purpose for the monitor while greasing the stabilizers on my keyboard ... up to full brightness on a white background makes it a handy worktop diffuse lamp

Tea_Bag

Just an update that should be important. I got a letter a few days ago that is a request from Fedex for Import Customs + taxes...

its €43.

Bringing my sum total to €320. probably the best €320 ive spent on my PC to be fair though.

two of my friends are ordering these today, so when they arrive ill set up a 6990 + 6970 Trifire eyefinity 7680*1440 monster for ****s and giggles.

EDIT: and take a few pics for my epeen.

ShadowHearth

Tea_Bag wrote: »

Just an update that should be important. I got a letter a few days ago that is a request from Fedex for Import Customs + taxes...

its €43.

Bringing my sum total to €320. probably the best €320 ive spent on my PC to be fair though.

two of my friends are ordering these today, so when they arrive ill set up a 6990 + 6970 Trifire eyefinity 7680*1440 monster for ****s and giggles.

EDIT: and take a few pics for my epeen.

maybe even film it on your phone or something? put up on youtube as private video just for us. would be interesting to see.

Tea_Bag

sure. biggest problem is finding a desk that's big enough for all 3. even the kitchen table might be too small.

glynf

Tea_Bag wrote: »

Just an update that should be important. I got a letter a few days ago that is a request from Fedex for Import Customs + taxes...

its €43.

Bringing my sum total to €320. probably the best €320 ive spent on my PC to be fair though.

two of my friends are ordering these today, so when they arrive ill set up a 6990 + 6970 Trifire eyefinity 7680*1440 monster for ****s and giggles.

EDIT: and take a few pics for my epeen.

Daycent idea Tea_bag, can't wait to see that:cool:


Your single screen might look a bit lonely when the other screens are gone....

Brian

Are you guys using calibration profiles?

Tea_Bag

there are a few profiles online for these, but I found my blacks to be perfectly black, and whites brilliantly white, and I cant see anything wrong in-between, so basically, no :P

Brian

My blacks are too dark makes everything all vivid and contrasty looking but hard to see detail in dark images.

M00lers

Brian wrote: »

My blacks are too dark makes everything all vivid and contrasty looking but hard to see detail in dark images.

Can't you just up your brightness setting a notch or two?

Tar.Aldarion

more big monitors! http://www.ebay.com/itm/150784137898?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649#ht_13673wt_1163


and where are the pix?

Tea_Bag

there are several variations of the monitor. Achivia, catleap, crossover, and a few lesser desirable brands.

monitors are arriving Monday I think, and I've exams on Tuesday, so it'll be Wednesday at the soonest, or NTMK will stick some up.

TheDoc

So it appears this thread was a pull of another, where I assume an explanation was giving as to what the fuss is about.

I assume its some epicly clear amazing quality or something ?

Tea_Bag

TheDoc wrote: »

So it appears this thread was a pull of another, where I assume an explanation was giving as to what the fuss is about.

I assume its some epicly clear amazing quality or something ?

you mean besides being 27" S-IPS 2560*1440p resolution?

its the same panel used in the Dell u2711 and the Apple Cinema Display, the latter costing €1k+

glynf

A few pic's would be great, can someone with a catleap give a look at how its assembled-with a view to removing the outer casing? Is it screwed together or permanently bonded/glued?


Thanks lads.

I've got the glad eye for new mon's lately:)

Tar.Aldarion

which has the best stand? I hear crossover?