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    New Monitor Causing Headaches/Too Bright

    I'm afraid so - literally fiddled with every setting imaginable and even with everything toned down, the screen still seemed to emit this overwhelming brightness. Such a shame because it was incredible with games and the specs ticked all my boxes. Not sure if you have the same monitor but is...
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    New Monitor Causing Headaches/Too Bright

    Nothing at all I'm afraid. Nothing on the Acer either and that's a brand new model from Amazon.
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    New Monitor Causing Headaches/Too Bright

    The Acer one is a Nitro VG270UP but I'm not sure about the old LG one - it'quite old but it's an IPS - quite basic but did the job at 1080p.
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    New Monitor Causing Headaches/Too Bright

    Hi everyone! I recently moved from a bog-standard 24 inch LG 1080p 60fps IPS monitor which I've had for a good 5 years, to a new 27 inch 1440p 165hz Acer Monitor which is also an IPS. On paper, the transition should have been smooth and the step up significant. However, in the couple of days...
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    1070 to 3070 Upgrade Help

    That is brilliant news and thank you so much for your help with this. Weirdly, my case doesn't have the logo on so I just assumed it was some sort of in-house job from the retailers with their own build. You learn something new every day lol! Is there any 3070 model you would recommend...
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    1070 to 3070 Upgrade Help

    Many thanks for your response! My case is an in-house brand from Chillblast - same as this https://i.pinimg.com/originals/72/7c/94/727c94106681341df572e964b08392de.jpg basically. It is very spacious and could easily support a dual fan full-sized GPU I think. Can't seem to find a better picture...
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    1070 to 3070 Upgrade Help

    Hello everybody! My PC is about 3 years old now and I am looking to move towards high performance 1440p gaming with a 3070 next month. I am however a little concerned about making the jump and wondering if I need to make any other changes before taking the plunge. My specs are:- I5 8400...