Nixeus NX-VUE27 27" Monitor: High Resolution for the Masses
by Chris Heinonen on September 20, 2012 6:10 PM ESTInput Lag and Power Use
One important caveat to mention here is that I don’t have a CRT that can do 1440 lines of resolution natively. Because I have to run at a non-standard resolution compared to the Nixeus, you might see some additional lag being added to the input than if you ran natively, but there is no way for me to actually test the native input lag time. There is also no way on the Nixeus to set a 1080p image to be centered and not scaled, which might reduce lag by doing 1:1 mapping and bypassing the scaler but at the expense of only using part of the screen.
Here we see that input lag is 18.4ms and the pixel response time is a total of 23.6ms to rise and fall, so 11.8ms to completely change from one color to another. This gives us an overall lag number of 30.2ms, or almost two full frames in a standard 60fps game. Here the HP ZR2740w has almost the exact same pixel response time (11.95ms vs. 11.8, which is within the margin of error), but it only has 2.6ms of input lag. As the HP has no scaler and less processing to do with only a brightness control, this saves it a full frame of response time compared to the Nixeus.
I really wish I could be authoritative on what the 1440p results would be, as there may be no lag in that case, but I really can’t offer an answer there. If you know your video card can only do 1920x1080 resolution for games, then you can know you’ll have around two frames of lag on the Nixeus. If you’re a gamer, even if you aren't a hard core one, you might need to look elsewhere for now.
Power use is pretty reasonable on the Nixeus. For this I continue to use the full white screen as it does lead to more accurate numbers here, representing a worst case scenario. In that case, with the backlight at maximum, it consumes only 72 watts of power in use. That is less than all the other 27” monitors I have tested to this point, even the ones with LED backlighting systems. With the brightness at 20, it uses 25 watts of power, which is less than the HP but the HP has a brighter image at that level. Overall the power use numbers are very good for the Nixeus.
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Jjoshua2 - Wednesday, November 21, 2012 - link
I'm interested in these overloard and catleaps too. I'll second that Anandtech needs to get their hands on one and review it.BrazenRain - Friday, September 21, 2012 - link
"tolerances might not be as" LOW, not high.DanNeely - Sunday, September 23, 2012 - link
How much would a good 3rd party stand for one of these or the cheaper Korean panels cost?AbRASiON - Monday, September 24, 2012 - link
I do not buy products that are defective by design, no sirree I do not.kneedeep248 - Saturday, March 2, 2013 - link
Hi,I enjoy this monitor, but I have not figure out how to set the default display. For now, it default to HDMI. I can change it in the OSD menu to DVI which I use for my computer, but it always default back to HDMI. Help. I have done a google search but did not find my answer, so I am trying here.
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sloother - Monday, April 18, 2016 - link
I've had a Nixeus Vue 27" IPS for over 3 years and it has worked superb over the years. An internal component, not exactly sure what part in particular, did go out about 2 years into owning it. Nonetheless, I took it into Nixeus, they treated me like a valued customer the moment I walked in the door and I was in and out within 15 min with my monitor working like new. It's always a risk buying a monitor and hoping it lasts, but when something does finally go wrong you want to make sure you don't have to jump through hoops to have an under warranty claim or get charged an arm and a leg to repair it. Nixeus fixed my monitor at a very cheap rate after my warranty had expired and were extremely accommodating while doing it. I will not buy any other product because Nixeus has excellent products but even better customer service!