Yamakasi Catleap monitor club.

Brian · 27-04-2012 3:34pm

Yeah, but it's pretty easy to replace the one on the Catleap and I think that's the only one that has been confirmed to overclock.

stevenf17 · 27-04-2012 3:34pm

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

which has the best stand? I hear crossover?

Can't compare to the crossover cause I've never seen it, but the one on the catleap is fairly sh1te. It does the job like, but slightest bump to the desk and it wobbles like a plate of jelly!

Tar.Aldarion · 27-04-2012 3:37pm

Did you overclock yours? To what? Do they all OC?

Tea_Bag · 27-04-2012 3:40pm

glynf wrote: »

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:)

everything you want to know is in this thread. I'd take pics myself but I don't have my DSLR so they'd be ****.

www.overclock.net/t/1225919/yamakasi-catleap-monitor-club

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

which has the best stand? I hear crossover?

correct.

Brian wrote: »

Yeah, but it's pretty easy to replace the one on the Catleap and I think that's the only one that has been confirmed to overclock.

correct, which is why I bought it. the crossover is also far more expensive.

stevenf17 wrote: »

Can't compare to the crossover cause I've never seen it, but the one on the catleap is fairly sh1te. It does the job like, but slightest bump to the desk and it wobbles like a plate of jelly!

its not great, but its not unbearable. mine won't wobble during gaming, but with music + lots of bass, it'll wobble in rhyme

Brian · 27-04-2012 3:47pm

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

Did you overclock yours? To what? Do they all OC?

Nope, we're waiting for OC PCBs to be manufactured.

Tea_Bag · 27-04-2012 3:56pm

none of the monitors made this month will OC past 67Hz due to a small PCB being replaced. Some guys are talking to factories to reproduce the magic PCB, but its difficult to translate, make, and keep it cost effective. the idea is to be under $50 delivered.

the OC panel allows both nvidia and AMD cards to run the monitors at 125Hz.

Tar.Aldarion · 27-04-2012 4:00pm

That would be sweeet. Couldn't go back under 120 now, my eyes would hurt.

TheDoc · 27-04-2012 5:26pm

These need beefy GPU's?

Think I've got a 560TI Nvidia

ShadowHearth · 27-04-2012 5:38pm

TheDoc wrote: »

These need beefy GPU's?

Think I've got a 560TI Nvidia

It depends what you plan to do with it, if gaming, then you want a good gpu with around 2gb VRAM m8.

Tea_Bag · 27-04-2012 6:01pm

TheDoc wrote: »

These need beefy GPU's?

Think I've got a 560TI Nvidia

they're four times the resolution of 720p

for stuff like TF2 Brian gets decent fps with a 6850 on dx9 mods etc.

I play BF3 on ultra with 2x MSAA and get a steady 70fps average with a HD6990-OC, you're 560Ti will do about 30fps under the same settings.

Tar.Aldarion · 27-04-2012 6:16pm

Should be fine to play on one monitor, or browse on 3

stevenf17 · 27-04-2012 6:51pm

TheDoc wrote: »

These need beefy GPU's?

Think I've got a 560TI Nvidia

Attaching a few Screen caps of my 560ti with Battlefield on medium and ultra (40MB zip) Clicky Here!

Being perfectly honest there's not a whole lot of difference besides shadows and the rendering of some far off objects in the difference between medium and ultra at this resolution.
I keep mine on medium and its a constant 60-70 fps.

All that being said I'm still looking into getting a 680

Brian · 28-04-2012 10:57am

OCN ****ed up so http://www.120hz.net/forumdisplay.php?8-Yamakasi-Catleap

Tea_Bag · 28-04-2012 11:16am

Brian wrote: »

OCN ****ed up so http://www.120hz.net/forumdisplay.php?8-Yamakasi-Catleap

?

its the same guy doing the tutorials, but I don't understand what's the point.

Brian · 28-04-2012 11:17am

Because now OCN

1. can't stop them linking to ebay
2. can't delete video links because they have swearing in them
3. can't try to muscle in on group buys

peneau · 01-05-2012 2:43pm

Hi Everyone,

Considering buying one of the Crossover Monitors could I tap into the vast wealth of knowledge here and ask what type of cable would I need to connect on of these monitors to a Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5970, by that I mean what variant of dvi cable ? Many thanks.

unklerosco · 01-05-2012 2:54pm

peneau wrote: »

Hi Everyone,

Considering buying one of the Crossover Monitors could I tap into the vast wealth of knowledge here and ask what type of cable would I need to connect on of these monitors to a Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5970, by that I mean what variant of dvi cable ? Many thanks.

You need a dual link DVI cable which will come with the monitor...

Tea_Bag · 01-05-2012 2:56pm

according to this pic, your GPU is unsupported

im not sure how accurate that is, or why it wouldnt be supported. my 6990 is a similar beast to yours, and its fine.

peneau · 01-05-2012 3:00pm

Thanks TB, agreed I can't see why it's listed as unsupported as my 5970 has the same DVI output as your 6990 might take a chance, whaddya think oh and what cable type are you using ?

Tea_Bag · 01-05-2012 3:17pm

If it doesn't work off dvi, what's stopping it from working off a DP to dvi adapter? you likely got one with your gpu too.

I cant find much info on people doing eyefinity, but I know some people do, and thats the only way you can do it anyway.

peneau · 01-05-2012 3:20pm

Thanks again TB, think I'll go ahead and order one of the Crossovers

Tea_Bag · 01-05-2012 3:26pm

If you've any interest in OCing it, the catleap is the one to go for.

peneau · 01-05-2012 3:39pm

Have really never been brave enough to go down the OCing route

frozenfrozen · 01-05-2012 4:04pm

peneau wrote: »

Have really never been brave enough to go down the OCing route

It's ocing a monitor so its a whole different beast. Also it might be worth your while getting the cheaper catleap and buying an after market stand.

peneau · 01-05-2012 4:19pm

Thanks FF, I'm reviewing the situation .......:D

Brian · 01-05-2012 11:10pm

http://120hz.net/content.php?118-Yamakasi-Catleap-Q270-%28100hz-guaranteed%29

somakasvh · 02-05-2012 3:09pm

Tea_Bag wrote: »

according to this pic, your GPU is unsupported

im not sure how accurate that is, or why it wouldnt be supported. my 6990 is a similar beast to yours, and its fine.

Works fine on a 5850.

Lu Tze · 05-05-2012 10:55pm

Looks like some version of this has landed on adverts...

http://www.adverts.ie/monitors/27-2560-x-1440-led-monitor-display/1616577

FlyingIrishMan · 05-05-2012 11:15pm

Lu Tze wrote: »

Looks like some version of this has landed on adverts...

http://www.adverts.ie/monitors/27-2560-x-1440-led-monitor-display/1616577

Saw that myself earlier, was going to ask about the exact model and make, but then I remembered I haven't the money for anything like that :P

Brian · 06-05-2012 1:40am

The Hazro was the flavour of the month before the Korean monitors came along. Probably uses the same panel but it's €100 more expensive.

Headshot · 06-05-2012 1:43am

Can you wall mount the monitor folks?

frozenfrozen · 06-05-2012 3:57pm

Headshot wrote: »

Can you wall mount the monitor folks?

You certainly can, it uses a standard bracket AFAIK. Finding a mount to hold 3 of these would be amazing

NTMK · 08-05-2012 1:46pm

A pic of the delivery we got at the house this morning:D

We'll put up a vid of these running 3 screen eyefinity tonight/tommorrow depending on how good tea and I can get trifire to work:D

stevenf17 · 08-05-2012 2:09pm

Just another update from someone else who used FedEx.... got a letter from them this morning look for €26 import duty and administration charges.
Brings my total up to €310, still a great price for what you get though!

imitation · 08-05-2012 5:29pm

Looks like a sweet monitor, and a steal at the price. Question for you guys on the size though, how do you find 27", is it too big or just right, how far back do you need to sit ?

I know its probably ideal for a FPS (maybe needs some FOV adjustment though ?), but I find even with a 22" at a meter that I can have trouble keeping track of things in mmos/strategy games, as I focus on one section of the screen, and can miss stuff on the minimap or the odd health bar in other sections. Some times its almost a relief to switch to a 15" screen on a laptop as every thing is in your central vision with little or no eye movement required.

NTMK · 08-05-2012 5:40pm

imitation wrote: »

Looks like a sweet monitor, and a steal at the price. Question for you guys on the size though, how do you find 27", is it too big or just right, how far back do you need to sit ?

I know its probably ideal for a FPS (maybe needs some FOV adjustment though ?), but I find even with a 22" at a meter that I can have trouble keeping track of things in mmos/strategy games, as I focus on one section of the screen, and can miss stuff on the minimap or the odd health bar in other sections. Some times its almost a relief to switch to a 15" screen on a laptop as every thing is in your central vision with little or no eye movement required.

I find it fine with BF3. the size doesn't hinder me much hitting long range targets is alot easier

Havent played any SC2 but ill let ye know how i find it

heid · 08-05-2012 7:07pm

NTMK wrote: »

A pic of the delivery we got at the house this morning:D

We'll put up a vid of these running 3 screen eyefinity tonight/tommorrow depending on how good tea and I can get trifire to work:D

I assume the monitor stand supplied don't support portrait position?

NTMK · 08-05-2012 9:14pm

heid wrote: »

I assume the monitor stand supplied don't support portrait position?

No it only swivels and tilts(slightly)

ED E · 09-05-2012 2:22pm

As soon as I find a job I'm getting one of these bad boys.

Redisle · 12-05-2012 1:03pm

Thinking of buying one of these or the Achieva one. Does the catleap have a VESA mount? I think I read somewhere that it didn't?

What happens if you run a game on a lower than native resolution? Considering there is no scaling board does it just run at that resolution with black bars around it? Only game from time to time w/ a 6870 and wouldn't fancy playing games surrounded by black bars.

NTMK · 12-05-2012 1:17pm

Redisle wrote: »

Thinking of buying one of these or the Achieva one. Does the catleap have a VESA mount? I think I read somewhere that it didn't?

What happens if you run a game on a lower than native resolution? Considering there is no scaling board does it just run at that resolution with black bars around it? Only game from time to time w/ a 6870 and wouldn't fancy playing games surrounded by black bars.

It is VESA mount compatible.

as for scaling im not sure i dont think it adds borders so but ill be post back this evening and tell you

God Father · 12-05-2012 2:46pm

Really want one of these now

Will probably get the Multi though so I can still use it with my xbox. That's more expensive though

Tea_Bag · 12-05-2012 11:35pm

lads, unfortunately I encountered some impotence with my e-peen.

couldnt get eyefinity to work on 3 of these badboys. my active displayport adapters are only single link, but I didn't know it so nearly through my rig out the window I was getting so angry.

If anyone wants to lend me some Viagra in the form of an active mini displayport ->DVI-Dual link (you can tell its dual link cause it has a USB cable attached like so:

.

id buy them but they're like £80 a piece. i need 2.

Tea_Bag · 13-05-2012 12:09am

Redisle wrote: »

Thinking of buying one of these or the Achieva one. Does the catleap have a VESA mount? I think I read somewhere that it didn't?

What happens if you run a game on a lower than native resolution? Considering there is no scaling board does it just run at that resolution with black bars around it? Only game from time to time w/ a 6870 and wouldn't fancy playing games surrounded by black bars.

Just testing this out for you.

I can confirm that it's full screen at:

640x480
1920x1080
1920x1200
and obviously enough, 2560x1440.

any 4:3 formats do put bars on the left and right though.

ive attached a zip of screen caps of the above res's in BF3 at low and ultra settings if anyone is interested.

EDIT: or not. the pics are waaaay too big. forum limit is 2mb and they get upto 11mb. no point in reducing quality as it defeats the purpose of showing differences in quality. if anyone is actually interested i can email them to you or host them on a different site etc.:o

glynf · 13-05-2012 12:15am

Tea_Bag wrote: »

lads, unfortunately I encountered some impotence with my e-peen.

couldnt get eyefinity to work on 3 of these badboys. my active displayport adapters are only single link, but I didn't know it so nearly through my rig out the window I was getting so angry.

If anyone wants to lend me some Viagra in the form of an active mini displayport ->DVI-Dual link (you can tell its dual link cause it has a USB cable attached like so:

id buy them but they're like £80 a piece. i need 2.

I have a pair of mini DP > DVI single link actives that came with my cards, afaik single link is good up to 1920 x 1200?

Otherwise you could buy a couple online and return them with in 7 days for a refund

Tea_Bag · 13-05-2012 12:22am

the monitors wont display anything with the single link versions.

i dunno if i can be arsed with ordering then cooling off lol.

Rebel Rebel · 13-05-2012 5:20pm

Been looking at one of these for a PC build i am thinking of. Is there any great difference between the ones on green-gum on e-bay for around $330 @60Hz and the ones that will be for $450 that could be OCed to a high Hz.

unklerosco · 13-05-2012 5:22pm

The difference is one can be OC'd to 120hz... Other than that they're the same screens.

Tar.Aldarion · 13-05-2012 6:22pm

is it not 100hz? can it do 120? :eek:

Brian · 13-05-2012 6:25pm

Depends on your GPU. If you have a GTX680 you can do 120 Hz, otherwise somewhere between 85 and 100 for most people.

Yamakasi Catleap monitor club.

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