it has been a while since I posted. I have a i7 2018 32GB Ram upgraded myself. My old setup was a vega 56 and a Dell 38" 4K. I sold the Vega 56 and the GPU Box, for I figured I would upgrade to the newer M1X when that comes out. My wife is working from home full time and she took over the Dell monitor.
I purchased a BenQ EW3270OU and actually like it better then the Dell and it was less expensive, about $400 amazon vs $700 for the Dell. I really think much of it is the 32 vs 38 seems to work better for me. I was missing my eGPU when working with cad viewers and recently pulled the trigger on the Sonnet Puck RX5500XT, this is the $600 version versus the $900 5700XT.
I have been very happy with the setup, I am getting 38000 compute and 39000 metal scores on Geek bench 5. A world of difference vs 5300 iGPU. Still not as peppy as my old Vega 56 at 50,000. But I don't have a big box sitting around, I actually have the puck on a supplied bracket on the Vesa mount behind the monitor. PuckCuff they call it.
I hear the fan turn on and off now and then but it is very low decibel compared to the Vega 56. MM and eGPU can be very finicky as I learned over the last 3 years. I did not spend a great deal of time trying different cable setups, I just wanted it to work and be done. I found I had to plug the monitor HDMi to the MM HDMi and then I used a short supplied DP cable from Puck to the Monitor. When I power up it will first see HDMi and use that input, I then switch it to DP input. Honestly I do not know if it makes a difference what input I use or even if I need the DP from the puck to the monitor. I found from the Vega it did not make a difference. The Puck has TB3 to the MM TB3 and that is needed.
I hope this curbs my desire to upgrade on the next MX or M2 or what ever. This performance for my needs is more
then enough, and I really digging this new Monitor.
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I purchased a BenQ EW3270OU and actually like it better then the Dell and it was less expensive, about $400 amazon vs $700 for the Dell. I really think much of it is the 32 vs 38 seems to work better for me. I was missing my eGPU when working with cad viewers and recently pulled the trigger on the Sonnet Puck RX5500XT, this is the $600 version versus the $900 5700XT.
I have been very happy with the setup, I am getting 38000 compute and 39000 metal scores on Geek bench 5. A world of difference vs 5300 iGPU. Still not as peppy as my old Vega 56 at 50,000. But I don't have a big box sitting around, I actually have the puck on a supplied bracket on the Vesa mount behind the monitor. PuckCuff they call it.
I hear the fan turn on and off now and then but it is very low decibel compared to the Vega 56. MM and eGPU can be very finicky as I learned over the last 3 years. I did not spend a great deal of time trying different cable setups, I just wanted it to work and be done. I found I had to plug the monitor HDMi to the MM HDMi and then I used a short supplied DP cable from Puck to the Monitor. When I power up it will first see HDMi and use that input, I then switch it to DP input. Honestly I do not know if it makes a difference what input I use or even if I need the DP from the puck to the monitor. I found from the Vega it did not make a difference. The Puck has TB3 to the MM TB3 and that is needed.
I hope this curbs my desire to upgrade on the next MX or M2 or what ever. This performance for my needs is more
then enough, and I really digging this new Monitor.
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