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Same screen, different refresh rate

Yoola
By Yoola
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I have 2 same screens: LG 22EA63 (IPS, 60Hz, 5ms, 1920x1080) and I noticed color difference between two even after matching same settings directy on screens (pushing buttons on monitor). 

Main screen is connected via HDMI cable while secondary is connected with VGA cable that's connected to DVI->VGA converter which is connected to GPU. 

There's also one weird thing. Main monitor is on 59.94Hz while secondary is on flat 60Hz, and I'm wondering if that could be perhaps potential cause for my phantom lag spikes in some games (CS:GO)?

 

So to sum up:

-how do i match picture for both of them? 

-could that weird refresh rate cause any issues?

 

CPU:                  FX 8320 
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GPU:                 Gigabyte R9 280 OC windforce 3
Motherboard:     ASRock 990FX extreme3
RAM:                 2x 4GB HyperX Fury 1866MHz
SSD:                 Samsung 840 EVO Basic 120GB
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Case:                Fractal Design Define S (3x intake GP-14, 1 exhaust GP-14)
PSU:                 Thermaltake Smart SE 730W Semi Modular
OS:                  Windows 10 Education

 

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You will unfortunately not be able to match them, seeing as one is hooked up via VGA. VGA is the inferior technology, as it's analog, while DVI, HDMI and Display port are digital signals.

 

Even a DVI->VGA or VGA-> DVI Adapter is not going to change the fact that the signal is inferior.

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8 minutes ago, Yoola said:

I have 2 same screens: LG 22EA63 (IPS, 60Hz, 5ms, 1920x1080) and I noticed color difference between two even after matching same settings directy on screens (pushing buttons on monitor). 

Main screen is connected via HDMI cable while secondary is connected with VGA cable that's connected to DVI->VGA converter which is connected to GPU. 

There's also one weird thing. Main monitor is on 59.94Hz while secondary is on flat 60Hz, and I'm wondering if that could be perhaps potential cause for my phantom lag spikes in some games (CS:GO)?

 

So to sum up:

-how do i match picture for both of them? 

-could that weird refresh rate cause any issues?

 

CPU:                  FX 8320 
CPU Cooler:        Cryorig H7 
GPU:                 Gigabyte R9 280 OC windforce 3
Motherboard:     ASRock 990FX extreme3
RAM:                 2x 4GB HyperX Fury 1866MHz
SSD:                 Samsung 840 EVO Basic 120GB
HDD:                Seagate Barracuda 1TB
Case:                Fractal Design Define S (3x intake GP-14, 1 exhaust GP-14)
PSU:                 Thermaltake Smart SE 730W Semi Modular
OS:                  Windows 10 Education

 

So you have a R9 280...  And you have a monitor that supports DVI master race and you're converting to anything but DVI?

 

Sounds like to me you're asking for it...

Please spend as much time writing your question, as you want me to spend responding to it.  Take some time, and explain your issue, please!

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So I should just use DVI cable and that should solve it?

 

How about refresh rate?

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