Benq Xl2411Z - half of screen tinted by blue dots

[khorkalba]

I recently bought a new BenQ Xl2411Z monitor along with an upgrade to a GTX 970 GPU. For some reason, the left half of the screen appears to have a blue tint to it which on close inspection is made up of a uniform pattern of tiny dots. It's particularly noticeable against dark shades like a solid black desktop background.

I can't seem to get a clear photograph of the problem with my camera, but I found someone else experiencing a very similar problem on a different BenQ monitor only with a reddish tint covering half the screen: http://i.imgur.com/5lXpOfI.jpg

At first I thought it might be an issue with the DVI cable, but when I switched to HDMI, the dots remained. So then I wondered whether it could be an issue with the new GPU, but when I tried connecting an old Samsung monitor to my PC, the image was fine. At this point I figured that the BenQ monitor had to be faulty, but here's where it gets weird - when I tried connecting the monitor to my laptop, everything looked flawless.

I've tried adjusting just about every setting I can find both in the monitor menu and in Nvidia Control Panel. The issue remains.

 

[hang-the-9]

Set the resolution of the new monitor to the same as that of the old one, if they are different, is the issue still there? I'd contact BenQ and see what the issue may be.

 

[khorkalba]

Set the resolution of the new monitor to the same as that of the old one, if they are different, is the issue still there? I'd contact BenQ and see what the issue may be.

The old monitor uses the same resolution. I have tried a variety of different resolutions though and the problem remains - half the screen is still covered by dots.

One thing I have noticed is that when I switch from 144hz to 60hz, the dots start to flicker.