21:9 Gaming Thread | That cinematic feel

Dreathlock said:
Which model is this? Sounds good!
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There will be monitors you are looking for, but you have to wait for DisplayPort 3 graphic cards.

Edit: And about competitive games and 21:9 - you will never have it properly supported. I think that CS:GO just stretches the picture and the rest don't support it because you would gain an unfair advantage.
 
luffeN said:
There will be monitors you are looking for, but you have to wait for DisplayPort 3 graphic cards.

Edit: And about competitive games and 21:9 - you will never have it properly supported. I think that CS:GO just stretches the picture and the rest don't support it because you would gain an unfair advantage.
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I hear GTA V Online bans you if you change to 21:9 resolution because of higher than allowed FOV.
 
luffeN said:
Edit: And about competitive games and 21:9 - you will never have it properly supported. I think that CS:GO just stretches the picture and the rest don't support it because you would gain an unfair advantage.
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CS:GO is fine now, I played it the other day and It wasn't stretched but did have some minor UI issues still. Dota 2 has broken UI but it renders fine at 21:9 (EDIT: a majority of UI issues are now fixed however, the UI bar's are still stretched and the mini-map is still broken. It is however, playable).
The rest of Valve games are perfect under 21:9.

I think the only developer who said that it gives an "unfair advantage" was Blizzard for Starcraft 2.
Even then Blizzard supports 21:9 for World of Warcraft and Diablo 3.

taimoorh said:
I hear GTA V Online bans you if you change to 21:9 resolution because of higher than allowed FOV.
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lol wut, no.
 
luffeN said:
There will be monitors you are looking for, but you have to wait for DisplayPort 3 graphic cards.

Edit: And about competitive games and 21:9 - you will never have it properly supported. I think that CS:GO just stretches the picture and the rest don't support it because you would gain an unfair advantage.
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CS: GO definitely supports a 21:9 image natively. The only issue with CS Go at 21:9 is the UI scaling, which is minor, easily fixed with a console command or Flawless Widescreen, and doesn't impact gameplay.

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Sophia said:
CS: GO definitely supports a 21:9 image natively. The only issue with CS Go at 21:9 is the UI scaling, which is minor, easily fixed with a console command or Flawless Widescreen, and doesn't impact gameplay.
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Can you fix the scoreboard size and money counter overlapping the minimap? i've tried all console commands and it hasn't helped for those.
The scoreboard cutting out in big casual matches is my only annoyance tbh.
Haven't tried flawless widescreen in csgo because I'm scared of VAC.
 
Blitzhex said:
Can you fix the scoreboard size and money counter overlapping the minimap? i've tried all console commands and it hasn't helped for those.
The scoreboard cutting out in big casual matches is my only annoyance tbh.
Haven't tried flawless widescreen in csgo because I'm scared of VAC.
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Don't think so, sadly. That's the one issue I haven't seen a fix for. :<
 
I've got a Predator x34 and the game it just does not like is Diablo 3. No 21:9 support natively, so you have to play it in fullscreen windowed, and it randomly loses signal. The monitor will flash back, the display port logo will pop back up, and the game comes back on. Happens repeatedly every so often, but otherwise the game runs fine. I've had no problems with any other game I have tried, so I am hoping this is a Diablo 3 only issue.

Anyone have a similar issue?
 
GatticusFinch said:
I've got a Predator x34 and the game it just does not like is Diablo 3. No 21:9 support natively, so you have to play it in fullscreen windowed, and it randomly loses signal. The monitor will flash back, the display port logo will pop back up, and the game comes back on. Happens repeatedly every so often, but otherwise the game runs fine. I've had no problems with any other game I have tried, so I am hoping this is a Diablo 3 only issue.

Anyone have a similar issue?
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Flawless Widescreen should do the job, but last I played Diablo 3 worked fine without it.
 
Dreathlock said:
Which model is this? Sounds good!
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Acer X34 Predator. Probably the "best" monitor around ATM, though not without it's fault (back light bleed and the usual IPS glow, accentuated by the curved screen). Asus have a matching spec due soon (34", IPS, 21:9, 1440, g-sync and 100hz), I prefer the look of the Acer though.

It's the best you'll get until the new iteration of display port arrives, presumably with the next gen of graphics cards. These monitors max out the current display port bandwidth.

The X34 is an expensive monitor but it is amazing. My 970 can push it reasonably well, and with G-sync you still get a great experience when you can't push a stable refresh wait.

And as this thread attests, gaming at 21:9 is wonderful :)
 
So a single 970 can push a 21:9 1440p monitor pretty well? I've been wondering about that as I have a 970 and have been looking at that X34. I'm willing to wait till the price comes down some as well as possibly waiting to see what Pascal brings too.
 
Dave_6 said:
So a single 970 can push a 21:9 1440p monitor pretty well? I've been wondering about that as I have a 970 and have been looking at that X34. I'm willing to wait till the price comes down some as well as possibly waiting to see what Pascal brings too.
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If you're willing to sacfice graphical settings on modern games (from high/ultra to medium/low) then yes it works well. Last gen games you should have no problem maxing out at 3440x1440.

But if you are expecting to max out a lot of games at 3440x1440 then the 970 isn't for you.
My advice? Wait till Pascal as you said, Then either buy a Pascal card or get a 980Ti for cheap.
If you do decide to wait there is a good chance an even better monitor will come along.
 
Dave_6 said:
So a single 970 can push a 21:9 1440p monitor pretty well? I've been wondering about that as I have a 970 and have been looking at that X34. I'm willing to wait till the price comes down some as well as possibly waiting to see what Pascal brings too.
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I've not been playing much, but it's been better than I feared. In the Batman Arkham Knight performance test, with everything maxed and all Gameworks turned on except Interactive Smoke / Fog, I get a min of 30, average of 43 and a max just above 60. For *this* game, I consider that pretty good at 3440x1440. And that's a standard clock, I get a good 10% boost with a small overclock on the 970.

Without g-sync it would be a bit of a mess, but really, mid 40's is great with it on.

I'd consider a 980ti if Pascal were more than 6 months away, but for the games I'm playing at the moment, the 970 is doing great. Your mileage and expectations may vary.

The reason I went with this monitor, it represents a really good compromise between regular 1440 and 4k, getting a good resolution and refresh rate. And 21:9 has given my gaming a nice perspective shift. I'm enjoying it immensely :)

Human_me said:
If you're willing to sacfice graphical settings on modern games (from high/ultra to medium/low) then yes it works well. Last gen games you should have no problem maxing out at 3440x1440.

But if you are expecting to max out a lot of games at 3440x1440 then the 970 isn't for you.
My advice? Wait till Pascal as you said, Then either buy a Pascal card or get a 980Ti for cheap.
If you do decide to wait there is a good chance an even better monitor will come along.
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I disagree. G-sync makes up a lot of ground if the framerate drops. And the scope / width adds a huge WOW factor, which imo more than makes up for running a few games less than ultra.
 
Nah I wouldn't be expecting to max them out as it still has some issues maxing certain games out at 1080p60. The 144hz refresh rate of my current monitor helps though even if it isn't G-sync. The X34 looks amazing but I'm going to try my best to wait ~6 months and see what other monitors may come out along with seeing how good Pascal is going to be.
 
I'm finding it fine with a 970 running 3440x1440. I'll update the GPU once there is a new card that offers a similar price to performance ratio. I don't expect that to be in the first wave of pascal GPUs
 
japtor said:
http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/news_archive/35.htm#panels_jan
Not enough pixels? 37.5" 3840x1600!
Not wide enough? 41&#8221; and 49" 32:9!
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Wow.
But 37" is just a bit too big for my tastes.

If they did a 34" 3840x1600 I'd be all over that (With G-sync of course.)

EDIT:
AU Optronics are making a 30" and 35" VA Panels both with 3440x1440 resolution and a 144hz refresh rate.

30" 3440x1440 @ 144hz AND VA panel. That will be very interesting indeed.
 
Human_me said:
AU Optronics are making a 30" and 35" VA Panels both with 3440x1440 resolution and a 144hz refresh rate.

30" 3440x1440 @ 144hz AND VA panel. That will be very interesting indeed.
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My dream display is so close now. Just need one of those panels in an actual display with G-Sync. I'd prefer the 35" panel over the 30" for immersion, though. The pixel pitch and display height on the 35" are not too bad, almost exactly the same as on a 27" 2560x1440 display.
 
jim2point0 said:
Wow. Sounds like higher pixel density than 3440x1440 @ 34" so I'll bet it's going to be gorgeous.

It's just a little too big for me. 34" is my sweet spot. I still need room for a 2nd monitor.
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It's actually about the same density, just more pixels coming from the larger size panel.
 
Just got my U3415W today and love it.
Before I had a 27" 21:9 and a 27" 16:9 set as dual monitors. My plan was to keep the 16:9 with the new 34" 21:9 but now I'm questioning if I even need it as the 34" is mamoth even if I have two windows up.

Oh and on a side note... The Dell's display manager software is way better than LG software.
 
The devs working on Firewatch are natively supporting 21:9. Super excited to hear that and looking forward to playing it!

Really refreshing to hear since other studios are charging you for a Definitive Edition which patches it in (Ori And The Blind Forest). :rolleyes:

Anyway, check out some of the shots below from Campo Santo, looks dope!

http://imgur.com/a/YQdLA
 
I've been using Acer Z35 at 200hz mode, and it has been working quite well for me. Games such as CS:GO feel super smooth, and it's a better experience overall (Even though I play at a much much lower resolution than what this monitor supports). You will notice weird shadow trails sometimes when you're moving around in games. Sadly, I can't show it on the screenshots. Here's a screenshot:
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It's amazing for those that like to play MMO games. The amount of extra screen space will help you quite a bit. Here are two examples:
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If you're into streaming. This monitor is really good for that as well. You won't be playing your games at 21:9, but you can use the extra space for other things. Here's an example:
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The contrast is fantastic, and really enhances the desktop experience. If you're looking for to watch your 16:9 video content at 21:9. You will need to get MPC-HC, and MadVR. Configure MadVR's Zoom Control options to crop out of the black bars that appear. And set the picture to Touch Window From Inside on MPC-HC. Here's an example of what that will probably look like:
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jim2point0 said:
Why would anyone STRETCH 16:9 to 21:9? That looks awful.
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Hey man. You're entitled to your own opinion. I think it looks serviceable. I don't have high standards when it comes to these types of things due to the limitations within our current technology.

Edit: After considering it a bit more. I think you're right. Instead of using stretch. Use Touch Window From Inside.
 
A good option for watching or playing 16:9 aspect ratio content is to keep a good 200€/$ monitor with you. You obviously need some place but since you have many films, all tv series post-2000s, youtube-like content and obviously every console games
except The Order
it can be helpful. If you do video editing it can also give you an extra screen for rendering, especially if you shoot at 1,78:1 or so.

But anyway it's better to see 4:3 on 16:9 screen or 16:9 on 21:9 screen than 31:9 on 16:9 or 4:3 screen.
 
Picked up one of the LG 34UM95. Gorgeous monitor. Need to calibrate to get the colors right but so far I'm loving it. I came from a qnix 2710. Looking to get a 144hz gsync to compliment this for gaming.
 
Has anyone ever tried Bulletstorm?

Except for some prerendered cutscenes the game runs totally fine in native 3440x1440 - I love the UE3 engine.

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I'm seriously considering a 21:9 monitor but my current spec, the models on offer and the impending new tech from AMD/Nvidia are making the decision of what to get tough.

I've got a R9 290 Vapor-X and an i5 3450 and a 1920x1200 monitor. Some of the latest games are very taxing for it, particularly Project Cars on ultra in the rain with a full grid - 20-30fps. So a 2560x1080 would make sense by burdening my current system less than a 3840x1440 screen. But if Zen, Polaris and Pascal drop this year and are as good as claimed then it's highly likely I will upgrade. Then, 3840x1440 probably becomes a more probably choice. Then there's G-Sync or Freesync to consider. Then there's price. That Acer X34 is nearly £1K. Wow!
 
Dave_6 said:
So a single 970 can push a 21:9 1440p monitor pretty well? I've been wondering about that as I have a 970 and have been looking at that X34. I'm willing to wait till the price comes down some as well as possibly waiting to see what Pascal brings too.
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I have a Predator X34 but at 3440x1440, a single 970 couldn't drive the latest games at max settings AT ALL. Unless you like sub 30 fps gaming.
Because of that, I recently bought a second 970 and now most games run perfectly well (which is 3440x1440 ultra detail @ 60 fps or above).
There still are a couple of games (AC Syndicate, Far Cry 4) which run at about 30 fps, so I have to dial down the detail options more than I'd like to.


Project Cars is awesome @ 21:9 :)

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d1rtn4p said:
Anywhere to grab an X34 or Z35 in the US right now? Looks like everyone is sold out and ebay prices are ridiculous.
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Amazon has em on backorder... it says usually ships in 1-2 months but I saw some people order on reddit and they got theirs the following week. Don't know if the turnaround time will still be that fast but just a heads up.
 
Dragon's Dogma 21:9 fix!!

Still in progress(Map screen needs tooling), and you will need to disable DOF in the Graphics Menu in-game to avoid cross-talk issues, but I can confirm that my Pawns are stabbing wolves in ultrawide glory.

I'll grab pics tmrw.
 
3440x1440 + wicktfut enb + enb 0.299 is maxing out my overclocked 980ti and getting 50fps, lol.
Game was at 30% gpu usage without enb.
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Edit: Standard enb works better, 50-80% gpu usage and no drops below 60.
 
mrklaw said:
Who has The Witness preordered and will be Guinea pig for testing 21:9?
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I tweeted the dev asking this...

@Jonathan_Blow Will the witness have support for 21:9 ... 3440 x 1440 monitors?

His reply... I don't have one of those specific monitors but it should work fine (I just tried a window of that size).

We will see tomorrow :)
 
mrklaw said:
Who has The Witness preordered and will be Guinea pig for testing 21:9?
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I'll be sure to report in as soon as it's playable. I hope it works, the game looks like it would benefit greatly from ultra wide.

EDIT:

Fills the screen, FRAPS screenshot says it's 3440x1440 but it doesn't look like internal rendering is happening at that res, it's very blurry.

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Looking to see where .ini type files might be hiding to manually change some settings (hopefully that's a thing for this game).

EDIT 2: Seems they are aware the game is rendering internally at 1080 and are looking into a fix. Will update once more if/when it is resolved.

EDIT 3: Devs posted a temp fix that is working perfectly for me.

Ok, for now, you can set this through the launch options:

In Library in the steam client, right click on The Witness and go to:
Properties -> GENERAL -> SET LAUNCH OPTIONS...
set the options to:

-width 3440 -height 1440

(or whatever resolution you want it to render to)

Let me know if that fixed it for you.
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OraleeWey said:
Guys, I'm not sure how the flawless widescreen works. I'm trying to play Mass Effect 1 on 21:9, but I simply don't know how to set it up.



Anyone know how to fix it?
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IIRC I used Widescreen Fixer and manually adjusted the HUD until my aiming redicule lined up with my actual aim.
 
npa189 said:
has anyone played the witness yet at 3440x1440 with a single 970? wondering how it preforms.
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Runs just fine in everything, especially if you have gsync because some demanding but needed settings such as hbao+ etc can drop your frames from 60 to 55-59 and the judder can be annoying. With gsync 55 fps is just fine.
 
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