21.9 Ultrawide Thread

Devious · 5 Jul 2016 at 21:17

What is the warranty situation with the Acer X34. If bought 2nd hand, (nearly new) would I be able to register with Acer? Does it go off serial number or is only original buyer covered.

Thanks

rogueblade · 5 Jul 2016 at 21:48

Well the warnings are true. My X34A has what looks like two dead pixels near the top left corner.

I'm not as hardcore as other members though and will be keeping it. It is only noticeable when the screen is static in a single light colour.

JTrickle · 5 Jul 2016 at 22:32

chaparral said:
Bought Fallout 4 in the steam sale yesterday..
Went to play it today and it doesn't support 3440x1440 without editing it and installing mods...

You would have expected fairly new games like this to support Ultra Wide 21:9 & high Resolutions..

Agreed. That said you only need to edit the ini file to get going, no mods. The hud/scope issue never bothered me.

theMilitant · 5 Jul 2016 at 23:08

rogueblade said:
Well the warnings are true. My X34A has what looks like two dead pixels near the top left corner.
I'm not as hardcore as other members though and will be keeping it. It is only noticeable when the screen is static in a single light colour.

Disappointing, but I agree that a couple of dead pixels isn't that bad in the grand scheme of things. How is it for coil whine? And do you know the manufacture date?

rogueblade · 5 Jul 2016 at 23:16

theMilitant said:
Disappointing, but I agree that a couple of dead pixels isn't that bad in the grand scheme of things. How is it for coil whine? And do you know the manufacture date?

Don't know yet. Still waiting for my rig to arrive. Only did a 15 minute test on an old laptop with an HDMI cable.
When my rig arrives, I'll OC the monitor and test for coil whine and all the other bits.
Where should I look for a manufacture date, in the manual?

theMilitant · 5 Jul 2016 at 23:36

rogueblade said:
Where should I look for a manufacture date, in the manual?

Should just be on the bottom of the monitor, to the left of the predator logo. It's a bit difficult to read as the text is small and you'll have to contort your neck to see it, so it's probably easiest to just take a photo of it with your phone.

Too Tall · 6 Jul 2016 at 00:41

X34a

- Scan lines - none
- Back light bleed - a little in the corners
- IPS glow - barely visible
- Coil whine - none
- Dead/ stuck pixels - none
- Colour banding - will check tomorrow.
- Reaching 100Hz - Yes.

Bought from OCUK Friday.

theMilitant · 6 Jul 2016 at 12:10

Too Tall said:
- Coil whine - none

No coil whine even on the website below?

http://thume.ca/screentunes/

LambChop · 6 Jul 2016 at 12:32

theMilitant said:
No coil whine even on the website below?

http://thume.ca/screentunes/

I wouldnt advise looking at that for any longer than 5 seconds, I feel like puking and was probably close to having a fit.

theMilitant · 6 Jul 2016 at 12:45

^^Ah, but did you experience any coil whine?

LambChop · 6 Jul 2016 at 13:01

theMilitant said:
^^Ah, but did you experience any coil whine?

Thought i was imagining it, but turned speakers off and had a tiny tiny amount when the slow thick bars appeared, the rest totally fine. I've a PG348Q

Too Tall · 6 Jul 2016 at 16:05

theMilitant said:
^^Ah, but did you experience any coil whine?

When the bars get to almost their thinnest point there is some if i put my ear to the screen. Day to day i cant hear a thing though.

Blackjack Davy · 7 Jul 2016 at 11:55

chaparral said:
Bought Fallout 4 in the steam sale yesterday..
Went to play it today and it doesn't support 3440x1440 without editing it and installing mods...

You would have expected fairly new games like this to support Ultra Wide 21:9 & high Resolutions..

Annoying, isn't it. Even Black Mesa supports 21:9 straight out of the box lol.

JTrickle said:
Agreed. That said you only need to edit the ini file to get going, no mods. The hud/scope issue never bothered me.

So exactly the same as Skyrim then. You'd think they'd have updated the game engine to reflect current reality but nope, apparently not.

Pappa-D · 8 Jul 2016 at 08:57

Coil Whine? If you look for it...

theMilitant said:
No coil whine even on the website below?

http://thume.ca/screentunes/

I can confirm that on my X34A, I do get some interesting noises when viewing this website........

However! I don't regularly sit and stare at scrolling black lines and in any day to day use - browsing, gaming in the Division or Witcher 3, I've never noticed a peep

So I guess its down to whether you are happy with no problems, or unhappy if you look for problems and find them! :rolleyes:

Each to their own I guess.

lovelyhead · 8 Jul 2016 at 21:34

I am really interested in a 21:9 monitor, probably a 34" one. The one thing that is putting me off getting one is all the reports of issues such as dead pixels etc.

Even thinking of buying one stresses me out as I really don't want to deal with returns etc. so I just stick with my trusty 24" 1080p screen.

Are there any brands in particular that have a good reputation for quality?

no_1_dave · 9 Jul 2016 at 20:41

chaparral said:
Bought Fallout 4 in the steam sale yesterday..
Went to play it today and it doesn't support 3440x1440 without editing it and installing mods...

You would have expected fairly new games like this to support Ultra Wide 21:9 & high Resolutions..

I posted a rage thread on the Bethesda forums about this back when it came out.

I pre-ordered Fallout 4 and have still not played it because of this!!

JamesMay · 9 Jul 2016 at 20:50

no_1_dave said:
I posted a rage thread on the Bethesda forums about this back when it came out.

I pre-ordered Fallout 4 and have still not played it because of this!!

Omg boohoo, you buy a niche tech and expect all devs to bend their knees for you.

So difficult editing an .ini
iSize W=2560 or 3440
iSize H=1080 or 1440
bBorderless=1

And adding this
http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/m...ods.com/fallout4/ajax/modfiles/?id=9264&pUp=1

oldestgregg · 10 Jul 2016 at 15:03

JamesMay said:
Omg boohoo, you buy a niche tech and expect all devs to bend their knees for you.

So difficult editing an .ini
iSize W=2560 or 3440
iSize H=1080 or 1440
bBorderless=1

And adding this
http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/m...ods.com/fallout4/ajax/modfiles/?id=9264&pUp=1

You seem a thoroughly dislikeable chap. Well done.

To get back on point though, theres no excuse for AAA games not supporting 21:9 these days

BluD · 10 Jul 2016 at 15:35

Have you not seen TopGear? theyre all thoroughly unlikeable.

JamesMay · 10 Jul 2016 at 16:31

oldestgregg said:
You seem a thoroughly dislikeable chap. Well done.

To get back on point though, theres no excuse for AAA games not supporting 21:9 these days

"thesedays" making it sound like its not a niche product and its been out for a decade.
Yes there is.

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