Iiyama GB3466WQSU-B1 Curve (1500R) 34” 1440 144Hz VA panel FreeSync Premium Pro

Jim2020 said:
Cheers, are there any particular manufacturers that are known as good quality or will the standard Amazon one do the trick?
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I'd look at specs and reviews. Don't get the cheapest probably around £15-20, and they tend to be specifically DP 1.4 or 8k is often mentioned. I say this because of the advise for this monitor that others have given to get a DP 1.4 cable. You could try a 4k cable they seem a lot cheaper.

I did not see any on the OC site so maybe go the the "rainforest" then you can easy return it if not to your liking. They do tend to be quite thick for 8k.
 
Pocket10s said:
Hey guys,

In some games, I dont hit 144fps - would you still set it in game to 144hz refresh rate? I hover around 100/110 fps.
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With Freesync working? This would lower the monitor refresh to match what the card can do.

I think the advice is to set the FPS limit in the Nvidia Control panel rather than in game, and set it to a few FPS under the 144 limit so you stay in the freesync range. (I actually have mine set to 135).

If you are not using freesync then your monitor will run at 144 and without some form of vsync you will likely get tearing. With vsync it will pad out gaps with repeated frames (I think that's basically what it does).
 
iiyama UK said:
Its a tricky issue is the problems are not just one thing. People even with the new firmware report flickering in certain aspects of a game, i.e. the menu screens, but not during game play. This has been a phenomenon since 144-165Hz and beyond screens game onto the market from all manufacturers. So there exists some glitch between a games settings, the GPU and a screen. But, only with some set ups. I have seen over the years people simply reinstalling the game after upgrading to 144Hz and that resolved the issue. All screens shipping will have the latest firmware as standard.
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I've tried a bunch of screens (aside this one - but that's why I am reading this topic carefully) over the years. Older LG IPS screens with 75Hz had issues with freesync flickering, back in the days. Now, all the VA 100Hz+ ones with freesync that I've seen in the past few years, especially from Samsung (even if just the panel), always had issues with flickering too - when freesync is enabled. Both on NVidia and AMD cards. Only the ones that were extensively tested by NVidia and have G-Sync compatible certifications never flickered for me (not even in menu etc.). Irrelevant of refresh rate.

I found in the Internet a bunch of websites trying to get to the bottom of these issues and it would seem (and is consistent with my experience) that the issue happens mostly on loading screens, menu etc. - when FPS actually either widely fluctuating or drop below 48FPS. Ergo, what seems to be causing it is LFC, doubling or tripling frames but perhaps letting screen slip for a tiny moment outside FS range or just moving between ranges where brightness of the screen change? As the flickering that most people seem to experience is more of a brightness flickering than screen going off for fraction of a second (though in some cases I've seen that too).

And since both brands of GPUs work a bit different with LFC (cutover etc.) and it changes in drivers, I can imagine this can be a bit of a pain to fix in firmware, unless panel and driver are designed with that in mind from the scratch.
 
Random probably obvious question - if I use a DP to Thunderbolt adaptor to plug this into a laptop, will it charge it the same way a Thunderbolt to Thunderbolt cable does from my current monitor? Thanks
 
Jim2020 said:
Random probably obvious question - if I use a DP to Thunderbolt adaptor to plug this into a laptop, will it charge it the same way a Thunderbolt to Thunderbolt cable does from my current monitor? Thanks
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I am going to say no. I can't see Display Port providing the current for charging a laptop.

You can get cables that allow you to plug in another charging USB-C source. Or an adaptor that includes the same (than you would just need a standard DP cable).
 
SurfXombie said:
With Freesync working? This would lower the monitor refresh to match what the card can do.

I think the advice is to set the FPS limit in the Nvidia Control panel rather than in game, and set it to a few FPS under the 144 limit so you stay in the freesync range. (I actually have mine set to 135).

If you are not using freesync then your monitor will run at 144 and without some form of vsync you will likely get tearing. With vsync it will pad out gaps with repeated frames (I think that's basically what it does).
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I actually did not know what Freesync was lol - just turned it on.
 
Pocket10s said:
I actually did not know what Freesync was lol - just turned it on.
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There's a bunch of good material to read about FreeSync online, but in short words monitor refresh rate follow your FPS (within limits specified in monitor's specs) - hence most often you won't notice how FPS is moving up and down, as game's movement will still stay very smooth/fluid. Worth trying for sure! :) If not for flickering, it should never be really turned off.

That said, I'd keep V-Sync turned on in games too. Both AMD and NVidia many times said this is way better than setting any limiters of frames in drivers (it's fine to limit FPS in game engine), as it causes much more latency with such limiter. Drivers know very well how to treat it and will NOT turn on vsync whilst in free-sync range, will only engage it when you hit top limit. And to minimize any latency there just use drivers tech from both vendors (anti-lag in AMD and reflex or low latency mode in NVidia).
 
My flickering has been solved — with a new DP cable.

Bought a 3 metre (the monitor is mounted on my sim rig) from the rainforest. Not an expensive one — only £10 but supports 1.4 and 4k 120Hz.

The intermittent flicker so far has not shown up.
 
SurfXombie said:
I am going to say no. I can't see Display Port providing the current for charging a laptop.

You can get cables that allow you to plug in another charging USB-C source. Or an adaptor that includes the same (than you would just need a standard DP cable).
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I think it does do power but perhaps not the same way as USB-C<>USB-C does.
Good about with the adaptor but I wonder if that could throttle the resolution or refresh rate? Shouldn’t be the end of the world anyway just have to have an extra cable kicking about
 
jcarruthers said:
My flickering has been solved — with a new DP cable.

Bought a 3 metre (the monitor is mounted on my sim rig) from the rainforest. Not an expensive one — only £10 but supports 1.4 and 4k 120Hz.

The intermittent flicker so far has not shown up.
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which brand did you go for? I take it the problematic one was the one supplied with the monitor then?
 
I've got a dell alienware AW3418DW 120hz ultrawide gsync but was thinking of going 6800xt so was looking to change monitor but have a tight budget would swapping to one of these iiyama G-Master Red Eagle GB3466WQSU-B1 be an upgrade or downgrade from my current model
 
hey guys, just got an xbox series x today and tried it with the monitor. I was expecting to be able to letter box the sides and play in 16:9, but it seems all the piture modes dont accommodate this? There are 3 modes and none of them just chop the sides down to 16:9, the best i can get is a stretched full screen...

Anyone have any ideas on how I can get the left and right letter boxing only? I cant post pics as xbox throws my email address all over the pics!
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