new buyer of Acer Predator X34...Questions

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Hey guys....i managed to save up for what i believe is a high end Ultrawide gaming Monitor the Acer Predator X34.

I know within maybe a year a proper 4k Ultra will be released but i will upgrade then if needed,anyways.....

I have only been gaming on a 1080p monitor....Most of my games all run in 1920x1080, is there anything i need to do or setup in wait of my monitor arriving? ie, Settings, resolution changers etc?

I assume quite a few games wont run in this aspect ratio.....so the ones that dont run,will they just play on the monitor as usual with the black bars down each side?


Forgive me but im kinda noob when it comes to aspect ratios and games,Hertz etc....im learning.

Thanks for any help or info you can give me


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i7 Skylake 6700k
GTX 1070
16GB ram
 
Yep, most recent games run fine at 21:9 super wide ratio. For those that don't or have 'issues' you should also look at flawlesswidescreen.

Widescreen gaming forum (WSGF) as mentioned above also has good info. A handful of games require trickier fixes and more effort/ research but they are rare and there is usually always some smart nerd who has a fix.

One quick example, I'm currently playing life is strange, which is amazing btw, and to get this to run at 3440x1440 and at the right fov I had to download a hex editing prog and alter hex values in the games exe file. The guide on wsgf was very basic but I worked it out myself eventually and it now looks superb at full 21:9
 
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bonoscot said:
thanks guys, really appreciate it..

Trying to justify to my wife why i bought a £1000 monitor.....Hope its worth it lol
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Hee, enjoy it :). It really is a brilliant screen for gaming and is worth any amount of WJT (Wife Justification Tactics).
It's so cinematic, The ips screen and colours are fantastic, the gentle curve is spot on, plus it has Gsync and will do 100Hz. It has all the specs that I dreamed about (and posted on these forums c18 months ago) and came along quicker than I thought it would!

I've got this monitor by the way, I'm not just rambling ;) The only real issue with it (and all these superwides including the Asus plus other non gaming ones) is they use the same LG panel basically and there is a bit of backlight bleed in the corners. It seems to be a consequence of bad chassis design with the slight curvature. Your mileage may vary, and some are better than others from what I've seen but they basically all have it. Mine isn't too bad and I genuinely don't see it in most games I play, and I'm very picky. If you like dark/ space games though and playing in a very dark room, it may irk you though.

There's a massive dedicated thread for this monitor by the way, check it out: https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18687741
 
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Most modern games work out of the box with the exception of some Blizzard titles i.e Overwatch with their shoddy 21:9 fix.

Only game I had to mess around with was change the .exe for Witcher 3 to support 21:9 in the ingame cutscenes.
 
Without playing devils advocate maybe wait few months?
The Samsung VA quantum dot panel that will go for the CF791 might find its way to marry a gsync module on another brand....
just a thought.
 
Panos said:
Without playing devils advocate maybe wait few months?
The Samsung VA quantum dot panel that will go for the CF791 might find its way to marry a gsync module on another brand....
just a thought.
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Very much hoping this happens, but I'm worried Samsung aren't interested in either making a g-sync version themselves or letting another display manufacturer use it. Fingers crossed!
 
FTL said:
Very much hoping this happens, but I'm worried Samsung aren't interested in either making a g-sync version themselves or letting another display manufacturer use it. Fingers crossed!
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Worst case, there is still the Acer X34P coming out in Q4 2016. Which will support 100hz out of the box without overclock, while the curve is 1900R not 2200R (is more "curvy").
 
Panos said:
Without playing devils advocate maybe wait few months?
The Samsung VA quantum dot panel that will go for the CF791 might find its way to marry a gsync module on another brand....
just a thought.
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I have found that VA does not really work that well with large monitors - and with ultrawides more so (tried Z35).

Gamma shift toward edges becomes extremely noticeable to the point is when you notice text contrast changing if you drag window toward left or right edge.

Quantum dot full-array backlight is a good stuff though and if they make IPS panel with it it will be excellent for large panels (due to eliminated light bleed which is always issue with large edge-lit displays).
 
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RidingTheFlow said:
I have found that VA does not really work that well with large monitors - and with ultrawides more so (tried Z35).

Gamma shift toward edges becomes extremely noticeable to the point is when you notice text contrast changing if you drag window toward left or right edge.

Quantum dot full-array backlight is a good stuff though and if they make IPS panel with it it will be excellent for large panels (due to eliminated light bleed which is always issue with large edge-lit displays).
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To be fair Samsung's VA isn't that comparable to AUO's VA panel in the Z35 which frankly isn't that impressive. It's pretty unlikely we'll see local dimming on this Samsung, if at all on any monitors.
 
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To be fair Samsung's VA isn't that comparable to AUO's VA panel in the Z35 which frankly isn't that impressive.
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Samsung VA isn't that impressive either. VA is VA whatever you do. It makes sense for large TV which you watch from the distance, but not for large monitor which is close.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bpvk_H4RlJY
(see how even from the front gamma completely screwed at edges to the point of inversion).

It's pretty unlikely we'll see local dimming on this Samsung, if at all on any monitors.
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I don't really care that much about local dimming, as long as will be full-array back-light. Trying to edge-light anything above 25" does "wonders" for (non)uniformity.
 
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