** POTENTIALLY THE BEST GAMING MONITORS YET!! ** Acer 34" Ultra-wides

[HEADRAT]

Just seen that the freesync version is £660 now

Must resist, I said I would keep m 290X until new GFX cards came out this year, problem is I picked up a FuryX for £325 of the MM.

I also swore I wouldn't buy a 21:9 3440x1440 until there was less of a "panel lottery" and they had DP 1.3, I'm so weak

 

[Nexus18]

Yeah I am trying to resist! A few points putting me off:

1. I think that I may find 34" to be too wide, currently using a 29" one and it is about as wide as I would like but really want the extra height...

2. Being locked into AMD for the foreseeable future... chances are I would stick with AMD anyway but still, I like choice!

3. We are bound to get more 34" screens this summer, always do

4. Conversion rate isn't the best atm iirc so chances are we could see it even cheaper relatively soon

5. I don't want to be playing the lottery panel again, had to go through 3 29um65's to get one free from backlight bleed, which was a right faff and after reading latest reports about ocuk and their service regarding monitors with back light bleed, it doesn't fill me with confidence....

6. Going to have to run most games on low/off to get a consistent 50+ FPS

 

[Clairvoyant]

Im really tempted to get one.

 

[easyrider]

Yeah I am trying to resist! A few points putting me off:

1. I think that I may find 34" to be too wide, currently using a 29" one and it is about as wide as I would like but really want the extra height...

2. Being locked into AMD for the foreseeable future... chances are I would stick with AMD anyway but still, I like choice!

3. We are bound to get more 34" screens this summer, always do

4. Conversion rate isn't the best atm iirc so chances are we could see it even cheaper relatively soon

5. I don't want to be playing the lottery panel again, had to go through 3 29um65's to get one free from backlight bleed, which was a right faff and after reading latest reports about ocuk and their service regarding monitors with back light bleed, it doesn't fill me with confidence....

6. Going to have to run most games on low/off to get a consistent 50+ FPS

Can you post pics of your 29 SW in the poll thread ?

Cheers

I'm tempted to get a stop gap monitor until something new comes along

 

[marc2003]

^Click the review link in sig.

 

[Nexus18]

As above, photos in my brief review, crap photo quality though

https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=26626342&postcount=2067

 

[Razor Time]

Can you post pics of your 29 SW in the poll thread ?

Cheers

I'm tempted to get a stop gap monitor until something new comes along

Stop fighting it Easy and order an X34 and enjoy some ultrawide with Gsync.

 

[PCM2]

Stop fighting it Easy and order an X34 and enjoy some ultrawide with Gsync.

 

[old gamer]

Xr34 for £660, anyone on the fence buy it I say, I'm still well pleased with mine

 

[easyrider]

Stop fighting it Easy and order an X34 and enjoy some ultrawide with Gsync.

Xr34 for £660, anyone on the fence buy it I say, I'm still well pleased with mine

Stop it !

 

[old gamer]

Stop it !

 

[Combat Fighter]

Stop it !

Do it!

Love my X34.

 

[easyrider]

I'm just struggling with the morality of spending that much on a monitor.

 

[Combat Fighter]

I'm just struggling with the morality of spending that much on a monitor.

I don't think it's that much for the experience your getting.

 

[easyrider]

I don't think it's that much for the experience your getting.

what performance are you getting with a single Ti mate?

 

[Combat Fighter]

what performance are you getting with a single Ti mate?

Very good.

My card is clocked to 1550/2000 (water).

All the games I play (mainly BF4, some racing games) all max out 100fps max settings.

Smooth as silk.

Could not use a 60hz non g-sync now.

 

[Nexus18]

PCM2, badass or anyone who has come from something like the LG 29um65

How is motion clarity of the freesync acer 34" in comparison to the LG 29um65?

 

[PCM2]

PCM2, badass or anyone who has come from something like the LG 29um65

How is motion clarity of the freesync acer 34" in comparison to the LG 29um65?

As I note in my review, it makes very good use of the 75Hz refresh rate. So provided you're pushing the frames you get a nice little boost compared to any 60Hz LCD (regardless of how fast its response times are).

 

[Nexus18]

Yeah I read your review last night and noticed that part about lower FPS and motion clarity etc. I would definitely need to drop quite a few settings to achieve a consistent 60+ FPS.

But... if both the acer and my LG are hovering around say 40/50 or 60FPS, would the acer still be noticeably better for motion clarity?

EDIT:

And what about in films?

 

[PCM2]

Yeah I read your review last night and noticed that part about lower FPS and motion clarity etc. I would definitely need to drop quite a few settings to achieve a consistent 60+ FPS.

But... if both the acer and my LG are hovering around say 40/50 or 60FPS, would the acer still be noticeably better for motion clarity?

EDIT:

And what about in films?

I haven't used the LG, specifically, but you can expect similar if not marginally better motion clarity at 40-50fps. You would get a smoother-looking experience (due to FreeSync) without tearing and stuttering, which is a bonus, but the perceived blur would be similar. Films are discussed in the review, they would be similar on both.