Samsung LS34E790C - Curved 34" 21:9 super-wide

depends if you need a monitor right now, the acer is 75hz and I don't think the extra 15hz is anything to get excited about, gsync may be worth it but I cant say ive ever seen it.

I also have 980 sli and handles 3440x1440 no problem
 
I can't comment in terms of comparing to a gsync monitor but compared to my old 27" 1440p, this is so much better. So far I've played Project Cars and Evolve, absolutely amazing. I was sucked in to Evolve, not just by the resolution but the curve as well, it's subtle but really effective. I use to play project cars on a three screen setup, this has the same effect without the huge hardware setup, so much better.
In either game, I don't experience tearing or stutter. I'm using a 970.

Which 27" 1440p monitor did you have?

EDIT: Sorry have seen it on the last page.
 
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Really interested in this display but have some questions. I'm currently using an Asus PG278Q ROG Swift 27" via GTX780Ti SLi for desktop use, which I'm very happy with and the thought of an extra 33% of width is exciting. I also have a sim racing setup that currently has a Sony Bravia 42" 1080p TV attached to it. I used to run a 24" iiyama triple screen set up on it but that changed when I started using consoles on the sim racing setup. Recently i've been thinking about going back to a truly widescreen setup and this monitor looks fantastic for my PC racing needs on the sim racing setup.

However, my question is, how will the monitor handle a 1080p source from my Xbox One, PS3 and PS4?
 
I'm really considering one of these as an upgrade to my 1440p ACER on my return from Turkey in July! I'm not going to scroll through 43 pages, so a summary would be ideal.

How is gaming at this res?
What is the performance like with a 980Ti as I may get the 2 at the same time :)
Anything to look out for with this monitor?
 
gaming is fine i have no problems with input lag or response times, i think for web browsing text is not as sharp as the ips screens and out of the box the default settings are pretty poor so needs a bit of adjustment to get right but all in all its great for my needs but pretty pricey for what you get

a single 980 ti would be good for this res so two would smash it
 
How is gaming at this res?
Godly. You feel like you are looking through a periscope when playing 16:9. I will not even consider another resolution moving forward. The only downside is when games dont support it (Heroes of the Storm makes you play with black bars on either side).

What is the performance like with a 980Ti as I may get the 2 at the same time :)
Hopefully good, that's what I will be upgrading to soon (just 1 though)! Only on a single 770 right now, and 90% of games I can play just fine with a few tweaks to settings (except the obvious ones like GTA5 which needs downscaling to 1080, hopefully 980Ti will resolve the need to do so).

Anything to look out for with this monitor?
1 - Some people complain of a "red tint". I only notice this on an all white screen, but it is VERY VERY slight, and not at all intrusive, especially after calibrating it (I just did so by eye).
2 - Colour banding is much more obvious than on my Dell IPS monitor (bad image compression of website backgrounds most noticeable). Big example is Steam, where it transitions from Black to Blue from the outside to the middle of the screen on the website background. You see the gradient changes far more. I assume this is due to the contrast ratio.
3 - The "Faster" and "Fastest" pixel response settings are a joke, I dont know what they were thinking. The pixel change overshoots so much and leaves black bars behind things as they move across the screen. Just use the "Standard" setting and its perfectly fine (and even better than my Dell IPS). You can see what I mean in the PCM review https://pcmonitors.info/reviews/samsung-s34e790c/.
 
Godly. You feel like you are looking through a periscope when playing 16:9. I will not even consider another resolution moving forward. The only downside is when games dont support it (Heroes of the Storm makes you play with black bars on either side).


Hopefully good, that's what I will be upgrading to soon (just 1 though)! Only on a single 770 right now, and 90% of games I can play just fine with a few tweaks to settings (except the obvious ones like GTA5 which needs downscaling to 1080, hopefully 980Ti will resolve the need to do so).


1 - Some people complain of a "red tint". I only notice this on an all white screen, but it is VERY VERY slight, and not at all intrusive, especially after calibrating it (I just did so by eye).
2 - Colour banding is much more obvious than on my Dell IPS monitor (bad image compression of website backgrounds most noticeable). Big example is Steam, where it transitions from Black to Blue from the outside to the middle of the screen on the website background. You see the gradient changes far more. I assume this is due to the contrast ratio.
3 - The "Faster" and "Fastest" pixel response settings are a joke, I dont know what they were thinking. The pixel change overshoots so much and leaves black bars behind things as they move across the screen. Just use the "Standard" setting and its perfectly fine (and even better than my Dell IPS). You can see what I mean in the PCM review https://pcmonitors.info/reviews/samsung-s34e790c/.

(Heroes of the Storm makes you play with black bars on either side).

Well that just makes me sad.
 
Worried my post may have gotten missed at the bottom of the last page so will ask again. Has anyone plugged an Xbox One or PS4 into this monitor and if so what was the result?
 
I used an i1 Display Pro, nice and easy to use :)

When you first switch the screen on from new, the colours will look washed out but that's due to the brightness being set way too high. Knock it down to 25-30 and it's much better. Will need to have a play with the RGB settings but each screen is different. Have my RGB set to 46,33,32 but others will have very there's set very differently.
 
Worried my post may have gotten missed at the bottom of the last page so will ask again. Has anyone plugged an Xbox One or PS4 into this monitor and if so what was the result?

My ps4 gives me black bars left and right of the screen. So essentially treating this display as a 16:9 2560x1440 display. Works perfectly fine though, 3.5mm audio out from the Samsung works well.
 
My ps4 gives me black bars left and right of the screen. So essentially treating this display as a 16:9 2560x1440 display. Works perfectly fine though, 3.5mm audio out from the Samsung works well.

That is great news. In PCM2's review it was mentioned that the picture was a little soft, is this particularly noticeable?
 
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