World first QD-OLED monitor from Dell and Samsung (34 inch Ultrawide 175hz)

SpellowHouse said:
I have a G-Sync Ultimate and I don't have that problem. You can not, however, operate the scaler AND remove the black bands at the same time. It's an either or situation. I mean I don't know what I am talking about but it seems to me that if you have already used the scalar to enlarge the image from a preset scaler resolution option then you can hardly do it again to get rid of the black bands?? I don't know. I mean it doesn't make a lot of sense to me because surely if you have black bands then you haven't selected a NIS resolution, so the driver should be able to work things out, but apparently not. Either that, or I am just flat out wrong with my logic!! But certainly, I can not run both NIS and get rid of the black lines, the Control Panel will just not allow both to be configured at the same time.
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Hmm but the AW3423DW does not have a scaler so how are you operating it? Unless you mean the GPU scaler which could work as a workaround but does need to be enabled in nvidia control panel? I actually tried it on a bunch of games but it would not work on a 3080 Ti -Applying an in-game resolution of 2560x1440 resulted in the image being stretched the full 21:9, even though I had aspect ratio scaling set via GPU in the nvidia control panel. This was seen in all games. Not that I'd want to run at this res for anything anyway, I just was curious as to if GPU scaling worked in this scenario.
 
Just an FYI - I ordered my 3423DW today in the Dell Black Friday sale. in the BF Sale it is £943.

I had a 15% Employee Discount Code from my Company. It did NOT stack with the BF Sale price sadly.
 
mrk said:
Hmm but the AW3423DW does not have a scaler so how are you operating it? Unless you mean the GPU scaler which could work as a workaround but does need to be enabled in nvidia control panel? I actually tried it on a bunch of games but it would not work on a 3080 Ti -Applying an in-game resolution of 2560x1440 resulted in the image being stretched the full 21:9, even though I had aspect ratio scaling set via GPU in the nvidia control panel. This was seen in all games. Not that I'd want to run at this res for anything anyway, I just was curious as to if GPU scaling worked in this scenario.
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I don't know then. If I set the NIS off and the scaling off then I get the black bars. If I turn NIS on I still get black bars. If I leave NIS off and switch desktop scaling on, then I get a stretched image. None of this is to do with the monitor, it's all done in the NVIDIA Control Panel.
 
Jenz said:
Just an FYI - I ordered my 3423DW today in the Dell Black Friday sale. in the BF Sale it is £943.

I had a 15% Employee Discount Code from my Company. It did NOT stack with the BF Sale price sadly.
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Nice little discount. Thanks for posting that, now I can work out whether I really want to get one or not!!
 
Jenz said:
Just an FYI - I ordered my 3423DW today in the Dell Black Friday sale. in the BF Sale it is £943.

I had a 15% Employee Discount Code from my Company. It did NOT stack with the BF Sale price sadly.
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Good lad I posted a page or so ago about discount codes for this seen your post and did the same and ordered one, impressed with delivery date Nov 3rd
 
I can't decide whether to go for the AW3423DW or wait for the release of the AW3423DWF model as it seems to have a few different features like PIP, PBP, 2x DisplayPort ports and a few other things. Down to 165Hz compared to 175Hz but possibly 10Bit at 165Hz.
 
Jenz said:
Just an FYI - I ordered my 3423DW today in the Dell Black Friday sale. in the BF Sale it is £943.

I had a 15% Employee Discount Code from my Company. It did NOT stack with the BF Sale price sadly.
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Pretty sure it's just a sale, Black Friday is at the end of November. It'll likely be discounted further on Black Friday as the Freesync version will be out by then as well
 
SpellowHouse said:
It can be a bit involved and there is a problem - You can not remove the black bars if you have selected image scaling (NIS) in the gaming mode.
So first, check
NVIDIA Control Panel
Manage 3D Settings
Image Scaling > OFF
Then go to
NVIDIA Control Panel
Adjust Desktop Size and Position
Scaling (tab)
Full-Screen > On

Personally, I find the best thing to do is to keep NIS on. NIS is a far more valuable thing than removing black bars. NIS adds additional resolutions in to a games resolution selection and allows you to upscale even if the game doesn't support upscaling.

Please let me know how you get on. I would be really interested to hear if you have a problem with these settings.
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These are the settings I had, it didnt make any difference.
 
no_1_dave said:
Pretty sure it's just a sale, Black Friday is at the end of November. It'll likely be discounted further on Black Friday as the Freesync version will be out by then as well
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Dell told me that it's the 25th November. I do know that they send out "advance" invitations to some people though, no idea how soon that is.

I can't see the sale price yet.
 
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SpellowHouse said:
Dell told me that it's the 25th November. I do know that they send out "advance" invitations to some people though, no idea how soon that is.

I can't see the sale price yet.
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This link?

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Which you have to find not the normal link!
 
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Rendog said:
I can't decide whether to go for the AW3423DW or wait for the release of the AW3423DWF model as it seems to have a few different features like PIP, PBP, 2x DisplayPort ports and a few other things. Down to 165Hz compared to 175Hz but possibly 10Bit at 165Hz.
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I'm also waiting, imo the "cut down" version looks like the version to have. I currently have a 4k/144hz monitor with HDR600, and the HDR has impressed me so much that I'm happy (hopefully) to go down to 3440x1440 for OLED and true HDR!
 
SpellowHouse said:
OK, the million dollar question. Is G-Sync worth £100?

If you were buying a monitor today, who would buy Freesync and who would buy G-Sync?
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I think the answer to that is
"can your GPU drive 3440x1440 at min 48fps with quality you feel fine with?"
and then
"if not, would you prefer to put that £100 to a new GPU, or mitigate it by buying the G-Sync ultimate monitor?"

Other than that, it probably won't make much difference in real terms
 
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On oled, the gsync module has less of an advantage since it has instant pixel response already. Gsync module main advantage is on LCD based displays.

tftcentral.co.uk

Variable Refresh Rates - G-sync and FreeSync - TFTCentral

A detailed look at variable refresh rates (VRR) including NVIDIA G-sync, AMD FreeSync and all the various versions and certifications that exist
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Range is obviously better but I wouldn't want to be dropping below 60 fps regardless anyway.
 
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