monikernemo
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Isn't 300 bucks more expensive for 21:9 kinda like a good thing?
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Isn't 300 bucks more expensive for 21:9 kinda like a good thing?
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Mm you may have a point thereSubjective I guess. The extra $300 is tagged with two other cons for him, hence it became a con itself.
Was originally contemplating between this and the X34.
I watched some video reviews of the X34 and one reviewer mentioned that the ultra-wide 21:9 ratio isn't ideal for first person shooters (which I play quite a lot) as it had a "swimmy" feel to it (not mouse lag or perf issues). I personally tried CS: GO on the X34 at Xtreme Solutions and at Funan and thought the same thing. So 3 major cons against it:
1) Perf decrease due to extra game world being rendered compared to 16:9 monitors.
2) Weird "swimmy" feel for shooters.
3) 300 bucks more expensive than the XB271HU.
So the choice became clear to me.
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Isn't 300 bucks more expensive for 21:9 kinda like a good thing?
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Oh yes, and that too. Although reviewers are saying that the difference of going from 144hz down to 100hz isn't as pronounced as going from 60hz - 100hz, but that's still another area where the XB271HU has the X34 soundly beat.Also the X34 is 100Hz only. XB271HU is up to 165Hz.
Yep, like what Clement said. It's basically paying 300 bucks more to have 2 cons to me (perf loss is real and not subjective, while the "swimmy" feel might be, or at least I felt so personally after testing the X34).
And I don't think the cons are worth it given that the only advantage is extra screen space, which surprisingly didn't give me that wow factor when I sent to test the X34. I can see it being useful for people who play RTS/MOBA games, which I don't. For shooters, the "swimmy" feel basically negates the advantage of the extra screen space. Rather have a more responsive, 16:9 monitor any time.
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Yes that's true, but when choosing between X34 and XB271HU, perf loss with XB271HU is lesser.1080p to 1440p also performance loss.
I doubt I have the GPU horsepower to fully utilize this monitor though. But then there's Pascal incoming.
Yes that's true, but when choosing between X34 and XB271HU, perf loss with XB271HU is lesser.
I think running most games at 1440p should be ok on the perf end, but am wondering how the image quality will be affected (besides a blurrier image inherent with a lower reso) if we run games at the monitor's non-native 1080p reso. Are there any other weird side effects which may surface by going lower than non-native reso?
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Ok, am going to test it to see how it goes. Hope it's not a case of diff monitor, diff downscaling quality.I have been pondering about this issue. What I did was to run my current monitor at a lower resolution to see if you observe any artifacting. The resolution to test if you want the exact scaling is 1440 x 810 (have to run custom resolution for this). For me, it looked OK, so I'm not worried.
Hope mine is in the stack.
I have been pondering about this issue. What I did was to run my current monitor at a lower resolution to see if you observe any artifacting. The resolution to test if you want the exact scaling is 1440 x 810 (have to run custom resolution for this). For me, it looked OK, so I'm not worried.
I see $10k
I really like the Acer Predator wallpaper. Cannot find online.
I think this was a trial run, hopefully now that it was successful, more stock will comewah i regret not getting earlier, seems like it is sold out for now
wah i regret not getting earlier, seems like it is sold out for now