Your experience with 32:9 in gaming

[Witski]

So what's your experience? I just bought my first 32:9 49" coming from a 21:9 34", more specifically about supporting, so far every game i have and play is supported, every game i want in the future too...so i dunno what to expect, no problems at all with 21:9

[smokerob79]

I have played with more then a few over the lat couple of years....its great for work flow but for gaming its a lot of wasted pixels.....i still dont really want to go past my 32inch 1440p 165hz at normal 16:9.....when we see GPU's under 500 bucks able to run them at, at least 120 frames most people wont care.....

[Witski]

Originally posted by smokerob79:

I have played with more then a few over the lat couple of years....its great for work flow but for gaming its a lot of wasted pixels.....i still dont really want to go past my 32inch 1440p 165hz at normal 16:9.....when we see GPU's under 500 bucks able to run them at, at least 120 frames most people wont care.....

It's not wasted for me and it's better than 16:9 for me and it's not what i asked.

[_I_]

for games that do not natively support 32:9 or higher resolutions, visit wsgf.org they have guides and fixes for many games

[Witski]

Originally posted by _I_:

for games that do not natively support 32:9 or higher resolutions, visit wsgf.org they have guides and fixes for many games

Thanks ill keep that site around, seems pretty usefull, also i found that from a masochist or angel:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CbNMVRNk05h5-HuQqCFYQm-Dy1vAPf1qfY6qvvJHxQg/edit?gid=0#gid=0

Based on that pretty much every game is supported..it's hard to not have it unless it's Bandai Namco or Lazy as the Space Marine 2 devs..they add it, but if it was at launch i will have bought it hands down, they added it and bragged about it..at the end of the day it's just a zoom without fov. No buy and no further develpment of it as publicy said no lol also ban for fixing it ourself.

[Zef]

I've never used it, i dunno whether i'd like it or not, but the fact that older (and some recently released) games do not support it out of the box and that it increases the load on your GPU has kept me away from it until now.

Personally i already find 34 inch 16:9 borderline acceptable when scanning your eyes comfortably on a single screen while gaming.

For anything else i just use a giant 16:9 TV .

[Witski]

Originally posted by Zef:

I've never used it, i dunno whether i'd like it or not, but the fact that older (and some recently released) games do not support it out of the box and that it increases the load on your GPU has kept me away from it until now.

Personally i already find 34 inch 16:9 borderline acceptable when scanning your eyes comfortably on a single screen while gaming.

Stupidly speaking...older games supports ultra wide or super ultra wide nativelly...it's not hard to implement at all.
I never used one as well but if i never try..ill never know, yes is a stupid decision on my part buying that beast but i had to try it, if something goes wrong maybe ill refund it and take an OLED but 34 21:9 like my actual one ( it's an IPS tho ).

Other than taking care of it like a baby to prevent burn in i fear the size as well..i just took the measuring tape...and it's HUGE i hope i can play confortably on my desk..it's long enought but not too much depth, maybe the curvature helps.

[Midnight Aurais]

i got my old samsung 49 inch 5120x1440 10 bit hdr 1000 basically the step down version of the samsung g9 stored away

it was great for many things except my mother and brother use my room as a living room so when we watch movies because they are 16:9/10 some 21:9 it stays in the middle so viewing them with more then 1 person was not the best experience yes i can move the windows to the side but still not a great solution

i eventually bought the tcl hdr 3300 65 inch tv gaming is awesome software of the tv is questionable at best but otherwise its a treat for gaming

now comes the thing performance between the 2 very different overal the 4k tv is less taxing then the 5120x1440 resolution of the monitor and the reason is actually logical

on 32:9 the pc has to deal with way more information rendered at the same time you might have noticed games were parts pop in on the sides of the screen if the game is not optimized for 32:9 its because games have a technique were things in view is loaded at 100% quality while things out view is loaded at lower quality so save on resources

4k have more pixels to drive yes so 8.284.400 pixels vs 7.372.800 pixels(5120x1440) you can see that the gap ain't that huge yet it has to load 16:9

so this becomes a fight for how optimized it is for the 5120x1440 display some cases it has more fps then this tv but the majority it is more taxing then the tv lets just say cyberpunk 4k 120 fps with xess quality was not possible on the 5120x1440 at 120

[Witski]

Originally posted by Midnight Aurais:

i got my old samsung 49 inch 5120x1440 10 bit hdr 1000 basically the step down version of the samsung g9 stored away

it was great for many things except my mother and brother use my room as a living room so when we watch movies because they are 16:9/10 some 21:9 it stays in the middle so viewing them with more then 1 person was not the best experience yes i can move the windows to the side but still not a great solution

i eventually bought the tcl hdr 3300 65 inch tv gaming is awesome software of the tv is questionable at best but otherwise its a treat for gaming

now comes the thing performance between the 2 very different overal the 4k tv is less taxing then the 5120x1440 resolution of the monitor and the reason is actually logical

on 32:9 the pc has to deal with way more information rendered at the same time you might have noticed games were parts pop in on the sides of the screen if the game is not optimized for 32:9 its because games have a technique were things in view is loaded at 100% quality while things out view is loaded at lower quality so save on resources

4k have more pixels to drive yes so 8.284.400 pixels vs 7.372.800 pixels(5120x1440) you can see that the gap ain't that huge yet it has to load 16:9

so this becomes a fight for how optimized it is for the 5120x1440 display some cases it has more fps then this tv but the majority it is more taxing then the tv lets just say cyberpunk 4k 120 fps with xess quality was not possible on the 5120x1440 at 120

Hmmm don't know, watching videos at most i will lose 10 to 15 fps depending on games at that resolution compared to 4k (granted i did not watched anything related to 4k to begin with or was long time ago) But i think the most important part of the resolution is the second part 1440p.. is still a 1440p monitor and is not as taxing as a 2160 which also have 140 ppi and the 5120 108 ppi , theres also that.

A TV?? I guess it even have lower ppi since you dont have to stay super near it ( I THINK im not sure at all)...im not sure about anything really.

PPI is pixel density and 4k having more is harder to run than a 108 BUT i do NOT know what ppi have the oled g9..ill look now.

Edit: the oled g9 49" have 110 ppi.\

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7N7L3A_HDU

Im considering going back to 21:9 hahahahah

In that video reading comments the dude said he have an old am4 motherboard with almost no features like smart memory and other stuff, so probably my performance will be better and im not afraid of going from ultra to high..so i guess no worries for me..i still think 21:9 1440p is the king for performance and quality, hope for the best results on the 32:9

[Viking2121]

I love my 21:9 monitor, especially for racing, FPS, Cities Skylines or even Diablo 4, where that game has no ability to adjust the fov, but the extra wide res really seems to help as I think that game everything is so zoomed up too close especially on 16:9.

I'd love to get me a 32:9 monitor but the prices are just insane, but even if I find a game that don't like 32:9, I'd personally just play in a window at 3440x1440 or close to 21:9 and use the other half for what I'd do on a second screen and toss my second monitor lol.

[Witski]

Originally posted by Viking2121:

I love my 21:9 monitor, especially for racing, FPS, Cities Skylines or even Diablo 4, where that game has no ability to adjust the fov, but the extra wide res really seems to help as I think that game everything is so zoomed up too close especially on 16:9.

I'd love to get me a 32:9 monitor but the prices are just insane, but even if I find a game that don't like 32:9, I'd personally just play in a window at 3440x1440 or close to 21:9 and use the other half for what I'd do on a second screen and toss my second monitor lol.

Well, you don't need a fov slider into arpg's...the problem in space marine 2 ultrawide is just a zoom without fov..basically the space marine became super fat and takes 2/3 of your screen.

[Tiberius]

I cant go back to smaller aspect ratio once i've tasted 32:9 perfection

[Masque]

I tried a 21:9 1440 before sending it back, so 32:9 would be right out.

42", which means it was shorter vertically and about the same width as my 40" 16:9 (1080), and although I appreciated the higher resolution, all the 3D games I played on it (Horizon Zero Dawn, AC:Odyssey, Outcast) felt like I was missing verticality -- like I was looking at the game through the back window of a 72 Corvette tunnelback. It should have felt wider, but instead it just felt shorter, like I had top and bottom blinders on.

I don't think I'll ever be able to get used to any ratio besides 16:9, unless somehow I get enough money to find a monitor as TALL as my 40". But then I'd need to build wings on my desk for the Polk bookshelf speakers.

[Tiberius]

Originally posted by Midnight Aurais:

on 32:9 the pc has to deal with way more information rendered at the same time you might have noticed games were parts pop in on the sides of the screen if the game is not optimized for 32:9 its because games have a technique were things in view is loaded at 100% quality while things out view is loaded at lower quality so save on resources

This is mainly during cutscenes tho

[Masque]

When will we get 1:1 ratio screens?

I think that would be amazing to try.

Just as wide as my 40" 16:9, but TALLER.

EDIT LOL someone made one once, 10 years ago.

https://www.amazon.com/Eizo-FlexScan-EV2730Q-Monitor-1920x1920/dp/B012TOWUC0

[Viking2121]

Originally posted by Witski:

Originally posted by Viking2121:

I love my 21:9 monitor, especially for racing, FPS, Cities Skylines or even Diablo 4, where that game has no ability to adjust the fov, but the extra wide res really seems to help as I think that game everything is so zoomed up too close especially on 16:9.

I'd love to get me a 32:9 monitor but the prices are just insane, but even if I find a game that don't like 32:9, I'd personally just play in a window at 3440x1440 or close to 21:9 and use the other half for what I'd do on a second screen and toss my second monitor lol.

Well, you don't need a fov slider into arpg's...the problem in space marine 2 ultrawide is just a zoom without fov..basically the space marine became super fat and takes 2/3 of your screen.

You do if devs think its fine to be so zoomed up and things attack you out side of the viewable area, Diablo 4....