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#4043629 - 11/30/14 09:14 PM Re: Christmas is coming early! New G-Sync 4k Monitor ordered [Re: Hellshade]  
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I was looking at the Asus monitor also. But when this one went on sale for just $79 more than that one, I figured the fact that it is LED alone would make it worth it. Plus, as I say...future proofing. I'll still have it 2 years from now and then it's just a matter of buying the card.


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#4043994 - 12/01/14 05:20 PM Re: Christmas is coming early! New G-Sync 4k Monitor ordered [Re: Tailspinner]  
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Originally Posted By: Tailspinner
Interested here as well. Fudge, I am also running at 2560 x 1440 resolution with 8AA and GTX 780 TI card. I still get jaggies and it is bothersome as I like it seamless Also, take a FPS hit. Average is around 45 FPS. Can I ask you to share your graphic settings to compare?

Thanks for pics as well!


Sorry for the delay in replay. Been trying to avoid WoFF till Christmas, it's not been working too well though smile2

If you haven't already take a look at my screenshots in dropbox (rarther than on SimHQ), the ones at 2560 x 1400. I don't have any sweetFX installed or the like. If you notice the jaggies in my pictures then it's just my eyes are not as good as they should be frown If you don't notice them however is where things may be interesting. Could try the reverse and you post a few screenies from your set up.

Setting attached





For reference the rest of my hardware setup
I5 2500K @ 4.2GHz
GTX 780TI Gigabyte windforce or something similar
16GB RAM
Windows 7
Crucible 256GB SSD with WoFF installed onto

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#4044182 - 12/02/14 12:04 AM Re: Christmas is coming early! New G-Sync 4k Monitor ordered [Re: Hasse]  
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Originally Posted By: Hasse
So you think one powerful video card is not enough for that?

I'm just considering options for my next rig. smile


Some reviews said it depends on the game. For today's first person shooters with lots of explosions and action (the latest Call of Duty or Battlefield title) you better have hi-powered cards in SLI or a dual GPU card. Even the new 980s are said to have problems with 4K rez with those types of games. On the other hand, for other types of games (flight sims???) a single 780 Ti can do the trick. That's what I've read.


Acer: XB 280HK 28" 3840 X 2160, 1ms, w/Nvidia GSync
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#4044184 - 12/02/14 12:08 AM Re: Christmas is coming early! New G-Sync 4k Monitor ordered [Re: Hellshade]  
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Skyrim, Guild Wars 2, Rift all ran flawlessly at 4K. WOFF ran fine as long as I didn't cmpress time past 4x. My problem with WOFF is it really wanted to run at the same resolution as the desktop. That's why I set it to 2560 x 1440.


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#4044190 - 12/02/14 12:15 AM Re: Christmas is coming early! New G-Sync 4k Monitor ordered [Re: Hellshade]  
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Originally Posted By: Hellshade
I was looking at the Asus monitor also. But when this one went on sale for just $79 more than that one, I figured the fact that it is LED alone would make it worth it. Plus, as I say...future proofing. I'll still have it 2 years from now and then it's just a matter of buying the card.


I've been watching that same ACER G-Sync 4K monitor myself. One major negative is the only connection is Displayport. That's it. But the price keeps fluctuating. Last week it dropped from $799 to $719 on Amazon. Post Turkey Day it was back up to $789. I have no idea where it's at now---on Amazon. Thanks for alerting us to the price on Tiger Direct.


Acer: XB 280HK 28" 3840 X 2160, 1ms, w/Nvidia GSync
Corsair: White Graphite 760T Full Tower
Corsair: 16GB Vengeance LPX 2800MHz RAM
Corsair: SP2500 2.1 Gaming Speaker System
INTEL: Six-Core, i7 5820K CPU @4.2Hz
ASUS RTX OC 2080
Logitech 920 Wheel and Pedal System with Wheel Stand Pro
Saitek Pro Flight Control System with Wheel Stand Pro
Saitek X55 HOTAS
XBOX One S
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#4044198 - 12/02/14 12:28 AM Re: Christmas is coming early! New G-Sync 4k Monitor ordered [Re: Hellshade]  
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Hate to tell you this, HEllshade, but I think you have your monitors mixed up. The Acer 4K with G-Sync is the XB280HK. That' model does not exist on Tiger Direct's site. I just checked. If it was old out, wouldn't it say "out of stock" or something similar? It isn't there at all.


Acer: XB 280HK 28" 3840 X 2160, 1ms, w/Nvidia GSync
Corsair: White Graphite 760T Full Tower
Corsair: 16GB Vengeance LPX 2800MHz RAM
Corsair: SP2500 2.1 Gaming Speaker System
INTEL: Six-Core, i7 5820K CPU @4.2Hz
ASUS RTX OC 2080
Logitech 920 Wheel and Pedal System with Wheel Stand Pro
Saitek Pro Flight Control System with Wheel Stand Pro
Saitek X55 HOTAS
XBOX One S
Track IR5

#4044217 - 12/02/14 01:12 AM Re: Christmas is coming early! New G-Sync 4k Monitor ordered [Re: Hellshade]  
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Probably because it was on sale at $120 off the normal price in an attempt to sell them out. I posted a picture of the monitor box and the monitor itself installed on my system. Felling pretty confident that I'm not mixed up on anything.

winkngrin

This what you were looking for?

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=9178269&CatId=5469


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#4044244 - 12/02/14 02:46 AM Re: Christmas is coming early! New G-Sync 4k Monitor ordered [Re: Hellshade]  
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Originally Posted By: Hellshade
Probably because it was on sale at $120 off the normal price in an attempt to sell them out. I posted a picture of the monitor box and the monitor itself installed on my system. Felling pretty confident that I'm not mixed up on anything.

winkngrin

This what you were looking for?

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=9178269&CatId=5469


How did you find that? I typed in the precise model name and number into the search bar. It came back with "no such item' or words to that effect. You were already my idol because of your incredible videos and screenshots. Now you're godlike.

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Acer: XB 280HK 28" 3840 X 2160, 1ms, w/Nvidia GSync
Corsair: White Graphite 760T Full Tower
Corsair: 16GB Vengeance LPX 2800MHz RAM
Corsair: SP2500 2.1 Gaming Speaker System
INTEL: Six-Core, i7 5820K CPU @4.2Hz
ASUS RTX OC 2080
Logitech 920 Wheel and Pedal System with Wheel Stand Pro
Saitek Pro Flight Control System with Wheel Stand Pro
Saitek X55 HOTAS
XBOX One S
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#4044280 - 12/02/14 05:30 AM Re: Christmas is coming early! New G-Sync 4k Monitor ordered [Re: Hellshade]  
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Just to chime in, the higher the resolution of your monitor, then the stronger video card you'll need. It varies from one game to the next, but almost all current games will need a strong video card to play at high settings or more. For example, if you can play your game at max settings on a 1080p with a 680gtx 2gb, then you'll reduce your settings once you upgrade to a 1440p. Or worse, if you upgrade to an IPS or 30" monitor, then forget even playing at medium settings with a 680gtx.

Ideal situation would be to upgrade your monitor at about the same time as a video card upgrade to take advantage of the better resolution and not suffer from poor performance issues.

#4051708 - 12/16/14 08:10 PM Re: Christmas is coming early! New G-Sync 4k Monitor ordered [Re: Hellshade]  
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Originally Posted By: Hellshade
Tiger Direct has the new 28" Acer G-Sync monitors in stock and I've had my eye on the 1920 x 1080 144hz one for $599 hoping it would go on sale. But it didn't. Instead, it's big brother, the 4k version dropped from $799 down to $679 ($120 savings).


Some questions from a non-technical geezer:

I'm going to switch over to a G-sync monitor. It will be the Acer XB270 (the 1920 x 1080 one mentioned above). It will be matched up with a GTX 980 card.

I don't have much of an understanding of what the various Nvidia 3d settings actually control. I've just followed the advice that I've seen and used those settings.

So my question is - when I change over to a G-sync monitor what do I need to do with the Nvidia settings that I've been using for the past few years? For example, should vertical sync still be set to "on"? What about the other settings?

What Nvidia settings do you use with your G-sync monitor?

Also, SLI should still be disabled when using WOFF, correct?

Thanks

#4051720 - 12/16/14 08:30 PM Re: Christmas is coming early! New G-Sync 4k Monitor ordered [Re: Hellshade]  
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When you pick your game in the nVidia control setting, you pick G-Sync versus V-Sync and that is it.


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#4051731 - 12/16/14 08:52 PM Re: Christmas is coming early! New G-Sync 4k Monitor ordered [Re: Hellshade]  
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and G-Sync is turned automatically turned On in the Global settings once you connect the G-Sync monitor to your G-Sync capable Nvidia card.


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#4051762 - 12/16/14 09:55 PM Re: Christmas is coming early! New G-Sync 4k Monitor ordered [Re: Hellshade]  
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So I'll have G-Sync enabled (instead of vertical sync) in Nvidia settings. And that's all there is to it? Everything else (antialiasing, texture filtering, etc.) should stay the same as what I've been using?

At one point, quite a while ago, I heard that (for WOFF) it was better to use Nvidia global settings instead of specific program settings. Is that true? If not, and I decide to use the program setting, it should refer to cfs3.exe instead of a woff file, correct?

What about WOFF workshop setting - should VSync be force on, force off, or driver setting?

#4051768 - 12/16/14 10:06 PM Re: Christmas is coming early! New G-Sync 4k Monitor ordered [Re: Fudge93]  
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Originally Posted By: Fudge93


Sorry for the delay in replay. Been trying to avoid WoFF till Christmas, it's not been working too well though smile2



Thanks Fudge much appreciated! I am not a tech type and need all the help I can to dial in the best possible settings for my rig setup. Between you and Hellshade I have a similar setup other than the new 4k monitor. Cannot get WOFF settings quite right over a few months of tweaking. Will give yours a try on an NVidia 780 Ti card.

#4054064 - 12/21/14 03:54 PM Re: Christmas is coming early! New G-Sync 4k Monitor ordered [Re: hoongadoonga]  
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Originally Posted By: hoongadoonga
So I'll have G-Sync enabled (instead of vertical sync) in Nvidia settings. And that's all there is to it?
Yes.

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Everything else (antialiasing, texture filtering, etc.) should stay the same as what I've been using?
Yes.

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At one point, quite a while ago, I heard that (for WOFF) it was better to use Nvidia global settings instead of specific program settings. Is that true?
Not 100% sure, but I've never read anything saying that that is recommended. At any rate, using the WOFF program profile works fine for me.

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If not, and I decide to use the program setting, it should refer to cfs3.exe instead of a woff file, correct?
You are correct, sir.

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What about WOFF workshop setting - should VSync be force on, force off, or driver setting?
I would leave it to driver setting. Basically, you want your driver to tell your video card what to do, not the application(WOFF).


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#4054134 - 12/21/14 06:56 PM Re: Christmas is coming early! New G-Sync 4k Monitor ordered [Re: Hellshade]  
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Thanks for the replies, Slick Wilhelm, Hellshade, and Panama Red. I appreciate it.

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