Ensure the correct display is selected during setup.
Ensure the correct display is selected during setup.
Hi y'all, maybe you can help me or give me at least a bit of opinion on what monitor I should have gotten. Now at the beginning of this year I've opted to make the switch to that 1440p Ultrawide goodness, primary reason was that upgrade, HDR or FreeSynch were not the most important. I've bought the Gigabyte G34WQC A, because price - performance were good and with a RX 6700XT upgrade just after I thought maybe that could drive well. And it does, most games and programs run perfectly smooth even at 120-200 FPS, so the refresh rate sweetspot is well met. This monitor has a "FreeSynch Premium" rating/feature from the manufacturer, but one big issue with it: backlit VA panels apparently flicker at low FPS because they can not handle a "Full" refresh rate without the back lights going on and off. (If you understand the technicality more than me or look at the attached support chat with GB, you get the idea) Now that would be no issue for me, of course some games might land in that low FPS range, it is seldom with the whole system performance now and fine. BUT I got flicker issues also in: any full screen application like YouTube Video, Streams, Media Players, Remote Desktop, Image Viewers. Even in standing images, this panel won't stop flickering when the content is full screen and FreeSynch is on. So my user experience is: turning it of and on when I feel I need it and dealing with flicker while it's on. My current CRU settings are matching the hardware specification, since it did not out of the box. If you got any other specific settings to recommend for this monitor, I would be happy to hear them. Also you may flame me for choosing a VA panel in my budgetary concerns and recommend any reasonable replacements.
There’s no such concept as 1440p ultrawide. 1440p refers to 1440 vertical pixels at a fixed aspect ratio. Ultrawide changes that ratio, so it’s not the same. You might be thinking of 1440 vertical ultrawide, which would likely fall between 1440p and 4K, though it could go beyond 4K if the width is large enough. This means you’re using a very large screen. You’ll probably need a more powerful graphics card to reach a frame rate that eliminates flicker. For YouTube, adjusting the frame rate could help fix the issue. Film is often shot at 24 frames per second, which might be sufficient for flicker. Updated: September 10, 2022 by Bombastinator