Hardware & Technical Dell 49" 5120X1440 Monitor

GJ51

GJ51
Dell has just announced a new 49" monitor with 5120X1440 resolution

Very nice.

https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/15...19dw-49-inch-ultrawide-monitor-qhd-resolution

https://www.dell.com/learn/us/en/vn...ovations-and-workforce-transformation-in-mind

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Pville_Piper

Pville_Piper
I saw this, but I'm not sure I'd want one for gaming. The size of this thing would be a struggle for even a RTX 2080ti to render at decent speeds, it would probably be a slide show or lucky to run at 30 fps in most games...
 

Morbad

Morbad
Pville_Piper said:
I saw this, but I'm not sure I'd want one for gaming. The size of this thing would be a struggle for even a RTX 2080ti to render at decent speeds, it would probably be a slide show or lucky to run at 30 fps in most games...
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5120*1440 is fewer pixels than 3840*2160 (4k/UHD). If you have a setup that can run games at 4k, they will run faster at this display's native resolution.

I still wouldn't want one for gaming, but that's purely because I don't like the aspect ratio and don't think I'd want another 60Hz display at this time with all the compelling 120Hz+ displays out there.
 

Caramel Clown

Caramel Clown
I remember seeing something similar on display system in one of local computer stores. I sat in front of it at roughly a normal distance and couldn't fit all of it into my field of view. Must be amazing for productivity, since it's essentially two screens with no bezel in a middle. For gaming...meh. Most games won't even support something like this. Especially HUD elements will be so far apart that your neck will hurt while you will be turning around just to check on things. Also, I'd imagine even cinema format videos will have black bars either side.
 

GJ51

GJ51
Morbad said:
5120*1440 is fewer pixels than 3840*2160 (4k/UHD). If you have a setup that can run games at 4k, they will run faster at this display's native resolution.

I still wouldn't want one for gaming, but that's purely because I don't like the aspect ratio and don't think I'd want another 60Hz display at this time with all the compelling 120Hz+ displays out there.
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I only play ED and don't think i can handle VR. I have a Dell curved 34" moe and it works great with ED. My son has the Dell 38" 3880X1600 curved and that's an awesome monitor as well.

I've looked at 49" monitors in a store, but the low resolution makes them unusable for me compared to the Dell offerings. If Dell pushed the vertical resolution up to 1600 or 2160 I'd be even more tempted, but I see no reason why ED wouldn't do well on the 49" - ED doesn't need a lot of GPU. I've also looked at the Dell 43" 4k, but doesn't quite feel right when i look at one.

Hopefully the 49" will come to MicroCenter pretty soon so I can see it live.

Large curved seems the way to go for those of us that don't adapt well to VR. Fortunately we're starting to see some really good options coming out.

Yes, I'd like seeing more of these at higher refresh rates and with G-Sync, but at least it looks like things are heading in the right direction.
 

BurnyBurns

BurnyBurns
Caramel Clown said:
For gaming...meh.
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For gaming it ought to be outright amazing - in games that support it and where it makes sense. Top down strategy / management games? Not so much, peripheral vision is not as critical. E.g. Blizzard games also limit the viewport because they seemingly want to ensure an equal playing field for competitive play.

But for everything where peripheral vision matters, that screen real estate is amazing. I played War Thunder/some sims on three 1920x1200 (5760x1200) screens. Going back to a single screen with less real estate really hurts the experience in retrospect. You do not realize how limited you are in a game until you play with such a wide screen. Just consider that you, as a human, have a field of view that horizontally covers approximately 180° of the space in front of your face. You only ever focus on a small fraction of that, but you still perceive the rest as peripheral vision and realize what's going on there. The monitor only ever allows you to see a very small window of the game world. Doubling or tripling that window makes quite the difference in immersion.

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The middle screen is what you normally see. 16:10, normal 24" desktop screen.
 
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