Hardware & Technical Need help for a UltraWide Monitor

pippo

pippo
Hey guys,
I've been sadly playing ED on an old VGA screen for a while now and time is to move on.
I've been tempted by an UltraWide monitor after watching Obsidan Ant's videos (great stuff btw Ob's)

Now as I'm tight, I found this monitor for about 150quids but for the life of me I can't understand how this one is so cheap while every other monitor ranges from a minimum of 250/300quids.

Here's the specs

Display
DDC/CI

Display surface
Matt
Color gamut
99 %
HD type
-
Display technology
IPS
3D compatibility
-
Contrast ratio (dynamic)
5000000:1
HDCP

Display sRGB

Supported graphics resolutions
2560 x 1080
Digital vertical frequency
50 - 75 Hz
Digital horizontal frequency
30 - 90 kHz
Display Resolution
2560 x 1080 pixels
Response Time
5 ms
Display brightness
250 cd/m2
Display diagonal
25 "
Display number of colours
16.77 M
Display
LED
Aspect Ratio
21:9
Viewing angle, vertical
178 °
Viewing angle, horizontal
178 °
Contrast ratio (typical)
1000:1
Pixel Pitch
0.2286 x 0.2286 mm
Ports & interfaces
Headphone out

USB 3.0 ports quantity
0
DisplayPorts quantity
1
Headphone connectivity
3.5 mm
HDMI ports quantity
2
VGA (D-Sub) ports quantity
0
DVI port
DC-in jack

Energy efficiency class
Unspecified
Power consumption (standby)
0.5 W
Power consumption (PowerSave)
0.5 W
Power consumption (off)
0.5 W
Input Voltage
100 - 240 V
Power consumption (typical)
31 W

I apologize in advance since it's quite late and I know I'll probably have to bump the thread once or twice to get an answer.
 
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pippo

pippo
Asp Explorer said:
I think the most important thing is - what card are you going to be plugging it into?
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I'm already playing the game, crappy old TV set, but the computer specs are good… 'ish.

The card is GTX 750Ti
There's 8g of ram and room for more.
The processor is AMD fx 6300

What I don't get is what's the catch with the screen.
 

GJ51

GJ51
1080 vertical is pretty much the drawback. but should be a huge improvement over what you have now. probably not the best quality, buty you get what you pay for. Still, it could turn out to be a reasonable low cost option for game play.

Usually 2560 is accompanied with 1440 in a wide screen.
 
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Asp Explorer

Asp Explorer
pippo said:
What I don't get is what's the catch with the screen.
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I'm not sure. IPS, 5ms, DisplayPort - all looks good - but there might be issues with backlighting or a truly awful scaler. Those specs might also be a complete invention, and the actual product capable of far lower specs. Maybe they are full of dead pixels, or "display" models :D I bought some cheap tablets a while back of the "display" model variety - they were literally the dummies you see on shop stands.

What is the manufacturer and model?
 
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pippo

pippo
Asp Explorer said:
Probably they want to sell off the old stock.
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Seems like the best answer to me.

As for the 1080p height being the drawback like GJ51 mentioned, now looking into it a bit more, 2560x1080 is what actually makes it ultra wide. So nothing wrong here.
 
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