QUOTE(vincetee06 @ Jun 30 2015, 11:38 AM)
I am dealing with supplier to get stock info of Acer XB280HK actually.
After few day on review researching, i found most people claiming that ultrawide is actually more immersive in gaming than 4k, despite 4k is higher resolution, but required more house power to push it at 60p,
also i worrying about the Windows and program scaling issue, do u facing it?
I will not consider QHD at 28" as it is just about 30% boost of image from 1080p.
144hz? never seems before, but i think current using 60hz monitor is quite satisfy for me d.
I am just quite curious how G-Sync is performing during i playing a 4K game, is it just a gimmic, hard to say.
So i gonna go for a G-Sync this time to taste it.
Your single 980Ti can run 4K at 35-60fps depending on game. Even as the framerate drops below 30, up to 24fps, G-Sync compensates to give a smooth experience. Believe me, I am more particular about settings on Ultra or Very High, I punish my system hard just so that they run at the ultimate settings, and even at a single Titan X card, I get similar results: 35-60fps, depending on games, with G-sync assisting on frame smoothing.
Scaling issue is nonexistant, either set DPI in Windows to 150% and/or in browsers to 150% and you're set.
Ultrawide is immersive, but I am particular about my IQ (image quality). The way the games render the frames at the wide edges means that it looks stretched. IF you're okay with that, then go for it. I dont like stretched look, even when it is only at the periphery of my vision. Personally I'd only go ultrawide if ultrawide means curved screen that completely envelopes my around 180 degrees without stretching at the wide edges. Think of it as a half circle 180 degrees display with me in the middle of it. Then THAT is immersive. The current immersion right now to me, isn't immersive enough. Your mileage may vary, you may like what's available in terms of ultrawides one, but personally it is not for me. The only way to determine this is to experience it yourself. That is kinda hard to do here since stores here dont do demos or dont stock them unless preordered (the sad state of purchasing high end items in this country), or the next best thing: YouTube reviews.
G-Sync is definitely not a gimmick, it works. For example, Assassin's Creed Unity has a broken SLI profile. I have three Titan Xs. With SLI profile broken in that game, I'm stuck with the game harnessing only a single Titan X horsepower, and with settings all the way up on Ultra on ALL settings, I get 25-40fps depending on how thick the crowd is in the game. A slight overclock would boost that to 30-50fps. At a normal 4K monitor (my Asus PQ321Q), once it drops below 30, you'll see fluid movement goes down to appreciable stutters, and destroys immersion (yes, immersion is also dependant on fluid smooth framerates). Switch over to my Acer 4K G-sync, stutter totally gone. G-sync compensates for it. The only reason why I still keep that Asus PQ321Q is because it is an IGZO display that portray images better than a Premium TN panel on the Acer 4K G-Sync panel.
If I were in your shoes, I'd head around and see if I can see these panels for myself and evaluate. You can hear me blab and talk about all this, but nothing beats seeing it for yourself. I had skeptics before being wary about my recommendations about G-Sync, my rig was at the most recent PIKOM PC Fair with my Acer 4K G-Sync at one of the booth there, and it basically shuts the naysayer up when they saw it in action. The only thing they bitch about (PC gamers, being the entitled lot that they are, will always bitch and complain no matter what) is the price (of the monitor and the cost of the hardware to run it). But you pay for the price of a good G-Sync experience, you cant get something for nothing/free.