How did I not know?

[Bizman]

Plus, the bevels on the monitors would make it seem you are in jail looking out towards freedom.

True for triple and five monitor systems. But on an ultra-wide screen of 21:9 or 32:9 there's no bevels other than the ones framing the monstrosity.

[AKIron]

What about newer sims flight sims and other newer games? I have a Nvidia 3070 over here. I'd like to one-up Leisure but not at the cost of burning up my gpu. The price on that Dell seems stupendous but as you said, the wide aspect doesn't appeal to me.

I have a 3070 with 3 monitors connected. My primary is a Dell at 2560 x 1440.  The most demanding I've run is DCS and it runs fine on my machine at high detail settings. CPU is also a factor and I run an AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D, 64GB Ram, and a fast SSD.

[AKIron]

That Dell I linked is not wide aspect. It is 16:9 like mine.

[xanax]

I have a 3070 with 3 monitors connected. My primary is a Dell at 2560 x 1440.  The most demanding I've run is DCS and it runs fine on my machine at high detail settings. CPU is also a factor and I run an AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D, 64GB Ram, and a fast SSD.

All 3 monitors are the 2K (1440p) variety? If so, that's intriguing as that screen space would be nice. I'd imagine the 4K (3840x2160) monitor in your link would be less taxing on the GPU than running the 3 monitors or do I have that wrong? Is the primary one in the pic a 32"?

That's a nice setup.

[AKIron]

The two on the sides are cheap 27" Samsung monitors at 1920x1080. The middle is a 32" Dell at 2560x1440. Think I paid maybe $150 each for the Samsung a year and a half ago and $250 for the Dell same time.

Thanks.

[AKIron]

As I mentioned I run DCS on pretty high settings and can get consistent 150-200 FPS in DCS on the Dell monitor. The rate does drop when there is a lot of action.

[AKIron]

Replaced my Warthog throttle recently with the most basic Virpil throttle. Had to make me a switch box to go with it.

[xanax]

As I mentioned I run DCS on pretty high settings and can get consistent 150-200 FPS in DCS on the Dell monitor. The rate does drop when there is a lot of action.

Thanks, that's good info to have as you have the same vid card and a similar CPU, 64gig RAM and SSD(PCle) specs. Well....CPU is 13th gen I7

[AKIron]

Is there a frame rate counter in AH3? This is what I get in DCS. I expect you can do better in AH3 even at 4K res.

I should mention that of course there is a performance hit when you are recording video and audio so my frame rate is a bit better when I'm not doing that.

[Leisure]

Smoked almonds?

Did you mean to post said depravity?

I responded with equal turpitude. I left maybe 3 almonds in the can and put it back on her table.

[Leisure]

Is there a frame rate counter in AH3? This is what I get in DCS. I expect you can do better in AH3 even at 4K res.

I should mention that of course there is a performance hit when you are recording video and audio so my frame rate is a bit better when I'm not doing that.

Hello

There is, Control+I. With mine, the frame rate stays drilled at whatever refresh I set my monitor to. I have it at 180 so frames never dip below that.

[AKIron]

Hello

There is, Control+I. With mine, the frame rate stays drilled at whatever refresh I set my monitor to. I have it at 180 so frames never dip below that.

I assume you're using vsync? That limits your frame rate to your monitor refresh rate. Turn it off and see how high it goes.

[Leisure]

I assume you're using vsync? That limits your frame rate to your monitor refresh rate. Turn it off and see how high it goes.

heh, yeah. Turned it off and saw it mostly stay in the 280's. Saw a low of 246 or there abouts. Saw my GPU hit 60 deg C and CPU hit 65 however. I know that's ok on the CPU but don't know what the limits are on the GPU. Didn't see any anomalies visual-wise. Only did it for about 15 minutes-long enough for LATINLUV and YUCCA to drub me and kick my carcass off to the side a few times.

[Bizman]

heh, yeah. Turned it off and saw it mostly stay in the 280's. Saw a low of 246 or there abouts. Saw my GPU hit 60 deg C and CPU hit 65 however. I know that's ok on the CPU but don't know what the limits are on the GPU. Didn't see any anomalies visual-wise. Only did it for about 15 minutes-long enough for LATINLUV and YUCCA to drub me and kick my carcass off to the side a few times.

60 and 65 degrees centigrade are OK when stressed.

Also, having V-sync on reduces power consumption and thus keeps the GPU cooler if the refresh rate of the monitor is lower than what the GPU is capable to draw. Having some overhead resources is a good thing but if you're concerned with your energy bill you may even want to underclock the GPU and lower the max refresh rate of the monitor! There's most likely no visual difference in 144 or 165 Hz compared to 180 and dropping the clock rates by some 5% should still give you plenty of headroom. Studies tell that underclocking by 5-10% can reduce power consumption by 20-30% so we're not talking about peanuts here. And it will keep your system cooler which adds to longevity.

[Leisure]

60 and 65 degrees centigrade are OK when stressed.

Also, having V-sync on reduces power consumption and thus keeps the GPU cooler if the refresh rate of the monitor is lower than what the GPU is capable to draw. Having some overhead resources is a good thing but if you're concerned with your energy bill you may even want to underclock the GPU and lower the max refresh rate of the monitor! There's most likely no visual difference in 144 or 165 Hz compared to 180 and dropping the clock rates by some 5% should still give you plenty of headroom. Studies tell that underclocking by 5-10% can reduce power consumption by 20-30% so we're not talking about peanuts here. And it will keep your system cooler which adds to longevity.

Hello,
 
I just wanted to see how it would do uncorked. As you suggest, I'm going to keep things sensible at 120hz to preserve CPU and GPU. I don't think I can differentiate anything above 120hz anyways but it seems TrackIR is much smoother compared to the 60hz of my old monitor. I've also tried HDR on and in the off position and it seems nicer with it on, so I'll keep it that way. These settings also look perfectly good in the IL-2 module I have, Battle of Normandy.
I am still astonished at the difference between 1080p and 1440p, it's vast to me. Just the difference looking at non-gaming stuff is worth the upgrade.