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On System 3, the Acer Apire Revo w the NVIDIA Ion LE, I'm not using an adapter and am unable to get > 1920x1080. I haven't used Linux for 10 years, but I imagine that it's something to do with how the Linux drivers work.
Can't get 2560x1080 on new LG 25UM57. I tried on 3 OSs w 3 different graphics cards. Please Help.
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Dear Sir or Madam, I recently purchased said LG monitor and for the life of me I cannot squeeze anything higher than 1920x1080 out of this puppy. I have tested this monitor on three different pcs with 3 different OSs and three different graphics cards (dear lord I'm a hoarder!) System 1) Mac Pro 3,1 (~2008) with and NVIDIA 8800 GT and Mac OS X El Capitan. The 8800 has dual link DVI-D so I bought an adapter to go from DVI->HDMI (I'm using the HDMI cable that came with the 25UM57). OMFG the image is horrid. In Mac OS X I played with the display settings. OS X thinks it is driving the signal at 2560x1080. The monitor states that it is being driven at 1280x1080 and looks awful. All aliased and grainy. Text is unreadable. The only other options are lower resolutions. These also look grainy until you get down to so low a resolution nothing really fits on the screen. I thought that I might have bought a crappy DVI->HDMI adapter so today I went to a store and picked up a DVI-I->HDMI cable. I plugged this in. Slightly better, still awful. Mac OS X has baked in NVIDIA drivers so you only get the resolutions it gives you. With this new cable I get additional options in the display menu. the 1080p setting looks about what I was hoping for but I'm still not able to use those last ~600 pixels that I paid for. There is no custom display option to push it to 2560x1080. The 8800 GT specs state it can push 2560x1600 http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-8800-gt/specifications . System 2) Windows ??7 I think with a Geforce 6800 XT. Again this card has only a DVI connector. I tried both the adapter & HDMI cable and the DVI-HDMI all in on cable and I don't get the horrid grainy image like I got on the Mac, but I only get 1920x1080 max resolution via the NVIDIA control panel. I tried adding a custom resolution of 2560x1080 and when I enable it the monitor shows the message stating that it isn't being driven at the optimal resolution of 2560x1080 and that it is only pushing 1920x1080. At this point I feel like the 'crappy' DVI->HDMI connector is working just fine as I get the same results by using the adapter as I do when using the DVI->HDMI cable. http://www.nvidia.com/object/geforce6_techspecs.html Onto System 3: Acer Aspire Revo running Ubuntu 15.04 with an NVIDIA Ion LE chip. It only has a HDMI connection. I'm still playing this guy trying to get anything but 1920x1080. http://www.nvidia.com/object/picoatom_specifications.html
Both the DVI->HDMI adapter and the DVI->HDMI cable have dual link DVI-D connectors.
I'm planning on drinking heavily until this is solved. It is Saturday after all..
Thanks for your help. I feel like I did some due diligence but just feel a bit dense right now. If this isn't a good subreddit for this please point me to a better suited one. Thanks.
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We love multiple monitor workstations, but “Ultrawide” displays, packing resolutions that rival two or three panels side-by-side, are looking better and better these days. After all, having more than one monitor doesn’t automatically make you more productive. Here’s how these new ultrawide monitors differ from a dual-screen setup, and when you might consider buying one.
What Are “Ultrawide” Monitors?
Ultrawide monitors are traditionally any display that’s about 21:9 aspect ratio, designed to have a similar aspect ratio to traditional movie theater screens. Depending on the size of the display you get, you’re looking at screen resolutions of around 2560-pixels or 3440-pixels wide by 1080-pixels or 1440-pixels high, in display sizes from 29” to 34” diagonally. That’s a ton of horizontal working space, sometimes more than you might get by jamming two or three displays together. Plus, a single, ultrawide monitor gives you a seamless working (and gaming) experience without bezels in between windows or documents, and without multiple connectors to your computer’s video card to drive all of those displays together.
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Essentially, the dream is to have one display on your desk (or maybe two) with more working space than three or four smaller displays combined, all using a single (or two) connectors on your video card. Ultrawide displays also allow you to run native resolutions on current-generation video cards (and for gamers, even run games on your current graphics card) without having to upgrade to cards with more power, more ports, or in some cases, two or three cards just to make everything work smoothly.
Of course, that’s the promise. The reality is a little more complicated, but that doesn’t mean ultrawide monitors don’t live up to it in some cases.
Who Makes Ultrawide Monitors?
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Dell, LG, AoC, and ASUS all make ultrawide monitor options, but there are usually one or two specific models per company to choose from. While there are a lot of players, there aren’t always a lot of models to choose from. Here are a few leaders in the field:
- LG 29UM65 29” LED Display ($400)
- LG 34UM95 34” LED Display ($914)
- LG 34UC97 34” Curved LED Display ($1200)
- Dell UltraSharp U2913WM 29” LED Display ($510)
- Dell UltraSharp U3415W 34” Curved LED Display ($1180)
- ASUS MX299Q 29” LED Display ($400)
- ASUS PB298Q 29” LED Display ($400)
- AOC Q2963PM 29” LED Display ($350)
- NEC Display MultiSync EA294WMi-BK 29” LED DIsplay ($615)
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These are just some current popular models, and there are likely a few we’ve missed (and others that have came on the market, sold for a while, and vanished in favor of an updated version.) One thing though, all of the 29” displays are aggressively priced along with other budget monitors around the same size (usually in the 27” range), but the 34” displays can get pretty expensive. We expect that for flagship models, but it can be a bit of a sticking point if you’re looking to upgrade your workspace for less than it might cost to buy or build a new PC.
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The question we set out to answer is whether or not ultrawide displays are better than dual-monitor setups for productivity (or just about anything else.) Well, the first thing to remember is that the number of monitors you have doesn’t matter when it comes to productivity. It’s the actual real estate those monitors offer that matters, and how you use it. If you have two or three tiny displays and you still scroll and struggle to work with the documents, spreadsheets, and web pages you need to read, they’re not helping you. Instead, one, really large display that can accommodate all of that information cleanly (or rotating it so it’s vertical) would be a bigger boon for you.
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Read more Read 29” ultrawides almost universally come in 2560 x 1080 varieties. That’s great, but that screen resolution isn’t anything you can’t get with a standard 30” 16:9 display (or better yet, a 16:10 display). Plus, we’ve established that great, huge monitors don’t have to cost a ton of money. Unless you’re just a huge fan of the 21:9 aspect ratio at 29”, it doesn’t seem to make that much sense. When you can spend the same (or save a little) and get one or two larger displays for the same (or more) real estate. Plus, in order to keep costs down, many of the 29” ultrawide panels we checked out ditch useful features like a tilt/swivel stand, VESA mount, or extra video inputs in order to keep things affordable.
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A note for gamers: We’ve talked about setting up triple-monitor gaming setups before. Ultrawides still come with the same in-game challenges that an AMD Eyefinity or NVIDIA Surround gaming setup would have, but you don’t necessarily need a new or more powerful graphics card to drive an ultrawide setup. With two or three standard monitors, your graphics card (or cards) have to drive each monitor with decent refresh rates. With an ultrawide, you only have to worry about powering one (and connecting one.) Of course, 3440 x 1440 is a lot of pixels, so low-end cards will still strain, but a decent bang-for-the-buck graphics card should do, and you probably won’t need two cards or multiple connectors (which also means less cable clutter!) Of course, not every game supports widescreen resolutions. Many will break (or add huge black bars on the sides), but the Widescreen Gaming Forum is a great place to dig into those issues, and they have a database of widescreen-friendly games.
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At the end of the day, ultrawide monitors can be great. They may even be the future of traditional workspaces. However, the benefits of an ultrawide monitor only really appear once you get over 30”, or bigger and wider than most people already work with one or two displays. The difference is pretty stark—gamers and movie fans will love the full surround experience without bezels in the way, and productivity hawks will love being able to keep multiple applications up side by side or tiled without actually having to resize anything to make them all usable at once.
Plus, if you like having your displays angled a little on either side of your desk (like I do), those curved displays are especially nice. Don’t take my word for it though, here’s a review from Linus Tech Tips of that LG 34” curved ultrawide we mentioned above. Every direction you glance your eyes are more center-on than if you had a flat display that wasn’t angled towards you, so everything feels a little more wrap-around and natural-looking. Of course, that brings us to the biggest drawback, at least for now: price.
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Ultrawide monitors are still a significant price premium, especially for those great 34” models that feel so great to use. The 34” LG above is $900, and the curved model is $1200. Both get you 3440 x 1440 pixels of working space. A pair of these great 27” Monoprice displays will cost you $920 ($460 each) and give you 5120 x 1440 pixels of working space (2560 x 1440 each.) That’s still a near-$300 premium for an ultrawide, and those aren’t even the cheapest 27” available at Monoprice, either.
Even so, if you have the money to get an ultrawide—especially one of the curved models—it can make work and play a whole new experience. If you’re on a budget though, or don’t like the idea of spending as much on a monitor as you would on a whole new computer, you may want to just grab a pair of 27” displays, call it a day, and keep the change in your pocket. For now, that is. After all, prices come down and competition heats up (not to mention haven’t even talked about 4K/5K and what it might mean for ultrawide monitors,) and that means big savings for you and I.