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Gnrl_Kitty
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Jul 27, 2014
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Might I remind you all that this monitor has the option to run in 27" 16:9 2560x1440 at 60Hz as well as several other configurations. So the point about this monitor being unable to run games without support for ultrawide resolutions is completely moot. It CAN run them, but not necessarily always at its full resolution. That also comes along with the added benefit of not requiring as much GPU power.
StoleMyOwnCar
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Jul 27, 2014
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Gnrl_KittyThis is not quite true, unless you mean it physically represents itself as a 1440p monitor. The problem with my 1920x1200 display in Splinter Cell Blacklist is that the game did not care what resolution I actually put the monitor in. It kept detecting it as an incompatible display or something, and giving me a tiny, unpleasant resolutions. It took quite some tinkering to force it to display even a crappy 1920x1080 windowed picture (very arcane methods that made no sense), and I had to do this every time I ran it.
The issue is that I am fairly certain games can detect what type of monitors you actually have hooked up. Monitors output this (I'm not sure if this monitor uses a newer version of it) data to your computer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_display_identification_data
So for instance, here is the EDID for my LP2465 (I used a tool by Nirsoft to dump this from the monitor in the past and had it lying around): http://pastebin.com/mgjziq2E
So suppose I was the developer and, having access to this data, I only literally just looked at the max resolution to determine whether this was a supported monitor or not. What would happen? Problems, especially if I made sure to check this before the game did anything, every time. Now some people did not have trouble getting 1600p to run, so this does not seem to be consistent, but it is a potential problem. Just keep this in mind.
Currently 16:9 is the only golden standard that is and will likely always be supported (at least for some years to come). I do have some disdain for 21:9 due to geometric scaling factors, but I can see why some would like to have more horizontal estate.
@AdamKellar I never came here with the intention of just necessarily bashing him, really. I just hate blatantly unfounded information being stated as a fact that possibly misleads individuals. There are 900$ at stake here for people, and I feel they should know exactly what they're getting. People that spread lies deserve to be put down. It's as simple as that.
The issue is that I am fairly certain games can detect what type of monitors you actually have hooked up. Monitors output this (I'm not sure if this monitor uses a newer version of it) data to your computer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_display_identification_data
So for instance, here is the EDID for my LP2465 (I used a tool by Nirsoft to dump this from the monitor in the past and had it lying around): http://pastebin.com/mgjziq2E
So suppose I was the developer and, having access to this data, I only literally just looked at the max resolution to determine whether this was a supported monitor or not. What would happen? Problems, especially if I made sure to check this before the game did anything, every time. Now some people did not have trouble getting 1600p to run, so this does not seem to be consistent, but it is a potential problem. Just keep this in mind.
Currently 16:9 is the only golden standard that is and will likely always be supported (at least for some years to come). I do have some disdain for 21:9 due to geometric scaling factors, but I can see why some would like to have more horizontal estate.
@AdamKellar I never came here with the intention of just necessarily bashing him, really. I just hate blatantly unfounded information being stated as a fact that possibly misleads individuals. There are 900$ at stake here for people, and I feel they should know exactly what they're getting. People that spread lies deserve to be put down. It's as simple as that.
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