I originally ordered a new one through them, thought everything was hunky-dory, then at one point my tracking simply stopped. Went through my own nightmare of chats with 'em to find out it was supposedly lost, then told not lost but damaged beyond deliverability. It took a few more then I got a refund. If I remember right I ended up getting mine from NewEgg(but I might be wrong there because I was checking everywhere at that point for oen).
)Never tried it with HDMI 2.0, only DP. I agree on t.v. HDR is better, but that's par for the course for now. I found these settings can really make a difference with HDR on this. I only use them for HDR.Mine arrived quite late today and I spent a good few hours trying to get it to give any widescreen resolutions without success.
The driver util from Samsungs site was installed.
It worked with a custom 3840 res but was converting the base resolution of 1080p to widescreen.
Everything was there at 3840x1080 but horizontal res had pixels stretched despite everything being the correct size. At 5120x1440p nothing could be read. The display reported it was receiving 1920x1080 even though I was using the much higher custom res.
Then it dawned on me, the HDMI lead was coming from a cheap 1080p DP adapter, dur.
Strange it didnt complain, this display seems very capable at resizing.
After plugging in my Club 3D UHD DP to HDMI adapter it immediately gave me resolutions up to 4K which actually worked, but still no widescreen.
One reboot later my max res was 720p, lol.
I dont think its compatible.
With HDMI 2.0 direct from the graphics card, woohoo, everything works!
I'm amazed how good this display is at 3840x1080, its perfectly usable, incredible tbh.
I bet those still buying the older 1080p version for £50 less will be kicking themselves when they read this.
Important for those that cant get a 3080/3090 or 6800XT card like me, 3840x1080 with 120Hz is a great res for a GTX 1080, you cant tell this res isnt native.
I haven't got a long DP cable yet so testing has been HDMI 2.0 only.
Its a great desktop display, I took to it immediately sat on my sofa. My mouse is fast enough to zip around the whole screen with ease (G502 hero), about 1 inch of travel end to end, on a sofa cushion.
5120x1440p res is a wow moment, so much estate. It seems a lot bigger than my UHD TV for real estate despite being ~10% less.
Text seems a little too small but is extremely sharp. I'm going to use this as exercise for my eyes to improve pinpoint focus, they've been lacking this for years on a 1080p monitor.
My eyes are about 1.1m away.
The screen is factory calibrated, a report is included in the menus.
Gamma spec 2.2 +/-10%, result 2.26
Greyscale DeltaE <=5, DeltaE max = 2.28
Measured with CA-310.
Colours looks really good, this is a vibrant display without HDR.
I tried HDR movies and its alright, does the job ok but I prefer my TV by a fair margin. It doesnt seem to go bright enough for my liking but I'm spoiled by HDR2000. It definitely switches into HDR mode. There might be a way to sort it because this display can go a TON brighter.
Gaming is altogether better (or at least with what I tried). I'm on windows 7 so not many games have HDR and even less have HDR worth using.
The only game tried so far is Farcry New Dawn, and wow! Setting Paper White to 300 (mid range) in game looks incredible. It looks as good as my TVs HDR!
And then ****, the ultra widescreen immersion, this display is something to behold.
Its so good, you have to try one if you are a serious gamer, not to be missed.
Wow!
(settling down now with a bit of wine before bed, I dont dare put a game on
oh yes, 120Hz and 100Hz work flawlessly.
I actually got a slightly higher benchmark result with vsync on when testing New Dawn with HDR at 100Hz on my GTX 1080.
Which btw barely ever drops below 60fps at full 5120x1440p res with HDR, at ultra settings!
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Thanks for all the info, much appreciated.Never tried it with HDMI 2.0, only DP. I agree on t.v. HDR is better, but that's par for the course for now. I found these settings can really make a difference with HDR on this. I only use them for HDR.
NVIDIA CP>Adjust Desktop color setting>set to use NV settings
Brightness 55%
Gamma ~1.08
Digital Vibrance 53%
A review I read on rtings.com also said to make sure to have the local dimming set to auto as it only maxes nits in HDR with local dimming enabled. I don't have a calibrator but to my eyes things end up looking a lot closer to what I'm used to with my C9 and Z9D.
Yeah, the real estate view change is something most won't understand until they sit in front of one for a while. For the games that natively support it, it's a whole new world. Very VR like but without the need for a headset. I'll have to track it down again but you can google 32:9 hex hacks and you should come across some sites with hex edit codes for more than a few games out there. I did it for Witcher 3 and it's been amazing. The only real downside is that DLSS doesn't work at 5120x1440 yet so if you get into any games with RT you'll pretty much need a RTX3080 to pull it off or use lower resolutions. I've seen some that support 3840x1080(Control/Death Stranding). Crysis Remastered looks pretty amazing, as does the original(BTW GOG has the 64-bit version). RE2/RE3 remastered are a lot of fun with it too but I can't remember if I had to use hex codes for them. Pretty sure Mass Effect Andromeda works out of the box. I've tested a bunch of other games but those are the ones I remember off the top of my head. Oh, and Dirt Rally is a blast. Here's a link to a site that did a review with a list of games.
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You'll definitely want to find those hex codes. They fix the cutscenes and a few other things. The only downside is the hud stays in the center of the screen but it's not too bad. I've been pacing myself with it for the last month or two. A game I've played way, way, too much. I've replayed over several GPU(970 SLI, 1080 SLI, 1080 Ti, 2080 Ti) and display(1080p>1440p>4K) upgrades plus HALK Hogan packs. The current playthrough is the 1st time using saves all the way from the first game. I started back in Feb/March with the first game when the lockdowns started happening with the pandemic but only got this monitor around June/July. The goal is to finish right before Cyberpunk comes out.
This is the one that you put on top of the latest 49"er that you bought for gaming, for 'productivity' purposes