I am building a New system (i7 12700k with an RTX 3080 and 32GB of RAM)
I will have two 15.6" touch screens above my Honeycomb controls dedictaed for the instruments (running off the Motherboard and not my GPU), this way my view in the Main Monitors can be mostly of the outside.
With MSFS supporting Multi Monitors & Ultrawide now (well…soon officially)…I am looking for guidance on what to get for the new system.
Does anyone have recommendations/experience based on my setup between these options below?
34" Ultrawide (LG 34gn850)
38" Ultrawide (LG 38gn950)
49" Super Ultrawide (Samsung CRG9)
3 X 27" (LG 27gn850)
2 X 27" on each side of the 34" Ultrawide mentioned above
I also have TrackIR to mess around with and an Oculus Quest 2 for VR, but I want to be sure I have a good monitor set up for when I don’t wnat to use any of these.
#2 is guaranteed to be good experience at 21:9 (currently would have mild fish eye)
#3 is going to have minor drawback of current fish eye but hopefully improves
#4 makes me angry daily
#5 isnt supported at all but I would love to do that with panel the same width as the ultra wide is tall and run them on their side, so you would have two kinda chonky wing windows.
Thank You for the response and LOL to #4. #5 would be Great, had no idea it wasn’t supported…(be nice to have the cockpit on the 34" UW and left & right wing on the 27"s)
Don´t get too crazy with multimonitors at very high resolutions as 3080 card will suffer in this game, even if it´s still a beefy card. I run game at 3840x1600 with a 125% scaling on a 3080Ti and that´s already an effective 4800x2000 resolution (more than half of the card max capacity). Test the card capacity before if you can by simply using scaling and see how game works. I don´t expect big issues with the 15" screens but you are still adding some extra load to the system by having a total of 3 screens, even if the others are lower resolution.
Also get a G-sync native monitor and not just a G-sync compatible one, specially if you are targeting to the 1000€ range. If one game is best played with G-sync is this one as it runs a lot of time at low fps but still with fast moving images. The G-sync compatible monitors are normally only operating G-sync above 48Hz, while the G-sync native ones are operating at full range from 1Hz to max refresh. So with a G-sync native one even at 20fps you will have the feature enabled while on the G-sync compatible it will be fully enabled above 48fps only. Below that they will most like jump to any fixed refresh that may still produce stuttering.
I have the LG 38GL950G-B (it´s expensive as all G-sync native ones are expesive) but it´s a very good one. You can check which ones are native (G-sync or G-sync Ultimate) and which ones are just compatible in the following link. Ultimate ones include higher HDR support as well (mine is just HDR400 if I´m not wrong), but they are yet more expensive:
Thank You, Good info to look at.
I was thinking that the “FreeSync” (Low Frame Compensation) that came with the 38GN950-B ultimately did the same thing in the lower range…I could be wrong as am new to this, but will double check and look at the other option you mentioned too.
I can vouch for the 49" Samsung (CRG9). Best flightsim “investment” I have made in many years but also works great for normal PC use. I have had it for almost 3 years and was using it with an i7-6700/ 1080ti on 100% Render. Just built new PC over the weekend with 3080ti. I do not really notice the slight fisheye effect in the sim. As long as you don’t have really wide FOV zoom setting it works fine… I use 52% zoom on all aircraft. The effect is only noticeable at the very edges but it’s subtle.
Freesync/G-sync compatible ones are not bad monitors, but they are cheaper for one reason, and that´s why most of them do not work full range. If you play shooters or games at higher fps then that´s a good choice, but for MSFS at so low fps I wouldn´t recommend them. Anyway G-sync is not mandatory at all and you may prefer to save money on that to get other better features according to your needs and just run MSFS at regular V-sync with fps locked.
There is an option that is not listed: a projector.
I have been using one for the past fifteen years for summing exclusively. I recently bought an Epson 7100 4K, giving me the real life dimensions for my aircraft panels and instruments.
It hangs on the ceiling and, paired with a Track IR 5, it is really like being in the aircraft. My setup is similar to yours 12900K, 3090 24GB VRAM and 64GB RAM.
Interesting idea…never thought of this. I can certainly see how this coudl look Great.
Do you have any pictures to share?
(Not sure how well it will show on a picture, but curious anyway…)
I have the CRG9 and love it. There is a pretty noticeable fisheye, but it’s in your peripheral vision, so it’s not really an issue. The center is where you’re usually focused, and that’s not distorted.
Pair it with a Tobii eye tracker and the distorted parts will remain in your peripheral vision, because between the head and eye tracking, you can focus your view around the plane with slight head and eye movements. (I had TrackIR 3 and 5 and I like the Tobii a million times better – no dorky hats or LED clips on headphones, it just works. Hit the centering key when you start your session and then forget about it.) It’s an amazing companion to a super-ultra-widescreen.
I have a 3080 and I’m running it with GSync on and most settings on Ultra, with an i-9 10900K, 32GB. Plenty smooth for my usage.
I also have the Samsung 5120x1440 49” and needed it for work and it also runs the Sim. Before that I had a 32". Since I used an older GPU, with the new Monitor I need a new GPU. My struggle is if the current 3080/3080Ti/3090 will do a good job or if I should wait until (maybe) September and get the 4000Gen GPU from NVIDIA. After MS adjusted the demands in FS it looks like the 3000Gen can manage the Visuals on a 5120x1440. I plan to use the FENIX A320.
Maybe someone can comment on the Performance with the current NVIDIA GPU’s and 5120x1440 resolution? Most Benchmarks I found were performed with lower resolutions than 5120x1440 .
I have the Dell 5120x1440 49” and though it is much better than a single more regular 27" monitor, I find the fisheye towards the edges annoying. I was very seriously contemplating replacing it with 3x 27" screens after the update but having read this thread I’m concerned my RTX 3080 may run out of breath. Will the update provide any improvement for ultrawide screens in terms of fisheye or is it purely a multi-monitor solution?
So, ist your current setup (Dell 5120x1440 49”) OK performance wise? @PaulFMcG wrote that he saw 30-45 FPS in some older Thread. But we don’t know which FS Release was used or other details. What is your setup? Do you use any demanding planes or Scenery? What CPU do you have?
Post I saw was from 2 Years ago…so I’m sure with the newer CPUs, things have improved.
I just bought an i7 12700k, for my new system so am curious to see how it will perform.
I don’t think you need to wait for 4000 series. I was running the same monitor with a 1080ti although it was running at 100% and a bit warm. My new build has the 3080ti and that card yawns at whatever I throw at it. It does not run above 60% in MSFS flying the PMDG 737. I also use 100% render scale in the sim. I would say go for the 3080ti…