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The area I have to put it in is ~51 inches long, and 17 1/2 inches tall, and 11 inches deep ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°). My GPU is a GTX 970 STRIX (2DVI, 1 Displayport, 1 HDMI (taken by tv). I run LinuxMint17.2r

 

Check it:

 

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So my needs are as follows:

 

- Fast (under 6ms response)

- EZ on the eyes (I'm a programmer on a TN and have eye problems, what can I say?)

- High Refresh Rate

- A little better than 1080p, pls?

- Good-ish color

 

I was thinking of a curved monitor (like dem LGs), but I've been impressed by some samsungs lately. I'd like to make good use  of the space I have. My monitor has a bigger bezel than an apple product right now, so it's not gonna line up. Of course I need it to be as Linux Friendly as it gets. This is pretty easy, but stuff like GSync is hard to get working on Linux, and unless you think Nvidia will start giving a shit people use Linux -- hahaha nvm. I have the XB240H, and though it did help me in the windows gaming days of yor (last year), it's been more of a hassle than a commodity. Color is yuck, it is nothing close to easy on the eyes! and its glossy AF. Freesync Monitors are fine for me, because either nvidia will catch on to the freesync thing (hahaha prolly not), or AMD will step up their Linux driver game to sell and make big bux (more likely than nvidia doing something not-proprietary). Anyways, love this forum (that includes you, Greg.) thanks for the help. Have any questions? JUST ASK ALREADY!!

 

 

 

 

BUDGET: UNDER 1000 USD

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Price?

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Heyyo,

G-Sync on Linux has been a go for a while... sure, it's not perfect, but hey, the NVIDIA Linux Driver team is tiny compared to Windows... AMD's Linux Driver team is even smaller.

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NVIDIA-352.09-Linux-Driver

Last I checked? AMD Freesync is not yet available on Linux but I could be wrong.. also yeah, sadly AMD's 3D gaming performance on Linux isn't too great.. meh, OpenGL is about to get the boot for Vulkan anyways... I just hope Vulkan fixes the terrible multi-GPU for gaming situation for Linux which is stuck on OpenGL which hasn't been Multi-GPU friendly for us gamers for years even on Windows with ID Tech Engine 5 being a prime example. No AMD Crossfire or SLI on Wolfenstein: New Order, RAGE... The Evil Within has multi-GPU potential but it's a DirectX 11 only title...

Anywho? Enough of my ranting lol.. I'm hoping Vulkan gives Linux an even further boost on gaming though. I just hope Khronos Group puts it out sooner than later and doesn't repeat the tardy missetps that ARB did which caused OpenGL to lag behind DirectX in innovations right around the jump from OpenGL 2.x to 3.x... I still remember the days when OpenGL ran boatloads better than DirectX 7... what could've been man if that trend didn't die.

.... sorry... I ranted hahaha. I gotta question for you @FriendlyDeathRay , I get that terrible VSYNC doesn't seem to work bug in Linux every time I try it out... Ubuntu Mate, Linux Mint and Manjaro all do it so it's definitely not distro or Desktop Environment based... It drives me nuts! I've tried that whole PowerMizer to max instead of auto or whatever that setting was... I notice it the most in Chromium when watching YouTube videos.

Ok, now as for monitors and you don't care for proprietary NVIDIA drivers or GSYNC? Definitely LG Ultrawide monitors. They look beautiful, they game very well and the price isn't brutal these days.

I'd recommend this one the most though as it won't spank your performance too much but still give you an epic view:

http://www.ncix.com/detail/lg-34um67-p-34in-ultrawide-ips-ef-106977-1145.htm

Or any of these tbh:

http://search.ncix.com/search/?qcatid=0&q=lg+ultrawide

Here's LTT videos on earlier models of them:

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/148249-lg-29um65-monitor-review/

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/143411-lg-34um95-34-ultra-widescreen-219-monitor-my-new-favourite/

OR... if you really want GSYNC? Check here:

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/410994-list-of-all-ipsva-gsyncfreesync-monitors/

Heyyo,

My PC Build: https://pcpartpicker.com/b/sNPscf

My Android Phone: Exodus Android on my OnePlus One 64bit in Sandstone Black in a Ringke Fusion clear & slim protective case

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Price?

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Heyyo,

G-Sync on Linux has been a go for a while... sure, it's not perfect, but hey, the NVIDIA Linux Driver team is tiny compared to Windows... AMD's Linux Driver team is even smaller.

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NVIDIA-352.09-Linux-Driver

Last I checked? AMD Freesync is not yet available on Linux but I could be wrong.. also yeah, sadly AMD's 3D gaming performance on Linux isn't too great.. meh, OpenGL is about to get the boot for Vulkan anyways... I just hope Vulkan fixes the terrible multi-GPU for gaming situation for Linux which is stuck on OpenGL which hasn't been Multi-GPU friendly for us gamers for years even on Windows with ID Tech Engine 5 being a prime example. No AMD Crossfire or SLI on Wolfenstein: New Order, RAGE... The Evil Within has multi-GPU potential but it's a DirectX 11 only title...

Anywho? Enough of my ranting lol.. I'm hoping Vulkan gives Linux an even further boost on gaming though. I just hope Khronos Group puts it out sooner than later and doesn't repeat the tardy missetps that ARB did which caused OpenGL to lag behind DirectX in innovations right around the jump from OpenGL 2.x to 3.x... I still remember the days when OpenGL ran boatloads better than DirectX 7... what could've been man if that trend didn't die.

.... sorry... I ranted hahaha. I gotta question for you @FriendlyDeathRay , I get that terrible VSYNC doesn't seem to work bug in Linux every time I try it out... Ubuntu Mate, Linux Mint and Manjaro all do it so it's definitely not distro or Desktop Environment based... It drives me nuts! I've tried that whole PowerMizer to max instead of auto or whatever that setting was... I notice it the most in Chromium when watching YouTube videos.

Ok, now as for monitors and you don't care for proprietary NVIDIA drivers or GSYNC? Definitely LG Ultrawide monitors. They look beautiful, they game very well and the price isn't brutal these days.

I'd recommend this one the most though as it won't spank your performance too much but still give you an epic view:

http://www.ncix.com/detail/lg-34um67-p-34in-ultrawide-ips-ef-106977-1145.htm

Or any of these tbh:

http://search.ncix.com/search/?qcatid=0&q=lg+ultrawide

Here's LTT videos on earlier models of them:

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/148249-lg-29um65-monitor-review/

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/143411-lg-34um95-34-ultra-widescreen-219-monitor-my-new-favourite/

OR... if you really want GSYNC? Check here:

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/410994-list-of-all-ipsva-gsyncfreesync-monitors/

This wasn't very helpful. Thank you anyway. 14ms is 2much.

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tl:dr get the LG ultrawide. My grandparents and my friends all have one and its sexy af

it wont reduce ur frame rate by much cus 970 vram problems

What do you think of the

BenQ XR3501

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Heyyo,

This wasn't very helpful. Thank you anyway. 14ms is 2much.

That was only the first monitor I recommended dude. 14ms is the response time in non-gaming mode. Anandtech's review says when in "LG 34UM67 with Image Response on High" the reponse time drops to about 8ms. It's a fantastic price for such a good monitor and it'll fit into your space nicely... but? If you want a more guaranteed lower response time? You'll be sacrificing screen size for the same price point.

If ya really want faster response times on these monitors? you can always opt for the others that are listed. That's why I posted that list and not just the one monitor.

Here's another version of the monitor in 29inches with a subtle curve. 5ms response time.

http://www.ncix.com/detail/lg-29uc97c-b-29in-curved-ultrawide-97-110178-1145.htm

The main reason I was recommending the 2560x1080 resolution? It'll work great for your GTX 970. You could always go up to a 3440X1440 resolution version of their monitor... but a single GTX 970 might struggle on that resolution without turning down other graphical settings or overclocking the GPU.

Here's Linus's video on the LG 34UM95-P :

Otherise? Like I put in the bottom of my last post too... if ya wanna check out a good list of IPS monitors that even have GSYNC?

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/410994-list-of-all-ipsva-gsyncfreesync-monitors/

Heyyo,

My PC Build: https://pcpartpicker.com/b/sNPscf

My Android Phone: Exodus Android on my OnePlus One 64bit in Sandstone Black in a Ringke Fusion clear & slim protective case

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