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7 hours ago, Fr33K!e said:

https://www.meta.com/gb/quest/quest-3/?utm_source=gg&utm_medium=ps&utm_campaign=20987776004&utm_term=meta quest 3&utm_content=688066876464&utm_funnel=dcap&gclid=Cj0KCQiA5fetBhC9ARIsAP1UMgFe7uRL0FtGT27CGjfcsTstvoORczsf9HABlO_8w_2tzdy0Y-yL8D4aAhjjEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

 

If you scroll down the page linked you'll find tech specs... for this to work with your PC you'll need to buy a Meta Quest link cable and Air Link for it to work. As far as performance issues you shouldn't really have any with a 3090ti, compatibility should again not be a problem but as with everything your experience may be different to my experience if I were to buy it. There has to be someone in this community that has the VR set and a 3090ti that can give you more help with a similar setup to yours?

Hi thanks for your reply, I didnt realise I needed an extra cable, or that it was 89.99. Could be a dealbreaker for me already, thanks again for the heads up.

Hi im thinking of getting a meta quest 3 for sim racing. Cant find much information about the 3090ti and the quest 3.

Will I have any issues with this card and using VR? (I did see that it had trouble with some older vr headsets)

Motherboard is an msi z790 tomahawk ddr4

32 gb ram @3600mhz

I7-12700KF

Thanks

Mods please delete this thread, my apologies

4 minutes ago, BoomerDutch said:

Try entering white bar on top and Simply add /common in it to acces common folder it could be that you don't have permissions for that folder regardless hidden is shown

Its ok I found that in file explorer options you can unhide them. Thanks

Hi im on windows 11, I wanted to show hidden files in my steam games folder.. but it made things disappear.

I right clicked on properties and selected show hidden files.. now no matter what I select they wont come back.

Common is hidden and the app extensions are hidden too

Can anyone help?

4 minutes ago, GuiltySpark_ said:

Absolutely, that's a pretty normal occurrence when playing any game. To access the rest of the system again you need to shift focus which can be done a number of ways, alt-tab being one of them. 

Just now, adm0n said:

Yes, tabbing out would also just mean pressing alt tab, without actually switching the application. Consider it a shortcut to free your mouse from the game.

Alternatively you can press the windows key if the game or your keyboard doesn't block that.

 

It's absolutely no hassle at all and will become muscle memory very quickly so don't worry about that. If you do any kind of productive work on  your PC the extra screen space will do wonders for you too!

Awesome, thanks for both of your help

2 minutes ago, adm0n said:

You can do that as long as you are running your games in borderless fullscreen mode.

You will still need to tab out of your game, because they usually capture your mouse. Buy the game would still be visible while browsing. Depending on how you set it up, you might even be able to control it still.

 

If you run a game in actual fullscreen mode, your second screen will still display things, but you won't be able to interact with them unless you actually tab out of the game, and interacting with your game in any way will bring it back into focus. In certain games doing this too many times might crash the game.

 

A big problem with this setup is running a game at a non native resolution. In borderless fulscreen mode, it will not take up your whole screen anymore, but tabbing out in fulscreen mode is a pain.

Ok thanks, so if I have a main monitor in 1440p I can run a game in borderless full screen, pause the game, tab out of it and move over to the other monitor which would be 1080×1920 (effectively) and scroll an internet page? 

I see people on youtube with these kind of setups, it sounds like it might not be worth the hassle maybe? 

Just now, GuiltySpark_ said:

Sure, but you can't obviously focus on both at the same time. Alt-tabbing out of the game will be required. (what you're asking is pretty basic computing these days, multimontor stuff is nothing new)

I know lol but it is new to me, thanks though I dont mind doing that

If I want a second monitor to stand vertically for browsing, is it possible to game on one and browse on the other? or at least have both monitors using seperate full screen apps at once? 

I like the idea of gaming whilst using a game guide at the same time on a second monitor

29 minutes ago, TylerD321 said:

I just ordered one of these yesterday - it hasn't come in yet so I can't say definitively. It was in hardware unboxed most recent 1440p gaming monitor video.

 

 

I will say, on Amazon you have to pay shipping for this particular item so regardless of where you buy it, it should work out to 250-280 dollar (USD) monitor.

Yeah thats the video that made me want to buy it too. Would love to here what its like when it arrives if you get chance

22 minutes ago, TatamiMatt said:

I recently just got gigabytes M27Q (the updated model of the G27Q in the video above) for (from what i can find about american prices) about 1/3 less than the MSI one, same refresh rate, lower response time, same resolution, same size and only a slightly worse color gamut, would recommend

Yeah I was looking at that one, it always gets a mention so I know its a good monitor. Does the msi one having quantum dot make much difference in terms of image quality? 

Hi, I game casually and like to have decent visuals, mainly fps and some sim and sports games. This monitor is about my budget, would you recommend it? 

5 hours ago, Mark Kaine said:

yeah, but amd has a ridiculously small market share, they need to do "something" trying to stay relevant. nvidia doesn't.  they could stop selling gamer gpus altogether and would probably be fine - and amd couldn't even fulfill the demand, even if they wanted (no production capacity lol)

 

 

On the contrary,  you should blame amd for even making consumer gpus, if that wasn't the case nvidia would instantly have to deal with anti monopoly laws around the world and probably be forced to sell at more reasonable prices...

 

imo amd only makes gpus to help keep nvidia afloat, conspiracy theory?  Maybe, but did you know the ceos of amd and nvidia are closely related? "coincidence"???

 

i dont believe in coincidents personally,  but you're free to do so of course... 

Interesting, I did not know that. For me it boils down to something very simple, human decency. Clearly nvidia do not care as they are making crazy money, and as people have said, the gpu market isnt their primary interest now. So I think a very simple but good point to make is, so give people more then, just out of decency, nothing else, just as decent human beings. We pay way too much for gpus now, so just give is more performance simply with a firmware update allowing frame generation on all rtx gpus. Its so easy, so uncomplicated. The thing is, as everyone keeps saying, they dont have to.... and they wont.... it really isnt about that, or about being brutally honest about how coprorations work... its just basic, in a better world they would, therefore its better. Im against the capitalism today, this issue isnt even one that bothers me, my gpu performance is fine. Its just a logical thought, and an idea for how the world could be better for all, not just the big tech companies. Sadly it isnt reality, I am in no way ignorant to this fact, but when something is possible, never stop hoping or challenging

36 minutes ago, Dedayog said:

"Overall, Nvidia needs to stop being so corporate, and apple like and start to value their customers more."

 

Yet which two companies make as shitload of money for their investors?

 

I'll give you two guesses.  Take your time.

 

Also:

 

"But they dont, and I understand they have to make money, its 100% a business, I get it."

 

Do you get it or do you not get it?  Because you answer your question even before answering it, but still ask it and rant about it.

 

So I take it that you don't truly understand business, investors, returns, economics or anything related.  What year of school are you in, maybe they cover it later?

 

Sure you WANT them to be nicer and give money away.  Me too.  Not going to happen tho.

Wow how rude, this is just an internet forum, calm down a little. So what if I answered my own question?? Who cares. I dont know what you are so angry about but its not me

8 minutes ago, podkall said:

however, they have no reason to do so,

 

for them their ways are comparable basically to an overflowing sink of cash, why should they stop the sink from overflowing with money?

Absolutely, and I completely get that, but thats exactly my point, its an abuse of that financial comfort and power. Whereas AMD also have a lot of money and industry clout, but they allow their technology to be used by nvidia users, freesync too which is a huge one. Ive never had an AMD gpu but they might end up getting my money next time

Apologies in advance if this has already been said...

Given the ridiculous prices of gpus over the last few years, and most of that goes on nvidia.. you would think they would cut gamers some slack.

But they dont, and I understand they have to make money, its 100% a business, I get it.

However, the real problem for me is things like frame generation. They could easily have made that compatible with 20 and 30 series gpus... but they didnt. Why? Because they want to sell the 40 series gpu's, which have dissapointed, so the real performance upgrade comes from frame generation.

But everyone can probably see this, so the reason I posted this is....

AMD FSR 3 frame Generation will be not only compatible with Nvidia GPUs too, but 20 and 30 series cards.

So AMD are about to do more for my nvidia GPU than Nvidia have ever done, for FREE. 

Ok so in reality it wont be perfect, currently no support for VRR whilst using frame generation, but that will happen guaranteed.

Overall, Nvidia needs to stop being so corporate, and apple like and start to value their customers more.

6 hours ago, GuiltySpark_ said:

The DW and DWF (the good one) have been out for a while and have extensive review coverage documenting every aspect of how they operate. They can do 3440x1440 at full refresh rate and HDR with no issue over DisplayPort, that's how its intended. Tim at HUB/Monitors Unboxed did an update with the DWF's latest firmware upgrade back in June. 

 

 

Then one month ago, has the DWF as his #1 pick still. 

 

 

 

For me, as an owner of a 34" 3440x1440 display for the last 7 years, I wanted more pixels AND OLED, so my LG C2 I picked up in January has been fantastic. Moving back to 16:9 was a bit of a struggle for a week but I'm fully used to it now.

The c2 is also an option for me, I currently game on a 4k 55 inch LG lcd, which is great for driving sims.

You do actually get used to the size and its very immersive, however the pixel density isnt very high and the ghosting is very bad in some games.

The 42 inch oled is certainly a great buy, with a much better pixel density and ofcourse superb image quality. 

Its a bit pricier than the dwf at present but it is one that I have thought about. Im just very drawn in by alienwares 3 year burn in warranty, plus the fps gains

2 hours ago, Doobeedoo said:

I mean yeah no need to rush, especially for a monitor that you can keep for multiple builds too. But odd some having DP 2.1 and this supposedly not.

Always good to go for what makes sense for you at the time.

The hdmi is 2.0 which is hard to understand but the DP 1.4 will do 165hz. Not sure about in HDR though, im happy at 144 to be honest. Been gaming at 60 fps for ages so anything is an upgrade for me. Yeah I will bide my time, looking like a very promising option though

2 hours ago, Doobeedoo said:

I was also interested in this monitor. But for that price tier I'd want longer warranty number one. A other thing is so far it seems they really limited such monitor, no DP 2.1, no BFI, no ELMB sync, no DFR so for such monitor that would be very disappointing. Also makes no sense, since we saw all this tech in worse monitor, not all combined, but still. I saw they removed their official site page, hopefully revising this. Can only hope.

I think im going to go for the alienware ultrawide.

I think these new 4k oleds are targeted at 4090 users, I use a 3090ti so should get smoother experience  in 3440x1440 for a couple of years until 5 series.

Plus the 3 year burn in warranty is a pretty strong selling point

How much of a deal breaker is it?

Everyone is talking about the upcoming 4k 32 inch 240hz oled from Asus, but if there is no burn in warranty, imagine dropping 1500 on it, youd never be able to relax and just enjoy it

Linus had very bad issues with his 42 inch LG very quickly, but as we know hes quite well off. Imagine saving for months and forking out 1k plus only to have burn in 6 months down the line

Obviously burn in is very preventable, but then you have to constantly monitor it and keep using the provided anti burn in tools. Which to me changes the whole PC experience of just enjoying your beautiful desktop without any fears

1 hour ago, jaslion said:

I think you aren't noticing quality changes but clarity as ultra settings often mean a lot of extra visual noise because of extra stuff on screen.

 

Higher fps also cause for us to be able to absorb more information as there are simply more frames for us to see which can lead to a much clearer perceived image.

 

I'd not get an oled in all honesty because burn in is a real issue in these to this day. A qd oled is a nice compromise as the pixel display matrix is still an lcd but the backlight is an oled. So you still get deep darks and great response times, however burn in is a lot less and if it does happen the lcd part is fine there will just be very small differences in light being emmited through the pixels which will be almost impossible to see.

The alienware is QD OLED and has a 3 year warranty. Even with this though you would still want to babysit it all the time. How close to oled are some of the others?

Like the Coolermaster GP27U has QD mini led, 50000:1 contrast and 576 local dimming zones, plus 1200 nits HDR... I bet that looks epic as its 4k 160hz. I can get 100fps plus on some very nice looking games in 4k.

I just wish I could see these monitors to actually compare them, its like blind guessing to a degree

12 minutes ago, 191x7 said:

You have a 1440p high refresh or 4K 60 system, so I'd say focus on that.

 

Sharpness is mostly dictated by the resolution, size and pixel layout. The clarity by the speed of the matrix and the refresh rate.

 

I guess 4K at 27" would look quite sharp. 25" 1440p also.

 

But I'd still recommend 1440p 240Hz if you can afford it, over 4K 60-75Hz.

The visual quality is not the only improvement, smoothness is a huge factor too.

Hi thanks for replying, yeah I actually noticed that lowering settings for a higher fps actually increases image quality... in my view anyway. Would you say the LG ultragear 240hz OLED is a good choice? I can imagine with freesync premium the clarity would be superb. Its currently £850 on offer

Hi, ive got so many monitor upgrade ideas floating around that I just cant decide whats best.

Im a casual gamer, rig is a 3090ti i72700kf 32gb ddr4 3600

The biggest appeal to me is graphics, image clarity i.e sharpness being something I get excited about... but now there is OLED.. so these potential options are hard to get into order for me..

Theres the alienware 3440×1440 oled, super fast, awesome colours, but maybe not super sharp ppi density, 3 year burn in warranty, but a not 100% compatible aspect ratio

Then theres the LG oled, 2560x1440, sweet spot for gaming, super responsive, compatible etc, but dim peak brightness and not sure on burn in warranty

Theres also the socially illegal 4k at 27"... like the LG27GN950, not oled but super sharp image quality which appeals to me... also the coolermaster option which is apparently close to oled in colour terms and does great black darkening tricks...

Or theres waiting for an unaffordable 32inch 4k oled... the new LG will tick all the boxes but I guess it will be at least 1500

Budget around £850-1000 max

Its very tricky not to slip up I think, the alienware glossy is probably interesting me the most

1 hour ago, Wh0_Am_1 said:

What is the lighting like in the room in question? I would recommend the Acer Nitro XV272U Vbmiiprx for $230 (assuming you are in the US) While it may be lacking the "Subwoofer" and/or  USB hub on some of the previously mentioned displays, this display has both better or equivalent colours, and better or equivalent HDR support. If your room is bright with a notable amount of glare, it may be worth considering the version of the display with Advanced Reflectionless Technology, which utilizes an additional layer in the display to cut down the glare by as much as 30%.

Hi, the room is actually quite dark as its facing the north. I am in the uk but thats well within my budget, thanks I was thinking about hdr, it seems like thats something I'll be downgrading on but gaining in image sharpness. Always has to be a comprimise in pc gaming lol.

Just checked it out, that looks like an awesome monitor! Why is it so much cheaper than the others?

4 minutes ago, filpo said:

these 

Asus TUF Gaming VG27AQ 27.0" 2560 x 1440 165 Hz Monitor (VG27AQ) - PCPartPicker

 

Gigabyte M27Q-P 27.0" 2560 x 1440 170 Hz Monitor (M27Q-P) - PCPartPicker

 

HP OMEN 27QS 27.0" 2560 x 1440 240 Hz Monitor (Omen 27qs) - PCPartPicker

 

BenQ MOBIUZ EX2710Q 27.0" 2560 x 1440 165 Hz Monitor (EX2710Q) - PCPartPicker

 

Gigabyte M32Q 31.5" 2560 x 1440 170 Hz Monitor (M32Q) - PCPartPicker

Thanks, im kind of out of touch when it comes to actual pc monitors now, appreciate the suggestions