Confused on Monitor Resolution

[cctaylor88]

I recently purchased the LGUC88-b UW monitor and am very confused about the resolution/what my monitor is capable of. I assume my monitor is native at 3440X1440 correct? Well while browsing for "4k" videos (btw what is THE 4k resolution) on YouTube I came across a trailer that was offered in "2160p" and chose it. I assume if I was able to utilize 2160p my monitor is capable of it, correct?

Anyways... I am trying to figure out which GPU to upgrade too and I'm looking over benchmarks. I have seen a lot of benches done in "3440x1440" which I usually look at as this is my monitors resolution. Now, over at this site I will link here they bench a ton of stuff in ultra as "3840x2160" what is 3840?

TL;dr Is my monitor is 3440x1440? Is my monitor capable of "2160p" ? Are there games that utilize anything in 2160p for my monitor? I know its a lot of numbers, I'm just confused.

Side note: What do I need GPU wise in order to push 3440x1440 on say "high" settings?

 

[Newbian]

It is a freesync monitor by the link you provided so go for amd gpu's and it says it's a 1440p monitor so stick with that.

It's not a 144hz monitor so it will depend on your games that you play as a rx 480 probably won't be enough for some or wait for vega as the only other option is the fury.

Also it's not worth going for the 390 / 390 x over the 480 really because of their increased cost and last I checked the 390x does beat it a bit but not enough to make the cost worth it.

 

[Tweak155]

3840x2160 is 2160p aka 4K aka UHD. Your monitor does not support this resolution, it is a 16:9 format and yours is 21:9.

The highest "p" you can support is 1440p. I would suggest nothing lower than a 980 or maybe a 980 TI equivalent or higher if you want to run high for a while. I run a 4K monitor on a 970 and it does OK, but if you want 60fps I would go a bit higher.

EDIT:

Didn't notice the FreeSync... so maybe a Fury / Fury X? The RX480 is close to my GTX970 and like I said, I wish it was just a *little* stronger, but it might work.

 

[cctaylor88]

3840x2160 is 2160p aka 4K aka UHD. Your monitor does not support this resolution, it is a 16:9 format and yours is 21:9.

The highest "p" you can support is 1440p. I would suggest nothing lower than a 980 or maybe a 980 TI equivalent or higher if you want to run high for a while. I run a 4K monitor on a 970 and it does OK, but if you want 60fps I would go a bit higher.

EDIT:

Didn't notice the FreeSync... so maybe a Fury / Fury X? The RX480 is close to my GTX970 and like I said, I wish it was just a *little* stronger, but it might work.

Thanks for clarification on the 2160, so even though I am able to select it as a resolution in YT for example I can't utilize it? So I'll just stick to 1440.

Well I looked into Fury / Fury X but they are WAY overpriced IMO and I would never pay that for a FuryX. I don't need maximum 60fps but I really just want everything to be "smooth" I'm currently running a GTX 760 but really itching to switch over to AMD to support my Freesync as best as possible at least. I'm waiting on benches for the 480 Sapphire Nitro.

 

[Tweak155]

Thanks for clarification on the 2160, so even though I am able to select it as a resolution in YT for example I can't utilize it? So I'll just stick to 1440.

Well I looked into Fury / Fury X but they are WAY overpriced IMO and I would never pay that for a FuryX. I don't need maximum 60fps but I really just want everything to be "smooth" I'm currently running a GTX 760 but really itching to switch over to AMD to support my Freesync as best as possible at least. I'm waiting on benches for the 480 Sapphire Nitro.

Yeah an AIB RX480 is a good option if you're not overly concerned about the quality settings.

 

[Puffnstuff]

The specs say its 1440p which is the same as my hp envy 34c which I dearly love.

 

[cctaylor88]

The specs say its 1440p which is the same as my hp envy 34c which I dearly love.

What GPU do you use?

 

[zCypher]

Your confusion is understandable.

If your monitor is 3440x1440, this means you have 3440 pixels horizontally, and 1440 pixels vertically. The "p" always refers to the vertical pixel count. So it would go something like this:

1366x720 = 720p
1920x1080 = 1080p
1920x1200 = 1200p
2560x1440 = 1440p
3440x1440 = 1440p
3840x2160 = 2160p

As for YouTube and any other media content for that matter, it can be recorded and uploaded in any resolution they want. However, your monitor being 3440x1440 is not capable of displaying 2160p as it doesn't have that many vertical pixels. So you won't actually be "seeing" 2160p even if you select it in YouTube. YouTube doesn't look for, know or care what resolution your system is using or capable of - their player will just offer you whatever settings the video was uploaded with in the first place. Similarly, you could download videos or movies of any resolution you want online, and they most certainly will still play on your system and you'll see a picture - but you won't be seeing any more pixels than your monitor is capable of displaying, regardless.

What we call the aspect ratio refers to the actual ratio between the vertical and horizontal resolution. So this is why you could have a 2560x1440 monitor and a 3440x1440 monitor and both would be "1440p", since they both have 1440 vertical pixels - but the aspect ratio would be a standard 16:9 with the 2560x1440 whereas the 3440x1440 would be a wider aspect ratio of 21:9 due to the extra horizontal pixels.

Hope that helps clear things up a bit. It sure can make your head spin..lol

edit: yes, the monitor you linked is a 3440x1440 (ie, "1440p" with a 21:9 aspect ratio), that is a facking sweet screen btw! and to power it adequately for gaming in that resolution on high settings, you will definitely need a fairly high end video card. While it's not quite "4K", it's still quite a lot of pixels to push even for today's GPUs.

 

[Puffnstuff]

What GPU do you use?

I use an old gtx 780 ti to drive mine and it does quite well.