How does Ultrawide look in Wows?

[Tigermaus]

Thinking of picking up an Ultrawide montior (21:9).

How does wows look? Any ship/image distortion at all at that aspect ratio?

 

Thanks!

[UEFEndeavour]

It looks amazing. Just recently made the switch from 1920x1080 to 3440x1400 and Warships looks fantastic. The UI, however, doesn't scale correctly so it's fairly small in comparison. It's not unusable by any means and I don't notice it so much with the aiming reticle, it's mostly the team lists that are too small. 

[Lord_Zath]

It's really nice.  Best part is you can stay zoomed in and shoot at DDs.  For cv lovers, there's far less UI area to F-up your commands (ever try ordering a strike on the left edge of the map?).  

 

In short, it's a great experience.  I'm really glad I picked mine up!

[Lord_Zath]

It looks amazing. Just recently made the switch from 1920x1080 to 3440x1400 and Warships looks fantastic. The UI, however, doesn't scale correctly so it's fairly small in comparison. It's not unusable by any means and I don't notice it so much with the aiming reticle, it's mostly the team lists that are too small. 

 

Yeah mine only does 1080p so the UI isn't as borked.  There should be more scaling options - that'd certainly help!

[Tigermaus]

It looks amazing. Just recently made the switch from 1920x1080 to 3440x1400 and Warships looks fantastic. The UI, however, doesn't scale correctly so it's fairly small in comparison. It's not unusable by any means and I don't notice it so much with the aiming reticle, it's mostly the team lists that are too small. 

 

So the ships don't look stretched out at all?

 

Also, which panel are you using?

 

Thanks!

[dionkraft]

 

I am using DELL U3415W 3440x1440 curved monitor 

[UEFEndeavour]

 

So the ships don't look stretched out at all?

 

Also, which panel are you using?

 

Thanks!

 

I'm using an Acer Predator x34 and no, the ships aren't stretched out at all. Everything looks perfect. Absolutely the best upgrade to my setup I've done so far.

[UEFEndeavour]

 

Yeah mine only does 1080p so the UI isn't as borked.  There should be more scaling options - that'd certainly help!

 

Yeah, you shouldn't get many issues if you're still at 1080p. Its the going up to 1440p that screws the UI up. More scaling options would be a great addition.

[Tigermaus]

Thanks, guys!!

 

Think I'm gonna take the plunge and get a 34" 4k ultrawide.

 

Had an Acer Predator XB271HU but it had this really annoying flickering that drove me crazy.

[Battleship_Orion]

Thanks, guys!!

 

Think I'm gonna take the plunge and get a 34" 4k ultrawide.

 

Had an Acer Predator XB271HU but it had this really annoying flickering that drove me crazy.

 

4K ultrawides don't exist, though. Not yet.

[Tigermaus]

 

4K ultrawides don't exist, though. Not yet.

 

Yeah, meant 3440x1440 resolution. Lol

 

Just need to decide which one now.

[bigz000]

I apparently had the opposite problem. My UI was fine but the ships were stretched out at first. There is a fix though. Do a little google searching and you can change the aspect ratio in the settings file and it will look right with a wider field of view. It's very easy, just changed one number in a file using notepad. I think the best answer I found was on a WoT thread but the same solution applied. My monitor is a 2560x1080 but as long as the programs resolution can go that high I would think just changing the aspect ratio would work. 

[Max_Dispersion]

I apparently had the opposite problem. My UI was fine but the ships were stretched out at first. There is a fix though. Do a little google searching and you can change the aspect ratio in the settings file and it will look right with a wider field of view. It's very easy, just changed one number in a file using notepad. I think the best answer I found was on a WoT thread but the same solution applied. My monitor is a 2560x1080 but as long as the programs resolution can go that high I would think just changing the aspect ratio would work. 

 

Your aspect ratio is part of your resolution - if the ships were stretched - it was not JUST because of aspect ratio but it was your resolution was wrong - due to having wrong aspect ratio set - therefore your correct resolution was not available. 

 

Edit - unless the stretching was also due to your monitor - tv etc being set to stretch non native inputs to X

[Battleship_Orion]

 

Your aspect ratio is part of your resolution - if the ships were stretched - it was not JUST because of aspect ratio but it was your resolution was wrong - due to having wrong aspect ratio set - therefore your correct resolution was not available. 

 

Edit - unless the stretching was also due to your monitor - tv etc being set to stretch non native inputs to X

 

It's a client glitch. If you change a setting it will mess the aspect ratio up, but flipping between Borderless Windowed and Fullscreen fixes it.

[Tigermaus]

Is 21:9 an option in the drop down box when you have an Ultrawide monitor? If so, it should work fine outside of the UI of course, right?

 

Any suggestions for a good Ultrawide panel? The Frys by my house is selling the PG348Q for $1099 this week I believe.

 

It seems like there are quite a few for much less than that though....but the Asus has Gsync aND can be overclocked to 100hz.

 

 

[Tigermaus]

Pocked up a PG348Q yesterday. WOW..what an amazing change. Playing Wows is crazy. Best upgrade I've done in quite a while.

[Whiteout]

I use 3440x1400 and it looks great. I prefer small UI in my games so it's just really nice all around but I know the UI scale would bother some folks. Also you have to manually enable ultra wide but it is gorgeous.

[_Tossinit]

I have been waiting to pull the trigger on an ultrawide.  Really want an ultrawide with the new display port standard and 120hz.  It has been tough holding out.  34" ultrawide  1440P 120hz+ = dream......

[CapnCappy]

It's interesting that PC gaming is pushing TV technology. 4K broadcasts? Not there yet. 4K games. No problem. Although it takes an insane amount of graphics horsepower to push out true 4K. Next up 8K.

 

Every step up in resolution takes x4 data to be pushed.

 

Personally, I'm holding off on 4K TVs because there's no content. I'm holding off on 4K gaming because it's just so expensive. I learned my lesson when I bought a HD TV and couldn't watch anything in HD but public broadcasting. Now, of course, it's hard to find standard broadcasting.

 

Probably in 2 years, it will be easily affordable but by then gaming will be pushing 8K. It all seems a little silly unless computer monitors get a LOT bigger though. 8K on a 24 in monitor seems like crazy overkill but we'll see. At one time, having 2mg of ram seemed like crazy overkill.

[sbcptnitro]

I am using DELL U3415W 3440x1440 curved monitor 

 

Dang that looks amazing!

I really should upgrade my monitor to match my new rig.

[Tigermaus]

I have been waiting to pull the trigger on an ultrawide.  Really want an ultrawide with the new display port standard and 120hz.  It has been tough holding out.  34" ultrawide  1440P 120hz+ = dream......

 

My PG348Q runs at a refresh of 100hz, and to be honest, it doesn't look any different than the 144hz Predator I used to own.

[anonym_CSdztHGM3fXS]

What aspect ratio are sights calculated for?

[HooplaJones]

Thinking of picking up an Ultrawide montior (21:9).

How does wows look? Any ship/image distortion at all at that aspect ratio?

 

Thanks!

 

4K resolution the image does stretch just a bit when the image is not directly center of the screen.  The moon or sun becomes oval in shape, ships elongate a bit, but not too bad.  The game looks amazing in 4K but becomes "almost" unplayable because the UI is tiny.

 

[Pata1985]

I'm only using 2560x1080 and the game looks AMAZING.   

[Captain_Chaos_NA]

I would go with a 4k TV and run the game windowed if you want an ultra wide effect.  My 43" Samsung KU6300 was around $450 now $487 on Amazon.  One the best mid range 4k TV's for PC use, 4:4:4 Chroma, 60Hz 4k with decent response time.  For the first week the size was overwhelming up close but you get use to it 37" wide.  Hard to beat the price for what you get.