December 4, 20169 yr Good evening, I'm looking for a new monitor for p3d, but I have no idea what to get. Anyone who can recommend me one? My budget is around $530-600 Specs: i7-6700k @ 4.7ghz EVGA gtw 1080 ftw gaming (not on fire yet) 16GB of ram some ssd...etc Fredrik Andersen
December 6, 20169 yr A 40-55 inch 4K TV is, for me, the current gold standard. I use a 55" Samsung, and it's the best addition I've made to my simming in many years. A 55 incher gets the display units on the PMDG birds to ~85% of life-size. You'll want one that can synch at 30Hz--setting Vsync on in the sim with the monitor hardware at 30 produces the smoothest video performance I've ever gotten. If you lack the desktop real estate, a Dell U3415W 21:9 widescreen is another really good choice. Regards Bob Scott | President and CEO, AVSIM Inc ATP Gulfstream II-III-IV-V Sys1 (MSFS20+24/XPlane12+11): AMD 9800X3D, water 2x240mm, MSI MPG X670E Carbon, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, nVidia RTX4090FE Alienware AW3821DW 38" 21:9 GSync, 2x4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2x2TB Samsung 990 SSD, EVGA 1000P2 PSU, 12.9" iPad Pro Thrustmaster TCA Boeing Yoke, TCA Airbus Sidestick, Twin TCA Airbus Throttle quads, PFC Cirrus Pedals, Coolermaster HAF932 case Sys2 (P3Dv5/v4): i9-13900KS, water 2x360mm, ASUS Z790 Hero, 32GB GSkill 7800MHz CAS36, ASUS RTX4090 Samsung 55" JS8500 4K TV@60Hz, 3x 2TB WD SN850X 1x 4TB Crucial P3 M.2 NVME SSD, EVGA 1600T2 PSU Fiber link to Yamaha RX-V467 Home Theater Receiver, Polk/Klipsch 6" bookshelf speakers, Polk 12" subwoofer, 12.9" iPad Pro PFC yoke/throttle quad/pedals with custom Hall sensor retrofit, Thermaltake View 71 case, Stream Deck XL button box Sys3 (DCS/P3Dv4/ATS/ETS): AMD 7800X3D, MSI MPG X870E Carbon, Noctua NH-D15S, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, EVGA RTX3090 Alienware AW3420DW 34" 21:9 GSync, Corsair HX1000i PSU, 4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2TB Samsung 970Evo Plus, TM TCA Officer Pack, Saitek combat pedals, TM Warthog, TM RS300 FF wheel/pedals, Coolermaster HAF XB case
December 7, 20169 yr I just bought a 40" Samsung 4k tv for about $325. I was sceptical but so far it is great. So much cheaper than a large monitor and p3d looks great with the shader packs etc.
December 7, 20169 yr Hi Folks, Could someone please explain the difference in picture quality - monitor vs tv ??? Are there any other significant differences between the two - in our context of flight simulation ??? It seems that TV's are considerably cheaper... Thanks... Regards, Scott
December 7, 20169 yr If you look at the economics, a company will sell 100,000 monitors to 3 million tvs. The the cost of the monitor will be higher as they don't sell as many. They cost the same to make. I see using a high end monitor is for graphic professionals. I am both. I have a 4k TV for flight sim and a real nice 27" and 24" for my graphic work. I really love P3D in 4k and wont go back. You can get a 40 4ktv for about $300 or go bigger to a 50" for about $425 CPU: Intel i9-11900K @5.2 / RAM: 64GB DDR4 3200 / GPU: 4080 16GB /
December 10, 20169 yr Interesting thoughts, Josh. I never even considered looking at a TV vs computer monitor, but the economics makes perfect sense. Is there any drawback to using a TV vs a monitor other than not having a very adjustable stand? It probably makes more sense to mount it. Are there ones you recommend? Do they support DisplayPort? Regards, Todd Harrell Computer: i7 3770k @ 4.6 GHz, 16 GB DDR3 RAM, GTX 1070 GPU, 750W PSU, 250 GB SSD (Win 7), 500 GB SSD (P3D), 2 x 1TB HDD, 28-inch Viewsonic 1080p monitor Sim: P3Dv3
December 10, 20169 yr Interesting thoughts, Josh. I never even considered looking at a TV vs computer monitor, but the economics makes perfect sense. Is there any drawback to using a TV vs a monitor other than not having a very adjustable stand? It probably makes more sense to mount it. Are there ones you recommend? Do they support DisplayPort? I've not seen any computer monitors above the ~40 inch class. I use a Samsung 55" 4K TV here, and it works very well for simming. It works better than a monitor actually, becuase it supports 30 Hz refresh, and being able to use hardware vsync at a refresh rate that's attainable by modern systems running P3D makes things as smooth as I've ever seen them. Displayport isn't much of an issue...you can buy a DP to HDMI adapter for around $20 if your video card won't support HDMI. Regards Bob Scott | President and CEO, AVSIM Inc ATP Gulfstream II-III-IV-V Sys1 (MSFS20+24/XPlane12+11): AMD 9800X3D, water 2x240mm, MSI MPG X670E Carbon, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, nVidia RTX4090FE Alienware AW3821DW 38" 21:9 GSync, 2x4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2x2TB Samsung 990 SSD, EVGA 1000P2 PSU, 12.9" iPad Pro Thrustmaster TCA Boeing Yoke, TCA Airbus Sidestick, Twin TCA Airbus Throttle quads, PFC Cirrus Pedals, Coolermaster HAF932 case Sys2 (P3Dv5/v4): i9-13900KS, water 2x360mm, ASUS Z790 Hero, 32GB GSkill 7800MHz CAS36, ASUS RTX4090 Samsung 55" JS8500 4K TV@60Hz, 3x 2TB WD SN850X 1x 4TB Crucial P3 M.2 NVME SSD, EVGA 1600T2 PSU Fiber link to Yamaha RX-V467 Home Theater Receiver, Polk/Klipsch 6" bookshelf speakers, Polk 12" subwoofer, 12.9" iPad Pro PFC yoke/throttle quad/pedals with custom Hall sensor retrofit, Thermaltake View 71 case, Stream Deck XL button box Sys3 (DCS/P3Dv4/ATS/ETS): AMD 7800X3D, MSI MPG X870E Carbon, Noctua NH-D15S, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, EVGA RTX3090 Alienware AW3420DW 34" 21:9 GSync, Corsair HX1000i PSU, 4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2TB Samsung 970Evo Plus, TM TCA Officer Pack, Saitek combat pedals, TM Warthog, TM RS300 FF wheel/pedals, Coolermaster HAF XB case
December 11, 20169 yr I bought a $25 swivel mount from Amazon and put my TV on the wall in front of my desk. Works great.
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