Best monitor for P3D?

[avi8tir 24]

I asked this question a while back. I want to see if anything new/different has come into the market. 

I currently have an Acer Xr34. I've had it for 3.5 years now so I'd like to go 4k --- I think. I had considered the BenQ PD3200U in the past. 

Building a brand new 9900k / RTx 2080 Ti system so should be able to handle most anything.

Suggestions?

 

FYI, my gaming is 75% P3D, 25% call of duty type games. 

Edited August 14, 2019 by avi8tir

[philmurfin 73]

What size are you thinking of and does it have to be a monitor or something like a Sony 4k tv?

[Bob Scott 7,709]

If you have room, a 42-55 inch 4K TV as a display makes P3D a completely different experience.  Been using one on my dedicated simming machine for 3-4 years now.  I've never played FPS games on it.

Do some research, though...you can't just hook up any old 4K TV and get good results.  The technology has been changing rapidly--features change a lot from model year to model year--so make sure your info is current.

Regards

[TopGun33 124]

Hi !

I completely concur with what Bob says. I run a Philips 43" 4K display as main display and a secondary 21" side display for the various addons. Immersion is a killer ! And the RTX handles it very well. The improvement in FPS was quite noticeable over my previous GTX 1080 (non Ti).

I also love to play city builders like Cities Skylines and Civilization 6 on it.

[Nyxx 6,993]

Your RTX 2080Ti is a perfect choice for 4K but 9900k is not a good choice for P3D as P3D does not make use of HT a 9700K is far better suited as it has no HT runs cooler and a pre-binned 9700k @5.1 is 40% cheaper than a 9900k at the same speed. 9900k is frankly a bad choice for P3D/DCS. P3D likes the fastest clock speed possible, not HT.

Look at Bob Scott signature, the guy knows what he is talking about and look what CPU he went for a super-fast/overclocked 8086k again no HT.

Have a read here.

https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/intel-core-i7-9700k-9th-gen-cpu,5876-9.html

Edited August 14, 2019 by Nyxx

[lownslo 590]

9 minutes ago, Nyxx said:

super-fast/overclocked 8086k again no HT.

Pretty sure the 8086K has HT.   Of course the 9700K is lacking in one particular area... it has 12MB of cache while the 9900K has 16MB.

Greg

[joby33y 152]

Please... Read the topic title guys!  Its about monitor selection, NOT about CPU choice!  With these posts, this thread turns into 15+ pages of CPU and HT on/off debate. 

Respectfully submitted.  I’m in the market for a new monitor too & thats what I want to read about....

[Pete Dowson 558]

18 minutes ago, Nyxx said:

9900k is frankly a bad choice for P3D/DCS. P3D likes the fastest clock speed possible, not HT.

I have a 9900K without HT. HT is always an option - check the BIOS. you can turn it on and off. HT useful for those processors with 4 cores or less, but otherwise it can impose an overhead you don't want, as well as more heat.

My 9900K is running at 5.5GHz, with the cache at 5.0GHz and DRAM at 3.6GHz. Mind you, I am using liquid cooling with an external cooling system attached! 😉

Sorry, no monitor or TV here -- three projectors and a 210 degree FOV curved screen! 😉

Pete

 

Edited August 14, 2019 by Pete Dowson

[nas123 160]

Get a 4K TV at least 55". I have a Samsung serie 7 and it is the best investment I done for my flightsimming. It is like have 4 x 27" 1920-1080 in front of you.

I am sitting 100 cm away from the screen and it is crystal clear.  

[Bob Scott 7,709]

56 minutes ago, Nyxx said:

Your RTX 2080Ti is a perfect choice for 4K but 9900k is not a good choice for P3D as P3D does not make use of HT a 9700K is far better suited as it has no HT runs cooler and a pre-binned 9700k @5.1 is 40% cheaper than a 9900k at the same speed. 9900k is frankly a bad choice for P3D/DCS. P3D likes the fastest clock speed possible, not HT.

Look at Bob Scott signature, the guy knows what he is talking about and look what CPU he went for a super-fast/overclocked 8086k again no HT.

Have a read here.

https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/intel-core-i7-9700k-9th-gen-cpu,5876-9.html

First, to the topic at hand--if you go with a regular smallish computer monitor (27" and below) I think the current 3rd-generation G-Sync is simply awesome.  I just built a second portable machine, for travelling.  I put a 24" Dell S2417DG G-Sync monitor on it, and it's really made a believer out of me.  With P3D on the 4K TV I run 30Hz refresh rate, with VSync on and unlimited frame rate set in the sim.  Very, very smooth.  With FSX on the travel PC, I run 29fps frame rate lock in the sim, with no VSync and G-Sync enabled in Windows.  Also super smooth, with no tearing--and the stuttering that used to accompany frame rate slowdowns together with VSync is pretty much gone.  Also, the G-Sync works as-advertised at frame rates well below the 30fps mark...when it slows down into the 20s in heavy scenery, there is no stuttering.  There is a lot of old wisdom that suggests G-Sync does not work at low frame rates...that old wisdom pretty clearly no longer applies with the current monitors sporting the 3rd-gen G-Sync boards out there now.

I use a 6-core 8086K on my primary machine because it clocks to 5.3 GHz with HT turned off...fast single-core performance is still important in P3D.  I think six cores at 5.3 vs eight at 5.0 is probably a wash...it wasn't worth rebuilding Rome to find out...5.3 on the 8086K really hauls the mail, and leaves little more to be desired.

That said, my portable is a 9900K clocked to 5.0 GHz (on air) and my spare 1080Ti into the aforementioned small 24" G-Sync display.  As we have known for some time, FSX responds to brute force...at 5 GHz with 8 physical cores it has come back to life, and it's a hoot to have some of my orphaned add-ons back, like the PMDG MD-11, the Eaglesoft CitationX, etc.  I chose the 9900K over the 9700K knowing that I wouldn't be using HT--why?  16MB of level-3 cache vs 12MB on the CPU die, that's why.  The 9900K was on sale, and the premium over the 9700K was like $80. 

I don't want to hi-jack the thread further with non-monitor hardware discussion, but wanted to set the record straight. 

Cheers

 

[Nyxx 6,993]

2 hours ago, lownslo said:

Pretty sure the 8086K has HT.   Of course the 9700K is lacking in one particular area... it has 12MB of cache while the 9900K has 16MB.

Greg

Yes well, he has his HT OFF and that's why I said no HT. Also to pay 40% more just to have 4MB cache is in the realms of money to burn, the return on that 40% price,  into gains is not worth even talking about in P3D.

2 hours ago, joby33y said:

Please... Read the topic title guys!  Its about monitor selection, NOT about CPU choice!  With these posts, this thread turns into 15+ pages of CPU and HT on/off debate. 

Respectfully submitted.  I’m in the market for a new monitor too & thats what I want to read about....

Yes, it is about TV's but the point is the saving over a 9700k pre binned @5.1 and a 9900k pre binned @5.1 would buy for a 4k TV. 

Current prices here in the UK are a far cry from $80 for a pre binned.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/intel-core-i9-9900k-pre-binned-5.1ghz-coffee-lake-socket-lga1151-processor-oem-cp-66d-in.html

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/intel-core-i7-9700k-pre-binned-5.1ghz-coffee-lake-socket-lga1151-processor-oem-cp-66a-in.html

Anyway, each to there own!

Edited August 14, 2019 by Nyxx

[TopGun33 124]

3 hours ago, joby33y said:

Please... Read the topic title guys!  Its about monitor selection, NOT about CPU choice!  With these posts, this thread turns into 15+ pages of CPU and HT on/off debate. 

Respectfully submitted.  I’m in the market for a new monitor too & thats what I want to read about....

To continue on topic, the display I own is a Philips BDM4350UC/00. It has no Gsync, tops at 60Hz but this is more than enough for simming and the type of games I play. I paid around 500 euros for it.

It sits at about 80 cm from my head and it is very immersive. I have to move my head to see corners, and the 4k resolution is awesome at this distance.

If you choose the TV way, be careful because many entry level 4k TVs actually run at 50Hz. It all depends on your budget.

 

[Ray Proudfoot 8,903]

@avi8tir, you haven’t mentioned a budget or maximum available space. Can’t really recommend anything until I know those.

I’m very happy with my PD3200U.

[Bob Scott 7,709]

4 hours ago, Nyxx said:

Yes well, he has his HT OFF and that's why I said no HT. Also to pay 40% more just to have 4MB cache is in the realms of money to burn, the return on that 40% price,  into gains is not worth even talking about in P3D.

Yes, it is about TV's but the point is the saving over a 9700k pre binned @5.1 and a 9900k pre binned @5.1 would buy for a 4k TV. 

Current prices here in the UK are a far cry from $80 for a pre binned.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/intel-core-i9-9900k-pre-binned-5.1ghz-coffee-lake-socket-lga1151-processor-oem-cp-66d-in.html

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/intel-core-i7-9700k-pre-binned-5.1ghz-coffee-lake-socket-lga1151-processor-oem-cp-66a-in.html

Anyway, each to there own!

Holy Christmas, that's more than two and a half times what I paid for my 9900K.  And it was more like an 18% premium over the 9700K, not 40%.

But given that the OP has already decided on a 9900K and 2080Ti (a rockin' combo), it'd be a shame to see all that pushing an old 27" WQHD monitor.

One other note on large-format 4K TVs as an option...bigger is better up to a point...for me, 55" was perfect, and though I had room on the desk and in the budget for a 65" display, at that size and viewing distance (~1m) I could pretty clearly see pixellation in the image on the 65" display.  There's no real substitute for test-viewing various display options at the distance you intend to use it. 

Regards

[Mace 1,896]

9 hours ago, avi8tir said:

 I had considered the BenQ PD3200U in the past. 

That is the exact monitor I run presently.  I am very happy with it.

I do run at 30 hz refresh, at 4K, driven by a 1080ti and 8700K @ 5.0 and it's very smooth.