Iiyama GB3461WQSU-B1 - Flat 34" 1440 144HZ 1MS IPS Freesync for <£400

varkanoid · 31 Dec 2020 at 12:49

clv101 said:
180mm

Thanks more food for thought as that would just about clear my printer. Decisions decisions ideally I would like a 32" IPS 144mhz but they are scarce or on the horizon.

Nexus18 · 31 Dec 2020 at 13:36

Anyone using a nvidia card with this screen? Preferably an ampere one..... Does free/g sync work ok?

varkanoid said:
So tempted to get this but its just too wide been umming and arrring for few days but then reading this thread sounds like its another lottery monitor.

Since the latest firmware I don't think many have had any issues, just so happens most of the votes and posts in this thread about faults was to do with the old firmware.

zola25 · 31 Dec 2020 at 13:52

@Nexus18 - Gsync works fine with my RTX 3070 once enabled in the screen's OSD and in the NV control panel.

Nexus18 · 31 Dec 2020 at 14:10

Thanks zola!

Awahwah · 31 Dec 2020 at 14:22

Works fine with my 1080 Ti

Awahwah · 31 Dec 2020 at 14:23

zola25 said:
@Nexus18 - Gsync works fine with my RTX 3070 once enabled in the screen's OSD and in the NV control panel.

what frame rates do you get with the 3070? I'm thinking of making the switch.

zola25 · 31 Dec 2020 at 15:15

I've not actually tried many different games since switching to the 3070. Horizon Zero Dawn benched an average of 97 FPS at alsmost maxed settings and ran beautifully. Currently playing AC Valhalla (not the best example) which with a few adjustments tends to run at 70-80FPS with occasional dips to ~62. The Mrs is playing RDR2 pretty much maxed wich ranges from ~45-70 FPS, but there's huge scope for tweating there without losing much detail.

For reference my previous GPU was a 2070 Super (very close to the 1080Ti), and have generally observed around a 30% gain at 3440x1440.

clv101 · 31 Dec 2020 at 15:24

Works well with my 3060Ti, Doom 2016 is pretty much solid 144 fps on highest settings.

Awahwah · 31 Dec 2020 at 18:37

zola25 said:
I've not actually tried many different games since switching to the 3070. Horizon Zero Dawn benched an average of 97 FPS at alsmost maxed settings and ran beautifully. Currently playing AC Valhalla (not the best example) which with a few adjustments tends to run at 70-80FPS with occasional dips to ~62. The Mrs is playing RDR2 pretty much maxed wich ranges from ~45-70 FPS, but there's huge scope for tweating there without losing much detail.

For reference my previous GPU was a 2070 Super (very close to the 1080Ti), and have generally observed around a 30% gain at 3440x1440.

30% AVE is pretty good. Just need a 3070 to come into stock.

Thanks for the input.

Awahwah · 31 Dec 2020 at 18:37

clv101 said:
Works well with my 3060Ti, Doom 2016 is pretty much solid 144 fps on highest settings.

arc@css · 5 Jan 2021 at 01:16

Just caught sight of this and I'm very tempted. One bonus is that it isn't curved.

One minute I was going with ultrawide then I started inclining towards a 32" 16:9 1440p.

Choosing a monitor is an agonising process.

Another which has me interested is the Acer XV340CK. A bit dearer but still looks to be good for the money.

TheReflex · 5 Jan 2021 at 12:40

arc@css said:
Another which has me interested is the Acer XV340CK. A bit dearer but still looks to be good for the money.

Well Acer's QC is superior to Iiyama's imo. However the cheapest I've seen the XV340CK was still 170 quid over the cheapest I've seen the GB3461, so...

varkanoid · 7 Jan 2021 at 16:46

arc@css said:
Just caught sight of this and I'm very tempted. One bonus is that it isn't curved.

One minute I was going with ultrawide then I started inclining towards a 32" 16:9 1440p.

Choosing a monitor is an agonising process.

Another which has me interested is the Acer XV340CK. A bit dearer but still looks to be good for the money.

I`m agonising like mad had my pointer over the buy button loads of times. Its just about 8-10cm too wide. If there was a decent 32" 16:9 1440p 144mhz I would get it.
(btw I`m already on 32" 1440p 75mhz and best monitor I ever bought just wondering whether to get something better to let the 3080 run free)

TheReflex said:
Well Acer's QC is superior to Iiyama's imo. However the cheapest I've seen the XV340CK was still 170 quid over the cheapest I've seen the GB3461, so...

Iiyama's QC must be very very bad as Acer's is appalling.

Awahwah · 7 Jan 2021 at 16:51

varkanoid said:
I`m agonising like mad had my pointer over the buy button loads of times. Its just about 8-10cm too wide. If there was a decent 32" 16:9 1440p 144mhz I would get it.
(btw I`m already on 32" 1440p 75mhz and best monitor I ever bought just wondering whether to get something better to let the 3080 run free)

Iiyama's QC must be very very bad as Acer's is appalling.

On the flip, mine is fine and replaced a good Acer. I think I'm lucky of can't stop faults.

arc@css · 7 Jan 2021 at 17:28

varkanoid said:
I`m agonising like mad had my pointer over the buy button loads of times. Its just about 8-10cm too wide. If there was a decent 32" 16:9 1440p 144mhz I would get it.
(btw I`m already on 32" 1440p 75mhz and best monitor I ever bought just wondering whether to get something better to let the 3080 run free)

I'm currently only considering 32" flat screens as the extra horsepower required to drive a 3440x1440 screen would most likely leave me a smaller choice of video cards, ~ RTX380 or 6800XT.

I think I'd rather get a screen where a wider range of cards can deliver consistently higher FPS, hence staying with the 16:9 1440p.

That could, of course, change.

clv101 · 7 Jan 2021 at 17:58

I don't have any issues with the extra GPU power required for UW, just running 16:9 1440p works perfectly, just black bars either side.

varkanoid · 7 Jan 2021 at 19:02

arc@css said:
I'm currently only considering 32" flat screens as the extra horsepower required to drive a 3440x1440 screen would most likely leave me a smaller choice of video cards, ~ RTX380 or 6800XT.

I think I'd rather get a screen where a wider range of cards can deliver consistently higher FPS, hence staying with the 16:9 1440p.

That could, of course, change.

Yeah but problem is there are no decent flat 144mhz 32" screens.

Awahwah said:
On the flip, mine is fine and replaced a good Acer. I think I'm lucky of can't stop faults.

trouble is I just know if I get one it will have an issue just dont know whether I can be bothered with the return rigmarole. I was very lucky with my AOC its near perfect and its probably longest I've had one monitor. (went through 3 or 4 different ones a year or so or more)

arc@css · 7 Jan 2021 at 19:19

varkanoid said:
Yeah but problem is there are no decent flat 144mhz 32" screens.

That's the problem, yep. There is the LG-32GK650F, though; I didn't think it could support both G-Sync and FreeSync, but apparently, it does.

varkanoid · 7 Jan 2021 at 19:58

arc@css said:
That's the problem, yep. There is the LG-32GK650F, though; I didn't think it could support both G-Sync and FreeSync, but apparently, it does.

VA panel though. I need IPS. Forgot to add that before.

arc@css · 7 Jan 2021 at 20:04

varkanoid said:
VA panel though. I need IPS. Forgot to add that before.

Good point, I'd prefer an IPS but I might settle for a VA.

I'm in no rush, though.