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r/GlobalOffensive•
CeeESS7

Stretching monitor resolution, and input lag?

I have an asus vg248QE monitor, and I like to play 4:3 stretched. I heard gpu scaling adds considerable input lag, but I can't find any definite answer, if it's fine to use or not. I also heard that display scaling causes less input lag, but there's no option for that in the nvidia control panel, and the aspect control in the monitor menu is greyed out, and not possible to change.

If you have an asus vg248qe what do you do? Do you just have to deal with the input lag, or is there someway to scale on the display or what? Or is gpu scaling just fine?

Would appreciate some help.

Posted Dec 27, 2014, 4:03 PM UTC

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DustmuffinsDistinguished Master Guardian•

It adds a slight delay, bit it's so small it has no perceptible effect. Less than 1ms.

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CeeESS7OPESEA Player•

Ok thank you for the input. I was kinda hoping it's just a small delay, doesn't seem like an issue, but I read a lot of posts that were all doomsday NVDIA SCALING CAUSES INSANE LAG, blah blah blah.

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DustmuffinsDistinguished Master Guardian•

Nah. Feel free to try it out in game. Make a bunch of snapping movements with your mouse, then try changing the resolution to a non native one and doing it again. That's the best way that I to find input delay without any special equipment.

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Kahiro•

Everytime when i hear about input lag because of gpu scaling it makes me mad. Sily humans hears it somewhere and say it everytime when someone brings up gpu scaling

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Mycatispickles•

I don't think this is the same thing, but every time I played a game csgo to dota2 I would get stupid random stutters. Turns out my CPU was on power saving mode, turning it off fixed all stuttering.

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xadlaura•

that is not the same thing.

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derpylurker•

Question: Why play in 4:3 stretched?

Like, what are the benefits? Not trolling, just wondering since I couldn't figure it out.

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xadlaura•

IDK man, 4:3 stretched kills your perhipreal vision If u really want to play with no perhiphreal, just play 10:16 sideways screen.

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tCuRedditESEA Player•

Yes. The reason i play 4:3 stretched is to purposly kill my peripheral vision. Your so god damn ignorant

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xadlaura•

Also, many people say they play 4:3 to make the people bigger. 10:16 will maximise this effect theoretically, since FOV is vertically constant. It's like having a screen with that much standard vertical height to allow a larger target. With my 24" screen, it would be equivalent to a 34" or so screen in added detail/zoom.

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Ayx-Master Guardian II•

Just tried - Works as intended. Awkward as fuck though as your sensitivity is faster up and down than it is left and right

Also menus are fucked. http://imgur.com/a/CgF84

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pete2fiddyGold Nova Master•

Your sensitivity isn't any faster though, it just moves more pixels upward since it is stretched vertically. You still move your head the same amount of degrees up and down for an identical up and down swipe.

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zAke1Legendary Eagle Master•

Oh 10:16? That will kill your eyes, personally I play on 22:78 with my screen under my table facing down while I do handstands in the toilet, just so the enemies can't see me and I can't see any scary enemy models.

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xadlaura•

Please, explain it to me, don't expect me to know everything in the world and call me ignorant because I don't.

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CeeESS7OPESEA Player•

I don't really care about peripheral vision, my cross-hair placement makes it not much of an issue, if some one is on the edge of my screen I'm probably dead already anyway. I actually don't mind 16:9 either, I only play 4:3 so that my FPS is high, and stable.

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xadlaura•

10:16 is very different from 16:10 my friend ;D It's most zoomy resolution lol Give it a shot see how it goes man I can't flip my current screen sadly. or I try myself. But sideways screen is way better for text, reading etc. The only places you suffer is media and games where you need to 360 etc.

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Ayx-Master Guardian II•

Just tried - Works as intended. Awkward as fuck though as your sensitivity is faster up and down than it is left and right Also menus are fucked. http://imgur.com/a/CgF84

Also my monitor doesn't have a portrait mount, just propped it up against the wall.

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xadlaura•

Hahahaha, I knew I could convince some1 to try it lol

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