Love this comment Dave. It's lovely to enjoy other people's good fortune. Except when it's the bloke who punts you who goes onto to get a podium. Then they can go do one!! I totally never did this to Glen, by the way. At Bathurst. At T1. Ever. . . . .
I was gonna comment the exact same! The positive vibe I get from this vid gave me the chills! Bruh, I feel the excitement and love your details.. Thanks for sharing this awesome experience with the world. 🙏🙏
Glen, thank you so much for your advice. I did what you said and everything seems to work fine now. I passed it on to IRacing so they can fix it in the options page. Thanks again
The simplicity and honesty of your video got my attention from start to finish, you definitely got a new subscriber! Keep up the good work and thanks for the quality info!
There was something very wholesome and satisfying about this video. Loved it mate. Thanks for helping me with my decision of VR vs Trips vs Ultrawide 👍
This was a fairly high quality story video. Although I came looking for your experience on an ultrawide I actually stuck around and enjoyed this more story driven take. I was surprised about your lower sub count really top 200k sub quality. I'm unsure though if the sad music added or took away from it. Happily subbed I see your channel growing if it keeps to the standard presented in this video.
Thanks for the really nice messages mate. I put a lot of work into that video a long time ago now and it is still working for me. Yeah probably a bad choice in music, but overall still happy with it. 👍
Definitely added to it for me. The music was killer. It's strange, for the hours you spend and times you go through, the rig actually becomes a part of you, and changing bits out is like farewelling a part of the times you've shared. Lol, sounds crazy, but is true.
I’ve been debating getting a super ultrawide for months, especially since starting to post races on TH-cam and the extra power that needs, but whenever I looked at sim racing forums people seemed to shame the idea of switching from tripes to a super ultrawide. Really glad I found this video with a very detailed breakdown! Thank you for making it!
Thanks for the nice comments mate. If you do decide to go down that path, maybe look for the newer model, it is only a little bit dearer but has newer technology like 1ms response and Display port 1.4. 👍
@@GleNRG Definitely will do that! Was actually even thinking about going and getting the 1440p one, but thanks to this video I now know that it is actually more difficult to run!
nice job man,most humorous indeed.i too swapped from triples to the 49,along with trackIR,about a year ago.no complaints at all,i use it for flight sims and racing,with a very similar set up to yours.a lot of people dont get the performance cost triples can have on systems and often end up dissapointed,channels like this are vital for us mortals to make educated decisions on equipment.onya cobber.
@@GleNRG tell me about it, I have a rig and I’ve just upgraded to the fanatec CSL dd withe the mclaren wheel and pedals. I currently use vr because of monitor cost and space.
I’ve been trying to decide to go with a Samsung 49’ or go with triples…this video just pretty much summed it up for me! Thank you so much for your content it’s helped make my decision easier!
Cheers mate. It's been a while since I did this video. A lot of things have happened since then, but the monitor is still rocking on perfectly. Thanks for the nice comments. 👍
Just done the opposite, went from 49" Samsung, (the 1440p one), to 3*1440p 27". Have to say it's day 2 and I bloody love the triple setup. Still trying to get used to the bezels but overall the sense of scale and immersion beats the ultrawide for me. However I do think FPS games, Horizon ZD for example, are better on the ultrawide as you can only increase FOV so far. Hope the Samsung works out well for you is a brilliant monitor.
Thanks Bill. Yep 12 months on and still going strong. I loved my triples, but getting the curved ones made it do hard to tune in properly and more than likely lead to me wanting something else.
I am in the process of building my sim, ultrawide is definitely the way to go. Your video helped me in my process, so thank you for that. I am also coming from flightsims and as part of that I am used to using a trackIr. This helps me massively while flying, you should give it a go. I am sure the combination of the trackIr plus the ultrawide will be the sweet spot
Really great video Glen - very interesting. A clever way to up the detail levels of the sim and I'm becoming more and more convinced that an ultra-wide is an upgrade over triples and not the other way round. Always enjoy your racing videos and more like this would be great too!
I went from a single 27" to an ultrawide 35". That was a big upgrade, but I still wanted triples. So a few months later, I got triple 27's. My PC is pretty high end, so I didn't experience the FPS issues so much. My biggest issue is that I play a variety of games, racing sims and flight sims and the worst part of triples is trying to configure every game to work properly. It's a much bigger pain that I ever anticipated. Some games required you to run NVIDIA surround, while others didn't work well with it. I just recently went back to the 35" ultrawide and now more of my time is spent gaming instead of screwing with settings to get things working. I may try a 49" in the future whenever my 35" has an issue.
I think you nailed it Pistol. The triple setup was so finicky, some games like GTA 5 just didn't support it, resulting in massive stretching. I have had the monitorbfornanwhile now and still love using it every day. Thanks for watching. 👍
To put it simple after walking in 1.349,00 debates about Triples vs Singles vs Ultrawides. Triples you get the best experience, period. At the cost of performance and time ( for setting it up ) Singles you get the regular, affordable experience. Easy way to go if you´re starting. Superultrawides. Here rests the people who wants a little bit of everything. It is the most balanced choice of all. As a 37 year dad of a 2 years old, i found that i need practicality, to enjoy my precious spare time. No fiddling around, no tweaking. Just racing. Ultrawide is there for you.
Great Video, you did the same thought process as me when it came time for deciding on a monitor. I went back and fourth between triples and SUW and ended up settling on the more recent Samsung 49" you talked about. I am so glad that I did. I also toyed with VR as I also have a Rift S but I never liked it. I've since added a second 24" monitor which I use for OBS and streaming and sadly my current 1660 ti is starting to lag behind so I am now hunting a 3070 or 3060ti. Thankfully when I built my PC I knew I would be making upgrades as I went along so I am future proofed for a few years on upgrades. My video card was the only weak link when I built it but that was back when the 20 series cards were out and the rumors of the 30 series cards were just starting to pop up so I opted to hold off on dumping a ton of money into a GPU. Happy Racing
Thanks Sean. You could connect your monitor to the motherboard instead of the GPU and it will transfer the load onto the CPU instead. I have my side monitor hooked up to the motherboard and it uses like 1% CPU to display all my extra apps running in the background. Hope that helps in the meantime. 👍
I adore my ultrawide. I've played a lot with layout and positioning and landed on putting the screen over the body of the wheel motor, with just enough clearance behind the shifters that my fingers don't brush the screen when turning/shifting at the same time. FWIW that let me get to a 19.5" viewing distance and a 102 degree fov. That extra 5-10 degrees can help quite a bit in getting mirrors into the frame. You probably aren't in a hurry to take it apart and move things around again, but that helped quite a bit for me.
Thanks for the tips Brandon. That would definitely be the plan when I finally get a DD wheel, they seem to have quite a large gap between wheel and motor. 👍
@@GleNRG I wish you luck, I like your content and energy. Would love to see you improve the rig. I have some ricomotech button boxes I just replaced that I can offer you if you want to dm me. Not a direct drive, but I'm happy to help.
G'day Matt. I just noticed that you became a member to the channel a few weeks ago. I didn't get the notification properly and I apologise for not responding straight away. Sincerely mate, thank you for your support, it is genuinely appreciated. Chat soon Knackers. 👌
A very clever and informative video. Sometimes you have to reevaluate what's more important in life. Play is just fun and family and immediate needs should come first. I would do the same. Watch the love and thanks for the calculations that help to understand the necessary computing power of the graphics card and processor. greetings
Thank you. Yep, the kids are awesome and really enjoying spending time with them. Still got some time to enjoy the simulator and its a comfy place to just kick back and relax.
Interesting... I'm thinking I probably would have kept the tripples and upgraded the GPU first, which would be the major hurdle to any new PC build, and then later on down the line upgrade the CPU motherboard and RAM, resuing all of the other parts from the exisiting PC. That is just me though and I am an experienced PC builder (Not sure if that is the case with you or not). Glad you found a solution to your probelm though! Enjoyed your content tremendously
Thanks Bobby. Yeah an upgrade of a GPU to a i74790 would have had minimal results. A GPU in Australia at the time was about 2000AUD dollars and the monitor was around 1000AUD. I've since upgraded the PC, but kept the screen and still love it. Thanks for watching. 👍
Thumbs up from me Glenn👍 I have the 49 inch CRG9. No idea what it does. And probably got it on all the wrong settings. Lol. But it looks fantastic. In irasing. I run it as triple screen set up. With a bigger angle 40. Gives me a fov 106. Seems to work for me. Keep up the good work mate look forward to your next vid 🔔
Good on ya knackers. I was on a single 27” monitor but got the CHG490 about 3 months ago. Mainly because as you said, it’s less resource intensive than triples but still gives a great view. Really enjoying it and glad you are too.
Awesome video Glen, lots of great information. I am in the same situation of you with my gtx 1080 and a old tv. I started to look into triples but quickly find out that my card will struggle. So again thanks for the video just what I was looking for to make a decision.
Thanks Daniel. I'm still running the Ultrawide and absolutely love it. Setting up 3 x 32 inch curved monitors was absolutely pain. As I said in the video, i dont miss the outer edges of the outside monitors at all. Enjoy the new setup. 👍
I’m mostly a VR guy but I’d like to have a monitor that I can race in from time to time in iRacing and to use for some of the other sims. Right now I have a crappy 24” monitor on my racing PC because I don’t use it for anything but starting iRacing etc. I’ve been going back and forth between a 49” and triples. This video helped a lot. I’d love to hear how much compromise you feel there is on FOV and awareness of cars around you. That is the one issue I have with VR. I’m going to probably go with a Pimax as soon as I can find a new graphics card to buy that will run it mostly for POV. No cards anywhere at the moment.
You do lose a little bit of the edges, but in the Skip Barber you could only see the roll bar anyway. GT cars might be different, but I lost nothing with visual awareness when I got the new monitor. 👍
Commenting while I’m watching, this is soo cool, getting my G9 in a couple days been using single screen and VR, have a triple screen setup, ran it once but the bezels and loss of a screen for multitasking made triples overkill for me.
Fantastic video Glen. Am thinking of going the same route. Ideally, the monitor would also protect my Radical from being punted but I might be being a bit over optimistic. . .
Wow! Such a great video, the type of honest and personal content that TH-cam is supposed to be for... I got a 34" 3440x1440 ultrawide to try out at home and was wondering about one of these super-ultra-wides. Some say that at 49" the 5120x1080 is a bit low res for detailed work. I mean that it would be my main and only monitor so I guess a 5120x1440 would be better. Assume a 2060 Super (8GB) could handle it. Well at least regular desktop stuff it could, not sure about gaming above 60 FPS though 🤣
Thanks Davy. Yeah the 2060 will probably struggle to get to that 144 fps mark at that resolution, although you should be well above 60. If you end up getting the monitor, an idea might be to find a sweet spot for gaming fps with your setup and cap the frames in Nvidia control panel so it never over pushes while gaming. 👍
I've just picked up a 43" inch Super Ultra Wide, Glen. Samnsung panel but a budget make, which saved me £300. I'll try not be too self conscious that you've an extra 6" inches!!!. It's coming tomorrow. Might take a break from VR. Expecting all kinds of malarky trying to get the FOV right.
Great work mate, you'll love it. I don't tend to do mathematically correct FOV. I stick with what feels comfortable, just play around with it until you feel at home. Seeya on track soon mate.
In my opinion vr is much more immersive. The fact that you can look anywhere is just game changing. Also the biggest point of vr which you can never experience on normal displays is depth. In vr your eyes are looking at two different displays that are displaying two slightly different things which imitates reality. Being in vr gives you another sense this sense makes it extremely hard to go back to a regular display because you can see how far or close something is.
Hey man, totally feel you on the pc costs. wait about a year for shortages to settle (hopefully) then keep your current pc as content creation/streaming pc, and get a new pc that will be just gaming. thats what im planning
Yeah ended up getting my new PC recently with a 3070. No need to worry about dropping the settings right down anymore. I actually turned my old PC into a local NAS , will hopefully have a video for that in the coming months. 👍
Great video mate. I'm a little perplexed however. I still play on my 7yr old build. I5 4690k and gtx 980ti. I still get 50-100 frames in daytime racing with decent graphic settings. I'm running triple 24s with 1080p
Thanks James, im glad you enjoyed. It was more about the detail as opposed to the frames. As I said in the video I had to turn off so much detail with all the updates over time. It got to the point where I really started to notice it, which took away from the immersion of the racing. That being said, I had a lot of software running in the background, like Obs Studio, Crew Cief, Racelabs, Streamdeck etc. I have since had a PC update and don't need to worry about frames or detail as much. I still love the monitor though and don't want to change to anything else. Thanks for watching mate. 👍
Cracking vid mate. Just appeared randomly in my feed, you have a new sub. Well done. I've literally just purchased the new 57" Samsung ultrawide, hoping it's delivered today, and the triples will come down tomorrow. Will be a huge step up going from 1080 to 4k, but I can't wait, I may well document the rebuild of my rig too just because it won't have an overhaul like this for some time now. I've also just upgraded the wheelbase, pedals, mounts, the whole lot. I can't wait to get into it!! If you're ever looking for a league to hop in, come visit Premier Endurance League. We run GT3's and 4's in longer single driver races. Based in Aus too. All the best mate, Jimmy. ✌🏼
Great video. Maybe You could have stayed with one monitor an bought TrackIR instead. Especially in racing sims it shines with its almost natural view into corners.
Would love to know your stream settings as I am having trouble with best output for streamlabs OBS to twitch. Any help would be much appreciated. Great vid!
G'day mate, and thanks for the nice comments. It's been a long time since I streamed on Twitch, and I'm sure there have been a lot of changes. I used to use the auto setup in OBS for the twitch settings, seems to work OK. Also used "EposVOX" videos on TH-cam for fine tuning settings, he has some videos that run you through every setting step by step. Happy streaming. 👍
Black Friday/ cyber Monday is the best time to buy pc parts. I purchased a 49” for exactly the same reason. I like high details for immersion but also like high ffps. It’s still like have 2 x27” screens. Also I don’t like the bezels. I think I could build a pc for less than 5k. I’d have to crunch some numbers.
Yeah it takes time to gather a following. Some people shoot up faster than others but don't be disheartened by that. It took me 12 months to get 30 subs. It will come. 👍
Yep, that's about $6k Aus compared to $1100 aus for the monitor. It fixed the problem at the time, but have since upgraded my PC. Still have the monitor and absolutely love it. 👍
One of the best videos I've seen in a long while, I just bought the most recent model but found going from triples I no longer can see both mirrors in sedans, I run GT3 and my vision has dropped significantly, did you ever encounter and if so have a resolution for this problem?
Thank you so much for your nice comments mate. As far as FOV within a GT3 car, you do lose a little bit compared to triples, but you can make up for it by tuning your Virtual Mirror. I have mine set up to match my main FOV which is 86 degrees. I use my virtual mirror all the time to anticipate my rivals, and have found that more than makes up for the loss in front facing real estate. Thanks again. 👍
Amazing video and story timeline. I was thinking triples as I have the hardware to run it but after seeing this, I want to go for the ultrawide. Honestly, would you prefer triples over the ultrawide if you had the hardware to run it? Or are you glad that you made the switch.
Thanks for the nice comments mate. I have upgraded the PC since this video, and personally would probably stay with the ultrawide. There was a lot of fiddling and tuning with the triples to get the FOV right, which I could never get. IRacing has since upgraded their FOV calculator in game which makes it easier to tune the FOV for triples. But yeah I'd stay with the ultrawide, I love it. 👍
Greatt video ! Just bought the g9 oled 1800r and im wondering if i should buy the lg oled 45 and try it and return the one i prefer less ! The 45 seems apealing for added vertical space!!
So, if you had a PC powerful enough to run the triple screens you wouldn't switch then? I'm in the market going from a single 55" TV to triple or super ultra wide, but I have a 3090..so should I stick with the triples?
I think at the time I might have stayed with triples with a better PC. I'm still glad I changed, though, as my room is so narrow it just looks a lot better. I still use it every day and don't regret changing to the 49inch. I'm getting the same, if not better immersion as there is no stretch that I was getting on the side monitors. Good luck with your decision. 👍
The problem wasn't your triple monitors, it was your GPU, even 2 years ago from now, you could have picked up a much better gpu for the same price as that 49inch. On a side note, Upgrading your CPU shouldnt have been your first goto, nor buying a new PC altogether. If you wanted to upgrade your cpu, just replace the motherboard,cpu and the ram. Anyway, you went down the monitor route, thats fine, you're happy with it, no big deal. 👍
Great video Glen....just convinced me on Ultrawide. Pity about all the Holden stuff though....what do you use for editing? That would make a great how to video.
Hehe thanks mate. I used Shotcut to make the video. Its relatively easy to use and best of all its free. 👍 Not a bad idea with the how to video while it is all fresh. Cheers
Great video mate, you did very well with your decisions in my opinion. I am thinking of going the 1440 version instead of triples and selling my VR. VR with IRacing is great, but other titles definitely lacks fidelity.
Hehe, nope. Covid times buddy, $4000 AUD for a 3080 at the time. And a 3080 with a 4th series Intel CPU wouldn't have made much of a difference. Thanks for watching... 😉
@@GleNRG Whoops. Wasn't thinking about AUD. I was paying $2,200 max for a 3080's here in the U.S.. I mine with over 30 cards. Also, the cpu and even ram don't matter that much. It's 90% GPU. The cpu and ram would help with load times though.
Love the video Glen. You can see the joy on your face at the start of the montage. It's great when nice things happen to good people 👍
Thanks Dave, appreciate the nice comments mate. 👍
Love this comment Dave. It's lovely to enjoy other people's good fortune. Except when it's the bloke who punts you who goes onto to get a podium. Then they can go do one!! I totally never did this to Glen, by the way. At Bathurst. At T1. Ever. . . . .
I was gonna comment the exact same!
The positive vibe I get from this vid gave me the chills! Bruh, I feel the excitement and love your details..
Thanks for sharing this awesome experience with the world.
🙏🙏
Thanks for the nice comments mate, appreciate it... 👍
About to go through another overhaul soon, really looking forward to that.
@@Robaylesbury You can tell Dave is an all round top bloke. It's no surprise to see something like this from him.
You're a good man and you can tell a great father. cheers.
Thanks Josh, I appreciate the nice comments mate. 👍
Glen, thank you so much for your advice. I did what you said and everything seems to work fine now. I passed it on to IRacing so they can fix it in the options page. Thanks again
The simplicity and honesty of your video got my attention from start to finish, you definitely got a new subscriber! Keep up the good work and thanks for the quality info!
Thanks for the really nice comments mate. I'm having a bit of a TH-cam break at the moment. I might get back into it in the next few months. 👍
There was something very wholesome and satisfying about this video. Loved it mate. Thanks for helping me with my decision of VR vs Trips vs Ultrawide 👍
Thanks a lot. This was my first proper video edit last year, and so far my most successful. It's satisfying to get the story out that I wanted to. 👍
This has to be one of the better videos I’ve watched recently on TH-cam here!
Thank you
Wow, thanks!
This was a fairly high quality story video. Although I came looking for your experience on an ultrawide I actually stuck around and enjoyed this more story driven take. I was surprised about your lower sub count really top 200k sub quality. I'm unsure though if the sad music added or took away from it. Happily subbed I see your channel growing if it keeps to the standard presented in this video.
Thanks for the really nice messages mate. I put a lot of work into that video a long time ago now and it is still working for me. Yeah probably a bad choice in music, but overall still happy with it. 👍
Definitely added to it for me. The music was killer. It's strange, for the hours you spend and times you go through, the rig actually becomes a part of you, and changing bits out is like farewelling a part of the times you've shared. Lol, sounds crazy, but is true.
I’ve been debating getting a super ultrawide for months, especially since starting to post races on TH-cam and the extra power that needs, but whenever I looked at sim racing forums people seemed to shame the idea of switching from tripes to a super ultrawide. Really glad I found this video with a very detailed breakdown! Thank you for making it!
Thanks for the nice comments mate. If you do decide to go down that path, maybe look for the newer model, it is only a little bit dearer but has newer technology like 1ms response and Display port 1.4. 👍
@@GleNRG Definitely will do that! Was actually even thinking about going and getting the 1440p one, but thanks to this video I now know that it is actually more difficult to run!
Great video and thank you Glen, for comparing the Triples to the Ultra Wide, you have taken the guess work out of the process.
Thanks mate. Appreciate it...
nice job man,most humorous indeed.i too swapped from triples to the 49,along with trackIR,about a year ago.no complaints at all,i use it for flight sims and racing,with a very similar set up to yours.a lot of people dont get the performance cost triples can have on systems and often end up dissapointed,channels like this are vital for us mortals to make educated decisions on equipment.onya cobber.
Cheers Simon. More upgrades have arrived. Good times to come. 👌
I’m glad you’re happy mate. This video brightened my day up. Thankyou.
Thanks Jack. Yep still love this monitor, and had a few upgrades since this video... a project that never ends... 😜
@@GleNRG tell me about it, I have a rig and I’ve just upgraded to the fanatec CSL dd withe the mclaren wheel and pedals. I currently use vr because of monitor cost and space.
I’ve been trying to decide to go with a Samsung 49’ or go with triples…this video just pretty much summed it up for me! Thank you so much for your content it’s helped make my decision easier!
An absolute pleasure mate. Check the prices for the newer CHG90 which is pretty much the same thing with a heap of extra features. 👍
@@GleNRG Will do thank you!
Thank you for sharing this with us Glen. Awesome of you and wishing you speed & many frames in your coming races.
Cheers mate. It's been a while since I did this video. A lot of things have happened since then, but the monitor is still rocking on perfectly. Thanks for the nice comments. 👍
@@GleNRG So awesome to hear. Will keep watching your channel! Thanks again for the wholesome video. Really great to see such love for your passion.
Just done the opposite, went from 49" Samsung, (the 1440p one), to 3*1440p 27". Have to say it's day 2 and I bloody love the triple setup. Still trying to get used to the bezels but overall the sense of scale and immersion beats the ultrawide for me. However I do think FPS games, Horizon ZD for example, are better on the ultrawide as you can only increase FOV so far. Hope the Samsung works out well for you is a brilliant monitor.
Thanks Bill. Yep 12 months on and still going strong. I loved my triples, but getting the curved ones made it do hard to tune in properly and more than likely lead to me wanting something else.
Look at the AOC bezel free kit.
This is a fantastic video man. Great work breaking everything down for the viewers.
Thanks a lot Manas. I put a lot of time I to this one. Hopefully my next one can be just as helpful for people. 👍
I am in the process of building my sim, ultrawide is definitely the way to go. Your video helped me in my process, so thank you for that. I am also coming from flightsims and as part of that I am used to using a trackIr. This helps me massively while flying, you should give it a go. I am sure the combination of the trackIr plus the ultrawide will be the sweet spot
Thanks Joao. I have been looking at that trackir the past year. Looks interesting and wouldn't mind a go one day. 👍
Great video, you look so genuinely happy!
Thanks Yaniel. Yep was a good day when it was all set up. I still love my ultrawide. 👌
Very helpful video mate, sat down and watched every second, thing that I don't often do.
Thanks a lot mate. Welcome to the channel, I'm still having a break, but plan to get up and running soon. Cheers mate. 👌
Love the video. I just got the CHG90 ! Now I'm excited to when it arrive.
You look nice to be a great guy ! Keep posting
Thanks Eduardo, enjoy your new toy. I still love mine. 👍
Really great video Glen - very interesting. A clever way to up the detail levels of the sim and I'm becoming more and more convinced that an ultra-wide is an upgrade over triples and not the other way round. Always enjoy your racing videos and more like this would be great too!
Thanks a lot Terry. It was fun making this video. 👍
Thanks mate,enjoyed watching that 👍🏻🇬🇧
Hehe, cheers mate,was a fun one... 👍
I went from a single 27" to an ultrawide 35". That was a big upgrade, but I still wanted triples. So a few months later, I got triple 27's. My PC is pretty high end, so I didn't experience the FPS issues so much. My biggest issue is that I play a variety of games, racing sims and flight sims and the worst part of triples is trying to configure every game to work properly. It's a much bigger pain that I ever anticipated. Some games required you to run NVIDIA surround, while others didn't work well with it. I just recently went back to the 35" ultrawide and now more of my time is spent gaming instead of screwing with settings to get things working. I may try a 49" in the future whenever my 35" has an issue.
I think you nailed it Pistol. The triple setup was so finicky, some games like GTA 5 just didn't support it, resulting in massive stretching.
I have had the monitorbfornanwhile now and still love using it every day.
Thanks for watching. 👍
To put it simple after walking in 1.349,00 debates about Triples vs Singles vs Ultrawides.
Triples you get the best experience, period. At the cost of performance and time ( for setting it up )
Singles you get the regular, affordable experience. Easy way to go if you´re starting.
Superultrawides. Here rests the people who wants a little bit of everything. It is the most balanced choice of all.
As a 37 year dad of a 2 years old, i found that i need practicality, to enjoy my precious spare time. No fiddling around, no tweaking. Just racing.
Ultrawide is there for you.
Yep, well put mate. I'm still happy with my choice, and the immersion is still there in spades. 👍
I never get wrong with ur videos man, hope u get back ! , hope ur doing well 💓 thanks for ur helpfull videos
Thanks Moe. Hopefully will get back one day. 👌
Great Video, you did the same thought process as me when it came time for deciding on a monitor. I went back and fourth between triples and SUW and ended up settling on the more recent Samsung 49" you talked about. I am so glad that I did. I also toyed with VR as I also have a Rift S but I never liked it. I've since added a second 24" monitor which I use for OBS and streaming and sadly my current 1660 ti is starting to lag behind so I am now hunting a 3070 or 3060ti. Thankfully when I built my PC I knew I would be making upgrades as I went along so I am future proofed for a few years on upgrades. My video card was the only weak link when I built it but that was back when the 20 series cards were out and the rumors of the 30 series cards were just starting to pop up so I opted to hold off on dumping a ton of money into a GPU. Happy Racing
Thanks Sean. You could connect your monitor to the motherboard instead of the GPU and it will transfer the load onto the CPU instead. I have my side monitor hooked up to the motherboard and it uses like 1% CPU to display all my extra apps running in the background. Hope that helps in the meantime. 👍
@@GleNRG That only works if you have an internal gpu in your CPU! Else this will not do anything sadly...
Yeah my old CPU had the gpu inside which meant that I could run 5 monitors when I had the triple setup. 👍
I'm more impressed by your poster of Brockie on your wall. Nice one mate.
I adore my ultrawide. I've played a lot with layout and positioning and landed on putting the screen over the body of the wheel motor, with just enough clearance behind the shifters that my fingers don't brush the screen when turning/shifting at the same time. FWIW that let me get to a 19.5" viewing distance and a 102 degree fov. That extra 5-10 degrees can help quite a bit in getting mirrors into the frame. You probably aren't in a hurry to take it apart and move things around again, but that helped quite a bit for me.
Thanks for the tips Brandon. That would definitely be the plan when I finally get a DD wheel, they seem to have quite a large gap between wheel and motor. 👍
@@GleNRG I wish you luck, I like your content and energy. Would love to see you improve the rig. I have some ricomotech button boxes I just replaced that I can offer you if you want to dm me. Not a direct drive, but I'm happy to help.
That's a really nice offer mate. Do you live in Australia?
@@GleNRG Nope, Seattle, WA. No idea how much shipping would be, but it might be worth looking into.
Thanks for the offer mate I sincerely appreciate it i will look into shipping and get back to you mate. Chat soon. 👍
Great video, love the honesty...much of everything you said in this one is very relatable. Just subscribed to your channel. Cheers from the states!
Thanks mate. I appreciate the nice comments. 👌
This is a fantastic video man
Thanks mate. I appreciate the nice comment. 👍
Nice one mate. I've got an ultrawide on order to arrive soon. Glad you found a good set up!
You're going to love it Luke. The screen has real presence when you walk in the room. I still do it each day and say..... Wow
I want that screen for my setup! I think its better than three screens. Thanks for the interesting video.
Cheers mate. Make sure to look for the newer model, which is a lot cheaper now and is packed with a heap more features.
Hi Glen , thanks for sharing your experience, story and your awesome kiddos 😀. My 11 & 12 yr old boys love to climb in and use iracing in test mode
Cheers Matt. Yeah the kids love using this room. Hopefully they will get into it when they get older. 👍
@@GleNRG That would be great
G'day Matt. I just noticed that you became a member to the channel a few weeks ago. I didn't get the notification properly and I apologise for not responding straight away.
Sincerely mate, thank you for your support, it is genuinely appreciated. Chat soon Knackers. 👌
Absolutely well done mate!!
Thanks Adam. 👍
You can't tell, but I clicked the like button several times!
Hehe, thanks mate. Have a happy new year. 👍
A very clever and informative video. Sometimes you have to reevaluate what's more important in life. Play is just fun and family and immediate needs should come first. I would do the same. Watch the love and thanks for the calculations that help to understand the necessary computing power of the graphics card and processor. greetings
Thank you. Yep, the kids are awesome and really enjoying spending time with them. Still got some time to enjoy the simulator and its a comfy place to just kick back and relax.
decision made, thankyou mate.
No worries. Make sure you get a price on the newer one, it has a lot more features. 👍
Great insight in this video, thank you
Thanks Nicolai. 👌
Awesome video Glen. Super informative and helps me to make my decision. A mate has same screen and he loves it with iRacing. Enjoy mate.
Cheers mate. I've had it over 6 months now and still loving it, couldn't live without all the extra real estate now. 👍
Great video. Thanks for this
No worries mate. 👍
Nice video Glen, just found your channel, great racing on the FF1600. Crispin
Cheers mate. Race Hard, Race Clean. 👍
@@GleNRG if only more had that ideology
I really want to thank you for this....I am better for it.
Thanks David. I appreciate the nice comment. 👍
Interesting... I'm thinking I probably would have kept the tripples and upgraded the GPU first, which would be the major hurdle to any new PC build, and then later on down the line upgrade the CPU motherboard and RAM, resuing all of the other parts from the exisiting PC. That is just me though and I am an experienced PC builder (Not sure if that is the case with you or not). Glad you found a solution to your probelm though! Enjoyed your content tremendously
Thanks Bobby. Yeah an upgrade of a GPU to a i74790 would have had minimal results. A GPU in Australia at the time was about 2000AUD dollars and the monitor was around 1000AUD. I've since upgraded the PC, but kept the screen and still love it. Thanks for watching. 👍
that's what I did ~ luv it
Yep, 17 months on and mine is still going strong. Probably the best investment in the room yet. 👍
woooo!!!! c'mon knackers. happy late birthday, glen, hope you're well buddy, and that you get over your fear of f3 official races soon ;)
Hehe, cheers mate. I actually did some practice with the boys the other day. 😉
Thumbs up from me Glenn👍 I have the 49 inch CRG9. No idea what it does. And probably got it on all the wrong settings. Lol. But it looks fantastic. In irasing. I run it as triple screen set up. With a bigger angle 40. Gives me a fov 106. Seems to work for me. Keep up the good work mate look forward to your next vid 🔔
Thanks Grant. I appreciate the nice comments mate. 👌
Great decision Glen! ☺️😍👌
Cheers mate. Love this monitor still. 👍
Good on ya knackers. I was on a single 27” monitor but got the CHG490 about 3 months ago. Mainly because as you said, it’s less resource intensive than triples but still gives a great view.
Really enjoying it and glad you are too.
Cheers mate, its a great upgrade for the room. 👍
Haha that kid was super hyped!
Hehe yeah he loves this room. 👍
Awesome video Glen, lots of great information. I am in the same situation of you with my gtx 1080 and a old tv. I started to look into triples but quickly find out that my card will struggle. So again thanks for the video just what I was looking for to make a decision.
Cheers Fernando. 👍
Great video! Im gonna do the same, go from 3 to one ultrawide. Just done with all the fiddle with cable management and it takes up so much space
Thanks Daniel. I'm still running the Ultrawide and absolutely love it. Setting up 3 x 32 inch curved monitors was absolutely pain. As I said in the video, i dont miss the outer edges of the outside monitors at all. Enjoy the new setup. 👍
I’m mostly a VR guy but I’d like to have a monitor that I can race in from time to time in iRacing and to use for some of the other sims. Right now I have a crappy 24” monitor on my racing PC because I don’t use it for anything but starting iRacing etc. I’ve been going back and forth between a 49” and triples. This video helped a lot. I’d love to hear how much compromise you feel there is on FOV and awareness of cars around you. That is the one issue I have with VR. I’m going to probably go with a Pimax as soon as I can find a new graphics card to buy that will run it mostly for POV. No cards anywhere at the moment.
You do lose a little bit of the edges, but in the Skip Barber you could only see the roll bar anyway. GT cars might be different, but I lost nothing with visual awareness when I got the new monitor. 👍
Well done Glenn, I use the same monitor.
Just a bit housekeeping and a stroke of paint and bob's your uncle.
Thanks C E.
Great video man!
Thanks mate. I appreciate the nice comment. 👍
Commenting while I’m watching, this is soo cool, getting my G9 in a couple days been using single screen and VR, have a triple screen setup, ran it once but the bezels and loss of a screen for multitasking made triples overkill for me.
Thanks mate. Merry Xmas and enjoy your new toy. 🎄👍
Fantastic video Glen. Am thinking of going the same route. Ideally, the monitor would also protect my Radical from being punted but I might be being a bit over optimistic. . .
Hehe good luck with that one... 🤣🤣🤣
Yeah its a great monitor, a perfect view for sim racing. 👍
I enjoyed that video mate well done enjoy the new monitor, see you on track 👍
Thanks a lot mate. 👍
Wow! Such a great video, the type of honest and personal content that TH-cam is supposed to be for... I got a 34" 3440x1440 ultrawide to try out at home and was wondering about one of these super-ultra-wides. Some say that at 49" the 5120x1080 is a bit low res for detailed work. I mean that it would be my main and only monitor so I guess a 5120x1440 would be better. Assume a 2060 Super (8GB) could handle it. Well at least regular desktop stuff it could, not sure about gaming above 60 FPS though 🤣
Thanks Davy. Yeah the 2060 will probably struggle to get to that 144 fps mark at that resolution, although you should be well above 60. If you end up getting the monitor, an idea might be to find a sweet spot for gaming fps with your setup and cap the frames in Nvidia control panel so it never over pushes while gaming. 👍
I've just picked up a 43" inch Super Ultra Wide, Glen. Samnsung panel but a budget make, which saved me £300. I'll try not be too self conscious that you've an extra 6" inches!!!. It's coming tomorrow. Might take a break from VR. Expecting all kinds of malarky trying to get the FOV right.
Great work mate, you'll love it. I don't tend to do mathematically correct FOV. I stick with what feels comfortable, just play around with it until you feel at home. Seeya on track soon mate.
Nice work mate.
Thanks Dim. 👍
👍 Respect The Brock.
Go Brocky. 👍🏁
that intro is epic 😄
Hehe, he is 7 1/2 now. Growing up very fast. 👍
In my opinion vr is much more immersive. The fact that you can look anywhere is just game changing. Also the biggest point of vr which you can never experience on normal displays is depth. In vr your eyes are looking at two different displays that are displaying two slightly different things which imitates reality. Being in vr gives you another sense this sense makes it extremely hard to go back to a regular display because you can see how far or close something is.
Hey man, totally feel you on the pc costs. wait about a year for shortages to settle (hopefully) then keep your current pc as content creation/streaming pc, and get a new pc that will be just gaming. thats what im planning
Actually slight edit, you could have upgraded just the GPU and probably been fine. but either way, good plans
Yeah ended up getting my new PC recently with a 3070. No need to worry about dropping the settings right down anymore. I actually turned my old PC into a local NAS , will hopefully have a video for that in the coming months. 👍
Great video mate. I'm a little perplexed however. I still play on my 7yr old build. I5 4690k and gtx 980ti. I still get 50-100 frames in daytime racing with decent graphic settings. I'm running triple 24s with 1080p
Thanks James, im glad you enjoyed. It was more about the detail as opposed to the frames. As I said in the video I had to turn off so much detail with all the updates over time. It got to the point where I really started to notice it, which took away from the immersion of the racing.
That being said, I had a lot of software running in the background, like Obs Studio, Crew Cief, Racelabs, Streamdeck etc.
I have since had a PC update and don't need to worry about frames or detail as much. I still love the monitor though and don't want to change to anything else.
Thanks for watching mate. 👍
Very nice video make me happy
Thank you. 👍
Very good👍
Ty!
Cracking vid mate. Just appeared randomly in my feed, you have a new sub. Well done. I've literally just purchased the new 57" Samsung ultrawide, hoping it's delivered today, and the triples will come down tomorrow. Will be a huge step up going from 1080 to 4k, but I can't wait, I may well document the rebuild of my rig too just because it won't have an overhaul like this for some time now. I've also just upgraded the wheelbase, pedals, mounts, the whole lot. I can't wait to get into it!! If you're ever looking for a league to hop in, come visit Premier Endurance League. We run GT3's and 4's in longer single driver races. Based in Aus too. All the best mate, Jimmy. ✌🏼
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Great vid... cheers
Great video mate
Cheers mate. 👍 appreciate the nice comment.
sick video my man
Cheers Mate. 👍
Am I seeing a "Grand Prix Legends" (the 1998 game) in your triplet?
Hehe, no that's iracing with the graphics turned right down.
Great video. Maybe You could have stayed with one monitor an bought TrackIR instead. Especially in racing sims it shines with its almost natural view into corners.
Would love to know your stream settings as I am having trouble with best output for streamlabs OBS to twitch. Any help would be much appreciated. Great vid!
G'day mate, and thanks for the nice comments. It's been a long time since I streamed on Twitch, and I'm sure there have been a lot of changes. I used to use the auto setup in OBS for the twitch settings, seems to work OK. Also used "EposVOX" videos on TH-cam for fine tuning settings, he has some videos that run you through every setting step by step. Happy streaming. 👍
nice work
Melbourne boy eh? Great video! Loving the channel!
Thanks mate. Born and Bred. 👍
@@GleNRG sweet! Same here. First proper season in the skips. Got a lot of knowledge out of your videos!
Cheers mate. Its not necessarily how fast you can go in 1 lap sometimes. You really need to know how negotiate the morons too... 😉
I feel your pain, currently doing an upgrade and good computers are stupid expensive.
Yep, really unfair for the consumer at yhe moment with relief more than a year away. 👍
Black Friday/ cyber Monday is the best time to buy pc parts.
I purchased a 49” for exactly the same reason. I like high details for immersion but also like high ffps.
It’s still like have 2 x27” screens.
Also I don’t like the bezels.
I think I could build a pc for less than 5k. I’d have to crunch some numbers.
Yeah I got mine on special. I was a bit greedy with the PC spec, but if you're going to dream may as well have a 3090... hehe 👍
Always future proof every purchase and monitors is where u can especially if purchasing 3
.. You can always lower resolution then upgrade gpu in time,
Excellent video!
good vid - but the music is how "standing on ceremony"!
Really cool video 😊
nice video man, just started youtube myself your channel is cool
Thanks mate. Its a long and rocky road having a channel, but one of the most satisfying experiences I've had. 👍
@@GleNRG it really is.
I have struggled my ass off for hours to get 160 subs! But it's worth it cause I do enjoy it a lot.
Yeah it takes time to gather a following. Some people shoot up faster than others but don't be disheartened by that. It took me 12 months to get 30 subs. It will come. 👍
You can get a i9 13900 with a 4090 for not much more than $3k USD now - i am sure it is much more in AUS.
Yep, that's about $6k Aus compared to $1100 aus for the monitor. It fixed the problem at the time, but have since upgraded my PC. Still have the monitor and absolutely love it. 👍
Great Vid👍👍👍 cheers
Thanks Elvis. 👌
nice vid mate
Thanks George. 👍
Nice work mate, i'm not getting rid of my triples, i chose the GPU upgrade, haha
VR is the only way!
I beg to differ... 😉
Although I've never tried it...
One of the best videos I've seen in a long while, I just bought the most recent model but found going from triples I no longer can see both mirrors in sedans, I run GT3 and my vision has dropped significantly, did you ever encounter and if so have a resolution for this problem?
Thank you so much for your nice comments mate. As far as FOV within a GT3 car, you do lose a little bit compared to triples, but you can make up for it by tuning your Virtual Mirror. I have mine set up to match my main FOV which is 86 degrees. I use my virtual mirror all the time to anticipate my rivals, and have found that more than makes up for the loss in front facing real estate. Thanks again. 👍
@@GleNRG thanks for replying, that makes perfect sense, cheers Glen
Amazing video and story timeline. I was thinking triples as I have the hardware to run it but after seeing this, I want to go for the ultrawide. Honestly, would you prefer triples over the ultrawide if you had the hardware to run it? Or are you glad that you made the switch.
Thanks for the nice comments mate. I have upgraded the PC since this video, and personally would probably stay with the ultrawide. There was a lot of fiddling and tuning with the triples to get the FOV right, which I could never get. IRacing has since upgraded their FOV calculator in game which makes it easier to tune the FOV for triples. But yeah I'd stay with the ultrawide, I love it. 👍
for someone that isnt looking for that competetive edge, just fun, would you say a 21:9 will do everything it needs to do?
Yeah for sure mate. I think this combo is a great all rounder. Whether it be racing, gaming or just day to day stuff, it's perfect.
Greatt video ! Just bought the g9 oled 1800r and im wondering if i should buy the lg oled 45 and try it and return the one i prefer less ! The 45 seems apealing for added vertical space!!
GREAT video, thanks for all your insights. I'm wondering which way to go: triple or the 49" right now.
Thanks mate. I'm really happy with my 49 still. It has the perfect amount of screen real estate, and I don't miss my triples at all at the moment. 👍
Great Video !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cheers Mick. 👍
So, if you had a PC powerful enough to run the triple screens you wouldn't switch then? I'm in the market going from a single 55" TV to triple or super ultra wide, but I have a 3090..so should I stick with the triples?
I think at the time I might have stayed with triples with a better PC. I'm still glad I changed, though, as my room is so narrow it just looks a lot better. I still use it every day and don't regret changing to the 49inch. I'm getting the same, if not better immersion as there is no stretch that I was getting on the side monitors. Good luck with your decision. 👍
@@GleNRG Thank you man! I am doing so much research I don't want to spend the money and be stuck with a setup I am unhappy with. Thanks again!
Oled 49 inch is coming. 240hz
The problem wasn't your triple monitors, it was your GPU, even 2 years ago from now, you could have picked up a much better gpu for the same price as that 49inch.
On a side note, Upgrading your CPU shouldnt have been your first goto, nor buying a new PC altogether.
If you wanted to upgrade your cpu, just replace the motherboard,cpu and the ram.
Anyway, you went down the monitor route, thats fine, you're happy with it, no big deal. 👍
Great video Glen....just convinced me on Ultrawide. Pity about all the Holden stuff though....what do you use for editing? That would make a great how to video.
Hehe thanks mate. I used Shotcut to make the video. Its relatively easy to use and best of all its free. 👍 Not a bad idea with the how to video while it is all fresh. Cheers
Great video mate, you did very well with your decisions in my opinion.
I am thinking of going the 1440 version instead of triples and selling my VR. VR with IRacing is great, but other titles definitely lacks fidelity.
Thanks mate. Yeah the ultra wide is still a great choice. The 1440p version would go great with iRacing as well. 👍
At the time, could have grabbed a used 3080 instead of this monitor. The cpu doesn't matter that much
Hehe, nope. Covid times buddy, $4000 AUD for a 3080 at the time. And a 3080 with a 4th series Intel CPU wouldn't have made much of a difference. Thanks for watching... 😉
@@GleNRG Whoops. Wasn't thinking about AUD. I was paying $2,200 max for a 3080's here in the U.S.. I mine with over 30 cards. Also, the cpu and even ram don't matter that much. It's 90% GPU. The cpu and ram would help with load times though.