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    35" curved RPI3b+ retropie bad quality

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      supebillen
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      Asus vg35vq 35" curved monitor for vertical build.
      Installed retropie image with emulation station quality looks bad do I need to change resolution?
      Resolution of monitor are 3440x1440p 100hz how do I set the correct resolution so all picture fill the monitor. Have tried several images but they all look bad.
      This my first experience with vertical image and monitor

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        mitu Global Moderator
        last edited by mitu

        You can change the resolution through config.txt parameters - see the Video Options parameters (hdmi_group/hdmi_mode).

        The 3b+ may not support the - native - high resolution of the monitor so you may need to scale it down. To be honest, the monitor is a bit overkill for a Pi/playing old/retro games.

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          supebillen @mitu
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          @mitu said in 35" curved RPI3b+ retropie bad quality:

          You can change the resolution through config.txt parameters - see the Video Options parameters (hdmi_group/hdmi_mode).

          The 3b+ may not support the - native - high resolution of the monitor so you may need to scale it down. To be honest, the monitor is a bit overkill for a Pi/playing old/retro games.

          @mitu thanks for answer.
          I had this monitor anyway and was hooping to try it out before I build it ind an bartop. Only have an raspberry 3b+ on hand as the 4 is out of stock anywhere.
          The monitor is 100hz but I know most games only runs 60fps.
          Thanks for links to video options didn't know about the hdmi group mode options. I think this is what I am looking for but I am not able to finde correct hdmi_mode to use.
          Can you help.
          The asus monitor er in 3440x1440p 21:9 resolution. What do you think would be the best option?
          Also the config.txt are modified on the SD card connected to the pc, right?
          Or am I able to change the setting on the pi with USB keyboard connected to it?

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          • mituM
            mitu Global Moderator @supebillen
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            @supebillen said in 35" curved RPI3b+ retropie bad quality:

            The asus monitor er in 3440x1440p 21:9 resolution. What do you think would be the best option?

            Depends on what video modes the monitor supports. Looking at the video modes in the docs, I don't see an out-of-the box mode with 21:9 aspect ration.
            Try the settings from https://forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?t=203100

            Also the config.txt are modified on the SD card connected to the pc, right?

            Yes, add the options at the end of the file.

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              supebillen @mitu
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              @mitu said in 35" curved RPI3b+ retropie bad quality:

              @supebillen said in 35" curved RPI3b+ retropie bad quality:

              The asus monitor er in 3440x1440p 21:9 resolution. What do you think would be the best option?

              Depends on what video modes the monitor supports. Looking at the video modes in the docs, I don't see an out-of-the box mode with 21:9 aspect ration.
              Try the settings from https://forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?t=203100

              Also the config.txt are modified on the SD card connected to the pc, right?

              Yes, add the options at the end of the file.

              OK,
              Will try this when i come home to see if it boots up

              display_rotate=2

              disable_overscan=1
              dtparam=audio=on
              dtoverlay=disable-bt
              dmi_cvt=3440 1440 50 7 0 0 1
              max_framebuffer_width=3440
              max_framebuffer_height=1440
              framebuffer_width=3440
              framebuffer_height=1440
              hdmi_group=2
              hdmi_mode=88
              hdmi_aspect_21_9=7

              #dtoverlay=vc4-fkms-v3d
              max_framebuffers=2
              gpu_mem=64
              disable_splash=1

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