I’m in the market for a new monitor and I wanted to get a ultrawide, I almost exclusively play videogames on my PC. I found some good candidates, but because of price I’m heavily leaning towards a flat panel instead of a curved one, namely AOC U34G3X.
Is a flat ultrawide panel much worse than a curved one for gaming? I’ve used flat panels since they started selling it, but the longer diagonal scares me a bit. I’m currently using a 27" flat panel.
Thanks in advance for any and all suggestions!
I have a 34" curved one at home and a 34" flat one at work. I do CAD work on both from time to time.
The curve was annoying initially because straight lines looked curved but once I got the monitor to the proper height, it went away.
At work, the straight one bothers me now because the edges of the monitor are farther away than the center and it makes everything look smaller when snapped to the sides.
I prefer the curved one now.
Makes sense! Apart from the edges issue, which I reckon shouldn’t bother me as much as it bothers you, since I’m going from flat to flat, do you think there would be other bigger issues/annoyances with a flat screen that I wouldn’t have with a curved screen? If not, I guess I’m basically set on the AOC I mentioned in the OP, since it’s very cheap and has everything I need!
Thanks!
I have a flat panel ultrawide, for me, curved was a pain in the ass when your dealing with straight lines, you need to be in the hot spot where the viewing angle is perfect. Excel can be a headache with a curved monitor, as can photo and video editing as things can look warped and shit when your not sat in the ideal position.
Thanks for the insight! I forgot to mention that I use my PC for gaming and web browsing for the vast majority of the time. Apart from this, I take it there aren’t big drawbacks to a flat ultrawide?
Just get an IPS with as high of a refresh rate as you can.
I went from a 24" 1080p display to a 32" 1440p ultrawide and quickly discovered that my aging PC can’t do 1440p on anything other than low in most games. Something to keep in mind.
I’m also upgrading other parts of my PC, and already researched what it will be capable of (should be able to get 100+ fps @ 3440*1440 high-ultra details on most games I play).
Thanks anyway!
I bought this monstrosity and I have been ridiculously happy with all aspects apart from its HDR functionality.
The KVM switch works really well. GSync and Freesynch both work well. It’s far easier to drive this resolution than I thought it would be.
Great value given the features and size.
I went the easy maximum-compatiblity route:
- 3 monitors
- Middle is 1440p, sides are 1080p
- All 16:9
- Bought specifically so the real per-pixel size is ~identical to minimize perceived object size changes across monitors.
I end up using it with the game on the middle monitor, the right is the browser, the left is chats.
I’m not that social and play SP games almost exclusively, so three monitors would be overkill and definitely over budget (the ultrawide I want to buy is $300 converted); even if I wanted to keep my current monitor, finding two 1080p that would match its ugly colors and all other stuff would be a huge hassle, and I’d still have to bear the ugly side bezels on the middle monitor. A ultrawide sounds like a better choice in my case!
Thanks for the input though!
Yeah, I can see that! But was the experience on the flat monitor bad? Before you tasted the curved monitor, I mean!
Unfortunately I can’t go curved yet, prices are a bit too steep for me now!
