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 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 use the Acer Predator Z35, curved widescreen. I’m very happy with it, but I’ve never tried a flat widescreen.
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!
I’m glad someone already advocated for flat, but I’ll advocate for curved. I found that with even a 27 inch non ultrawide flat if you’re too close the screen feels like it’s curving the opposite way (obviously isn’t but that’s the experience). What’s key here is how close you sit to the monitor. Flat screens are great from a distance. Curved is great for immersion, but you need to sit in a sweet spot to fully take advantage.
I don’t end up doing any of my coding full screen so that’s not any issue for me. neither an issue for any design work personally even if I full screen my work.
I guess I’m sitting at the right distance since my flat 27" feels just right, I think the distance between me and the screen is around 65+cm. I haven’t played on a curved screen ever, but I can imagine that the curvature helps a lot with immersion; issue is, the cheapest curved monitor I can find with comparable specs is almost twice as much, and I can’t stretch the budget that far!
Thanks for the insight, though! Appreciated
