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Which do you prefer? A triple monitor setup? Or one single 32:9 ultrawide monitor? (self.pcmasterrace)

submitted 6 months ago by Alpha71 to c/pcmasterrace

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I have a triple monitor setup right now, but am thinking of trying a single ultrawide monitor. What is your preference?

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[+] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

You cannot go back after trying it

I did! Used to have a Samsung 49" ultrawide. After using it for a couple of years, I sold it and got a 16:10 32" QHD, which I found worked better for me (+ one or two laptop screens for chat / random stuff when I'm doing serious work).

The biggest issue I had with the ultrawide is that most of the games that I played weren't optimised for it, especially in some games where things like the mini-map might be at the far end of the screen, or worse, if it was an older game then you'd have to put up with black bars, or play the game in windowed mode.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

I think it can work better when you put the game in borderless windowed mode and use a third party program to maneuver it

[–] mojofrododojo 1 points 6 months ago (2 children)

ultrawide 49"

query: do you game, and if so, how many games work with this config?

[–] Aganim 2 points 6 months ago

In my personal experience most games either work fine out of the box or after some tweaking, I've had a 49 inch 5120x1440 monitor for almost 4 years now. At times you'll need to use Flawless Widescreen or Widescreen Fixer to get things working, or UI mods if the game supports that. But worst case you can always try a better supported widescreen ratio or 16:9 and live with some black bars, not ideal, but not the end of the world either.