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Ultrawide monitor: flat vs curved? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/pcmasterrace

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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!

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[–] BlovedMadman 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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?

[–] BlovedMadman 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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!

[–] BlovedMadman 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What graphics card are you going for? I'm in the process of specing out my next PC but the graphics card is causing me a headache

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

After a long debate I think I'm almost certain it will be a RX 6800XT, as I don't really need the extra nVidia bits like Ray Tracing, and also price per performance is a bit better with AMD cards (at least in my country, since the 6800XT gets more FPS than a 4070 while costing 10% less). Also not very fond of nVidia after the various stuff they pulled with the release of 40-series cards, and last but not least, I'm going to switch to Linux permanently and AMD drivers are a tad better in that regard. Your mileage may vary a lot from mine haha so if you want RT, and can find nVidia cards at more reasonable prices, I think a 4070/4070ti should be good enough for ultrawide 1440p, especially with DLSS