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Any recommendations for a curved 34" widescreen monitor? (seriously, I'm not the spam guy)

  • August 6, 2017
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I've been using a 32" as my primary monitor and used to have a 27" as a secondary.  The secondary died, so now I'm thinking a 34" widescreen with a slight curve would be perfect for my setup.  Essentially I want the vertical dimensions of the two monitors to be pretty much identical with the curved one being wider (of course).  

I don't play many FPS games anymore so it's more for games like Diablo or whatever killer MMO comes next.  I'm pretty sensitive to screen tearing so I'd love a low refresh.  I'm also very picky with image and colour quality, so I'm willing to pay a decent amount if it gets me a great product.  
    Best answer by Roming22
    I have a 34" widescreen curved monitor (DELL), and would not recommend the 21:9 format. I bought it at a time when GPU could barely run 4K, so it was a way to increase HFOV compared to a 16:9 monitor, but in practice it is not a very comfortable format, even for gaming.

    If it died, I would just buy a large 4K screen, just as wide as my current screen.

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    cybereality
    Inspiring
    August 7, 2017
    Yeah, I can sort of agree. I have an Nvidia Surround setup (3 screens) and it was really cool at first but I end up not using it because lots of games run slow at that crazy resolution, and many games do not support ultra-wide aspect ratio so you have to use mods and sometimes things still are wonky. Now I mostly play on a 40" 4K TV, and it's much nicer. Though 4K does take lots of horsepower, I haven't run into any glitches or bugs with it, just select 4K res in the game and it works. The larger screen also makes it more immersive. Plus, you can set a virtual 21:9 resolution and still play in ultrawide if you want (letterboxed). If you want to try 4K, just make sure you are ready to get a 1080 Ti, or something of that caliber, because it's really intense. 
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    ZoomieAuthor
    Up and Coming
    August 7, 2017
    Thanks for all the input guys.  My desk can limit my vertical monitor size in the current config (there's a hutch) so that's why I was trying to get a larger screen but wide format.  I suppose I could put my current 32" under the hutch and have a larger newer monitor completely out from under the hutch portion.

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