Gaming and general purpose monitors

Palum said:

At that price range probably something like this

https://www.amazon.com/LG-UltraGear-34GP63A-B-Compatibility-FreeSync/dp/B0B928B6BC/

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Actually, yea... For that price, that is really nice.

Just be aware that's the VA version. The IPS version is $420 for comparison.

Kiki said:

Just be aware that's the VA version. The IPS version is $420 for comparison.

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That's what you get for under 300

Picked up a 34" ultrade wide curved Dell monitor. It was on sale cheap enough I could try it. Never used a curved monitor I thought it might help some of my vision issues.

When I plugged it in and turned it on it was in English. One move of the joystick it went to what I think is Japenese. Going through all the menu items nothing is in English. The online manual says to change to English just pick English from the list. I never get there apparently. Same for total factory reset it says go though menu until it says factory reset, which I assume at this point is in Japenese. Any ideas? I got to the sider to turn down the brightness since it was like looking at the sun. Unplugging it did not reset.

So I'm going to be on the lookout for black friday deals.

I have enjoyed my 38" Alienware UW monitor. However, it is not true 4k and games which don't support UW end up giving lots of issues. I'm having more problems with my older 27" and I would be happy to downgrade this UW to a second monitor for content since it does say two browser sessions side by side great.

I'm thinking ideally a 40-43" 4K monitor, of which there are few. I think the only options are a couple of 43" VA panels such as the Asus XG43UQ or Aorus FV43-U-SA, however these are hovering near $800 and they would have to be very cheap to consider comparing to other options. I guess my top candidate is the one Asus/LG based (I think) on the C1 or C2 panel which are the PG42UQ or the 48" LG version. Unfortunately this model seems to be low stock (gone on Amazon and Microcenter stores near me don't have any), so it might be either held back as a doorbuster. While not as good as the LG C4, a nice discount on the 42" Asus might be a good step up. I am trying to stay away from the C4 because I have always had some annoying issues with TV displays, even though panel wise it would be perfect as a monitor if Asus repackaged it.

As the hail mary play, I might consider an Odyssey Ark 2nd gen if they come down a ton. They are regularly discounted to 1800. I might consider it at under 1500 and I would impulse buy one for 999 doorbuster.

Any other 40- 55" monitors that are regular 16:9 and not UWs to consider keeping an eye out for?

Looks like the Asus 42" OLED is end of life, it's 799 at Walmart. Might be some good discounts for black Friday, but part of me wants to wait and see what the next monitor releases will be. If it gets near 599 or something crazy I might still jump on it.

Monitors tend to be the biggest upgrade. Even my 1070 did fine with most games before I upgraded last, monitors were huge difference though.

Noble Savage said:

Just upgraded from a nvidia 660 Ti and a 20 year old dell flat panel that was only capable of 60Hz refresh rate to an AMD 7900 GRE and an ASUS 27" OLED 240Hz. The difference is.........quite noticeable. I started playing Baulders Gate 3 on the old rig and it was so bad the mini map wouldn't even show anything other than black and the whole game shuttered the entire time. On the new rig its smooth as butter at 1440p on Ultra settings.

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Lord. The monitor is an upgrade, sure. But the fkn video card you upgraded from.. Holy shit, you've been doing yourself a disservice for OVER a decade. lol

Will a 4090 be better st 4k or on a 1440p resolution monitor? Been thinking about getting the Alienware 33” 4k 240hz oled monitor but dunno if it’s worth it.

Nola said:

Will a 4090 be better st 4k or on a 1440p resolution monitor? Been thinking about getting the Alienware 33” 4k 240hz oled monitor but dunno if it’s worth it.

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2560x1440 (QHD) makes the 4090 overkill by a huge margin. So yes, get the 4k monitor.

Daidraco said:

2560x1440 (QHD) makes the 4090 overkill by a huge margin. So yes, get the 4k monitor.

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Even 3440 x1440p? Wish there was a 4k 34” model. Going from a 34” UW to a 32” will be a big change for me.

Nola said:

Even 3440x1440p?

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5 million pixels versus 8 million pixels. But a lot of shit is going to default to the 3.7 million pixel resolution (You havent said the refresh rate of the wide screen, yet, so.. Im shooting in the dark there?). My Strix 4090 is pushing two 65 inch, 4k, 144hz with everything on (unless we're talking about CP2077 w/blown out mods) and it is constantly throttled by the refresh rate. My office heats up like a fucking oven because its working in tandem with a 14900k. But my point still stands unless the rest of your build is a budget build, but I dont think you'd be talking about the AW monitor at that point.

Daidraco said:

5 million pixels versus 8 million pixels. But a lot of shit is going to default to the 3.7 million pixel resolution (You havent said the refresh rate of the wide screen, yet, so.. Im shooting in the dark there?). My Strix 4090 is pushing two 65 inch, 4k, 144hz with everything on (unless we're talking about CP2077 w/blown out mods) and it is constantly throttled by the refresh rate. My office heats up like a fucking oven because its working in tandem with a 14900k. But my point still stands unless the rest of your build is a budget build, but I dont think you'd be talking about the AW monitor at that point.

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I have a 34” UW 165hz monitor and running a 4090 with a 9950x cpu.

That pretty damn impressive. I guess pushing a 4k monitor should be a breeze with my 4090.

1440p with certain games can still challenge a 4090, especially with RT. That said, after a couple years with an UW 1440 I finally moved it to second monitor status and got a 4K. I haven't noticed much change in any games I play. There's also frame gen which is hit or miss but can cover the gaps.

I think it really comes down to if you want an UW, otherwise get a 4K.

Alienware - AW3423DWF 34" for $650 at BestBuy. Despite the fake markup the sale is really only $30 from the $680 it was before.

Is this still a good pickup or are there other great oleds on the market?

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Skinner said:

Alienware - AW3423DWF 34" for $650 at BestBuy. Despite the fake markup the sale is really only $30 from the $680 it was before.

Is this still a good pickup or are there other great oleds on the market?

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This is a great monitor for what it is, but it's an older model. It's not highest refresh, not best burn in protection, not best brightness etc. For the price it's a bit of a toss up to me. I think it's probably a fair value for what it is and if you are looking for a 34" OLED is probably the best. I wouldn't go crazy unless it's the exact specs you want, as you point out it's not like it's really a door buster price from what it was recently.