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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/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

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!