Is a 49 inch curved Monitor good for gaming

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Has anyone on here have a 49 inch Gaming Monitor and would you recommend them I have seen them for under £700 now.

What kind of graphic card would i need i was thinking of getting PC here with a 5080 card.

Any advice would be great i know you Guys are good when it comes to upgrading the right stuff, I don't have much of a clue myself.

My budget is about £2600 for the PC would love the 5090 card but it's just too expensive. For the Monitor budget is about £1000
 
What sort of games do you play? They can be fantastic but I'd not buy one for competitive FPS, or a few other genres. Fantastic for sims etc I'd imagine.

Factoring in different prices for different devices isn't the best way to go about things either, you're limiting the potential end result. If you've an overall budget of £3600 you could probably fit in a 5090 build and a good OLED monitor, although it would be contingent on you lucking out on a 5090FE at £1800 which is easier said than done.
 
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I've got a Samsung G9 oled it's 49" and 240hz and it's fantastic for gaming. I used to use a 7800XT and a 4090 now I use a 5070Ti and a 9070XT on it and all GPUs have been great on it. I'm assuming your not going a 4K one as mine is 5120 x 1440p so it's close, but yeah great experience.
 
Gray2233 said:
What sort of games do you play? They can be fantastic but I'd not buy one for competitive FPS, or a few other genres. Fantastic for sims etc I'd imagine.

Factoring in different prices for different devices isn't the best way to go about things either, you're limiting the potential end result. If you've an overall budget of £3600 you could probably fit in a 5090 build and a good OLED monitor, although it would be contingent on you lucking out on a 5090FE at £1800 which is easier said than done.
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Many thanks i usually play RTS games right now my favourite is Beyond all Reason I really need to see one working.
 
Jimbo said:
I've got a Samsung G9 oled it's 49" and 240hz and it's fantastic for gaming. I used to use a 7800XT and a 4090 now I use a 5070Ti and a 9070XT on it and all GPUs have been great on it. I'm assuming your not going a 4K one as mine is 5120 x 1440p so it's close, but yeah great experience.
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Many thanks i hope to be seeing one soon some love them others not so much, I have a 4k monitor but use it for the X Box for my PC a 34 inch 1440 monitor.
 
You can get the MSI 49" MPG 491CQP QD-OLED 5120x1440 0.03ms 144Hz FreeSync Premium Pro Ultrawide for £700 .

There's lots of options like the Philips 49" Evnia 49M2C8900 5120x1440 240Hz 0.03ms QD-OLED HDR HDMI 2.1 for £850.
 
I have various monitors including an Asus PG49WCD and don’t rate it for gaming. It’s just too big, so depending on how far away you sit will depend on the experience. Also some older games don’t support the resolution so you have black lines either side or have to mod the game if it supports it.

I much prefer my Gigabyte AORUS FO32U2P
 
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HoneyBadger said:
I have various monitors including an Asus PG49WCD and don’t rate it for gaming. It’s just too big, so depending on how far away you sit will depend on the experience. Also some older games don’t support the resolution so you have black lines either side or have to mod the game if it supports it.

I much prefer my Gigabyte AORUS FO32U2P
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Thanks for that some like them I'm not sure if I could see one working that would help, thanks for taking the time.
 
Gray2233 said:
What sort of games do you play? They can be fantastic but I'd not buy one for competitive FPS, or a few other genres. Fantastic for sims etc I'd imagine.

Factoring in different prices for different devices isn't the best way to go about things either, you're limiting the potential end result. If you've an overall budget of £3600 you could probably fit in a 5090 build and a good OLED monitor, although it would be contingent on you lucking out on a 5090FE at £1800 which is easier said than done.
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Mainly RTS games so I can live without a 5090 that will be half price by next year, thanks for the reply.
 
mickyflinn said:
You can get the MSI 49" MPG 491CQP QD-OLED 5120x1440 0.03ms 144Hz FreeSync Premium Pro Ultrawide for £700 .

There's lots of options like the Philips 49" Evnia 49M2C8900 5120x1440 240Hz 0.03ms QD-OLED HDR HDMI 2.1 for £850.
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It's just finding out if i like such a big monitor hope to see one soon.
 
ChocAndGray said:
No chance of the 5090 being half price next year unfortunately.
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With memory prices killing new PC sales, I think there is pretty good chance the add-in card market will start to collapse, at least that’s typically what has happened in the past at least. Nvidia are all in on AI and have rather precariously positioned themselves as every data centre and their mother are moving to CPU based ULLMs and lack the power availability for adding GPU acceleration at 500 watts a pop.

Unless Nvidia start building nuclear power stations and wind turbines, something will have to give.
 
I was going to get a new PC a while back but the graphic cards where going through the roof now it's the ram when to buy i wonder.

If you have the time have a look at a spec that might be ok for me.

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D


Graphics: NVIDIA RTX 5080 16GB


RAM: 32GB DDR5 6000


Storage: 2TB M.2 NVMe SSD


GIGABYTE X870 EAGLE WIFI-7 ATX motherboard.


2TB M.2 NVMe SSD


MSI MAG CORELIQUID A13
 
Cabunag said:
I was going to get a new PC a while back but the graphic cards where going through the roof now it's the ram when to buy i wonder.

If you have the time have a look at a spec that might be ok for me.

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D


Graphics: NVIDIA RTX 5080 16GB


RAM: 32GB DDR5 6000


Storage: 2TB M.2 NVMe SSD


GIGABYTE X870 EAGLE WIFI-7 ATX motherboard.


2TB M.2 NVMe SSD


MSI MAG CORELIQUID A13
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It's fine but you need a case and a PSU.
 
Cabunag said:
I was going to get a new PC a while back but the graphic cards where going through the roof now it's the ram when to buy i wonder.

If you have the time have a look at a spec that might be ok for me.

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D


Graphics: NVIDIA RTX 5080 16GB


RAM: 32GB DDR5 6000


Storage: 2TB M.2 NVMe SSD


GIGABYTE X870 EAGLE WIFI-7 ATX motherboard.


2TB M.2 NVMe SSD


MSI MAG CORELIQUID A13
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I'm running the same CPU/GPU/RAM, no complaints here. Great spec! :)
 
My answer in general to curved monitors is don't bother, it's a gimmick. Games render their graphics under the assumption that the viewport will be projected onto a flat plane. When you used a curved monitor you actually distort that and get an incorrect (warped) perspective. It's the same if you use tri monitors and angle the flanking ones. At least under those conditions it can be corrected in software by the drivers projecting 3 view ports in game to make up each monitor.
 
PrincessFrosty said:
My answer in general to curved monitors is don't bother, it's a gimmick. Games render their graphics under the assumption that the viewport will be projected onto a flat plane. When you used a curved monitor you actually distort that and get an incorrect (warped) perspective. It's the same if you use tri monitors and angle the flanking ones. At least under those conditions it can be corrected in software by the drivers projecting 3 view ports in game to make up each monitor.
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A non-curved 49" ultrawide would probably be awful to look at. :P
 
PrincessFrosty said:
My answer in general to curved monitors is don't bother, it's a gimmick. Games render their graphics under the assumption that the viewport will be projected onto a flat plane. When you used a curved monitor you actually distort that and get an incorrect (warped) perspective. It's the same if you use tri monitors and angle the flanking ones. At least under those conditions it can be corrected in software by the drivers projecting 3 view ports in game to make up each monitor.
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Totally disagreed here, at least on super-ultrawides.

Once you reach a certain size of ultrawide it pretty much necessitates a curved screen and absolutely adds to the experience, I'd say that's the case for for anything larger than a 34" and certainly by the time you're hitting 49 inches.

I've never experienced any sort of negative screen distortion on that sort of monitor either, if anything it makes for a more natural look due to the sheer size while in a nearfield viewing position. It technically can be a problem but largely only if you're not sat dead centre to the screen, which you absolutely need to be with that sort of panel.
 
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Gray2233 said:
Totally disagreed here, at least on super-ultrawides.

Once you reach a certain size of ultrawide it pretty much necessitates a curved screen and absolutely adds to the experience, I'd say that's the case for for anything larger than a 34" and certainly by the time you're hitting 49 inches.

I've never experienced any sort of negative screen distortion on that sort of monitor either, if anything it makes for a more natural look due to the sheer size while in a nearfield viewing position. It technically can be a problem but largely only if you're not sat dead centre to the screen, which you absolutely need to be with that sort of panel.
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I mean what I'm saying is a real effect, you are experiencing distortion because mathematically the render for the game is expecting a flat screen to project to in order to keep geometry correct in your field of view. You might not care the geometry is wrong and that's fine, that's subjective preference I guess. But it is absolutely distorted mathematically, this isn't up for debate. Nvidia spent a whole bunch of time and resources fixing the perspective for people who use flanking monitors at an angle, but you can't do that with a continuous curve.
 
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