21.9 Ultrawide Thread

Luggs · 7 Mar 2017 at 10:59

pls ignore

Ayahuasca · 7 Mar 2017 at 11:05

I'm like a kid at Christmas waiting for my ASUS PG348Q to get here after seeing some of the above, the extra screen space is going to help massively with work too!

Amraam · 7 Mar 2017 at 11:12

This looks promising at RRP £799:

http://www.anandtech.com/show/11058/aoc-agon-ag352ucg-curved-35-3440-1440-100-hz-gsync

MissChief · 7 Mar 2017 at 12:03

Wow, if that actually comes in at £799 I could be very tempted.

Amraam · 7 Mar 2017 at 12:56

MissChief said:
Wow, if that actually comes in at £799 I could be very tempted.

Me too. Many will say "only 100hz?!" but 100hz is more than enough for most. I'll wait for panel reviews first. Not interested if it has lots of BLB etc.

ljt · 7 Mar 2017 at 13:11

Amraam said:
Me too. Many will say "only 100hz?!" but 100hz is more than enough for most. I'll wait for panel reviews first. Not interested if it has lots of BLB etc.

It's already been reviewed at pcmonitors.info here;

https://pcmonitors.info/reviews/aoc-ag352ucg/

Amraam · 7 Mar 2017 at 14:23

ljt said:
It's already been reviewed at pcmonitors.info here;

https://pcmonitors.info/reviews/aoc-ag352ucg/

Interesting, thanks. Keeping my eye on this for sure. Of course it may not be as good as the Acer/Asus, but it's potentially ~25% cheaper. As long as it get's good consumer reviews when they release, I could be quite tempted, as it ticks all the boxes.

MooMoo444 · 7 Mar 2017 at 18:24

That's amazing for £799, when can I buy

Random Guy Esq. · 7 Mar 2017 at 20:34

Nexus18 said:
And to give you an idea of what you would ideally need to drive 3440x1440:

What's that white sheen in the bottom right corner as he's playing The Witcher? Just glare from some light source, or is that actually what bad BLB looks like in the flesh?!

Edit: Never mind.... I can see that it's glare; it's in other positions on the screen depending on camera angle.

Amraam · 8 Mar 2017 at 08:18

Nexus18 said:
I have the 29um65, got it about 4 years ago and unfortunately, the choice for 29" is still more or less the same as today as well as the pricing

And to give you an idea of what you would ideally need to drive 3440x1440:

1440P/110 PPI is nice but it won't make up for lower graphic settings.

Interesting. I wonder where a good 980Ti would fit. Comfortable to say that it'd match or beat the 1070 results on an otherwise like for like system?

Nexus18 · 8 Mar 2017 at 11:19

Amraam said:
Interesting. I wonder where a good 980Ti would fit. Comfortable to say that it'd match or beat the 1070 results on an otherwise like for like system?

Probably be about the same, might lose some and win some depending on the game.

Gonzo100100 · 8 Mar 2017 at 13:54

I hope it’s the right thread to ask. I was wandering how much time it can take 4k monitors that are 32” for their prices drop from current £650 - £900 to something like £300 - £400. I begin to think about upgrading my 27” monitor I got 4 years, but it’s too early for now because of the price and of course I want to move to 4k resolution. I wanted to know in how many years approximately it will become affordable for me?

foster grant · 8 Mar 2017 at 14:06

yeah prices have gone nuts

...I want an Ultrawide...but not for anywhere near £1000 no way

Anyway , I took the plunge and got one of these to play with over the weekend

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/aoc-...curved-led-monitor-black-silve-mo-04a-ao.html

MooMoo444 · 8 Mar 2017 at 18:19

Gonzo100100 said:
I hope it’s the right thread to ask. I was wandering how much time it can take 4k monitors that are 32” for their prices drop from current £650 - £900 to something like £300 - £400. I begin to think about upgrading my 27” monitor I got 4 years, but it’s too early for now because of the price and of course I want to move to 4k resolution. I wanted to know in how many years approximately it will become affordable for me?

For the prices to halve it will need to be a miracle for the dollar-pound exchange rate as well as some sudden and unexpected overstocks of these monitors.

Phixsator · 8 Mar 2017 at 22:15

ljt said:
It's already been reviewed at pcmonitors.info here;

https://pcmonitors.info/reviews/aoc-ag352ucg/

Thanks for posting that. That review just confirms for me that i dont want any type of VA panel. I cannot stand the black trails.

Amraam · 9 Mar 2017 at 08:23

Phixsator said:
Thanks for posting that. That review just confirms for me that i dont want any type of VA panel. I cannot stand the black trails.

I wonder how noticeable it is. I'm used to a £250 32" 1080p TV so any monitor is likely better than this.

I'm starting to accept that if I truly want a 35" 21:9 super wide Gsync, I'm going to have to cough up. This screen looks pretty good to me, but at only £100 less than current X34A prices, it might be worth just coughing up and getting the better IPS display.

Phixsator · 9 Mar 2017 at 08:35

Amraam said:
I wonder how noticeable it is. I'm used to a £250 32" 1080p TV so any monitor is likely better than this.

I'm starting to accept that if I truly want a 35" 21:9 super wide Gsync, I'm going to have to cough up. This screen looks pretty good to me, but at only £100 less than current X34A prices, it might be worth just coughing up and getting the better IPS display.

I would choose the IPS.. ive had near perfect 29" 2560x1080 29um57 from LG. The only thing it had was a tiny bit of light bleed and i mean tiny and a minor tint of purplish glow if you looked from extreme angle. THe thing is you might get unlucky with an IPS and get the extreme IPS glow and Backlight bleed but its not for certain where as the VA will always have these trailing issues unless they somehow manage to fix the technologi.

EDIT: To be fair however, i think ive been pretty scared by the last va from samsung(second newest va model) that i owned so im most likely a bit biased towards all VAs in general.

hornetstinger · 9 Mar 2017 at 08:43

I wouldn't mind a ultra wide. However they're so wide, that means it won't fit within my desk with my large speakers :-(

Amraam · 9 Mar 2017 at 11:06

Phixsator said:
I would choose the IPS.. ive had near perfect 29" 2560x1080 29um57 from LG. The only thing it had was a tiny bit of light bleed and i mean tiny and a minor tint of purplish glow if you looked from extreme angle. THe thing is you might get unlucky with an IPS and get the extreme IPS glow and Backlight bleed but its not for certain where as the VA will always have these trailing issues unless they somehow manage to fix the technologi.

EDIT: To be fair however, i think ive been pretty scared by the last va from samsung(second newest va model) that i owned so im most likely a bit biased towards all VAs in general.

The £799 AOC isn't using Samsung, so I guess time will tell. I'm not going to rush into a ~£900 purchase (even though knowing my luck, the Acer will be £1k+ again when I do decide) so I'm happy for reviews, and a little competition to come in...

Puzzled · 9 Mar 2017 at 11:10

Any real benefit to using displayport rather than HDMI on the LG 29UM68-P?

Currently using DP but my GTX 970 always shows the bios on the HDMI connection to the TV so can either use a DVI to HDMI adaptor on the monitor or use HDMI and get a DP to HDMI adaptor for the TV.

I dual boot using the bios boot manager so getting a bit annoying.

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