3440x1440 > 3840x1600 upgrade

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Wondering about this. I currently have a 34" Samsung C34J791 3440x1440 100 Hz monitor. I use it for both gaming and work.

It's a VA panel. I love the VA panel on my living room 4K TV, but am amenable to going back to IPS for a PC screen (I previously had an IPS Dell U3415W 3440x1440 60 Hz ultrawide)

I'm thinking the time might be right for a 38"+ 3840x1600, which would be an upgrade in resolution, screen size, and presumably refresh rate from 100 Hz to 144+ Hz.

Anyone else made the transition from 3440x1440 to 3840x1600 and can comment? Any monitor recommendations?

 

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Found a decent sounding deal on an Acer Predator X38S, so have ordered that.

Was also tempted by an LG 38WR85QC or LG 38WN95CP, but I figure that Gsync Ultimate and a potential OC to 175 Hz on the Acer may be of more benefit to me than the selling points of USB-C and Thunderbolt on the LGs (and KVM and HDMI 2.1 on the former).

 

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Few thoughts on the Acer Predator X38S:

The good:
- Resolution and size is definitely hitting the sweet spot for immersion and detail compared with a 3440x1440 34"
- Gsync is absolutely rock solid on my AMD GPU Not even a flicker in loading screens bouncing between 30-500 fps
- The monitor is absolutely silent - I wouldn't have known there was a fan in it for the Gsync module
- 100 Hz to 144 Hz is looking like a great upgrade. It's hard to tell what's due to Gsync, the (presumably) improved pixel response rate over my Samsung VA, or the raw Hz increase. Not tried a 160 / 175 Hz OC yet
- The increase in refresh rate is also the difference between making frame generation viable or not. I'm quite happy to play a 70-80 fps frame-genned to 144 Hz. 60 fps frame genned is still a no though, and frame gen had almost no use on my old 100 Hz monitor
- Incredible brightness possible with HDR. A beam of sunlight breaking through the ceiling of a cave in SOTTR was so bright it almost felt like the real thing

The bad:
- The variable backlight / local zone dimming ramping up far more than needed in dark areas with a small patch of light, greying out the dark part - but then turning it off creates the same negative effect but in a stable manner
- General IPS issues (glow not bleed I think), possibly made worse by turning the above off. I last had an IPS in 2018 coming from a TN, but going back to an IPS now from a VA is a different story and it seems will require some adjustment

Early days yet. Only just figuring out how to partially mitigate the bad points with settings. Having got the monitor for £570, I'm certainly reluctant to return it, especially as all the other UW 38" 3840x1600's use the same IPS panel I believe.