Asus PG348Q worth it?
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They already have with their new more curved panels like the one found in the LG UC88 - this screen will be the same.
Yeah, and if it ends up at around a £1000 again (probably quite likely), with used X34 worth less than half that by then, paying that much more for an extra 44Hz on an identical monitor which you won't notice most of the time is going to be a hard pill to swallow (for existing X34 owners that is). Personally I would want something that offered a noticeable improvement over my X34 to justfiy a costly switch, and to be honest I can't quite imagine what would offer that anytime soon.
There is a 37.5" 3840x1600 (2:4:1 aspect ratio) panel (LM375UW1) that has been talked about which sounds great, but it seems to be targeted more for professional use than gaming from what I heard. There are also some VA curved ultrawide panels coming in to play, which will offer better blacks (and none of the glow issues that IPS suffers) so will be interesting to see how they turn out.
Received today all be it a little late. Overall a fantastic monitor and the 21:9 is lovely to say the least. To be honest the 100fps is not too noticeable over the 144hz. Some games like the witcher 3 are very nice! with the 21:9 ratio.
There is a small what seems like dust or smudge behind the screen unfortunately, its only tiny and about 4x4 pixels (have to manually find it on white screen) so not bothering me at the minute luckily. All be it a £1000 monitor, i'm undecided to return because of this or not.
I'm going to see how I get on with it over the next few days although loving it at the minute. Going back to my ROG swift the 144hz is slightly noticeable (ish) but it feels small and cramped and like a piece of the screen is missing lol.
There is a small what seems like dust or smudge behind the screen unfortunately, its only tiny and about 4x4 pixels (have to manually find it on white screen) so not bothering me at the minute luckily. All be it a £1000 monitor, i'm undecided to return because of this or not.
I'm going to see how I get on with it over the next few days although loving it at the minute. Going back to my ROG swift the 144hz is slightly noticeable (ish) but it feels small and cramped and like a piece of the screen is missing lol.
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How you now feel about 16:9 exactly echoes my experience, and it's amazing how it takes no time at all in front of 21:9 for that to happen. Several friends of mine have said the same and now hate me for making their monitors feel so cramped haha!
As for the smudge that is unfortunate. Definitely grounds for RMA though, and you may want to keep in mind that it will probably devalue the monitor as and when you come to sell it.
Professional use? - in what way does it seems that way? It appears to me to have no different positioning compared to the other ultrawides.
Really does take you over. Playing a few hours on war thunder last night and was fantastic(probably the best time on the game). Really is a very nice monitor.
It is a shame about the smudge/dust. I'll likely be returning for a replacement as like you say. Selling in the future will mean a devalued product through no fault of my own.
I'm just a little worried about receiving one with dead pixels or severe blb but I'll chat to them later on about it.
I had 2 pg279Q monitors with the exact same problem.
Edit: Decided to send back and keep my swift. I think I will wait for the 3440x1440 144hz panels. I'm so used to 144hz now its really quite hard to get used to 100 fps. I know as soon as the 3440x1440 144hz panels start coming through i'll have to buy one. I really do love the 21:9 aspect ratio but the 100hz is not for me unfortunately.
I'll wait for my dream panel (3440x1440 144hz)
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