Best monitor for Age of empires, Total war games?

Helen Barber

Helen Barber

Helen Barber

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Hi :)

Am I right in thinking that a widescreen monitor is best? As it will allow me to keep an eye on my defences and troops for clearly?

I have up to £1300 to spend

I will buy a high-end graphics card afterwards.

I suppose I just want the best and not bothered about cost, bigger the screen the better really

:)
 
Buy AW3821DW best choice for your needs. Best response times because of variable overdrive (over whole g-sync range), best colors, best viewing angles, best ag coating among uw screens, best format because of 3840 x 1600, 3 years warranty with direct exchange at your door step.

You can also use all features of the g-sync ultimate module with AMD graphics, if want to buy one :). The vrr capability allows it.
 
21:9 (wider view) is far better as 16:9 for this type of game and has 2 mio. pixel less for rendering. Otherwise there are no good 2160p monitors out there, especially for 1300 GBP.

@Helen Barber

For AW3821DW with G-Sync from 1-144 hz it's possible to use your 3060ti well.
 
Some people are using LGC1 Oled 48" for a monitor, for your budget it is worth considering if it could be suitable for yourself.
 
The Total war games can be a punishing game for any GPU (and CPU for that matter) given the relatively poor optimization of the Warscape engine. My 5900X/3080 Ti FE delivers about 95 fps at 4K at Ultra settings and about 140 at High settings for an older game such as TW: Thrones of Brittania. For TW: Three Kingdoms though that falls to just 55 at Ultra and 85 at High at 4K. I'm not convinced therefore that a 3060 Ti would be able to deliver an average framerate above 60 fps at High settings in 4K for TW:TK. What happens when TW: WHIII is anybodies guess but we really need CA to do some optmization.

In that sense, if you are going to buy a 3060 Ti as a GPU, I don't see that much point aiming for a 4K monitor. You definately won't need a high refresh 4K monitor. Instead I'd go for a 16:1 or 21:9 1440p monitor or a 21:9 1800p monitor. It will take some strain off the GPU.

I've got a Dell U3219Q (a 16:9 32in 4K 60Hz professional monitor) and a Dell AW3821DW (38in 21:9 3840x1800p 144Hz gaming monitor). TW looks great on both to be honest and I switch between them depending on how I feel but if I had to choose one for TW it would be the AW3821DW. Nicer for the battles!
 
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