coming from an ultrawide

THE DOC

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evening all ,
Looking for a bit of friendly advice please,
Im coming from an asus predator x34p ,its been an amazing servant .

Ive noticed now tho ,im starting to get a bit nippy round the eyes and my reflexes certainly are nothing compared to what they used to be :/

could i please have recommendations for say a 27 screen please

im kinda in between and samsung g7
the msi mag 27 or the gigabyte m27q

thanks
 
Well, "I don't know what nippy around the eyes" means, are you saying your eyesite isn't as good as it used to be ? ...eitherway, changing to a 27 inch 16:9 monitor will not help you with this in anyway, it's the same vertical height and resolution as the 21:9 34" just with the sides cut off. A 32inch 1440P might though, larger dot pitch.

However, if you just want a 16:9 display the MSI MAG 274QRF-QD and the Gigabyte M27Q along with the LG 27GP850-B would be my recomendations, the MSI and Gigabyte do have superior contrast to the LG which is worth mentioning I think, as in upto 50% better. The Samsung Odyssey G7 is quite different, a curved 240Hz VA panel, it costs more, if you can deal with the 1000R curve it might be ok though as it does perform well from what I have read, a year or so ago though there were quite a few bugs with these, not sure what the staus of all that is now though. Samsung have released some newer panels now, I know the 4K version is a flat IPS panel now at least, not too sure about the 1440P ones but the 4K one is more than twice the price of the other things were are talking about here.
 
Thank you , im not sure ,i get quite sore eyes i didnt really notice this until i went to ultrawide ? like you say could be there not what they were ,i certainly find my relexes are not now anyway ,maybe i was thinking a smaller screen would help

The more i look thru the forums and reviews ,yes both the MSI and the Gigabyte seem about the best ,hmmnn food for thought about the 32 versions tho

I dont mind spending a bit more as ill have the predator to sell as well ,suposse like anyone i want best bang for buck
 
Well I am using the Gigabyte M32Q right now, which is the 1440P 32inch version of the Gigabyte and I also have the slightly older LG 27GN850 here aswell which is the essentially the same as the one I mentioned above only 144Hz rather than 165Hz so bascially the same. I highly recommend the Gigabyte, it's a very comfortable monitor to use. I do recommend the LG aswell, but I prefer the Gigabyte not just for it's larger size but also the contrast ratio is noticably better, also I prefer the slightly narrower colour gammut, so I can use the Gigabyte in wide gammut mode without it looking over saturated like the LG does, no sunburnt skin tones etc, the LG does however have a good SRGB gammut clamp so you can resolve that, but then it's got a narrower gammut than the Gigabyte and loses a bit of punch, it's really a case of I like a wide gammut display but not too wide, it's very much a personal preference thing though.
 
I will also suggest a 32" 1440p monitor for your viewing pleasure. It has a better pixel pitch than a 27" 1080p monitor, 4K at 27" will need scaling, but the pixel pitch and size of image with a 32" 1440p is perfect for ageing eyes and not too demanding of current graphics hardware. I've just been prescribed my first reading glasses and the bigger monitor helps.

I will also advise that you get your eyes looked at by an optician. You may have something else going on causing the soreness and I gently persuade you to go see a professional about it as soon as.
 
I have a 32"G7 and a 27" 4K gigabyte monitor and my eyes like yours are getting a little older i can say also that 32" is the size to go for it much easier on the eyes.
 
Have you considered turning the brightness and contrast down on your monitor? Could be what is causing your eye strain. Also have you had your eyes tested recently?
 
Two things that affect me one is size of text with hi res monitors these days native scaling is simply too small to read comfortably so its usually overscaled to 130% or something like that so its comfortable to read secondly is brightness modern monitors by default are very bright for reasons that escape me right now, mine are typically turned down to 50% or something like that.

The size of screen doesn't matter to me just the right scaling of text/images and luminosity a larger screen is simply a larger canvas to display it on. I mean people look at their oversized TV screens for hours on end without strain so if there is theres something wrong somewhere

Another thing that comes to mind have you had your eyes tested lately?
 
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Yes guys ,ive just recently had my eyes tested and there perfectly fine by all accounts

Im going to try mucking about with the contrast and brightness tonight

I also got myself a cheap n nasty pair of blue light dimming glasses
 
THE DOC said:
Yes guys ,ive just recently had my eyes tested and there perfectly fine by all accounts

Im going to try mucking about with the contrast and brightness tonight

I also got myself a cheap n nasty pair of blue light dimming glasses
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You can always try 16:9 res with black bars to compare your reflexes. This would replicate 27" experience too. If you're doing competitive I'd recommend to go for 24"
UW is great experience watching films and gaming AAA but not the same for competitive gaming.
 
THE DOC said:
Yes guys ,ive just recently had my eyes tested and there perfectly fine by all accounts

Im going to try mucking about with the contrast and brightness tonight

I also got myself a cheap n nasty pair of blue light dimming glasses
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How did you get on with your brightness and contrast?
 
Hiya ,i persevered with the ultra wide till now

i believe it was the smaller text that did me in [and ive also noticed i barely blink while playing games :~]

so ive went for the samsung g7 32 ,and like most of you have recommended the resolution is far better

so far i cant see any of the issues thats been mentioned ,is there any settings i should be fixing to get the most outta the screen
 
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