Considering an ultrawide monitor

IvanDobskey · 17 Aug 2017 at 11:03

I currently have a 27 inch 1440p ips monitor. It has a little backlight bleed and is only 60hz, but it is still a decent monitor.

I am wondering whether an upgrade to a 34 inch 1440p ultrawide 100hz monitor would be a worthwhile upgrade?

Looking at the Samsung cf791 specifically.

IvanDobskey · 17 Aug 2017 at 12:45

Yeh, same 1440 rows of pixels, just wider.

I'm keen on the idea of a VA panel with the quantum dot tech to improve the colour and the 100hz refresh rate though.

So there should be other improvements other than just extra width.

The ips glow and backlight bleed is annoying. Although I have seen plenty of monitors worse than mine for this.

IvanDobskey · 17 Aug 2017 at 14:48

Well the Samsung is pricey enough, so I don't think I'll be going for the predator or Asus ROG monitors.

Thanks for the insight, I'm mulling things over

Got a holiday to pay for first though.

IvanDobskey · 18 Aug 2017 at 11:38

Oh dear, I caved in and bought the Samsung ultrawide.

Should pick it up from the store tomorrow.

Fingers crossed it's not a lemon....

IvanDobskey · 18 Aug 2017 at 12:04

Mine will mostly be used for gaming.

Stuff like Witcher 3 and Elite Dangerous.

Some general desktop use too.

IvanDobskey · 19 Aug 2017 at 15:54

Got it all set up now and I'm very impressed!

No dead pixels or backlight bleed that I have noticed so far

Both elite dangerous and Witcher 3 look fantastic.

IvanDobskey · 19 Aug 2017 at 19:26

A quick pic:

IvanDobskey · 20 Aug 2017 at 21:18

I think all lcds suffer a little from ghosting.

It's pretty minimal these days though.

Certainly don't notice any on my Samsung.

IvanDobskey · 20 Aug 2017 at 22:06

Ips have good colours and viewing angles, but suffer badly on contrast / blacks and also backlight bleed / ips glow.

I know VA has suffered with washed out colours in the past, but the quantum dot tech seems to help this on the Samsung.

There is a little colour shift when you are off-centre but nothing too jarring. Overall I'm really pleased with it though.

IvanDobskey · 20 Aug 2017 at 22:57

There are advantages and disadvantages for different panel tech, but having had VA and IPs now, I can safely say I much prefer VA.

Nothing more annoying than backlight bleed for me. There is zero noticeable bleed on my Samsung.

IvanDobskey · 21 Aug 2017 at 12:23

I read about the freesync flicker issues.

I'm using an Nvidia 1070, so can't really comment on this.

I considered a gsync monitor but the extra £300 and ips panels put me off.

Don't want to deal with backlight bleed again. The Samsung is VA and has zero bleed.