Dell S2721DGF vs S3422DWG

beerglass007 · 1 Oct 2022 at 20:35

Hi All

Currently using a Dell S2721DGF IPS monitor with a RTX3080 which has been amazing. Use the monitor for office work on a Windows 10 laptop and light gaming on the PC rig

I have started to look at Ultra Wide monitors so that I have more screen estate for work/coding etc and wondered about the Dell S3422DWG VA panel

Has anyone jumped from a standard 2K monitor to Ultra Wide and anyone gone from IPS back to VA and noticed any ghosting in games or better blacks ?

Thanks

EsaT · 2 Oct 2022 at 09:05

4K would increase screen real estate lot better.
Especially by adding vertical resolution:
Scrolling up and down must be very familiar with any longer piece of code or text.

As for panel type differences, if you maintain decent room illumination, VA's higher contrast/better black doesn't show much.
And in office level room illumination about zero.
It's lower room illumination/darkened room, where VA "shines" with its higher contrast/better black.

As for VA's "black smear", actually working is one of those situations when it can show easily.
Scrolling content on black/dark background is precisely situation where it appears:

IPS vs VA side by side comparison: LG 27GL850 vs Viewsonic VX3268-2KPC

Edit: A lot of comments have talked about how this is an unfair comparison, and that's absolutely right. I've made a followup video comparing to the G7 here....

www.youtube.com

beerglass007 · 2 Oct 2022 at 10:57

EsaT said:
4K would increase screen real estate lot better.
Especially by adding vertical resolution:
Scrolling up and down must be very familiar with any longer piece of code or text.

As for panel type differences, if you maintain decent room illumination, VA's higher contrast/better black doesn't show much.
And in office level room illumination about zero.
It's lower room illumination/darkened room, where VA "shines" with its higher contrast/better black.

As for VA's "black smear", actually working is one of those situations when it can show easily.
Scrolling content on black/dark background is precisely situation where it appears:

IPS vs VA side by side comparison: LG 27GL850 vs Viewsonic VX3268-2KPC

Edit: A lot of comments have talked about how this is an unfair comparison, and that's absolutely right. I've made a followup video comparing to the G7 here....

www.youtube.com

I looked at 4K but only have a 3080 and gaming at 4K will drop the frame rate, so felt 2K is the perfect res

EsaT · 2 Oct 2022 at 16:00

For light gaming 3080 shouldn't have real problems at 4K.
Higher resolution/pixel density would allow also lowering settings, like especially anti-aliasing.

And then there are scaling techniques.

beerglass007 · 2 Oct 2022 at 18:54

EsaT said:
For light gaming 3080 shouldn't have real problems at 4K.
Higher resolution/pixel density would allow also lowering settings, like especially anti-aliasing.

And then there are scaling techniques.

I play AAA titles so doubt a 3080 would get the FPS required on a 4K

arknor · 2 Oct 2022 at 23:48

EsaT said:
Scrolling up and down must be very familiar with any longer piece of code or text.

or just rotate the monitor and portrait mode

I have a s3422dwg and I don't notice any ghosting

beerglass007 · 3 Oct 2022 at 00:25

arknor said:
or just rotate the monitor and portrait mode

I have a s3422dwg and I don't notice any ghosting

How do you find it ? Good monitor ?

arknor · 3 Oct 2022 at 00:34

beerglass007 said:
How do you find it ? Good monitor ?

Seems great for the price to me, just get one and if you don't like it send it back

you can get it for 358.79 if the dell code still works or 292.49 if you're a student or know someone who is. assuming the offer from last week is still going.

I paid 459 some months ago and was happy with it at that price