G-Sync or Ultrawide?

The same applies for tn too, at least with the panels I have tried it on, not used or seen a rog swift. I only drop the gamma from 1 to 0.95 in AMD ccc

Yup every IPS screen has glow, however, a lot of the IPS screens I have seen/used aren't bad at all, only whenever I view any extremely dark backgrounds from a wide angle does it become really obvious, it is no different to tn panels from my experience. Now my first 2 lg 29um65 were awful for IPS glow and bleed but due to the wideness, I think this is where IPS glow will be a far more common problem.

I would say the main difference worth worrying about when it comes to tn VS IPS is motion clarity, IPS is very poor compared to 144hz gaming screens :(

Until oled 4k for no more than £2k arrives, I'll be using my monitor for films etc. :p You still get black bars with 16.9 TVs though! I hate black bars, such a waste of screen space! But with oled, you won't even notice the black bars ;)
 
I must admit I'm really buying into the idea of having a ultra wide monitor, my only concern is will the format be supported by many games? The likes of skyrim and the witcher 3 would be epic if they fill the screen but I've heard about the dreaded black borders. I will be buying a new monitor later this year so I will be paying attention to all information and new releases
 
arcon33 said:
I must admit I'm really buying into the idea of having a ultra wide monitor, my only concern is will the format be supported by many games? The likes of skyrim and the witcher 3 would be epic if they fill the screen but I've heard about the dreaded black borders. I will be buying a new monitor later this year so I will be paying attention to all information and new releases
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Well, the thing about ultrawide, especially the 34" ones is that if a game doesn't support your resolution you can just run it at standard 1440p. Yeah, you get black borders on the sides but it is better than being screwed entirely in my opinion.
 
wengole said:
So are you thinking ultrawide would be better than gsync for gaming? I'm only "having" to upgrade as they're pretty old and VGA only and most modern graphics cards seem to only have DVI-D, display port and HDMI these days. Which is fine.

Kinda got my heart set on a Nvidia 970 at the moment, but not sure which one. I was so close to buying as well ... I'd rather not wait, but then again don't want buyers remorse :P
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well, i don't "think", i know. i also have a DELL U2913WM (at work now, since i replaced it with the swift), which is 21:9, even though just 2560x1080. the ultra wide ratio adds immensely to immersion, games and especially movies look phenomenal on that. my dream screen is a 34" ultra wide with 144Hz refresh and gsync :)

easyrider said:
GTX 680 and a swift? :eek:
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yeah it's a factory OC version from gigabyte, with 4GB VRAM, i have no problems running decent frames at 2560x1440 with it.

see here:
http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4373#ov
 
Taking everything into account, I'm probably going to go with an ultrawide. Which one, I've yet to decide, but going to hold off for now.

Thanks for all your tips guys.
 
Just going to put in my vote for 21:9. It's such a nice aspect ratio especially when playing games and watching movies.
 
I would say +1 to the ultra wide but it might be a good idea to wait for the adaptive sync versions that LG are bringing out soon. Even if you dont end up on a AMD gpu there might be a small chance nVidia will support adaptive sync in the future. If you cannot wait i would say the AOC Q2963PM is a brilliant and cheap ultra wide to start out with with good gaming performance, pcmonitor.info has a review of it. If you are not afraid of the bay go check out the 29" crossover ultra wide. It only has 1 input and minimum input lag.
 
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