Help replacing monitors

[CKSeigal12]

I'm looking to replace two old Asus monitors (about 7-10 years old). There are so many options now on the market, I don't know what is the best solution.

I've been looking at IPS screens for a more productivity focus, but with some gaming in there too (about 80/20 split). Productivity wise its a lot of spreadsheets and documents while gaming is focused more on single player action/adventure and RTS games, so I don't think I need OLED or the fastest refresh rate for competitive gaming.

The considerations so far are:

• an 49" super ultrawide, for a like-for-like but modern replacement of the dual 27". With PBP, I could continue to have screen split for gaming / media consumption side-by-side while having a huge unbroken screen for work.
• moving to dual 32" 4k screens, for a physical and resolution upgrade, with the increase on clarity for work. My concern is if that will work well with the GPU having to push more pixels for my PC.
• a single 40" 5k2k screen which I feel finds a balance being less pixels than dual 4k but still a physical upgrade.

The Dell Ultrasharp offerings look good for the integrated thunderbolt dock, KVM switch and USB hub which saves on space and wires, removing the separate and older units I have for these functions. A single screen solution would obviously help with that too with the cable reduction.

I'm hoping to make a decision that will last for another 5+ years.

Does anyone have recommendations on what would be the best way to go?

 

[Captain_Bosh]

Probably depends on your budget.

5120 x 2160 screens are nice if you have £1000 to throw at one. Avoid the OLEDs if its mainly for productivity.

There are cheaper options for 49" 5120 x 1440

There are even cheaper options for 34" 3440 x 1440 (I use one of these for work instead of dual screens, I have a separate OLED 5120 x 2160 for gaming, RTX 5080 drives it fine)

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[CKSeigal12]

I do have around £1000 to go towards something, as the Dell 49" was around that mark.

I'm happy with the IPS, even though the OLED screens look amazing I don't think I'll use it to its full benefit.

The only other 49" I've been looking at was LG or Samsung. The Samsung didn't have the Thunderbolt laptop connection though.

Gaming doesn't happen often enough to warrant a dedicated screen. How do you find gaming on the 5k screen? A noticeable difference or slower than you'd like? Do you use any of the PIP/PBP? (I'm running a 9070 XT)

 

[Captain_Bosh]

5120 x 2160 is great for gaming. Get around 90FPS which is about as many frames as I can realistically notice.

It was actually a sidegrade from a G9 57" 7680 x 2160p which was a bit big for my desk so its easier to run than my last screen.

I dont use any of the built in PBP, just use the Windows PBP by clicking and dragging windows to each side of the screen.