Looking for advice on Ultrawide purchase.

NathG79 · Wednesday at 19:46

Hi.
Back in 2017 I purchased a new 32' 2560 x 1440 144hz Samsung monitor, you guys might remember it, it was the predecessor to the odyssey range. C32HG70. It has served me well and still works fine to this day.

Samsung C32HG70 Review - TFT Central

At the moment I'm thinking about upgrading to Ultrawide, to be more specific, 3400 x 1440, the Alienware 34' DWF QD O-LED 165hz is on sale direct from the manufacturer and has really caught my eye as the price is good and the reviews are aswell.
just really after some advice and some feedback from anyone else who has changed up to Ultrawide, maybe you've even bought this monitor after being used to 16:9.
It would be great to hear some of your thoughts and suggestions.
I'm running a 7800x3d and 7900XTX Nitro+.

JediFragger · Wednesday at 21:57

NathG79 said:
I'm running a 7800x3d and 7900XTX Nitro+.

It's a very good pairing with that setup, cracking monitor and it'll serve you well for a number of years :cool:

Phixsator · 2024-07-18T07:56:50+0100

Ultrawide is king IMHO. I've owned so many different monitors(40",34",32",27",25",24",144hz,175h,240hz,VA,TN, IPS and now OLED) but are finally happy haven gotten a Samsung G8 OLED(3440x1440 oled). I think that Alienware will serve you very well. It's the same panel as fare as I know as my G8. I would have gotten it myself but the smart features of the G8 was very appealing as I like to watch primevideo and similar on the PC and it's a pain in the behind on Linux if you want 1080p+ streaming.

Anyway, get it if your budget allows and you wont regret it. You don't have to go crazy with the remedies for OLED Burnin i feel. Use a screen saver, something like window's mystify, on a 2 minute timer and if you don't want a black desktop then find some animated ones using wallpaper engine or similar. I personally also use transparent taskbar that hiddes and a dark mode extensions for all website in my browser but the later is more because I hate all white websites as my eyes easily is strained by it.

jabski · 2024-07-18T09:58:54+0100

another vote for the DWF from me. I think for the price in the uw market it cant be beat

NathG79 · 2024-07-18T10:08:06+0100

Phixsator said:
Ultrawide is king IMHO. I've owned so many different monitors(40",34",32",27",25",24",144hz,175h,240hz,VA,TN, IPS and now OLED) but are finally happy haven gotten a Samsung G8 OLED(3440x1440 oled). I think that Alienware will serve you very well. It's the same panel as fare as I know as my G8. I would have gotten it myself but the smart features of the G8 was very appealing as I like to watch primevideo and similar on the PC and it's a pain in the behind on Linux if you want 1080p+ streaming.

Anyway, get it if your budget allows and you wont regret it. You don't have to go crazy with the remedies for OLED Burnin i feel. Use a screen saver, something like window's mystify, on a 2 minute timer and if you don't want a black desktop then find some animated ones using wallpaper engine or similar. I personally also use transparent taskbar that hiddes and a dark mode extensions for all website in my browser but the later is more because I hate all white websites as my eyes easily is strained by it.

Thanks for your input, that's very helpful.
I go dark mode on all my windows aswell, white can be so piercing, especially at night.

NathG79 · 2024-07-18T10:11:25+0100

jabski said:
another vote for the DWF from me. I think for the price in the uw market it cant be beat

Yeah, it does seem like a great price.
I was looking at the MSi Meg 342C UW, OCUk had it for around £800 for a short time but it's gone back up to over a grand and is well out of my budget even at the lower price.
At £650 for the DWF I can convince myself.

dlockers · 2024-07-18T10:21:41+0100

Guys FFS please stop talking about the DWF. It isn't what I need or want, but I am GOING TO BUY IT if you keep it up.

Edit:

I swear to god my daughter won't eat now. This is on you

NathG79 · 2024-07-18T19:54:18+0100

dlockers said:
Guys FFS please stop talking about the DWF. It isn't what I need or want, but I am GOING TO BUY IT if you keep it up.

Edit:

I swear to god my daughter won't eat now. This is on you

Great post. :cry:

When is it arriving?. Put up some photos when you get it up and running.

dlockers · 2024-07-18T20:00:57+0100

NathG79 said:
Great post.
When is it arriving?. Put up some photos when you get it up and running.

Tomorrow if the Dell order system clicks on - it is still showing the stage before confirmed, but delivery is still estimate for tomorrow. Fingers crossed!

t2na · 2024-07-18T20:04:21+0100

dlockers said:
Tomorrow if the Dell order system clicks on - it is still showing the stage before confirmed, but delivery is still estimate for tomorrow. Fingers crossed!

Dell's delivery timings are great - and usually pretty accurate about the day (a bit less so on the exact times).

dlockers · 2024-07-18T20:12:53+0100

t2na said:
Dell's delivery timings are great - and usually pretty accurate about the day (a bit less so on the exact times).

Yeah I used to be a dell repair tech in a previous life; their DOSD service was epic. I could be ordering at like 6pm the previous day and it'd arrive before 9am.

It'd be badass to receive it but I am managing excitement that it may not arrive lol. I am WFH tomorrow too which is unusual for a Friday!

Edit: still showing the screen above

Edit2: shock, "there is an issue but don't know what; we need to email a team; don't know when they'll get back to you"

I shall never feel guilty for leveraging Dell's warranty ever again. Pathetic sales service - I've had to chase them for an issue they could clearly see.

Edit3: Progress.

It is interesting that the ship date is yesterday and the delivery date is today, but it hasn't shipped -lol.

jabski · 2024-07-19T11:16:14+0100

dlockers said:
Yeah I used to be a dell repair tech in a previous life; their DOSD service was epic. I could be ordering at like 6pm the previous day and it'd arrive before 9am.

It'd be badass to receive it but I am managing excitement that it may not arrive lol. I am WFH tomorrow too which is unusual for a Friday!

Edit: still showing the screen above

Edit2: shock, "there is an issue but don't know what; we need to email a team; don't know when they'll get back to you"

I shall never feel guilty for leveraging Dell's warranty ever again. Pathetic sales service - I've had to chase them for an issue they could clearly see.

Edit3: Progress.

It is interesting that the ship date is yesterday and the delivery date is today, but it hasn't shipped -lol.

any update this morning mate. Has it shipped ?

edit: sorry mate, just seen your update3

dlockers · 2024-07-19T12:28:55+0100

jabski said:
any update this morning mate. Has it shipped ?

edit: sorry mate, just seen your update3

Just checked now and its chunked along and then updated to next Friday. Really annoying -

I've just had an email through saying it is delayed but no reason. Could be stock I guess? Not sure.

jabski · 2024-07-19T14:40:26+0100

dlockers said:
Just checked now and its chunked along and then updated to next Friday. Really annoying -

I've just had an email through saying it is delayed but no reason. Could be stock I guess? Not sure.

yeah, I imagine they think stock is arriving 25th. Ready to get it out to you next day

dlockers · 2024-07-19T14:43:30+0100

God, Dell's support is shocking. It seems their whole logistics department is based on FIFO - you have zero control on when you want it delivered after the fact. So on the website I can still get it delivered Monday --- but pinging support etc. they just keep saying "well that's just the estimated date it'll probably change". Must be something just pushing stuff through "as quick as possible" with no way to say what day you want. Luckily it's gone from the 26th to the 22nd.....

TheOtherOption · 2024-07-19T15:15:07+0100

Another vote for the DWF - received mine from Dell next day same as the 32" G3223D I had before that!

Hopefully Dells systems haven't been impacted by that Cloudstrike software bug!