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Will do when I get home.
New 34" monitor
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Guessing its not blurry and is clear as say IPs?
e.g.
Also, im guessing Gsync works fine with this? I use Gsync all the time.
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Yup gutting, had one sitting in my basket to buy this afternoon!
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It'll soon be back down to £550 
The Philips Evnia 34M2C8600?Meh will use it as an excuse to buy the phillips. Definitely not my fault
There's a grand review of it here - https://www.reddit.com/r/Monitors/comments/1350m7u/philips_evnia_34m2c8600_no_bullshit_review/
'To put it blunt, this is the worst monitor I've ever owned by far, nothing comes close, this is in a league of its own.'
Yeah, but if you actually look at his reasoning behind the score most of it is nonsensical imo, hardly relevant to someone in the market for an oled ultrawide.
1. He doesn't like ultrawide formats.
2. He doesn't like 1440p.
3. He doesn't like it having freesync instead of g-sync.
4. He finds the 175hz refresh rate too low and wants 240.
All of these things were clearly stated on the product page. Furthermore he also suggests VA panels for gaming, which makes it clear to me that his tastes are like chalk and cheese compared to my own, I'd never use a VA monitor for gaming personally.
The fact he calls a 34" ultrawide "stretched" 1440p makes me wonder if he even set it up properly, it isn't stretched it's extended. It would only look stretched if you ran 2560x1440 on it rather than its native 3440x1440, poor word choice maybe?
The price seems to be a contention for him also as he recommends against spending 1450usd on an oled, which the Evnia is nowhere near and wasn't when he apparently purchased it either.
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Having read most of the review it does seem like he's talking a load of rubbish.
Why do I get the feeling though that going from a 34" ultrawide that cost £1000 and was pretty high end at the time, too a £500 ultrawide with quite new tech that something is going too suffer - probably in the quality department.
That was one of the worst "reviews" I've ever read, I stumbled upon it when looking the monitor up.
It's like he didn't even know what he was buying.
Granted I bought the 6500 but it's effectively the same monitor, just with fewer ports and unlocked RGB adjustment (waaay more important than anything you lose, you can't adjust colours on the 8600), no ambiglow on the underside and passive cooling (also a plus IMO).
And obviously I paid nowhere near what he was saying, didn't even pay £500
There's not much cost-cutting here except the stand is a bit wobbly and my screen isn't perfectly straight on it (bothers my OCD a bit but if they agree to replace it and I get one with coil whine
...). That's my only complaint when it comes to build quality. The screen itself looks and feels very solid. No buzzing noises, great calibration out of the box. You don't need to do the refresh after 4h and if you shut down the PC, the monitor will do it iself in standby after some inactivity time, checked that.
The only other negative is the coating, which is a universal downside and I mentioned it many times already, even in this thread as I've forgot I'd posted here already
I've pretty much accepted I'll never be able to clean it properly and there'll be microscratches all over.
It's like he didn't even know what he was buying.
Granted I bought the 6500 but it's effectively the same monitor, just with fewer ports and unlocked RGB adjustment (waaay more important than anything you lose, you can't adjust colours on the 8600), no ambiglow on the underside and passive cooling (also a plus IMO).
And obviously I paid nowhere near what he was saying, didn't even pay £500
There's not much cost-cutting here except the stand is a bit wobbly and my screen isn't perfectly straight on it (bothers my OCD a bit but if they agree to replace it and I get one with coil whine
...
). That's my only complaint when it comes to build quality. The screen itself looks and feels very solid. No buzzing noises, great calibration out of the box. You don't need to do the refresh after 4h and if you shut down the PC, the monitor will do it iself in standby after some inactivity time, checked that.The only other negative is the coating, which is a universal downside and I mentioned it many times already, even in this thread as I've forgot I'd posted here already
I've pretty much accepted I'll never be able to clean it properly and there'll be microscratches all over.
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This price increase of the AOC has come a surprise to me too.. I am currently building my first gaming PC for over 20 years and was planning on going for a 5080.. I figured I would buy the 5080 on launch day and the pick up everything else i wanted (including the AOC) monitor.. Last night I noticed the price had gone up 20% and this is reflected everywhere.
I also noticed that the Corsair RM850X has done the same thing too..
I hope this isn't the start of a major price hike for everything
Atleast I have some time on my hands as the 5080 is going to be hard to source.. But right now, looking at a refurbished Alienware AW3423DWF instead of the AOC which is actually a little bit cheaper..
I also noticed that the Corsair RM850X has done the same thing too..
I hope this isn't the start of a major price hike for everything
Atleast I have some time on my hands as the 5080 is going to be hard to source.. But right now, looking at a refurbished Alienware AW3423DWF instead of the AOC which is actually a little bit cheaper..
Yeah that's why you don't take cocaine and write reviews. Totally over the top and misses the point. The format is perfect for my use (dedicated flight sim pc) so I can live without 240 refresh rate and the absolute highest DPI (not that I could run higher on my geriatric 3070 anyway!).
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I was considering either the AOC or Alienware AW3423DWF but text clarity is sort of putting me off. I mainly use the screen for forums, discord and review sites (about 1 hour gaming a night, if that)
Do you think ill notice the text clarify / fringing coming from IPS 3440 x 1440 (Acer Predator X34)
Do you think ill notice the text clarify / fringing coming from IPS 3440 x 1440 (Acer Predator X34)
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I've not noticed any issues with text clarity on mine, but maybe I'm not too discerning. I'll see if I can get a picture. Not bad a chance to get on my pc last day or so. Hopefully tomorrow 
It's hard to say, is there nowhere you can test that out locally? Any OLED at all will show the same sort of thing, a local currys or richer sounds where you can demo a tv even?
It'll bother some, it wont bother others, I'm fine with it personally but I run a multi monitor setup so when text clarity is important I could easily pop the document on another screen.
If you don't game or watch much HDR media, why would you even bother outside of interest in the format? You wont really gain anything unless you game a lot, and if it was for movies you'd surely be looking at investing in a decent 4K tv?
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Oh yeh, I forgot I askedI've not noticed any issues with text clarity on mine, but maybe I'm not too discerning. I'll see if I can get a picture. Not bad a chance to get on my pc last day or so. Hopefully tomorrow
Gaming at 165Hz will be better than 100Hz right? and OLED will look nice. I dont game that much but do once a day for maybe 45 mins
It depends on a bunch of factors, honestly it feels like you've some cash burning a hole in your pocket coupled with a touch of FOMO.
If you barely game you'd be absolutely bonkers to invest half a grand into a monitor aimed at gaming.
Can you even run the full refresh rate in the games you play with your system? I doubt it's anything particularly demanding if you're only doing 30-60 mins a night at best, but the benefits of an OLED screen are going to be lost on you then anyway. You might well be better off spending £200-300 on a higher refresh monitor over one focused on image quality, it's not an easy answer but you don't seem to be a particularly serious gamer -- so why put yourself so far out of pocket for it?
For the record I struggle to see the difference between 100-140hz to a point, it might be the types of games I tend to play. I'm not into high paced shooters anymore, too old now frankly and I've neither the time nor responses to be able to keep up with a ritalin infused 14 year old.
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I bought an Acer predator x34 about 8 years ago for £1k, incredible purchase. Still going strong and gsync right diwn to 20fps.
Warzone im hitting ~200fps at 3440 x 1440, so yes. Might look for a cheaper IPS 240hz screen.
I don't think an OLED for your usage is necessarily the best route, if Warzone is your main/only game you probably want a good IPS or even VA (I'm not keen, but others get on) with low latency and high refresh. The X34 was amazing back when it launched, but tech does move on, I feel you might be looking for higher refresh/better latency and improved visuals with the latter being less important.
Single player games with gorgeous visuals are why I like OLED monitors, usually much slower paced to boot. That's not to say they can't be grand for that, but if my focus was an FPS for performance? A decade is a long time, you might be surprised at how good modern IPS/VA panels look on top of their responsiveness. I wouldn't spend £500-600 on an OLED for Warzone mate.
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