Please Help me decide Ultrawide QD-OLED

BornEvil said:
I can easily tell the difference from 60hz to 144/165hz, but to maintain a fps to match 240hz (at 5120x1440) will need a beefier GPU, which i am not prepared to spend.
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Do you ever play old enough games which a 5080 may be able to run at over 200fps ?

I myself many times have a quick blast of some my very old top games that some are even 20 odd years old like Quake 2/ Half-life 1+2 /Fear /Trackmania / Bioshock/ Red Alert :) etc etc
 
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chaparral said:
Do you ever play old enough games which a 5080 may be able to run at over 200fps ?

I myself many times have a quick blast of some my very old top games that some are even 20 odd years old like Quake 2/ Half-life 1+2 /Fear /Trackmania / Bioshock/ Red Alert :) etc etc
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HL been sitting in my library for 25+ years... still not touched it :D

For old games i might replay, i most likely 4K (Max setting) stream to FireTV with Moonlight.

I only play a bit of Overwatch, and some Single player fps like Doom etc. Maybe a non-sim racers like Forza now and then.
 
JediFragger said:
Philips has a 4hr usage pixel cleaning nag iirc, worth doing some research on it if that'll bother you. Unsure about the Giga, hardly seen anyone with one.
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What does that entail? I’m after a larger ultra wide and will only use it for light gaming, the price of this screen is really attractive!

I’d use it for development and database work most of the day so wary of something that would require much effort every 4 hours..
 
platypus said:
What does that entail? I’m after a larger ultra wide and will only use it for light gaming, the price of this screen is really attractive!

I’d use it for development and database work most of the day so wary of something that would require much effort every 4 hours..
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Every 4 hours of usage
A message will pop up asking if you want to
Run screen maintenance
Usually you can just say no
Though not personally tried Phillips
After you say no 3 or 4 times usually then at 16 hours
It gets more insistive that you do it
As happened with my msi a firmware update may be released
That changes 4 hours to something like 16
I normally go get a cup of tea at the 16 hours nagging point
And let it do it
Rough guess it might take approximately 5 minutes or something
To do it

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All oled manufacturers will do it
Just it may vary about length of time
Lowest I have seen is 4 hours highest 16 hours

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Some parts of panel care can be disabled
Some may not have the ability to disable certain care features
Again will vary by manufacturer
 
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Does one need a beefy card for these? My gaming rig has a 4070ti super, but my development laptops just have onboard intel graphics. Would they even be able to work with it?
 
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platypus said:
Does one need a beefy card for these? My gaming rig has a 4070ti super, but my development laptops just have onboard intel graphics. Would they even be able to work with it?
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For gaming am using a 3080ti
Not sure about the development stuff on igpu
As no idea what development work entails
And my 5950x has no igpu
So couldn't double check anything for you
 
platypus said:
Does one need a beefy card for these? My gaming rig has a 4070ti super, but my development laptops just have onboard intel graphics. Would they even be able to work with it?
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For a 3440x1440 screen no, it would be perfect in fact and is I believe around 60% of 4K in terms of required processing power (please correct me if I'm wrong).

For a 5120x1440 screen you're looking at around 88% of 4K, I'd have concerns depending on what you intended to play.

It's difficult to really judge because there's not a lot of reviews using those resolutions, so you need estimate or do the math based upon standard resolutions.

I'd personally want a 4080S or 7900XTX if I was running 5120x1440, and if you have a main game or two make sure they support the resolution to boot.
 
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Gray2233 said:
For a 3440x1440 screen no, it would be perfect in fact and is I believe around 60% of 4K in terms of required processing power (please correct me if I'm wrong).

For a 5120x1440 screen you're looking at around 88% of 4K, I'd have concerns depending on what you intended to play.

It's difficult to really judge because there's not a lot of reviews using those resolutions, so you need estimate or do the math based upon standard resolutions.

I'd personally want a 4080S or 7900XTX if I was running 5120x1440, and if you have a main game or two make sure they support the resolution to boot.
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Ye gods so even a 800£ card will struggle to run the monitor? The games I play at this resent are frostpunk2, over watch2, helldivers 2, aoe 2, but I’ve had Starfield on the to play list for a while and I’d want to be able to play some upcoming games. That might well make me rethink everything then as I don’t really want to buy a new card.
 
platypus said:
Ye gods so even a 800£ card will struggle to run the monitor? The games I play at this resent are frostpunk2, over watch2, helldivers 2, aoe 2, but I’ve had Starfield on the to play list for a while and I’d want to be able to play some upcoming games. That might well make me rethink everything then as I don’t really want to buy a new card.
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It depends on your expectations and the games you play, just because a monitor runs at 165hz + doesn't mean you need to hit those frames.

What are you happy with for those games? What are your expectations for performance? It's not always easy to give a flat out answer, the quality of a good monitor in something like Frostpunk IMO would mean a lot more than achievable fps. You need to figure that stuff out for yourself bud, if Frostpunk supports all those Ultrawide resolutions and it's your main game? Go for it, having it run at 165 fps wont matter, it's a slow paced management game and I'd be shocked if you could tell the difference between 165fps and 60-100. You don't buy a monitor with an aim to maintain its maximum refresh rate unless you're hardcore into esports.
 
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Gray2233 said:
It depends on your expectations and the games you play, just because a monitor runs at 165hz + doesn't mean you need to hit those frames.

What are you happy with for those games? What are your expectations for performance? It's not always easy to give a flat out answer, the quality of a good monitor in something like Frostpunk IMO would mean a lot more than achievable fps. You need to figure that stuff out for yourself bud, if Frostpunk supports all those Ultrawide resolutions and it's your main game? Go for it, having it run at 165 fps wont matter, it's a slow paced management game and I'd be shocked if you could tell the difference between 165fps and 60-100. You don't buy a monitor with an aim to maintain its maximum refresh rate unless you're hardcore into esports.
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Thats a fair comment, and yes I’m not too concerned with massive refresh rates but want to be able to play games on ultra settings with good frame rates. Key is clarity and quality though as it’s a work device as well. Is it just the refresh rate that will suffer by slower cards?

I guess the worry is something comes out in the next few years but that’s obviously a perennial problem!
 
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Yeah there's always something new coming
Whether that new thing is a
Massive upgrade is the thing
I still haven't seen a gpu (at a sensible price)
That i feel would justify upgrading my 3080ti

Don't forget oled feels much smoother than ips,va etc
Lower fps doesn't feel like it's stuttering
Or blurring or unresponsive
A lot of games it's also hard to notice much difference
Lowering settings from ultra
To the next level down from it
Though something like frostpunk yeah probably could stay
At ultra and use lower fps
Even as low as 60fps will probably feel fine on oleds
 
platypus said:
Thats a fair comment, and yes I’m not too concerned with massive refresh rates but want to be able to play games on ultra settings with good frame rates. Key is clarity and quality though as it’s a work device as well. Is it just the refresh rate that will suffer by slower cards?

I guess the worry is something comes out in the next few years but that’s obviously a perennial problem!
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You're always going to be chasing and ultimately be left behind in tech, but I don't think you'd regret the purchase and nothing forces you to buy every year.

The monitors you're looking at are excellent and will be fantastic for years to come, I doubt I'd replace a 34" OLED ultrawide for a good 4-5 years unless the thing died on me.
 
Mcnumpty2323 said:
All oled manufacturers will do it
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My aw32255qf has never asked me so far, it just does it when I turn the monitor off (pixel refresh)
the monitor claims it takes 5-8 minutes but it seems way less
I can gfo the toilet and it's basically finished by time I've washed my hands.

IDK how often panel refresh happens but it's very bad to run it manually, it changes how much voltage the pixels get so basically as pixels fade they get over driven when the panel recalibrates.


not annoying at all so far, but as said it never prompted me to do it, even if I'm on the comp for 6 hours


platypus said:
I’m after a larger ultra wide and will only use it for light gaming
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You want to get a monitor with the latest gen panels, I don't think they do them in ultra wide yet
 
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Kirby Wurm said:
I must say it's surprising to see monitors of this size/spec at that price, good to see considering OLED monitors are relatively new to the market.
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I would not have consider upgrading if not for the price. Although still not great

I'm coming from 2x 27" 165Hz 1440p IPS panel, so to 5120x1440p is just combining the 2 into one. Main upgrade for me is OLED, that i am very excited for.
 
VA trails do annoy me sometimes, and I guess that will effect detail all the time, even when I don't notice the trailing.

Annoyed at the price I spent on this VA panel, edge lit
 
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