I had a 29" LG Ultrawide too!
Should i go ultrawide
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Ultrawide here to, had it a few years, iiyama G-Master GB3461WQSU-B1.
Next upgrade will be to oled. I know they are better for burn in now, but still a bit concerned about burn in as I also use it for work. Windows desktop 9 hours a day, hmm.
Next upgrade will be to oled. I know they are better for burn in now, but still a bit concerned about burn in as I also use it for work. Windows desktop 9 hours a day, hmm.
Me too!
Replaced 3x 24" 1080P monitors with a single ultrawide and haven't once looked back. Gaming, office, productivity... I love everything about it. Not to mention a single large monitor looks better than several screens (which in my case were all mismatched).
I recently burnt in my Gigabyte 34” OLED… was only offered a refurbished one from Gigabyte, so burn is real in 2026!
I work from home 100% (9 - 5:30), gaming is mostly in the evenings and weekends. I am now overlapping my work programs slightly to see if this helps avoid burn in. I have used all of the OLED care features since day 1.
What do people do in terms of gaming + having a spare screen for stuff like discord/youtube/twitch etc?
I use 2 screens currently and that's my biggest holdback from ultrawide. Would be great if I could portion off an ultrawide into individual screens natively when I want to, rather than relying on some software that will no doubt be buggy and end up a bad experience.
I use 2 screens currently and that's my biggest holdback from ultrawide. Would be great if I could portion off an ultrawide into individual screens natively when I want to, rather than relying on some software that will no doubt be buggy and end up a bad experience.
Currently for my gaming PC along side the main monitor I have a 16" portable monitor with VESA mount and stuck it on an arm - used either with my Lenovo Legion Go docked or as a secondary display for my gaming PC and can swing it out the way if I want to use a second full size monitor.
What do people do in terms of gaming + having a spare screen for stuff like discord/youtube/twitch etc?
I use 2 screens currently and that's my biggest holdback from ultrawide. Would be great if I could portion off an ultrawide into individual screens natively when I want to, rather than relying on some software that will no doubt be buggy and end up a bad experience.
I use a tool in windows called fancyzones to split the windows screen into sections I can snap windows too and you can decide what you like. Also with my monitor you can split the screen into two sections and connect either each half to two different PC or connect either one to the same PC but different ports on your GPU( so I believe, I have never used it myself but know you can do something like this). But this reduced the refresh rate on one half If I am not wrong to 60hz or both to 120hz, I believe its called Picture in Picture mode.
I just run things natively with fansyzones, but for gaming the biggest issue was some games don't do ultrawide, but I found most have some kind off mod on Nexus Mods that allows it to go ultrawide. Its obviously not going to be perfect and specially for my screen resolution, I find 5120 x 1440 is more supported than 7680x2160. New titles support both but older ones tend to support 5120x1440 more. There experience is not going to be 100% perfect but close enough and its a trade off I am willing to make as ultrawide has more benefits than drawback.
I've never bought into the ultrawide is more immersive. It always just seems like I'm squinting and missing a load of space (I appreciate our vision is wider than it is tall but it never seemed like they got the balance right.
Flat is flat, VR is a jump in immersion, not a squint.(not counting multiple curved monitors to given almost 180 view like in sim pilots
Flat is flat, VR is a jump in immersion, not a squint.(not counting multiple curved monitors to given almost 180 view like in sim pilots
I'm also considering getting an ultrawide, and I think a 34" would be a good replacement for the 3 x 24" monitors I have at the moment.
The AOC CU34G4 looks good value. The only caveat is that I have an NVidia 5070ti and I'm not sure about GSync campatibility, or whether that's even needed.
But I'd set a budget at about £300 for an ultrawide, and the AOC CU34G can be got for a lot less than that.
Are there any 34" ultrawides that would be significantly better in the circa £300 price bracket?
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I'll check it out. I can get the AOC CU34G4 for £230, so quite a difference in price...
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Nvidia GPU work with frresync so your good there and if you can get it for £230 think I would take a punt.
Thanks for the advice re freesync. The £230 is refurbished, but may still be worthwhile at £260 new.
I would personally spend a little more if possible and buy something better, that thing is edge lit if I am not wrong and I cant believe they still produce this given all the drawbacks it brings. I would personally not buy anything LCD without mini LED backlight with dimming zones or OLED, don't confuse this will small laptop screen. You have a really nice system would be shame to not buy a good monitor to compliment it and that will last you 5-10 years, its something you stare at everyday so spending a little extra to get something better would be advisable. If that's all your budget allows then no problem and AOC CU34G4 is definitely a decent monitor at that price.
something like the MSI MAG341CQP can be had for ~£550 price range as is a really BIG step up in picture quality.
Thanks for the reply. It's my first step into ultrawide, so I don't want to spend too much in case I don't click with it. If I'm ok with the cheaper AOC one, then I may splash out on a more expensive one in a couple of years.
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I'm also looking at going UW but waiting to see what is launched at CES. I'd like to go OLED but concerned about burn in risk and the hassle of refreshing the screen every 4 hours.
Ideally I want an IPS miniLED with 180Hz+ refresh rate but there aren't any in UW curved format. Don't like VA at all due to the black smear and poor viewing angles issues.
Ideally I want an IPS miniLED with 180Hz+ refresh rate but there aren't any in UW curved format. Don't like VA at all due to the black smear and poor viewing angles issues.
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