ultra wide advice

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I am thinking about getting a samsung LC43J890 ultra wide monitor most for driving games , They have two size 43 or 49 i think there identical apart from that , my gpu is gtx 1080 ti might upgrade in another year, I am wondering which size would be best to get ? can you see more on the 49 inch than the 43 inch in game?
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I own the Samsung 49" powered by a 1070, it runs driving sims really well, albeit I am running sims from a few years ago (Raceroom Experience, Automobilista 1&2, Assetto Corsa). However I think if I tried say Microsoft Flightsim, Cyberpunk - it will struggle! Yes you can see more because of the resolution, I bought mine as I used to love triple screens for driving games, its a perfect replacement. In some cars you still have to glance right or left to view your furthest wingmirror (dependent on the car and how wide it is - or you can get around this and just change the FOV in game). Films or Netflix don't fill the screen, you will get borders.

I haven't tried The Witcher 3, Kingdom Come Deliverance, Red Dead Redemption which is next on the list, I think this is where the limitations of my PC will creep in so I'll have to accept that I need to reduce settings. I don't mind playing some games with borders (I play Quake 3 at 1600 x 1200). For sims which are a 4 years old - its amazing and works really well. It really depends on the games you intend to play, I also turn off all the artificial fancy stuff (blur, bloom etc) and AA (as the resolution is fine). For driving sims and shooters it is awesome. As @pp111 mentions, I chanced my purchase because I rarely buy any latest games (until I upgrade) so I was not too worried if I had to reduce some detail.

On the whole, It was a pleasant surprise that it works really well (better than I anticipated) but you may want to play some demanding games and therefore, you might need to upgrade or reduce detail/resolution.
I really would only use this for driving games , I like the dirt rally games have 4 and 5 and i will probably get 2.0 . ,ACC , forza , I am not limited as i do have another 2k monitor i can use if i needed for other games , I just think it would be nice to have that extra side view in racing games.
 
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