Widescreen monitors?

[Emjay86]

Hi guys, quick question (are they ever quick?!).

I'm looking to upgrade my monitor in the near future and I Really like the look of the widescreen curved monitors. I have a RTX 2070 super so have a bit of power currently although I tend to upgrade my gpu once every 4 years ish.

Based on that I thought I'd also go from 1080p to 1440p as that seems like a sweet spot between 1080p and 4k that should allow me to use the same gpu for 4 years with ultra settings. I appreciate there's no definite here and there's a degree of clairvoyancy!

So my real question: what size screen am I looking at? I like the wide widescreens but I'm assuming the bigger the screen, the more the GPU demand? Regardless of being 1440p?

The 27" are a little bit bigger than what I've got but they don't look like what I'm after. I'm aiming for one of those minimal desktop setups where the monitor takes a huge portion of it, if that makes sense.

Anyway, all feedback as always would be hugely appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

 

[Hades]

It's not the screen size but the resolution which is important for framerates. A widescreen will either be 16:9 or 21:9 aspect ratio. That means the resolution will either be 2560x1440 or 3440x1440. The wider the screen then the more pixels and the faster GPU you need.

16:9 2560x1440 is a normal monitor and 21:9 3440x1440 are the widescreens which are often curved. You can get these in a variety of physical sizes but its the resolution, and therrfore the number of pixels the GPU has to drive, which is important for speed.