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Can you elaborate why curved isn't ideal for work?

Oh forgot to mention that the monitor is 1440p, so I think I'm good there. Do you mean that I have to get 144 fps in order to fully utilize the monitor? I'm guessing that in Windows this won't be a problem. I have actually already watched the Hardware Unboxed review of this monitor. He was quite positive but did not really mention the smearing.

Oh alright that's good news. Will this smearing occur when I'm for example scrolling on a website in dark mode and white text? If so, how bad will that be?

Hi, I'm currently in the market for a new monitor mainly for productivity (home office) and I would like to get a 34" ultrawide monitor. High refresh rate is not necessarily a must have, but since it's only a small increase in price, I might as well get a 144 of 165 Hz monitor. I have set my eyes on the AOC AOC CU34G2X, which is a 165Hz VA panel. I'm currently using an IPS screen, so VA monitors are completely new to me. According to my research the contrast of VA panels is generally much better than IPS, but comes with black smearing. VA seems the better way to go since curved IPS screens are quite expensive and with this size I'd think that a curved display is much nicer than a completely flat one. Since I will mainly use the monitor for productivity (think Word, Excel, Teams, web browsing,...) I was wondering whether or not this black smearing is an issue or not. Thanks!

Oh. Well guess I have to do some more research before possibly buying a GPU then, thanks for the input!

Fair points, thanks for the input. Though I have been seeing quite a drastic drop in prices of GPUs in my area lately and more availability. If this trend continues maybe I'll look into picking up a GPU so I can finally game again. I've seen the RX 6500 XT for around MSRP for example. Only thing I'm wondering if I will be bottlenecked by my older CPU...

Oh that's unfortunate. The exact resolution would be 3440x1440. Is there any other way of driving the display other than buying a GPU? Maybe some sort of converter I can put in my PCIe slot?

Hi, My current computer has some fairly old hardware in it (i5 4690k) and no GPU. I'm interested in buying an ultrawide 1440p 144 Hz monitor mainly for work and browsing the web. I am however not sure if this older hardware is able to handle this resolution/framerate. According to the website of Intel, my CPU can handle 4K at 60 Hz. Does this mean that my CPU will be able to handle 1440p 144 Hz? Also, my motherboard is quite old and only has an HDMI input. Technically if the monitor supports HDMI 2.0, 1440p 144 Hz should be no problem. However on for example the website of LG it says that you need a Displayport to be able to set it to 1440p 144 Hz. Other manufacturers do not specify this. Ultimately my question comes down to this: can my 4690k handle the above resolution and framerate over HDMI? If not, is it possible to bypass this with an active HDMI to DP adaptor or not? Thanks!

This is basically how my CPU clock and temperature looks like with Prime Small FFT: Keep in mind that the last few seconds of the CPU temp graph were when I stopped the test.

This morning I did some more testing, and managed to get to 4.5GHz on 1.3v. My CPU did not throttle while running Cinebench R15, and I am currently doing a stability test in Aida64 where my temps are not going above 80°C and I'm constantly sitting at 100% load at 4.5GHz with zero throttling. Does this sound right?

I just tried this, and I get no such drops on Cinebench R15. That test only took about a minute to complete though, maybe that's the reason it doesn't drop?

Ehh about a year ago I think.

Hyper212 Evo. I also have 4 fans in my case.

Hi all, I have a pretty old i5 4690k and today I started experimenting with overclocking this ancient CPU. I'm currently running at 4.2 GHz and 1.3 Volts. I am using Prime95 for stress testing and even though it is not crashing, I am observing core clock drops every 30 second or so, with clock speeds dropping to 800 MHz for a brief second each time. I assume this means my overclock is not stable? If I look around on the internet, most people seem to be getting at least 4.2 GHz with lower voltages, so I am not sure what the issue is. My temperatures did not exceed 88 degrees when I ran Prime95 for half an hour or so, so I don't think it its thermal throttling. Can anyone help me out here? Thanks!

I know, but I would really like to tinker with the settings myself to see if it's possible to achieve a relatively smooth experience combined with a good looking game, you know?