Curved 21:9 or a plain 16:9 monitor

[HenneC]

Hello every one,

 

I got a question on what monitor(s) to buy. The reason why i cant choose is that there are advantages and disadvantages on all the options (while not going over budget).

 

What is going to be on the monitors is: i game alot, watch movies, watch youtube, program a lot and am using some servers  that monitor allot.

 

I came up myself with some options. but feel free to leave your own thoughts on monitors, or what one you prefer of my choices. Keep in mind, im not thinking to spend more then around 700 euro.

 

the options:

2 144hz with 1 response time monitors. On a dual monitor arm to keep them close and look nicer.

 

1 ultra wide curved 1080p with 144hz and 4 ms response time.

 

1 ultra wide curved 1440p with 60hz and 4/5ms response time.

 

what would be your choice, and why? Or do you have some other recommendations?

 

edit:

I currently have a:

i5 4690k

asrock z97 killer

8 gb of ddr ram (1800mhz)

msi R9 390 (thinking on upgrading to 1070)

 

not that storage matters but:

a 256 ssd

and a 2tb hdd

Edited September 26, 2016 by HenneC

[xephoneration]

OR have both of two worlds! qnix qx2710 1440p panel that is very OCable. But for real it would help a lot to know the specs of your computer

[HenneC]

3 minutes ago, xephoneration said:

OR have both of two worlds! qnix qx2710 1440p panel that is very OCable. But for real it would help a lot to know the specs of your computer

sorry i didnt post that. Ill eddit it, gimme 2 mins tops

[xephoneration]

Just now, HenneC said:

sorry i didnt post that. Ill eddit it, gimme 2 mins tops

No problem! 

[HenneC]

7 minutes ago, xephoneration said:

No problem! 

edited 

[xephoneration]

Do you play FPS games a lot?

[vladonizer]

I don't know what would be best for you, but I love my curved ultrawide. IMO it is best if you are looking to play games beautifully, but watching youtube isn't spectacular on it.

[HenneC]

12 minutes ago, xephoneration said:

Do you play FPS games a lot?

Yes, but i dont feel that the 60hz is holding me back

[xephoneration]

2 minutes ago, HenneC said:

Yes, but i dont feel that the 60hz is holding me back

alright well that solved that. If you want best of both worlds  qnix qx2710 is extremely good for that and can be oc up to 140hz, mine is oc at 90hz but I maxed it at 100hz and toned it down. If you just want pure 144hz than go with a 1080p 144hz panel. 

[HenneC]

35 minutes ago, vladonizer said:

I don't know what would be best for you, but I love my curved ultrawide. IMO it is best if you are looking to play games beautifully, but watching youtube isn't spectacular on it.

Why isnt it spectacular? Does it look worse, or the same as normal?

[vladonizer]

Just now, HenneC said:

Why isnt it spectacular? Does it look worse, or the same as normal?

I have the predator x34 (3440x1440p 100fps) and the actual video just looks very small on the screen

[HenneC]

2 minutes ago, vladonizer said:

I have the predator x34 (3440x1440p 100fps) and the actual video just looks very small on the screen

that doesnt sound so great. (i mean that the video looks small)

[vladonizer]

1 minute ago, HenneC said:

that doesnt sound so great. (i mean that the video looks small)

But if you are multitasking anyways, it is fine to have it on one side of the screen while doing whatever on the other. Or you can just put it in full screen

[Badger906]

Another +1 for the Acer predator x34

[HenneC]

14 minutes ago, Badger906 said:

Another +1 for the Acer predator x34

only the price is a -1

[Badger906]

4 hours ago, HenneC said:

only the price is a -1

you never stated a budget so automatically assume you want the best

[HenneC]

9 hours ago, Badger906 said:

you never stated a budget so automatically assume you want the best

In the first post, i said i wasnt looking to spend more then 700 euro 

[THFourteen]

23 hours ago, xephoneration said:

alright well that solved that. If you want best of both worlds  qnix qx2710 is extremely good for that and can be oc up to 140hz, mine is oc at 90hz but I maxed it at 100hz and toned it down. If you just want pure 144hz than go with a 1080p 144hz panel. 

Yay a QNIX brother ;-)

 

i love mine, also clocked at 90hz, only thing is caution, I have no dead pixels but some backlight bleeding that doesn't bother me, however it's a risk with these monitors that not everyone wants to take...

 

also slightly annoying is the single input as it means I can't run my Linux box off it at the same time. 

[RyGuy99]

On 9/26/2016 at 1:17 PM, vladonizer said:

I don't know what would be best for you, but I love my curved ultrawide. IMO it is best if you are looking to play games beautifully, but watching youtube isn't spectacular on it.

Have you tried widescreen youtube/Netflix Chrome add-ons? 

[vladonizer]

10 hours ago, RyGuy99 said:

Have you tried widescreen youtube/Netflix Chrome add-ons? 

I have not, I don't watch it enough when I'm home to really have thought about it

[Badger906]

17 hours ago, RyGuy99 said:

Have you tried widescreen youtube/Netflix Chrome add-ons? 

the addons dont change the aspect ratio they just zoom the camera in to fill the gaps.. you miss part of the image off.

[RyGuy99]

On 9/28/2016 at 4:45 PM, Badger906 said:

the addons dont change the aspect ratio they just zoom the camera in to fill the gaps.. you miss part of the image off.

Only on 16:9 videos... It's fine for 21:9 videos