Is a curved monitor good for gaming?

[Ashiella]

Should I get curved or a flat panel for gaming, I mainly play FPS games.

[dragoon20005]

i will still suggest flat panel

[Joseph Hartness]

3 minutes ago, Ashiella said:

Should I get curved or a flat panel for gaming, I mainly play FPS games.

Curved if you can afford it, flat if you can't. There are pros/cons of each.

[Ashiella]

6 minutes ago, dragoon20005 said:

i will still suggest flat panel

But why?

 

6 minutes ago, Joseph Hartness said:

Curved if you can afford it, flat if you can't. There are pros/cons of each.

What are said pros or cons? a curved quantum dot monitor is only 40$ more, and I can afford it.

[ivan134]

Since I dont think that there are any 16:9 curved monitors, I wouldn't get the curved. The extra real estate is useless in competitive FPS games, even in the games that do support it (Overwatch for example just stretches your screen instead of increasing your FOV). Your natural FOV won't allow you get much use out of it.

[Ashiella]

2 minutes ago, ivan134 said:

Since I dont think that there are any 16:9 curved monitors, I wouldn't get the curved. The extra real estate is useless in competitive FPS games, even in the games that do support it (Overwatch for example just stretches your screen instead of increasing your FOV). Your natural FOV won't allow you get much use out of it.

It's 1920x1080 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01M1DEEYP/?tag=pcpapi-20

[ivan134]

3 minutes ago, Ashiella said:

It's 1920x1080 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01M1DEEYP/?tag=pcpapi-20

That's just useless. Curves are only useful for ultrawide (21:9) monitors. That monitor is just a gimmick and that curve serves absolutely no purpose......unless you're a mouse sized human.

[ItsTheDuckAgain]

I would say no to curved at 24 with 1920x1080.

however I recently boucht a curved 34 with 3440x1440 - makes a lot of sense on big screens when you are close enough.

 

you can google the pros and cons of curved yourself. the whole forum taken together wouldn't come up with sth. new or agree on anything anyway :-)

[Joseph Hartness]

4 minutes ago, Ashiella said:

But why?

 

What are said pros or cons? a curved quantum dot monitor is only 40$ more, and I can afford it.

There are pros/cons for personal preferences. Curved is good, but flat is still good also. Curved gives you better viewing angles in my opinion.

[Ashiella]

1 minute ago, ivan134 said:

That's just useless. Curves are only useful for ultrawide (21:9) monitors. That monitor is just a gimmick and that curve serves absolutely no purpose......unless you're a mouse sized human.

Well, it has Quantum dot too, even a 21.5 inch monitor is big to me,  I've seen a 24 inch curved monitor in best buy, I actually like it.

[Ashiella]

1 minute ago, Joseph Hartness said:

There are pros/cons for personal preferences. Curved is good, but flat is still good also. Curved gives you better viewing angles in my opinion.

Better immersion too, and probably better peripheral vision maybe?

[dragoon20005]

4 minutes ago, Ashiella said:

It's 1920x1080 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01M1DEEYP/?tag=pcpapi-20

the screen is still too small for the curve to be noticeable

 

it works well with above 27 inches screen and the curve is on the Samsung is very small compared to the Asus, LG and Acer gaming monitors

[Joseph Hartness]

3 minutes ago, Ashiella said:

Better immersion too, and probably better peripheral vision maybe?

To me it feels more fluid when i play my games, this is only my personal preference though. So if you are used to a change then you can most definitely make that change, the good thing about monitors is you can make your own choice when choosing.

[ivan134]

4 minutes ago, Ashiella said:

Well, it has Quantum dot too, even a 21.5 inch monitor is big to me,  I've seen a 24 inch curved monitor in best buy, I actually like it.

That's way too expensive for a 24 inch monitor. I get that it's new tech and that's why it's expensive, but that is not worth it IMO.

[Ashiella]

2 minutes ago, dragoon20005 said:

the screen is still too small for the curve to be noticeable

 

it works well with above 27 inches screen and the curve is on the Samsung is very small compared to the Asus, LG and Acer gaming monitors

Well, back to the quantum dot bit, and there is a dell 1440p 165hz monitor for 50$ more than the samsung curved stuff

1 minute ago, ivan134 said:

That's way too expensive for a 24 inch monitor. I get that it's new tech and that's why it's expensive, but that is not worth it IMO.

[Zyndo]

19 minutes ago, Ashiella said:

Should I get curved or a flat panel for gaming, I mainly play FPS games.

I would only get curved on a large monitor. large monitor also means you should get higher resolution. if you're an FPS gamer you should also get a higher refresh rate.

So the question you should be asking yourself isn't "should I get a curved screen?" but rather, "can I afford an X34 or PG348Q?"

I don't think curved is the way to go for you.

[Ashiella]

1 minute ago, Zyndo said:

I would only get curved on a large monitor. large monitor also means you should get higher resolution. if you're an FPS gamer you should also get a higher refresh rate.

So the question you should be asking yourself isn't "should I get a curved screen?" but rather, "can I afford an X34 or PG348Q?"

I don't think curved is the way to go for you.

The curved monitor Im looking at is 144hz 1ms response with quantum dot, and its 40$ more, and same resolution as the flat panel, No I can't afford an X34, I have 340 ish, and I can maybe get to 400 with some luck

[ivan134]

6 minutes ago, Ashiella said:

Well, back to the quantum dot bit, and there is a dell 1440p 165hz monitor for 50$ more than the samsung curved stuff

I would get that instead.

[dragoon20005]

2 minutes ago, Ashiella said:

Well, back to the quantum dot bit, and there is a dell 1440p 165hz monitor for 50$ more than the samsung curved stuff

The Dell looks to be good monitor

 

1ms GTG

 

144Hz with 165Hz OC

 

G-Sync

 

this is a good monitor

[Ashiella]

1 minute ago, ivan134 said:

I would get that instead.

If I can manage to get the monitor at all, I have 340$ and I'm gonna have to beg my parents, already taking out a loan from a friend, keeping in mind, I'm 14, and I have a GTX 970, so 1440p is a stretch.

[Ashiella]

1 minute ago, dragoon20005 said:

The Dell looks to be good monitor

 

1ms GTG

 

144Hz with 165Hz OC

 

G-Sync

 

this is a good monitor

Is it worth the extra begging of parents though?

[ivan134]

4 minutes ago, Ashiella said:

If I can manage to get the monitor at all, I have 340$ and I'm gonna have to beg my parents, already taking out a loan from a friend, keeping in mind, I'm 14, and I have a GTX 970, so 1440p is a stretch.

You'd be better of spending that on a GSync monitor.

[dragoon20005]

Just now, Ashiella said:

Is it worth the extra begging of parents though?

I using Dell monitors here and they are worth the price

 

 

[Ashiella]

1 minute ago, dragoon20005 said:

I using Dell monitors here and they are worth the price

 

 

 

1 minute ago, ivan134 said:

You'd be better of spending that on a GSync monitor.

Now because I am now thinking about getting that dell, how do I overclock it? I want that 165hz because I aint no scrub with 144hz, even if I can't run it.

[ivan134]

3 minutes ago, Ashiella said:

 

Now because I am now thinking about getting that dell, how do I overclock it? I want that 165hz because I aint no scrub with 144hz, even if I can't run it.

You won't need to overclock it. It comes that way out of the box.