Ultrawide or dual monitor

[Jakabko95]

I’d like upgrade my old monitor setup. Previously I had dual monitor setup of my old monitors but one of them died recently. I love Ultrawide displays and was looking for LG 34GK950F but it’s quite expensive. I also found LG 27GL850 and buying 2 of these would be even cheaper and could have even bigger work place. Which of these options is better and why or do you have better ideas?

[Guest]

Well, i'd say this way as long as you are more into doing work on your PC a ultra-wide monitor is the way to go, at least that's my opinion. In case you are into gaming, i'd say stick to two separate 16:9's - i used to game on a 21:9 and ultra-wide support in 2017 was a mixed bag, maybe it's better now.  

[dizmo]

Go with the 2 27's, unless your workflow is something like video where you'll benefit from an uninterupted timeline.

I'd only get an ultrawide if you could afford something like a 49".

[dizmo]

Just now, Konrad_K said:

Well, i'd say this way as long as you are more into doing work on your PC a ultra-wide monitor is the way to go, at least that's my opinion. In case you are into gaming, i'd say stick to two separate 16:9's - i used to game on a 21:9 and ultra-wide support in 2017 was a mixed bag, maybe it's better now.  

Significantly better. I've never ran into an issue.

[Statik]

1 hour ago, Jakabko95 said:

I’d like upgrade my old monitor setup. Previously I had dual monitor setup of my old monitors but one of them died recently. I love Ultrawide displays and was looking for LG 34GK950F but it’s quite expensive. I also found LG 27GL850 and buying 2 of these would be even cheaper and could have even bigger work place. Which of these options is better and why or do you have better ideas?

I have a 34GK950F and here's my take on it.

 

Ultrawide is spectacular. I love it, I love gaming on it, I love productivity on it. And all in all that monitor is absolutely fucking fantastic, if you can afford it I highly recommend it.

 

The only cons I can think of are:

 

If you are a content creator, screen captures at 21:9 don't translate well to the 16:9 of youtube/twitch. I can show you some screenshots if you'd like, but you get little black bars to make it fit well. Not the end of the word for casual content, but it's a bit of a pain in the ass.

 

If I'm doing something like playing ESO, I like watching youtube/twitch in the background, and it would be nice to have a 2nd monitor, so down the road I'd possibly consider mounting another panel above it.

 

But in the mean time I absolutely LOVE the monitor.

 

[Statik]

1 hour ago, dizmo said:

Significantly better. I've never ran into an issue.

Agreed. I haven't played a giant spectrum of games on it yet, but the only issue I've had is DS2 could only run at a standard 1440p, UW is not supported. But that's it, on a 2014 game..

[kieguru]

I've been looking at the Asus itro xv340ckp. Most 21:9 monitors now have a screen set up interface so you can arrange the space into different sized virtual screens.

[Dedayog]

5 minutes ago, Statik said:

I have a 34GK950F and here's my take on it.

 

Ultrawide is spectacular. I love it, I love gaming on it, I love productivity on it. And all in all that monitor is absolutely fucking fantastic, if you can afford it I highly recommend it.

 

The only cons I can think of are:

 

If you are a content creator, screen captures at 21:9 don't translate well to the 16:9 of youtube/twitch. I can show you some screenshots if you'd like, but you get little black bars to make it fit well. Not the end of the word for casual content, but it's a bit of a pain in the ass.

 

If I'm doing something like playing ESO, I like watching youtube/twitch in the background, and it would be nice to have a 2nd monitor, so down the road I'd possibly consider mounting another panel above it.

 

But in the mean time I absolutely LOVE the monitor.

 

This, and what @dizmo said as well.

 

Almost 3 years with my AOC Agon now and wouldn't go back to 16:9 gaming.  I use 2x 27" monitors at my office, so I experience both.  Granted the 2 monitors are little more real estate than a 35' 21:9 but productivity at home is fine you just have to get used to the split screen vs duals.

 

Even in games where the peripheral views are stretched (and you don't get any advantage of viewing over a 16:9) I love the additional room for UI.  It just fills your view much better.

[Jakabko95]

28 minutes ago, Statik said:

I have a 34GK950F and here's my take on it.

 

Ultrawide is spectacular. I love it, I love gaming on it, I love productivity on it. And all in all that monitor is absolutely fucking fantastic, if you can afford it I highly recommend it.

 

The only cons I can think of are:

 

If you are a content creator, screen captures at 21:9 don't translate well to the 16:9 of youtube/twitch. I can show you some screenshots if you'd like, but you get little black bars to make it fit well. Not the end of the word for casual content, but it's a bit of a pain in the ass.

 

If I'm doing something like playing ESO, I like watching youtube/twitch in the background, and it would be nice to have a 2nd monitor, so down the road I'd possibly consider mounting another panel above it.

 

But in the mean time I absolutely LOVE the monitor.

 

When I had 2 monitors I used to play something on main monitor and watch stream/YouTube on my second monitor but could I do it also on 34GK950F ?

[Jakabko95]

44 minutes ago, jstudrawa said:

This, and what @dizmo said as well.

 

Almost 3 years with my AOC Agon now and wouldn't go back to 16:9 gaming.  I use 2x 27" monitors at my office, so I experience both.  Granted the 2 monitors are little more real estate than a 35' 21:9 but productivity at home is fine you just have to get used to the split screen vs duals.

 

Even in games where the peripheral views are stretched (and you don't get any advantage of viewing over a 16:9) I love the additional room for UI.  It just fills your view much better.

If you had choose between 34GK950F and dual 27GL850 what would you choose for gaming, watching streams, multi-tasking, etc..? 

[Dedayog]

18 minutes ago, Jakabko95 said:

If you had choose between 34GK950F and dual 27GL850 what would you choose for gaming, watching streams, multi-tasking, etc..? 

If you like having a game and a browser... being able to look at the browser without alt-tabbing out... get duals.  Tho you have to use windowed fullscreen I think.  I'm old enough to remember a sizeable performance hit for windowed vs fullscreen

 

If you can handle alt-tabbing inconvenience for a much larger main game in your face encompassing your life... then go UW.

 

IMO, nothing beats an UW for gaming except maybe a super UW, but I haven't used one yet.

 

For watching things too, a single larger screen beats 2 smallers in my book.

[Statik]

On 3/20/2020 at 12:48 PM, Jakabko95 said:

When I had 2 monitors I used to play something on main monitor and watch stream/YouTube on my second monitor but could I do it also on 34GK950F ?

No you can't You could maybe awkwardly cram a windows game on half, and a browser on half, but it just isn't meant for that. You can easily divide windows, etc, but it doesn't work well with games.

 

But I still think UW is king.