PG35vQ purchase discourage thread

[Andreas Lilja]

Just sold mine (PG278Q) and looking at the PG35VQ or 34-35+ inch ultrawides in general.

 

The cost is horrendous (but doable) but I have a few red flags.

 

Is the high grade HDR even worth it in 2020? I do play a lot of older titles that don't even remotely support low grade HDR. Plus I will NOT be watching movies on this thing at all. 

 

Also 200hz seems totally overkill.

[Fasauceome]

6 minutes ago, Andreas Lilja said:

Is the high grade HDR even worth it in 2020?

Not for gaming. My current monitor has HDR 10 and it's unnoticeable in basically everything.

 

6 minutes ago, Andreas Lilja said:

Also 200hz seems totally overkill.

I mean, you certainly will not be getting 3440x1440 pixels at 200 frames per second with a 1080 ti.

[Andreas Lilja]

1 minute ago, Fasauceome said:

Not for gaming. My current monitor has HDR 10 and it's unnoticeable in basically everything.

 

I mean, you certainly will not be getting 3440x1440 pixels at 200 frames per second with a 1080 ti.

Right now of course but I'm planning to upgrade my PC down the line. My old monitor lasted ~5 years and could have lasted a while longer. 

 

By HDR 10 you mean the absolute latest tech? 

[Fasauceome]

1 minute ago, Andreas Lilja said:

By HDR 10 you mean the absolute latest tech

No it's a pretty early adopter for HDR gaming monitors, the Aorus AD27QD. Colors are phenomenal, but no more phenomenal than a quality IPS panel.

[Andreas Lilja]

12 minutes ago, Fasauceome said:

No it's a pretty early adopter for HDR gaming monitors, the Aorus AD27QD. Colors are phenomenal, but no more phenomenal than a quality IPS panel.

Seems like I'm stuck between the Alienware AW3420DW and the LG 34GN850-B. 

 

Not sure if the rtings.com is that reputable. 

[Knight77]

On 7/18/2020 at 2:48 AM, Andreas Lilja said:

Just sold mine (PG278Q) and looking at the PG35VQ or 34-35+ inch ultrawides in general.

 

The cost is horrendous (but doable) but I have a few red flags.

 

Is the high grade HDR even worth it in 2020? I do play a lot of older titles that don't even remotely support low grade HDR. Plus I will NOT be watching movies on this thing at all. 

 

Also 200hz seems totally overkill.

I was going to get this monitor and waited so long but because it’s a VA panel, it struggles with response time at the 200Hz. 
 

I believe there’s also a colour limitation at the full res and 200Hz due to DP 1.4. 
 

Also, the blooming was really bad. 
 

So all in all, as far as UltraWides go, it’s one of the “best” features and specs wise, but just not quite there yet. 
 

Maybe 2nd Gen is they switch to IPS with MiniLED like the 27” & 32” upcoming monitors. 
 

Along with DP 2.0, that would surely alleviate any issues. 
 

right now, the two you listed, the AlienWare would be my choice!