4k vs ultrawide

[moonedunk]

I've been looking into the um95, realizing the 1,200$ price-tag isnt feasible I switched my focus to the um65. 

 

Would the um65 be better than a tn panel 4k display, for light gaming. Lots of movies and TV. Also, online work

 

I'm leaning towards the um65, would like some input, though.

[SSOB]

Go to a store and see how you like both I would say.

 

Your avatar distracted me lol.

[Rheinwasser]

there is no "better".

it is just personal preference.

 

for gaming and lots of movies and tv, ultrawide is AMAZING.

+ scaling is better.

+ its a lot easier to drive.

[moonedunk]

Go to a store and see how you like both I would say.

 

Your avatar distracted me lol.

Would love to but I only have bestbuy near me and they don't carry too much 

 

and lol

[SSOB]

Would love to but I only have bestbuy near me and they don't carry too much 

 

and lol

Well that sucks I guess. I would go for the ultrawide because 4K isn't ready yet for windows.

[Unhelpful]

Well that sucks I guess. I would go for the ultrawide because windows isn't ready for 4k yet.

FTFY.

[moonedunk]

Well that sucks I guess. I would go for the ultrawide because 4K isn't ready yet for windows.

95% sure I'm going with ultrawide

 

there is no "better".

it is just personal preference.

 

for gaming and lots of movies and tv, ultrawide is AMAZING.

+ scaling is better.

+ its a lot easier to drive.

Probably could of worded that better :#.

 

I'm using a vw246h at the moment, and during dark scenes of movies a bunch of black squares start showing. After watching linus talk about the um95 im pretty convinced.

[Rheinwasser]

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I'm using a vw246h at the moment, and during dark scenes of movies a bunch of black squares start showing. After watching linus talk about the um95 im pretty convinced.

that problem most likely wont get solved by buying this monitor.

 

the black squares appear due to not having enough color-depth.

both of these panels are 8bit, so it wont help much (i think).

[loccilucas]

I would go for the um65. As:

-its alot easier to run.

-Ultrawide is better than 4k IMO.

-the 4k monitor is TN.

-Pretty sure 4k still has loads of scaling issues and stuff like that.

[BaSkA]

Ultrawide looks pretty beautiful for some kinds of games and movies. Also, if you wanna game on 4K, you need a beast of a rig.

[Mooshi]

A cat turd in the litter box is better than a TN panel. That miniscule better response time is never worth sacrificing colour gamut, accuracy and viewing angles for. Never.

[Darthmullet]

A cat turd in the litter box is better than a TN panel. That miniscule better response time is never worth sacrificing colour gamut, accuracy and viewing angles for. Never.

 

This is blown quite out of proportion. Have you even seen the newest TN panels, or are you judging off of a ten year old monitor? And other people might have different priorities than you. So, it may never be worth the trade offs for you, but there are always multiple viewpoints.

 

@OP FYI you can get the 34UM95 for $999. The 34UC97 (curved) is on preorder now for $1,300 at B&H

[Cheddle]

Ive had both an lg 27inch 21:9 2560x1080 IPS, Benq144hz 24in 1080p, eyefinity triple 1080p and a Samsung 28in 4k 60hz TN. - I experimented with custom colour profiles on each

 

for gaming:

They each have their advantages, the IPS however was too slow and blurry for good gaming and the 21:9 is not very well supported and the vibrant colour was mucked out by blurry motion

the 144hz was amazing to play fast paced games however the contrast was terrible with very washed out colours

eyefinity has more support issues than the 21:9 scale

the 4k is amazingly crisp, not overly blurry and has very good colour representation (imho) (but I run crossfire 29 290's and still don't hit 60 fps in most new games)

 

for desktop use:

the ips was great, wide enough for two browsers comfortably

the 144hz was terrible for desktop use, the contrast was so bad you couldn't make out what facebook notifications had been viewed or not

eyefinity was just more of the above

4k is like the 21:9 except more height, I can comfortably run four window's (facebook, youtube, minecraft and a pretty picture of a cat or something all at the same time)

 

Windows 8.1 does scale the 4k content quite well - it even does different scaling between screens if using multiple monitors of different resolutions. yes some text is blurry and yes running games in windowed mode will fail epicly.

 

 

the 4k in my opinion is the best choice - the only considerable downside being the sheer power required to run it - unless you want to scale to 1080 (whats the point) then you either need a brand new 980 overclocked to biznitz or two current gen cards.

 

 

I would suggest at least 16,000 graphics score in firestrike is required to have an acceptable experience in current titles with a 4k screen

[FloRolf]

-sniperino-

What exact model is your 21:9? Lg doesnt offer a 27"

[Cheddle]

What exact model is your 21:9? Lg doesnt offer a 27"

 

sorry - it was a 29 inch model no 29ea93

 

it was an early iteration with about 60ms of latency...

[FloRolf]

sorry - it was a 29 inch model no 29ea93

it was an early iteration with about 60ms of latency...

Ok, so i guess the motion blurr shit won't be as bad on newer models like the um95 or uc87

[Cheddle]

Ok, so i guess the motion blurr shit won't be as bad on newer models like the um95 or uc87

I really would hope not.

 

Read up on several reviews, see what someone who is fussy about this kind of thing has to say.

 

The 29ea93 was so bad that panning left or right in civ 5 would make the names of the cities blur both in front and behind (ghost) of their actual location. reeeeally smeary.  This was literally one of their first 21:9 panels though and the IPS tech it used was one of the "worst" IPS styles apparently...

[The Gaige]

I'm getting the UM95 or the UM95 curved!