Superwide monitors

[Sham_gabz]

Superwide monitors, are they good for gaming? (in particular the asus PG348Q 34)

[Aruxx]

It really depends on what you play.  Sure it'll be amazing for immersion, but some games play wonky with 21:9 or just flat out don't work.  Each game is different so I'd do my research before buying an ultrawide.

[Sham_gabz]

Just now, Aruxx said:

It really depends on what you play.  Sure it'll be amazing for immersion, but some games play wonky with 21:9 or just flat out don't work.  Each game is different so I'd do my research before buying an ultrawide.

I mostly play first person shooters and open world games (like the witcher). Should they work or does it just depend on the game?

[Aruxx]

Just now, Sham_gabz said:

I mostly play first person shooters and open world games (like the witcher). Should they work or does it just depend on the game?

It really depends on the game.  From what I know (from my own research) Bethesda games don't like to play well with 21:9, but I'm not sure about anything else.

[The Gaige]

I'm looking at the same monitor & want to know if it's good for gaming!

[Sham_gabz]

Just now, Aruxx said:

It really depends on the game.  From what I know (from my own research) Bethesda games don't like to play well with 21:9, but I'm not sure about anything else.

Thx  

 

[Murasaki]

I also am thinking of getting a 21:9 wide monitor (because I like wideness).

It's all about what are you going to play on it. Not all games support such resolutions properly to at all.

Dig around and you can make a conclusion.

[Sham_gabz]

Just now, ModuleLFS said:

I also am thinking of getting a 21:9 wide monitor (because I like wideness).

It's all about what are you going to play on it. Not all games support such resolutions properly to at all.

Dig around and you can make a conclusion.

Well if a game doesn't support this type of resolution can I still play it somehow?

[Matty2hatty]

Basically if it supports 16:9 you will have black strips on each side of the monitor in full screen, if you turn your light off and the monitor is black its not that bad...

[Murasaki]

3 minutes ago, Sham_gabz said:

Well if a game doesn't support this type of resolution can I still play it somehow?

You can choose a resolution thats close to your native and force wide image size from the monitor's settings.

[Sham_gabz]

1 minute ago, ModuleLFS said:

You can choose a resolution thats close to your native and force wide image size from the monitor's settings.

 

1 minute ago, Matty2hatty said:

Basically if it supports 16:9 you will have black strips on each side of the monitor in full screen, if you turn your light off and the monitor is black its not that bad...

Thx  

[Matty2hatty]

It looks like this:

[Sham_gabz]

Just now, Matty2hatty said:

It looks like this:

Would you recommend getting a superwide monitor or just sticking to a flat 4K monitor? (I was trying to find a curved 4K monitor on the market or maybe one coming out but with no luck so if you know some company who is in the process of building a product like this plz inform me)

[Matty2hatty]

Just now, Sham_gabz said:

Would you recommend getting a superwide monitor or just sticking to a flat 4K monitor? (I was trying to find a curved 4K monitor on the market or maybe one coming out but with no luck so if you know some company who is in the process of building a product like this plz inform me)

I would personally get flat 4k

[Sham_gabz]

Just now, Matty2hatty said:

I would personally get flat 4k

Thx for the help  

[Sham_gabz]

1 minute ago, Matty2hatty said:

I would personally get flat 4k

Do you know any flat 4K monitors that have very small edges like the asus PG348Q 34

[Matty2hatty]

The      ASUS PA328Q?

[Sham_gabz]

2 minutes ago, Matty2hatty said:

The      ASUS PA328Q?

No it's called the PG348Q 34

 

[The Gaige]

What do you all think of this one?

https://www.superbiiz.com/detail.php?name=SAM-34E79C

[Matty2hatty]

4 minutes ago, Sham_gabz said:

No it's called the PG348Q 34

 

I was suggesting a monitor… Paste it into search and see if you like?

[Sham_gabz]

1 minute ago, Matty2hatty said:

I was suggesting a monitor… Paste it into search and see if you like?

Oh sorry. My stupide mistake.

[VZX]

6 hours ago, Sham_gabz said:

I mostly play first person shooters and open world games (like the witcher). Should they work or does it just depend on the game?

The Witcher 3 supports 3440x1440

So does Tomb Raider (2013)

 

Generally, any recent AAA quality game should support 21:9 aspect ratio.

Next problem should be GPU. You need above "good" GPU to drive newest game at 3440x1440.

Like for this time, GTX980 should be minimum requirement to play the game at 60fps at that resolution.

[Kylis]

I would recommend checking out the Widescreen Gaming game database for games you are interested in.

 

http://www.wsgf.org/mgl