Is it worth investing in a ultrawide monitor?

Profoundsoup · July 24, 2016

I have heard that not everything is supported, some games suck ass with ultrawide, some games wont work with ultrawide, some games you need to "mod" to get to work. Are these things I should be worried about if I am looking into a ultrawide monitor. Personally I want things to just work and I want to get a good experience out of my $900+ purchase.

Bradders · July 24, 2016

its great getting an ultra wide, but your right it does carry some problems.

You may be better off buying two 16:9 monitors and mounting the two side by side, doesnt look as well but it may solve some compatibility issues that you may encounter as you can use just the one

vong · July 24, 2016

4 minutes ago, Profoundsoup said:

I have heard that not everything is supported, some games suck ass with ultrawide, some games wont work with ultrawide, some games you need to "mod" to get to work. Are these things I should be worried about if I am looking into a ultrawide monitor. Personally I want things to just work and I want to get a good experience out of my $900+ purchase.

Best thing I've done to my setup was to buy an ultrawide. I mainly play new AAA titles so there hasn't been an issue at all for me. Usually older games don't support 21:9.

LAwLz · July 24, 2016

Personally I think ultrawides are stupid. I don't see why people like them so much. Just get two 16:9 monitors. It is far better for multitasking since you can run two programs in full screen mode. Most likely cheaper as well (for the same quality panels).

Matias_Chambers · July 24, 2016

3 minutes ago, LAwLz said:

Personally I think ultrawides are stupid. I don't see why people like them so much. Just get two 16:9 monitors. It is far better for multitasking since you can run two programs in full screen mode. Most likely cheaper as well (for the same quality panels).

For video editing they are nice though.

LAwLz · July 24, 2016

8 minutes ago, Matias_Chambers said:

For video editing they are nice though.

How is an ultrawide nicer than two 16:9 monitors for video editing?

I just don't get the appeal.

Matias_Chambers · July 24, 2016

Just now, LAwLz said:

How is an ultrawide nicer than two 16:9 monitors for video editing?

I just don't get the appeal.

Well I guess your right. Most editing softwares support multiple monitors.

Monkey Dust · July 24, 2016

Some old games may require a bit of tweaking, but new releases will work fine. You get a much wider field of view, and at the moment can get a higher refresh rate than 4K panels.