Which 1440p ultrawide to buy

[Owlman]

I get my tax returns soon and I want to use it on an ultrawide gaming monitor, which should I buy? I've looked at the HP Omen X, Asus PG348Q and Acer Predator X34(A?). Are there any other contenders?

 

[vaiwalker]

doesn't really matter if you have the $$ does it? i have a x34. NO RAGRETS! 

[Owlman]

2 minutes ago, vaiwalker said:

doesn't really matter if you have the $$ does it? i have a x34. NO RAGRETS! 

Probably does matter a bit as there are some differences. Example: the Omen X has another panel type 

[ClobberXD]

28 minutes ago, Owlman said:

I get my tax returns soon and I want to use it on an ultrawide gaming monitor, which should I buy? I've looked at the HP Omen X, Asus PG348Q and Acer Predator X34(A?). Are there any other contenders?

 

I don't know about the Omen X, but the ROG Swift and the Predator both are extremely similar in all aspects, and significantly vary only in design cues and styling.

 

And both of them are the all-round best in their class, be it Ultrawides, 4K, WQHD or 1080p. Both of them have every consumer feature a monitor can have until now. They do lack one feature - HDR (which may be introduced soon too ). In fact, I've been eyeing both these monitors for a while too...

 

So here's my verdict: As I said I don't know about Omen X, but I'm sure that the other two are definitely better. But between the ROG Swift, and the Predator, it's up to you... Choose wisely

[Owlman]

1 minute ago, Anand_Geforce said:

I don't know about the Omen X, but the ROG Swift and the Predator both are extremely similar in all aspects, and significantly vary only in design cues and styling.

 

And both of them are the all-round best in their class, be it Ultrawides, 4K, WQHD or 1080p. Both of them have every consumer feature a monitor can have until now. They do lack one feature - HDR (which may be introduced soon too ). In fact, I've been eyeing both these monitors for a while too...

 

So here's my verdict: As I said I don't know about Omen X, but I'm sure that the other two are definitely better. But between the ROG Swift, and the Predator, it's up to you... Choose wisely

Thanks 

[vaiwalker]

29 minutes ago, Owlman said:

Probably does matter a bit as there are some differences. Example: the Omen X has another panel type 

ahh yes.. im not really the type of guy who goes too much into details about those specs though. never really bothered to learn the differences between LED or oLED or IPS or HDR and whatever type of technology they have out now.

 

walked in looking for a wide screen around 20+ inches, ended up getting a x34 instead. been great so far minus the fact that 21:9 isnt supported in many older games and some recent ones so you get the black bars on the sides, but they are sort of future proof i guess, since more games now do come with 21:9 support.

 

really depends on what features youre looking for too since each brand has its own style. and also after sales support, that's pretty important to me. acer here provided 3yrs warranty and on site support so that was a pretty good deal compared to other brands ive looked. wouldn't want to have to carry that beast around to a service center myself if something failed 

[Owlman]

47 minutes ago, vaiwalker said:

ahh yes.. im not really the type of guy who goes too much into details about those specs though. never really bothered to learn the differences between LED or oLED or IPS or HDR and whatever type of technology they have out now.

 

walked in looking for a wide screen around 20+ inches, ended up getting a x34 instead. been great so far minus the fact that 21:9 isnt supported in many older games and some recent ones so you get the black bars on the sides, but they are sort of future proof i guess, since more games now do come with 21:9 support.

 

really depends on what features youre looking for too since each brand has its own style. and also after sales support, that's pretty important to me. acer here provided 3yrs warranty and on site support so that was a pretty good deal compared to other brands ive looked. wouldn't want to have to carry that beast around to a service center myself if something failed 

I'll get 2 years warranty on the acer and asus monitors, but only 1 year on the omen. no on-site support though, might be because the serviceman would need to travel half the country to repair the monitor

[Owlman]

2 hours ago, vaiwalker said:

ahh yes.. im not really the type of guy who goes too much into details about those specs though. never really bothered to learn the differences between LED or oLED or IPS or HDR and whatever type of technology they have out now.

 

walked in looking for a wide screen around 20+ inches, ended up getting a x34 instead. been great so far minus the fact that 21:9 isnt supported in many older games and some recent ones so you get the black bars on the sides, but they are sort of future proof i guess, since more games now do come with 21:9 support.

 

really depends on what features youre looking for too since each brand has its own style. and also after sales support, that's pretty important to me. acer here provided 3yrs warranty and on site support so that was a pretty good deal compared to other brands ive looked. wouldn't want to have to carry that beast around to a service center myself if something failed 

how much space does the x34 stand use, my current desk is quite short so there isn't that much room between the display stand keyboard and the edge of the desk

[vaiwalker]

my desk is quite small too, its like 35.5inches x 21.5 and monitor's length is about 32.5 with the curve so length is just right. its positioned about close to the center, but my keyboard and mouse are under table so not a problem for me 

19 hours ago, Owlman said:

how much space does the x34 stand use, my current desk is quite short so there isn't that much room between the display stand keyboard and the edge of the desk