Acer - Predator X34 Pbmiphzx

I'll add my 2p to this.. I recently went OLED (Dell Alienware AW3225QF) and have returned it due to eye strain, headaches and green/purple fringing on text. Im about 80/20 productivity gaming and instantly knew it was OLED due to it 'feeling' different in a bad way. I noticed when looking at it from screen to where my head is \~60cm. It was most evident on block white text on black background. I'm back on my Acer X34 original (100Hz) but am uprgading to a second hand LG 34GP950G. The 4k, 240hz was fantastic in gaming, but even in games I noticed the text and it gave me eye strain. The extra hz/fps was however fantastic. Moving to another higher refresh rate IPS seems like a better option for me as must be sensitive to QD OLED. I might look at mini / micro led in the future.

Ultrawide slaps. I've still got my 2017 Acer Predator X34 (3440x1440 100Hz IPS) and it's lovely. Feels like you're playing a movie

I have 2, 21:9 monitors. An old Acer Preditor X34 which is an IPS 100hz and a new Samsung Odessey G8 OLED which is 175hz. The Samsung is the same panel as the Alienware that everyone recommends as the best monitor, but also doubles as a smart TV effectively. (I don't use any of the TV functions, but they're there if people want them) Personally I've found majority of the games I play support the 21:9 display no issue, Skyrim requires modding, but newer titles all natively accept the resolution. Some games, FFXIV, Minecraft etc I've had to adjust HUD sizes and stuff to make it more ledgible and manageable, but that's just in game settings, I haven't used a 4k monitor, but I have used a 4k TV as a monitor and it requires the same adjustments. Titles out in the past year such as Palworld or Black Myth Wukong, you can just open and play, full support and correct scaling straight on opening. All in all I ld recommend the resolution, it's great for gaming, and it's wide enough that doing a 50:50 left right split allows 2 very usable windows so makes it great for productivity / Web browsing etc

Monitor arms. Stack 34" ultrawides. It's what I did as I have 4 in the house now (lol). My kids each have my old AW3423DWF and X34S, I've stacked my x34P on top of my aw3425dw.

I went for 34" (3440x1440) pretty early in ultra wide history. My Acer Predator X34 is 7 years now. I will replace it soon (because it's only 100Hz overclocked), but I will definitely go 21:9 again. that format is so immersive, I love it. For the games you play, you could go 4K for a prettier picture, but ultra wide is more immersive, and you will get a lot more frames on 3440x1440 compared to 4K. Are you used to more than 60Hz?

You’re not bothered by the fringing?   I can’t decide if I’m waiting for the 39”, or just go with the 45” now. I’m in your situation now. My OG x34 predator is going to the wife. Do you have a 4090/5090 for it?

So far for me the sweet spot was 34'' 3440x1440 with my acer predator UW. But I am happy to be proven wrong if I get to try the 5k2k 45''.

I had a 34 inch (acer x34) ultrawide for a few years and always thought it was too small. When the first 38 inch (Acer x38) ultrawides released I got one. It was a significant upgrade. This is the sweet spot for a 21:9 screen. It practically fully covers my field of view without losing detail from it being too big.  I've been waiting for 5 years for something worthwhile to upgrade to and I don't see it coming. 45 inches is just too much. I also don't like the aggressive curves on them. 

Been gaming in 21:9 since the Predator x34 came out. Can’t imagine gaming in 16:9 ever again.

I'm still attached to my Acer Predator x34. But in hindsight it was overpriced and I didn't really need Gsync.

I'm seriously considering this as a replacement for my now ancient 1st gen Acer Predator X34 since it only has a 3600R curve and no longer will OC to 100hz...Does anyone know of an actually available IPS curved ultrawide these days?