AW3418DW

I'm in a somewhat similar boat - I have an AW3418DW that I am loathe to give up if it's going to make the 8 or 9 hours of office work I do each day worse for the 2-3 hours of gaming I do a week. I don't really have a budget though and wouldn't mind moving to a 38" or so but haven't found the right monitor yet to pair with my 3080. Good luck in your search!

Never heard about that issue. But i never looked into the cons of these monitors, lol. But monitors pricing has gone down so much lol. I still have aw3418dw, that was like almost $2000 canadian. My aw3821dw was over $2000. Crazy. Also i dont buy asus stuff. Ive heard bad stuff about the canadian asus boss.

Isn’t Xiaomi know for to much red on there displays? On ultrawide you can just grab a used IPS with Gsync Ultimate and get very long living screen. My old aw3418dw still runs today so it’s now almost 8 years running I gave it to a friend 1 year ago

I'm in the same boat as you, I also use ultrawide for development. I returned the LG 45 5k2k due to pixel fringing. Could not get used to it even after about 1 month of daily use, made me feel like I needed glasses. Could immediately see it at 125 PPI, suspect it would still bother me at 140 PPI ( I sat much further away from the monitor mimicking a 39", could still see it ). For now, I switched back to my AW3418DW IPS, razor sharp text in comparison. So, I decided I will skip the LG39GX950B, until they release an OLED that size with RGB stripe, which I assume will take another 2-3 years. I'm personally going to get a V-Stripe 3440x1440 QD-OLED, likely from Alienware once they release them. Also, I think 3440x1440 360hz 34" will be more enjoyable for you than 2560x1080 330hz stretched over a 39" for competitive games. I tried the dual-mode on the LG 45 5k2k, the image quality was horrendous, since they're not doing integer scaling.

I have the Alienware aw3418dw ips ultrawide. I bought it for $150 on FB marketplace. I also recently bought the Alienware AW3425DWM Va Panel ultrawide for $350 with tax on Amazon. For work and general daytime browsing, the ips is better. For videos and gaming, the VA wins. The VA panel can be a little distracting for work since it's got the typical gamma shift and black level raise issues. However there is absolutely zero black smearing on my panel so text scrolling is smooth. I also briefly owned the AOC CU34G2XP VA monitor and that panel was atrocious.

I have this, and while it's a VA panel, it's BARELY a VA panel. Really great implementation of the technology.