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I've always said I'd never get a va panel but seeing the reviews for the AOC CU34G2XPD I decided to chance it and I'm honestly blown away by how good it is for the price. £270
I got the AOC CU34G2XPD, Fast VA, 180Hz and I’ve read decent reviews about motion clarity. I come from IPS so we shall see - I’m hopeful I’ll like it, if not I will be considering OLED. VRR Flicker is my main concern, which unfortunately affects OLEDs too, as on IPS it’s a non issue and I find it very helpful for smooth gameplay, especially with my current CPU bottlenecked system. Due to DDR5 prices I’m not inclined to upgrade currently so it’s quite vital for the time being.
For the same reason there are no curved IPS panels... It's difficult. Since there are no curved IPS panels, no one wants to make 34" UW panels because it is simply horrible to use such a wide flat panel. Now, we are no longer in 2022 and earlier where only Samsung panels above the G6 were good VA panels, now panels made by TCL CSOT, using Samsung's old factories and their patents are capable of decent performance. The difficult part is finding monitors that use these panels... For now, I can confirm that AOC CU34G2XP and CU34G4Z KTC H34S18 Lenovo G34W-30 Philips Evnia 34M2C3500L TCL 34R83Q They are the only ones that do or do use these "new" HVA panels from TCL CSOT which have performance in response times much higher than the rest of the VA panels not made by TCL.
I'm using 2 stacked. Top is aoc cu34g2xp 34" and my main is my Samsung Neo G9 49".
i went through a similar search and didn't have much luck finding a 34" ultrawide IPS. i landed on the AOC CU34G2XP which meets all your requirements except technically gsync - it has freesync premium but from what [i've read](https://pcmonitors.info/aoc/aoc-cu34g2xp-bk-180hz-va-ultrawide/#:~:text=Adaptive%2DSync%20is%20supported%2C%20allowing,180Hz%20VRR%20range%20plus%20LFC) it's still gsync compatible. worth a look. paid 379.99 at best buy
I got mine four days ago, and my unit suffers from extensive light bleeding and color washout toward the bottom half of the screen. Dark greys appear as washed-out browns, which is very noticeable, especially when reading articles on Wikipedia.
Got it replaced by AOC. The new unit doesn’t have any of those issues.
Just wanted to follow up and say thanks - I picked up two of these while it was on sale so that I could get the beginnings of two rigs going so we can race at the same time. Very pleased with them.
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.
Which VA panel do you have? I have this experience with the AOC CU34G2XP, and it's atrocious for anything except gaming. Hate the rasied black and gamma shift even 10 degrees off center.
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