ASUS TUF - TUF Gaming VG34VQ3B

Yeah you'd think there would be more options, 21:9 is so goated for creative productivity tasks. I have a 29" ultrawide and a 34" stacked which is insanely good. The main one is an Asus VG34VQ3B which is enough for me as I mainly do 3D modeling, animation and video for Tiktok so it's not that critical to have perfectly accurate colours. However my partner fell in love with the ultrawide aspect ratio but needs a more professional display as they're a photographer and recently has gravitated more towards video. sRGB and Rec. 709 are the main color spaces we're both working with and there's really no need for good HDR support as most things are released on social media only. I assume good coverage of AdobeRGB is important for print media? You have any experience with that? How's the contrast and black/grey uniformity?

If you sit centered and fairly close to your screen, a curved ultrawide makes more sense than a flat one. The curve follows your viewing angle, so when you look left or right, the edges stay at a more natural distance. On a flat ultrawide, those edges feel much farther away, which makes looking around the screen less comfortable and for games les immersive In my case, my desk is about 60 cm deep and I sit right inside the curve of a 5k2k lg gx9 45". The monitor is at the edge of the desk, I’m fairly close to it. At that distance, a flat panel of this width would feel awkward, while the curve makes the whole screen feel evenly spaced. I used to have an asus 34" vg35vq, and moving to 45 felt like a natural evolution once you get used to the extra width. That’s why I’d usually recommend a 34" curved ultrawide to someone new to ultrawide it’s a great middle ground between standard 16:9 and very large formats and going straight to 45 imo will feel insane. A 34" feels already quite huge, a 45" feels like a tv and will feel awkward before you get used to ultrawide as daily driver. So overall: curved ultrawide if you sit centered and close, flat only really makes sense if you sit farther back or prioritize geometry accuracy over immersion.

I freakin loooovvveee both of mine. I started with the 180HZ VA ASUS TUF 34” at ~$330 at home. I wanted to see if I would like the ultra wide and loved it. Saved up a few months planning for the Alienware OLED 34” and the 240hz version came out, lucky me. I now have the ASUS at work with a matching 27” TUF monitor. The VA panel never had an issue for me with high FPS and smearing. Maybe I am not so sensitive but I love the monitor. Tons of adjustment with the OSD. Both my 34” monitors were picked mainly off their curvature. I do not like the aggressive 800r curve on the LG and the Samsung models were worse value compared to my current two at the time of purchase.

Both my TUF monitors are VA, arguably they look nicer than my LG ultra gear IPS at home. I was very worried about the whole VA panel deal like you before getting the first 34” Asus TUF monitor. Has HDR 10 that looks great and all the on screen adjustments work well. Very cases specific though, I have not used any other brand VA panel.

The DWF is good but I’m not a fan of QD OLED turning magenta in the light. I would go for the 34” LG OLED and just get used to the curve I’m using the new Asus tuf 34” 180hz VA and it’s very good for the price. But still not nearly as good as an OLED. Not the best response time and the black levels are much better than an ips but still not at OLED level. I love 21:9. Once I step away from it I always crave it again.

I have an asus vg34 that I got for around that price. I returned the msi mag it was absolute trash.

I have this, and it's been really good so far. Out of all the sub 300-350 34' uw, this is the best I'd say, even better than the gigabyte one. Ofc you're not gonna get oled in this price range, so if you're like me who wants a 34uw dub 300, get this. Got it last year for 235 from microcenter with a $35 2 year extended warranty, so the price seems standard for this

my Monitor nerd review: \-Pretty good monitor for a VA panel \-Doesnt have massive brightness issues like the samsung VA ultra/superultrawides \-pretty good deal for $260 \-if you've never used a curved monitor visit a best buy or something and see if its for you, they are "different" \-for gaming OLED is significantly better as its performance in darkness/blacks is a universe better, but if you dont play those kinds of games then it'll be fine. \-if you decide on another monitor dont go super ultrawide unless you are a real enthusiast, regular ultrawide is as wide as you really want to wide, most games dont properly support super \-iirc adaptive sync is a tiny bit iffy on these monitors and can cause very light flickering in certain situations that are 99.99% almost always on loading screens when the "framerate" is super unstable

I bought Asus for $269 and have zero issues with it. Great gaming monitor for the price.

I thought I could handle the smearing on VA until I actually owned one. The first time I saw it in a dark game scene I actually said “eww what the fuck” out loud. I’m sure some panels are better about it than others and mine was cheap, but I agree with your assessment. Only caveat to your recommendations is OLED is amazing for pure gaming but not my choice for mixed productivity work because you can only do so much to eliminate text fringing.

This is the one I have and I have had 0 problems with it.