ASUS TUF - TUF Gaming VG35VQ

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 tried the Asus and it had laughably bad blacks. Sitting next to my 27in Asus tuf IPS, it looked awful. I would go with the Samsung, haven’t tried it but it has to better than the Asus. I ended up trying the new Alienware 34in VA and it matches my ips with color and blacks which I’m most concerned about.

I've had both, go LG 100%. LG IPS panels are top of the line. ASUS TUF is not even Asus's top of the line. It smears and looks gross to me. Waste of money.