I upgraded recently from 1440/144 27” IPS to ultra wide qd-oled 1440/175 34”. Was originally thinking 16:9 and skeptical of ultrawide, but there was a local MSI ultrawide for a good price. Definitely very happy with the purchase and can’t see myself wanting anything different for a long time. The ultrawide has been very impressive for immersion, qd-oled is stunning, and doesn’t feel excessively wide at all in games, and is also great for movies. 4 or 5 months in and I’m still impressed every time I boot something up.
Comes down to personal preference probably, though probably hard to test out for long enough to get a feel for it unless you have friends with both options. Also need to make sure you have the hardware to support 35% extra pixels, but I wouldn’t change anything about my setup
That’s awesome to hear man. I was in the store and saw the 45” side by side with a (MSI) 34” QD-OLED and it really looked flat and lacking pop in comparison and wasn’t sure if it was the matte coating or the panel itself so I’m very glad to hear that the colours on this new 39” looks good (coming from a AW3423DWF myself).
I normally find a single monitor too confining to drive in cockpit so I normally use the hood view when driving. I have a rig with triple 32s so I generally don’t race on my gaming pc but I saw your question and loaded up ams2 to grab a screenshot. I feel perfectly comfortable driving on my 34” screen. It’s an msi oled 1440p unit.
Do note that the extra width is a hit on the gpu, I’d say 10-15%, so make sure you’ve got the headroom.
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Yes, I have an AW 34" QD-OLED at home and the MSI 34" QD-OLED at work. Same panel inside both.
I do both video editing and game development (coding). I used Cleartype and picked the best option and haven't had any issues with eye fatigue or reading text.
I have a monitor arm for each so they're the perfect comfy distance from my face, and use dark themes and low lighting to keep the contrast in the room reasonable.
I do have a side 4:3 monitor for additional code or reference web pages, especially for game dev where I may have 2-3 editor windows up in addition to the C++ code.
Three years in, would not switch to anything else (I've tried a few times just out of curiosity). Maybe in 6-7 years when the next OLED tech comes out.
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