Here's my situation: I've been using an ASUS PB287Q 4k Monitor for a few months now, and I want to sell it and buy a 34" Ultrawide Monitor. I'm using two GTX 970's in SLI, and I'm not a huge gamer, I play Titanfall, i'll probably play the new battlefront, but mostly I just play older games like morrowind and mod the crap out of them. I'm between the following two monitors: The LG UM95 34UM95(1440P - $800) and the LG UM65 34UM65(1080P - $570). Here's my question: Is it worth it, in your opinion, for my situation to drop the extra $230 for the extra pixels? Thank you for your responses.
21:9 1080P or 1440P
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The trouble with the ultrawides is that they have SERIOUS backlight bleeding, almost universally.
If you're dead set on it, then I would say yes, you should absolutely go for the 1440p model. If you get the lesser model, you'll always wonder about what you didn't get, and you've got the graphics horsepower to run the more powerful games.
1440p is a huge convenience for office work, and especially with modded older games, it will look just gorgeous.
If you're dead set on it, then I would say yes, you should absolutely go for the 1440p model. If you get the lesser model, you'll always wonder about what you didn't get, and you've got the graphics horsepower to run the more powerful games.
1440p is a huge convenience for office work, and especially with modded older games, it will look just gorgeous.
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The backlight bleed issues are no longer the problem they used to be, although they are still persistent in the curved variants.
As someone who is on the edge of buying a 29" 1080p ultra wide (not sure which model exactly), and also has 2x GTX 970s, I shall impart with you my knowledge on the subject.
If you go with the 1440p models, they will look gorgeous for gaming and anything else that makes use of the higher resolution, however 1080p content will not look good - 1080p cannot scale to 1440p so everything will look slightly blurred.
If you go with a 1080p model, then you're better off with a 29" one, as past that size the pixel pitch (size of the pixels) starts to get to the point where they become visible at the short viewing distances computer monitors generally demand and thus result in what appears to be a more blocky image.
In short, if you don't use your PC for much 1080p content (TV, movies, YouTube, etc.) and do mainly use content that makes use of the 1440p resolution (gaming), then you're better off with a 34" 1440p.
If you want it for general use as well as gaming, you would be better suited with a 29" 1080p ultra wide monitor.
As someone who is on the edge of buying a 29" 1080p ultra wide (not sure which model exactly), and also has 2x GTX 970s, I shall impart with you my knowledge on the subject.
If you go with the 1440p models, they will look gorgeous for gaming and anything else that makes use of the higher resolution, however 1080p content will not look good - 1080p cannot scale to 1440p so everything will look slightly blurred.
If you go with a 1080p model, then you're better off with a 29" one, as past that size the pixel pitch (size of the pixels) starts to get to the point where they become visible at the short viewing distances computer monitors generally demand and thus result in what appears to be a more blocky image.
In short, if you don't use your PC for much 1080p content (TV, movies, YouTube, etc.) and do mainly use content that makes use of the 1440p resolution (gaming), then you're better off with a 34" 1440p.
If you want it for general use as well as gaming, you would be better suited with a 29" 1080p ultra wide monitor.
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I personally have no experience of a 1440p monitor. I have a MacBook Pro that has a slightly funky resolution of 2560x1600 which doesn't scale to 1080p in fullscreen - causing blurring in movies etc.
It could be that scaling technology has got a lot better now to the point where it's not so much of a problem.
I will just throw in that my ASUS PB298Q arrived yesterday (£285 - Amazon) and it's beautiful. No IPS glow, and only a trace of backlight bleed on part of the top right corner, nothing noticeable unless on a black screen (and even then I had to really look for it). I could have been lucky though, seen reports of bad models.
Looks like you'll be ok either way OP! Although if you go for a 29" 21:9 it will seem very small coming from a 28" monitor. The 29" ultrawides are about the same size as a standard 23". If you like the size of your current monitor but just want an extra bit of screen space then you'd be better off with a 1440p model.
It could be that scaling technology has got a lot better now to the point where it's not so much of a problem.
I will just throw in that my ASUS PB298Q arrived yesterday (£285 - Amazon) and it's beautiful. No IPS glow, and only a trace of backlight bleed on part of the top right corner, nothing noticeable unless on a black screen (and even then I had to really look for it). I could have been lucky though, seen reports of bad models.
Looks like you'll be ok either way OP! Although if you go for a 29" 21:9 it will seem very small coming from a 28" monitor. The 29" ultrawides are about the same size as a standard 23". If you like the size of your current monitor but just want an extra bit of screen space then you'd be better off with a 1440p model.
I know this topic has been inactive for a while, i recently purchased the 34UM95, and i can assure you, the backlight bleeding is VERY bad. I hate watching movies on it. also i'm having some issues with games tearing, tho i'm not convinced that its a monitor problem yet. I have no problems with upscaling, however.
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Good to know about the backlight bleeding. That's not surprising.
Just so that you know, screen tearing has NOTHING to do with the monitor - it means that the graphics card is sending the next frame before the last one has fully displayed, so you get half of one frame and half of a second.
The best way to fix this is with a G-sync or Free-sync monitor, but those are new technologies, and most people can't go out and buy a $400 monitor, so just turn on V-sync in your in-game settings, and turn the settings down so that you get a consistent 60fps.
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