4k Curved UltraWide Monitor

[Shouxx]

Not much more to say, do they even exist? I can't seem to find any, I checked Newegg, the shopping tab on Google, even the weird 3x2 shopping box sidebar on Bing, all I can seem to find are ones that are not curved.

I'll be buying one at the end of the year or Q1/Q2 2017 in hopes the prices drop, and if they currently don't even exist, they will by that time.

Just reinstating the title, I want said monitor to be 4k.

 

[Geekwad]

Yes.....sometimes referred to ultrawide 5k; The only issue is price right now:

http://www.lg.com/ae/tvs/lg-105UC9T-ultra-hd-tv-105-inch-gigantic-screen

 

[Shouxx]

Thanks! I didn't know it was Ultra Wide 5k, I am willing to spend a bit of money, but hopefully the prices will drop by 2017 or Cyber Monday or something like that.

 

[k1114]

I wouldn't call a 105" tv a monitor plus it really is ultrawide 5k, 5760x2160 but there is 3440 x 1440, which has a lot more to pick from. There are $900 ultrawide 5k though, so wouldn't list a $100,000 tv as one and say price is an issue. Here's pcp with ultrawide 1440 and up listed. http://pcpartpicker.com/products/monitor/#r=576002160,344001440

 

[Shouxx]

So what is the resolution of 4k ultra wide? Like the ultra wide equivalent of 16:9 4k?

 

[k1114]

There isn't really a 4k ultrawide. There's 2560x1080, 3440x1440, and 5760x2160. The term 4k goes off of horizontal and there will never be a 4k ultrawide. When you say ultrawide equivalent of 4k, what exactly do you mean and why are you stuck on getting it? 2560x1080 is 2k ultrawide but would you call that the equivalent to 1920x1080 or 2560x1440?

 

[Shouxx]

By the Ultra Wide equivalent of 4k I meant say "4k quality on an ultra wide monitor" say like, matching the quality of a 4k 16:9 monitor, only on a Ultra Wide monitor, and I don't really know why I'm dead set on it, maybe the thought of "4k on a super wide screen" is getting to me...

I'm assuming that 5120x2160 is the 21:9 equivalent of 16:9 4k", because the height of the pixels is the same as 16:9 4k but the length is longer as it is ultra wide

I have no knowledge on monitors so if these seem like obvious questions, that's because they are.

 

[k1114]

But that really puts ultrawide 5k as better than 4k. 5760x2160 is more than 3840x2160. Quality is subjective so I'm just trying to figure out what you want. A 37" 4k monitor is similar to a 34" 3440x1440. It really puts 4k in between the 3k and 5k ultrawide.

 

[Shouxx]

So from that logic, I'm looking for a 5120x2160 curved monitor, or a 34" 3440x1440.

Thanks for the help!

I'll probably be going with the 3440x1440 because of costs, but they may drop.

 

[Geekwad]

By the Ultra Wide equivalent of 4k I meant say "4k quality on an ultra wide monitor" say like, matching the quality of a 4k 16:9 monitor, only on a Ultra Wide monitor, and I don't really know why I'm dead set on it, maybe the thought of "4k on a super wide screen" is getting to me...

I'm assuming that 5120x2160 is the 21:9 equivalent of 16:9 4k", because the height of the pixels is the same as 16:9 4k but the length is longer as it is ultra wide

I have no knowledge on monitors so if these seem like obvious questions, that's because they are.

You've got it......and my apologies for linking a $100k theater screen in response to a 'monitor' question, but it's one of the very few displays I'm aware of (yet) that has that resolution and is curved actually in the wild.

And there is not strict agreement for the name of 21:9, 2160p monitors.....I've seen it referred to as UltraWide 4k, 5k ultra-wide, and UltraWide UHD. There aren't many to even read about, so ask Toshiba and you'll get one answer, and LG another.

The bees knees for ultra wide though, for gaming anyway, are the 1440p ultra-wides with adaptive sync (this is my opinion, of course).

 

[k1114]

Ya ultrawide itself is rather new when they only appeared a few years ago. Seems like they are torn between using 1080p-like vertical terms or 4k-like horizontal but so are people wanting to call 2560x1440, 2k and they aren't wrong. The vertical on the ultrawides is the same iterations, 1080, 1440 and 2160 as vertical on 16:9.

I would say it would probably depend on the monitor size you are wanting to get. Viewing distance could affect things too. The 5k ultrawide are the top and hardly any around. The newest of the new. Even 5k (I mean 16:9) is not very common. The thing about 1440 ultrawide is it's less than 4k but more than 1440p which puts it in a nice gpu capability range for gaming.

 

[Geekwad]

1440p which puts it in a nice gpu capability range for gaming.

Totally this. Capably driving, at nice high frame-rates (75fps minimums) with adaptive sync is much more attractive to me than is overall higher resolution. It plays and feels better.....again, my opinion.

Take my opinion with a grain of salt though. I'm admittedly deeply in love 7680x1440

 

[Shouxx]

My god 7680x1440 how long is that a god damn football field?

I play relatively close to my current monitor but with my new desk I assume I'll be more than a foot and a half away so I believe the "3k" monitor would be ok for me.

Thanks for the help everyone!

 

[Geekwad]

Not a single screen though:

EDIT: FYI, this not actually my setup....just a good pic of a matching triple setup. My desk is significantly more cluttered looking 🙁

 

[Shouxx]

Well then, looks nice though! What powers it 8 Titan XPs in some weird makeshift 8 way SLI config? =P

If I may ask, what desk is that, I am in the market for a new one.

 

[Geekwad]

I use two Fury X's for the three 2560x1440p monitors. They have adaptive sync, so when put into 'Eyefinity' (what AMD calls looking at all three screens as one huge monitor), with careful setting adjustments I can usually keep my minimums above 45-50fps in demanding titles.

With adaptive sync (FreeSync for AMD, Gsync for Nvidia) this is less perceptible in the heat of a game, so is a good, smooth experience....even at that resolution.

Needless to say though.....I am eagerly awaiting a pair of Big Vegas with 16Gb of HBM2 to pair up with the setup

((No joke, this is 'uncluttered' for me. Right now you'd be hard pressed to find the actual desktop))

 

[Shouxx]

Nice!