Gaming 4K or Ultrawide... Help please! (No Budget)

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alexandre_denis

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Hello, so i've finally build my gaming computer but now i can't decide for the monitor.
Not sure if i want to spend 2.5K for 4k. Is HDR worth it on a monitor?

4K: 144HZ/HDR/G-Sync/27"/2500$CND.
Or
Ultrawide: 100HZ+/G-Sync/34"

If Ultrawide... any recommendation? (Acer Predator X34 bmiphz?)

Thanks
 
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And that's the kicker. Many times smaller objects like targets get lost in the Fog, or are beyond the games viewing distance, only larger objects like background scenery are visible and not really affected by details because of viewing distance. Many of the more adamant gamers don't even use ultra settings, preferring lower details since the target will then standout from the background better. So much will depend on gaming style. Gta5 looks fantastic on 4k with high/ultra settings, but for the person driving, they aren't paying attention to the details as they are concentrating on not getting hit. Less realistic, more cartoony games like WoW don't benefit as much from 4k, more from definition than detail.

So yeah, tough call. Best...
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Yeah he is dead on. I am running 2 GTX 1080s for 4K60hz max settings heavy filtering 99% of games...which they pull off but for high frame rate another bump or 3 up the product tier is needed.
 
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You could get away with the 4K 144Hz monitor, but I'd still recommend against it. You'll hit ceilings before long and with ray tracing I honestly wouldn't expect that 144Hz to be of much use if you plan on making this purely for eye candy aesthetics.

All in all, if you are just trying to make a pure money shredder and want to just dump your wallet into this and make it the most "future proof" you can and get the best settings you can in 2018-19 then yea, go for the 4K 144Hz, but expect that you're going to have to probably upgrade your GPU or go with the new SLI (NVLink) with your 2080ti
 
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There's not that many games that fully support the 21:9 resolutions, but those that do, like WoW look amazing and have a definite edge over standard 16:9 resolutions, just in field of view alone. So if you actively play those games, that's a decent bonus, especially in larger battle scenes in 3rd person. Playing a 16:9 game on 21:9 just leaves you with black bars on the sides, and most likely 1080p/1440p.
On the flip side, every game supports 16:9, so 4k is an easy step up in resolution if the monitor is capable, everything fits as it should, no bars, but you loose the field of view edge and all the included real-estate for multiple menus etc.

So is what you play supported, does it make sense to go ultra wide? Or is higher definition and realism affects more important
 
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I heard they're many fix for games that doesn't support 21:9.
27" is kinda small.
I want something pretty that for sure but i don't want to pay 1k extra if it not worth it.
Will i see a big difference between 3440 x 1440 vs 3840 x 2160 on a monitor?
 
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Effectively what your'e talking about right now is if there is a difference in 1440p vs 4K and the answer is yes. There is a difference.

If a 27inch monitor is too small for you, I'd consider just going with a nice big 4K monitor. The 21:9 resolution in a super wide is cool in the handful of titles that support it, but honestly it's going to come down a lot to what you play the most of to determine where you should be at.

Role playing games are going to benefit the most from the 4K, if you're into playing twitch shooters, you can compromise on the resolution and get a high quality 2K QHD monitor with a higher Hz and get a happy balance of higher FPS and better resolutions than 1080p.
 
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If both panels were 27" you likely not see a huge, huge difference but the 4K panel would have sharper textures and far sharper image even without AA enabled or filtering on. It would look like you had 4x-8x AA enabled (and even better when it is enabled) when in fact you had anti-aliasing off compared to the 1440P version not to mention those crisper textures I mentioned. Now if you went with the 1440P panel you could get some of the image quality back in regards to jagged edges with heavy anti-aliasing but the 1440P panel's textures will never be as good. DLSS helps with that from the screen shots I have seen but it has to be supported to help. And at the end of the day less pixels mean less things to aim at/spot enemies, in the distance particularly, so you have to ask which is more important. Image fidelity/aspect ratio losing screen space or having more screen real estate with the additional hassles of compatibility in some games. Tough call.
 
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And that's the kicker. Many times smaller objects like targets get lost in the Fog, or are beyond the games viewing distance, only larger objects like background scenery are visible and not really affected by details because of viewing distance. Many of the more adamant gamers don't even use ultra settings, preferring lower details since the target will then standout from the background better. So much will depend on gaming style. Gta5 looks fantastic on 4k with high/ultra settings, but for the person driving, they aren't paying attention to the details as they are concentrating on not getting hit. Less realistic, more cartoony games like WoW don't benefit as much from 4k, more from definition than detail.

So yeah, tough call. Best bet might be to go to a store with the monitors setup on pc's, and actually watch game play
 
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