[SOLVED] How greedy of a (21:9) monitor can I get with my hardware ?

[Cole31]

i7 8700k with a Be Quiet Dark Rock Pro 3
Asus Prime H370-A motherboard
DDR4 16GB 2133Mhz C13 Corsair Vengeance
GTX 2070

With a good case, SSD, Power etc.

What kind of performances is it reasonable to expect when it comes to 21:9 gaming monitors ? I assume 1440p is noprob, is a higher resolution AND keep kinda high FPS an option, or nah ?

Thank you !

 

[King_V]

I generally go with this basic formula:

2560x1080 will perform about 75% of 1920x1080

3440x1440 will perform about 75% of 2560x1440

Give or take.

 

[tennis2]

^ Yup. Pixel math.

I think you can use a 3440 x 1440 monitor and still have pretty high settings and frame rates in most/all games. At 34"-35", that's still a healthy 105-110 PPI.

 

[King_V]

Admittedly, a good quality 2560x1080 will still look quite nice at 34". The PPI may be a bit lower than is generally considered ideal. On the plus side, it requires less GPU horsepower to drive it. Though, with a 2070 card, the 3440x1440 shouldn't give it much trouble.

 

[Cole31]

Alright, thank you guys

 

[hftvhftv]

Btw, if you get a 2560x1440 monitor, it's the same width as a 2560x1080p monitor, without the bad aspect ratio.

 

[LordVile]

Admittedly, a good quality 2560x1080 will still look quite nice at 34". The PPI may be a bit lower than is generally considered ideal. On the plus side, it requires less GPU horsepower to drive it. Though, with a 2070 card, the 3440x1440 shouldn't give it much trouble.

Depends on the game. SOTR will struggle for example

 

[King_V]

Depends on the game. SOTR will struggle for example

True. And Ashes Of The Singularity apparently brings all video cards to their knees.

Btw, if you get a 2560x1440 monitor, it's the same width as a 2560x1080p monitor, without the bad aspect ratio.

Uh, not even close to true. I've seen 21:9 monitors in 29, 32, 34, and 35 inch sizes, and 16:9 monitors all over the place in size. Same number of horizontal pixels, but not same width.

And there's nothing bad about the 21:9 apsect ratio. With the exception of a few badly developed games that can't handle it properly, it's a rather significant benefit getting the wider field of view. Once you switch, there's almost no going back.

 

[hftvhftv]

True. And Ashes Of The Singularity apparently brings all video cards to their knees.



Uh, not even close to true. I've seen 21:9 monitors in 29, 32, 34, and 35 inch sizes, and 16:9 monitors all over the place in size. Same number of horizontal pixels, but not same width.

And there's nothing bad about the 21:9 apsect ratio. With the exception of a few badly developed games that can't handle it properly, it's a rather significant benefit getting the wider field of view. Once you switch, there's almost no going back.

A 29in 2560x1080 monitor has 301.71 square inches of surface area.
A 27in 2560*1440 monitor has 310.2 square inches of surface area.

Should have said horizontal pixels but the size of 21:9 monitors is very misleading as a "smaller" monitor in 16:9 actually can have more surface area

 

[King_V]

True, but, consequently, the size of 16:9 monitors might be said to be equally misleading as a smaller 4:3 monitor can have more surface area.

I also would not recommend a 29 inch 21:9 monitor.

Any which way, if possible, it's a good idea to go to a shop that has a lot of monitors on display, and see what they look like. For gaming, it's exceptionally satisfying to go 21:9, in my opinion.

 

[Cole31]

For gaming, it's exceptionally satisfying to go 21:9, in my opinion.

For some games sure, but what's been holding me back thus far is that I'm not sure it's actually good for competitives games, like MOBAs for exemple.

 

[King_V]

Why would it make such games worse?

 

[tennis2]

I agree, my brother's 29" 21:9 feels small (because of the small vertical height).

He does play plenty of games that truncate down to 16:9 still. Certainly modern and/or AAA titles would/should have 21:9 support, but if you stray too far away from the mainstream, or too far back in time, you won't be able to take full advantage of that extra real-estate. Obviously going forward, 21:9 support should continue to improve.

 

[Cole31]

Why would it make such games worse?

Because when you play a MOBA or a FPS you can't afford not to see (or not see well) the very edge of the screen. Then again I guess you can always stand back a little but not all desk are deep enough for that.

Granted we're talking 34''

 

[King_V]

I doubt that would be a problem unless you are extremely close to the screen.

Plus, consider: if it's the edges of the screen that you couldn't see, that is the part of the view that would have been completely off screen with a 16:9 monitor.