Side Monitor Upgrade - Ultrawide or Normal?

[naturesretard]

I am currently using 2x DELL 1708FP monitors (720p) for my side monitors and a Acer G257HU (1440p) as my main gaming monitor.

I am looking to upgrade my sidepanels and an left between the choice of 2 1080p monitors or one UW 1080p. I was initially thinking of a UW 2k but when I start looking into pricing it's way more than I wanted.

With that said, is UW at 1080p terrible? This won't be a gaming monitor, so just movies and web browsing. I personally like the idea of one less monitor but wouldn't mind having 2 still.

 

[naturesretard]

If you feel it would help for additional info, I am using a MSI QuickSilver 1070 for output.

 

[guanyu210379]

Having 2 or 3 monitors side by side with fully different resolution and size is possible but not really comfortable. It is not about 1080p or 1440p bad or not.

I would really pick another 1440p monitor with the same size.
If you are really bound by budget then what the heck 1080p will also do.

 

[WildCard999]

An UW will give you enough space to run a app like Netflix or YT and a full browser page so it will probably be better space wise to go with one. If you do get a 1080P UW get the 29" or bigger version as the 25" is a bit too small imho.

 

[zero_l0gic]

UW (21x9 Ratio) is ok if you got the right ratio aspect for it, but i found it terrible for movies i usually watch them Full HD(1920x1080 16x9 ratio) and they have black bars now on the side and top so it fits in that ratio it good if it doesnt its mehh

ps. now you know why we have widescreen and normal movie releases

 

[King_V]

My son has a 34" 2560x1080 ultrawide, specifically the one reviewed here (which can be had for notably less than the price stated in the article)

https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/lg-34uc79g-34-inch-ultra-wide-freesync-monitor,4891.html

I would've preferred a smaller curve radius, but it's still very nice. I'm a big fan of ultrawides, though.

And, a GTX 1070 has more than enough oomph for handling 2560x1080 resolution.

Note that the LG I linked to is FreeSync. I believe there are 2560x1080 monitors with Gsync out there, I'm just unfamiliar with them.

 

[King_V]

Additionally, having just stumbled across this one reviewed today, it's worth considering if you don't mind the fact that it's not curved (the previous one I linked to has a very slight curve) and don't need to go over 75fps.

Plus it's less expensive.

https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/lg-34wk650-ultra-wide-monitor,5713.html