Question Sim-Racing with a cheap curved monitor ?

[4711Austria]

Hello!
I will do racing with VR, but some or often via Monitor.
Thinking of a cheap curved (34"?) with the option to use 3 of them later on.
Must have a VESA mounting to get directly mounted to the rig.
I do not know what specs I have to look for.
Hopefully you can tell me what are the spec I have to look at.

 

[Aeacus]

Thinking of a cheap curved (34"?) with the option to use 3 of them later on.
Must have a VESA mounting to get directly mounted to the rig.

You can start here,
pcpp: https://pcpartpicker.com/products/m...0100&sort=price&page=1&F=862076000,1651000000

Filter the results from the left side. I already included: curvature, size (34" and up), VESA 75x75, 100x100 and ordered by price.

I do not know what specs I have to look for.

For other criteria, here's an example of my own criteria, for good monitor to my build (1080p);

Size: 24", 27" or 32" (1080p does well on 24" and 27", 1440p does well with 27" and 32")
Ultrawide: No
Refresh rate: 144 Hz (or up)
Response time: 1ms
contrast ratio: min 3000:1
TN, IPS or VA panel: VA
Color Gamut: never considered that
Curvature: 1500R or less
VESA mount: Yes. Preferably 100mm and 120mm all in one
Input port: Display Port
HDR: I don't mind it
Internal speakers: Don't need them
How many USB ports: Don't use monitor USB ports, so, i don't care
Headphone out: Don't use that either
G-Sync: Neat thing if you have Nvidia GPU but increases monitor price considerably
Price: If it's good, i'm willing to pay premium price
Brand: MSI, Asus

Note: These above are my personal preferences and may not align or even match yours. Take them as a guideline to look for a monitor.

 

[SyCoREAPER]

Hello!
I will do racing with VR, but some or often via Monitor.
Thinking of a cheap curved (34"?) with the option to use 3 of them later on.
Must have a VESA mounting to get directly mounted to the rig.
I do not know what specs I have to look for.
Hopefully you can tell me what are the spec I have to look at.

Since you didn't list your specs but state it will be VR capable I'll assume you have a decent GPU that will output high frames.

At a minimum 120hz (usually they are sold at 144hz which is what you want) and 1440p minimum, don't go 1080, it will look terrible.

Or find a cheap large TV. I race on an LG C1 65" 120hz TV (not cheap) and is amazingly immersive to me.

 

[4711Austria]

wow, many thanks for your infos! now I have to sort out 😀

 

[Zerk2012]

wow, many thanks for your infos! now I have to sort out 😀

I don't know about using 3 X 1440p monitors that's about 6K resolution.
Depending on how demanding the game is that could mean you need a very high end video card.
3X24" @1080p about 3K resolution would be 72 inches of screen.

You can also get them cheap might get 3 at one time.
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/Gh...c-240-1920x1080-165-hz-curved-monitor-vx2418c

 

[Rogue Leader]

I have 3x 27" 1080p 240hz Curved monitors on my sim rig for a total of 5760x1080. I get around 100fps in ACC and around 50 fps in AC EVO which is unoptimized.

Aligning curved monitors on a sim rig is a huge PITA. I have mine sort of lined up but its not perfect, I wish I would have gotten flat monitors but its too late.