Question which monitor is better?

[theabunglrr]

right now Im deciding between a 7900 GRE and 7900 XT. At the end of the day, it came down to which monitor was better, so I am buying buy the GPU depending on the monitor.

For the GRE my choices are;
1| MSI MAG 341CQP 34'' 1440p 175hz QD-OLED at 679 USD
2| Samsung odyssey G8 34'' 1440p 175hz QD-OLED at 799 USD
and
3| MSI MAG 345CQR 34'' 1440p 180hz VA at 279 USD.

For the 7900 XT my choices are;
1| MSI MPG 341CQPX 34'' 1440p 240hz QD-OLED at 799 USD
2| LG UltraGear 34GS95QE 34'' 1440p 240hz at 699USD
and
3| ASUS ROG swift PG34WCDM 33.9'' 1440p 240hz OLED at 899 USD.

People also tell me ultra wide 1440 is more like 4k than 1440p. Is this true, and can both GPUs handle their respective monitors?

If anyone has any other monitor suggestions, feel free to tell me. I would prefer an ultra wide monitor, but it's not needed, and I would also like curved, but it is not needed again. QD-OLED, OLED, and VA are my panel choices, my budget is 900 USD.

 

[Lutfij]

Welcome to the forums, newcomer!

Yes they can, though just to keep in mind, the two GPU's mentioned above have different power draws. Beyond that if you're looking for 4K gaming, then the XT is the one you look at.

 

[theabunglrr]

which of the 2 gpu do you recommend? also thanks for the welcome.

 

[rajdeep8]

I would rather Avoid msi

I have issues with their Optix G241 in past


Samsung one seems better and LG one

 

[thestryker]

People also tell me ultra wide 1440 is more like 4k than 1440p. Is this true, and can both GPUs handle their respective monitors?

People seem to say this a lot and a lot of people are absolutely wrong:
1440p = 3686400 pixels
1440p UW = 4953600 pixels ~34% more than 1440p
4k = 8294400 pixels ~125% more than 1440p

Whether or not you can take advantage of the refresh rate is going to come down to the individual games, lowering visual quality and even then only if your CPU can drive the frame rate. Both are good cards, but the 7900 XT is going to be the one which lasts longer given that it's the faster of the two cards.

PG34WCDM and 34GS95QE have an 800R curve which means it's very extreme and personally that'd be a no buy for me.

341CQPX uses what is the best panel of the ones listed here. I don't have any personal experience with MSI, but so long as their warranty is decent I wouldn't be adverse to trying one of theirs.

341CQP and Odyssey G8 both use the same panel, and if it's available for similar pricing the Alienware AW3423DWF is the model I'd go with that uses that panel.

I'm not sure I'd bother considering a cheap VA panel now as they all seem to be using the same ones and are relatively old panels. I have an AOC CU34G2X which is relatively good for a VA panel, but the ones that came after seem to have not improved at all. There's a newish VA panel out with 2304 dimming zones and 165Hz refresh which is supposed to be decent (used in Innocn 34M1R, Titan Army M34E7R, Acer X34 V3/X34 MINILED depending on region), but I haven't seen any professional reviews yet.

 

[theabunglrr]

People seem to say this a lot and a lot of people are absolutely wrong:
1440p = 3686400 pixels
1440p UW = 4953600 pixels ~34% more than 1440p
4k = 8294400 pixels ~125% more than 1440p

Whether or not you can take advantage of the refresh rate is going to come down to the individual games, lowering visual quality and even then only if your CPU can drive the frame rate. Both are good cards, but the 7900 XT is going to be the one which lasts longer given that it's the faster of the two cards.

PG34WCDM and 34GS95QE have an 800R curve which means it's very extreme and personally that'd be a no buy for me.

341CQPX uses what is the best panel of the ones listed here. I don't have any personal experience with MSI, but so long as their warranty is decent I wouldn't be adverse to trying one of theirs.

341CQP and Odyssey G8 both use the same panel, and if it's available for similar pricing the Alienware AW3423DWF is the model I'd go with that uses that panel.

I'm not sure I'd bother considering a cheap VA panel now as they all seem to be using the same ones and are relatively old panels. I have an AOC CU34G2X which is relatively good for a VA panel, but the ones that came after seem to have not improved at all. There's a newish VA panel out with 2304 dimming zones and 165Hz refresh which is supposed to be decent (used in Innocn 34M1R, Titan Army M34E7R, Acer X34 V3/X34 MINILED depending on region), but I haven't seen any professional reviews yet.

1. will.the GRE still handle the ultra wide? I mainly play fps games but on rare occasions I play small, non demanding indie titles and even more rarely I play black myth and Elden ring, etc. My CPU is the Ryzen 5 7600x3d
2. I currently have a VA panel, it seems fine but is there really a big jump from VA to OLED?

 

[thestryker]

1. will.the GRE still handle the ultra wide? I mainly play fps games but on rare occasions I play small, non demanding indie titles and even more rarely I play black myth and Elden ring, etc. My CPU is the Ryzen 5 7600x3d

I doubt you'll see a significant difference between the two at least in terms of high refresh rate. TechPowerUp's GRE review shows the XT ~16.6% faster at 1440p and ~19.3% at 4k. If the price difference is sensible and you can afford it the XT is certainly the better choice. Power requirement difference is 260W vs 300W at stock power settings so a power supply that can handle one should be able to handle the other. That CPU should be plenty good enough to drive high refresh rates.

2. I currently have a VA panel, it seems fine but is there really a big jump from VA to OLED?

I personally haven't used an OLED, but I have a couple of high end TVs and the difference is night and day. The only reason I haven't gone to an OLED is that I am very particular about window locations and do a lot other than just gaming which can drive burn in due to things being static images in the same place. It's still not likely to be a problem, but I keep monitors for a really long time usually so I haven't been able to get over the concern. If you do predominantly gaming/video with varied other usage the chances of having issues are very low.