how does curvature affect a sim rig setup?

[Pilot YELDAH]

i'm looking at 32" 1440h utrawides, from 2000R to 1000R, how will that affect the setup?

[Maki Nishikino]

I'm using a curved 49" monitor with no issues.

[ling.speed]

AFAIK AC does not have (even with CSP) correction for curved screens, so while the lower Rs give you more viewing space its you wont gain it like you would in VR.

It should not be problematic unless you are shooting for very accurate to life rig.

Otherwise yeah its nice as far as im told.


edit: wait what ultrawide? If its just 21:9 thats nothing, i was thinking 32:9 thats a proper ultrawide... but then at 32'' is kind of tiny so its probably not it, so yeah dont worry about it.

[Pilot YELDAH]

Originally posted by ling.speed:

AFAIK AC does not have (even with CSP) correction for curved screens, so while the lower Rs give you more viewing space its you wont gain it like you would in VR.

It should not be problematic unless you are shooting for very accurate to life rig.

Otherwise yeah its nice as far as im told.


edit: wait what ultrawide? If its just 21:9 thats nothing, i was thinking 32:9 thats a proper ultrawide... but then at 32'' is kind of tiny so its probably not it, so yeah dont worry about it.

yeah all i can find at a good price is 34" 21:9 1000R and 1500R and the smasnug G9 49" at double the price lol, here's my current list for example

Cooler Master	GM34-CW	        34"	1500R	4GTG 0.5MPRT	£380
ViewSonic	VX3418-2KPC	34"	1500R	N/A.GTG 1MPRT	£330
AOC	        CU34G2X/BK	34"	1500R	5GTG 1MPRT	£340
HP	        OMEN 34c	34"	1500R	10GTG 1MPRT	£400
BenQ	        ex3410r	        34"	1000R	2GTG 1MPRT	£460
GIGABYTE	G34WQC A	34"	1500R	4GTG 1MPRT	£380
ADMI X=	        XG34UWQ	        34"	1500R	8GTG 1MPRT	£300
ASRock	        PG34WQ15R2B	34"	1500R	N/A.GTG 1MPRT	£420
IIYAMA	        GB3467WQSU-B5	34"	1500R	N/A.GTG 0.4MPRT	£350
Asus	        VG34VQL1B	34"	1500R	N/A.GTG 1MPRT	£510
Samsung	        LC34G55T	34"	1000R	6GTG 1MPRT	£400
‎KOORUI	        ‎34E6UC	        34"	1000R	"1GTG" 1MPRT	£289

[ling.speed]

Nice, for sim rigs its always the question are you building it just to race or its gonna work as normal PC as well. And then look at future prospects. Ultra wides are is nice but 3 smaller 16:9 screens for the same price will be better in almost all cases. If the rig is only for simracing the G9 is a good buy tbh, i have considered it myself but then im using the PC for other uses (2+ screen width of space is great for work too as i have now with triples) but 32:9 is just nope for desktop... and its mostly softwares fault. Software which should have that solved decades ago.

So i would not worry about the curvature at all, but look more if you want to lock yourself into 21:9 because there is no good upgrade path except VR for those.

[ChileDip]

Originally posted by Pilot YELDAH:

i'm looking at 32" 1440h utrawides, from 2000R to 1000R, how will that affect the setup?

I have a 35 inch ultrawide that I bought for sim racing. Not big enough at all. If you are going to go ultrawide, you need something bigger, like the 49. Mine is like a 27 inch screen that has been stretched, just too small! Ultrawide is now on my desk..

I picked up 3 32 inch 144hz 1440 monitors for £500 (AOC Q32G1) and a simlab quad monitor stand for £50, all used in good order. Centre monitor now is a better 165hz asus panel that is identical in size (to the mm) than the AOC it replaced, So nice centre monitor, 2 cheaper ones for outsides.

Looks great and better for me than any ultrawide

Curves are fine, no noticable distortion. Interestingly my centre is a very slightly different curvature than the the 2 outside. Again, looks great, no different at all to 3 monitors of the same curvature,

[Pilot YELDAH]

Originally posted by ChileDip:

Originally posted by Pilot YELDAH:

i'm looking at 32" 1440h utrawides, from 2000R to 1000R, how will that affect the setup?

I have a 35 inch ultrawide that I bought for sim racing. Not big enough at all. If you are going to go ultrawide, you need something bigger, like the 49. Mine is like a 27 inch screen that has been stretched, just too small! Ultrawide is now on my desk..

I picked up 3 32 inch 144hz 1440 monitors for £500 (AOC Q32G1) and a simlab quad monitor stand for £50, all used in good order. Centre monitor now is a better 165hz asus panel that is identical in size (to the mm) than the AOC it replaced, So nice centre monitor, 2 cheaper ones for outsides.

Looks great and better for me than any ultrawide

Curves are fine, no noticable distortion. Interestingly my centre is a very slightly different curvature than the the 2 outside. Again, looks great, no different at all to 3 monitors of the same curvature,

this is very useful, thank you

so i have a specific idea that i'm considering, i already have 2 flat 28" 4k G7s, if i got a third for an ok price i would only have issue with the size as you mention, but would it be correct that as they are 2160, i could simply have the displays closer to cover the same fov vs perceived distance per pixel of a larger 1440, or would that closeness and flatness create too much distortion?

just asking because that would be super cheap for what is better performance and same amount of pixels as a G9 but without spending a grand (would pull me away from affording a direct drive wheel)

i've found the display quality of large 1440 ultrawides to be quite poor with things like VA GTG and MPRT (input delay and ghosting) and would still be spending more than just getting another 3 screens like you did with the AOCs

edit: just note i'm referring to eye to screen FOV, not in-game FOV, in case of any confusion

[ling.speed]

The closer the better if you have pixels for it. Usually the limit is your rig, some wheels like recent CAMMUS motor in wheel design thats praized for having more room to get the screens closer.

Flatness does not make much problem because the video engine transforms 3d world into flat plane to be shown on flat screen. So as long as you dont move from center viewing position its gonna look natural. And with triple screens you have both bezel and angle corrections. If anything its the curved screens that would be "off". Thou as Maki Nishikino mentioned its not really an issue anyways, because the curvature is so small.

Btw you can set custom resolution to triple screens and use only two monitors to see how it goes for the screens you have already in borderless mode. Or even get a 3rd screen that you have on hand, if its same/close pixel size (can be different resolution/ratio) and see how it rolls, triples is really a different world.

[Pilot YELDAH]

Originally posted by ling.speed:

The closer the better if you have pixels for it. Usually the limit is your rig, some wheels like recent CAMMUS motor in wheel design thats praized for having more room to get the screens closer.

Flatness does not make much problem because the video engine transforms 3d world into flat plane to be shown on flat screen. So as long as you dont move from center viewing position its gonna look natural. And with triple screens you have both bezel and angle corrections. If anything its the curved screens that would be "off". Thou as Maki Nishikino mentioned its not really an issue anyways, because the curvature is so small.

Btw you can set custom resolution to triple screens and use only two monitors to see how it goes for the screens you have already in borderless mode. Or even get a 3rd screen that you have on hand, if its same/close pixel size (can be different resolution/ratio) and see how it rolls, triples is really a different world.

perfect, i'll just sort out the rest of my rig first then make a decision based on the experience with the two screens i have in borderless, thanks for the help