4K or 1440p Ultrawide for OLED?

[Atriox]

I'm on the fence over what next monitor I should buy.

On one hand, there are 34 & 39 inch Ultrawide monitors which sound great, but I am put off by FOV stretching in games.

The other option is 4K at 32 inches which uses a normal 16:9 aspect ratio, however I'm not sure it's worth swapping to and if 4K really is much of a jump in quality from 1440p.

I could also just go for a 27 inch 1440p display, but I prefer to have at least a 32 inch size both for immersion and so that I can see better whilst playing shooter games.

Anyone have any advice?

[C1REX]

4K and bigger screens is the way to go in my opinion.
Modern games with 4K textures looks significantly better in 4K in my opinion.
Also DLSS and FSR work best at 4K.

I have strong GPU now but even on my older Radeon 5700XT the 4K screen was amazing.

If going for OLED then consider a gaming TV if your desk is big enough.

[Atriox]

Publicado originalmente por C1REX:

4K and bigger screens is the way to go in my opinion.
Modern games with 4K textures looks significantly better in 4K in my opinion.
Also DLSS and FSR work best at 4K.

I have strong GPU now but even on my older Radeon 5700XT the 4K screen was amazing.

If going for OLED then consider a gaming TV if your desk is big enough.

I’m going to go for one of the new OLED monitors that were announced at CES 2024, they are offering 4K 240Hz and Ultrawide 240Hz options. My desk is too small for a TV, and I want the higher refresh rate that those monitors offer.

[Karumati]

Don't go for 4k unless you are going to run 4080-4090 or amd latest gpu's.
4k is too demanding.

[Atriox]

Publicado originalmente por Karumati:

Don't go for 4k unless you are going to run 4080-4090 or amd latest gpu's.
4k is too demanding.

I have a 4090 but I do still want high FPS in games, which is why I am leaning more towards getting the ultrawide.

[Karumati]

Publicado originalmente por Atriox:

Publicado originalmente por Karumati:

Don't go for 4k unless you are going to run 4080-4090 or amd latest gpu's.
4k is too demanding.

I have a 4090 but I do still want high FPS in games, which is why I am leaning more towards getting the ultrawide.

you will like ultrawide with 4090, should be able to have most games at stable 120 if it's 3440x1440.

[Atriox]

Publicado originalmente por Karumati:

Publicado originalmente por Atriox:

I have a 4090 but I do still want high FPS in games, which is why I am leaning more towards getting the ultrawide.

you will like ultrawide with 4090, should be able to have most games at stable 120 if it's 3440x1440.

Yeah, it shouldn't be much less than what I am getting right now because the pixels don't increase by much

[Karumati]

Publicado originalmente por Atriox:

Publicado originalmente por Karumati:

you will like ultrawide with 4090, should be able to have most games at stable 120 if it's 3440x1440.

Yeah, it shouldn't be much less than what I am getting right now because the pixels don't increase by much

i'm loosing about 10fps when i switch from 2560x1440 to 3440x1440.
Not using 4k tv at 4k, 3090 is too weak for it

[Atriox]

Publicado originalmente por Karumati:

Publicado originalmente por Atriox:

Yeah, it shouldn't be much less than what I am getting right now because the pixels don't increase by much

i'm loosing about 10fps when i switch from 2560x1440 to 3440x1440.
Not using 4k tv at 4k, 3090 is too weak for it

Yeah, maybe 4K will be better with the 50 series

[C1REX]

I was sure DLSS is more popular.
Like 4K240Hz with DLSS + FG for new single player games and normal native 4K240Hz for e-sport games.

[Atriox]

Publicado originalmente por C1REX:

I was sure DLSS is more popular.
Like 4K240Hz with DLSS + FG for new single player games and normal native 4K240Hz for e-sport games.

Yeah I think I'm going to go for the PG32UCDM. All of the games that I play regularly will get high fps whilst playing at that resolution, and the games that don't I can tweak the settings if I really want some more FPS.

[De Hollandse Ezel]

OK..
ANY monitor you select should have at least
-freesync as well as gsync
-a responcetime of 1ms or less
-100mhz or more

as for pixels...
***you always want to stay around the 1800 pixels per cm2 surface.
-> having many pixels on a to small screen aka 2000+ density.. is useless things either get to small to notice, lowering your responcetime in games negating any advantage of having more in sight.. or you run your games/icons in an enlarged size anyway.. meaning you lower your fps signigficantly for no reason.

this means every resolution has it's optimal size
for 4k optimal is 42inch
for 1440p optimal is 29 inch

ultrawide is a thing you want to stay away from.
humans field of vision is wider than it is high.. it is much closer to the old 4:3 standard than the current 16:9 standard.
so basicly 16:9 IS already wider than you should want.. and the LAST thing you should do is make it even wider by going 21:9 or 24:9

all you do by going wider is forcing yourself to have a smaller size screen to still keep everything within vision.. meaning you are left with vast slabs of non use eyesight on top of bottom.. or things rendered that you cannot possibly even look at

Also quality wise.. you always want either an IPS or an OLED panel.


Now if you want to go 4k OLED
there are basicly only 2 options :

LG UltraGear 48GQ900
ASUS ROG Swift OLED PG48UQ

both are 48 inch
both around 1800 euro.. if you cannot afford that..

If you want to go 4K IPS
there is basicly only 1 option

ASUS ROG Swift PG38UQ

it is 38 inch
it is around 1100 euro.

-If you cannot afford to spend over 1k on a monitor.. 4k is out of your budget.

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if you want 1440P OLED
there aree 4 options all 27 inch.. no 32 inch models 1440p oled exist with the right specs.

2 are around 1000 euro :
ASUS ROG Swift OLED PG27AQDM
Corsair Xeneon 27QHD240

1 is around 900 euro :
LG UltraGear OLED 27GR95QE-B

1 is around 700 euro :
AOC Agon Pro AG276QZD

****cannot afford to spend 700 euro either?

than 1440P IPS it is.

the cheapest 1440p IPS screen 27 inch is 200 euro :
AOC Gaming Q24G2A/BK

if thats not the one you want..
under 250 euro there are 3 alternative models...
AOC Q27G2S/EU
LG UltraGear 27GR75Q-B
LG 27GN800P-B

Theres many many more models that qualify.. you won't find it hard to find something you like..... but these are the cheapest ones... that tick all the boxes of what you want in a monitor.

32 inch 1440 IPS
there are 6 models that qualify

1 is around 1000 euro :
Corsair Xeneon 32QHD165
-> insanely priced... for what you get..

2 are around 600 euro
ASUS ROG Strix XG32AQ
ASUS ROG Swift PG329Q

3 are 400 euro :
Samsung Odyssey G5A 32'"
Samsung G50A 32" (AG500PP)
ViewSonic XG320Q

[De Hollandse Ezel]

so basicly :

if your budget is

<200 euro : don't get any monitor.. keep saving

200-300 euro : get 1440p IPS 27 inch

400-600 euro : get 1440p IPS 32 inch

700-1000 euro : get 1440p OLED 27 inch

1100-1200 euro : get 4k IPS 38 inch

1800+ euro : get 4k OLED 48 inch

and ALWAYS get 16:9 NEVER pick ultrawide

[Karumati]

Publicado originalmente por De Hollandse Ezel:

so basicly :

if your budget is

<200 euro : don't get any monitor.. keep saving

200-300 euro : get 1440p IPS 27 inch

400-600 euro : get 1440p IPS 32 inch

700-1000 euro : get 1440p OLED 27 inch

1100-1200 euro : get 4k IPS 38 inch

1800+ euro : get 4k OLED 48 inch

and ALWAYS get 16:9 NEVER pick ultrawide

it seems like you have something against ultrawide

[Atriox]

Publicado originalmente por De Hollandse Ezel:

OK..
ANY monitor you select should have at least
-freesync as well as gsync
-a responcetime of 1ms or less
-100mhz or more

as for pixels...
***you always want to stay around the 1800 pixels per cm2 surface.
-> having many pixels on a to small screen aka 2000+ density.. is useless things either get to small to notice, lowering your responcetime in games negating any advantage of having more in sight.. or you run your games/icons in an enlarged size anyway.. meaning you lower your fps signigficantly for no reason.

this means every resolution has it's optimal size
for 4k optimal is 42inch
for 1440p optimal is 29 inch

ultrawide is a thing you want to stay away from.
humans field of vision is wider than it is high.. it is much closer to the old 4:3 standard than the current 16:9 standard.
so basicly 16:9 IS already wider than you should want.. and the LAST thing you should do is make it even wider by going 21:9 or 24:9

all you do by going wider is forcing yourself to have a smaller size screen to still keep everything within vision.. meaning you are left with vast slabs of non use eyesight on top of bottom.. or things rendered that you cannot possibly even look at

Also quality wise.. you always want either an IPS or an OLED panel.


Now if you want to go 4k OLED
there are basicly only 2 options :

LG UltraGear 48GQ900
ASUS ROG Swift OLED PG48UQ

both are 48 inch
both around 1800 euro.. if you cannot afford that..

If you want to go 4K IPS
there is basicly only 1 option

ASUS ROG Swift PG38UQ

it is 38 inch
it is around 1100 euro.

-If you cannot afford to spend over 1k on a monitor.. 4k is out of your budget.

================================================
if you want 1440P OLED
there aree 4 options all 27 inch.. no 32 inch models 1440p oled exist with the right specs.

2 are around 1000 euro :
ASUS ROG Swift OLED PG27AQDM
Corsair Xeneon 27QHD240

1 is around 900 euro :
LG UltraGear OLED 27GR95QE-B

1 is around 700 euro :
AOC Agon Pro AG276QZD

****cannot afford to spend 700 euro either?

than 1440P IPS it is.

the cheapest 1440p IPS screen 27 inch is 200 euro :
AOC Gaming Q24G2A/BK

if thats not the one you want..
under 250 euro there are 3 alternative models...
AOC Q27G2S/EU
LG UltraGear 27GR75Q-B
LG 27GN800P-B

Theres many many more models that qualify.. you won't find it hard to find something you like..... but these are the cheapest ones... that tick all the boxes of what you want in a monitor.

32 inch 1440 IPS
there are 6 models that qualify

1 is around 1000 euro :
Corsair Xeneon 32QHD165
-> insanely priced... for what you get..

2 are around 600 euro
ASUS ROG Strix XG32AQ
ASUS ROG Swift PG329Q

3 are 400 euro :
Samsung Odyssey G5A 32'"
Samsung G50A 32" (AG500PP)
ViewSonic XG320Q

A whole bunch of new OLED monitors got announced at CES 2024 so there will be more options soon, but still no 32 inch 1440p. I'm not sure that any manufacturers will actually make them because people complain about PPI, though I've never had a problem with 1440p at that size.

Right now I am most likely going to go for the PG32UCDM.

[C1REX]

Publicado originalmente por Atriox:

Right now I am most likely going to go for the PG32UCDM.

It's a very impressive monitor. It even comes with glossy finish. It's basically perfect.