Hi,

As per title, anyone can share some personal experience on this 2 type of monitor.

Main concern is the size, any resolution will do.

Which one will suite me more for daily usage:

1. 60% movie and web browsing
2. 40% gaming (having gtx980)

Thanks for advance.

This post has been edited by Lucifer87: Nov 3 2017, 04:25 PM

Can also specify the below to help people answer your questions;

34" Ultrawide Curved - there are 2560x1080 and 3440x1440 I believe, which resolution?
32" Monitor - 2560x1440 resolution or 1920x1080?

Updated my post. Main concern is the size. Resolution depend on the product in the market, i will go for 4k if available.

There is cross-relevance to my question when attempting to answer/consider your gaming concern, since I can strongly recommend you a 34" 3440x1440 curved ultrawide for really immersive gaming experience but your GTX980 might struggle to drive that resolution. If you answered me 34" curved ultrawide 2560x1080 then I would recommend to go for it and select monitor such as Acer Z35 or LG 34uc79. I didn't ask irrelevant question bro

Since you did rate movies, web browsing (and assuming other productivity-type applications) as your higher focus at 60% then 34" curved ultrawide will still offer you a better experience imho, regardless of resolution.

If you want to be able to game as well at decent settings, then 34" curved ultrawide 2560x1080 (assuming you continue to use GTX980 as your GPU) OR you can go with a 32" 1920x1080 or 2560x1440 (I used a 980 to game at 2560x1440 high settings, no problem).

4K, a different can of worms here. Your 980 will shit bricks trying to drive 4K gaming at high to ultra settings. Might get away with medium settings on some recent to older titles, not sure. However with your 980 surely you can handle all other usage needs on a 4K display such as movies, browsing, etc.

My point is, your initial question was simple but the answer to them is not as straight-forward.

Thanks bro @raydenex for sharing.

I went to see some demo unit at computer shop and compared Acer x34 predator vs Samsung S32D850T.

I feel more comfortable with 32" in terms of movie and web browsing, 34 ultrawide looks smaller compare to 32". Maybe im not use to ultrawide yet, i dunno .

In term of gaming, thumb up for 34 ultrawide, it match the games that i usually played (diablo 3, witcher 3 ...).

Since my usage is more in movie and web browsing, i will go for 32" but i saw some members upgraded monitor from 32" to 34 ultrawide made me feel dilemma

I upgraded from a 27" 16:9 2560x1440 monitor to the Predator x34a (34" 21:9 3440x1440). Not one ounce of regret and definitely never going back to non-ultrawide

GL with your choice bro.

somehow i feel.. "why Andrewtst not in here yet... "



he changed from 32" 1440p to 34" 1080 ultrawide.

Today too busy, no time to reply.

I use both before, here my small opinion. Haha! and yes I am the one do such switching. I hope I am not too late to tell you why I switch and no regret about it. Haha!

1. 60% movie and web browsing

• What kind of movie you watch? YouTube? Drama? Cinema Movie?
• If YouTube and Drama, mostly will be 16:9 ratio, means you will get black bar at left and right side when using Ultrawide 21:9 ratio monitor.
• If Cinema Movie, mostly will be 21:9 ratio, then you get awesome experience view in full screen (exclude Netflix crap windows program render all movies in 16:9 ratio even the movie itself is 21:9 ratio). But you get black bar in top and bottom when using wide 16:9 ratio monitor watching 21:9 ratio movie.
• They is no perfection here BUT I rather have left and right black bar than top and bottom, why? simply as left and right black bar not smaller the view of the movie as in top and bottom black bar.
• Web browsing wise if your 32" is 2560x1440, then it is much awesome as you scroll less. But then again they is 3440x1440 resolution Ultrawide which give you same scrolling as 2560x1440 wide monitor, just everything will be smaller in Ultrawide based on your selection screen size because basically 34" Ultrawide is longer edition of 27" wide only. If you want to getting same big size as 32" wide, then you need to go for 38" Ultrawide which is in another level of resolution and you may face gaming smoothness issue later. For the moment all 38" Ultrawide in market now is 3840x1600 resolution.

2. 40% gaming (having gtx980)

• Gaming is another level feel when you own the Ultrawide, the experience can't describe in word. You get more viewing space and Ultrawide let you have more immersive feel on gaming than Wide.
• But not all games support it, some games can't even support it if you custom modified it. In this case you can only play those not support games with left and right side black bar.
• You need to have some knowledge or at least wiling to try modified some very simple thing to get more Ultrawide support in games especially some older games. Flawless Widescreen is a very easier free tool that automatically do for you for a lot famous games that not run in proper or need custom way to run it. Another is a huge source website that show you a lot of way to run games in 21:9 ratio properly http://www.wsgf.org/mgl/uws

I switch from Wide 32" 2560x1440 to 34" Ultrawide 2560x1080, what i miss on Wide QHD and what I more prefer in Ultrawide FHD.

• I do miss the smaller look in QHD for 32" which just fit nice. I had try change my monitor in not native resolution to QHD, everything just look too small to me, I prefer QHD only in 32" Wide or 38" Ultrawide. It is kind of small for QHD in 27" Wide or 34" Ultrawide.
• Beside above, I am far more enjoying in Ultrawide, even though my Ultrawide is only FHD (2560x1080) but it is actually better to me as less power killer in my laptop 970M GPU with very cool immersive feel on it and more area to see. Everything just looks much pretty in 21:9 ratio gaming.
• Some may complain 1080p too pixel in 27" Wide or 34" Ultrawide as 1080p should stop at 24" Wide only (equivalent to 29" Ultrawide). For this I find they is not much differences at all when comparing side by side with my another 1080p resolution 24" Wide monitor. Yes the PPI is different of 82PPI v/s 92PPI. I do seen a very bad look on 1080p at 27" before which is TN panel where the sharpness all gone and look pretty bad, but it looks as sharp as it is on high quality IPS panel to me. Here you can see the comparison I photo taking of 1080p in 24" Wide and 34" Ultrawide. https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...post&p=86832092

Lastly you never mentioned on what resolution and refresh rate you going to get. IMO

• 34" Ultrawide is fine on 2560x1080 or 3440x1080, depends on which you prefer and your card should not have issue on either resolution.
• 32" Wide, go for at least 2560x1440 resolution as 1920x1080 resolution looks pretty crap IMO, everything is not sharp and very pixel look.
• I notice you mentioned if got 4K I will go for 4K, IMO your current card is not powerful enough for 4K and 4K is real nonsense even on 32" as everything will be tiny, you need to scale up the windows scale from 100% to maybe 125% or even 150%, in this case they is like using 1080p or 1440p monitor with just much sharpen look. But Windows scaling is pretty bad and still a lot of application not proper support which make you headache as it can be not usable at all. For me 4K is only useful if you go bigger screen size, for example 43" and above and only Nvidia Geforce 1080Ti can handle it proper with only 60hz refresh rate as all 4K monitor now only up to 60Hz.
• Ya, refresh rate, go for at least 144hz or higher, you will gain a very big differences especially if you are a FPS gamer. You get superb smooth with less blur if the refresh rate getting higher and higher, I only can use my monitor at 95hz due to my laptop only have HDMI 1.4 and that is the maximum refresh rate I can get under 2560x1080 resolution and I already notice the differences and enjoying it pretty much.

Now showing off a bit my current monitor setup. Haha! 34" Ultrawide 2560x1080 and 24" Wide 1920x1080 in Portrait Mode. In such setting I fulfill all my needs from gaming to movie to web surfing and I find it looks pretty cool actually. Haha!



This post has been edited by Andrewtst: Nov 4 2017, 02:20 AM

Thanks bro @Andrewtst, really appreciate for your time to wrote your sharing. Sorry if i raise out some silly question , im noob that y i asking here before decide which to buy. My replied on below.

This post has been edited by Lucifer87: Nov 5 2017, 01:38 PM

Thanks bro, my upgrade from 27" too.

Nice review bro! .. btw what gpu are you using? is that dual monitors set up on a single card?

Movie/Drama i usually watched online (Vumoo & Hollymoviehd), so there will have black bar at left and right side for 34" Ultrawide? For nice cinema movie i will get bluray, not sure 34" widescreen can able to view full screen or not.
hmmm, for web browsing, will it be too small to view 2 browser at 34" ultrawide screen?

I not sure on movie. Give me site. I test it.

Won't be too small. Ultrawide is too wide for single websites even on 2560x1080. Most website is design at 1080 horizontal resolution only.



yea, in game everything will be smaller for 34" ultrawide compare with 32". However 34" ultrawide giving more viewing space which is awesome for me. This is the reason im considering ultrawide, im looking in to Predator 34x UltraWide QHD which will be more expensive compare to LG or Samsung because there are so call NVIDIA® G-SYNC, not sure worth it or not?

If you have latest Nvidia card, G-Sync is helping but I reading you need to set FPS control else tearing might still happen. This same to freesync. I don't care either as my laptop 970m not support either. Haha!

4k will be awesome for bluray cinema. Understand there will be constrain on gaming   . There are pros and cons to consider 4k. My side i saw 4k only applicable for 32 Samsung or LG, 34" ultrawide max is UHD.

Blu-ray is only 1K. no need 4K monitor. It is not helping. Unless you talk about 4K Blu-ray but then they is no 4K Blu-ray drive for PC yet much. I only found one model in market. I do watching Blu-ray in Ultrawide monitor and it is awesome with specific player that can cut out the black bar because all Blu-ray is record at 16:9 ratio included 2:35 (21:9 ratio) film.

Im wondering why you get Viewsonic VP2468, is quite expensive with only 24" and 1080   , there are many choices beside this model.

Because it is superb slim bezel and I only need 1080p. Also this can pivot mode. Can pivot not much selection. I not plan to use any vesa leg. Also this VP2468 is using LG panel with awesome output and full of control setting. Also I notice not all monitor can view nicely on potrait mode, for example my home BenQ EW2440ZH is not suitable as the wording look weird when I manually put at potrait mode.

This post has been edited by Andrewtst: Nov 5 2017, 02:13 PM

I only run from laptop with GPU 970M which only have one HDMI 1.4 and one D- Sub output.

And my second monitor only got HDMI or Display port. D-sub converter to HDMI is freaking suck. So end up I buy the USB Universal Docking Station.

My second monitor is output from USB to HDMI. No issue on normal usage include watching YouTube in 1080p (instant load) or even 4K (for 4K video they load after few seconds but no sound sync issue).
For gaming it is not recommended and no issue for me as I not going to play games in portrait monitor. Haha.

By using USB to HDMI Docking Station, you are running the output using another GPU which also will using your original GPU, I not sure how it work but it is working fine. If your PC/Laptop have USB 3.1, you can anytime choose the one that can hook up to 4K resolution at 60Hz. For USB 3.0, mostly is maximum at 1080p but in market do got 2 new docking station support 4K at 60Hz using USB 3.0, the bandwidth seems not enough as USB 3.0 only 5 GBps but they manage to make it now. My docking station only support up to 1080p at 60Hz.

This post has been edited by Andrewtst: Nov 5 2017, 02:43 PM

If you were to have GTX 1080 for example, would you still use 34UC79G or upgrade to 3440x1440 monitors?

Eh, I had think this question before myself. If I own GTX 1080, I won't upgrade to 34" 3440x1440 but I will upgrade to LG 38UC99-W which is 38" 3840 x 1600 resolution or future model that is 144hz or at least 100hz instead of 75hz only.

http://www.lg.com/us/monitors/lg-38UC99-W-ultrawide-monitor

This post has been edited by Andrewtst: Nov 20 2017, 05:20 AM

Wow! What a beast (I mean the monitor).
This will cost 1 or 2 kidneys right?

This post has been edited by toffy: Dec 1 2017, 11:10 PM

No lah, around RM 6k++ only from Amazon. Haha!

Wah, 6k 'only' ah... wah... cheaper than a kidney. Could buy another mid end desktop

Hahaha!