Hi all, hope everyone is staying safe and taking the time to fly more!
I have a 34 inches ultrawide IPS Panel with full HD (2560 x 1080) lg-34UM58 and I have been looking for a change to a curved monitor to get a more immersive experience and also read that even for work it is good in terms of fatigue.
I work with IT so can really use a big workspace as I usually have a least 2 active windows at any given time. From gaming point of view I currently only play MSFS 2020 but may occasionally play some FPS or racing game. I am currently running on these settings at 1080p and would like to keep them if possible with the new monitor (even if that means scaling down the resolution a bit - see below):
Enable TAA
Terrain Level Of Detail - 100
Terrain Vector Data - High
Buildings - Medium
Trees - Medium / High
Grass And Bushes: Medium
Object Level Of Detail: 100
Volumetric Clouds: High
Texture Resolution: Medium
Anisotropic Filtering 16x
Texture Supersampling: 4x4
Texture Synthesis: High
Water Waves: High
Shadow Maps, Terrain Shadows: Medium / High
Contact Shadows: High
Windshield Effects: High
Ambient Occlusion: Ultra
Reflections: High
Light Shafts: High
Bloom, Depth Of Field, Lens Flare: High
My PC specs are:
- i7-9700KF 8 cores @4.9
- Geforce RTX 2080
- 32 GB (4x Corsair Vengeance Pro RGB 3000MHz)
- OS HDD: Crucial P2 500GB
- DATA (where I put the games): WDP Blue SN550 1TB
I am not looking into upgrading in the next 1 or 2 years (maybe in 2 years I will replace the whole thing but I wanted to keep the monitor I am buying now for 4 years or so), but I do believe I can still push my hardware a bit harder with a new monitor to get better experience, say with HDR and QHD.
I have been doing a lot of research, but again getting a targeted opinion to my case it would be ideal, so far what I am thinking:
- My current setup is definitely not enough for 4k gaming in general, however the question I have is: is it worth buying a Dual QHD or 4k monitor now and changing the scaling say to 70/80 percent?
Given the above is a possibility I am looking into one of the following: - Buying a 1440p ultrawide - 43 or 49 inches (21:9 or 32:9/10) - in this case I something like a AG493UCX - 5120x1440 @120Hz with PBP support for AUD 1400 or a CRG90 as it is currently on sale at Samsung for AUD 1600
- Is 1200 vertical too bad of an idea? have liked the XG43VQ - 3840 x 1200 at 120 Hz PBP support for AUD 1200
- It is not worth upgrading to a 38 inches ultrawide (1440p or 2160p) - not very sure on that one but opinions are more than welcome
One feature that I really would like is built in KVM so I can switch between my gaming desktop and work laptop, but again it can easily buy a USB switch for my infrared keyboard/mouse and use an HDMI for work and DP for gaming.
Update - just adding the pixel count here to make it easier:
Today: 34" 2560x1080 21:9 = 2,764,800
Standard QHD 16:9 = 3,686,400
Standard 4k 16:9 = 8,294,400
Ultrawide 43" 3840x1200 32:10 = 4,608,000
Ultrawide 49" 5120x1440 32:9 = 7,372,800
Any feedback is appreciated, thanks in advance community!
