Monitor recommendations for my rig?

I am new to gaming and PC hardware. I was hoping to get some monitor recommendations that will work well for the hardware I have. I am looking for an ultra wide display and my budget is $~1k

My rig: Intel i7-10700F - 32GB Memory - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super 8GB. The game is on an SSD.

Not knowing much about gaming hardware, I got myself a Dell U3818DW (I use 3440 X 1440 res), which I know may not have been a good choice. I am happy to move that to my office and get a new monitor.

Thanks in advance!

Hey,

important factors for monitors:

  • refresh rate in Hz:

When you are only playing flight simulators 60 Hz should be enough. If you are also playing other games, where you reach higher FPS rates, buy one with at least 144 Hz.

  • resolution:
    Depending on your GPU, I would consider having a monitor that matches the performance of your GPU. Playing 4K on a 2070, could possibly cause struggle and performance loss.

  • GSync:
    When using a Nvidia GPU that is capable of GSync, I also would get a monitor with GSync.

Thank you for responding. I do not play another other games. I am a student pilot and using Flight Sim when I am not flying the real thing.

Ah yes, I am only learning about GSync only now and have been looking for a monitor that is capable.

I also omitted to mention :unamused: that I was driving a second 4k display from the same GPU, which is also probably impacting performance. I changed the res of that device to 1920 X 1080, so hopefully that should help.

I am using a LG 34GL750 curved ultra wide monitor. Can’t say anything bad aboht it, good quality for a reasonable price!

Thanks for sharing that. What about a device that runs 1440p?

Also shouldn’t be a problem, but a higher resolution will increase the workload of your GPU. F.e the new RTX series is perfect for 4K devices, but performs worse on lower resolution. The RTX 2xxx series runs good on lower resolutions I guess, but will struggle at 4K.

All I want to say, you can even get a 4K monitor, but a higher resolution will increase the load on your GPU, so you will have less frames per second.

So, I am using that monitor together with a RTX3080 and I am playing on 150 Render Scaling. Looks really good, I don’t need a higher resolution.

Yes but 150 rendering scale bumped up on a low res panel doesn’t really match a high res quality in quality tbh :wink: Atm the sim is heavily dependent on the CPU.

True, for me setting 150 render scaling is a visual thing. I can truly see the difference!

Tomorrow I can post some screenshots with both settings.

So what I have gathered so far is that I have the wrong display and not the best GPU. Even if I did replace the GPU, I would still need a better display anyway.

So my path forward would be to get a display that is capable of GSync and then run that at a resolution that my GPU can actually drive and then hopefully get a better experience than what I have currently. Does that sound right? My preference would be an ultrawide display that is 34", which I could drive at a lower res.

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The best approach would be to first get benchmark information about your GPU (YT videos etc.). There you can see the performance in different games on different resolutions.

You can see there, which resolution will perform good. Now, if you see that the GPU is capable of a 34 inch monitor with resolution XYZ, search a monitor. If not, search a GPU for the resolution of the monitor you want to get.

Can you advise me on how to benchmark? Is there a took I should use or just use my own judgement?

Just google: “RTX 2070 Super Benchmark resolution”.

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2019-09-25-geforce-rtx-2070-super-benchmarks-7001#:~:text=The%20RTX%202070%20Super%20is%20just%20one%20frame%20per%20second,about%2012%20per%20cent%20better.

If you scroll down, you will see a table with different GPUs, resolutions and performance in different games.

Just check the tables, on which resolution your GPU performs on its best.

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Thank you!

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All - Lots and lots of monitor reviews on YouTube. I will see about links, but, learn the tech language so you know what is being discussed.

(73) Techtesters - YouTube
This young lady does excellent reviews

(73) JayzTwoCents - YouTube
He does good reviews as well - Ignore his bloopers.

Refresh rate, mips, screen size, type of panel material, stand (believe it or not, how it sits on desk is important), OLED burn in? Things you should know.

Let us know what you settle on, and wider once have good and bad points, especially can you use something real wide in your space?

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Probably this: LG 34GL750-B 34 Inch 21: 9 Ultragear Curved Wfhd (2560 X 1080) IPS 144Hz G-SYNC Compatible Gaming Monitor,

I am looking at the LG 34GL750-B. Do you think I will get better visuals and performance with this when compared to the Dell U3818DW?

So, I checked both monitors.

The LG one will give you a performance increase, when it comes to FPS. The visuals will be slightly worse then the Dell one, because the Dell monitor got a higher resolution. But, you will have less FPS on the Dell one, caused by the resolution.

The FPS increase when using the LG will depend on the game, but you possibly reach up to +15 FPS more with the lower resolution monitor.

Thank you. I changed the res of the Dell to 2560X1080 and also played FS (the only reason I am doing this) at that resolution. It was ok and I am assuming it will only get better with a true gaming monitor (the LG) which has faster refresh and G-SYNC. The Dell is a ‘professional’ monitor - more for design and office type of work, IMO.

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Any thoughts on the Sumsung 49" CHG90 QLED Gaming Monitor? How will 2560X1080 look on this?

Having read the thread, I may have missed something, but I don’t really understand what problem you are trying to solve
or why the monitor you have isn’t suitable.

I’m no expert, and this is just my opinion based on the experience I have. Firstly, flight sims, MSFS included, actually have pretty modest monitor requirements unlike a lot of “shooter” games where rapid response time and high refresh rate are required. You don’t need a 120mhz monitor to run the sim that will likely never approach the 60mhz of the most basic monitors available. Same with Vsync/Gsync. My perhaps faulty understanding, is that you only need this if your “game” and your other hardware are capable of generating more fps than the refresh rate of your monitor.

The main, and possibly the only monitor-related performance factor, is the number of pixels your gpu is pushing. I don’t see any reason your rig can’t drive your monitor at reasonable settings and at it’s native resolution. Keep in mind, that any other monitors you have connected also have to serviced by the gpu. If you can, you should always run a monitor at it’s native resolution. So 4K gets you a nice picture, but is very hard on fps, while 1080p gets you lots more fps, but picture quality and the field of view is compromised. IMHO, at this point some version of 1440p is kind of a sweet spot.

Again, IMHO, anything above 30fps in MSFS, so long as it is smooth and stitch-free is perfectly fine. I have the Samsung 49" that is similar to he one you asked about, except it’s 1440 vs 1080 vertical (5120x1440). I get smooth flight at low-30’s in Ultra and low 40’s in High
I find this just fine.

So
trying to find the bottom line here, if you want to concentrate on MSFS, use the monitor you have, do without the addon 4k monitor if you can while “flying” and run your present monitor at it’s native resolution. The only thing that really counts is how many pixels you are driving and a fancy monitor with low response time and massive refresh rate will do nothing to improve your MSFS experience. (Different discussion if you may want to get into more mainstream gaming).

My opinion FWIW
hopefully helpful. Cheers.