I’m in the market for a new monitor and I wanted to get a ultrawide, I almost exclusively play videogames on my PC. I found some good candidates, but because of price I’m heavily leaning towards a flat panel instead of a curved one, namely AOC U34G3X.

Is a flat ultrawide panel much worse than a curved one for gaming? I’ve used flat panels since they started selling it, but the longer diagonal scares me a bit. I’m currently using a 27" flat panel.

Thanks in advance for any and all suggestions!

  • HeavyRaptor@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    9 months ago

    I think you have to decide on a panel type first. For mid-range you can get IPS or VA panels. VA generally hs nicer colours and better contrast but can have black level smearing.

    I really wanted to avoid black level smearing so I went for a flat panel one as this was the only ips I could find in my price range. For high end there are some good VA panels with very low/not noticeable smearing.

    This is probably a more important difference than flat vs curved.

    • bec@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
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      9 months ago

      According to my finances, I can only afford the bottom tier panels haha that’s why I will get the AOC: inexpensive for the specs. I’m not too fussy about colors and greys, as long as I can get a decent picture by using a color profile plus gamma/contrast settings. As I said, my PC is for gaming, so I don’t need accurate colors etc. as long as it doesn’t look awful I’m good!