Buying a curved monitor

[RogueTaylor]

Hello all, I am In The market for looking for a new monitor and after going to the Lan and seeing some of those beautiful curved monitors I now really want one of these. I was wondering if anyone knows a good place to get them from ? I am happy to spend around £600 and am looking for the best I can really get for this, looking for a monitor around 33-35 inch maybe and with the resolution of at least 2560 x 1080 and better if possible but not to fussed if not I know they get really expensive when upping the res. If anyone can help or has any ideas please let me know and thanks ever so much for reading you awesome lot : D

[RizZy]

http://www.144hzmonitors.com/best-gaming-monitor-2016/

posted by someone else previously, I forget who, might be a good place to start.

[Twyst]

What does a curved monitor bring over a flat screen?

I will probably be changing from my current ASUS ROG Swift to something with freesync as I'm very disappointed with G-SYNC right now and hopefully will upgrade when SQ42 is released and hopefully with AMD's Vega.

[lionheart]

What's the problem with G sync ? I'm considering getting a monitor with it on.

[smilodon]

http://www.deadmen.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?42722-Monitors/page3

The latter part of this thread has some discussion about curved monitors as well

[Twyst]

If I enable GSYNC then there is very bad flickering in some menu screens in OverWatch, not the game itself.
It I exit the game while this is happening, then the flicker happens all over the desktop for about 30 seconds and then "fixes" itself.
You also get it in some games like ESO all the time, mainly at the top of the screen.
I'm also 95% certain my next GPU will be AMD based as their tech looks for exciting for Vulkan and DX12 based titles for the money. So GSYNC will probably be gone totally for me at that point.

These days I play with GSYNC turned off, but don't notice any tearing ... maybe because the 120 refresh rate is nice and I have enabled the 2nd GSYNC feature ULMB (which is only possible when GSYNC itself is disabled and uses a refresh other than 144).
Given the choice my requirements in monitors are now 144 refresh, 1440p screen, ultra-wide. Now thinking of adding curved to that, but I can't seem to find a curved ultra-wide with 1440p. 1080p yes. But as the ultra-wides are shorter (ie less verticle height) im guessing this isn't much of a concern as the DPI is still similar?

[lionheart]

Thanks for the info. I'm looking at dropping a grand on a monitor so I have researched a lot.....a ******* lot.

There are no  curved ultra wides at the moment with 144Hz at the res I'm looking at (3840 x 1440), so Gsync will be needed to keep it stutter free. The free sync ones only go up to 75Hz and I was so disappointed with AMD after waiting for the Fury X that I aint waiting again.

There have been a lot of issues with flickering on G sync due to driver issues, which I think are sorted in the latest versions, may be worth checking, cos Nvidia seem to release drivers on any day with a y in the name.

[lionheart]

Oh I forgot to add that OverWatch doesn't properly support 21:9 , apparently the devs thought it gives too much player advantage..........

[Tutonic]

I used to see a bit of flickering in the DOTA2 menu, but driver updates fixed that long ago and I haven't seen any flickering in Overwatch - could this vary between different monitor manufacturers?

If you've got the budget, and the GPU oomph to go with it, I would heavily recommend G-Sync. I'd find it hard to move away from G-Sync now that I've got it, unless AMD/ATI raise their game to the degree that I'd consider switching away from Nvidia but I can't foresee that happening in the near future.

[Twyst]

I used to see a bit of flickering in the DOTA2 menu, but driver updates fixed that long ago and I haven't seen any flickering in Overwatch - could this vary between different monitor manufacturers?

I think we both have the same ASUS ROG Swift?
Mines only powered by a GTX770 though.

[Tutonic]

I think we both have the same ASUS ROG Swift?
Mines only powered by a GTX770 though.

That's the one, guess its a quirk between models of GPU then (I'm on a 970), how annoying

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[Chaosphere]

Did you contact Asus twisted? Could there be a fault with the actual monitor when using gsync? That or you could try a different gpu.

On topic I'll also be getting a curved monitor next. They up the immersion from what I have seen, I really like them.

[Milli]

Top of the range at moment are the

X34a (note the (a) as it is an updated build from previous x34)
https://uk-store.acer.com/catalog/product/view/id/2265/s/predator-x34-curved-gaming-monitor/?gclid=Cj0KEQiA08rBBRDUn4qproqwzYMBEiQAqpznswNP1Qaj1lADKozFDkjrLfO46v3Mo4Qk9B9SYXDhZtMaAhl38P8HAQ

And

Pg348q
https://www.asus.com/uk/Monitors/ROG-SWIFT-PG348Q/

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[lionheart]

Top of the range at moment are the

X34a (note the (a) as it is an updated build from previous x34)
https://uk-store.acer.com/catalog/product/view/id/2265/s/predator-x34-curved-gaming-monitor/?gclid=Cj0KEQiA08rBBRDUn4qproqwzYMBEiQAqpznswNP1Qaj1lADKozFDkjrLfO46v3Mo4Qk9B9SYXDhZtMaAhl38P8HAQ

And

Pg348q
https://www.asus.com/uk/Monitors/ROG-SWIFT-PG348Q/

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Those are the two that I've narrowed my choice down to.

[Milli]

If i had money spare i would have bought the x34a already....dont really think there is much difference between either of them

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