Thoughts on The Ultrawide DQHD Monitors for Some Gaming but Mostly Dev Work

nhenry96 on 02/10/2024 - 11:24
Last edited 02/10/2024 - 11:32 by 1 other user

Hi all, is anyone using a DQHD monitor for work currently?

I'm currently rocking a 2x LG UHD IPSs that are maybe 4 to 5 years old which are fine. But I've been gaming a bit more lately being that it's too expensive to leave the house and was pondering the benefits of the immersion of one of these ultra wide curved monitors.
Playing mostly bit of Fortnight, Fallout 4, nothing super competitive or twitchy, just casual.

This one does sound alright, and I've had good experiences with Kogan monitors in the past 15 years.

I'm running a 10 something i7 with a RTX3070 so I do have a bit of grunt under the bonnet and despite the extra screen size the DQHD is less pixels than UHD. Hopefully it'll be able to drive all 3 for work.

I do like the UHDs for work as you can snap windows in a 2x2 arrangement and see a lot of what's going on between windows and I would imagine the DQHD would be good for a 1x3 snap.

Thanks for your thoughts.

Cheers

Computing Monitor

Comments

  • Aleigh123 on 02/10/2024 - 11:32
    +1

    No idea what it's like for gaming, but I currently use a similar monitor with a tiling window manager, and I love it.
    The biggest problem for me is that the curvature is very wide and I can't put the monitor far enough away so I can comfortably see everything at once without turning my head.

    • nhenry96 on 02/10/2024 - 11:55

      Yeah thats a factor, I'm pretty close to my monitors so I can keep the scaling at 100% but still be able to read the text. I might grab a tape measure and estimate the curve and see how it feels.
      Thanks

    • pharkurnell on 02/10/2024 - 12:28
      +1

      i find that most desks these days are too small for huge screens to allow you to sit back far enough to get teh most out of the screen… its bad enough with 2x 27s at home

  • Morien on 02/10/2024 - 12:34
    +1

    Can't comment on that monitor, but Ultrawide gaming is hit or miss. It is pretty great, but not all games support it officially. You can usually/often/sometimes get a patch shortly after release to enable it (with mixed success), but will require a bit more work from you than just downloading the game from Steam.

    • nhenry96 on 02/10/2024 - 14:56

      Yeah ok so game support may suck, I better do some research there too. Thanks

    • jk82 on 05/10/2024 - 11:37

      I can’t talk for 32:9, but 21:9 gaming is totally fine, I’ve been using 21:9 for about 2 years now and I’d say out of the ~350 or so games in my steam library, I could count on one hand the games that don’t support it natively.

  • geekcohen on 02/10/2024 - 13:20
    +1

    Personally, I hated Ultrawide for my work. When I was working in the office 1 day a week, I was using a 32" Ultrawide and it was really painful for emails + any DEV work. It was split screen by software which I found really annoying.

    My WFH setup was 3 Monitors (moved from 24s to 27s), and I much prefer it. I just prefer the actual sizing of the windows. I found a 32 split screen too small for two windows, but then too big for 1 window.

    I have 3 27s:

    • One Split with Google Meet/Slack
    • One for primary stuff (emails etc)
    • One for Coding, WinSCP etc

    Personally, not a fan of Ultrawide screens and I am in the DEV / IT space. I don't do any gaming though.

    • toomuchdogfur on 02/10/2024 - 13:55
      +2

      Was this a WQHD ultrawide (typically 3440 x 1440) or a DQHD (Double QHD = 5120 x 1440)? The experience between the two is quite different.

      If WQHD I agree - it's in a weird space where splitting the screen in two isn't quite wide enough for most windows while maximising a single window is way too wide. I found that 1,200px is the minimum width for 95% of websites and applications to work properly which a DQHD will provide.

      • geekcohen on 02/10/2024 - 14:36
        +1

        I believe it would've been a WQHD.

  • toomuchdogfur on 02/10/2024 - 13:48
    +1

    I've had a 43" DFHD ultrawide for a few years now - it is very good for work. The big advantage over having two separate 16:9 monitors is being able to split it into three sections (as you have planned) and have the centre square as your focus work. Most websites and apps work fine with the square-ish ratio of each section, and you also have the option to split the monitor in 2 (for bigger windows) or even maximise a single window across the entire monitor (big spreadsheets etc). Use PowerToys to do this - set up 1x3 splitting for everyday work, use Windows Snap for 1x2 (via dragging to screen edge or WinKey + Left/Right) and maximise the window for 1x1.

    It also takes substantially less wiring than having three separate monitors… there are even DFHD/DQHD monitors with USB-PD that will reduce your cabling to 2 cables (1 power + 1 USB-C) versus 7 cables (3 x monitor power + 3 x monitor DP/HDMI + 1 x PC power).

    Conversely though… I've found the width kind of useless for gaming. Regular WFHD/WQHD ultrawides already struggle with consistent support, let alone DFHD/DQHD, and those which I did get working had some pretty wild field of view things happening and/or weird UI bugs. I'm sure it'd be awesome if you could get a game working well with it, but for the most part, i didn't bother and just played games in FHD/WFHD centered on the screen.

  • rumblytangara on 02/10/2024 - 15:27

    I prefer a single ultrawide (34) over two 'normal' widescreens. No bezel between split windows, and frankly I find two 24" widscreens kind of annoying- the massive amount of landscape format doesn't help with long documents, just wide excel sheets.

    Also… ultrawide waaay better for FPS.

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