PC Hardware Talk Megathread

[indes]

Originally Posted by photon

So I'm redoing my office layout and I think I'm going to go away from having a monitor that can game for my PC and a TV for my consoles to having a separate gaming monitor that I'd use for both my PC and my consoles.. for my PC it would be off most of the time (i.e. I wouldn't use it as a 2nd monitor). That way I can be happy with getting OLED and not worry about burn in or subpixel layout / text quality stuff.

42" seems about the right size for the space, I can push it far enough away that with a mouse and keyboard I won't be too close.

Any good recommendations? I see an LG C3 42" for $900 on Facebook, are any of those LG OLEDs going to be good? Not looking for an ultrawide.

[photon]

Unfortunately I still have enough vertigo symptoms that I can't really play on an ultrawide; too much into my peripheral vision and the motion makes me feel disoriented.

[cam_wmh]

Photon, I really like my Aorus, FV43U. Conventional vs Curved. Haven't console gamed with it though.

http://rtings.com/monitor/reviews/gigabyte/aorus-fv43u

Curious what you do end up with!

[photon]

Hm VA panel but gets pretty good reviews, what's the blooming like? I have a 32" 4K IPS HDR monitor which is quite good but the blooming from the local dimming is pretty distracting, one of the reasons I wanted to try an OLED screen.

I'd be tempted to try but not for a higher price than the OLED ones.

[cam_wmh]

Ah man, I wish I were able to provide feedback with a discernable eye, any prevalent blooming/bleeding, but it hasn't bothered me any. My previous monitor was an x34 u/w, & an adjacent 27" Samsung OLED vertically mounted. The conventional size is much more my jam, with ample usable real estate. The old workstation was also in a considerably darker space, vs this one which is under a sheltered window. Brightness, and contrasting blacks, are much better. Practical & cleaner too!

[chemgear]

I have never liked ultrawides for gaming personally. Nevermind you're going to get hit on frame rate pretty hard to drive all the additional pixels in your peripheral vision. Unless you're down stepping in resolution to match.

[photon]

Yeah my vertigo unfortunately limits me on the ultrawide, normally an FPS or other game with lots of motion doesn't really bother me on a normal screen but the ultrawide into my peripheral vision disorients me enough I can't enjoy it. I like the idea of them tho.