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« Last post by tp4tissue on Fri, 11 July 2025, 23:17:43 »What is the recommendation for monitors these days? I know TP4 will have opinions on this.
I'm thinking of a 1440p OLED, but there's only one or two models that are 24". Everything else is 27". I'm not sure how much refresh rate matters above 144hz (what I currently have).
Also, I'm not sure if ultrawide would be a good idea. I currently have a triple monitor (all 16:9) setup on monitors arms, but I never use all three monitors for games (I tried it once out of curiosity, but the setup was annoying, and everything looked really bad because it was so stretched with peripheral things appearing too close).
If you're married to sitting at a desk. 240hz 32" 4k qd-oled 16:9 is the practical solution.
Ultrawide oled is not recommended, it's pretty easy to cause uneven pixel wear if you use only portions of the screen.
You might consider 43" qd-oled or oled if your desk is more than 2 feet deep. These go up to 144-165 depending.
The thing about the 32", is that at the moment, there're some issue with implementation involving win 11/ drivers/ DSC. It's really not as seamless as it should be.
You have to research it per model. Even if they all buy the same samsung or lg panels, the drive package they're tied to may or may not work in the configuration you're after. You might want a monitor that can run without DSC to get the best image quality, but then, will it be compatible with the GPU, specific drivers might break something, or you have to buy 5 or more cables to get one that can actually push all 48gbps @ the length you require.
HDR is still not fully solved.
You can start with price, but caveat, does it work properly, does the drive package show bad dither handling resulting in banding in 8bit/10bit.
You have to have clear stated goals. And unfortunately, you can't have these goals, if you don't invest quite alot of time educating yourself on what constitutes A Superior image.
Just getting to the point where you can ASK THE RIGHT QUESTIONS, is a journey all its own.
The marketing, numbers, delta-e, etc, unfortunately are mostly made for dumb people. They're not very informative.
If they advertise, 240hz, ok, but if it's really blurry in motion, what's the point. If they advertise xxx-bit signal, xxx-bit processing, ok, but if it still shows really bad banding, looking at you LG, then what's the point.
It's enough to say you can't just throw money at this.
