Whilst moving my rig, I managed to drop my Samsung 34 inch ultrawide when re-attaching it and broke the panel. I am presuming it is not economical to repair (it cost £350 from Costco) so I am looking to replace it when I have saved up for a few months.
The question I have for you is should I go for another 34 inch ultrawide (Costco have the 165hz Odessey G5 in for £300) or should I look at a 144hz 4k TV? With the latter, I would run it at 1440p rather than 4k. Costco have a couple of 50 or 55 inch 4K QLED TVs that run at 144hz in for about £500. Random Callsign recently moved to using a TV and speaks very highly of it. That said, he uses the whole screen, and my thinking was for simracing that I could render a letterbox of 3440x1440 in the centre of the screen with black bars above and below and that would provide a similar FOV to a 49" ultrawide monitor (the width is pretty similar).
I would be interested in hearing views about using TVs (albeit high refresh rate TVs) for simracing.
BTW, I am not sponsored by Costco - they are just cheaper than anywhere else I can find.
I am running a 7800x3d and 7800xt.
The question I have for you is should I go for another 34 inch ultrawide (Costco have the 165hz Odessey G5 in for £300) or should I look at a 144hz 4k TV? With the latter, I would run it at 1440p rather than 4k. Costco have a couple of 50 or 55 inch 4K QLED TVs that run at 144hz in for about £500. Random Callsign recently moved to using a TV and speaks very highly of it. That said, he uses the whole screen, and my thinking was for simracing that I could render a letterbox of 3440x1440 in the centre of the screen with black bars above and below and that would provide a similar FOV to a 49" ultrawide monitor (the width is pretty similar).
I would be interested in hearing views about using TVs (albeit high refresh rate TVs) for simracing.
BTW, I am not sponsored by Costco - they are just cheaper than anywhere else I can find.
I am running a 7800x3d and 7800xt.
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