re: Finch's Guide to Obtaining a GPU/CPU and Trading Thread

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VA or IPS?

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Back in the day IPS was better, but for years now VA is better as the tech has caught up to match the response times of ips.

If you want HDR you'll need VA as well.

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Does a curved screen make a difference?

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For a monitor that sits two feet in front of your face, yes. For a TV that will be 6+ feet away? Don’t get curved.

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VA or IPS?

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Historically, VA had better contrast and IPS had better color representation. At this point, that’s still only true at the low to mid range. Very high quality panels of either of those approach one another’s strengths, though you have to get very high with VA to remove all dark level smearing. TN sucks balls.

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Will I be able to tell the difference between 144Hz and 165,180, etc?

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Unless you’re a professional esports player, no.

As for HDR, it still kind of sucks in 2022. That’s something I would worry more about for your next device down the road.

I would avoid the OLED monitors, the Mini LED's are quite a bit better.

Samsung actually just dropped the best monitor made to date last week in the Neo G8 and G7.

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I would highly suggest exchanging if you still can.

ETA: Nvm yours is a 1440p ultrawide, gross. Why in the world would you spend that for 1440p in 2022?

Grossly overpriced for the OLED marketing and nothing else. 250nit brightness is so fricking bad, and 400 for HDR is useless.

Yet we're learning quickly Mini LED is much better for monitors. Not to mention HDR400 is faux HDR, 600 is the minimum spec recommended to actually use and see HDR.

Oh so you're just uneducated. Got it.

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Thanks Josh. Just to be clear, Im not in the market for a $1300 panel. Lol.

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My 3440x1440 was about $600, and I consider myself a high end gaming enthusiast. Don't let that shite frick with you

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I was looking at a 34” ultra wide but I read consoles won’t look right at 25:9 aspect ratio.

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Don't go UW with a console. It can be a minor aggravation on PC at times, depending on the game. And that's in an environment I can basically tweak to my heart's content. Consoles aren't that.

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So I think I’ll find a 32” curved 1440 16:9 144Hz(or higher) va or ips.

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To revisit, are you going to be sitting that close to your screen? Go measure from where your eyes will normally be to where the screen would be, then post that number here.

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Any brands to stay away from?

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Pretty much every company has duds and studs. Monitors are one of the most difficult things to research and compare. But once we talk through your needs a bit more, we can try to point you in the right direction.

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Yeah. I’m getting g a desk. I play on a tv right now and sit about 10 ft away. I will be much closer once I have the desk, sitting within feet of the monitor.

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As someone who sits at a desk with a 32" UW, 34" standard is going to be a lot. If you have any tendency towards motion sickness, it will get you sick if you're playing anything with camera effects (bob, shake, etc). I couldn't play the Tomb Raider reboot for more than about 20m before I got a headache. I could never play more than 45m or so in a sitting because I would start to get nauseated. Just something to consider if you haven't already.

But to get back to more objective issues, I'm sure you posted it already, but remind us: which console are you using (so we know which ports it has), and which games do you tend to play most?

newegg basically giving GPUs away.


MSI 3080 12g for $800

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I’m debating giving up my mining cards. It was fun/cool while it lasted, but it’s gonna be a minute before something like that comes back I think.