Honestly, there is no other youtuber that has better lighting than Optimum Tech

I thought I needed ultra wide for productivity and it would be a “bonus” to game on. After buying one, I need it for gaming and it’s a bonus for productivity

On ultrawide for about 6 years, gaming and watching movies in 21:9 is a blast!

"the five hundred dollar RTX 3070" LOL

I bought a 35" ultrawide a couple months into quarantine and it was a revelation for both gaming and working from home. I don't think I could ever go back to a 16:9 monitor now. It's amazing.

I play Terraria in ultrawide. Gotta get that immersion in 2D block game!

I've had the Acer Predator X34 for the last 4+ years and when the Predator X35 came out this year I upgraded to it. I wish it had a small res bump but I am so happy with the full HDR1000 and faster refresh rate it's just been amazing. I don't think I'll ever go back to 16:9, gaming at 21:9 is amazing. I am mostly a singleplayer game type guy, RPGs and stuff, usually works out well. Every once in a while there's an issue but usually there's a community workaround pretty quick and sometimes the devs even come in later and fix it.

I bought my monitor primarily for video editing but also for some gaming, and what it came down to for me was the realization that a 4k monitor had the exact same number of horizontal pixels, but 50% more vertical pixels, and a 32” 4k monitor is almost as wide as a 34” ultrawide. So for video editing I can use the full screen and then for gaming I can change the resolution to 3440x1440 for almost the exact same feel as the ultrawide would have given me. And I love being able to see a full resolution 1080p video while I edit it, WITH a crazy wide timeline. It’s the best.

Just what I needed been thinking about this for a while now.

Extra field of view is something I’ve gotten used to and grown to love while playing on an ultra wide set up!

Really good content in this vid. Honestly wasn’t aware of the trades that are made between these two types of monitors

perfect timing on the video! i've just gone through both UW (34gn850) and 4k (27gn950) and i decided on the 4k. i found UW to be a bit too big of a screen because i do like to sit relatively close to my display. and i've already got a 240hz monitor for competitive gaming so my 4k display is just for casual, single player experience. great video, and not enough of these UW vs 4k reviews on YT

ultrawide gang 💪

First time watching any of your videos. It’s an instant no-brainer to subscribe. Straight to the meat and potatoes. Stand-out awesome work.

I was really expecting a regular video with different games and that's it but I was impressed with what you brought to this video. Amazing work like always bro!

random note but i love your filming and editing style, very chill yet extremely professional looking

I recently got a high-end 34" 1440p 160 Hz ultrawide (34GN850-B) and it significantly increases immersion in games vs non-ultrawides. I never want to go back, at least for gaming. A major advantage of 1440p over 4K is indeed that it is much easier to drive (significantly less pixels) so you get higher framerates while still maintaining an excellent experience. Watching cinema-scope movies on ultrawides is also fantastic, though I don't do it often and not all movies are shot in this format (though most big budget movies are).

4k 144hz is still expensive now. Got myself a good deal on a 34" UW for 400. Can't be happier with it

I cant even use 16:9 after getting an ultrawide Just feels claustrophobic

Would love to try the GN950 one day. I switched from a 24" 144Hz Benq 1080p Panel to the LG 27GL850 (1440p 144Hz 27") and was shocked when I had them side by side. The difference between IPS and TN is crazy. Still missing a higher end GPU to properly take advantage of the 1440p res though. My GTX1070 isnt cutting it anymore sadly. For anyone thats still looking for a nice looking gaming panel that doesn't break the bank, give the 27GL850 a try. Like Ali said, you will not be disappointed.

Switched from 4k to Ultrawide. I could never go back to 16:9, 21:9 is just ♥️

When you want to have an ultrawide but you only have a potato pc...

Excellent video as usual! Thank you sir!

Great job as usual, man! Very informative video, which made my choice easy. Thanks!

For the budget, the better comparison IMHO is 34" 1440p UW vs 27" 1440p 16:9.

Also worth noting if you're looking at the LG 27GN950 specifically that there is a firmware update now available which allows an overclock to the max refresh rate taking it up to 160Hz. Good luck driving 4K at 160fps in anything but competitive titles but it's still a value add and further extends the future proof appeal.

Love the vids. Always so interesting 😎

Practical and informative. Thank you!

Absolutely love my LG27GN950. I use it every day and absolutely love it. It's perfect paired with my 5900x and RTX 3080

I prefer Ultrawide because it changes up how you play and experience the game, while 4k is just a sharper 1080p image with the same aspect ratio. I have a 34" (3440x1440), 120Hz, G-Sync, IPS Display with a 1900R curve rating, and I love it! I've had this monitor since... early 2018, so 3 years now and I got it as cheap as £800/$1,100, which is unheard of for a monitor of this quality back then. I think 4k is great... for big TV's, but for gaming I prefer the extra immersion the 21:9 aspect ratio gives me, and it isn't as demanding as 4k.

What an excellent, clear, and informative video! Just what I was looking for, thank you.

I just picked up the LG 34GP83A-B. Glad to see it made it as your alternative recommendation. So far I think it performs great!

Leaning towards LG CX 48"

YO ALI, you have to do a video on your amazing lighting skills!

Thx for putting the benchmarks out there. It was really nice seeing how much GPU power 4k monitor pulls compared to UW 21:9.

Such a great video, really great visuals and well thought out arguments either way. I'll be sticking with my 27" 1440p 144hz till I get an SFFPC able to run 4k, then I'll most likely be joining you in running 4k 144hz.

i'm addicted to ultrawide My 2 gaming rig now on Ultrawide

Finally!!! I’m in med school so I spend 12+ hours a day at my computer studying and I like to wind down at the end of the day with some games. I’ve been torn between the LG 27GN950 and that same exact ultrawide. Thank you for making this video as I’m pretty set on the 4K monitor now

You deserve a subscribe! Thank you for these awesome in depth monitor comparisons!

I bought my ultrawide for gaming. I bought my LG 34UC79G-B 5 years ago, but I have the Alienware AW3423DWF waiting for me at the mail room. Since I started WFH, the ultrawide has amazing for work productivity. It's awesome to be able to open 2 windows (excel, Jira, Jama, KVM, etc.) side-by-side and they have their natural widescreen interface and feel.

I'm in the 4K gaming camp personally. I just cannot deal with lower resolutions anymore it just feels like I'm looking through a screen door.

Got the 38 inch one. Super happy with it. Much better than my 27 inch 144 hz for work and multitasking. Gaming is also great, so it is the best of both worlds!

Great review. Thanks to you I found out I get sick when playing on ultra wide because of the objects moving faster on the edge. So I got the 27" LG 27GP850-B. I love it.

You have covered some important points. Thank you!!

I've been considering an ultrawide to take over as my main display, but I'm not sure where I'd move my secondary monitor to. Putting it angled down on top of the UW feels like it'd be to high for everyday use / bad for my neck long term. It has me sort of leaning toward a smaller 4k, that way I can keep the same side-by-side orientation my 27"/24" screens are in... but ultrawides look like a really cool experience...

Went with Ultrawide things are still crisp and its obviously a bit easier to run over 4k.That extra width just makes things more immersive!

very good take on the advantages and disadvantages of both. Thanks

An excellent comparison video suitable for a broad range of Tech users. Subbed.

I've been gaming on a Dell U3011 30" 1600p monitor for 7 or 8 years now. I know it isn't high refresh, but it is glorious! The jump from 1080p was like looking thru a window to standing in the doorway - just more of everything and so much sharper. I'd love an even bigger monitor but this is the largest that fits my space.

Really good monitors from LG! I hope that someday they will use the same OLED technology from their TVs on their monitors too. Would be so great with ultra low response times and HDR.

Love the videos! You put so much time and work into them and they make my day better

Nice break down, clear concise and helpful and I’m not even looking for a new monitor lol I have to comment when I see nice work 💯 🙏

After playing for over a year on UW, there is no way back for me to 16:9. Working as a software dev is also incredible on UW.

Great stuff! I had been thinking of swapping my main gaming monitor for an UW, but based on this I'll most probably keep with dual 16:9 😉 If I might ask, a deep dive into streaming and recording with a Ryzen 5900x + rtx3080 with nvenc vs rx6800xt with software encoding would be veery much appreciated

To the point short video Crispy editing I love this channel

8:15 Potato Jet sighting. One of the most entertaining photo/video/vloggers on KZfaq. Sir, you have a great taste for monitors and youtubers 👌. I currently have an LG 34GK950-F and have an LG 27GN950-B coming in soon (open box black Friday steal of a deal). Really excited to compare the 2 myself after watching this video. Cheers!

There's no way I will go back to 16:9 from ultrawide monitors :)

I went 27" 1440p 16:9 --> 34" 1440p 21:9 --> 27" 4K 16:9 (all 120/144Hz) and I'm personally happier with the smaller, higher pixel density display, but that's because I like my screen to be sharp during non-gaming as well.

New haircut? Looks good! Also i like my ultrawide, since i dont do video editing. Great video on this.

Thanks as always for the grear vid. I’ve been on Ultrawide for a few years now and I just recently upgraded to a 3440 ultrawide 100 hz monitor. It was a third less expensive for a third less the frames, for me that was a budget conscious decision. I know anyway that I won’t be driving 144 fps at this resolution at most games until after my next GPU upgrade, but these days I’m doing less gaming and more web browsing/movie watching anyway.

For current games on max settings using a 3080, i'd rather have an ultrawide with stable high frame rates than a 4K with fluctuating frame rates. Personally prefer high frames than pixel density. Dont think i can ever shift back to 16:9 after experiencing 21:9.

As someone who daily drives an ultrawide I might add a stipulation. You talk about modern titles pushing UI elements to the side but I actually think the best case scenario is when they stay in the 16:9 position but you get additional horizontal FOV. Depending on how close you are to the monitor it can be difficult to see the corners without looking away from the center

This man is underrated. Great content

I'll be buying the 27GN950-B! THANKS FOR THE REVIEW!

I've been using a 21:9 display for 5 years now and what I have to say about it is that for productivity, it is too small for a triple window layout and too big for fullscreen. A lot of programs and websites still do not center their content so there is a lot of looking to the left unless you manually adjust the window to be smaller and centered on the screen. Imagine that you have a dual 16:9 display setup with the space between the 2 monitors being right in front of you. That's about how it feels. I develop neck pain because of it if I'm not careful about my window management. I have a dual monitor setup with a 21:9 in front of me and a 16:9 display to the side and I think I would rather have a triple monitor setup with all 16:9 displays or a single monitor setup with a 32:9 display acting as 3 separate displays to the OS than the setup I have right now. Edit : My UHD monitor has a 2560px horizontal res. A 3440px horizontal res monitor would be much better but I don't think it would be enough.

I am really wanting 4k 32" 144hz ips, but that seems to be still a fair way off, I know some models have been announced but since then never heard them mentioned. Makes a lot of people likely going to want to go for a 4k tv instead with the hdmi 2.1 for 144hz, which honestly for a 48" I could actually see me getting (OLED, even with the risk of burn in) Great video as always :)

I'm rocking a 32-inch 144Hz VA panel from Asus. The VG32VQ to be exact. Price is about $430 now, I believe. I gotta say, the 93 PPI pixel density is not the best when it comes to text, but actual sharpness and detail in games is unbelievable. Just having the extra screen size to be able to appreciate all that extra detail is very much appreciated. I do play at a medium distance, mostly to avoid eye-strain, so the size does not overwhelm me. All I can recommend to anyone is to head over to a retailer that has multiple screen sizes and resolutions available to sample. My nearest Best Buy has a bunch of them lined up, and helped me make the decision to go with 32 inches instead of 27.

Yoooo, muh boi Ace getting some representation! Great video man, the editing points and fps points like Apex helped me decide on 4k. I hate having to scroll up in the timeline and not being able to see all the layers.

Have had UW for the past 3 years and I honestly could not go back to 16:9. It's absolutely mad

For me its ultwawide, had it for about 4 years now, theres no going back, dont think i could ever go back to 16:9 movies and browsing etc, the immersive single player games are insane. The only upside of 16:9 is the competitive gaming where it doesnt scale, in cs go for example i get an advantage in 21:9 coz it scales perfectly, but valorant does not sadly. Bought this in 2016: 3440x1440, 100hz, 21:9, gsync

I love my ultrawide and I've had it for several years now...I don't think I'll ever go back. Gaming on it is fantastic.

got my LG 27GN850 in 3 days ago, love this thing, night and day diffrence between my old 75hz and my new 144hz gsync

I WAS LITERALLY SEARCHING FOR THIS

You're underrated bro! The quality of your videos is insane at every point (lighting, focus ,image quality ,colours) and everything looks so clean .I really like your style and I think u will be bigger in the future as soon as possible Keep it up bro I'm a big fan and you're doing very well !

Thx mate. Great explanation of wide monitors. Now I know what To buy.

I use the QHD (3440 x 1440) 34" LG 34GP83A-B. It is 144Hz with 160Hz OC. This monitor for me over the past four months has been amazing upgrading from 2 x 1080p 22" then 24" monitors. (I hated 1080P at 24", it is too pixelated for me, but was impossible to find a decent 24" 1440P monitor). Originally I was using the Zotac 3070 Amp Holo. Given the opportunity, I upgraded to a RX 6800 XT. The vertical Sync with the AMD card wasn't working at all in WoW, backing back down to 144 Hz fixed the severe ghosting / low refresh rate issue. I feel like this QHD monitor over the LG 38GL950G-B is going to be easier to drive and US $1k less making it likely the better 21:9 monitor for most users at this time, probably until the next gen of video cards comes out. My comments are May 2021, several months after you released this review. Great Video, keep em up!

I can't even look at 16:9 monitors anymore.

21:9 is just so elevated. I can't go back. Even on a big 4k gaming tv, it still feels too restrictive.

I'm playing adventure games like Tomb Raider on a 49" ultra-wide and I find it amazing. Great video as usual. Love from France.

1:34 I come home after school and check your channel every day. I love you bro

Is the optimum tech production just ali doing everything?

Watching this just as I'm waiting for my 49'' Samsung Odyssey G9 to be delivered today. Amazing timing :D

Thanks for the overview, I decided to get one of each :)

there is a third option rather than lowerin FOV. USing reshade and the "Perfect perspective" shader, you can distort the image like a lens and get much better lines and avoid the distorition you see near the edges, maybe that's something you wanna check out?

So what you're saying is for someone to make an ultra-wide, high refresh rate 4k monitor? I like you're thinking

I'll take 3440 x 1440 over 4k 16:9 any day. Recently bought a 21:9 curved monitor and I'll never go back.

BRO, I DON'T EVEN WATCH MONITOR VIDS, BUT YOUR CONTENT IS SO CRISP IT WAS A MUST PLEASE KEEP THE GREATNESS COMING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I've owned the 38WN95-C for a few months now and it's an amazing monitor, but since I upgraded to a 3080 I've been tempted to downgrade the size to the 27GN950-B. That high pixel density sounds great but I love the amount of room I have to work for general tasks on the 38".. Tough one Nice video though, cheers.

My guy's traps are growing as fast as his sub count

Nope. Not difficult. ULTRAWIIIIIIIIIDE!

🤩 thanks for making this after Black Friday and cyber Monday

Thanks for the info.

I've been gaming for the past years and half on a mid-range 3440x1440p 34" Ultrawide from MSI. I loved the extended field of view, especially in shooters, but I had a max refresh rate of 100Hz, the VA panel was great for contrast but not that much for colour and response time, and compared to a 27" monitor you do have much less vertical screen space. I recently bought a Gigabyte 27" 1440p IPS monitor with 165Hz max refresh rate, and it's just... perfect! Love the colours, the response times, the size, resolution. I rediscover my games: everything is so colourful and crisp! I do miss the ultrawide, though. The day they make ultrawides with the same kind of panel and refresh rate, colours, etc. and the same vertical screen space, I'll be switching back!

For an even more extended perspective, I got the samsung odyssey G9 32:9 49" back in August. While it is only 1440p vertically, it is an amazing experience for productivity (coding not editing) and browsing. I highly recommend an app called PowerToys which adds tons of ultrawide features, most notably you can designated certain areas of the screen to be their own windows so you can snap windows to that size. I found 25%-50%-25% to be the best ratio for the 49" monitor, giving me a full 27" window in the center with 2 half screens on the side for discord or an addition browser window. The pixel count is about 7/8 of 4k, so it is slightly easier to drive in games (but even more stretching near the edges in some games than 21:9). Whenever display and graphics technologies get to the point that 32:9 4k is feasible I will most likely switch to that for no compromises. In summation the 32:9 has the same pros and cons as the 21:9 but even more so.

Ayyy! Potato Jet @ 8:17 😊

Great video as usual! I am personally still waiting on the Asus ROG Swift PG32UQX to hopefully finally see all the boxes being ticked regarding the monitor I want. Especially the supposed peak brightness in HDR mode of 1400 nits

I want a big 4k screen and if I want ultra wide, I can make a custom resolution.

It's 2020 and am still playing Witcher 3, what a game.

I think a good comparison to include would also be a 4k monitor the same width as the ultrawide, to see how much difference there is on a screen thats in the same size "class" but with larger vertical space.

I think 38" at 1600p and 32" with 4k are the real golden place to be. I just went up to the 38GN950-b, and I can't even imagine going back to my 34" ulrawide or my 27" 1440p. The only problem is getting the proper hardware to push these resolutions, and there are issues with some older games' menus on the ultrawide.