How far away do you sit for gaming on a 34" 3440x1440 curved monitor?

[Hwddewt]

Let's not forget a little thing called "pixel density".
I am on a vanilla 24" 1080 x 1920 monitor that I view from about 24"(60cm) away. If I were to go 4k, and aware that a 4k screen is essentially four 1080 x 1920 screens in one. I would need to halve my viewing distance on a 24" monitor, or double the screen size to 48" to get the same viewing experience at 2ft away.
As for curvature. I find myself actually wishing even my smallish 24" screen had some.

 

[Roddey]

34" 3440x1440 curved monitor browser screenshot with zooming for the old eyes. Games are great too. I can zoom a lot without seeing any pixels. Other things like file manager I better grab the glasses.

 

[biffzinker]

34" 3440x1440 curved monitor browser screenshot with zooming for the old eyes. Games are great too. I can zoom a lot without seeing any pixels. Other things like file manager I better grab the glasses.
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Your post and screenshot look the same on this Note9 (6.4 inch' 2960x1440.)

 

[Hwddewt]

A foot and half for my 27" 2560X1440 curved monitor

Edit: 31.75 cm

Makes sense for a 27" QHD monitor. The 34" 21:9 ultrawide of the original poster is probably about same dot pitch(actual pixel size) as your 16:9. Therefore wouldn't the ideal viewing distance for a 34" 21:9 3440x1440 curved display would be nearly exactly the same as a 27" 16:9 2560x1440 curved display since they both follow the QHD resolution standard?

SD = 480p
HD = 720p
FHD=1080p
QHD=1440p
4K = 2160p

 

[Roddey]

Your post and screenshot look the same on this Note9 (6.4 inch' 2960x1440.)

I was wandering how the screenshot would look on different size screens. I assure you, on a 34 inch monitor it looks huge!

 

[biffzinker]

I was wandering how the screenshot would look on different size screens. I assure you, on a 34 inch monitor it looks huge!

How's this look?

 

[WhiteNoise]

Depends on what you are willing to settle for ... unfortunately once ya get used to 100+ fps gaming w/ 10 bit color w/ ULMB, there's no going back.

To my mind (and eyes), 4k still isn't ready for prime time .... .

I think that statement is the most correct one so far! I like 4k and I too use 10bit plus HDR. I have settled for less fps because sitting this close to anything but a 4k at this size is no longer good enough for me.

I have played with some crazy good gaming monitors with g-synch and awesome refresh rates and I agree it is awesome. I'm happy with 60 fps though and most games play 60+ fps at 4k no problem and some games don't but I can live with that. My GTX 1080 Ti does a fine job at 4K...fine enough that I feel ok about it. With time it will get better and better though.

 

[Roddey]

Makes sense for a 27" QHD monitor. The 34" 21:9 ultrawide of the original poster is probably about same dot pitch(actual pixel size) as your 16:9. Therefore wouldn't the ideal viewing distance for a 34" 21:9 3440x1440 curved display would be nearly exactly the same as a 27" 16:9 2560x1440 curved display since they both follow the QHD resolution standard?

SD = 480p
HD = 720p
FHD=1080p
QHD=1440p
4K = 2160p

Your right I think. It is just some extra width. I sit in the same distance. Just some more screen in the peripheral vision area.

How's this look?
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Its even larger text than I posted. I could read it from across a 20 foot room easily.

 

[biffzinker]

Its even larger text than I posted. I could read it from across a 20 foot room easily.

If only I could get the pixel density on this 27" with the 2560x1440 resolution. Like the sharp well defined text on my smartphone panel.

 

[Roddey]

Your right I think. It is just some extra width. I sit in the same distance. Just some more screen in the peripheral vision area.


Its even larger text than I posted. I could read it from across a 20 foot room easily.

My vision deterioration is near vision though, far vision is holding up. That will go next. Miss the 20/20 for sure.

If only I could get the pixel density on this 27" with the 2560x1440 resolution. Like the sharp well defined text on my smartphone panel.

Some day, I waited for almost 30 years to get this resolution in a widescreen.

My vision deterioration is near vision though, far vision is holding up. That will go next. Miss the 20/20 for sure.


Some day, I waited for almost 30 years to get this resolution in a widescreen.

Sorry to be such a Danny downer

 

[Hwddewt]

If only I could get the pixel density on this 27" with the 2560x1440 resolution. Like the sharp well defined text on my smartphone panel.

Try this: take the total area of your 27" monitor(H*W) and divide by the total area of your phone screen. Multiply the result by 3,686,400(pixel count on a 1440x2560 display). This number represents the pixel count of a hypothetical 27" display with the same sharp pixel density(>500dpi) of a QHD smartphone display. My 5.7" 1440x2560 smartphone screen has an insane 560dpi! More detail in every square inch than the SD television standard of last century(640x480)
Now consider this number somewhere around 75-100 million is roughly equal to 10x that displayed on a 4K screen...
One can only imagine the tremendous GPU it would require to push the equivalent of TEN 4K screens!
Applying this formula with my 24" 1080p monitor I came up with "only" about 65 million.
But what a wonder to behold a 27" screen where one would need a microscope to find jaggies...