The Viotek GNV34DBE2 is a 34" ultrawide gaming monitor equipped with a curved VA 3440x1440 panel with a 144 Hz refresh rate and full AMD/NVIDIA adaptive synchronization support. With a price tag of $400, it's one of the least expensive such monitors on the market. That combined with its excellent overall performance instantly makes it an interesting proposition for anyone after a capable ultrawide gaming monitor with no money to waste.

After thoroughly testing the GNV34DBE2, it's very apparent where Viotek cut corners; thankfully, not with panel quality. The ergonomics of the GNV34DBE2 are almost non-existent, and its OSD is clunky to use and factory-configured in a sub-optimal way, to put it mildly. The good news is that if you know what you're doing (or you went through this review), it will take less than a minute to fix all of its factory settings, after which you can sit back and enjoy everything this monitor has to offer. If you find yourself having issues with the inability to adjust the monitor's height, do keep in mind that you can always buy a monitor riser or table/wall mount.

In every other aspect, the Viotek GNV34DBE2 offers more than you could ever expect from one of the least expensive 34" ultrawide gaming panels on the market. It will provide you with a sharp image, punchy, contrasting colors, surprisingly wide brightness range, and massive amount of screen real estate, which is an inherent benefit of any 34" ultrawide monitor. Its solid color accuracy can be finely tuned through calibration and pushed to an unexpectedly high level. There's some minor backlight bleed, and the color uniformity across the panel isn't perfect, but most users won't ever notice either of those issues, so they're not worth losing sleep over.

The gaming performance of the Viotek GNV34DBE2 is great. Input lag is very low, motion handling is very good, and it fully supports both AMD's FreeSync and NVIDIA's G-SYNC adaptive synchronization technology. I had a blast gaming on this monitor and never for a second felt like it's holding me back in any way. Hardcore gamers might be interested in a couple of built-in virtual crosshairs, as well as the FPS picture profile, which makes the shadows brighter to make it easier to spot someone hiding in them.

The Viotek GNV34DBE2 offers great value for the money, and I'm more than happy to recommend it to anyone who's considering upgrading to a 34" ultrawide gaming monitor. If you do end up buying it, just make sure you comb through my review to find out what changes you have to make in the OSD to get it to perform the best it can.