so I'm looking for stuff to cheer me up. I have enough guitars now, or at least as many as I've got room for until Esme goes to Uni, so I'm looking at the PC. As a curved ultrawide (Samsung S34E790C) user, the vast majority of the time I don't even notice it but I think that's the point. I've not had any experience with a flat 34" ultrawide but, because they are so wide, you supposedly notice the curve when it's not there as the edges of the screen are that little extra bit further away so avec curve is supposed to be a more immersive experience. I absolutely adore this screen, for productivity, watching TV/films (its aspect ratio is basically 2.35:1 so proper widescreen films look fantastic) and gaming. It's "only" 60Hz and no adaptive sync but it is 18 months old now and there are bound to be better ones available (probably for less money).
Don't write off other AMD offerings... a Fury X can easily cope with 3440x1440 and they can be picked up for less money than a 1070, a Fury could probably cope and they're only € 350 now. The safe bet would probably be the 1070, though.
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(will your new age have a "0" at the end of it?
A Freesync monitor will more than likely be cheaper than an equivalently specced G-Sync monitor because Nvidia charge the manufacturer for including their tech. Yes, the more powerful current AMD offerings are undoubtedly thirstier than the Pascal cards. I don't do twitch gaming either (more because of a general lack of coordination than anything else) and I find 60Hz fine.
Yes, and a number between 4 and 6 at the beginning
Thanks Cal, my days of 'twitch' gaming are over (see above) so I'm not too bothered by keeping framerates too high. Might have a look at the Fury though. That way I could get a free sync monitor. Possibly a bit cheaper. They do use a lot more power though.
You beat me!!
Really! Bugger, the one thing keeping me going was thinking you were older than me
