Buying a new television or monitor is a big deal.<\/p>\n
It is quite literally the visual presentation of how powerful your gaming PC and\/or console is, meaning it has to be large enough, fast enough, and pretty enough for your needs.<\/p>\n
As a result, monitor discussions over the past couple of years have revolved around “going bigger”.<\/p>\n
Bigger screen real estate, higher resolutions, more features – all we’re doing is taking old technology and improving on it across the board.<\/p>\n
But what if we told you there was another serious consideration you should make?<\/p>\n
Ultrawide monitors offer an alternative to the standard 16:9 resolution, offering up a much wider ratio (such as 21:9) for your activities.<\/p>\n
They effectively act as two monitors stacked side by side (but without the annoying bezel), allowing you to multi-task between various windows freely.<\/p>\n
They’re also a joy for gaming with the wider Field of View offering up a complete different experience, especially in racing, third-person and first-person titles.<\/p>\n
Because the pixels are also theoretically being bumped up diagonally, Ultrawide screens also don’t require as much from your hardware.<\/p>\n
Of course, the technology does have its faults – it can be a bit of a pain to get content to work in the correct aspect ratio and older games are not too fond in running anything over 1920 x 1080.<\/p>\n
They can also be a tad pricey,\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>considering you’re not getting the massive pixel counts of a 4K monitor for more or less the same price.<\/p>\n I’m not saying 4K or 1440p gaming is bad\u00a0– but an\u00a0expanded field of view and relatively low GPU requirements put Ultrawide monitors in a league of their own.<\/p>\n Which brand of graphics card should you buy?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Highest-rated video games of 2016 (so far)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n![\"ultrawide\"](\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Ultrawide.jpg\")
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