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Ultrawide flanked by a portrait mode display is, imo, the best setup around.

waiting for those 42" 's...

Sadly the 32:9 aspect ratio and the 1000r curvature are non-starters for me. Will have to hope and wait for the 42" LG OLED panel.

was mostly referring to the refresh rate. Price is whatever for me. It all about the size and refresh rate.

has this been confirmed? because that would be great news.

No news yet on refresh rate which is critical. Has to be 120hz minimum.

The one thing that is very strange (and frustrating) is that OLED laptops have been a thing for at least a few years now and yet there is surprisingly little (re: none that I could find) long term reporting/follow-ups on how they've held up.

That's my great fear. Using an OLED tv as your gaming display is one thing. Using it as a total desktop display replacement is another thing entirely. My monitor is in use literally 12-15 hours a day M-F and only slightly less on weekends. I think I read somewhere that LG states their OLED...

The main reason i am avoiding SATA SSD's for my new build is DirectX DirectStorage. DirectStorage is coming to PC | DirectX Developer Blog (microsoft.com) Asset streaming from NVME straight to gpu is going to be a very big deal.

I'm not sure why you would want a manufacturer RMA (which would likely be a fix or refurb) vs a brand new sealed exchange from Newegg (which would likely also be a significantly faster turnaround).

The Dell is much easier to get right now... the 38WN95C has been notoriously difficult to get a hold of since release. Myself I lean towards the LG for aesthetics plus the fact it has some actually not awful speakers built in to supplement my headphones. Also, as a policy i dont buy monitors...

I've been thinking the same since the 5900x availability continues to be a joke months in. The problem is 1) DDR5 platforms are best case a year away 2) Do i really want to be on gen1 of an architecturally new AMD chipset? :eek:

Monitors are generally the only hardware I will buy aftermarket warranty for, just to not have to deal with the companies when trying to deal with any support issues.

3080. Primarily for two reasons: 1) DLSS + Useable (barely) raytracing 2) Superior ancilliary features that I am very interested in (NVENC, RTX Voice) The reality is that whatever I buy will likely be a short term purchase (18-24 months) instead of my usual 4 years. The next gens from both...

Nothing coming that truly ticks all my boxes. I am currently using a 34" ultrawide IPS monitor and really really REALLY do not want to go back to 16:9. Samsung is rumored to be working on an actual OLED monitor in the 32-36" range. Assuming its high refresh (120hz+) I'd have to at least...