From affordable 34-inch LCDs to flagship 45-inch OLEDs, these are the best ultrawide gaming monitors you can buy right now, tested and recommended by us.
The Best Ultrawide Gaming Monitors 2026
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Grabbing one of those new 34" 360 Hz Ultrawides later this year. After summer/vacation, when stock is high and all models have been put to the test.
What I truly would want, is 38" OLED (QD or Tandem) at 5120x2160 at 240 Hz but maybe that is a thing for next upgrade in a few years.
Those 39" 5K2K panels with just 165 Hz won't cut it. Never going back to sub 240 Hz and I don't want to use dual mode to run it at 2560x1080 at 330 Hz because it will look so bad on a 39"
Happy to see LG drop the 800R curvature. Absolutely never going to buy an 800R monitor. Prefer around 1800-1900R, could accept 1500R, not lower.
Tried two different 800R monitors, for days/weeks, and nope. Never going to happen.
What I truly would want, is 38" OLED (QD or Tandem) at 5120x2160 at 240 Hz but maybe that is a thing for next upgrade in a few years.
Those 39" 5K2K panels with just 165 Hz won't cut it. Never going back to sub 240 Hz and I don't want to use dual mode to run it at 2560x1080 at 330 Hz because it will look so bad on a 39"
Happy to see LG drop the 800R curvature. Absolutely never going to buy an 800R monitor. Prefer around 1800-1900R, could accept 1500R, not lower.
Tried two different 800R monitors, for days/weeks, and nope. Never going to happen.
What games actually let you play at 240+ hz?
Seems more like an exception than the norm, because even with a 5090, at 5k2k you'll have to use 4x FG to go above 165.
Antias
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I found this site very useful when determining what size I truly wanted...
https://www.displaywars.com/
https://www.displaywars.com/
DonquixoteIII
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I would like to see a review of panels, rather than brands names. You have several categories with the same panel but different brands. It would be best to see these panels rated, then see how the differing brands assemble them, what options in the feature set they choose to implement / leave out. Not everyone knows that Tandem is a panel maker, just as not everyone knows that Samsung also supplies panels to other brands.
Sum Guy
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After all this time, still only 1440p for the most part. I got my 4K 40-in curved AOC screen in 2018. I've been waiting to replace it since, but in that time most of the options have been 1440p. Even 8 years later there's only two options I'm aware of that are at 2160. Yeah the 55" Samsung ark, and the one 45" LG option that you mentioned. And both are price tags are insane.
You would think all this time in the future we will be beyond 2160p at this point but we're not we're still stuck at 1440p which is for the noob stuck in the Stone age, cuz of the GPU BS that happened to the crypto mining. Bit mining held back innovation.
You would think all this time in the future we will be beyond 2160p at this point but we're not we're still stuck at 1440p which is for the noob stuck in the Stone age, cuz of the GPU BS that happened to the crypto mining. Bit mining held back innovation.
Sum Guy
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I don't know I've been wanting it forever I just can't afford it. I've been using a 40 inch AOC curved monitor from around 2018 hoping to upgrade it cuz it's got a little bit of damage. Put all the editors and stuff just keep running upon 2160p because the news 1144 p because they can't afford a decent graphics card.
Love the article and some ultrawide love. Of this list I'd say the Alienware 3440x1440 OLED is my fave. I could go higher in price for something with similar specs and larger than 34", though that'll be pushing my budget for a monitor.
I'll mention here and ahead of other points, I'm disabled so income and expendable 'fun money' is very much finite, so I'm all about almost as good as the best for a chunk less in my buying lol.
Higher refresh isn't really a bother for me. Currently 144Hz with a 7900XTX (a 6800XT previously) and I'm using more of my potential refresh as actual frames (as ppl like to talk about) than ever before. Nm that I only play sp games, and much of that a fairly even spread of AAA's, strategy and indies up to a decade old. Added to that, no way I'm ever buying a xx90 league card, not at the way prices have been/will continue being... nm I got those 3080/4080 (raster) tier AMD cards for waaay less than the Nvidia option, enough to forego RT and DLSS back when they were also less widely supported.
Other than that, 21:9 more broadly has been my go to for a decade now and that's because the pros outweigh any perceived cons. That was 2560x1080 from 2016 and 3440x1440 from 2021. The former only because I was priced out of the latter due to minor crypto and scalpy thing in late 2016 (ppl may recall) As to now, 16:9-10 (or flat screens) are ok for, say, laptop or handheld use between or outside of the desktop. Likewise 4K, I have a highly gaming rated UHD TV that I can run pretty well but I'll happily take some loss in clarity for where the 3440x1440/21:9 shines. I'll stick with this, and see about OLED and maybe a larger panel in time, assuming prices for GPU to run it at least a similar level and uplift as the previous remain somewhat sane.
Per the commenter above re curve ratio... 800R is indeed and imo an extreme and 'narrows' a 21:9 screen down too much, 1500R is alright (my current is 1800R)
I'll mention here and ahead of other points, I'm disabled so income and expendable 'fun money' is very much finite, so I'm all about almost as good as the best for a chunk less in my buying lol.
Higher refresh isn't really a bother for me. Currently 144Hz with a 7900XTX (a 6800XT previously) and I'm using more of my potential refresh as actual frames (as ppl like to talk about) than ever before. Nm that I only play sp games, and much of that a fairly even spread of AAA's, strategy and indies up to a decade old. Added to that, no way I'm ever buying a xx90 league card, not at the way prices have been/will continue being... nm I got those 3080/4080 (raster) tier AMD cards for waaay less than the Nvidia option, enough to forego RT and DLSS back when they were also less widely supported.
Other than that, 21:9 more broadly has been my go to for a decade now and that's because the pros outweigh any perceived cons. That was 2560x1080 from 2016 and 3440x1440 from 2021. The former only because I was priced out of the latter due to minor crypto and scalpy thing in late 2016 (ppl may recall) As to now, 16:9-10 (or flat screens) are ok for, say, laptop or handheld use between or outside of the desktop. Likewise 4K, I have a highly gaming rated UHD TV that I can run pretty well but I'll happily take some loss in clarity for where the 3440x1440/21:9 shines. I'll stick with this, and see about OLED and maybe a larger panel in time, assuming prices for GPU to run it at least a similar level and uplift as the previous remain somewhat sane.
Per the commenter above re curve ratio... 800R is indeed and imo an extreme and 'narrows' a 21:9 screen down too much, 1500R is alright (my current is 1800R)
Tons of games will hit that with upscaling and then maybe FG if needed for SP games. I play many non-AAA and esport titles too. Many of these will easily go past 200 fps on my system, even at 4K/UHD. Enable DLSS and I am looking at 400-500 fps instead.
165 Hz is 2015 stuff. I have been on 240+ Hz since 2020 and I am not going backwards. 240 is the bare minimum for me when buying a new monitor. I would take lower res over lower refresh rate any day. I however would prefer to have both but if I have to choose, refresh rate any day, as long as the res is 1440p or higher I will be fine. DLAA or DLSS Ultra Quality can make 1440p look better than 4K/5K DLSS anyway.
Also when I buy a monitor, I buy a monitor with room to grow. Headroom for the future. I don't compromise on day one.
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PurpaFur
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I'll keep rocking my MSI MAG341CQ I picked up back in 2018 for like $350.
34in 3440x1440 100hz is plenty for me. I've tried displays with higher refresh rates, and I just don't see a difference. Not that it would matter; my 3080ti struggles to push 100fps in most games at high settings anyways.
I'm not about to spend up to $1000 for barely perceptible quality improvements.
34in 3440x1440 100hz is plenty for me. I've tried displays with higher refresh rates, and I just don't see a difference. Not that it would matter; my 3080ti struggles to push 100fps in most games at high settings anyways.
I'm not about to spend up to $1000 for barely perceptible quality improvements.
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