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That's what I needed. Thank you. I'll upgrade the GPU sooner or later (probably later), I knew what I was getting myself into with 8GB of VRAM.
On the note of G34WQC, I'm eyeing that monitor among a few others. Is the antiglare coating really as grainy as some people claim it to be? Supposedly makes text look fuzzy on bright backgrounds.
I feel like a lot of the complaints about the G34WQC come from monitor snobs. It would argue it's one of the best bang-for-your-buck monitors on the market. Certainly it's the best budget ultrawide. Personally, I've yet to experience these issues. The coating being grainy is the first I'm hearing about it and I haven't experienced that with mine. I code and read on it without issues. In terms of text I've seen people complain about the curve but I handle that just by snapping the window to 1 side. It essentially just serves as two monitors.
Another big complaint is black smearing/ghosting. I haven't noticed this at all. I run dark mode on windows. I assume it's real but I just don't have an eye for it. I use an IPS monitor for work because I need color accuracy and switching back to the G34WQC, I notice that blacks look better but don't see any smearing or inconsistency.
Out of the box, the monitor looks not the best but this is true of all cheap-o monitors. However, it can be fixed through software. You have to calibrate it. I use the ICC profile from rtings.
According to their tests, this brings color accuracy up substantially. Though this isn't special to this monitor, they really should all be calibrated.
I got it for $350 on sale a few years ago and it was a great purchase.
Oh I'm by no means a monitor snob. Took me two years to realize my IPS monitor wasn't true 8 bit, but FRC instead haha.
I checked again and that antiglare complaint is about the M34WQ - flat, IPS version of your monitor. I mixed them up.