Want to game on a huge, immersive monitor? An ultrawide monitor should be your next display. Ultrawide offers a larger viewing area than a widescreen alternative and a broader perspective that literally displays more in-game content. Today’s best ultrawide gaming monitors also deliver top-tier motion performance and support for the latest adaptive sync standards.
These are the best ultrawide gaming monitors right now.
For recommendations on a variety of monitor sizes at a range of prices, see our roundup of the best gaming monitors.
1. Alienware AW3423DWF – Best ultrawide gaming monitor
Pros
- Excellent contrast ratio
- Top-notch color gamut and accuracy
- Great motion clarity
- Respectable HDR performance
- Extremely competitive price
Cons
- Stand is a bit too large
- No USB-C
- Maximum HDR brightness is lackluster
The Alienware AW3423DWF is an awesome gaming monitor, bringing the incredible contrast and realism of OLED in a 34-inch widescreen panel. Though priced at $1,099—not inexpensive for most people—it’s a better value than most high-end gaming monitors.
The monitor’s excellent image quality provides a vivid, immersive, rich experience with deep black levels and bright highlights. Games seem to leap out of the display, as if you’re looking through a window rather than staring at your computer screen. Gamers who like dark, moody genres, such as horror games, will appreciate the monitor’s ability to reach deep black levels with minimal loss of detail.
This monitor offers an enhanced refresh rate of up to 165Hz and supports AMD FreeSync Premium Pro for smooth frame pacing in games. It also has better-than-average motion performance at lower refresh rates, a benefit of the OLED panel’s fast pixel response times.
The monitor isn’t bright and has a glossy display coat that can reflect light, so it’s best in a dark room. We also noticed the OLED panel has trouble rendering small fonts smoothly. These are minor issues and have less impact on games than other scenarios.
Connectivity is acceptable, with two DisplayPort inputs and one HDMI, and a USB-A hub with four ports. There’s a healthy range of menu options that help gamers change the image quality to their preference.
2. LG Ultragear 34GN850-B – Best ultrawide gaming monitor under $1,000
Pros
- 21:9 panel with a 34-inch screen
- Curved monitor
- Impressive gaming performance
- Ergonomic adjustment options
Cons
- Only average power consumption
- Expensive
Released in 2020, the LG Ultragear 34GN850-B, was the best ultrawide gaming monitor to debut that year, and only recently defeated by the Alienware AW3423DWF. In response, LG slashed the former champion’s price from an MSRP of $999.99 to $699.99 at most retailers (and it has occasionally sold for as little as $599.99).
Though no longer at the top of its class, LG’s Ultragear 34GN850-B is an attractive monitor with excellent color performance, a high maximum brightness, and good motion performance from its fast “Nano IPS” panel. It looks slightly sharper than the Alienware, despite the fact they both have the same native resolution. The LG is arguably better than the Alienware for mixed productivity and gaming use, as display glare is not an issue and small text doesn’t appear pixelated.
The LG Ultragear 34GN850-B offers an enhanced refresh rate of up to 144Hz (with a 160Hz overclocked mode) and is officially compatible with both AMD FreeSync and Nvidia G-Sync. Its overall motion performance is not as good as the Alienware, but it’s close, and better than budget alternatives like the AOC CU34G2X.
What’s the catch? Contrast. The monitor’s IPS panel has the lowest contrast ratio of the three monitors we recommend here and can look hazy in dark scenes. It looks best in a moderately to brightly lit room, as this makes the lack of contrast less noticeable.
The monitor’s connectivity and features are consistent with high-end monitors: two HDMI ports, one DisplayPort, and a two-port USB hub. A few more USB ports would be appreciated but, at this price, the available options are acceptable.
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<div class="product-content">The AOC CU34G2X is a rare budget-friendly ultrawide monitor, retailing at or below $349.99. It does make a few compromises to reach that price point—but image quality isn’t among them.
The 34-inch ultrawide monitor has a VA panel that provides good contrast and vibrant color performance. Its maximum brightness is a bit low, but similar to the Alienware AW3423DWF in SDR content (the CU34G2X does not support HDR). The AOC monitor offers 3440×1440 resolution, the same as the other monitors on this list, so it looks just as sharp. Gamers who aren’t particular about image quality will find it difficult to tell the difference between this monitor and the more expensive LG Ultragear 34GN850-B.
The AOC CU34G2X is an ultrawide gaming monitor with a refresh rate up to 144Hz, and it delivers solid motion performance. However, it doesn’t officially support either AMD FreeSync or Nvidia G-Sync. Both standards should work unofficially but, because the display is not certified, owners may experience flickering when game frame rates dip too low. Gamers may need to rely on using V-Sync in some titles.
Though the monitor’s image quality is impressive for the price, its aggressive red-and-black design is even more in-your-face than LG’s Ultragear and might turn off some gamers. Material quality is mediocre, as well, so the monitor doesn’t look as premium as the LG or Alienware alternatives.
Connectivity, on the other hand, is excellent, with two HDMI and two DisplayPort and a four-port USB-A hub. That’s the best of any monitor on this list—not something we’d expect from a budget display. The monitor also includes a height-adjustable stand, a perk that budget ultrawide monitors often ditch.
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