Ultrawide vs Dual Monitor Setup - What's Better?

Ladies & gents hope you’re well.

So over the years I’ve tried various screen setups, from a single monitor, to dual monitors, to a TV for a monitor, and right now I’m using a single 34 inch ultrawide monitor.

So today we’re gonna compare a dual monitor setup to a single ultrawide and this will hopefully help you to figure out what’s the best choice for you. Comment down below what monitor or monitors you’re using.

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[MrNice-zmqk]

In case you are into coding, having two screens also comes with the benefit that you could turn one by 90 degrees. Which is convenient to display more limes of code vertically. Or also in case you extensively use the command line.

[scottfranco]

How about: two ultrawides stacked vertically.

[nunosapunso]

I’ve had ultra wides and dual monitor setups. It depends what you want to do. I don’t game and use my computer for productivity which is why I prefer dual 32 inch 4k monitor setup. It provides more real estate for all my applications and spreadsheets without having them to stack on top each other.

[braian_nunes]

You speak well and slowly. It's easy to undertand. Thanks for this video.

[DarkWlfBandit]

Currently run a dual monitor setup. 1 27' with high refresh rate for gaming, and 1 27' high color accuracy monitor for content creation. Also very handy for keeping tabs on discord, wiki's, random youtube, chatting with friends, etc.

Even if there was an ultrawide that fit all my requirements, I think I would only be convinced to switch it is was something nuts like 4k, 144hz, oled, and just blew all other experiences out of the water.

[KingOfMelos]

I'll personally stick to dual monitors. Looking into buying a 144hz monitor as my main display and keep one of my 60hz monitors for other applications that don't need the higher refresh rate

[geraldlarson]

ultrawide imo, I switched from dual 1920x1080 (27") to a single 5120 x 1440 (49" 1800R), and just having that middle bezel gone is amazing!!! being able to look dead-on is amazing. I'm an electrical engineering student so I'll have LT spice, word, browser, and Arduino open and I can resize the window to work for me. plus there's a PBP mode if you want to watch two different things

[gryp]

Two monitors is the best choise for web development (27" QHD). Ultrawide is not the same as 2 × 16:9 There is also a problem when you want to share your screen and don't want to show all you have on your only screen. Three monitors is perfect!

[Zangle]

I am having difficulty deciding between dual monitors or a single wide monitor. I love multi tasking, playing a game while having YouTube in the background and typically tab between YouTube, other pages for research and Word for writing / note taking. Doing this really fulfills my ADHD nicely.

[BeautiiMai]

I have always used dual monitors (in the beginning it was only the Laptop till I move out). I just recently change my second monitor into a curved one (24 zoll) after my main monitor broke years ago, I changed it to a 28-30 Zoll monitor. Two curved monitor just looks nice in terms of aesthetic. I could go for the same size but I wanted to save up a little bit. It was quite affordable for a curved monitor with a decent size.

Usually, I game on the main monitor in full screen. The second monitor it kinda depends watching video or chatting, if not gaming.
My graphic tablet is my third screen. Thanks to the setting, it's also perfect for reading mangas.

[death-by-ego]

I've been looking into ultrawides for about 2 yrs now. I've been using dual monitors for about 15yrs. The advent of curved ultrawides got me interested. But... I've been waiting on certain things to happen. 1) Gsync. I like it or freesync. But the physical unit drove costs up. Luckily Gsync on certain models no longer requires the unit to reap most of the benefits. 2) Better panel tech and improvement. We have got that over the years but I'm still waiting on some more innovation with things like OLED and for costs to drop. 3) Cost. I've had 0 issue with spending $500 to 800 on 1440p Gsync unit monitors but I'm not interested in paying much more than double for a single ultra wide especially with the added costs of the newer tech despite it no longer having the physical Gsync unit anymore. 4) Screen splitting. There are tons of software options now. And you can even run monitors as 2 separate ones with another cable if the monitor supports it. But it's a curved display. I'd want to be able (at least in a fair bit of games) to have the game playing in the center with 16:9 and have 2 smaller vertical ones flanking it. You can do this but I also want the ability to Fullscreen it. It seems like some software will be able to do this shortly. Funny thing is when all this stuff happens and I finally get an ultra (or super ultra) wide, I'll still probably end up using on of my current monitors as a true second monitor anyway.... I'm too used to it. But I'll probably just use it in portrait mode.

[YouTougle]

As an artist/coder/designer I would be lost without my dual 16:10 IPS screens. I can run Visual Studio on monitor1 and I can run Photoshop on monitor 2 with my Wacom A5 tablet mapped to monitor 2 as well. That means my tablet still matches the aspect ratio of a single monitor, which avoids inconsistent X, Y scaling.

When I used to mod games like GTAV, I would run the game and Visual Studio on monitor 1, leaving monitor 2 for browser, reference docs, 3DS Max or Photoshop... or a combination of those 4. I also use edge-snap a lot, so it's nice having 4 edges to snap things to. I started using dual-screens in the 90's and I'm happy to stay with that setup.

If my PC was a pure gaming machine, then I would probably have an ultrawide (or triple screen) but it has always been a development PC first and foremost.

[huytuang]

what a professional reviewer! Hardly had I write a youtube comment, but your video is impressive

[drewbocop]

Both. 3440x1440 144hz ultrawide as main and a vertical 1080p monitor for everything else. :)
I got a 34" Gigabyte G34WQC for 379 that I have been extremely happy with for the price.

[Blaquegold]

Great review. I just upgraded my 34 21:9 inch to a 38 inch 21:10 monitor which is on an arm. The extra height on the 38 helps. I also have a tilted 24 inch monitor at around 45 degrees right under my 38 inch monitor. Not the greatest since space is limit but it works since I made sure to get a deep desk 36 inches deep and 52 inches wide.

[MattRoszak]

Very informative video. I just bought an ultrawide to replace two monitors, and it's an improvement in some situations, and annoying in others.

[moviesjean]

I made up my mind we are going ultrawide baby

Thank you sir

[djrisks]

I'm using my laptop screen at the moment. Thanks for this! I was planning to get dual monitors but now I'm thinking of getting a ultrawide monitor!

[vishalkarna]

To everyone, just be aware that if you move from Curve monitor to Flat monitor, you will face one issue. Edges of flat screen will feel away while the center would seem bulging. It will feel as convex lens. Really annoying. And might feel weird and have strange feelings looking at the monitor. If you plan to have curved at work and at home then it might be ok. but moving back and forth from curve to flat might cause eye strain and feel strange. I have 34 inch curved and I wish I could go back to flat. And at 34 inch size curve is not worth it. It might be useful when you go ultrawide >38 inch and above. Otherwise say away from curve. And curve is going to cost more than flat in most cases.

[Messiahs]

For me personally I run an UW and a normal 16:9 monitor, because especially in slower games i love to have some show or youtube video on, on the side. Which means LOADS of screenspace, but also more space taken by monitors. But honestly that seems to be the best setup, because you can play on the 16:9 in games that are better fitted for it and still can simultaneously watch shows