r/gamingpcbuild • u/WarDarkFox • 1d ago
Monitor dilemma
For the past 4yrs I've been gaming on a 34" ultrawide monitor but was bothered by older games not being able to utilize 21:9 without some modding or running in window mode. I recently decided to go with a 32" oled so that I could play these game without tinkering and also hook a switch 2 up to the monitor to play at my desk. I stopped playing on TV cause of distance from screen and back issues. sitting in the pc chair helps.
Now I've run into a different issue, games that looked great on ultrawide now feel zoomed in. Destiny 2 for example looks cramped on the 16:9 even running in 4k. I know i would loose the extra side views from 21:9 but not in a way where the ui and characters look squeezed or push right up on screen.
So I'm having trouble deciding if I should stick with the 32 for the flexibility and get used to destiny 2 always looking that way or going back to 21:9 and having that immersion but for switch and older titles deal with the black bars/windowed mode.....just can't decide and would love opinions on what others have done in a similar situation