@neutrinoworks said:
@kali-b1rd said:
1440p Ultrawide 120 FPS, with Open Studio Headphones and Simulated Surround sound...
Nothing better, best FoV, best periperals and concentration.
My home theatre in the living room is nothing but a novelty.... even with HDR and proper speakers, you never have that same quality of audio.
That must be a really poor living room setup
Yeah.
I've played Hellblade with binaural recording and my Sennheiser HD 558. I expected to be wowed, based on some YouTube videos I'd seen prior, but it wasn't as impressive as a speaker system. I barely recognized the surround simulation. It still mostly felt like stereo. Almost no games have binaural recording. A lot of games do have simpler virtual surround options, but I've been gaming with headphones long enough that I know these features are gimmicks. I'm trying out "Windows Sonic for Headphones" right now. Testing the pod race in Star Wars Episode I. I notice no difference with the feature on and off. I watched this pod race two nights ago on the TV and was more impressed by the way sound was used for these rumbling, roaring, zipping vehicles.
I don't know if I even want an ultrawide monitor. I bought my ASUS MX27AQ only three and a half years ago for 460 dollars. I don't feel ready to buy another one. The dimensions of human vision are closer to 16x9 than 21x9. The clear part of your vision is narrower than 16x9. I guess the increased peripheral vision might be nice, the substitute for that I mean. I also checked out curved TVs prior to buying my 64 inch TV and found them skewed and ugly, no matter what distance I viewed them from. I was aware the whole time that the middle was farther away. The objects in the picture should have gently bent around my vision, but they didn't. Don't know if it's any better when sitting in front of a monitor, but I can't imagine why it would be better.
I just remembered another drawback of gaming on a PC. If it's a game designed for a controller, like Dark Souls and probably Sekiro, a table isn't that well suited for them. Either you keep your forearms on the edge of the table, which isn't that comfortable, or you hold the controller beneath the table, which is also awkward and sometimes causes you to bump the table. You could scoot farther back, but then you're not at the intended distance for your monitor. I don't know what platform to get Sekiro for now.
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