Ultrawide Gaming Monitor or Dual 16:9 Gaming Displays

That’s very self-explanatory as you might imagine. As an example, you take two 27” 1440p monitors and link them with a DisplayPort cable, then run DisplayPort cables from each monitor to your graphics card, or daisy chain so that the connection goes from the GPU to one monitor and then the second monitor. You effectively get a 54” display, but the downside is that your PC now has to potentially run games in double QHD in our example. If you do this with 4K monitors, theoretically you’ll need enough processing power for dual 4K. Scaling and display extension mitigate the burden on your PC hardware, but you should still account for a performance overhead.

We have a whole article about dual monitor setups if you’re interested. 

The ultrawide form factor aims to stretch the display for a wider field of view without having to bring in another monitor. Also, the majority of ultrawides are curved for better viewing angles and a more accommodating fit with human eyesight. However, to get a big display like that 54” twinning of 27” monitors we described above you would have to look at very expensive ultrawide monitors, if you can even find something in that size class.

Take a look at this article for much more info on the basics of ultrawide gaming monitors. 

While this sounds cool, you’ll run into the normal limitations and complexities of dual displays as listed above.

No different from dual 16:9 displays. If those sound like things you’re willing to put up with, then there’s no reason to not have dual ultrawides. However, if you go with curved ultrawide gaming monitors, remember that in addition to the bezel issue you’ll also have the curve factor to consider, resulting in a “bulge” in the middle of the joined display. Curved monitors as a rule were not meant for pairing into one pseudo-seamless display. 

For people who want a lot of display real estate without breaking the bank, dual 16:9 monitors are a good option. Assuming you don’t mind the bezel and the setup. We believe this applies more to productivity and non-gaming applications. Gamers stand to gain more from investing in a single, larger monitor.

That leads us to the ultimate conclusion of this article that an ultrawide monitor is better than dual 16:9 displays, especially if you get one that’s at least 34”. A single ultrawide monitor is much more streamlined in terms of setup and adaptability, and even with the many games that don’t support ultrawide resolutions, it’s still not nearly as complex as having multiple monitors crowding your desktop.

We recommend going with either a bigger 16:9 monitor or an ultrawide. Dual monitor setups are fine for people used to multiple displays from their office life and so on, but aren’t great for gaming purposes.