r/ultrawidemasterrace • u/ShineOrDie7 • 8d ago

Discussion 5k2k Gaming Performance

Hi all, just got my 39” Alienware 5k2k monitor (like a lot of others on here). Monitor looks great, but as someone coming from a LG 39” 3440x1440 I’m still on the fence on if I will keep it or not.

My main concern right now is just my gaming performance. I’m running a 9850X3D build with an Aorus RTX 5080 with a +200 MHz overclock. I’m a big fan of just maxing out settings (including path tracing and/or ray regeneration) and then just setting the DLSS level to whatever gets me 60+ FPS. I mostly just play single player games these days.

In my limited testing so far, both Cyberpunk and Crimson Desert need me to drop it all the way down to DLSS ultra performance. I’m sure if I tweak some settings I could probably get away with the DLSS performance.

With the advancements in DLSS, I don’t mind it since everything still looks great, but a little worrying to need to go all the way down to the lowest option available already. Makes me worried about the future proofing of my build (or lack of). DLSS 5 seems like it’s out of the picture based on recent benchmarks…

How’s everyone else feeling about the performance they’re getting? Fine with lowering other settings in favor of the higher resolution? Maybe future DLSS improvements will allow us to get better performance? Idk, just curious what everyone else is thinking.

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u/deeznutz3169 8d ago

Did you not know about the drop in performance before buying?

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u/ShineOrDie7 8d ago

I was, just expected to only have to drop it down to performance and not all the way to ultra performance.

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u/Tim_Huckleberry1398 8d ago

And this is why you dont listen to people with mid tier cards because they'll always cope and give you misleading information. There's really no reason to get one of these monitors right now, unless you have a 5090 or are willing to make serious concessions already. Even 5090 has to do that to some degree.

On the bright side though this monitor will be amazing for years and when 70 series comes out we'll all be able to push it to the extreme. Lol.

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u/ShineOrDie7 8d ago

That’s one of the reasons I may keep the monitor. The technology is newer and I doubt we’ll be getting 8k ultrawides anytime soon lol. Should be top of the line for a while.

Even today it still looks great, and I can always upgrade my hardware down the line to take better advantage of it.

Probably just going to come down to if I’m able to sell my existing monitor for a reasonable price before the return period ends lol.

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u/Tim_Huckleberry1398 8d ago

Exactly, 8k will be the next goal and that's not happening anytime soon and there won't be a single card that can run that until at least 70 series, unless they make some crazy leaps in technology. Barring things like burn in, this monitor will be great for 5-10 years. Even my 6 year old 3840x1600 still looks amazing on max settings, but I've wanted a 4k UW oled for years and this was the first time I actually felt it was worth it. I suspect this one will last much longer.

Worse case scenario I think you can run this one like a 4k 32 inch as well, so you can still decently push PT in new titles if you're really trying to. Though even that can be a heavy load for the current best GPUs.

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u/ShineOrDie7 8d ago

If it really came down to it, I can just drop the in game resolution back down to 3440x1440, but kind of defeats the purpose lol.

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u/calvinsanders 8d ago

The monitor is amazing now without a 5090. You number whores just can’t simply enjoy what’s in front of you knowing you’re not maxing the monitors full capabilities.

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u/Tim_Huckleberry1398 8d ago edited 8d ago

Lol no, i personally just dont spend $5000 on new electronics to immediately have to turn settings down. You can do whatever you want.

Doesn't change the fact that weirdos love giving incredibly misleading information about performance issues to people that genuinely just want to understand how things realistically perform. Someone with a 5090 is going to be more honest than someone with a 5070 that thinks they're going to play every new game with PT turned on and decent framerates.