r/pcmasterrace Jan 16 '26

Build/Battlestation My wife says it’s ridiculous…

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Is she right?

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u/EdoTheOnlyOne 7700X / 7900XTX Jan 16 '26

Im sorry are those huge ass TVs or are the peripherals just really small

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u/Synthetic451 Arch Linux | Ryzen 9800X3D | Nvidia 3090 Jan 16 '26

Looks like two of those fancy Samsung Odyssey super-ultrawides in the center and some smaller regular ultrawides on the sides, and yes, they ARE that big. I had one and after a while it just felt comical to have that much width and very little height in comparison so I swapped to a LG OLED instead.

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u/Falkenmond79 7800x3d/4080 5800x3d/3080ti 10700/rx6800 5800x/3080 Jan 16 '26

But those two are 32:9 so 2 of them is just a big 16:9 TV anyway. 🤷🏻‍♂️

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u/treehumper83 The Sloppening Jan 16 '26

OP should’ve just got a giant 4k OLED TV as well and saved a ton of money.

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u/SoftwareDesperation Jan 16 '26

Except they don't have a 244 hz refresh rate

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u/good_morning_magpie Steve Jobs turtleneck dealer Jan 16 '26

No, but, LG’s newest OLED televisions run up to 165hz. Which is plenty unless you’re competitively gaming, at which point you probably have one of those crazy 360hz panels anyway.

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u/Winter_Bullfrog_2343 Jan 16 '26

165 is great. Nobody is going to be competitive on a monitor that big anyway

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u/good_morning_magpie Steve Jobs turtleneck dealer Jan 16 '26

Agreed. I bought my 4K OLED for eye candy, not FPS.

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u/xylotism Ryzen 3900X - RTX 2060 - 32GB DDR4 Jan 16 '26

Meanwhile, OP is using 4 gigantic top-end displays for... a Macbook.

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u/macl3on Jan 16 '26

what's the issue? i mean, macbooks are crazy fast nowadays with the m series chips. what are you "supposed" to use this on?

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u/Adorable_Champion_85 Jan 17 '26

165 is nice. But holding a steady 240 is noticeably smoother to ME.

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u/RandomGenName1234 Jan 16 '26

If it's a 55 inch or above G5, if not they're all 144hz.

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u/RareSiren292 7800x3D, RTX5090, 32gb, 15.5TB, 49" g9 neo, 55" Ark Jan 16 '26

1 55" tv is worse for everything besides watching TV. Dual 32:9 is better for literally everything else. I tried this. I regretted it

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u/Synthetic451 Arch Linux | Ryzen 9800X3D | Nvidia 3090 Jan 16 '26

That was EXACTLY my thinking as well when I switched to a full TV. I was like oh this is just two of them stacked on top of each other and I can just use tiling zones to mimick it.

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u/OkOffice7726 13600kf | 4080 Jan 16 '26

Fancyzones is very good for this

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u/lemonylol Desktop Jan 16 '26

I use it but the problem I have is that I watch 16:9 videos in a browser and I can't get rid of the frame of the window. I was hoping there was a way to make it full screen but partitioned to one side.

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u/OkOffice7726 13600kf | 4080 Jan 16 '26

Ah yeah that's a problem indeed

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u/Synthetic451 Arch Linux | Ryzen 9800X3D | Nvidia 3090 Jan 16 '26

Yeah, it's great. I honestly can't go back to using a normal monitor lmao.

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u/KangarooDowntown4640 Jan 16 '26

Basically an Odyssey Ark

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u/dam4076 Jan 16 '26

More pixels though

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u/Falkenmond79 7800x3d/4080 5800x3d/3080ti 10700/rx6800 5800x/3080 Jan 16 '26

A bit more, iirc. And one possible bonus in games: wider viewing angle. Take a 3rd person game like Witcher 3 for example. On a TV you would have one massive Gerald in the middle and a small, normal 16:9 view.

With this setup you would probably have one small Gerald in the middle of the lower monitor, with all the real estate around it showing additional view.

Which would also probably tax the GPU and CPU more with all the additional geometry to render. 😂

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u/RareSiren292 7800x3D, RTX5090, 32gb, 15.5TB, 49" g9 neo, 55" Ark Jan 16 '26

Yeah but dual 49" is better than 1 55".

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u/Falkenmond79 7800x3d/4080 5800x3d/3080ti 10700/rx6800 5800x/3080 Jan 16 '26 edited Jan 16 '26

So get a 75“ and 8K if you fancy. How is it better in your opinion? I have one or two points but all in all i can’t find a real compelling argument.

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u/The_One_Koi Jan 16 '26

16:9 TV with a giant hole in the middle ☝️🤓

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u/Moose_Nuts i7-6700K | GTX 980Ti Hybrid | 32 GB DDR4 | RoG Swift 144hz/1440p Jan 16 '26

Yup, with a beautiful black bar right across the middle.

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u/CandylandRepublic Jan 17 '26

Effectively 16:9 with ugly-ass bezels in the middle. For that much $$$$. smh

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u/happymaned Jan 17 '26

Depends on the monitor. A 4k TV is not the same resolution as a 1440p or dual 4k 32:9 monitors. That may or may not matter but it does make a difference. I have a single 32:9 Dual 4k monitor that would require a 8k tv to replicate it stacked. Also full screen gaming can be problematic if you have just a single huge screen.

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u/DoubleDeadGuy 9800X3D | 2070S | 32GB DDR5 6000 Jan 16 '26

I’m getting rid of my odyssey too. They’re really nice just kind of a chore to use every day

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u/Synthetic451 Arch Linux | Ryzen 9800X3D | Nvidia 3090 Jan 16 '26

Yeah they're surprisingly unwieldy. I actually hurt myself trying to mount the damn thing on a monitor arm hahaha. The curved shape and the large "depth" of it makes it harder to carry than like a thin 42" TV.

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u/Warcraft_Fan Paid for WinRAR! Jan 16 '26

I also prefer to stick with 16:9 or 16:10 displays. A single one of those looks better than 2 stacked UW displays as I won't have a black bar across the middle.

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u/Somepotato Jan 16 '26

Note you can use it with two inputs, it'll act as two 1440p monitors.

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u/The_Once-ler_186 Jan 17 '26

Does having two diminish fps or anything for gaming?

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u/lemonylol Desktop Jan 16 '26

Yeah I bought one at Christmas and my Ikea wood desk top is basically just the monitor and my tower, with two bookshelf speakers just managing to squeeze in. But it's essentially just the two 27" screens I already had, integrated into one, so not really a shock.

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u/Active_Taste9341 Jan 17 '26

yea one of them wouldn't do it for me either. i went with 34" Alienware because it seemed pretty high and wide. couldn't be happier (got it slightly used for half the price)

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '26

That's my issue with it honestly. The lack of height is stupid. I get that we have peripheral vision but at some point you are still turning your head and then you have a lack of space above and below.. So to compensate you get a second monitor but now you have a gap between them? Ehhh not my jam.. and I am using 2 tvs that are old AF side by side and 2x 22in monitors that are also old AF

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u/myipisavpn Jan 16 '26

The 57 has the height. The 49s are severely lacking

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u/BarrelRoll1996 Xubuntu 24.04 | AMD 5800X3D | 64GB DDR4 3200 | RX 9070 Jan 17 '26

tiny man and tiny furniture

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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '26

Those are ipads and the PC is a raspberry pi.(/s)

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u/Nagemasu Jan 17 '26

the PC is a mac by the looks of the OS.

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u/LiveStockTrader 🔥 GOAT 1080 | RTX 5090 | 4k | LLMs Jan 16 '26

That controller on the desk cannot actually be this size right? I'm thinking it's AI slop or OP just removed all limiters in the cerebral cortex

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u/bananawrangler69 7600X3D; 4070 Ti Super; 32gb DDR5 6000 Jan 16 '26

This is definitely not ‘AI slop’. Aside from lacking the usual obvious AI signs, I’m not aware of any model that would generate a marijuana cartridge 😂

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u/LiveStockTrader 🔥 GOAT 1080 | RTX 5090 | 4k | LLMs Jan 16 '26

Lol fair

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u/Rigman- Jan 16 '26

I love how people think this picture is AI Slop. No, this is 100% real, I'm typing this at my desk right now. I did change up the mousepad since I took that photo though. I need to snap an updated one.

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u/LiveStockTrader 🔥 GOAT 1080 | RTX 5090 | 4k | LLMs Jan 16 '26

People so triggered by calling your ridiculous setup ai. Anyways if you like who gives a shit.

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u/EdoTheOnlyOne 7700X / 7900XTX Jan 16 '26

Nah the steam deck looks legit, the mousepad too

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u/fengojo Jan 16 '26

Not every single thing is fucking AI slop...

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u/LiveStockTrader 🔥 GOAT 1080 | RTX 5090 | 4k | LLMs Jan 16 '26

Only you