I’m kinda lost here. Not a computer hardware guy. I just bought a Samsung CJ89 43" Curved UltraWide 3840 X 1200 Resolution monitor. My graphics card in my Gateway tower will only go up to 1900 x 1200 so my screen is quite stretched looking. A circle looks like an oval. I don’t need it for gaming, just working at home (I remote into work). Any recommendations? Not even sure what might physically fit.
What is the exact model of your computer?
Gateway DX4870
Win 10
64 bit
8gigs of RAM
Intel Core i5 3.00GHz
Buying a new computer is not out of the question. Working remotely from home. I bought the wide monitor because I’m often remoting into more than one machine and need the real estate.
And thanks for your response.
You have a PCIe 3.0 x16 graphics card slot. Here is the lowest-priced card that I found in a quick search that will fit your computer and give you the desired output resolution. I’m sure there are other options. I have no experience with this and am not recommending it–I am just saying it meets your specs.
The thing you have to watch out for is power consumption. Your computer has a 300W power supply, which may be sufficient for the card I linked but may not be for higher-end cards. The card above is rated at 55W and I don’t know how much power headroom there is for additional components. (I built my own computer have a 650W power supply.) Because the computer supports adding drives and a graphics card, I would assume there is enough headroom but I can’t be 100% certain without more tech specs on the computer and I don’t know if anyone publishes “power consumption as shipped.”
I think that is a 7-8 year old computer and probably has a spinning HDD. I wouldn’t spend money on it and would just get a new computer that will natively support that display. A new computer with SSD or NVMe should be a lot faster as well. Windows 10 on spinning drives can be glacially slow.
Thanks folks. Was on vertial meeting. It is an older computer for sure, but was built pretty well at the time. I will look into new machine I think. Thinking Dell. Need to make sure it would have graphics capabilities for new monitor.
Oh, gosh, I overlooked the age. Yeah, you have gotten your money’s worth out of that box and it’s time to move on. Aside from the display you will probably be delighted at the overall performance upgrade you get even for the same price point.
Thanks all. Yeah, I suppose it’s time to pull the trigger on a new box. Besides screen real estate though it’s fine. I’m on satellite internet, so that’s my real bottle neck. Sigh.
You can definitely find a sub-$50 GPU that’ll power that monitor. The $35 dollar Raspberry Pi 4 can run two 4K monitors. This is one: GT710-4H-SL-2GD5｜Graphics Cards｜ASUS Global
If you’re not having any performance issues with the PC, you don’t need a new one. New PCs are awesome though so don’t let me stop you.
If you do open up the PC to install a new GPU (very simple), definitely get an SSD as well.
Thanks Palloka. And others. I’m not ready for a new machine right now. I really don’t have the time to get it set up. Or put in an SSD. But I can slap in a new graphics card no prob. I’ll get a new machine sometime this winter I suppose.
I may have to set up my Wife with a desktop as well. I suspect she may start working from home again (COVID at work).She has been ok with a lap top, but I also have a new 32" monitor that she could use. It’s all a bit nuts as we all know.
I was seeing $800 graphic cards for this monitor. It’s not a gaming machine, and I just use it to remote into work. And see my work machine/s. $50 or so will get me going, The 1900x1200 reso that my current graphic card supports is going to drive me a bit nuts.
SDMB to the rescue again.
If you have no desire to play modern PC games or do video editing then what @CookingWithGas recommended is best.
If you want to play modern PC games with high requirements and/or do serious video editing I would recommend a new computer and much more substantial video card.