Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts Log in sign up User account menu 4 Need help with monitor for Mac.

I consistently need 2 programs running at once, so thought an UltraWide is the way to go.

Pictures seemed ok, but the text in the OS and applications looked blurry.like the rendering was off.

Still nothing. I looked online and found some things to change (font smoothing, force RGB), and still, couldnt get clear text.

Finally, someone told me that at 34, the resolution is too low, so it will always look bad (especially coming from a Retina display), and advised me to move to a 29.

It looks a little better, but the text gives me a headache reading it.

After posting online in a Mac forum, someone said to make the fonts bigger so that they seem less pixelated.

I tried plugging a PC into the monitor and it wasnt perfect, but did render the text a little sharper.

Do I go to a 34 3440x1440 or does that not really make a difference Do macs just render text horribly on a 21:9 aspect ratio I really need some advice and thought this might be the best place to get it.

Thanks in advance 2 comments share save hide report 100 Upvoted This thread is archived New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast Sort by best level 1 1 point 1 year ago in my opinion and knowledge, any screen with a 1440 resolution takes more out of the computer to render, usually a 1080 monitor will render better.

So maybe you could either get a sharper monitor, or you could just get another monitor in a regular 16:9 for better results.

The ones on the apple website will not disappoint but are a little bit pricy.

Retina MacBook Pros have a pixel density of 220 pixels per inch.

Most desktop displays have a pixel density closer to 100 ppi, which just simply isnt going to look anywhere near as sharp.

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