1610 is the superior aspect ratio, been using it for almost 2 decades and I never had any issue with any game. 16:9 is for movie theaters. The movie industry hijacked the display production and also 16:9 is smaller so more panels could be produced, but it is objectively worse from the distance you look at it. autowikibot •. IBM T220/T221 LCD monitors: The IBM T220 and T221 are LCD monitors with a native resolution of 3840×2400 pixels ( WQUXGA) on a screen with a diagonal of 22.2 inches (564 mm). This works out as over 9.2 million pixels, with pixel density of 204 pixels per inch (80 dpcm, 0.1245 mm pixel pitch ), much higher than ordinary 169 QHD vs 16:10 WUXGA Hello! I need some advice regarding what monitor to get. It is between Dell P2421 vs Dell P2421D One has 16:10 aspect ratio with 1920 x 1200 resolution. The other has 16:9 aspect ratio with QHD resolution For games and movies, though, 16:9 seems to be quite common. Reply itsjust games being mainly made for 16:9 so you might run into an issue with the occasional shitty port. Also 16:9 just has more options to pick from (especially 144hz and stuff) but playing on a 16:10 is perfectly fine too. Yeh I've encountered the odd shitty port that only works with 16:9. Really sucks. Ultrawide3440x1440 21:9. Widescreen 2560x1440 16:9. GPU: Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GAMING OC 8GB GDDR6. CPU: Intel Core i7-8700K 4.4GHz, Hexa Core, 12 1610 is a better choice if you work on a lot of documents (it can scale two letter format pages side by side) and 16:9 is the best choice for entertainment (movies Unfortunatelymost of them are 16:9, 16:10 looks much better, but as it is more expensive to make (larger area for same diagonal size) manufacturers forced 16:9. 3. Roenie • 4 yr. ago. All of them are 16:9 which is generally preferable as in-game that aspect ratio allows you to see more of the environment to the sides. Yeah 8:5 was the VESA standard so most computer monitors used it. Then ATSC came along making 16:9 = HDTV and, due to the TV industry being a lot larger than the monitor industry and the panels being swappable between both indusries, economics dictated 16:9 win. 16:9 is, in no way, better for computer use than 8:5 but it is OxB0z.