Budget and contrast are the main advantages, as you said yourself. Everything else is on the side of IPS. Four and a half years ago when I bought my first ultrawide (which I still use) there really was no other thing at that price point (400-ish euros) that came even close in terms of features and specifications that I wanted. I am still very conflicted about giving more than twice that amount for a 38" IPS, all that time later, while we have OLEDs at 34" going for 400-ish.
Work environment is a flexible term nowadays, and especially for self employed architects. I play games on my monitor, too, and also use it for some media consumption as well.
ArchiCAD 28 | INT - Cro | Forward | WIN 10 / 11
