Question *Subjective* is OLED actually worth it?

[igor_kavinski]

Looks really nice!

One could play a game in a window, browse the internet, have hardware stats running in a corner without cluttering the game window and have a video call open with a buddy at the same time, all at once on that screen. Sweet.

 

[DaaQ]

Looks really nice!

One could play a game in a window, browse the internet, have hardware stats running in a corner without cluttering the game window and have a video call open with a buddy at the same time, all at once on that screen. Sweet.

Oh no, the older 3440x1440p is going to be 2nd monitor.
EDIT: 1800R curve is quite nice. The Nixeus Edge 34 IIRC was 1500R. So Maybe for my particular situation the 1500R may have been better.

Side note. Don't have to move head at all. I did have to increase mouse DPI to get from edge to edge in single motion, but it sped up the pointer faster than I prefer.

 

[DaaQ]

D4, not 5120x1440p.
BG3 5120x1440p.
POE2 less than D4 WS resolution. Black bars large on each side. Probably 2160x1440p
Elden Ring. No SUW support.
No Rest for the Wicked, full UWS support.
All games showed the 5120x1440p resolution though.

 

[igor_kavinski]

Possibly there are some mods to fix the ones that don't have official support.

 

[DaaQ]

Possibly there are some mods to fix the ones that don't have official support.

Still subjectively worth it. Unless you play in a glass house with no shades. Still would be bright enough tho.

 

[Golgatha]

Deal Alert: LG ‎27GS95QE 27in 240Hz OLED (WOLED) 1440p Monitor, Used Like New - $390.80 + Tax after 25% off instant coupon

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I bought a 2nd OLED monitor for my son's computer.

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[igor_kavinski]

Sweet!

 

[SteveGrabowski]

After having this monitor for a while now, I have to say the difference from my IPS has gotten perceivably higher as I've been using it. I can't overstate how much better my experience playing my PS5 on it versus the old IPS panel as well; with VRR and full HDR support, it's a night and day type of difference.

Wow I thought PS5 didn't support VRR at 1440p. Maybe that was just in the first firmware update to support 1440p though.

 

[Dave3000]

I mainly want a G-Sync compatible monitor because of MS-DOS emulation as many DOS games are programmed for 70Hz and thinking that I might as well upgrade to OLED as well since prices are coming down on them. DOS Box Staging supports VRR. I heard that flickering with VRR turned on is a common issue with OLEDs. Is this true for QD-OLEDs as well? I was considering a 27" QD-OLED 4k 240Hz monitor that is on sale right now. Also should I have to worry about VVR flickering on an OLED if the G-Sync drops down to a locked 70Hz and stays there in a DOS game that is programmed for 70Hz and in a modern game I just cap my frame rate to a frame rate that I think I will maintain most of the time and still keep G-Sync turned on so the G-Sync syncs up exactly to the capped frame rate I set it to, for example in FS2024, I can cap it to 60 fps in the settings but have a refresh rate of 240Hz (if the monitor supports 240Hz) and let the G-Sync sync down to the capped 60 fps. Would that cause VRR flickering on OLED or would the flickering start happening only during those times that my system drops below the capped 60 fps with G-Sync on as the G-Sync rate fluctuates when below the capped 60 fps in FS2024? I was also considering a 27" IPS 2K monitor with G-Sync compatibility and 180Hz refresh rate, and setting the refresh rate to 180Hz but still capping FS2024 to 60 fps. I'm right now using a basic 23" 1080p 60Hz screen but I have an RTX 4090 in my system that I'm not really taking advantage of.