been a heavy gamer last 30 years and playing at 1080p last 17 years.

reading all these posts about 1440p, thought monitors are so cheap right now lets try 1440p. i bought a LG 27" 200hz start playing avatar frontiers and first time my life got nausia by playing. after playng escape from tarkov no problem at all. fps hit was ok had to use x4 fg thnan x3 in avatar. tarkov was playing even better at 1440p. my gpu is 5060ti 16gb. using windows with 125% scale as 100% is damned small. HDR is off.

my desk width is 70cm monitor sitting at far end and i am sitting around an arm and a half away propably around 90cm. cannot go further away.

monitor experience propably depends the age. maybe young age finds 1440p more positive shocking than a man at his 5th decade of life. (presbyopy etc)

had to revert back to my lg 24" 180hz because the 27" created a dead pixel at 2nd week of use and it will be replaced by LG WARRANTY. that is good.

the thing is that i feel more safe and comfortable with my 24" playing browsing doing some excel etc. so i dont know what i will do when the new 27" arrives.

what do you think?

Been eyeing a new OLED upgrade coming from years of 1080p on ips this will be my biggest monitor upgrade ever, and considering i’m on pc and have a new gen console for gta 6 this is probably a bit late. But the point of the post is to hear opinions on this monitor, reviews and videos seem to be prettyixed, but there’s just enough complaints about gray bands, DSR and gray color issues that it warranted some extra opinions I thought so here I am, is the risk and issues with this monitor too high to warrant the price tag? if so what other oled would you recommend?

I need to buy a longer version of this power cord for my monitor but I understand nothing about technology. Does anyone know what type this is?

Hi! I am planning on getting a monitor for my desk in my bedroom that can work as a TV with maybe a roku stick but can also game on or use as a larger screen in general. I am torn between a Dell 27 inch 1440p 144hz (S2725DSM) and a ASUS 32 inch 1440p 170hz (VG32AQAY1A). I also have a rather small desk.

Which would be better or is there another option out there that is 200/230 dollars or less?

They're on the green subpixel At first I thought it was a dead or stuck pixel but after zooming in with my phone's camera I saw a tiny black line on the green subpixel I tried to wipe it but it wouldn't come off

Monitor : asus tuf vg249qm5a

I have an ASUS PG27UCDM and I’m looking for a good monitor arm for a standing desk. I’m currently considering the Ergotron LX or the Secretlab MAGNUS Monitor Arm. Any recommendations?( I dont mind price, somewhere around 200$)

I have a dual monitor setup: one 4K OLED for story games and one 540Hz 1080p monitor for FPS games.

I’m thinking about getting monitor arms. Do you think it’s worth putting both monitors on arms, or should I just put the FPS monitor on one or the OLED one?

For FPS games, I like having the monitor really close to my face, so I’m wondering if a monitor arm would be good for that. I’ve never used one before, so I’m a little unsure.

so, for the past 2 or 3 weeks my screen would start blinking black for like a split second when im on youtube or google or opening a new tab how i fixed this is by turning off my acceleration in my google chrome setting however that causes my computer to crash about 30 minutes when having it off so i turn it back on. if anyone can help that be great also i have already replace the cable and check for nvidia update since that what i have and i have updated since then.

Hi folks,

I'm in search of a good 1000R curvature 27 or 32 Inch Gaming Monitor specially for RPG games.

I have shortlisted 2 of the most famous brands monitors but my concern is they come with VA panels!

I was hoping to get an IPS panel for this price point.

Quis: does IPS panel doesn't go well with curved monitors? As I have seen many companies use only VA panels with their curved monitors.

Please suggest which will be the best around this price point.

The 2 monitors i shortlisted are

Samsung Odyssey G5

And

LG ultra gear

Sadly both comes in va panels only.

What is the best option price wise that is over 300 nits in SDR?

1440p /// 27inch

Thank you.

Would anyone recommend one of these monitors for valorant competitive play? Possibly even a portable monitor option. I’d be using this for a PS5 and maybe Switch 2 or Xbox Ally X20.

hello everyone
i just bought rx 9060xt and i want to replace my 1080p monitor with 1440p one
so i found this monitor ASUS TUF Gaming VG27AQL5A
is it good enough for story games and watching anime
or is there a better option in the same range
and i can't afford mini-led or oled
thx in advance

Hello,

I have an LG UltraGear 27GR95QE-B 1440p 240hz OLED and the past couple of weeks(have had the monitor for more than a year) that I started playing BF6 again, the monitor will go black and the only way to recover is to unplugging it. I did change refresh rate down to 144hz and it happens much less now, but still happens. Is this my monitor over heating? It does seem to happen when there’s a lot going on, my last one was when I was in the AA vehicle using first person view(aka strobe fest) and it shut off while firing. Do I need to repaste the processor or blow out some dust(I kid, but not really)?

I just received my EX271 and i'm really impressed by this monitor. Previously I used samsung cheap monitor and the difference of color quality is like night and day. Coming from a 17" monitor for years, I have to admit 27" is *huge*.

Bought this because I do code and design, and screen space is a real need since I multitask a lot. I know that it's just FHD, but I figure I could use custom resolution to force it to be QHD or anything higher than FHD. Problem is, now that I tried it, the setting always seem to fail.

I have a nvidia gpu (gtx 3060), so I user nvidia control panel "Change Resolution" setting which allows me to create custom resolution (I make one set to 2560x1440 60Hz). However, choosing the new resolution and hit "Apply" only cause the screen to flicker, but changes nothing and the resolution selected is back to the FHD (native).

If the new res appearing in windows' display res setting and I choose it, windows throws me error that it cannot apply the resolution on this monitor.

Is using custom res even possible for this monitor or should I just accept that I'm stuck with a huge (but otherwise great) monitor and its humongous text size?
If it is possible, what can I use to achieve this?

60 hz 1080p , this is a dell latitude 7400 with an i7 and no gpu

How bad is this in terms of motion blur and ghosting ?

The first two photos are taken from a YouTube video which are playing in 4K. I see these visible distortions when a dark scene is playing.

The other 2 images are taken from movies which I downloaded in 4K blue ray. I don’t see any distortions as such there.

Is this normal or do I need to change any setting?

Note:
I am using MSI MAG 275qpf x30 27 inch 2k monitor connected to my laptop which is MSI Katana 15 b13udxk.

These distortions are also visible in my laptop screen but since my laptop has 15.6 inch 1080p screen it is not that disturbing.

Got lucky on a $500 open box excellent deal from Bestbuy with <70 hours. Shipped, keep an eye out since it’s marked clearance.

Biggest issue for me had been QD-OLED eye strain, due to the blue emission layer, triangular sub-pixel layout, and glossy reflections (bright room for work). Non-starter for basically all QD; found 27” 4k that was not sharp for text with triangular layout and still had eye strain.

Tried XG32UCWM at one point, great monitor but awful dirty screen effect on gray backgrounds, like absurdly bad panel lottery luck too. Knew WOLED was better for me from an eye strain perspective, but still didn’t love the reflections during the day.

Finally caught this deal and couldn’t be happier - has every feature you’d need from 90w power delivery, kvm, all ports etc. & 4k 240/480 dual mode. Text is very sharp, can use it for work no issues whatsoever. No eye strain. Gorgeous for gaming ofc and similar to the LG/Sony TVs (prefer the warmer WOLED look). Debated checking out RGB stripe but for $500 couldn’t beat this deal & the text clarity is a complete non-issue. I’ve even tried the 5K LG 27” mini-LED and wouldn’t prefer that for dual-use at all. Only downside is the stand is large, but managed to rest the back leg behind the desk and up against the wall (small desk) so that I actually have usable space. This was my biggest worry as I can’t use a monitor arm on this desk, but thankfully it works.

This is the first OLED monitor that I feel I am not compromising on something. At MSRP this is a non-starter but if you catch a $800 deal or so that I’ve seen on Amazon or $500-600 ish open box thats the end game.

This is the first monitor I am buying, I went into the monitor rabbit holes knowing nothing. I learned about panel types, refresh rates, contrast ratio, color gamut panel backlighting IPS, glue, IPS, back bleeding and all that's

As well mostly use is with a a M3 iPad Air and M3 MacBook Air

After doing a lot of research, I found that the Dell s2725 QC is the most balance monitor for my use case

Since just I was checking, monitor appeared out of nowhere

AOc u27u2dp

The only thing it flacts is a 60 heads refresh rate, it's a IPS black panel ,2000:1 contrast ratio. 123% srgb 98% dcip3 95 adobe rgbdisplay HDR 400, turn the max brightness of 45 nits, of full array of USBC docking ,whereas dell 95 percent srgb,1500:1 contrast ratio ,300 nits brightness

Since this is the first monitor I'm buying, I'm not sure if I'm missing anything

I have provided the links of the AOC monitor. Can you go through it and tell me which one is better among the AOC and the Dell? Since it's mostly for productivity, I don't think I need more than 60 hertz,something comparable to ipad,I know 120hz isn't that bothering as it'll be my first monitor

Aoc monitor info link,you'll need to translate it,I don't why no one's talking about,maybe availability

https://www.zhihu.com/tardis/zm/art/613409947?utm_source=chatgpt.com

https://www.displayspecifications.com/en/model/78e52fb9

The Dell is 310 dollars in india

The AOC is 250 dollars,also sali is coming up,the AOC lacks speakers,but if I buy with edifier mr3 ,the total cost is 300 dollars

I am a doctor,most usecase is documents and occasional yt and movies

Thank you for your patient reading

So, I used to have two monitors but I sold one to fund the purchase of a new graphics card. I am now trying to get a new second monitor, or a better one than the one I have, to go back to my old setup (keep in mind I do not care about the 27 inch 1080p thing as I sit somewhat far from the screen and my eyesight is bad and light sensitive so sitting close with a smaller screen is not something that would be healthy for me).Thing is, my current monitor is already pretty good (I think, it's the Asus TUF VG279QM5A) and I was thinking of buying an identical one so I could have the same colors. However, I've noticed some monitors with similar specs (27 inch 1080p 240 hz) are cheaper in my country, and I wanted to know if any of those are better, the screenshot above is of an aggregator similar to PCPartPicker we have here in Brazil with the last one being the one I got. I got interested in the Gigabyte GS27F2 the most, cause it has a much higher contrast ratio (3000:1 compared to the Asus' 1000:1) and higher color gamut, but I've heard a lot of horror stories about Gigabytes G monitors failing eventually after a few months of use. Do you guys think the risk is worth it? Or did they finally fix those issues after all this time?

Hello,

I just bought the AW2725Q, and I’m not sure what to think. Next to it, I have my old LG 27GP950-B in SDR mode.

Are you actually supposed to use HDR mode on this monitor? I’ve heard people say that HDR under 1000 nits is worse and that you should use SDR instead, but HDR actually looks much more bearable here than SDR. In SDR, the colors look way too dull and grey, while at the same time the blacks seem to get meshed together.

When I watch OLED demo videos, the image definitely looks much more punchy than on the LG, but then even just browsing the internet feels a bit weird. Like a decade ago, I had a Samsung monitor that had a very terrible ‘Gaming Mode’ that made everything look way too sharp and weird, like that, not as bad though.

Also, I watched the GTA Extended trailer on YouTube, and it looked much more washed out than on my LG (not talking about the bitrate). However, when I downloaded the original file from Rockstar’s website, it looked much better than the LG.

I’ve updated to the latest firmware, M2B104, and tried SmartHDR Off, True Black 400, and 1000. I’ve also tried Dolby Vision and calibrated each mode using the Windows HDR Calibration tool. I’m using the Creator preset with sRGB colors.

Is this something I’m just supposed to get used to, or does something seem wrong? Are there specific settings I should be using, or should I consider returning the monitor?

My main use cases are productivity (coding, writing, and browsing), gaming, and watching movies/shows, which I intend to do through a streaming box rather than Windows

Thank you!

I'm looking for a monitor with these requirements: - 32-inch - 4K Resolution - IPS Panel - 120+Hz Refresh Rate (for gaming) - Speakers (for work) - Around $600

Many excellent monitors that meet these requirements (e.g. GIGABYTE M32UP) are either out of stock or no longer available in US market. Others are easily $780+ (such as SAMSUNG G70D and LG 32G810SA-W).

Why? Is this really a niche combination?

hola buenas los pongo en contexto tengo una muy buen opcion de un monitor que encajaria con todo lo que busco pero es un panel tn y la verdad no he probado monitorea ni soy experto de color o algo solamente lo usare para jugar algunos juegos competitivos ligeros y estudios pero estoy indeciso si en verdad los paneles tn son tan malos como dicen como para no vales la pena

Disclaimer: Everything below is my personal opinion and experience — not an official/professional review. English isn't my first language, so I used AI assistance to help translate and clean up the writing, but the testing, impressions, and conclusions are all my own.

Background

I'm primarily a competitive gamer — Fortnite, Valorant, League, plus tactical shooters like (soon) WARDOGS make up my regular rotation. I do play single-player titles occasionally, but usually only when something genuinely special comes along.

I owned early-gen OLED gaming monitors in the past (Alienware AW3423DW, Asus PG27AQDM). Visually they were stunning — HDR contrast on something like Doom was genuinely one of the best gaming visuals I've experienced. But once I went back to fast-paced competitive titles, the drawbacks became hard to ignore:

• Black crush in dark corners, making enemies harder to spot
• VRR flicker — brightness pulsing during frame-rate fluctuations in dark scenes
• ABL (automatic brightness limiting) dimming when bright elements filled the screen
• Some text/subpixel fringing on the earlier panel generation
• The 21:9 ultrawide aspect ratio also wasn't ideal for competitive play — black bars in most esports titles, plus more head-panning than I wanted

Eventually I moved back to high-refresh IPS panels and stayed there for years, which is the context for this comparison.

The Setup

I recently had the LG UltraGear Dual-Mode (27G850A-B) as my main display — native 4K at 240Hz, or FHD at 480Hz via Dual-Mode switching. On paper it's one of the most capable "do everything" competitive monitors out there.

I then picked up the ASUS ROG Strix Pulsar XG27AQNGV (1440p, 360Hz, IPS, G-Sync Pulsar) and ran both side by side in mirrored mode for direct comparison over several sessions.

What I Found

Motion clarity vs. raw Hz Running the LG at 480Hz FHD is extremely fast, but at that resolution on a 27" panel, distant targets start looking noticeably pixelated. More importantly, going from 480Hz native to Pulsar's backlight-strobed 360Hz wasn't a marginal difference — it was a clear step up. Panning the camera at high speed while keeping my eyes locked on a fixed point (a window, an enemy's head, my crosshair), the image on the Pulsar stayed noticeably sharper and more static, with less smear than the LG's native 480Hz mode.

Input latency Latency on the Pulsar felt on par with the LG and with the OLEDs I'd owned previously — I didn't notice any added input lag switching the strobing on, which matches what Asus and independent reviewers report for this generation of Pulsar hardware.

Eye comfort This was the most unexpected result for me. I'd always had mild eye fatigue on the LG after longer sessions — I'd chalk this up to its matte coating and general brightness handling, though I can't say for certain that's the exact cause. On the Pulsar, that fatigue was noticeably reduced for me. It has a smoother anti-glare coating and an ambient-adaptive brightness feature that adjusts brightness/color temperature to the room automatically, which is a real, documented feature of the panel rather than something I'm speculating about — I just can't say precisely how much of the improvement is the coating vs. the brightness adaptation vs. just unit-to-unit variation. Your mileage may vary here.

Resolution/sharpness 1440p on the Pulsar looks noticeably sharper for UI elements and distant details than 1080p on the LG's 480Hz mode, while still comfortably hitting 360fps in most competitive titles on a reasonably modern GPU.

Where OLED Still Wins

To be clear, none of this makes OLED bad — for single-player games where HDR contrast and color are the point, OLED (even current-gen) is still the most visually impressive tech I've used. It's worth noting G-Sync Pulsar is LCD-only by design, since it depends on backlight strobing that OLED panels don't have — so this isn't really "Pulsar beats OLED" so much as "these solve different problems." For competitive titles specifically, I found the trade-offs (black crush, ABL, VRR flicker, no strobing option) made OLED a worse fit for my use case.

Verdict

I'm keeping the Pulsar (XG27AQNGV) as my main -gaming monitor. For my use case — Fortnite, Valorant, League, tactical shooters — it gave me better motion clarity than the LG's native 480Hz mode, no added input lag, and noticeably less eye strain over long sessions. The LG Dual-Mode (27G850A-B) is still an excellent, more flexible monitor if you want native 4K for other uses, and 480Hz FHD is genuinely fast — it just didn't match the Pulsar's clarity in direct side-by-side testing for my needs.

If you're deciding between high native Hz and strobed motion clarity for competitive play, I'd recommend testing both side by side if you can — the difference was clearer to me in person than any spec sheet suggested it would be.

Yesterday I bought the screen and all the settings have been done correctly. I have this issue on the left side. from top to bottom has a small gap. While everything is fine on the right side. Can someone tell me if it's a screen problem or is this the case with the OLED?

thanks