[SUMMARY] Gaming Monitor Recommendations

[ragnarok95]

For owners of the AW3423DWF, how bad is the text within a web browser? Not really doing productivity tasks on my home pc just reading stuff on websites.

I have no issue reading stuffs on the website for my AW3423DWF. If you are worried, can go to Dell@Vivo, PS, Funan to experience the text yourself.

 

[hyperfuse]

For owners of the AW3423DWF, how bad is the text within a web browser? Not really doing productivity tasks on my home pc just reading stuff on websites.

no issue at all. i used it for productivity work and no issues as well.

 

[hyperfuse]

That's because there is not much difference in terms of PPI. 100+ PPI is really just average these days, so there is not much difference.

If you look at the flagship mobile and laptop, the PPI is a few hundred, and it looks much sharper.

Screen manufacturers are not prioritizing monitors, what can we do.

yup my samsung s23 ultra PPI, in which i just googled...wah.., 501 ppi.

but anyway 27 inch 1440P with the color vibrancy of oled already look good. actually dont say oled, even 27 inch VA panel has good color reproduction. the contrast ratio also not bad. Just that VA not so good for fast moving action due to ghosting but to be honest when i was using a VA panel with a 165hz refresh rate, i didnt notice the ghosting even in FPS games though.

i guess alot of times, these types of issues are blown way out of proportion by youtube reviewers in which they slow down the content, to elevate the cons. Real world usage probably cant even notice.

i am sure no one can differentiate 1ms gtg response times of a LCD vs a 0.1ms gtg response time of an oled in real world usage. dont say 1ms, even 2ms dont think human eye can notice.

Maybe its a plot by technology manufacturers to upsell IT products by showing us spec sheets accomplishment in numbers. Real world usage cant see the difference at all but we are victims of marketing, we easily swayed to purchase high end products. i admit i am one of them~

 

[kappak]

Human eye limit is at 300ppi

 

[IcYFl4mEz]

So if for $450 diff, worth to go from 2k 34” to 4k 32”? Mainly movies/browsing web

 

[ragnarok95]

So if for $450 diff, worth to go from 2k 34” to 4k 32”? Mainly movies/browsing web

The 32in 4K is using a newer oled panel than the 2K 34in. Go for the 32in 4K.

 

[ThinkMe]

Spoiler

 

[LightningKen]

How to get 999 for the alienware 34" monitor? I visited dell website and it's listed at 1529

 

[mac_oasis]

Alienware 34 Curved QD-OLED Gaming Monitor - AW3423DWF $999.00​

again

Damn missed it again

 

[stanlawj]

2k resolution for a 27 inch size ( 34 inch ultrawide basically is a 27 inch with its sides extended) has a decent PPI that is sharp enough in my opinion. PPI is about 109

4k reso at 32 inch size PPI is about 138 PPI.

Yes 4k for sure is sharper at 32 inch but for a 27 inch size, the clarity from a 109 PPI looks sharp already and GPU also can generate much higher frames vs a 4k reso.

Like for me i had options and used a 4k 32inch monitor and to me no wow factor, i go back to a 1440p 34 inch ultrawide and prefer the immersiveness of the ultrawide much more than the 4k clarity on a 32 inch.

A high ppi monitor is important for me with high myopia (short-sighted) + astigmatism and need to wear glasses.

The red, green and blue pixel will be shifted slightly as index of refraction varies with wavelength. So a low PPI monitor will cause pixels look more blurry (or oddly pixelated in colors) for a person with glasses than for a person who don't wear glasses, especially when looking through the sides of the glasses at the corners of a large screen monitor.

 

[ragnarok95]

How to get 999 for the alienware 34" monitor? I visited dell website and it's listed at 1529

Damn missed it again

Call them and ask.

 

[Chevalier]

2k resolution for a 27 inch size ( 34 inch ultrawide basically is a 27 inch with its sides extended) has a decent PPI that is sharp enough in my opinion. PPI is about 109

4k reso at 32 inch size PPI is about 138 PPI.

Yes 4k for sure is sharper at 32 inch but for a 27 inch size, the clarity from a 109 PPI looks sharp already and GPU also can generate much higher frames vs a 4k reso.

Like for me i had options and used a 4k 32inch monitor and to me no wow factor, i go back to a 1440p 34 inch ultrawide and prefer the immersiveness of the ultrawide much more than the 4k clarity on a 32 inch.

It's the opposite for me. I hated doing work on the curved AW3423DWF cos of curved screen cos it skews images and text, the text had bad fringing. During moments like these I missed my 32" 4k panel.

Now I'm on the Samsung G80SD and I couldn't be happier. For me it hits the sweet spot. It's a great panel for gaming and great panel for work. No text fringing, no image\text skew. 10/10 would recommend it to anyone

 

[elmariachi]

It's the opposite for me. I hated doing work on the curved AW3423DWF cos of curved screen cos it skews images and text, the text had bad fringing. During moments like these I missed my 32" 4k panel.

Now I'm on the Samsung G80SD and I couldn't be happier. For me it hits the sweet spot. It's a great panel for gaming and great panel for work. No text fringing, no image\text skew. 10/10 would recommend it to anyone

I'm on the Samsung G60SD and I also couldn't be happier. The only thing about these Samsung's is out of box color calibration is crap. I've fiddled around with it and now it's as good as I want it to be in terms of color reproduction. Playing Ghosts of Tsushima on HDR on this monitor is absolutely phenomenal. The HDR is blatantly obvious even on the smallest light source. Makes the game super immersive especially when playing in a dark room.

 

[ragnarok95]

I'm on the Samsung G60SD and I also couldn't be happier. The only thing about these Samsung's is out of box color calibration is crap. I've fiddled around with it and now it's as good as I want it to be in terms of color reproduction. Playing Ghosts of Tsushima on HDR on this monitor is absolutely phenomenal. The HDR is blatantly obvious even on the smallest light source. Makes the game super immersive especially when playing in a dark room.

Actually im quite surprise you didn't go for the G80SD.

 

[elmariachi]

Actually im quite surprise you didn't go for the G80SD.

I was considering but I play 90% shooters and most of those games sit around it 400fps easy so the 360hz panel made more sense to me. I mean I know 4090 can handle 4k relatively easy but I spend most of my time in shooters where sitting higher in the fps range yields benefits for better framtimes and lower input lag. Another reason is my hand mouse co-ordination muscle memory has been used to 27inch all these years going slightly bigger will change the way I need to get used to a bigger screen with respect to how much I need to move my mouse.

Additionally, I also just direct die my 14900KS and running 8600DDR5 so going 4K will be kinda wasted as it will be completely GPU limited. Blackwell 5090 and 4K will be a good pair when I transition to the new platform. For now, this suits my requirements and I'm happy with the monitor.

 

[ragnarok95]

It's the opposite for me. I hated doing work on the curved AW3423DWF cos of curved screen cos it skews images and text, the text had bad fringing. During moments like these I missed my 32" 4k panel.

Now I'm on the Samsung G80SD and I couldn't be happier. For me it hits the sweet spot. It's a great panel for gaming and great panel for work. No text fringing, no image\text skew. 10/10 would recommend it to anyone

Sub pixel layout is diff on the 1st and 3rd gen QD Oled. Plus on a 4K, i would expect the G80SD to have little or near none text fringing. 1st gen QD Oled like the AW3423DW/DWF and Samsung G8 G85 all suffer from this sadly.

 

[ragnarok95]

I was considering but I play 90% shooters and most of those games sit around it 400fps easy so the 360hz panel made more sense to me. I mean I know 4090 can handle 4k relatively easy but I spend most of my time in shooters where sitting higher in the fps range yields benefits for better framtimes and lower input lag. Another reason is my hand mouse co-ordination muscle memory has been used to 27inch all these years going slightly bigger will change the way I need to get used to a bigger screen with respect to how much I need to move my mouse.

Additionally, I also just direct die my 14900KS and running 8600DDR5 so going 4K will be kinda wasted as it will be completely GPU limited. Blackwell 5090 and 4K will be a good pair when I transition to the new platform. For now, this suits my requirements and I'm happy with the monitor.

Haha that's good! Plus the newer Samsung Oled are smart monitors too, which make this one of the better oled as compared to dell/lg.

 

[elmariachi]

Sub pixel layout is diff on the 1st and 3rd gen QD Oled. Plus on a 4K, i would expect the G80SD to have little or near none text fringing. 1st gen QD Oled like the AW3423DW/DWF and Samsung G8 G85 all suffer from this sadly.

Text fringing on the 1st gen LG OLED 27GR95QE was pretty bad. I know cause I had it. The only way to avoid it is to increase text size to 125% in Windows but that kinda screws up some apps. The new panels are much better but still not close to what IPS/VA/TN panel clarity can be. I would think perhaps 4k would much narrowly close this gap though I can't confirm cause I don't have the 4k version.

 

[elmariachi]

Haha that's good! Plus the newer Samsung Oled are smart monitors too, which make this one of the better oled as compared to dell/lg.

Only the G80SD is the A.I/Smart monitor. The G60SD doesn't come with that. So if you're going to use the monitor for other than just PC, you can consider the G80SD as that has a full blown entertainment hub built inside that has Netflix, etc without even needing a PC or switching it on for that matter to view content.

 

[ragnarok95]

Text fringing on the 1st gen LG OLED 27GR95QE was pretty bad. I know cause I had it. The only way to avoid it is to increase text size to 125% in Windows but that kinda screws up some apps. The new panels are much better but still not close to what IPS/VA/TN panel clarity can be. I would think perhaps 4k would much narrowly close this gap though I can't confirm cause I don't have the 4k version.

So mean even 1st gen Woled also suffer this issue. I am sitting >60cm away from my AW3423DWF so this text fringing for me is still okie and acceptable.