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Just upgraded to my first 240Hz display. (self.pcmasterrace)

submitted 2 years ago by WereCat to c/pcmasterrace

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I've got the Samsung Odyssey G65B 32". Upgraded from a 165Hz IPS AOC AG271QG. So far so good. It's definitely much faster response time and it's so smooth as long as I can maintain the FPS high. Though mainly the colors and contrast stand out the most. I was worried about QC issues but did not notice anything out of whack yet. The only annoying thing which I'll probably never use is the built in Tizen OS to make it work more like a TV. I think that's just unnecessary. I did not even bother to connect it to network.

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[–] _MoveSwiftly 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This is a really nice picture. Love the keyboard color.

Upgrading to 240hz is always nice for FPS games. I was on 60hz and went to 240hz and really liked the change in CSGO. I'm now on a 240hz OLED and it's even better.

[–] WereCat 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Thanks! Actually I had to not take a picture of whole table as there is quite a monitor mess going on because this new one messed up my monitor arm mounting expectations so I have quite a few things to fix to have it all set up nicely because my 3rd monitor right now has no power because of it. I really like the orange as well as it's pleasing to my eyes, the Razer charging dock was set to orange as well but I don't use Synapse and Open RGB sometimes bugs out on me.

I was also thinking about getting an OLED... more specifically a WOLED either from ASUS or CORSAIR but after contemplating I decided against it as it would be just waaaaay too much hassle. I don't really want to care about how I use my screen and I tend to run a LOT of static content so I would probably and unavoidably experienced burn in which I just can't justify as a risk at that price point.

The jump from 60Hz to previously 165Hz was really something great. Now the jump is basically not noticeable unless I can maintain stable 240FPS but it's smoother a bit. I think though that most of the improvements I perceive are from the much faster pixel response times. I only played FFXIV and Battlebit Remastered so can't really base my opinion too much yet, I'll have to play more FPS games to evaluate.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I had to remember to check the OSD controls to enable 240hz.

Works amazing on Linux with my Sapphire Nitro+ 7900XTX.

Elite Dangerous Odyssey and Diablo IV are my current jams. Full fame amazing-ness.

Upgraded from my 144hz 1440p IPS LED Gigabit and this is really way better for better blacks/space games for certain.

[–] WereCat 1 points 2 years ago

I am also considering switching to Linux. I'm still tinkering with overclocking though so for now I'll stay on Windows but otherwise there's not really any reason.

Also I've noticed I have a stuck blue subpixel in the bottom right corner :( I noticed it when the whole screen went black. It's otherwise not visible over other colours (except red) unless I lean really close in. But on black it's visible from normal sitting position. Normally there's a task bar over it so that's why I didn't notice sooner.

[–] _MoveSwiftly 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I was going to say, you need a bit of cable management back there. :)

Yeah OLED does have it's own issues. The one I bought and put a review on here about is pretty good though. I do have static content, but I also have a 3 year warranty that came with it. 🤷‍♂️ I like that confidence, and the quality that comes with it.

[–] WereCat 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

A bit of cable management is an understatement. Half of the dreaded cables are barely long enough to reach from PC and UPS so I can't reroute them and the other half is so long that I have them cover floor behind PC like a snake nest.

[–] _MoveSwiftly 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Get custom cables, zippable wire covers, and lots of velcro. That's what I did and it's SO helpful.

[–] WereCat 1 points 2 years ago

Will do in time. It honestly does not matter to me that much it's just more convenient to clean around once you have it tidied up. So in my priority list it's somewhere in the middle right now.

[–] malloc 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Nice setup. Do you get eye strain sitting so close to such a large monitor?

For awhile now, I have been contemplating buying the LG 45" ultragear monitor with 240 Hz and 0.03 ms response time. But have been holding off since my current PC probably wouldn't even be able to sustain 240 fps for most modern games.

I think once I upgrade next year, I'll be able to justify a splurge.

[–] WereCat 2 points 2 years ago

Thanks! No eye strain at all. I never really had an issue with that and I'm spending majority of my time looking at the screen.

I'd say that 32" is about the limit for the screen size for my sitting distance and the fact that the monitor has such an aggressive curve makes the width more similar to a 27" flat panel. Except its way more immersive as the screen covers almost my entire field of view.

I actually experienced a VR moment twice when during a cutscene a camera was panning to the side and it tricked my brain into thinking that I'm actually turning. But only briefly.

240Hz is fun but it really depends on what you play. I see no reason to push graphically demanding games above 90FPS and for games where it matters I'm happy to drop settings and max out FPS.

[–] IowaMan 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What a pleasant cozy setup. How's the motion clarity? I also see it supports HDR. How does that look?

[–] WereCat 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Thanks! The motion clarity is excellent, the improvement over my previous AOC AG271QG is quite significant.

Don't have much experience with HDR but it's not really anything to even consider on this monitor as it only has 8 local dimming zones which I immediately disabled as just moving mouse around made the dimming very noticeable and annoying.

Colour accuracy is excellent from factory and around 1.5 delta E using SDR and sRGB.

According to RTINGS review they were able to get delta E to 0.6 with further calibration.

Contrast much better than any IPS I've seen.

Viewing angles... Quite disappointing. Around 20° to 30° max before you see colour shift. Not an issue for me though but definitely worth of consideration before buying. I can see why they don't sell a flat panel at this screen size as that would be an issue