C49RG94SSU vs Odyssey G9

[LauriHimself]

Hello dear community 

 

As I just moved I settled on doing a rig, aswell as workspace upgrade over the course of the year. 

 

I definetly want to get a 5120x1440 screen. The both I boiled it down to are the C49RG94SSU 144hz and the odyssey g9 240hz. 

 

Both displays are about 200€ apart where I live so the choice boils down to features and quality more than price. 

 

Usecase will be gaming mostly (loads of single Player sightseeing games and the occasional FPS round with the boys), and some cad work. 

 

Do you guys recommend one over the other? Do you have any experience? Should I look for another super ultra wide in general? 

 

Any input is highly appreciated 

[Stahlmann]

If price is not a concern, get the G9.

 

But as soon as work is involved i'd go away from curved screens, expecially one with 1000R. This will distort the image and make straight lines seem curved. Just my opinion.

[LauriHimself]

42 minutes ago, Stahlmann said:

But as soon as work is involved i'd go away from curved screens 

Thank you a lot for your input

All the "work" will only be very sporadic and just for myself. So nothing critical 

[EFD307]

I got my G9 in a few weeks ago and I'm still getting used to it. I upsized from a 34'' ultra wide screen monitor (3440x1440 @ 60hz) because I wanted the refresh rates. If you've seen the 49" in person and know you'd like it then go for it! The image quality is very nice and the high refresh rate is awesome! I underestimated the size of this thing though.  This was my experience the first few weeks with it.

 

The setup took quite a while, the firmware needed to be updated out of the box for the display to be even remotely usable. I also had to use their display port cable, mine must have been a different spec because the screen would get all kinds of artifacts and turn off intermittently with my old cable. Also 240hz was broken until the firmware was updated, it just turned the screen black and even after resetting my computer it wouldn't fix it, had to plug a second monitor in and lower the refresh rate. Just have a USB drive on hand FAT32 formatted so you can update the firmware. 

 

It also seemed way too big at first, I was definitely a little disappointed playing games. The first few times I played FPS games it made me dizzy with the extreme distortion on the peripheral but I've since gotten used to it. COD cold war multiplayer is great but when i played a slower single player mission it made me a bit queasy.  Also its very weird when playing MOBA or RTS games, you really need to move your mouse to the extreme to get the screen to scroll horizontally.

 

As for the comparison, I would say choose the g9 if you have a gpu that can handle it, I have a 3090 and I still can't hit 240 fps in most games. 5120x1440 is just shy of 4k pixel wise so definitely be ready for a performance hit if you're coming from 2560x1440. 

 

If I had to do it again I probably wouldn't buy it. I liked having 2 monitors on my desk and this thing takes up so much room that its not an option anymore. Yes you can set it to work as 2 displays but I used a main display for games and the second one for videos/discord/music/etc with the curved screen trying to game on one side and have something up on the other wasn't great. I have until the end of the month to return it back to amazon if I decide its not for me, I'm 50-50 right now if its going to stay or if I'm going to find a 34'' monitor with a high refresh rate. Hope that helps. Feel free to ask me any questions. 

[LauriHimself]

5 hours ago, EFD307 said:

Feel free to ask me any questions

Wow, thank you for that very informative Post! 

I am at work atm, but will surely come back to you later today

[LauriHimself]

17 hours ago, EFD307 said:

question

If I could get an C49RG94SSU for 700 should I go for it? Dude from a town mear me is selling his... It would be nearly half of what a G9 would cost me

 

edit: nvm ^^ it's gone already