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[Adam1984]

Hi, ive got so many monitor upgrade ideas floating around that I just cant decide whats best.

 

Im a casual gamer, rig is a 3090ti i72700kf 32gb ddr4 3600

 

The biggest appeal to me is graphics, image clarity i.e sharpness being something I get excited about... but now there is OLED.. so these potential options are hard to get into order for me..

 

Theres the alienware 3440×1440 oled, super fast, awesome colours, but maybe not super sharp ppi density, 3 year burn in warranty, but a not 100% compatible aspect ratio

 

Then theres the LG oled, 2560x1440, sweet spot for gaming, super responsive, compatible etc, but dim peak brightness and not sure on burn in warranty

 

Theres also the socially illegal 4k at 27"... like the LG27GN950, not oled but super sharp image quality which appeals to me... also the coolermaster option which is apparently close to oled in colour terms and does great black darkening tricks...

 

Or theres waiting for an unaffordable 32inch 4k oled... the new LG will tick all the boxes but I guess it will be at least 1500

 

Budget around £850-1000 max

 

Its very tricky not to slip up I think, the alienware glossy is probably interesting me the most

[191x7]

You have a 1440p high refresh or 4K 60 system, so I'd say focus on that.

 

Sharpness is mostly dictated by the resolution, size and pixel layout. The clarity by the speed of the matrix and the refresh rate.

 

I guess 4K at 27" would look quite sharp. 25" 1440p also.

 

But I'd still recommend 1440p 240Hz if you can afford it, over 4K 60-75Hz.

The visual quality is not the only improvement, smoothness is a huge factor too.

[Adam1984]

12 minutes ago, 191x7 said:

You have a 1440p high refresh or 4K 60 system, so I'd say focus on that.

 

Sharpness is mostly dictated by the resolution, size and pixel layout. The clarity by the speed of the matrix and the refresh rate.

 

I guess 4K at 27" would look quite sharp. 25" 1440p also.

 

But I'd still recommend 1440p 240Hz if you can afford it, over 4K 60-75Hz.

The visual quality is not the only improvement, smoothness is a huge factor too.

Hi thanks for replying, yeah I actually noticed that lowering settings for a higher fps actually increases image quality... in my view anyway. Would you say the LG ultragear 240hz OLED is a good choice? I can imagine with freesync premium the clarity would be superb. Its currently £850 on offer

[191x7]

50 minutes ago, Adam1984 said:

Hi thanks for replying, yeah I actually noticed that lowering settings for a higher fps actually increases image quality... in my view anyway. Would you say the LG ultragear 240hz OLED is a good choice? I can imagine with freesync premium the clarity would be superb. Its currently £850 on offer

It should be superb.

[jaslion]

1 hour ago, Adam1984 said:

for a higher fps actually increases image quality

I think you aren't noticing quality changes but clarity as ultra settings often mean a lot of extra visual noise because of extra stuff on screen.

 

Higher fps also cause for us to be able to absorb more information as there are simply more frames for us to see which can lead to a much clearer perceived image.

 

I'd not get an oled in all honesty because burn in is a real issue in these to this day. A qd oled is a nice compromise as the pixel display matrix is still an lcd but the backlight is an oled. So you still get deep darks and great response times, however burn in is a lot less and if it does happen the lcd part is fine there will just be very small differences in light being emmited through the pixels which will be almost impossible to see.

[Adam1984]

1 hour ago, jaslion said:

I think you aren't noticing quality changes but clarity as ultra settings often mean a lot of extra visual noise because of extra stuff on screen.

 

Higher fps also cause for us to be able to absorb more information as there are simply more frames for us to see which can lead to a much clearer perceived image.

 

I'd not get an oled in all honesty because burn in is a real issue in these to this day. A qd oled is a nice compromise as the pixel display matrix is still an lcd but the backlight is an oled. So you still get deep darks and great response times, however burn in is a lot less and if it does happen the lcd part is fine there will just be very small differences in light being emmited through the pixels which will be almost impossible to see.

The alienware is QD OLED and has a 3 year warranty. Even with this though you would still want to babysit it all the time. How close to oled are some of the others?

 

Like the Coolermaster GP27U has QD mini led, 50000:1 contrast and 576 local dimming zones, plus 1200 nits HDR... I bet that looks epic as its 4k 160hz. I can get 100fps plus on some very nice looking games in 4k.

 

I just wish I could see these monitors to actually compare them, its like blind guessing to a degree

[Andrewtst]

They is none of mini-LED can win OLED.

The text clarity wise is different story. 

 

Due to none standard pixel alignment in OLED where Windows not support. Text in current gaming OLED monitor can't be as smooth as RGB alignment monitor from IPS, VA or mini-LED in VA/IPS.

 

The text is still sharp but pixelated edge with little purple fringing in OLED, especially on small font size. If text superb smooth AA is very important, then OLED is not suitable for you. The best is look personally yourself.