Asus Swift OLED PG27AQDM green/red fringe issues

[NikitaSvk]

Heya, just bought PG27AQDM following some rating on the web.
The font issues are manageable but green/red lines around yellow elements are extremely distracting for me

 

Multiple reddit commenters mentioned that this is due to subpixel layout, and "it is what it is". So I plan to return this monitor.

So, I have several unresolved questions regarding OLED monitors:

1) Is this issue a common thing for all of them? I plan to use this display for day to day work tasks as well, not only for gaming.

2) If not - what OLED monitor would you advise?
3) which rating / top10 lists should I trust? There are too many of them, and I'm not very familiar with its sources

 

Thanks in advance for any response

Edited April 15 by NikitaSvk
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[Agall]

13 minutes ago, NikitaSvk said:

Heya, just bought PG27AQDM following some rating on the web.
The font issued are manageable but green/red lines around yellow elements are extremely distracting for me

 

Multiple reddit commenters mentioned that this is due to subpixel layout, and "it is what it is". So I plan to return this monitor.

So, I have several unresolved questions regarding OLED monitors:

1) Is this issue a common thing for all of them? I plan to use this display for day to day work tasks as well, not only for gaming.

2) If not - what OLED monitor would you advise?
3) which rating / top10 lists should I trust? There are too many of them, and I'm not very familiar with its sources

 

Thanks in advance for any response

Samsung's QLED VA panel I've found to be 'just as good' as OLED, even boasts the same 1M:1 contrast. Its sort of a standard VA but they put a ridiculously complex backlight in it. The best example that's going on sale here and there is the Neo G8.

 

Samsung Odyssey Neo G8 32" Curved 4K UHD FreeSync Premium Pro & G-Sync Compatible 240Hz 1ms Gaming Monitor Black LS32BG852NNXGO - Best Buy

 

The downside being that its like a standard VA panel unless you enable HDR. Once I started doing that, all desire I had to replace it with an OLED died. I haven't had any difficulty forcing HDR on everything in Windows 11 at this point, so its less of a concern now in 2024 with how good HDR support is across the board.

[Stahlmann]

All OLED panels have inferior text clarity compared to regular LCD monitors. The newer 32" 4K panels brute force better text clarity with higher resolution, so the artifacts are still there, but much smaller, so less noticeable.

 

Still, it's odd that my 42" C2 doesn't have this problem, even though LG's BWGR subpixel layout is known to be the worst OLED technology for text clarity. I use it at 150% scaling in windows and there are no problems with color fringing in any situation. And it has a similar pixel density to your 27" 1440p model.

 

Maybe try to bump up the scaling to 125% or play around with different clear type settings.

[NikitaSvk]

30 minutes ago, Stahlmann said:

All OLED panels have inferior text clarity compared to regular LCD monitors. The newer 32" 4K panels brute force better text clarity with higher resolution, so the artifacts are still there, but much smaller, so less noticeable.

 

Still, it's odd that my 42" C2 doesn't have this problem, even though LG's BWGR subpixel layout is known to be the worst OLED technology for text clarity. I use it at 150% scaling in windows and there are no problems with color fringing in any situation. And it has a similar pixel density to your 27" 1440p model.

 

Maybe try to bump up the scaling to 125% or play around with different clear type settings.

Thank you for the response! Text issues are not really critical for me, as I found numerous solutions online, and it looks more or less okay now. The problem is red and green lines everywhere around yellow objects (example on screenshots)

[MadAnt250]

It seems that the fringing on text with most of the OLEDs I have seen is worse than my CRT. It's something you will have to live with for now and the best OLED display that I have seen with the least amount of fringing is the Sony Bravia OLED TVs, but that's a TV.

 

Do what @Stahlmannsaid and bump up the resolution scaling and give that a try.

[NikitaSvk]

29 minutes ago, MadAnt250 said:

It seems that the fringing on text with most of the OLEDs I have seen is worse than my CRT. It's something you will have to live with for now and the best OLED display that I have seen with the least amount of fringing is the Sony Bravia OLED TVs, but that's a TV.

 

Do what @Stahlmannsaid and bump up the resolution scaling and give that a try.

Tried that, green and red lines still there

[MadAnt250]

4 hours ago, NikitaSvk said:

Tried that, green and red lines still there

Their not going to be completely gone, but maybe less noticeable.

[NikitaSvk]

5 minutes ago, MadAnt250 said:

Their not going to be completely gone, but maybe less noticeable.

Unfortunately this made it even worse, e.g. chrome icon is now bigger and this red outline is even worse.
Could you advise another, less problematic, OLED monitor? Or should I stick to IPS?

[MadAnt250]

34 minutes ago, NikitaSvk said:

Unfortunately this made it even worse, e.g. chrome icon is now bigger and this red outline is even worse.
Could you advise another, less problematic, OLED monitor? Or should I stick to IPS?

IDK, every OLED monitor I have seen has color fringing around the text and stuff. Like you, I notice it more than other people do and I use a CRT for gaming and editing which is another type of display where color fringing can be seen, but it's somehow better on that. 

You could try sitting farther away, maybe you are too close to the display.

[Doobeedoo]

Yeah different sub-pixel layout on current OLEDs vs LCDs but also MS doesn't care to update Windows for different sub-pixel layout. So 4K will look better, it generaly does but with this issue higher res obviously helps. Look at phones. 

[Stahlmann]

Both top OLED manufacturers have shown that they can change the subpixel structure. I understand that LG still has to incorporate their white subpixels, so they have 1 too many, but I don't understand why Samsung doesn't just make a regular RGB stripe layout and ditch all this crap. The fact that they changed the layout from 1st to 2nd generation shows that they know it's a problem.

 

I'd really like to know why both panel manufacturers are dancing around the problem instead of fixing it.

Same with their ambient light reflecting coating on QD OLED panels. Why don't they change it if they know it's a problem?

[NikitaSvk]

19 minutes ago, Stahlmann said:

I'd really like to know why both panel manufacturers are dancing around the problem instead of fixing it.

Considering your knowledge about this problem, would you advise looking into OLED-based monitors for gaming+work? Which direction should I be looking? IPS/VA?

[Stahlmann]

Just now, NikitaSvk said:

Considering your knowledge about this problem, would you advise looking into OLED-based monitors for gaming+work? Which direction should I be looking? IPS/VA?

Especially since you also do work, I'd recommend to go for regular LCD monitors. The Samsung Odyssey Neo G7 is a good Mini LED VA monitor. If you want to still try your luck with OLED, go for one of the 32" 4K models.

[saintlouisbagels]

22 hours ago, Agall said:

Samsung's QLED VA panel I've found to be 'just as good' as OLED, even boasts the same 1M:1 contrast. Its sort of a standard VA but they put a ridiculously complex backlight in it. The best example that's going on sale here and there is the Neo G8.

 

Samsung Odyssey Neo G8 32" Curved 4K UHD FreeSync Premium Pro & G-Sync Compatible 240Hz 1ms Gaming Monitor Black LS32BG852NNXGO - Best Buy

 

The downside being that its like a standard VA panel unless you enable HDR. Once I started doing that, all desire I had to replace it with an OLED died. I haven't had any difficulty forcing HDR on everything in Windows 11 at this point, so its less of a concern now in 2024 with how good HDR support is across the board.

I have the Neo G8 and it's mediocre with dark content and with bright content (like most websites) the screen kind of flickers like it can't handle a white screen. It has a very aggressive anti-glare screen coating, but it makes dark content very hard to see. Next to it I have the Apple Studio Display, and while I know it's not a fair comparison because it's a glossy display... the difference is night and day. The Neo G7 is essentially the same monitor but with less coating.

 

I haven't returned it because I can live with the monitor kind of flickering, and I really like having a curved 32-inch monitor. Plus, setting up my desk again sounds like a pain. I bought it the same time Helldivers 2 came out and it's wonderful.

[Agall]

2 minutes ago, saintlouisbagels said:

I have the Neo G8 and it's mediocre with dark content and with bright content (like most websites) the screen kind of flickers like it can't handle a white screen. It has a very aggressive anti-glare screen coating, but it makes dark content very hard to see. Next to it I have the Apple Studio Display, and while I know it's not a fair comparison because it's a glossy display... the difference is night and day. The Neo G7 is essentially the same monitor but with less coating.

 

I haven't returned it because I can live with the monitor kind of flickering, and I really like having a curved 32-inch monitor. Plus, setting up my desk again sounds like a pain. I bought it the same time Helldivers 2 came out and it's wonderful.

I've had one for >1.5 years, never seen these issues. Would probably be best to have it serviced before any warranty expires if you've already tried all the other options.

[saintlouisbagels]

Just now, Agall said:

I've had one for >1.5 years, never seen these issues. Would probably be best to have it serviced before any warranty expires if you've already tried all the other options.

I went through the Panel lottery with my last monitor.. it took 4 tries of varying degrees of cracked screen and dead pixels.

I'm totally okay with screen flickering on white screens every now and then on a 1st try lol.