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Thinking about getting a new monitor. I currently have a AW3418DW. Was thinking about replacing it with a Samsung G9 or a 48 inch LG CX. I have no actual reason to upgrade other than I get the itch every 3 years or so.

I love the ultrawide format and I'm leaning toward the G9 but the CX is a monster in its own right.
 
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Thinking about getting a new monitor. I currently have a AW3418DW. Was thinking about replacing it with a Samsung G9 or a 48 inch LG CX. I have no actual reason to upgrade other than I get the itch every 3 years or so.

I love the ultrawide format and I'm leaning toward the G9 but the CX is a monster in its own right.

The Samsung G-series are all nice in theory except for the fact that I believe most if not all of them are VA panels.
 
Thinking about getting a new monitor. I currently have a AW3418DW. Was thinking about replacing it with a Samsung G9 or a 48 inch LG CX. I have no actual reason to upgrade other than I get the itch every 3 years or so.

I love the ultrawide format and I'm leaning toward the G9 but the CX is a monster in its own right.

I just picked this up..

LG 34GP83A-B 34 Inch 21: 9.​

 
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Thinking about getting a new monitor. I currently have a AW3418DW. Was thinking about replacing it with a Samsung G9 or a 48 inch LG CX. I have no actual reason to upgrade other than I get the itch every 3 years or so.

I love the ultrawide format and I'm leaning toward the G9 but the CX is a monster in its own right.

I finally took the jump and made the purchase upgrade to 1440p/165hz world with the MSI Optix MAG274QRF monitor.

It's supposed to be one of the best, if not the best, IPS monitors in terms of contrast / colours / response time balance. It also supports FreeSync and G-sync which I have never used before. Can't wait to try it out when it should be arriving this weekend.
 
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I finally took the jump and made the purchase upgrade to 1440p/165hz world with the MSI Optix MAG274QRF monitor.

It's supposed to be one of the best, if not the best, IPS monitors in terms of contrast / colours / response time balance. It also supports FreeSync and G-sync which I have never used before. Can't wait to try it out when it should be arriving this weekend.
I got the Viewsonic Elite XG270QG some months ago. It's an 1440p/165hz Native Gsync and Freesync compatible monitor. It was mad expensive. Nearly cost me $700. But damn it's worth the investment. Gsync technology is so amazing, I could never go back to using vsync again.
 
I got the Viewsonic Elite XG270QG some months ago. It's an 1440p/165hz Native Gsync and Freesync compatible monitor. It was mad expensive. Nearly cost me $700. But damn it's worth the investment. Gsync technology is so amazing, I could never go back to using vsync again.

Technically for Gsync to work properly you still have to use V-sync. Cap your framerate about 5 fps below your monitors max refresh rate and enable V Sync. If you don't enable Vsync you will still get tearing, and if you dont institute a framerate cap you will get the vsync input latency penalty, Both of these are important for proper Gsync operation.



 
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Technically for Gsync to work properly you still have to use V-sync. Cap your framerate about 5 fps below your monitors max refresh rate and enable V Sync. If you don't enable Vsync you will still get tearing, and if you dont institute a framerate cap you will get the vsync input latency penalty, Both of these are important for proper Gsync operation.




I know this. I have my framerate capped already. I've used vsync with Gsync before and I find it much smoother and still have a tear-free experience without it.
 
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Technically for Gsync to work properly you still have to use V-sync. Cap your framerate about 5 fps below your monitors max refresh rate and enable V Sync. If you don't enable Vsync you will still get tearing, and if you dont institute a framerate cap you will get the vsync input latency penalty, Both of these are important for proper Gsync operation.





I always thought vsync would introduce more input lag, that's why I play my games without turning vsync on hmm. So you're saying if I cap my fps to 160fps instead of my monitor's max 165hz, there won't be any input lag if I turn vsync on along with gsync?
 
I always thought vsync would introduce more input lag, that's why I play my games without turning vsync on hmm. So you're saying if I cap my fps to 160fps instead of my monitor's max 165hz, there won't be any input lag if I turn vsync on along with gsync?
Correct. Watch the videos I posted above. Very good explanation and instructions.
 
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Finally got my monitor setup complete. My LG ULTRAWIDE Curved 34 inch/NANO IPS/1ms and my Asus ROG SWIFT 1ms. Both Gsync @ 160hz HDR. Technically they can go a little higher in HZ but I want them there for right now.
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Getting a 48" LG C1 delivered on Thursday, very excited to pair it with my 3080. Going to wall mount it as 48" seems a bit too big from where my 27" sits now. Plus I guess it'll be nice to free up all the desk space in front of me where I could maybe put my HOTAS on.
 
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PC gaming really is the ultimate form IMHO. We have a Nintendo Switch and I WAS using it until I bought Animal Crossing for my fiancé' a few weeks ago. Haven't seen my my Switch since and when we were dating years back she said she didn't play video games all that much.....I feel like I was lied to. LOL.

Now I'm relegated to finishing BOTW in ultrawide/HDR and I'm not complaining.

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So I narrowed it down to the AW3821dw and the 48'' LG CX. Because the CX is on sale and somehow cheaper than the ultrawide, I'm going with the CX. Not gonna lie, I am going to miss the ultrawide but I am ultimately curious with the OLED.
 
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The 48'' LG CX came in today. I was skeptical but after setting it up I have to admit that this display is pretty darn good. If microLED will achieve this down the line, I think I will have hit my endgame display. While this 48 is a bit big, its not unusable. If LG had made a 42 or 38 OLED this year I might have gone for that. But the colors, blackness and sharpness of this display has to be seen to be believed. Dream monitor would have been an ultra-wide microLED or OLED.
 
A few days with the CX and I can say it one of the best displays I've ever had. I WISH I had a 3000 series card to match it.
New stock is coming very soon, some sites reporting maybe within several days. MSI had put up the 3080Ti on their website the other day and immediately took it down. I am guessing Nvidia thought it was a bit too early. Anyway, this our chance at finally getting these cards lol. I am aiming for 3080 or 3080Ti, whichever I can get my hands on first. I won't go any lower than those cards.



 
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PC gaming really is the ultimate form IMHO. We have a Nintendo Switch and I WAS using it until I bought Animal Crossing for my fiancé' a few weeks ago. Haven't seen my my Switch since and when we were dating years back she said she didn't play video games all that much.....I feel like I was lied to. LOL.

Now I'm relegated to finishing BOTW in ultrawide/HDR and I'm not complaining.

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PC gaming appeal to the many people like me that do not like to settle for "out of the box" general box like console. When I was yonger, I was nuts about the JDM scene due to Fast & furious & s***. Bought myself a Mitsubishi Evo 9 & spent an unhealthy amount (US$20k ) to mod the car both under the hood & exterior. I had big S GT wing that blocked 1/4 of rear view & Shiit, & Big S Turbo that is barely legal which cost (US$3.6k).

I was even going for the Nissan GT-R but eventually my passion for cars dropped & also I decided playing with cars is too expensive. But that passion for "Mods" lived on for PC.

Anyway, here is an interview (is old but still interesting) how Terry Crews fell in love with PC gaming
 
I'm looking to get a pre-built this go around due to time and finding what I would like.

Thinking of going with this ->

Feel free to let me know your thoughts.
 
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I'm looking to get a pre-built this go around due to time and finding what I would like.

Thinking of going with this ->

Feel free to let me know your thoughts.

This looks good.

Just make sure you go with z590 or recent Ryzen to get that PCIE gen 4 support.

What kind of PC do you have now?
 
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PC gaming appeal to the many people like me that do not like to settle for "out of the box" general box like console. When I was yonger, I was nuts about the JDM scene due to Fast & furious & s***. Bought myself a Mitsubishi Evo 9 & spent an unhealthy amount (US$20k ) to mod the car both under the hood & exterior. I had big S GT wing that blocked 1/4 of rear view & Shiit, & Big S Turbo that is barely legal which cost (US$3.6k).

I was even going for the Nissan GT-R but eventually my passion for cars dropped & also I decided playing with cars is too expensive. But that passion for "Mods" lived on for PC.

Anyway, here is an interview (is old but still interesting) how Terry Crews fell in love with PC gaming

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