expiredMrMansaMusa posted Jul 23, 2021 03:06 AM
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expiredMrMansaMusa posted Jul 23, 2021 03:06 AM
49" Samsung CRG9 5120x1440 QHD 120Hz QLED Curved Gaming Monitor
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It really is great as a work / productivity monitor as well as a bit of a bonus for gaming.
I've been eyeing this monitor for awhile, but honestly the 43 Inch has been so nice I may have found my personal sweet spot. I would highly recommend super ultrawides like this though!
Warranty registration is all linked to the serial number. I had to RMA a Evo SSD a few months ago and they just used the manufacture date to determine my eligibility.
If I can save myself almost 50% to take a small risk then sure I'll do it. No one is forcing you to.
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It really is great as a work / productivity monitor as well as a bit of a bonus for gaming.
If money is no object, I've heard the Odyssey G9 has a better curve on the monitor, but if the price of $900 is bringing this monitor barely into your strike zone, go for it. It's a great monitor.
Laptop 1080, getting 60 FPS easily in Witcher 3 with maxed out settings, even with something like 20GB of texture/model/lighting/post-processing enhancing mods like the 4K texture packs, at full native resolution.
Ultra wide makes games much more immersive and cinematic. Multiple monitors is not even remotely the same experience. I went from 3x 27" 1440p monitors to an ultrawide 38" 1600p + 27" 1440p to the CRG9, and I'm loving the CRG9. I would like just a bit more vertical real estate, like 1600p instead of 1440p maybe, but that's about all the desires I can list. Colors are perfect, no backlight bleed, HDR is good, blacks look uniformly incredible instead of cloudy grey like they look on most monitors... I am happy even though I bought this for $1200. It's a steal at $900.
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As mentioned, this thing is huge. But what you don't notice right away is the depth of the stand. I have the token Reddit butcher block on top of IKEA Alex drawers setup. At 25" deep, this thing eats up all the depth of the desk and the stand butts up against my keyboard/mouse mat. Just make sure you have the depth for it if you're planning to use the stand.
The monitor is 120hz, however to use FreeSync AND HDR1000 while gaming, you will have to run 100hz 10-bit instead of 120hz 8-bit. You can read more on this elsewhere, but may want to research it before 120hz is your decisive feature. I personally have gamed on 10-bit 100hz HDR1000 since day one and have loved it. HDR1000 is amazing in games, even if this thing is only edge-lit.
I have an RTX 3080 graphics card. It does the job for almost everything if you're not worried about max frame rates and just want smooth play. Extremely GPU-heavy games still stay right at or above the VRR bottom end. I wouldn't imagine anything less than a 3080 is ideal for gaming on this resolution. That said, even a 3090 won't improve on this much. It was a big reason I chose to buy this monitor over the 240hz Odyssey.
If you grab one of these, also take a look at "fencing" apps like FancyZones. With this much real estate, it's amazing to set window location layouts and snap/hotkey windows to different parts of the screen. There are quite a few apps like this out there now. I can't remember the name, but at one point I was using one I could even map zones to my dedicated gaming keys on my keyboard.
Hope this is helpful to anyone considering purchasing the monitor.
Check out facebook marketplace or craigslist. I've seen many for sale around $500-600
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