expiredEragorn | Staff posted Oct 22, 2024 11:26 PM
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expiredEragorn | Staff posted Oct 22, 2024 11:26 PM
34" Alienware Curved QD-OLED Gaming Monitor
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RTINGS says:
"If you want the best gaming performance, the Dell Alienware AW3423DW is a better choice than the LG 34GN850-B. The Dell looks better in dark rooms, delivers a better HDR experience, and has better motion handling. The LG does have better text clarity, so if that's important to you, consider this monitor instead."
I had the LG34gn850-B and it died on me twice (was able to warranty it first time, no luck second time). It gave me nothing but issues. Dead pixels, dead panel, randomly stopped working. I thought I was going crazy I've never had monitor issues having built computers for 25+ years. It was early on production so maybe that's ironed out, but it was not fun. I ended up upgrading to an Alienware a few years ago (AW3821DW) and I've been very happy. This monitor listed is the successor to the one I use right now (and love). I would 100 times out of 100 go this Alienware over LGgn850-B based on that experience (it's not fun to ship back a monitor for repairs/warranty). I can't speak to the OLED text clarity though, since my panel is IPS.
Alienware is slightly bigger and heavier, but the build quality is way better and the atrocious ergonomics on the LG are also a (hindsight) red flag for me.
If you've never checked out RTINGS you should - it's a great website for tech reviews.
RTINGS review link: https://www.rtings.com/monitor/re...-aw3423dwf
RTINGS for LGgn850-B: https://www.rtings.com/monitor/re.../34gn850-b
This is an OLED.
That's the difference, all the OLED vs IPS trade offs apply.
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I personally went with a 32" OLED 4K for my PS5 as it doesn't really like 1440p. 34" and 39" 2160p OLED's are still a year out.
Because they cut smaller OLEDs from larger mother sheets, it really requires that Samsung start producing sheets of a size that could support a ~38" ultrawide. If they can't do it without too much waste, they won't, because the price point will be way too high and the waste too much.
This is an OLED.
That's the difference, all the OLED vs IPS trade offs apply.
But enough about that, what i wanted to say is that if you haven't gamed on an oled, it is a huge difference. It is seriously just something you have to see for yourself it's that good. But also imo they do not make good desktop monitors at all. They are darker and text is plenty readable but just not as good as other panels. I use my 32" for my desktop and game on the qd oled and will never go back. It makes games more fun just because of how amazing everything looks it seriously looks that much better.
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RTINGS says:
"If you want the best gaming performance, the Dell Alienware AW3423DW is a better choice than the LG 34GN850-B. The Dell looks better in dark rooms, delivers a better HDR experience, and has better motion handling. The LG does have better text clarity, so if that's important to you, consider this monitor instead."
[Note the DW v DWF is mostly FreeSync versus GSync so they are comparable monitors (with some slight differences, but it's a close enough comparison given they have them compared).]
I had the LG34gn850-B and it died on me twice (was able to warranty it first time, no luck second time). It gave me nothing but issues. Dead pixels, dead panel, randomly stopped working. I thought I was going crazy I've never had monitor issues having built computers for 25+ years. It was early on production so maybe that's ironed out, but it was not fun. I ended up upgrading to an Alienware a few years ago (AW3821DW) and I've been very happy. This monitor listed is the successor to the one I use right now (and love). I would 100 times out of 100 go this Alienware over LGgn850-B based on that experience (it's not fun to ship back a monitor for repairs/warranty). I can't speak to the OLED text clarity though, since my panel is IPS.
Alienware is slightly bigger and heavier, but the build quality is way better and the atrocious ergonomics on the LG are also a (hindsight) red flag for me.
If you've never checked out RTINGS you should - it's a great website for tech reviews.
RTINGS review link: https://www.rtings.com/monitor/re...-aw3423dwf
RTINGS for LGgn850-B: https://www.rtings.com/monitor/re.../34gn850-b
But this uses a different pixel layout and Windows doesn't scale to it correctly ergo some text might look weird
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What I do is when it pops-up if I want to take a break I kick off the pixel refresh. I also kick it off if I'm going to be away from my PC for an extended amount of time.
What the pixel refresh does is blank your screen as if its turned off and begins the pixel refresh which takes 6 to 8 minutes and then it turns off your monitor.
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