Help me choose a 4k gaming monitor

[NoYou]

Hello everyone,

I am looking to upgrade my gaming monitor to a 4k 144hz one

3 models come at the top of my list

-The gigabyte M28U 678€
-The Samsung Odyssey g7 2021 (g70a) 869€
-The LG 27GN950 or 27GP950 999€


They all seems to have the same spec and i wanted to know if there is something i am missing out to justify the difference between the prices.

Cheers all

 

[ShiBDiB]

You're paying for the brand and the build quality expected with said brand. I didn't even know Gigabyte made monitors.

 

[oxrufiioxo]

I would lean towards the 27GP950-B it's the only Display of the 4 with HDMI 2.1. Otherwise they all have strengths and weaknesses .

 

[NoYou]

I would lean towards the 27GP950-B it's the only Display of the 4 with HDMI 2.1. Otherwise they all have strengths and weaknesses .

The gigabyte has 2.1 hdmi aswel but it doesn't matter for me since I play on pc

 

[Tom Sunday]

I am looking to upgrade my gaming monitor to a 4k 144hz one

Food for thought. The big news has been that many gamers (upgraders) are now leaving their former 27" 'sweet-spot' monitors behind and going for much larger 32"-38" higher resolution screens. At our recent local computer show the dealers or tables that got the most stop-overs were those playing AAA games on their ultrawide monitors. Mostly with RTX 2080ti's. For most of the visitors and until they physically experienced the chance to see a game in ultra-wide, including the instant immersion factor, everybody was simply thrilled. Naturally for the WOW the Bangladesh boys played beautifully designed, and graphically rich games like Metro Exodus or Elder Scrolls while using ultra-wide gaming at 144mhz. You absolutely have to try and to see it. Virtually all game developers now are promoting larger monitor screens as well to better showing off their new AAA title creations. And as you already know the days of regular 1080p gaming are numbered. About CPU's for 1440p Ultra Wide Gaming: While the main bottleneck when it comes to this new mode of gaming is going to be your GPU, you can’t just rely anymore on your old i5 processor; you need a high number of threads to maintain your newfound high refresh rate. Just remember ultra-wide gaming does not one cheap and you might as well squirrel-up $1000 or more and forget any value deals. With the Samsung G7 (32"-34") you might be on the right $$$ and screen size track, but do check the review as offered at highly respected TFT Central as many users unfortunately reported lingering flickering issues.

 

[agent_x007]

Big ultrawides (32"+), are useless when you don't have the desk space needed for it (like me).
I recently bought 27GP950-B, and I really like it (some tweaking was needed, but I'm happy overall).
Sadly, I never owned any other high refresh rate LCD panels so far, so I can't compare experience with it :/ (my old monitor was 24" 1200p 60Hz)

 

[oxrufiioxo]

The gigabyte has 2.1 hdmi aswel but it doesn't matter for me since I play on pc

I just glanced over the product page and didn't noticed it on the gigabyte monitor.

I'd probably get the one with the best return policy though some units can have terrible ips glow/BLB/uniformity to the point that they are nearly unusable for playing games in a darkish room. It's really just a lottery.

 

[Space Lynx]

Hello everyone,

I am looking to upgrade my gaming monitor to a 4k 144hz one

3 models come at the top of my list

-The gigabyte M28U 678€
-The Samsung Odyssey g7 2021 (g70a) 869€
-The LG 27GN950 or 27GP950 999€


They all seems to have the same spec and i wanted to know if there is something i am missing out to justify the difference between the prices.

Cheers all

are you against getting a bigger desk and a 48" LG CX OLED? they only run around $1100 now. imo its a massive upgrade in gaming immersion

 

[Solaris17]

Food for thought. The big news has been that many gamers (upgraders) are now leaving their former 27" 'sweet-spot' monitors behind and going for much larger 32"-38" higher resolution screens.

Gross. I run 3 25" 2K displays. I ran a TV around the time of 9800GX2s and I wont ever go back to TV sizes again. Those displays are way to fucking big and im not mounting shit on a wall and being 6 ft away to use it.

 

[Space Lynx]

Gross. I run 3 25" 2K displays. I ran a TV around the time of 9800GX2s and I wont ever go back to TV sizes again. Those displays are way to fucking big and im not mounting shit on a wall and being 6 ft away to use it.

I am gaming with a 23.8" 1080p 165hz and really enjoying it. I never thought I'd leave the 27" 1440p realm... but here I am... and I don't mind it.

Still, I want OLED... I don't care what I have to do... OLED changes gaming. Just so much more immersive.

 

[Mescalamba]

So far I havent seen modern LCD that wouldnt have backlight bleed. Basically all "gaming" aka high refresh rate LCDs looked like crap from basically all metrics that LCD can look like crap.

Despite Im currently not fan of Samsung I hope they will use their TV backlight tech in future LCDs for gaming and such. Cause my TV sadly has similar visual parameters (apart refresh rate) as Eizo. Which is very very sad.

 

[NoYou]

Food for thought. The big news has been that many gamers (upgraders) are now leaving their former 27" 'sweet-spot' monitors behind and going for much larger 32"-38" higher resolution screens. At our recent local computer show the dealers or tables that got the most stop-overs were those playing AAA games on their ultrawide monitors. Mostly with RTX 2080ti's. For most of the visitors and until they physically experienced the chance to see a game in ultra-wide, including the instant immersion factor, everybody was simply thrilled. Naturally for the WOW the Bangladesh boys played beautifully designed, and graphically rich games like Metro Exodus or Elder Scrolls while using ultra-wide gaming at 144mhz. You absolutely have to try and to see it. Virtually all game developers now are promoting larger monitor screens as well to better showing off their new AAA title creations. And as you already know the days of regular 1080p gaming are numbered. About CPU's for 1440p Ultra Wide Gaming: While the main bottleneck when it comes to this new mode of gaming is going to be your GPU, you can’t just rely anymore on your old i5 processor; you need a high number of threads to maintain your newfound high refresh rate. Just remember ultra-wide gaming does not one cheap and you might as well squirrel-up $1000 or more and forget any value deals. With the Samsung G7 (32"-34") you might be on the right $$$ and screen size track, but do check the review as offered at highly respected TFT Central as many users unfortunately reported lingering flickering issues.

My focus is on 27-28" monitors because i play competitive fps and i dont feel like standing too close to bigger screen,
i also have a 5950x and 6900xt i believe i will be alright for the 4k gaming
But i believe immersion might be better on wider screen

 

[Space Lynx]

So far I havent seen modern LCD that wouldnt have backlight bleed. Basically all "gaming" aka high refresh rate LCDs looked like crap from basically all metrics that LCD can look like crap.

Despite Im currently not fan of Samsung I hope they will use their TV backlight tech in future LCDs for gaming and such. Cause my TV sadly has similar visual parameters (apart refresh rate) as Eizo. Which is very very sad.

this is why OLED is sex. it has 0 issues like this and infinite blacks.

 

[agent_x007]

27" OLED with 120Hz+ refresh rate, 4k resolution (minimum), and VRR/G-Sync support + HDR 1000 rating for 1000$ or less.
^I HIGHLY doubt you will get this type of panel in next two years.
Waiting for dreams get's old, and I waited 12 years with monitor replacement (just FYI).

 

[NoYou]

27" OLED with 120Hz+ refresh rate, 4k resolution (minimum), and VRR/G-Sync support + HDR 1000 rating for 1000$ or less.
^I HIGHLY doubt you will get this type of panel in next two years.
Waiting for dreams get's old, and I waited 12 years with monitor replacement (just FYI).

This would be the dream monitor for me and for many!

But so far the 3 listed above are the closest to this dream monitor

I think I will go with the gigabyte.
The cheapest, most available a'd looks like the is no feature to quality panel that might justify the 300€ gap between this one and the LG

 

[Caring1]

@Mussels has a Gigabyte monitor, hopefully he can comment on his experience.

 

[joemama]

I personally like the gigabyte one, recently they've really made some decent monitors.

There's a review of the LG 27GP950-B in the link below, the black uniformity looks horrible.

LG 27GN950-B Review

The LG 27GN950-B is a great 4k gaming monitor. It has a high 160Hz refresh rate, but you can only achieve that refresh rate over a DisplayPort connection and you...

www.rtings.com

 

[qubit]

Gross. I run 3 25" 2K displays. I ran a TV around the time of 9800GX2s and I wont ever go back to TV sizes again. Those displays are way to fucking big and im not mounting shit on a wall and being 6 ft away to use it.

Agree, there's such a thing as too big when it comes to monitors, but perhaps not TVs. I love my 27" monitor, it's just the right size for me and I can't even fit a bigger one due to desk space, so my next monitor upgrade will be 27" as well.

In fact, I'd have done so already to an Asus 4K 144Hz model for around £700, but Amazon eventually gave up trying to source it and cancelled the order. I can only see models at twice that price now and I'm not spending that much. Here's the Amazon product page for the Asus ROG Strix XG27UQ: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B083RV6TZ6

 

[agent_x007]

There's a review of the LG 27GP950-B in the link below, the black uniformity looks horrible.

LG 27GN950-B Review

The LG 27GN950-B is a great 4k gaming monitor. It has a high 160Hz refresh rate, but you can only achieve that refresh rate over a DisplayPort connection and you...

www.rtings.com

Sadly it's last year's 27GN950-B, and not 27GP950-B OP is asking for.
Here's a good look at 27GP950 :

But I can confirm (as it's user), that blacks are a bit of a problem on it (had to tweak settings quite a bit to get to reasonable levels).

 

[nguyen]

My eyes, my back and my neck have been thanking me ever since I bought the 48in OLED CX TV , I could play competitive games for hours and hours and not feel any tiredness.

 

[Anarchy0110]

My eyes, my back and my neck have been thanking me ever since I bought the 48in OLED CX TV , I could play competitive games for hours and hours and not feel any tiredness.

Damn lol, part of me wants to have a new house by myself with that TV as the center piece.

 

[NoYou]

My eyes, my back and my neck have been thanking me ever since I bought the 48in OLED CX TV , I could play competitive games for hours and hours and not feel any tiredness.

The problem is you lose map awarness if the screen is too big, well thats my case at least

 

[GorbazTheDragon]

I am gaming with a 23.8" 1080p 165hz and really enjoying it. I never thought I'd leave the 27" 1440p realm... but here I am... and I don't mind it.

Still, I want OLED... I don't care what I have to do... OLED changes gaming. Just so much more immersive.

Yeah I hope with OLED someone comes out and has the balls to do a 1440p or 4k 24/25in class 240hz+ panel...

The problem is you lose map awarness if the screen is too big, well thats my case at least

It's solved by moving the screen further away but why use more desk space than you need to? I personally prefer to stick to 24/25in class panels because of this, I am perfectly comfortable with the 60-70cm or so distance in terms of it not being too close to be tiring focus wise (e.g phone screen at < 30cm gets uncomfortable after some time), anything further is a waste. I actually play some games in borderless windowed (with black desktop background) so that the minimal is closer to centre, especially in league of legends/DOTA I find it worth it in terms of awareness.

WRT the OP, I'd suggest checking Hardware Unboxed monitor reviews if you haven't already.

 

[NoYou]

I bought the gigabyte m28u !


The few review i could find convinced me, which means i found no major draw back points

-The LG GN is out of stock in 99% of the shop and 1200€ where its available and the GP is totaly out of stock
-The samsung has no date of release
-The gigabyte started to get out of stock in a few shops so i had to hurry !

Thanks everyone for sharing your thoughts.

 

[oxrufiioxo]

I bought the gigabyte m28u !

Congrats!

Let us know what you think of it whenever you receive it.