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Help me decide..........OLED monitors

Paridian

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Yeeeee I've gone for the MSI MAG 271QPX QD-OLED E2

Thanks for everyone's opinions and insights. I will probably go duel OLED by moving the MSI to be my 'side monitor' with a 4K OLED eventually becoming my primary.....But that won't be until I upgrade my GPU in couple of years Or Will It.........The more likely scenario is I'll be that enamoured by my new OLED I'll be like... screw it 4k hear I come :laugh:.

It's my first experience with an OLED so I'll be over the top with looking after it anyways.

I'll let you know how I get on it with it for sure :).

Oh, the 32" vs 27", 4K vs 1440p and "is OLED ready for prolonged mixed use" debacle. That's a lot of subjective question...

My brother runs the MSI MPG 271QRX (27" 1440p 360Hz QDOLED) with a Philips 27" 1440p IPS. He bought the QDOLED at launch week, so it should have been used for ~11 months. At ~200nits. It looks awesome, and text clarity issue is not very noticeable. No burn in issue, but AFAIK he has been taking care of the monitor, and he doesn't put non-gaming usage onto the QDOLED side very often.
His main usage is shooters. Many different shooters. And some racing games.

I have a very strong opinion of wanting double 27" 4K for myself, just because I want to stuff as many pixels in my limited physical space (no way my desk can do double 32") and I have gotten used to one.
The monitors I'm considering are both 27" 4K QDOLEDs that are not launched yet, namely ROG PG27UCDM (very likely, because it looks superior in features) and Gigabyte MO27U2 (just because it is Gigabyte), to pair with a Gigabyte M27U (27" 4K IPS) that I'm running. Like my brother, I intend to put the M27U for more of the non-gaming usage.



With that out of the way...

4K or 1440p? -> The MPG 271QRX is awesome enough, but because I'm the bigger brother I want mine to be more awesome. If you don't hate DLSS, it is useful to relieve the load of 4K. It shouldn't be that heavy with DLSS.

If 1440p, 240Hz or 360Hz -> IIRC some shooters like Rainbow Six Siege can go way above 240fps easily. And you have enough money. So, 360Hz. But there were 240Hz options that were very very price attractive on the last...whatever holiday sale. And one might easily argue that 240Hz is awesome enough.

27" or 32" -> Do you have enough physical space? Like, do you have a big enough desk? Can you accomodate a slightly longer viewing distance for a 32"? I can't, but If you can, and you feel okay with a bigger monitor, then sure why not?
FYI, the difference between 32" and 27" in terms of width is ~4" (~10cm).

OLED or not? -> I'm sure I want an OLED, but double OLED is probably a nope for me, because I'm fine running two different monitors.
I have re-read the OP many times and failed to get if you want to replace both monitors with 2 OLEDs. If you want multi-monitor setup, keeping at least one of your current monitor, or buying non-OLED monitor to match whatever your new 32" OLED might be an option. Just saying. EDIT: welp, didn't see OP's followup post.
Alienware and ASUS should have 3yrs burn-in warranty. Not sure about others.

Side note: The main display on the iPhone 13mini is OLED. I bought it on launch week for my region ,so ~40months, have it gone through an average of at least 14hrs of usage per day, with lots of lots of them on the same result screen of the same game (partly because the game is light enough that I run it while working, partly because I may fall asleep while playing, leading to hours of the same result screen with the same static UI elements in moderate-to-high brightness, and I'm talking one game here). It took a lot more abuse than most desktop / TV screens, but it still looks like new. No burn-in at all. Really.

Thanks for this insight @Todestrieb. I was exactly like this....I want the best but I don't want the best if what I have at the moment will not bring out the best (if that makes sense). IMO I have the space for 32". I'm revamping my entire setup. Custom desk etc.

This is my setup as it is now:

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New monitor will be wall bracketed further left to where the left monitor is now so I'm gaining 3 or 4 inch depth on my desk and more space on the right. Rig will be moving up off the floor on the desk where my current right monitor is. Going to smash some wall panelling on the back and shelve the alcove with some lights and stuff like all thew 'cool kids'.
 
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