Samsung U28E590D vs LG 27UD69P-W

[SKD007]

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I've been searching like mad for a really great 4k monitor at a reasonable price. Like you guys I came down to the LG 27ud69p-w and the Samsung you guys have mentioned. I also was looking at and bought the Dell 28'' s2817q.
I really wanted to see the monitors in person so I ended up in a local Best Buy. The Samsung and LG both looked great in the store, but there was a $600 Dell that looked the best so I walked away with nothing. I did some more research and came to the conclusion that I didn't need a $600 TN 4K G-Sync panel for gaming. I do light Dota 2 gaming at most so 1hz refresh rate is not my priority.

I went back into Best Buy a week later and walked out with the LG 27ud69p-w and I have to say, the monitor is amazing. The display, the adjustments of the stand, both fantastic. My setup allows me to play Dota 2 in 4k at 60fps, max for HDMI, and this screen handles it perfectly. Cons: $430...and no speakers. I'm coming from a laptop so I'm used to speakers and didn't want to shell out more money for audio.

After a week with the monitor I decided to buy the Dell s2817q from Amazon for $299. It had great reviews as well as speakers, I figured it would be a win-win. I received the monitor, hooked it up, and holy shit it was terrible in comparison. I kept the monitor on and used it for a day and it's just so much worse than the LG. It is likely the difference in the IPS panel in the LG and the TN in the Dell, but I would steer so far away from that Dell because of the difference. I'm returning the dell asap and considering buying an older model of the LG 27ud69p-w that has the same exact display but black base and is $100 cheaper, that one is the LG 27ud58-b. I'll take that $100 savings and buy the Bose Companion Speakers for a better matching set with the black base.

TLDR; LG 27ud69p-w is a great monitor for the light 4k gaming I use it for. The Dell s2817q looked dull and old in comparison.

Good that you felt our choice is best for the budget. If it is TV you are taking about, then it’s samsung hands down if you are not comparing it with LG OLED.

But now that Samsung has brought in Quantom Dot, it will be good but the specs are bad on it tho. A 4K Samsung quantom dot would be awesome.

So LG it is for 4K reasobable priced monitor..

 

[ratirt]

Ah there you go. Ya you can go vega if you want a long lasting card that has features to match next 4 years.

About custom, I would suggest going for a stock air version and going liquid cooling as You won’t see any improvements on custom cards. The card is heat and power limited.

If you use aftermarket thermal paste like the liquid, you will drop 10c as the card throttles to 1300 when running hot. And with liquid, 1700 stable.

are you talking about Vega 64? I was thinking 56 and Bios from 64. I saw people doing this and the performance went through the roof

 

[SKD007]

are you talking about Vega 64? I was thinking 56 and Bios from 64. I saw people doing this and the performance went through the roof

Ya that is because vega 64 is power and heat restricted and with stock coolers it’s running at 1300 most of the time.

My friend has vega56 with my bios. It’s 20% slower than my liquid cooled one. And at higher res like 4K max settings. It cries out loud. The extra shaders do help v64.

Don’t go by what websites say. You try it out with friends and then decide. If you are going to play @1440p then v56 is good with 64 bios.

But 4K max settings there is almost 25 to 30% difference

 

[ratirt]

Ya that is because vega 64 is power and heat restricted and with stock coolers it’s running at 1300 most of the time.

My friend has vega56 with my bios. It’s 20% slower than my liquid cooled one. And at higher res like 4K max settings. It cries out loud. The extra shaders do help v64.

Don’t go by what websites say. You try it out with friends and then decide. If you are going to play @1440p then v56 is good with 64 bios.

But 4K max settings there is almost 25 to 30% difference

That much difference? oh my. Well i'm still waiting for the custom Vega 64. I seen the Asus 64 custom (asus strix) on you tube. They said there's absolutely no difference in the Stock vs custom AIB's. The author of that video stated that he had better results with stock Vega air cooler than custom AIB.

 

[SKD007]

That much difference? oh my. Well i'm still waiting for the custom Vega 64. I seen the Asus 64 custom (asus strix) on you tube. They said there's absolutely no difference in the Stock vs custom AIB's. The author of that video stated that he had better results with stock Vega air cooler than custom AIB.

Yes that is because there is a hard limit that can only be over come by waterblock.

First problem is heat and second problem is power. If AIB wants to push clock. They should feel the power draw is reasobable. No one will buy a 400w Vega64.

I am telling you this because I have tried many stuff before moving to waterblock. Even my first block was a failure. I went with EK CPU and GPU block and GPU block started leaking after 1hr of testing. So then I went with XSPC vega block. It has better sturdier design. And it’s only 131$.

About vega, the problem is it comes with crappy thermal paste and the block is not fully tightened. As soon as I used grizzly thermal paste as I was reverting back to stock cooler after ek block failure, I noticed 5c less temp and clock was at 1400 rather than 1300. Then on the xspc waterblock it was steady at 1670 and I did OC to 1730 with 1050v and it was sitting rock solid at that speed at max temp of 52c. Now it’s way faster and can play any game ultra 4K

 

[ratirt]

Nice thanks for sharing this info. It's quite valuable.

 

[ratirt]

Yes that is because there is a hard limit that can only be over come by waterblock.

First problem is heat and second problem is power. If AIB wants to push clock. They should feel the power draw is reasobable. No one will buy a 400w Vega64.

I am telling you this because I have tried many stuff before moving to waterblock. Even my first block was a failure. I went with EK CPU and GPU block and GPU block started leaking after 1hr of testing. So then I went with XSPC vega block. It has better sturdier design. And it’s only 131$.

About vega, the problem is it comes with crappy thermal paste and the block is not fully tightened. As soon as I used grizzly thermal paste as I was reverting back to stock cooler after ek block failure, I noticed 5c less temp and clock was at 1400 rather than 1300. Then on the xspc waterblock it was steady at 1670 and I did OC to 1730 with 1050v and it was sitting rock solid at that speed at max temp of 52c. Now it’s way faster and can play any game ultra 4K

if I decide to buy Vega 64 does it matter if I buy Sapphire or Gigabyte or other producer in order to apply same XSPC's water block as you have? You mentioned somewhere that it may not fit the components which probably are arranged differently than AMD reference card? Don't wanna make this mistake.

 

[SKD007]

if I decide to buy Vega 64 does it matter if I buy Sapphire or Gigabyte or other producer in order to apply same XSPC's water block as you have? You mentioned somewhere that it may not fit the components which probably are arranged differently than AMD reference card? Don't wanna make this mistake.

Yes you need to buy reference design. The black one which is stock

 

[ez03]

Honestly I'm thinking about the LG 27UD69 version. It has some improvements over the older 27UD68 and what's it worth it comes at the same price point. There is a noticeable difference in image quality. All reviews I've found online about the 27UD69 say it is brilliant option for a 4k gaming and reasonable price. I'm still waiting for Vega card and it's been delayed but I'm thinking of buying the monitor anyway.
Search your market and see what the LG 27UD69P-W(P stands for pivot if you need one) price is. It is a very great product.

I also created an account simply to say 'thank you'. I know it's been a while, but even now there isn't much else out there comparing these two monitors, which is strange considering I ran into the same dilemma between the two at Best Buy this past week. I exchanged the Samsung for the LG today and this review helped out a lot. Thanks for taking the time to post this.