Too Many Birds posted:

So when you want an 1440p Ultrasharp that does 144hz but Dell doesn't make any Ultrasharps that go above 60hz where do you start looking?

CaptainSarcastic posted:

Are you sure you still want three displays if you're going bigger? The extra screen real estate of 27" 1440p is going to be significant, so dropping to two should still give you lots and lots of space.

Ammanas posted:

Looking for a 27" 1440p monitor with minimal bezel and great picture quality, good refresh rate, budget around $500. im super tempted to pre-order that 27" 1k LG oled but feels too expensive

SuperTeeJay posted:

The 27GR95QE. A few rather enthusiastic/amateur reviews have dropped on YouTube already.

It's probably worth waiting for a reviewer who knows what they're talking about to weigh in, but the upcoming 27" OLED monitors (which all use the same LG panel) should be unbeatable for contrast and motion clarity.

Saukkis posted:

Dr. Video Games 0031 posted:

It's not skipping 1440p. The only normal-sized OLED monitors on the market right now are 1440p.

Dr. Video Games 0031 posted:

You mean 24"? I don't think that's gonna happen. If you mean 16:9 27", that's literally the monitor we're talking about and linking to on this page.

Otherwise I'm not sure what you mean.

SourKraut posted:

I’m using a 3080 currently with the G7 Neo Odyssey and DLSS and it’s fine; I figured I’m going to hold on to the monitor a lot longer than I will the GPU, so I might as well get the monitor at the resolution/etc. I want long-term and just upgrade the GPU as needed down the road.

Dr. Video Games 0031 posted:

For sure, 1440p is still the sweet spot, and some of the best gaming monitors on the market are in that category, like all the OLED ones.

Dr. Video Games 0031 posted:

Make sure all screen refresher features for your monitor are running when they should. Avoid using side-by-side window configurations, especially if you're just using the automatic window snapping feature of windows 11. It's very easy to burn in the border between windows when doing that (probably the most common cause of burn-in I see in the qd-oled monitors). Try to minimize all static interface elements as much as possible. If you like using your web browser in a maximized window for instance, press F11 to full-screen it. Edge has a nice feature where the top interface comes down when you mouse over the top of the screen, so you can use the browser full-screened without losing the ability to use the tabs or url bar. It would be nice if you could get auto hide the top interface in windowed mode too, but I don't think that feature exists. Edge also has a feature to auto hide the scroll bar (that you have to enable in edge://flags), which is nice for OLED screens. I honestly wouldn't worry too much about the desktop background, assuming it won't be on screen very often.

Also, try not to crank the screen brightness just because you can. If you have one of those monitors that can only do ~150 nits max for SDR content, then I guess you'll probably want to leave the brightness pretty high (or maxed). But if you have an OLED that does ~250 nits instead in SDR (most QD-OLEDs, for instance), and if you aren't using it in a super bright room, then I'd probably turn it back down to that 150 nits level when just browsing the web or doing other basic computer stuff. The brighter the things on your screen are, the more quickly you're burning out the OLED compounds. That said, you're buying an expensive OLED monitor because they make for impressive displays with excellent HDR performance, so you should still feel free to enjoy that aspect, and also don't be afraid to crank the brightness for SDR games too. It's perfectly fine to do that with dynamic content (videos, games, etc). Just maybe try to be a bit more conservative whenever you expect to have static interface elements present. also try not to take naps at your desk while games are running like that other goon.

edit: If you're the type of gamer who might play a single game for hundreds or thousands of hours, maybe play those on a different monitor. Or if those games have moddable interfaces (like an MMO), use interfaces with transparent backgrounds to mitigate the impact. Someone in the same discord server as me has played something like 1000 hours of Hunt: Showdown on an LG CX, and a part of the interface has (lightly) burned into their screen. Not sure how to mitigate that aside from simply not playing that much of any one thing on an OLED screen.

Dr. Video Games 0031 posted:

The best way to take screenshots of HDR games is to use the windows game bar actually. win + alt + print screen produces an HDR .jxr screenshot and a (mostly) accurate tone-mapped SDR screenshot. It's pretty handy.

Dr. Video Games 0031 posted:

Gigabyte M27U for $469: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0C3Z74ZP5

This is a very solid 27" 4K 160hz IPS display, and $469 is a bargain.