Too be honest I just want a 100% srgb monitor for game that is it I don't care for hdr until we get monitors that can go beyond 4000nits dolby vision that means waiting for microled monitors and tvs with super high refresh rates and 1ms response times
Do you see any reduction in frame rate when hdr is turned on? This article says there is: www.computerbase.de/2018-07/hdr-benchmarks-amd-radeon-nvidia-geforce/2/
A few things I didn't cover in the video: IPS glow Yes, this monitor suffers from it just like any other IPS display. However, with the variable backlight on it's far less noticeable than usual as any dark areas (where IPS glow is most noticeable) have a far darker backlight to start with. I'll post some pictures demonstrating this on my website. www.techytalk.co.uk/2018/07/19/asus-rog-swift-pg27uq-review/ Backlight bleed There wasn't any really obvious backlight bleed, though there was a small patch in the top right. Certainly it wasn't significant enough to be a concern. Plus, again, the variable backlight means this is all but eliminated any time this feature is turned on. Haloing This is the effect of there being a bright area (the size of each backlight zone) around brighter areas. This is clearly noticeable at 03:00 and 04:25 and it is a bit distracting in these extreme examples. However, in day to day use the effect is far more subtle (i never once noticed a clear step in backlight brightness in an image where the border of a bright zone wasn't pure black [i.e. it's noticeable in the video clip of the astronaut but such examples are rare]). It's not perfect but the variable backlight still felt like a clear upgrade over a uniform backlight, even if it can't compare to something like OLED. G-Sync It works as well as ever. Technically there are several new aspects to the latest version of G-Sync but the take home is that it worked as expected in all the scenarios I tested. 4K at 144Hz This is perhaps the most divise aspect of this monitor. For some, the sharpness of 4K is a holy grail but for others, myself included, it feels like a bit of a red herring. You need such powerful graphics hardware to consistently get 100Hz+ at 4K that gaming competitively at this resolution is unlikely. Meanwhile, turning up all the in-game detail settings and anti-aliasing makes for a better overall image than just more pixels. Similarly, 4K in Windows is very variable. Text can look a bit off, some apps don't scale properly and the benefit in terms of high resolution previews for editing image and video is modest. I'd take the extra desktop space of a 34in any day. If the extra resolution was essentialy a free upgrade then fine, but I wouldn't pay for it. I just straight up preferred using my Viewsonic VP2770 for desktop work and Asus PG278Q for competitive gaming. Some other things might spring to mind so will add them here, plus I'll try and answer any questions here too.
TechyTalk does the blooming in this video correctly represent what you see in real life? Or you increased the camera exposure to better capture the blooming? Also, I see no blooming in the astronaut clip in this video, but I can see blooming in the clip screenshot on your website. So what resembles real life viewing more?
In a word, no. The blooming seen here with the cursor on the black background is greatly exagerated to demonstrate the point. The astronaut clip is much closer to how noticeable it is in real life. That is, you can notice it but it's very subtle.
Thanks for your reply. One more thing: how come in your video, the monitor shows 10bit at 98Hz and 8bit+FRC at 120Hz? The official specs of this monitor is only 8bit+FRC, so it cannot display true 10bit. Also, there maybe a reason why you can only measure 91% DCI-P3. AFAIK, based on what Nvidia/Asus said, the monitor color coverage can only be measured correctly using a $7000 piece of equipment.
Yeah, it's slightly confusing. I gather what's happening is that the chroma subsampling drops from 4:4:4 at 98Hz to 4:2:2 at higher frame rates due to the bandwidth limitation of DisplayPort 1.4. As such the signal path for HDR is 10-bit at 98Hz and below whereas it's 8bitFRC for higher frame rates. Whether the display ever actually shows true 10-bit is something I need to doublecheck with Asus. Seemed somewhat academic as 98Hz is entirely adequate for any HDR gaming (you wouldn't want to use HDR for competitive gaming). I'm not worried about the DCI-P3 figure. Lots of factors at play there. 91% is close enough to the claimed 97% to be of no relevance to any buyer.
TechyTalk do you know when the Asus pg35vq monitor is coming out? It was supposed to come out alongside this model but it still hasn't been released. It's a 3440×1440p, 200hz oc, g-sync enabled, curved, 35 inch monitor. These specs are really good and I was going to consider getting one but it still hasn't come out...
I got mine for 1300 new, yet the color feels lack luster on my ps4 compared to my samsung q70, but I'm excited to see how it runs on my pc when i have it built tomorrow 😁
Great review thanks. I follow The Tech Chap and PC Centric but I thought your review was well put together. I agree that this display is too small for 4K content. I would have bought a 32" version no questions asked. 27" is too much of a drop from my 40" 4K Phillips.
Thanks. Yeah, they're good guys - crossed paths a few times through various work things. Glad to see it's not just me that feels the size of this panel is an issue.
TechyTalk curious but why do you feel 27 is too small for 4k? I had the pg27aq and acer xb321hk side by side and the size didn’t add anything to content
Less that it's too small as it doesn't add that much. With a larger screen you can scale Windows to a lower level and get an effective higher resolution (150% on 27in, 125% on 32in). Moreover, it's that a 34in 21:9 screen is just a better showcase for a flagship tech like HDR, 4k or not.
Please help me I have this monitor.when i turn on the varible backlight i see some vertical lines in games like rdr 2 or ac odyssey expecially in the sky when i move my look. Is it normal? When i turn it off this lines disappear. Please help me
This isn't normal, but it's strange that you're seeing it only when the variable backlight is turned on - i'd have thought if there was a problem with the backlight it would appear in both modes. Is the problem always in the exact same spot? And do you see it in video? If not it may be a problem with the way the game handles the image data.
For this price I'd expect possibility for HW calibration. Without it, I'll probably pass. I don't want 2500USD LCD that will loose it's color accuracy after a year.
Hey..what about the backlight bleeding and this halo around white objects like white text on a black page ? Is it horrible to look at ? ect i notice the mouse pointer gets a bit halo around it so it vecome a huge white dot...??
Blacklight breeding is more of an issue with ips monitors. This is oled. The halo affect I've read is with 144hz and 4:2:2 subsampling and not an issue when set to 120hz or lower.
hmm are you sure ? So theer is no back light bleed on this kind of monitor and the bright white glow around the mouse pointer is a 144 hz issue only ? Im very close to buying this screen..but im waiting for the 1180 and maybe get2 of these
@@Psycrovv just look at the reviews i have yet one review mention anything about this. Compared to the ips gsync displays almost every review mentions the back light bleed my ips 3440x1440gsync 100hz display has it too. About the mouse glow you have to do more research on that. The 4 main i gripes read is price , 27 inches vs 32, fan noise and 144hz color limitations which affects text.
Hi, only just noticed your comment. In a word, no, the haloing isn't a problem. You only notice it in extreme situations like a white pointer on a black screen, and such things only happen very rarely in normal use. Especially as you shouldn't be using the variable backlight for any normal desktop use where you would see a pointer or be reading lots of black on white text. Also, just to correct some of the other information here. This isn't an OLED screen. Not sure what you're referring to there. Also, backlight bleed is no more an issue on IPS than any other LCD screen technology. It's IPS glow that's the problem. The haloing also appears at all refresh rates. :)
1. I got mines at Micro Center for $1800. The price went back up to $2000 though. 2. Windows allows me to set 120hz, 12-bit, 4:2:2. I wonder if this monitor plus a 1080 ti can actually dither 12-bit color even if set to 98hz, 12-bit, RGB.
That might be to do with the 970gtx using a slightly older DisplayPort standard. I think support does vary. It'll need to support version 1.4 to enable 4K@144Hz. HDR should still work, regardless, though. Possibly try reducing the framerate all the way down to 60Hz or so - or reducing the resolution - and see if the HDR option appears then work you way back up to the maximum resolution/framerate it can do before the option disappears. I presume you're trying to enable HDR in Windows, not the monitor? If you're stuggling to find HDR content - or aren't sure if HDR is working - this test video makes it really obvious. On a non HDR screen the white box stays basically the same brightness after the first two changes - with HDR it gets brighter and brighter. It should work in Google Chrome. ruclips.net/video/NlAsAuBtmps/видео.html
@@TechyTalkUK two 970 gtx in SLI mode but i got in contact with someone who showed me its a 1050 serie thing. but i am gona upgrade anyway so i can have the full of use of my screen. So now we know why :) Btw here is a link of my screen regarding ips glow. I find it decent to look at. the cam also makes it worse in the picture. rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?106787-My-new-4k-screen&p=747378#post747378 Also i wish the red logo light would switch off after you shutdown ur pc
Oh yes, that was on my list of things I forgot to mention. It's on all the time. I couldn't really notice it over the 35dB of ambient noise in my room (with PC noise close by) but if you have a particuarly quiet office it will be noticeable. It rises to about 38dB if you put your ear (decibel meter) right above the ventilation on the top.
In my country indonesia this asus pg27uq has price about 39 million rupiah, with that money I can buy 2 asus pg348q or processor intel core i9 7980xe plus with motherboard x299 too
I all so own this monitor be aware this is not a true 10Bit panel as said in this review .. ASUS support message me with this "Please be advised that the monitor achieves 10-bit colour by using 8-bits with FRC" I was disppointed at this time after reading the message .. think i was buying a monitor with true 10bit for 2 grand ..
i already buy samsung chg90 49inch superultrawide screen hdr 144hz.. asus suck fucking overprice with this 27inch monitor, for this price i can get 2 more chg90
Oled all I see is burn in unless games accept options to turn the hud off I kinda wish they did that lol oles back is great downside is burn in from static images games need to start advancing and have options to get rid of the hud and make it more interesting he'll imagine borderlands with no hub well it don't matter since when you get down you get second win anyway
But does it have 1ms? No... then it’s not a gaming monitor, it’s a glorified photoshop, graphics design monitor which has a nice color spectrum. If it’s not 1ms or less, it’s not a gaming monitor.
Or less? I'm not aware of any monitors that offer less than 1ms response time. But more importantly, 4ms displays are ample for more casual competitive gaming. All depends on your priorities.
TechyTalk I mentioned because OLED is 0.1 ms. 4 ms is extremely slow, gives me headaches and because of the slow pixel refresh it makes text and textures very blurry when moving in game. And even though companies put software technology into their monitor to in a sense mask this defect, it barely makes matters better as it just makes the image even more blurry when moving around because its software based and can’t fix a hardware based issue. 4ms is meant for non-gaming productivity, 4ms was never meant for gaming. That’s why TN and VA gaming monitors were being made with 1ms for over 10 years by Samsung, BenQ, Acer, LG. Then all the sudden developers started to push out 144hz and higher monitors with a slow IPS panel which were mostly used for content creating monitors such as graphics design due to the great “still image detail”. Just never made sense. In my office, I give all clients an LG 24” monitor which has 60hz, and 4 ms TN panel because it’s cheap. Users do not require a faster ms monitor in the office because they are working with office applications and autoCAD.
There are no OLED monitors so it's kind of a pointless comparison. Also, 4ms is not extremely slow. 16ms is your normal response time for a non gaming monitor. I also don't know what 1ms VA displays you're talking about. VA is by far the worst LCD tech for response time and the lowest I know of is 4ms. You also seem to be confusing black frame insertion blur reduction with response time. Even OLED displays suffer from eye tracking motion blur (the blurred text you're referring to) and need to enable black frame insertion to reduce this.
This is such an amazing channel why are you not getting the recognition you deserve ??!?!?!
Cheers dude. I guess uploading more frequently that than twice six months would help. :D
I hate ultra-wide monitors, im glad they made it in 27 inch instead.
i'm about to buy one of these, tell me why you hate it ? Better to have flat high pixel density screen or a 1440p surrounding one ??
@@Undersnow243 he could be pointing out that most games dont scale well with 21:9 ratio.
Too be honest I just want a 100% srgb monitor for game that is it I don't care for hdr until we get monitors that can go beyond 4000nits dolby vision that means waiting for microled monitors and tvs with super high refresh rates and 1ms response times
best channel for monitor needs
Great review, thanks! Quite the eye-watering price, but hopefully paves the path for more high refresh rate HDR 4K displays in future.
The best review. Thank you
This the best review online. Only one I've seen that also shows 4k movies. If I'm gonna spend all this money then I want to watch film as well.
Are those dinosaurs new!? Lol! Awesome video buddy!
Cheers. Yeah, currently in the process of moving house so a new shooting location was required for this video.
Can you review the HP Pavilion HDR 32 display? It's pretty brand new model.
I have this monitor and love it.
What to do with noise from active cooling system?
Do you see any reduction in frame rate when hdr is turned on? This article says there is: www.computerbase.de/2018-07/hdr-benchmarks-amd-radeon-nvidia-geforce/2/
so we cant get more than 100hz refreche rate when on 4k hdr10 ?
A few things I didn't cover in the video:
IPS glow
Yes, this monitor suffers from it just like any other IPS display. However, with the variable backlight on it's far less noticeable than usual as any dark areas (where IPS glow is most noticeable) have a far darker backlight to start with. I'll post some pictures demonstrating this on my website.
www.techytalk.co.uk/2018/07/19/asus-rog-swift-pg27uq-review/
Backlight bleed
There wasn't any really obvious backlight bleed, though there was a small patch in the top right. Certainly it wasn't significant enough to be a concern. Plus, again, the variable backlight means this is all but eliminated any time this feature is turned on.
Haloing
This is the effect of there being a bright area (the size of each backlight zone) around brighter areas. This is clearly noticeable at 03:00 and 04:25 and it is a bit distracting in these extreme examples. However, in day to day use the effect is far more subtle (i never once noticed a clear step in backlight brightness in an image where the border of a bright zone wasn't pure black [i.e. it's noticeable in the video clip of the astronaut but such examples are rare]). It's not perfect but the variable backlight still felt like a clear upgrade over a uniform backlight, even if it can't compare to something like OLED.
G-Sync
It works as well as ever. Technically there are several new aspects to the latest version of G-Sync but the take home is that it worked as expected in all the scenarios I tested.
4K at 144Hz
This is perhaps the most divise aspect of this monitor. For some, the sharpness of 4K is a holy grail but for others, myself included, it feels like a bit of a red herring. You need such powerful graphics hardware to consistently get 100Hz+ at 4K that gaming competitively at this resolution is unlikely. Meanwhile, turning up all the in-game detail settings and anti-aliasing makes for a better overall image than just more pixels. Similarly, 4K in Windows is very variable. Text can look a bit off, some apps don't scale properly and the benefit in terms of high resolution previews for editing image and video is modest. I'd take the extra desktop space of a 34in any day. If the extra resolution was essentialy a free upgrade then fine, but I wouldn't pay for it. I just straight up preferred using my Viewsonic VP2770 for desktop work and Asus PG278Q for competitive gaming.
Some other things might spring to mind so will add them here, plus I'll try and answer any questions here too.
TechyTalk does the blooming in this video correctly represent what you see in real life? Or you increased the camera exposure to better capture the blooming? Also, I see no blooming in the astronaut clip in this video, but I can see blooming in the clip screenshot on your website. So what resembles real life viewing more?
In a word, no. The blooming seen here with the cursor on the black background is greatly exagerated to demonstrate the point. The astronaut clip is much closer to how noticeable it is in real life. That is, you can notice it but it's very subtle.
Thanks for your reply. One more thing: how come in your video, the monitor shows 10bit at 98Hz and 8bit+FRC at 120Hz? The official specs of this monitor is only 8bit+FRC, so it cannot display true 10bit.
Also, there maybe a reason why you can only measure 91% DCI-P3. AFAIK, based on what Nvidia/Asus said, the monitor color coverage can only be measured correctly using a $7000 piece of equipment.
Yeah, it's slightly confusing. I gather what's happening is that the chroma subsampling drops from 4:4:4 at 98Hz to 4:2:2 at higher frame rates due to the bandwidth limitation of DisplayPort 1.4. As such the signal path for HDR is 10-bit at 98Hz and below whereas it's 8bitFRC for higher frame rates. Whether the display ever actually shows true 10-bit is something I need to doublecheck with Asus. Seemed somewhat academic as 98Hz is entirely adequate for any HDR gaming (you wouldn't want to use HDR for competitive gaming). I'm not worried about the DCI-P3 figure. Lots of factors at play there. 91% is close enough to the claimed 97% to be of no relevance to any buyer.
TechyTalk do you know when the Asus pg35vq monitor is coming out? It was supposed to come out alongside this model but it still hasn't been released. It's a 3440×1440p, 200hz oc, g-sync enabled, curved, 35 inch monitor. These specs are really good and I was going to consider getting one but it still hasn't come out...
I got mine for 1300 new, yet the color feels lack luster on my ps4 compared to my samsung q70, but I'm excited to see how it runs on my pc when i have it built tomorrow 😁
Price fell to $1599 at microcenter.
Great review thanks. I follow The Tech Chap and PC Centric but I thought your review was well put together. I agree that this display is too small for 4K content. I would have bought a 32" version no questions asked. 27" is too much of a drop from my 40" 4K Phillips.
Thanks. Yeah, they're good guys - crossed paths a few times through various work things. Glad to see it's not just me that feels the size of this panel is an issue.
TechyTalk curious but why do you feel 27 is too small for 4k? I had the pg27aq and acer xb321hk side by side and the size didn’t add anything to content
Less that it's too small as it doesn't add that much. With a larger screen you can scale Windows to a lower level and get an effective higher resolution (150% on 27in, 125% on 32in). Moreover, it's that a 34in 21:9 screen is just a better showcase for a flagship tech like HDR, 4k or not.
Please help me I have this monitor.when i turn on the varible backlight i see some vertical lines in games like rdr 2 or ac odyssey expecially in the sky when i move my look. Is it normal? When i turn it off this lines disappear. Please help me
This isn't normal, but it's strange that you're seeing it only when the variable backlight is turned on - i'd have thought if there was a problem with the backlight it would appear in both modes. Is the problem always in the exact same spot? And do you see it in video? If not it may be a problem with the way the game handles the image data.
For this price I'd expect possibility for HW calibration. Without it, I'll probably pass. I don't want 2500USD LCD that will loose it's color accuracy after a year.
£2300 in the UK :(
Hey..what about the backlight bleeding and this halo around white objects like white text on a black page ? Is it horrible to look at ? ect i notice the mouse pointer gets a bit halo around it so it vecome a huge white dot...??
Blacklight breeding is more of an issue with ips monitors. This is oled. The halo affect I've read is with 144hz and 4:2:2 subsampling and not an issue when set to 120hz or lower.
hmm are you sure ? So theer is no back light bleed on this kind of monitor and the bright white glow around the mouse pointer is a 144 hz issue only ? Im very close to buying this screen..but im waiting for the 1180 and maybe get2 of these
@@Psycrovv just look at the reviews i have yet one review mention anything about this. Compared to the ips gsync displays almost every review mentions the back light bleed my ips 3440x1440gsync 100hz display has it too. About the mouse glow you have to do more research on that. The 4 main i gripes read is price , 27 inches vs 32, fan noise and 144hz color limitations which affects text.
i also heard these 4 things but i dident knew it was only at 144 hz the haloing appears.
Hi, only just noticed your comment. In a word, no, the haloing isn't a problem. You only notice it in extreme situations like a white pointer on a black screen, and such things only happen very rarely in normal use. Especially as you shouldn't be using the variable backlight for any normal desktop use where you would see a pointer or be reading lots of black on white text.
Also, just to correct some of the other information here. This isn't an OLED screen. Not sure what you're referring to there. Also, backlight bleed is no more an issue on IPS than any other LCD screen technology. It's IPS glow that's the problem. The haloing also appears at all refresh rates. :)
1. I got mines at Micro Center for $1800. The price went back up to $2000 though.
2. Windows allows me to set 120hz, 12-bit, 4:2:2. I wonder if this monitor plus a 1080 ti can actually dither 12-bit color even if set to 98hz, 12-bit, RGB.
Existentialist never went down in the UK as of yet. 2300£ is way too high even for such a monitor. Gonna wait till black friday.
DUE ALIAN same here buddy
Still $1799 at microcenter
I got this monitor now but i cant enable hrd or get higher hz than 98..
im using 970 gtx sli.. is that why ..im gona upgrade soon to rtx
That might be to do with the 970gtx using a slightly older DisplayPort standard. I think support does vary. It'll need to support version 1.4 to enable 4K@144Hz. HDR should still work, regardless, though. Possibly try reducing the framerate all the way down to 60Hz or so - or reducing the resolution - and see if the HDR option appears then work you way back up to the maximum resolution/framerate it can do before the option disappears. I presume you're trying to enable HDR in Windows, not the monitor? If you're stuggling to find HDR content - or aren't sure if HDR is working - this test video makes it really obvious. On a non HDR screen the white box stays basically the same brightness after the first two changes - with HDR it gets brighter and brighter. It should work in Google Chrome. ruclips.net/video/NlAsAuBtmps/видео.html
@@TechyTalkUK Allright..i lowered the res and hz butHDR wont trigger :/
That is strange. Presume all your drivers are up to date and you're running Windows 10? What exact model graphics card do you have?
@@TechyTalkUK two 970 gtx in SLI mode but i got in contact with someone who showed me its a 1050 serie thing. but i am gona upgrade anyway so i can have the full of use of my screen. So now we know why :)
Btw here is a link of my screen regarding ips glow. I find it decent to look at. the cam also makes it worse in the picture.
rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?106787-My-new-4k-screen&p=747378#post747378
Also i wish the red logo light would switch off after you shutdown ur pc
Comment on fan noise?
Oh yes, that was on my list of things I forgot to mention. It's on all the time. I couldn't really notice it over the 35dB of ambient noise in my room (with PC noise close by) but if you have a particuarly quiet office it will be noticeable. It rises to about 38dB if you put your ear (decibel meter) right above the ventilation on the top.
The fan on mine is as quiet as my fractal pc fans, not noisy at all even in a silent room
how do i enable 10bit?
It'll only go into 10-bit mode when you've turned on HDR in Windows and the refresh rate is below 98Hz.
ima still stay with my 1440p 144hz but this is a great step up
Fyi microcenter is selling it for $300 cheaper at $1799.
120Hertz Monitor*
In my country indonesia this asus pg27uq has price about 39 million rupiah, with that money I can buy 2 asus pg348q or processor intel core i9 7980xe plus with motherboard x299 too
Yeah, that's the same here in the UK and the USA. £1,000 for a PG348Q, £2,300 for one of these. Crazy.
I all so own this monitor be aware this is not a true 10Bit panel as said in this review .. ASUS support message me with this "Please be advised that the monitor achieves 10-bit colour by using 8-bits with FRC" I was disppointed at this time after reading the message .. think i was buying a monitor with true 10bit for 2 grand ..
Turning the backlight off defeats the purpose of this monitor
You would think with a $2500 monitor they would bother to put in freesync for everyone with AMD video cards.
Yeah maybe but if you're spending 2.5k for a gaming monitor you're probably not running an AMD card.
It’s 2,000 now. Still very expensive
"True 10bit color processing"......
2.5k??????? Rip
Too expensive
It's only 1500.00 in the 🇺🇸
i already buy samsung chg90 49inch superultrawide screen hdr 144hz.. asus suck fucking overprice with this 27inch monitor, for this price i can get 2 more chg90
8 bit and a fan and back light bleed and more shit
pay 2500$ and you will still get ips glow black light bleed same as 200$ monitor .. no thanks
ROG BRANDING ALONE IS WORTH $1000 BUCKS
2.5k$ for 2:57min!!! Kidding me?
Its actually 2k in usd. They are talking about canadian dollars
Wired Rawdy actually not. This is the price for the UK converted to US dollars, as it costs 2300£ in the UK
Wired Rawdy 500$ for shipping, we are not all living in USA
This is indeed ridiculous price. I woul understand if they charged 2 grands £, but not 2300£...
$1799 at microcenter.
not a true 10-bit panel? are you fucking kidding me.
and you measured 335 nits of peak brightness? I thought this was rated at 1000 nits.
This monitor with an OLED panel? God of wanna be God monitors lol 😂
Oled all I see is burn in unless games accept options to turn the hud off I kinda wish they did that lol oles back is great downside is burn in from static images games need to start advancing and have options to get rid of the hud and make it more interesting he'll imagine borderlands with no hub well it don't matter since when you get down you get second win anyway
I can afford it. MUWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
i can too but i dont see the true value for 2k. even when i notice dw 4k the prints are just finer barely.
But does it have 1ms? No... then it’s not a gaming monitor, it’s a glorified photoshop, graphics design monitor which has a nice color spectrum. If it’s not 1ms or less, it’s not a gaming monitor.
Can you show us a better gaming monitor?
@@phatec im not disagreeing with you but i want to know what you consider a gaming monitor because it seems all ips ones arent gaming monitors.
Or less? I'm not aware of any monitors that offer less than 1ms response time. But more importantly, 4ms displays are ample for more casual competitive gaming. All depends on your priorities.
TechyTalk I mentioned because OLED is 0.1 ms. 4 ms is extremely slow, gives me headaches and because of the slow pixel refresh it makes text and textures very blurry when moving in game. And even though companies put software technology into their monitor to in a sense mask this defect, it barely makes matters better as it just makes the image even more blurry when moving around because its software based and can’t fix a hardware based issue.
4ms is meant for non-gaming productivity, 4ms was never meant for gaming. That’s why TN and VA gaming monitors were being made with 1ms for over 10 years by Samsung, BenQ, Acer, LG. Then all the sudden developers started to push out 144hz and higher monitors with a slow IPS panel which were mostly used for content creating monitors such as graphics design due to the great “still image detail”. Just never made sense.
In my office, I give all clients an LG 24” monitor which has 60hz, and 4 ms TN panel because it’s cheap. Users do not require a faster ms monitor in the office because they are working with office applications and autoCAD.
There are no OLED monitors so it's kind of a pointless comparison. Also, 4ms is not extremely slow. 16ms is your normal response time for a non gaming monitor. I also don't know what 1ms VA displays you're talking about. VA is by far the worst LCD tech for response time and the lowest I know of is 4ms. You also seem to be confusing black frame insertion blur reduction with response time. Even OLED displays suffer from eye tracking motion blur (the blurred text you're referring to) and need to enable black frame insertion to reduce this.