Keep in mind some people are very sensitive when it comes to ULMB/DyAcc/Backlight strobing and don't even know about it. When I turn it on, I get extreme eye-strain which eventually turn into a huge migraine. If you ever have sore eyes or some sort of headache while gaming, turn Backlight strobing off.
I had to scroll for criminally long to find this comment. About 1 in 4 people (IIRC) are very sensitive to flicker, and will notice flicker on things like older OLED screens and LED car lights (and even poorly made smart bulbs), especially in peripheral vision when moving their eyes - as a sort of "stepped" afterimage. This causes high eye-strain and headache (because your brain has to process those abnormal afterimages all the time) even in general use, so intentionally turning it on for something intensive like gaming is definitely a bad idea!
I'm not sensitive to strobing so much that it causes headaches, but I can actually notice strobing lights of any kind and speed, and they annoy me greatly. I cannot believe monitor manufacturers thought bringing back the worst attribute of a CRT display was a good idea.
I've never understood why people want displays super bright. I run my LG monitor at 10% brightness. If I'm in the dark I'll sometimes set it to 0%. I don't think I've ever had it above 20-25%. Even on a bright sunny day I can still see it perfectly and comfortably. I also hate when my iPhone automatically switches over to HDR on RUclips or Reddit, especially if I'm in bed. it's blinding.
Well, there have been “studies” showing that brighter displays are more immersive. Meta has a prototype VR headset that does something like 10,000 nits of peak brightness in certain areas. People who’ve tried it say it’s the most immersive VR headset they’ve ever tried - even more so than the ultra high refresh rate or high resolution prototypes.
@@Skrenja Were the "studies" funded by Meta? :D Jokes aside, everyone has their preferences, but I can't stand having a crazy bright screen that's in your face. Gives me a headache. I don't even want 1,000 nits, let alone 10,000.
While a bright monitor might not damage your eyes permanently, it can screw with your vision for days and in extreme cases up to a few weeks. If you play in a dim room with a really bright monitor for 8 hours a day it can cause problems with recognizing depth, focusing on objects further away and it can cause pain in general. You really don't need to have a super bright monitor as in most cases it won't actually help you see enemies better, try to find a good balance between bright enough and not too bright, on most monitors its around 40-70, I personally use 45. Other settings like contrast affect the perception of brightness but always try to balance things out and find what feels good for you and not copy whatever settings some pro player might use as they were already better than you without them.
personally the area I use my screen in is pretty well lit, and if not I have one light on. If all lights are off I have a monitor light bar on to prevent eye strain
Thought I had my monitor fully optimized already, went and made a few adjustments and every game I play now feels brand new. Thank you so much for this!
You're really one of a few reviewers that is actually playing on a high level in competitive games, so you know what you're talking about. Also great quality content as always!
Thank you so much Optimum never really delved into my monitor settings but this helped me a lot. Have a AW2518H and noticed tearing a long time ago but thought it was just part of the monitor. Turns out the pixel overdrive in their settings is called "Response time" and I set my response time to Super fast obviously! Having it on Superfast caused trailing and murky images. Then looked up a professional color tutorial for it and after playing around with what they recommended the blues and colors on my monitor look really nice. Love your videos only found your channel like 4 days ago and been watching a ton of your videos!
Great video as always! One thing you didn't mention, probably because it's so basic, but that I think is super important is making sure in the advanced display settings in windows, that the monitor refresh rate is adjusted. With my monitor, windows set the refresh rate to 60hz by default and I didn't notice for a long time. Figuring this out and fixing it made a world of difference in my fps aiming ability.
im not sure how people cant notice the difference between 60hz and above 60hz when moving the mouse. When i first set up my monitor it defaulted to 60hz even though its 170hz, and you can immediately tell its so slow on 60hz and that somethings off
@@Ditty-pc9pe Like one of the others said, at no point do you think "oh it looks the same" then question it? It's probably why so many people say 60hz and 120/144hz look the same, it's probably not even set correctly. If you're a PC enthusiast then you'll likely check, and if you're not then you don't need a high refreshrate monitor.
@@shawnhits704I don't think you understood the issue correctly. It can be hard to tell if you've only just got a new monitor with a higher refresh rate than 60hz. You can only easily tell it apart after having seen the difference.
Just found this channel and this is gold mine when you're trying to do things perfectly for your needs. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge & recommendations.
Cap your frame rates with rtss to 3 hz under monitors maximum then you won’t get screen tearing and it’s more responsive than overloading your monitor with frames. Your gpu has a smaller render queue which means your frame time doesn’t move and is stable and it’s actually more responsive.
Underrated coment! I would reccomend though doing it in game settings if you can, as well as v-sync if you have to. It reduces input latency. Battle(non)sense channel has very deep analysis and latency measurements.
0:55 Contrary to older wisdom, there's really 0 evidence that the brightness of tvs or monitors causes any eye damage (only temporary eye strain). There is slight evidence that the upper registers of blue light can cause long term macular degeneration over decades of use, but if this is a concern OLEDs produced 1/3rd as much as high wavelength blue light compared to LCDs, making them a healthier choice even when compared to lcds of half the brightness. EDIT: If you don't believe me do a search for 'permanent eye damage computer monitors and tv', you'll find loads of reputable sources (harvard health, webmd) that note expert opinion has shifted such that the belief is they can only cause eye strain and discomfort, not permanent degradation of vision.
It's not the brightness but the contrast to your surrounding that causes fatigue, you can have it as bright as you want as long as the surrounding ambient light is high enough, having 400 nits in a completely dark room will cause fatigue because the muscles in your eyes keep adjusting between the high intensity of the monitor and the surrounding darkness. Depending on the individual it will cause a headache but younger people usually can cope better.
@@AakashT800 Thats why i always have a lot of light in my room. I hate dim displays, the colors are so off putting, but my eyes wanna commit suicide if i look at a bright screen in a dark room for more than 10 minutes. Having a very bright room _and_ a very bright monitor was the obvious solution
I was just sitting at my desk fiddling with the settings on my new monitor after purchasing a 3080ti and was wondering what settings would be best, and here you are again reading my mind with uploads as per usual 😅😌
Something to consider, at least on the XG27AQM (featured in the b-roll a couple of times and the main talking point when first discussing color temps, and is also my main gaming monitor) is that you can enable the sRGB mode and change brightness if u know what you're doing. By default the srgb mode is locked to 43%, which for me is way too bright. You can force override the brightness by entering service mode. The displayninja review has a how-to. I'd assume this is going to be similar on most ASUS monitors. Additionally, it has readouts on how to adjust the RGB values to get certain color temps.
I have the same monitor and modified the 'SRGB BRI' setting but found the gamut a bit lacking for some content. I ended up settling with a 'User mode' game visual, warm (6500k) color and adjusted the saturation setting to my preference.
Thanks for another great video! I also have the ASUS XG27AQM (270hz 1440p) but am unable to find any good settings online for things like setting color temperature (setting white point, gamma, etc) and sadly no colorimeter. I was wondering if you could share your recommended settings for the XG27AQM? Thanks a lot!
You shouldn’t have to change much out of the box with this monitor color wise. I suggest racing mode and adjust brightness color to your liking for best results. I have this monitor and the color are fantastic
More important than a dim display is a bright room. Sunlight is up to a thousand or so times more bright than your screen, but your eyes adapt by contracting the pupils. If you are in a dark room you should turn down the brightness, but if the display looks better at high brightness like most do, it's better to turn on lights in the room. If you have a lamp behind the monitor lightning up the wall this helps a ton, but even better is more light in the room and it doesn't matter much if it is cool or warm light, but it's best to have a neutral colour tone to make the image on the screen appear optimal.
@@mindrover777Its important to set your monitors refresh rate to reduce sample and hold blur and also reduce latency. It also has an effect on pixel response times in panel tech other than oled.
I feel that one other angle for this type of content would be dual-monitor setups and the challenges involved. I had a mismatched dual-monitor setup for a while with a Gigabyte 1440p monitor on one side, next to an Acer 4K monitor on the other (I had bought and used the 1440p monitor by itself for some time first). And BOY, did the Gigabyte (M27Q) look bad color-wise next to the Acer. There was no amount of Nvidia nor monitor settings that could resolve it either. Even when I was able to get the color balance looking somewhat reasonable on the M27Q, the contrast and brightness still looked awful when set directly next to the Acer, and reds especially looked faded. I eventually just sold the M27Q even though smoother gaming at 1440p was preferable at times and two monitors made some things more convenient. Lesson being that either monitor seemed fine on its own to the untrained eye, but using them together was just unbearable for someone who values visual experience highly.
perfect video. just got a new pc and an acer xv272u 170hz monitor to go with it. this helped tremendously. I already had the settings at a good point, but this video helped me with getting the settings perfect. thanks so much brotha, you earned another sub. keep it up
Hi Mr. Optimum, do you have a setup video for oled monitors? I recently upgraded to oled and the difference between hdr and sd content is jarring - also I feel like I'm not getting the most out of it in terms of performance and refresh rate - I play fps games exclusively. If you could point me in the right direction, it would be greatly appreciated :}
Claim: That damage to your eyes is irreversible. > Studies literally show monitors don't damage your eyes. > Also, sunlight outside is an order of magnitudes brighter than a monitor.
I use my monitors “game mode” only because it relaxes my eyes even when it sets the brightness to 100% automatically. When I use custom settings with brightness all the way high it’s really terrifying for my eyes might use dynamic brightness with custom settings, hopefully that works
@@andoryus You still would need one if you're trying to be a perfectionist since every monitor has some variance to it, even if it's the exact same product line. But if you're happy with "close enough" results (like most people, myself included are) it's a very good starting point. After applying the ICC profile you can just make minor tweaks until it looks good to you personally.
Huh, were you on the A1 server for your bf1 clips? I spend a fair bit of time on that one and it's one of the friendliest online gaming communities I've come across.
Older monitors used PWM to dim the backlights, so some people max their brightness as a habit. Newer monitors should be using DC based dimming so should be fine.
I take my ipad's mini LED screen as a reference point and calibrate the monitor as close to the ipad as possible. Since iPad screen is very well calibrated, it becomes a useful tool.
Make sure to turn off true tone before you do so tho, true tone will shift the color temperature based on the color temperature of the ambient light (which may or may not be what you want when you're using it as a reference).
played around with all kinds of settings for months and i gave up on trying to remove the ghosting and figured that my monitor was just shit and had too much ghosting and i couldnt do anything about it and then i find the overdrive setting and it fixed everything its so stupid how hard it is too find such simple solutions thx alot
Great info, when many settings are available it's easy to get lost or confused aswell as thinking its all properly setup out of the box. Great video
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Based on the available research, there is no strong evidence that using a bright monitor causes irreversible eye damage. However, prolonged use of digital screens can lead to temporary eye discomfort and vision issues.
my LG 27GP950 has got a great, easy on the eyes colour setting called "Reader" which I work on for 90% of the day, and then for gaming I enable a custom "Gamer 1" profile to get the most vivid and bright experience when gaming.
In regards to GSync, pro tip if you have it on, plus V-Sync, and cap fps ingame or via the cp panel under your refresh rate, so this only really works if you have 240hz ( or above ) and a game that can do similar or higher fps. You basically get zero tearing and up to 1ms of delay, trade off is huge for the smoothest of gameplays ever. And this will work better and better with more hz down the line.
I do this on 144 hz monitor and it works like a charm set V sync to fast in CP and free sync on and it’s buttery smooth even at 40-50 fps in star citizen. Also it’s more responsive because the gpu has a smaller render queue.
@@nedimmyilmaz under the hz rate so cap at 237~fps or lower to like 225fps depending on the game ofc if you have a good rig and can keep stable high frames.
Bro I’m assuming you ordered this from overseas? Been waiting for it to drop in Australia for too long now, I actually ordered the Acer xb273ugx yesterday.... I’m down waiting :(
Someone else posted a video saying that the best way to calibrate the colors of your monitor is to use your phone as another set of eyes. A set of eyes that has near perfect color accuracy and tinker with the colors until what your eyes see and your phone sees are the same. Is that valid? Or Sus?
dude, your videos are incredible. I have been a building pc's and such since i was 12 and i never thought to really change other monitor settings like this other than refresh rate settings. I have homework to do and things to check when i get home! lol. \m/
5:38 inside the video this type colour setting i wanted for same 8bit moniter how can i do bro can you please explain that setting & i have srgb 99% hdr 10 support
If you love horror games or other dark themed, just buy a VA display. Those can visualize darker range clear and detailed. Your eyes will thank you long term. It's also better for movies. Sure you lose some % of color accuracy compared to IPS and some refresh Hz. But it's reasonably close these days while having significant advantages with near blacks.
I suggest playing on brightness which is comfy for your eyes or get some anti-radiation glasses. I used to play on 100 brightness, I somewhat regret it because my eyesight got worse and I needed prescription glasses in which I have now. Play your brightness that's comfy for your eyes for long gaming sessions and make sure to rest your eyes from time to time during gaming sessions.
Umm... while I am no expert I am fairly certain screens effecting eye health is an old wives tale myth and blue-light computer glasses are a scam. The glasses claiming to "protect eyes" are pseudo-science no different than 5G conspiracy theories, that has sadly invaded eye doctor clinics run by well meaning people that are unintentionally supporting something with no scientific basis or evidence If I had to guess your eyes getting worse is just natural aging like lots of people... sorry. Just make sure your eyes are well hydrated by blinking and do whatever is most comfortable to you. Screens have no concrete established effects besides short term symptoms for some like headaches. Blue light glasses do help with blue light messing your sleep schedule (circadian rhythm) minorly since it's the same as the sun, but why not just use the blue-light button on your phone/computer if you care?
FINALLY a review using the xg27aqm! What color settings did you use on Racing Mode? This monitor has been out for a while now and still has no tested calibration settings recommendations from the likes of something like Rtings or Tftcentral (only Display Ninja and Bijan have reviewed it so far, still good they did at least but still don't know best calibration settings)
Bet he would have done it sooner, but its still not available to buy in Australia he would have given in and order this from amazon US delivered to AUS
So I’m on the hunt for a new 240hz/360hz monitor and I’m confused by your logic (don’t mean it rudely) how is the viewsonic the best 240hz but yet with ULMB mode the brightness is virtually unusable? So what do you recommend
Hey, I have the benq zowie xl2546k and I was wondering what settings you suggest. there are a million different options, and when I turn up nvidia vibrance combined with modes i found online, it can never be right.
4:25 brother, I don't know what monitors you reviewed, but the majority of reviews I've seen on trusted places such as RTINGS and TFT Central and Hardware Unboxed nearly always show that monitors are set by default to their widest gamut mode - likely to impress users. My beef, however, is you claiming 4:35 that having sRGB default is a crime... Considering the vast majority of non HDR content has been created/mastered in the sRGB color space - then this would only be most appropriate. Over saturated (but clearly inaccurate) colors might look nice in games sometimes (not always, it can easily look ridiculous and obvious it wasn't intended to be that way), however watch a youtube video or any movie that's not HDR without proper gamut mapping (which Windows & most browsers don't seem to do) and you'll immediately notice how ridiculous skin tones look if you use a wide-gamut monitor. So yeah, sRGB default is absolutely the correct way to go.
I recently got an LG monitor, and turning on Motion Blur Reduction (backlight strobing) causes the brightness to change over time, even with auto adjust backlight turned off. It's extremely annoying and makes the feature unusable to me, is it so hard to make proper firmware for monitors?
0:00 - Intro
0:27 - Brightness
1:06 - Correct White Point
3:09 - Correct Gamma
3:31 - Correct Colour Space
4:56 - Pixel Overdrive
6:20 - Backlight Strobing
8:08 - Adaptive Sync
9:42 - Black EQ
Legend!
Timestamping by the uploader should be the standard for all these types of videos.
Please tell me the result of each setting, my English listening is not good! Thanks!
@@zhaomiaomiao it doesn't say the result it just says what needs to change after people change how they want what they're best for them
@@randomdude62568 thanks
@@zhaomiaomiao you're welcome
Keep in mind some people are very sensitive when it comes to ULMB/DyAcc/Backlight strobing and don't even know about it.
When I turn it on, I get extreme eye-strain which eventually turn into a huge migraine.
If you ever have sore eyes or some sort of headache while gaming, turn Backlight strobing off.
I had to scroll for criminally long to find this comment.
About 1 in 4 people (IIRC) are very sensitive to flicker, and will notice flicker on things like older OLED screens and LED car lights (and even poorly made smart bulbs), especially in peripheral vision when moving their eyes - as a sort of "stepped" afterimage. This causes high eye-strain and headache (because your brain has to process those abnormal afterimages all the time) even in general use, so intentionally turning it on for something intensive like gaming is definitely a bad idea!
@falcon_224 Adderall.
@@Lishtenbird womp
I'm not sensitive to strobing so much that it causes headaches, but I can actually notice strobing lights of any kind and speed, and they annoy me greatly. I cannot believe monitor manufacturers thought bringing back the worst attribute of a CRT display was a good idea.
I've never understood why people want displays super bright. I run my LG monitor at 10% brightness. If I'm in the dark I'll sometimes set it to 0%. I don't think I've ever had it above 20-25%. Even on a bright sunny day I can still see it perfectly and comfortably. I also hate when my iPhone automatically switches over to HDR on RUclips or Reddit, especially if I'm in bed. it's blinding.
Why set the brightness to 0% when you could just turn the monitor off
Well, there have been “studies” showing that brighter displays are more immersive. Meta has a prototype VR headset that does something like 10,000 nits of peak brightness in certain areas. People who’ve tried it say it’s the most immersive VR headset they’ve ever tried - even more so than the ultra high refresh rate or high resolution prototypes.
@@mso1ps4 What a silly comment. 0% brightness still emits plenty of light in a dark room. It doesn't mean the same thing as off.
@@Skrenja Were the "studies" funded by Meta? :D Jokes aside, everyone has their preferences, but I can't stand having a crazy bright screen that's in your face. Gives me a headache. I don't even want 1,000 nits, let alone 10,000.
@@mso1ps4 🤣😂
While a bright monitor might not damage your eyes permanently, it can screw with your vision for days and in extreme cases up to a few weeks. If you play in a dim room with a really bright monitor for 8 hours a day it can cause problems with recognizing depth, focusing on objects further away and it can cause pain in general. You really don't need to have a super bright monitor as in most cases it won't actually help you see enemies better, try to find a good balance between bright enough and not too bright, on most monitors its around 40-70, I personally use 45. Other settings like contrast affect the perception of brightness but always try to balance things out and find what feels good for you and not copy whatever settings some pro player might use as they were already better than you without them.
yep. I set separate brightnesses for different lighting conditions. early morn/ evening are a middle ground, midday is brighter, and night is darker.
personally the area I use my screen in is pretty well lit, and if not I have one light on. If all lights are off I have a monitor light bar on to prevent eye strain
Oh so that's why sometimes late in the night my depth perception becomes horrible. Thank you for informing us!
so do you want more contrast or less
Just make you got bright lights on ceiling
This is why I subbed to you, you provide information I didn't know I want to know about computer gaming and computers in general, thanks Ali.
Thought I had my monitor fully optimized already, went and made a few adjustments and every game I play now feels brand new. Thank you so much for this!
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This couldn't have come at a better time!! Just got a new monitor arriving in a few hours! You rock Optimum
You're really one of a few reviewers that is actually playing on a high level in competitive games, so you know what you're talking about. Also great quality content as always!
i wouldnt correlate those 2 things
@@davidopitz972 every reasonable person would tho
Thank you so much Optimum never really delved into my monitor settings but this helped me a lot. Have a AW2518H and noticed tearing a long time ago but thought it was just part of the monitor. Turns out the pixel overdrive in their settings is called "Response time" and I set my response time to Super fast obviously! Having it on Superfast caused trailing and murky images. Then looked up a professional color tutorial for it and after playing around with what they recommended the blues and colors on my monitor look really nice. Love your videos only found your channel like 4 days ago and been watching a ton of your videos!
Great video as always! One thing you didn't mention, probably because it's so basic, but that I think is super important is making sure in the advanced display settings in windows, that the monitor refresh rate is adjusted. With my monitor, windows set the refresh rate to 60hz by default and I didn't notice for a long time. Figuring this out and fixing it made a world of difference in my fps aiming ability.
im not sure how people cant notice the difference between 60hz and above 60hz when moving the mouse. When i first set up my monitor it defaulted to 60hz even though its 170hz, and you can immediately tell its so slow on 60hz and that somethings off
@@shawnhits704 Yeah, you can clearly tell that your hz are the same as the old monitor.
@@rtxa Even from 144hz to 170hz you can still tell the difference in smoothness
@@Ditty-pc9pe Like one of the others said, at no point do you think "oh it looks the same" then question it? It's probably why so many people say 60hz and 120/144hz look the same, it's probably not even set correctly. If you're a PC enthusiast then you'll likely check, and if you're not then you don't need a high refreshrate monitor.
@@shawnhits704I don't think you understood the issue correctly.
It can be hard to tell if you've only just got a new monitor with a higher refresh rate than 60hz.
You can only easily tell it apart after having seen the difference.
Just found this channel and this is gold mine when you're trying to do things perfectly for your needs.
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge & recommendations.
What I found really helpful is that having some bright light behind the monitor, like an RGB strip will help prevent eye strain....
Cap your frame rates with rtss to 3 hz under monitors maximum then you won’t get screen tearing and it’s more responsive than overloading your monitor with frames. Your gpu has a smaller render queue which means your frame time doesn’t move and is stable and it’s actually more responsive.
Underrated coment! I would reccomend though doing it in game settings if you can, as well as v-sync if you have to. It reduces input latency. Battle(non)sense channel has very deep analysis and latency measurements.
@@josele844 doing it through the game does not give you perfect frame times.
Whete can I see more info about this
@@i-lah google. RUclips. The internet
The quality of your videos never disappoints
so true
Personally, I would appreciate an 8K option, but the quality of the video is still good.
(I'm joking, making a play with words here.)
I never regretted my sub for you. All videos posted were useful!
0:55 Contrary to older wisdom, there's really 0 evidence that the brightness of tvs or monitors causes any eye damage (only temporary eye strain). There is slight evidence that the upper registers of blue light can cause long term macular degeneration over decades of use, but if this is a concern OLEDs produced 1/3rd as much as high wavelength blue light compared to LCDs, making them a healthier choice even when compared to lcds of half the brightness.
EDIT: If you don't believe me do a search for 'permanent eye damage computer monitors and tv', you'll find loads of reputable sources (harvard health, webmd) that note expert opinion has shifted such that the belief is they can only cause eye strain and discomfort, not permanent degradation of vision.
need that source
It's not the brightness but the contrast to your surrounding that causes fatigue, you can have it as bright as you want as long as the surrounding ambient light is high enough, having 400 nits in a completely dark room will cause fatigue because the muscles in your eyes keep adjusting between the high intensity of the monitor and the surrounding darkness. Depending on the individual it will cause a headache but younger people usually can cope better.
@@AakashT800 Thats why i always have a lot of light in my room. I hate dim displays, the colors are so off putting, but my eyes wanna commit suicide if i look at a bright screen in a dark room for more than 10 minutes.
Having a very bright room _and_ a very bright monitor was the obvious solution
@Stein Mauer if you fatigue your eyes constantly it will eventually hurt them, I'm talking from experience.
@Stein Mauer I never mentioned damage, just adding some info
8:41 This the best example I have ever seen for why you should keep VRR off in competitive games.
I was just sitting at my desk fiddling with the settings on my new monitor after purchasing a 3080ti and was wondering what settings would be best, and here you are again reading my mind with uploads as per usual 😅😌
this is literally my go-to channel now. even though i have ancient gear, i still learn a lot that's pretty useful!
Haha Same here
This video is amazing, recently got a new monitor, just want to say this was greatly appreciated. :)
A great video as usual, I love the effort you put into every single one.
in a world full of overly saturated, mid gaming/tech youtube content, this man stays delivering top quality.. even for monitor settings lmao
Something to consider, at least on the XG27AQM (featured in the b-roll a couple of times and the main talking point when first discussing color temps, and is also my main gaming monitor) is that you can enable the sRGB mode and change brightness if u know what you're doing. By default the srgb mode is locked to 43%, which for me is way too bright. You can force override the brightness by entering service mode. The displayninja review has a how-to. I'd assume this is going to be similar on most ASUS monitors.
Additionally, it has readouts on how to adjust the RGB values to get certain color temps.
I have the same monitor and modified the 'SRGB BRI' setting but found the gamut a bit lacking for some content. I ended up settling with a 'User mode' game visual, warm (6500k) color and adjusted the saturation setting to my preference.
This video could not have been out at a better time. Just got the mobiuz ex2510. Thanks Optimum
I absolutely love your content.
Helped me on a lot of purchases.
Always a pleasure to watch! ^^
Best video I've seen explaining this. Much appreciated after searching through the swamp of mis information.
This is what I needed so bad! Thank you. Going to fix my settings when I get home
Thanks for another great video! I also have the ASUS XG27AQM (270hz 1440p) but am unable to find any good settings online for things like setting color temperature (setting white point, gamma, etc) and sadly no colorimeter. I was wondering if you could share your recommended settings for the XG27AQM? Thanks a lot!
Look up an ICC profile for said monitor. That said, generally gaming monitors do not have good color.
@@joshuaeah Unfortunately haven't found one :(
@@joshuaeah💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀
THIS. Yep there's nothing online yet from any of the review sites for this monitor's settings, bugs the hell out of me lol
You shouldn’t have to change much out of the box with this monitor color wise. I suggest racing mode and adjust brightness color to your liking for best results. I have this monitor and the color are fantastic
really comprehensive video. will reference this when i get a better monitor
More important than a dim display is a bright room. Sunlight is up to a thousand or so times more bright than your screen, but your eyes adapt by contracting the pupils. If you are in a dark room you should turn down the brightness, but if the display looks better at high brightness like most do, it's better to turn on lights in the room. If you have a lamp behind the monitor lightning up the wall this helps a ton, but even better is more light in the room and it doesn't matter much if it is cool or warm light, but it's best to have a neutral colour tone to make the image on the screen appear optimal.
DUDE you've been pumping out so amazing content lately (as always) thanks for the consistent content!
Much needed vid as usual. Ali the goat
Number one thing I change is the display settings in windows to the max refresh rate available for the monitor
What difference does it make except in gaming? Nothing
@@mindrover777Its important to set your monitors refresh rate to reduce sample and hold blur and also reduce latency. It also has an effect on pixel response times in panel tech other than oled.
I feel that one other angle for this type of content would be dual-monitor setups and the challenges involved.
I had a mismatched dual-monitor setup for a while with a Gigabyte 1440p monitor on one side, next to an Acer 4K monitor on the other (I had bought and used the 1440p monitor by itself for some time first). And BOY, did the Gigabyte (M27Q) look bad color-wise next to the Acer. There was no amount of Nvidia nor monitor settings that could resolve it either. Even when I was able to get the color balance looking somewhat reasonable on the M27Q, the contrast and brightness still looked awful when set directly next to the Acer, and reds especially looked faded. I eventually just sold the M27Q even though smoother gaming at 1440p was preferable at times and two monitors made some things more convenient.
Lesson being that either monitor seemed fine on its own to the untrained eye, but using them together was just unbearable for someone who values visual experience highly.
i use the m27q.
You deserve way more Subscribers. The video production alongside the highly accurate details is truly insane. Thank you so much.
Naah every second video is a monitor ad
perfect video. just got a new pc and an acer xv272u 170hz monitor to go with it. this helped tremendously. I already had the settings at a good point, but this video helped me with getting the settings perfect. thanks so much brotha, you earned another sub. keep it up
Hi Mr. Optimum, do you have a setup video for oled monitors? I recently upgraded to oled and the difference between hdr and sd content is jarring - also I feel like I'm not getting the most out of it in terms of performance and refresh rate - I play fps games exclusively. If you could point me in the right direction, it would be greatly appreciated :}
unboxing my monitor today so perfect timing
Claim: That damage to your eyes is irreversible.
> Studies literally show monitors don't damage your eyes.
> Also, sunlight outside is an order of magnitudes brighter than a monitor.
Awesome video Ali 🔥🙌🤩
I use my monitors “game mode” only because it relaxes my eyes even when it sets the brightness to 100% automatically. When I use custom settings with brightness all the way high it’s really terrifying for my eyes might use dynamic brightness with custom settings, hopefully that works
your tracking is insane !
thank you so much i had my pixels on od and i finally got it fixed, you are a absolute legend!
Highly recommend linking research cited in the description. Great video regardless 👍🏻😊
What a treat, monitor settings and Optimum Tech’s example monitor happens to be the same model I use
At what monitor price point is it worth to get color calibrator? Are the services that calibrate your monitors for a small fee reliable?
I'd like to know this too!
@@andoryus this!
@@andoryus You still would need one if you're trying to be a perfectionist since every monitor has some variance to it, even if it's the exact same product line. But if you're happy with "close enough" results (like most people, myself included are) it's a very good starting point. After applying the ICC profile you can just make minor tweaks until it looks good to you personally.
Right on the money with this upload
Man I needed this mor my new monitor bro thanks
I don't know if its been said but screen brigtness will not damage your eyes. The absolute worst you'll get is eye strain, but that is only temporary.
This was a really excellent video 👍
Huh, were you on the A1 server for your bf1 clips? I spend a fair bit of time on that one and it's one of the friendliest online gaming communities I've come across.
Older monitors used PWM to dim the backlights, so some people max their brightness as a habit. Newer monitors should be using DC based dimming so should be fine.
I take my ipad's mini LED screen as a reference point and calibrate the monitor as close to the ipad as possible. Since iPad screen is very well calibrated, it becomes a useful tool.
I'm using this life hack also but on my Mi pad 5
@@zadsazhad That's awesome :D
Make sure to turn off true tone before you do so tho, true tone will shift the color temperature based on the color temperature of the ambient light (which may or may not be what you want when you're using it as a reference).
0:55 What damage to the eyes? Do you know of ONE (1) single case of eye damage caused by to bright monitor?
played around with all kinds of settings for months and i gave up on trying to remove the ghosting and figured that my monitor was just shit and had too much ghosting and i couldnt do anything about it and then i find the overdrive setting and it fixed everything its so stupid how hard it is too find such simple solutions thx alot
love your content man keep it up!
Great info, when many settings are available it's easy to get lost or confused aswell as thinking its all properly setup out of the box. Great video
Based on the available research, there is no strong evidence that using a bright monitor causes irreversible eye damage. However, prolonged use of digital screens can lead to temporary eye discomfort and vision issues.
looking aesthetic af lately brah ;)
my LG 27GP950 has got a great, easy on the eyes colour setting called "Reader" which I work on for 90% of the day, and then for gaming I enable a custom "Gamer 1" profile to get the most vivid and bright experience when gaming.
In regards to GSync, pro tip if you have it on, plus V-Sync, and cap fps ingame or via the cp panel under your refresh rate, so this only really works if you have 240hz ( or above ) and a game that can do similar or higher fps. You basically get zero tearing and up to 1ms of delay, trade off is huge for the smoothest of gameplays ever. And this will work better and better with more hz down the line.
I do this on 144 hz monitor and it works like a charm set V sync to fast in CP and free sync on and it’s buttery smooth even at 40-50 fps in star citizen. Also it’s more responsive because the gpu has a smaller render queue.
So you are saying that we need to have g-sync, v-sync turned on and set a fps limit in the game with the monitor hz value, right?
@@nedimmyilmaz under the hz rate so cap at 237~fps or lower to like 225fps depending on the game ofc if you have a good rig and can keep stable high frames.
@@tips1pxl ok buddy, thanks for info.
No. Always turn VSync off and Gysinc is not usually worth it either.
Bro I’m assuming you ordered this from overseas? Been waiting for it to drop in Australia for too long now, I actually ordered the Acer xb273ugx yesterday.... I’m down waiting :(
Someone else posted a video saying that the best way to calibrate the colors of your monitor is to use your phone as another set of eyes. A set of eyes that has near perfect color accuracy and tinker with the colors until what your eyes see and your phone sees are the same. Is that valid? Or Sus?
Is your phone color good though? If it's shit anyway it won't matter wouldn't it
@@mr.commonsense6645 oled always good
dude, your videos are incredible. I have been a building pc's and such since i was 12 and i never thought to really change other monitor settings like this other than refresh rate settings. I have homework to do and things to check when i get home! lol. \m/
5:38 inside the video this type colour setting i wanted for same 8bit moniter how can i do bro can you please explain that setting & i have srgb 99% hdr 10 support
0:18 - it looks exactly like mines! But I guess different version of LG monitor tho
Can you please share the settings you used on your Zowie XL 2546K? maybe here in the comments if possible
If you love horror games or other dark themed, just buy a VA display. Those can visualize darker range clear and detailed. Your eyes will thank you long term. It's also better for movies.
Sure you lose some % of color accuracy compared to IPS and some refresh Hz. But it's reasonably close these days while having significant advantages with near blacks.
YOU ARE MY GUY , Love your content
Hi bro
Absolute Top channel !! Really..none better imo
What are the best gaming monitors with eye care features? 33in to 40+ inchers Cheers
I was just thinking about these and how on earth would I find a good video on this. Thank you. You're something else.
Hey man, do you stream battlefield?
Would love to know when to watch you play
Loved the info. I can't wait to see the full review of that asus xg27 as it's on my wishlist currently
I have one I'm selling if you're interested
Extended color gamuts for games that are created using the srgb standard would just over saturate the colors right?
Hey man. Thanks for the videos.
I’m looking to buy the absolute best monitor for FPS gaming on PC. What’s your current recommendations?
I suggest playing on brightness which is comfy for your eyes or get some anti-radiation glasses. I used to play on 100 brightness, I somewhat regret it because my eyesight got worse and I needed prescription glasses in which I have now. Play your brightness that's comfy for your eyes for long gaming sessions and make sure to rest your eyes from time to time during gaming sessions.
Umm... while I am no expert I am fairly certain screens effecting eye health is an old wives tale myth and blue-light computer glasses are a scam. The glasses claiming to "protect eyes" are pseudo-science no different than 5G conspiracy theories, that has sadly invaded eye doctor clinics run by well meaning people that are unintentionally supporting something with no scientific basis or evidence
If I had to guess your eyes getting worse is just natural aging like lots of people... sorry. Just make sure your eyes are well hydrated by blinking and do whatever is most comfortable to you. Screens have no concrete established effects besides short term symptoms for some like headaches.
Blue light glasses do help with blue light messing your sleep schedule (circadian rhythm) minorly since it's the same as the sun, but why not just use the blue-light button on your phone/computer if you care?
Techless is a great channel for monitor reviews and calibration!
holy shit really needed this! Changed my gaming experience
thank you for blessing us with the face/muscles
If you use MBR and don't like the reduced brightness, you can change it in the Nvidia control panel.
FINALLY a review using the xg27aqm! What color settings did you use on Racing Mode? This monitor has been out for a while now and still has no tested calibration settings recommendations from the likes of something like Rtings or Tftcentral (only Display Ninja and Bijan have reviewed it so far, still good they did at least but still don't know best calibration settings)
Whats settings for that exact monitor do you run (XG27AQM)? I have the same monitor but was wondering what you run.
You still get any matches on bf1? I loved that game so much
There is an option called Pexel Shifting speed , the default is normal, but I saw a recommendation said put it on slow ,, which better for FPS games?
Been using the XG27AQM for almost a year now, great panel. Looking forward to your review on it!
Bet he would have done it sooner, but its still not available to buy in Australia he would have given in and order this from amazon US delivered to AUS
did this on my VG259QM asus monitor, stuff worked! Very nice video!
is that battle field 5 in the video? Been looking for a game like that besides MW Ground war
thx this helped make my office monitor look a little better than before
Just got a new monitor. Several tips I didn't know about. 👌
So I’m on the hunt for a new 240hz/360hz monitor and I’m confused by your logic (don’t mean it rudely) how is the viewsonic the best 240hz but yet with ULMB mode the brightness is virtually unusable? So what do you recommend
Do you use freesync while playing Valorant? I’m currently using a 180hz and I don’t know if i should use freesync or not
Great video dude, cheers
Hey, I have the benq zowie xl2546k and I was wondering what settings you suggest. there are a million different options, and when I turn up nvidia vibrance combined with modes i found online, it can never be right.
Ali, your cinematography is outstanding. Tasteful framing, always with the soft movements and such. Where, how did you find your style?
This vid made me realize how much I miss playing BF1, game was super solid
4:25 brother, I don't know what monitors you reviewed, but the majority of reviews I've seen on trusted places such as RTINGS and TFT Central and Hardware Unboxed nearly always show that monitors are set by default to their widest gamut mode - likely to impress users.
My beef, however, is you claiming 4:35 that having sRGB default is a crime... Considering the vast majority of non HDR content has been created/mastered in the sRGB color space - then this would only be most appropriate. Over saturated (but clearly inaccurate) colors might look nice in games sometimes (not always, it can easily look ridiculous and obvious it wasn't intended to be that way), however watch a youtube video or any movie that's not HDR without proper gamut mapping (which Windows & most browsers don't seem to do) and you'll immediately notice how ridiculous skin tones look if you use a wide-gamut monitor.
So yeah, sRGB default is absolutely the correct way to go.
This video is so informative. Thanks.
I recently got an LG monitor, and turning on Motion Blur Reduction (backlight strobing) causes the brightness to change over time, even with auto adjust backlight turned off. It's extremely annoying and makes the feature unusable to me, is it so hard to make proper firmware for monitors?
thansk for this
i love these kinda videos
Ali, did you keep Backlight Strobing active on your XG27AQM? Do you think it is implemented well?