Seems like the only way forward will be active cables or fiber optics. In the short term, it sounds like they plan to have active DP 2.1 cables toward the end of the year.
The biggest problem is that no one really makes a copper cable that can handle 80 Gbit/second. I don't think 100 Gbit ethernet copper cables even exist at longer than 1 meter. At those speeds, we're pretty much exclusively at optical cables, and that makes stuff far more expensive - not just for the cable, but for the plugs as well.
I'm happy to see monitor specs finally outpacing GPU specs. For some reason displays are like power supplies to me where I only upgrade them every 5 years.
Display tech and PSU tech are honestly just two things that just don't improve at as fast a rate as everything else, so there's less reason to buy the newest one
I just found a 3 meter "VESA Certified" DP80 cable on Amazon. Low number of reviews, but they look favorable. VESA Certified 10FT Displayport Cable 2.1,16K DP Cable [16K@60Hz,8K@120Hz,4K@240Hz 165Hz], 80Gbps DP 2.1 Cable Compatible FreeSync G-Sync HDR10 HDCP 3D DSC 1.2a Gaming Monitor,TV,PC
@@klakiti02 Certainly a fake. If it's actually a certified cable it'll be listed on the VESA website in the specified length. Reviews are definitely not trustworthy, given that exactly one monitor and zero consumer GPUs actually support UHBR20. Edit: Just double checked, and the longest actually certified cables are still 1.2m
@@klakiti02There are currently no cables certified for DP80 that long, so - shocking! - that listing is BS. Most likely there never will be for passive cables, as maintaining signal integrity for that data rate over passive copper over that kind of length is essentially impossible. You'll need active cables to reach even 2m, let alone 3.
It's insane though. It's not even about having your PC close to your monitor but if your monitor is big enough, you have to have it on the correct side of your monitor too or else it won't reach
On the 18W thing: I've daily driven the M32U since it came out. I use the monitor with a 3080 for gaming and a Mac for working. When I'm using a M1 Pro MacBook, 18W is perfectly sufficient, especially when the lid is closed. I believe many folks are like me, using the windows machine for personal stuff like gaming and web browsing, and a low power laptop like a MacBook or the ultrabooks, which makes the 18W part not that annoying.
My favorite part of these new QD-OLED showings, is every video links to a site that doesn't have it in stock. That's because nowhere has it in stock. Dozens of videos on monitors you can't buy.
I like when reviewers actually test the features that set all these monitors apart instead of just mentioning them like an advert. Tthe KVM, the smaller screen button, VRR flicker.... But to each their own.
I can't choose right now between this Gigabyte or Asus ROG Swift OLED PG32UCDM or MSI MPG 321URX QD-OLED. Is there any video comparing them side by side, especially HDR? Cause for some monitors it's only applied on the box but in reality when you turn on HDR nothing happens.
That's the kind of stuff that's done for low end LCDs, typically things rated for HDR400, that don't even have any kind of backlight control - they just know how to decode a HDR signal, but don't have the hardware to do anything with it. None of this is relevant for a high end monitor, especially an OLED one. Now, Windows isn't the best at handling HDR on a system level, but for any of these monitors there'll be a major difference in any HDR-enabled application or game. If you want more in depth data, look at HWUB/Monitors Unboxed or Rtings, they both do in depth testing of HDR functionality.
The short cable issue can be solved EASILY with A: Thicker cable and B: Optical Transmission. Why not here yet? The market is not here _yet._ and they will be quite expensive. Around $50+ to start with.
Still running the AORUS 48 OLED with no issues... other than every 3 days it insists on pixel refresh for 10 minutes if i don't turn it off. AORUS will likely run a 20-30% sale this holiday at some point too based on historical norms from their new products.
Plouffe actually sold me on the oled monitor life, i got my self the LG variant and i think it was the best gaming purchased ive made in years. Black level alone worth it.
When you have a bit of slack on your cables (not here, I know) it is comfortable to tilt the screen towards portrait to connect everything. Also. It's nice that the stand can do portrait in the off chance that you mount the screen on another stand and you give this one to your little sibling or your SO for their setup.
Man it's kinda wild how much data we're blastiing between gpus and monitors these days, I legitimately thought that at some point technology for transmitting more data faster would plateau and we'd just be stuck there, but we sure aren't there yet are we
Suggestion for highlighting results 11:00 - while the dot was OK, would be better if it was a yellow underline or yellow box when highlighting figures.
There is also a version with DisplayPort version 1.4, which is well stocked (at least in the Netherlands). It's the version without the "P" in the name. The DP 2.1 version is not in stock and barely available here.
To be fair, you can't take advantage yet of the DP 2.1 version, because no gaming gpu supports DP 2.1 uhbr 20 yet and if you want a gpu capable of that you need to wait for the rtx 5000 series, so untill the 50 series you can't really even fully utilize DP 2.1, so it doesn't even matter that the 2.1 version is not in stock here. I'm also dutch
I got the FO32U2 on launch and it's great. 18% more money for the FO32U2P with a port I can't utilize and short cables, not worth it IMO. I do productivity stuff on it along with some gaming. I have dynamic wallpaper, auto hide taskbar, auto screen saver, auto turn on monitor and all the oled care features turned on. If burn in happens after 4 years, then it happens. There's more important things to stress about.
Summary The display calibration results are quite good, with an average dE2000 of 1 and a maximum dE2000 of 2.2. The chromaticity coordinates and luminance values are close to the target values. The color deviations (Delta L, Delta C, Delta H) are minimal, indicating accurate calibration. The CIE 1976 u'v' diagram shows that the measured colors are close to the target colors, which is ideal for a well-calibrated display.
I get that y’all need the sponsor spots and it makes sense to do them, but I would have appreciated more comparison to other TVs at the same price point. I really loved the discussion of alternatives at the end and I wish you had negotiated the wiggle room to include other brands in said discussion.
To defend his point slightly I have an AW3423DW I bought about 2 years ago, and I've gone through 2 panel refreshes and I have seen absolutely no degradation, not even a hint of a line when running test images to look for burn-in. The technology has gotten a lot better. For reference I play games like Destiny 2, MMOs, Baldur's Gate 3, etc for like 6-16 hours a day, EVERY day. I do take care of my monitor and don't do productivity tasks on it.
@@maolcogi "don't do productivity tasks on it" see this is the problem with people who champion OLED. Every single time I see someone saying they haven't experienced burn-in it's because they either only use it for games or only use it a couple of hours per day. I could never use OLED in its current state because I only do a handful of hours of gaming per week but I use my monitor for like 14 hours a day. It wouldn't last a year for my use case.
@@TheFeelTrain that's fair. I can't work from home so my work computer does indeed not have an OLED. But there is a solution to your problem, two monitors. I currently have my AW3423DW (OLED) for gaming, and my older Odyssey Neo G8 (not OLED) for other computer tasks.
@@TheFeelTrainI use mine 45gr95qe for office work 8 hours a day, with about 6 hours of gaming per week. Its screen on time is 2400hrs. I use f.lux to keep brightness low but comfortable and a screensaver for when I walk away. Zero signs of burn in still.
You guys should start testing flicker. This is (mis?)advertised as "flicker free" but does in fact flicker at an invisible to the human eye but not really that high frequency, similar to PWM on many OLED phones. This can give headaches, eyestrain etc to some users.
Over a thousand dollar US for a monitor... I will wait another 5 to 10 years, hopefully by then QD OLED will be cheaper... Or something better will come out.
2 years of using my Alienware 34" UW QD OLED for 10-12 hours a day and no burn in as of today. Love the thing and will use it until it dies before I upgrade.
Still waiting for the lab to provide more detailed testing data, especially regarding response time / overshoot detailed data such as what rtings and monitor unboxed are doing. The color data is great though! I just want more data :)
I watched loads of reviews this was a very good one you didnt put me off buying this monitor unlike some of the other reviewers they exaggerated some of the cons as if to avoid this monitor thankyou and keep up the good work
at last! been waiting for 2 years for these specs (Now I'm watching the video to find that ONE thing that ever monitor has to make you go, NOPE!). We'll see.
Plot twist: the thing that makes you go "nope" isn't with the monitor, but the fact that DP80 will require hyper-expensive active cabling for any useful cable length (longest certified currently is 1.2m, will likely never exceed 1.5m for passive cables). And given that DSC isn't visible in any way, there's zero real world benefit to going without. Paying $100+ for a usable display cable, and the only difference it makes is to increase your power consumption a bit? No thanks!
Can confirm this thing is NUTS and for me the short cables are a bonus so it's altogether great! Just MAKE SURE you set DP to 1.4 or you end up with a ton of black screen and jankiness when hooked up to a dp1.4 GPU through the 2.1 cable. It's more of a future proof anyways given how few gpus even support 2.1
I know oled is supposed to be great but i dont know if i can go back from full screen 1000 nits brightness from mini led maybe its not as jarring as i imagine but a candle shouldn't be brighter than a sunlit meadow
Any news on oleds in 5120 by 2160 resolution range or higher? Don’t really care about refresh rate. I want it as a productivity monitor so I would be happy with 144hz.
I absolutely ADORE my AlienWare AW3225QF! I was gonna get the ASUS one, but they were sold out everywhere and didn't have any indications for restock, so I got one with a better warranty and customer service XD And yes, I like curves, though it's not anywhere near as deep as my G7. Looking face on, can't even see it in the AW, the G7 you can...I still love it.
I got two DP80 club3d cables ready for future monitors. i dont trust cables that come in the box. you dont have to hide taskbar. im over 8000 hours on my aw3423dw (got it day one 2 years ago) and there is zero burn in. while the original spec was uhbr13.5.... its possible to update to uhbr20.... they did it on their professional series cards. if those can update, then so can gamer grade cards.
This might be THE most stupidest question ever .... but! ... I got mine 2 days ago and played on sRGB it was already amazing. Now i wanted to switch to HDR to test it out and i am confused. the brightness states 100 on every mode and in windows there is the brightness of SDR-Content.... do i put it on completely low or high since the monitor overwrites this anyway with the brightness settings? Or just leave it on 50? or am i stupid? i just don t know how to play around with these settings yet. Best regards and thanks for the help!
I'm confused at 12:53: If you can do 8K at 60 Hz without DSC, you _should_ be able to do 4K at 240 Hz without DSC... 8K is exactly four times the size of 4K, so for every 8K frame you send without DSC you could just as well send four 4K frames. So, if your bandwidth is good enough for 8K at 60 Hz with 10 bit color, it should also be good enough for 4K at 240 Hz with 10 bit color. But: Unless I'm missing something, 54 Gbps is not enough for 240 Hz at 4K with 10 bit color _or_ 8K at 60 Hz. That would require 55.62 Gbps, so just a tiny bit more: 3840 * 2160 * 30bit * 240 = 59,719,680,000 bit, i.e. 55.62 Gb. That would also mean 54 Gbps is not enough for 8K at 60Hz and 10 bit color. Perhaps there's some data omitted in the data stream? Otherwise I don't see how 54 Gbps works out for either.
Nice! As an ex-owner of the Gigabyte Aorus FO48U (4K 120Hz 48"), I will probably get this as my next monitor. I am currently using a 4K 60Hz 28" monitor (massive downgrade), so look forward to getting myself an FO32U2P! The 240Hz will be remarkable vs this 60Hz I'm using now. Thanks for this review! 😊
They're priced the same here, but prices severely differ per region. They use the same panel (made by Samsung), but the Samsung has a matte finish and the Gigabyte has a glossy. Glossy looks much better in dark or dimly lit rooms but suffers from raised blacks in brighter rooms. Gigabyte includes DisplayPort 2.1 (UHBR20), a KVM switch with USB-C and more ports (USB, mic&headphones). In many places Samsung's warranty is shorter and doesn't cover burn-in, don't buy an OLED monitor without burn-in warranty.
So if you have a 4k 240hz monitor but not the proper cable. How come you can still get it? I have a samsung neo g8 thats 4k 244hz and don't have any issues with a cable from amazon.
I use my laptop connected to my 65in LG CX OLED TV. Just like he said i am aware of the possibility of burn with OLED so i do pretty much everything he said other then auto hide taskbar i don't do that. I do watch twitch on my laptop on my OLED TV but for the most part I full screen Chrome so it covers the taskbar for the same reason. My parents have a older LG c8 or c9 can't remember which and it has some burn in from watching a lot of MSNBC for many years. So it can happen.
I'm currently shopping for a monitor and looking to make a decision when Prime Day rolls around. Thank you for the review, I have added this display to the contenders that I would be ok making a decision on. The other display I'm very interested in is the Alienware AW2725DF. I'm on a full AMD machine (7800X3D/7900XT/64GBDDR5-6000)
To me my 1440p 144hz IPS monitor from LG looks fantastic. I can't even comprehend how 240hz or a 360hz monitor would feel. Moreover, how a big OLED screen would look
Once you go OLED you can never go back. Got a steal back in 2022 for an LG C1 brand new... 4k, 48inch 120hz, 1ms, Gsync, OLED for £630. Perfect for the 4090 I purchased in December 2022. Absolutely love this monitor. Gaming on a huge screen filling your view is seriously immersive.
Literally ruins all other displays aye. I bought my first OLED TV in 2018, been waiting years for a 32inch OLED monitor for my PC. Nothing else was cutting it outside a $3000 dollar mini LED monitor at the time.
12:28. My 2 cents about DSC. Wikipedia says: "Although DSC is not mathematically lossless, it meets the ISO/IEC 29170 standard for "visually lossless" compression, a form of compression in which "the user cannot tell the difference between a compressed and uncompressed image"". Be sure about engineers community, they don't make shit like politicans.
Hmm, does this mean that we'll start to see motherboards and chassis with the GPU slot at the top, or chassis that are flipped 90 degrees, to put the ports at the top? :p
can someone tell me what's the difference between FO32U2 and FO32U2P (the P is Pro?), although i have already ordered the "Unprofessional" one :) which is around 300eur less, it's not too late to order the P one if it worth the price difference.
Hey dude, thanks a lot for this debrief of this unbelievable screen !! Do u think u can make a short video with the best settings you recommand for gaming?? Thx a lot bro and continue your great job presenting products!
Gigabyte, please make this in 16:10, which is the proper PC gaming aspect, 16:9 is great for consoles, but I really want that extra 30% of vertical resolution and real estate for FPS and RTS games, not to mention 3rd person games like Alan Wake 2 look gorgeous in 16:10, 16:9 is just to beg of a downgrade, 4:3 is a massive improvement over 16:9, as you get nearly 50% more vertical resolution, but I canny see anyone making a modern 4:3 gaming OLED, so 16:10 will be a nice comprimise, PC games just look so much better in 16:10, Valve understands this, which is why the Steam Deck is 16:10, you just get such an improvement in POV, there is a reason 16:10 is known as the golden ratio, oh yeah, a 16:10 monitor means we get to play all our favourite classic PC games in proper 4:3 without butchering the vertical resolution and POV, as well as enjoy retro emulation, imo, it's not really a PC gaming monitor unless it's 16:10 (or 4:3 & 3:2).
I always forget that Plouffe is a bald king
Thumbnail: bald king
Video: hat-wearing bum
I feel cheated
He looks great though, no need for the hat!
@@virtualfilmer I agree, he looks better without the hat. not a bad looking dude
He is a hottie!
@@Collin_J LTT learns
holy short cable issues
The chode of cables.
I have that problem, but my PC cables are long. 😢
Lots of bandwidth hard to push that in long cables, didn't they get some $$ cable tester? would love to see they getting used more.
Seems like the only way forward will be active cables or fiber optics. In the short term, it sounds like they plan to have active DP 2.1 cables toward the end of the year.
The biggest problem is that no one really makes a copper cable that can handle 80 Gbit/second. I don't think 100 Gbit ethernet copper cables even exist at longer than 1 meter.
At those speeds, we're pretty much exclusively at optical cables, and that makes stuff far more expensive - not just for the cable, but for the plugs as well.
This guy and his monitors 🤣
Honestly he's pretty qualified by now 😂
What do you expect? He owns a display.
dont forget his keyboards
Major Take-away : "TO EACH THEIR OWN" 😂😂😂
I'm happy to see monitor specs finally outpacing GPU specs. For some reason displays are like power supplies to me where I only upgrade them every 5 years.
Display tech and PSU tech are honestly just two things that just don't improve at as fast a rate as everything else, so there's less reason to buy the newest one
@@HerbaMachina That's a good point. I hadn't thought of it much before, but it makes sense.
How often do you upgrade your pc then?
Now I know why they have started doing horizontal pc cases again, so you can put the monitor on top for the cable. 😅.
soon there will be no cable you just slot the monitor in place on top of the case
@@ogge8375and then it becomes an all in one again
@@ogge8375 😂 video over PCI-E 6.0 on case.
@@ogge8375 and we're right back at big box computers again
That's a laptop G. @@ogge8375
Yeah right now DP2.1 cables have not been made longer than 1 meter. I think we're supposed to get some certified 1.5m cables within a few months
I just found a 3 meter "VESA Certified" DP80 cable on Amazon. Low number of reviews, but they look favorable.
VESA Certified 10FT Displayport Cable 2.1,16K DP Cable [16K@60Hz,8K@120Hz,4K@240Hz 165Hz], 80Gbps DP 2.1 Cable Compatible FreeSync G-Sync HDR10 HDCP 3D DSC 1.2a Gaming Monitor,TV,PC
@@klakiti02 Certainly a fake. If it's actually a certified cable it'll be listed on the VESA website in the specified length. Reviews are definitely not trustworthy, given that exactly one monitor and zero consumer GPUs actually support UHBR20.
Edit: Just double checked, and the longest actually certified cables are still 1.2m
@@klakiti02certified by Mr. Ping in the sweatshop 😅
@@klakiti02There are currently no cables certified for DP80 that long, so - shocking! - that listing is BS. Most likely there never will be for passive cables, as maintaining signal integrity for that data rate over passive copper over that kind of length is essentially impossible. You'll need active cables to reach even 2m, let alone 3.
It's insane though. It's not even about having your PC close to your monitor but if your monitor is big enough, you have to have it on the correct side of your monitor too or else it won't reach
The cable is that short because there is no cable able to do DP80 longer than 1.2 meters.
I also really like the slit in the back 2:49
Lol
14:19 legit thought someone was trying to grab those birdhouses through the monitor
3-year warranty sounds nice, but us regular people expect a monitor to last more than 3 years
it's not a self-destruct timer
So your phone stops working after a year then 😹
Let's make the warranty 10 years
GIGABYTE drops first infinite warranty
Im not sure if everyone here are adults, or just kids who believe too many memes, but Warranty != Product Lifespan
On the 18W thing: I've daily driven the M32U since it came out. I use the monitor with a 3080 for gaming and a Mac for working. When I'm using a M1 Pro MacBook, 18W is perfectly sufficient, especially when the lid is closed. I believe many folks are like me, using the windows machine for personal stuff like gaming and web browsing, and a low power laptop like a MacBook or the ultrabooks, which makes the 18W part not that annoying.
My favorite part of these new QD-OLED showings, is every video links to a site that doesn't have it in stock. That's because nowhere has it in stock. Dozens of videos on monitors you can't buy.
Yeah I have been trying to buy a new glossy OLED monitor and the shit is Unobtainium.
Agreed 💯.
Now it’s easy available
I got my 27" 240 Hz 1440p QD-OLED from Newegg lol
If I see Plouffe and a monitor in a thumbnail, I know I'm in for a good time. Seeing his excitement over monitors is infectious!
3:50 I bought a 3225qf in may, it came with a bubble wrap + a screen protector, like this aorus
I thought you'd go over the KVM feature more.
12:30 when I found this out I got mad. I upgraded to a 7900 xtx because of dp 2.1. Misleading marketing at it's finest.
Even at UHBR13.5 that is still more bandwidth (54Gbps) than HDMI2.1 and significantly more than DP1.4.
@@SolarianStrike Yeah. DP 2.0, which is essentially what's on those GPUs, can do 4k 144 without compression.
I cant find the 4K HDR Test footage they use with Andy, on YT, does anyone have the link to it?
I like when reviewers actually test the features that set all these monitors apart instead of just mentioning them like an advert.
Tthe KVM, the smaller screen button, VRR flicker.... But to each their own.
The way fam was caressing the menu nipple is wild! 😮😮😂😂😂
I can't choose right now between this Gigabyte or Asus ROG Swift OLED PG32UCDM or MSI MPG 321URX QD-OLED. Is there any video comparing them side by side, especially HDR? Cause for some monitors it's only applied on the box but in reality when you turn on HDR nothing happens.
That's the kind of stuff that's done for low end LCDs, typically things rated for HDR400, that don't even have any kind of backlight control - they just know how to decode a HDR signal, but don't have the hardware to do anything with it. None of this is relevant for a high end monitor, especially an OLED one. Now, Windows isn't the best at handling HDR on a system level, but for any of these monitors there'll be a major difference in any HDR-enabled application or game.
If you want more in depth data, look at HWUB/Monitors Unboxed or Rtings, they both do in depth testing of HDR functionality.
The short cable issue can be solved EASILY with A: Thicker cable and B: Optical Transmission. Why not here yet? The market is not here _yet._ and they will be quite expensive. Around $50+ to start with.
Adobe Podcast Enhance at the beginning went brrr
Still running the AORUS 48 OLED with no issues... other than every 3 days it insists on pixel refresh for 10 minutes if i don't turn it off. AORUS will likely run a 20-30% sale this holiday at some point too based on historical norms from their new products.
Plouffe actually sold me on the oled monitor life, i got my self the LG variant and i think it was the best gaming purchased ive made in years. Black level alone worth it.
That was a great review and a great video.
I want the specs of that panel in a 27" and with vesa mounting. Seems like the most logical replacement for my current Gigabyte IPS monitors :O
When you have a bit of slack on your cables (not here, I know) it is comfortable to tilt the screen towards portrait to connect everything.
Also. It's nice that the stand can do portrait in the off chance that you mount the screen on another stand and you give this one to your little sibling or your SO for their setup.
hatless plouffe in the thumbnail definitely threw me for a loop 🧐😂
I wish we can get a comparison of QD-Oled monitors. including the new G80sd
Man it's kinda wild how much data we're blastiing between gpus and monitors these days, I legitimately thought that at some point technology for transmitting more data faster would plateau and we'd just be stuck there, but we sure aren't there yet are we
I want someone to look at me like Plouff looks at a DP80 cable
Eventually we will have to go back to the old ways of having the monitor on top of the pc just so the cable will reach
Suggestion for highlighting results 11:00 - while the dot was OK, would be better if it was a yellow underline or yellow box when highlighting figures.
When are we going to be able to get that mouse pad Plouffe is using?
There is also a version with DisplayPort version 1.4, which is well stocked (at least in the Netherlands). It's the version without the "P" in the name. The DP 2.1 version is not in stock and barely available here.
To be fair, you can't take advantage yet of the DP 2.1 version, because no gaming gpu supports DP 2.1 uhbr 20 yet and if you want a gpu capable of that you need to wait for the rtx 5000 series, so untill the 50 series you can't really even fully utilize DP 2.1, so it doesn't even matter that the 2.1 version is not in stock here. I'm also dutch
@@luukherfst1209Doesn’t the RX 7000 series support UHBR 20?
I got the FO32U2 on launch and it's great. 18% more money for the FO32U2P with a port I can't utilize and short cables, not worth it IMO. I do productivity stuff on it along with some gaming. I have dynamic wallpaper, auto hide taskbar, auto screen saver, auto turn on monitor and all the oled care features turned on. If burn in happens after 4 years, then it happens. There's more important things to stress about.
Summary
The display calibration results are quite good, with an average dE2000 of 1 and a maximum dE2000 of 2.2.
The chromaticity coordinates and luminance values are close to the target values.
The color deviations (Delta L, Delta C, Delta H) are minimal, indicating accurate calibration.
The CIE 1976 u'v' diagram shows that the measured colors are close to the target colors, which is ideal for a well-calibrated display.
I get that y’all need the sponsor spots and it makes sense to do them, but I would have appreciated more comparison to other TVs at the same price point. I really loved the discussion of alternatives at the end and I wish you had negotiated the wiggle room to include other brands in said discussion.
This monitor just proved all the other monitors are slacking on displayport specs
Thank you for the peel of the century.
Hasn't experienced burn-in.
Upgrades monitor roughly once per year.
To defend his point slightly I have an AW3423DW I bought about 2 years ago, and I've gone through 2 panel refreshes and I have seen absolutely no degradation, not even a hint of a line when running test images to look for burn-in. The technology has gotten a lot better.
For reference I play games like Destiny 2, MMOs, Baldur's Gate 3, etc for like 6-16 hours a day, EVERY day. I do take care of my monitor and don't do productivity tasks on it.
@@maolcogi "don't do productivity tasks on it" see this is the problem with people who champion OLED. Every single time I see someone saying they haven't experienced burn-in it's because they either only use it for games or only use it a couple of hours per day. I could never use OLED in its current state because I only do a handful of hours of gaming per week but I use my monitor for like 14 hours a day. It wouldn't last a year for my use case.
@@TheFeelTrain that's fair. I can't work from home so my work computer does indeed not have an OLED. But there is a solution to your problem, two monitors. I currently have my AW3423DW (OLED) for gaming, and my older Odyssey Neo G8 (not OLED) for other computer tasks.
@@TheFeelTrainI use mine 45gr95qe for office work 8 hours a day, with about 6 hours of gaming per week. Its screen on time is 2400hrs. I use f.lux to keep brightness low but comfortable and a screensaver for when I walk away. Zero signs of burn in still.
You guys should start testing flicker. This is (mis?)advertised as "flicker free" but does in fact flicker at an invisible to the human eye but not really that high frequency, similar to PWM on many OLED phones. This can give headaches, eyestrain etc to some users.
Can confirm. I tried out the non-DP2.1 variant and had to return it because it gave me headaches.
@@Mhuahaha Good to know I'm not the only one 🙏
I mean there’s actually one amazing use case where you’d want to use this portrait: playing Sound Voltex!
Over a thousand dollar US for a monitor... I will wait another 5 to 10 years, hopefully by then QD OLED will be cheaper... Or something better will come out.
What makes you think the "something better" will be cheaper? It'll come along and be even more expensive.
When domething better comes out it will be 1000 or over
The new one will be, but this one will go down, is what I believe he meant.
Let's be realistic here, a 4k monitor that's qd OLED with optimized bandwidth will not be "cheaper" within the next 10 years
@@AKBtheRizzler Eh, there are now 144hz 4k panels that would have been $900 just 5 years ago. (Going for $400)
What's that video you use for HDR?
In the UK it is on pre-order for 1,299 GBP which is equivalent to 2,263.95 CAD
I ordered yesterday an Gigabyte Aorus FO27Q3 and called the day !
2 years of using my Alienware 34" UW QD OLED for 10-12 hours a day and no burn in as of today. Love the thing and will use it until it dies before I upgrade.
How long is the included cables actually? 1m?
Why does he sound like some ai generated plouffe at the start of the video
Yeah not sure what that was about but thought it was off…
Plouffe the goat
Would the monitor use ubhr 13.5 or automatically switch to uhbr 10?
Still waiting for the lab to provide more detailed testing data, especially regarding response time / overshoot detailed data such as what rtings and monitor unboxed are doing. The color data is great though! I just want more data :)
I watched loads of reviews this was a very good one you didnt put me off buying this monitor unlike some of the other reviewers they exaggerated some of the cons as if to avoid this monitor thankyou and keep up the good work
at last! been waiting for 2 years for these specs (Now I'm watching the video to find that ONE thing that ever monitor has to make you go, NOPE!). We'll see.
Plot twist: the thing that makes you go "nope" isn't with the monitor, but the fact that DP80 will require hyper-expensive active cabling for any useful cable length (longest certified currently is 1.2m, will likely never exceed 1.5m for passive cables). And given that DSC isn't visible in any way, there's zero real world benefit to going without. Paying $100+ for a usable display cable, and the only difference it makes is to increase your power consumption a bit? No thanks!
Can confirm this thing is NUTS and for me the short cables are a bonus so it's altogether great! Just MAKE SURE you set DP to 1.4 or you end up with a ton of black screen and jankiness when hooked up to a dp1.4 GPU through the 2.1 cable. It's more of a future proof anyways given how few gpus even support 2.1
I know oled is supposed to be great
but i dont know if i can go back from full screen 1000 nits brightness from mini led
maybe its not as jarring as i imagine but a candle shouldn't be brighter than a sunlit meadow
Short circuit once again supplying Plouffe’s addiction to OLED monitors
Any news on oleds in 5120 by 2160 resolution range or higher? Don’t really care about refresh rate. I want it as a productivity monitor so I would be happy with 144hz.
I absolutely ADORE my AlienWare AW3225QF! I was gonna get the ASUS one, but they were sold out everywhere and didn't have any indications for restock, so I got one with a better warranty and customer service XD
And yes, I like curves, though it's not anywhere near as deep as my G7. Looking face on, can't even see it in the AW, the G7 you can...I still love it.
I got two DP80 club3d cables ready for future monitors. i dont trust cables that come in the box. you dont have to hide taskbar. im over 8000 hours on my aw3423dw (got it day one 2 years ago) and there is zero burn in. while the original spec was uhbr13.5.... its possible to update to uhbr20.... they did it on their professional series cards. if those can update, then so can gamer grade cards.
I’m so glad he survived the keyboard incident
This might be THE most stupidest question ever .... but! ... I got mine 2 days ago and played on sRGB it was already amazing. Now i wanted to switch to HDR to test it out and i am confused. the brightness states 100 on every mode and in windows there is the brightness of SDR-Content.... do i put it on completely low or high since the monitor overwrites this anyway with the brightness settings? Or just leave it on 50? or am i stupid? i just don t know how to play around with these settings yet. Best regards and thanks for the help!
I'm confused at 12:53: If you can do 8K at 60 Hz without DSC, you _should_ be able to do 4K at 240 Hz without DSC... 8K is exactly four times the size of 4K, so for every 8K frame you send without DSC you could just as well send four 4K frames. So, if your bandwidth is good enough for 8K at 60 Hz with 10 bit color, it should also be good enough for 4K at 240 Hz with 10 bit color.
But: Unless I'm missing something, 54 Gbps is not enough for 240 Hz at 4K with 10 bit color _or_ 8K at 60 Hz. That would require 55.62 Gbps, so just a tiny bit more: 3840 * 2160 * 30bit * 240 = 59,719,680,000 bit, i.e. 55.62 Gb. That would also mean 54 Gbps is not enough for 8K at 60Hz and 10 bit color.
Perhaps there's some data omitted in the data stream? Otherwise I don't see how 54 Gbps works out for either.
Is the usbc only for power delivery or can it also take input for laptop dual screen ?
Had mine for around a month, love it, yeah the DP2.1 cable is comically short.
This guy gives leniency to high end product but nitpick every budget product. Way to go Plouffe.
After seeing this and the MSI, which would you go for?
Monitors Unboxed did a video on Dp 2.1 cables and does go into detail about the speeds and 2.1 with compression.
It's ok Plouffe all you gotta do is get Linus to sign your old monitor and sell it for profit then you can buy this one. lol
Nice! As an ex-owner of the Gigabyte Aorus FO48U (4K 120Hz 48"), I will probably get this as my next monitor. I am currently using a 4K 60Hz 28" monitor (massive downgrade), so look forward to getting myself an FO32U2P! The 240Hz will be remarkable vs this 60Hz I'm using now. Thanks for this review! 😊
Idk, its too small for me. Once I tried 42 inch TV as a monitor, LG C3 42 was only option and its great...
How’s this one stack up with the new Samsung G8 240hz 4k oled?
They're priced the same here, but prices severely differ per region.
They use the same panel (made by Samsung), but the Samsung has a matte finish and the Gigabyte has a glossy. Glossy looks much better in dark or dimly lit rooms but suffers from raised blacks in brighter rooms.
Gigabyte includes DisplayPort 2.1 (UHBR20), a KVM switch with USB-C and more ports (USB, mic&headphones).
In many places Samsung's warranty is shorter and doesn't cover burn-in, don't buy an OLED monitor without burn-in warranty.
what is the best cable we can use for the 4k 240HZ with a 4090 RTX ?
Which would you recommend hdmi 2.1 or dp 1.4?
That cable is the same width as the monitor 💀
Shall i buy this or dell alienware AW3225QF or Samsung Odyssey G8 Oled Please help me I'm so confused
I need for PS5 and For Pc Gaming
So if you have a 4k 240hz monitor but not the proper cable. How come you can still get it? I have a samsung neo g8 thats 4k 244hz and don't have any issues with a cable from amazon.
You can, it just uses DSC
@@RathOX what’s DSC?
@@cringelord216 display stream compression, use google
@@cringelord216 display stream compression
I use my laptop connected to my 65in LG CX OLED TV. Just like he said i am aware of the possibility of burn with OLED so i do pretty much everything he said other then auto hide taskbar i don't do that. I do watch twitch on my laptop on my OLED TV but for the most part I full screen Chrome so it covers the taskbar for the same reason. My parents have a older LG c8 or c9 can't remember which and it has some burn in from watching a lot of MSNBC for many years. So it can happen.
the link for the product isnt working
brilliant review can i ask how come you did not go for msi or asus 4k
I'm currently shopping for a monitor and looking to make a decision when Prime Day rolls around. Thank you for the review, I have added this display to the contenders that I would be ok making a decision on. The other display I'm very interested in is the Alienware AW2725DF. I'm on a full AMD machine (7800X3D/7900XT/64GBDDR5-6000)
To me my 1440p 144hz IPS monitor from LG looks fantastic. I can't even comprehend how 240hz or a 360hz monitor would feel. Moreover, how a big OLED screen would look
What kind of connector is needed on your vid card?
9:53 why not just enable auto sleep in windows?
If I daisy chain 3 of these monitors together would I be able to get 3 4K monitors at 120hz on all of them using 2.1 dp?
Once you go OLED you can never go back. Got a steal back in 2022 for an LG C1 brand new... 4k, 48inch 120hz, 1ms, Gsync, OLED for £630. Perfect for the 4090 I purchased in December 2022. Absolutely love this monitor. Gaming on a huge screen filling your view is seriously immersive.
Literally ruins all other displays aye. I bought my first OLED TV in 2018, been waiting years for a 32inch OLED monitor for my PC. Nothing else was cutting it outside a $3000 dollar mini LED monitor at the time.
What's the benefit of DP 2.1 when there is no visual loss by using DSC....
Access to Nvidia features that are locked when using DSC, shorter alt tab times between full screen apps, ability to daisy chain monitors.
@@George-um2vc Which Nvidia features?
@@cask-uk DSR, DLDSR, more I think but those are the ones that I know of coz I use them.
Hello. it's matte? or glossy?
12:28. My 2 cents about DSC. Wikipedia says: "Although DSC is not mathematically lossless, it meets the ISO/IEC 29170 standard for "visually lossless" compression, a form of compression in which "the user cannot tell the difference between a compressed and uncompressed image"". Be sure about engineers community, they don't make shit like politicans.
Hmm, does this mean that we'll start to see motherboards and chassis with the GPU slot at the top, or chassis that are flipped 90 degrees, to put the ports at the top? :p
can someone tell me what's the difference between FO32U2 and FO32U2P (the P is Pro?), although i have already ordered the "Unprofessional" one :) which is around 300eur less, it's not too late to order the P one if it worth the price difference.
Why there are no 24 inch monitors anymore? Everything high end is at least 27 inch. Would love me some 24 inch 4k 240hz
4K for 24 inch is just absurd, I don't think many people are looking for that
@@Putper but it would be nice to have the option
why would you even want to have such a small monitor? I'm not even buying 27 anymore, 32 is my new standard
@@Kyomara1337 Mh I mostly play fps games and for me at least 24 is the perfect size for my likeing 27 is too large
@@Cobis-cs8gd that's just weird, 24s are so small
My first thought was how are you going to supply it with DP2.1 signal... It's too early to be hyped for this feature and overpay for it.
I was looking at getting the odyssey g8. What's the difference between these 2
Can you turn the speakers off?
6:09 flick that bean!
Hey dude, thanks a lot for this debrief of this unbelievable screen !! Do u think u can make a short video with the best settings you recommand for gaming?? Thx a lot bro and continue your great job presenting products!
Gigabyte, please make this in 16:10, which is the proper PC gaming aspect, 16:9 is great for consoles, but I really want that extra 30% of vertical resolution and real estate for FPS and RTS games, not to mention 3rd person games like Alan Wake 2 look gorgeous in 16:10, 16:9 is just to beg of a downgrade, 4:3 is a massive improvement over 16:9, as you get nearly 50% more vertical resolution, but I canny see anyone making a modern 4:3 gaming OLED, so 16:10 will be a nice comprimise, PC games just look so much better in 16:10, Valve understands this, which is why the Steam Deck is 16:10, you just get such an improvement in POV, there is a reason 16:10 is known as the golden ratio, oh yeah, a 16:10 monitor means we get to play all our favourite classic PC games in proper 4:3 without butchering the vertical resolution and POV, as well as enjoy retro emulation, imo, it's not really a PC gaming monitor unless it's 16:10 (or 4:3 & 3:2).