Samsung - Odyssey OLED G9 Gaming Monitor G93SC

If you do go down the OLED route, go for the Samsung G93SC instead of the G95SC. [It's several $100 cheaper and the only difference is that it doesn't have the Samsung Smart TV features](https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapcmonitor/comments/1h05rux/heres_my_research_on_the_samsung_49_odyssey_oled/), which are pretty useless if you're using this truly has a monitor.

I have a super ultrawide which is the 32:9 version and play in windowed mode at a 16:9 aspect ratio (Link to monitor: [amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CDQMQQS2)). I have found that gaming on an ultrawide isn't always the greatest. You often have to wait for ultrawide support or have to download a patch to remove the letterboxing. I will say though that when it works it works incredibly well. So only get one if you're fine running ffxiv in windowed mode (and a lot of other games) and then having the occasional life changing moment of playing something in full ultrawide that truly "gets it" like I had with helldivers 2.

I have the odyssey g9 oled G93sc model without smart tv and it is great. If I want to play in 21:9 I can do that and just not use all the screen or I can use picture by picture mode to make 2/3 of the screen 21:9 and the last 3rd of the monitor for discord. Although it decreases from 240hz to 120hz when in pbp mode. I genuinely love this monitor. And alot of new games support 32:9 now.

Any of you two thinking the blurring effect of the anti glare coating can be a deal breaker ? Or is that overblown? People tried to pull me away from the OLED g9 because of OLED text fringing, but my g93sc does not display any worse than any other monitor ...

G9 57 inch or the dell 5k2k IPS black panel, or that new lg 45 inch 5k2k. All options around the 2k mark. Half the price, consider a $1k g9 49 inch but as others said, the va version. Or do as I did, g9 oled G93SC and a 4 year warranty that covers burn in (I got the Allstate plan sold by staples). That 240 Hz can do picture by picture at 120 Hz (without vrr or HDR while in pbp mode) that essentially gives you 2x 27 inch 1440p monitors without the bezel. 1.5 months in, doing 8 hours a day of excel and outlook and a web browser and I love it. I use power toys fancy zones to split my 2 monitors in 3 zones so I have the best of both worlds (I often have to share my screen for presentations and sharing the full 5120x1440 to other people (most of them on 1080p monitors) is too impractical but everyone can see a 1440p monitor just fine. Sharing just one app is also possible... Or a zone... But 2 cables from the laptop to the monitor solved this problem for my work usage, and I use only 1 cable for the gaming PC. I know you don't play, but trying Forza 5, GTA V, FS 2024 is a literal game changer! Even just google earth on that monitor is something else! Hope you find your monitor soon!

As a new owner of a 32:9 g9 oled, 80% work in pbp mode ans 20% gaming ... I have to ask if you worked on both 32:9 and 21:9? When I got my first 1440p 16:9 it felt great compared to 1080p. Then this g9 essentially is 2x 27 inch 1440p monitors glued together which is great but can't deny the weird vertical lack of height feeling and for gaming I guess 21:9 is the perfect zone... But what about work? 5k2k looks like I could work well with 3 windows side by side like I do on my g9 but ... Is it? Typical work for me is teams open on my laptop display, outlook, pdf or email being written, web browser. I can't get my brain to think it will be as comfortable working 3 windows wide with 21:9 instead of 32:9? Thanks for your input.

A Guy posted about convincing his boss to get an ultrawide and went the corporate way... Lenovo P49w-30. It wouldn't be my pick as it's IPS and not OLED... But 13 ports, KVM ekvm and from what I read briefly it seems to be able to do pbp from a single cable... Which sounds like dark magic but I didn't read into it enough... I think you may find it good. I have the g93sc myself (g9 OLED, non smart, glossy) and I just paired it with a cheap usb switch to quickly switch keyboard and mouse with a button press... Then for the display I alternate between pbp for work (zoom screen sharing a single 5120x1440 is a pain to everyone else... But sharing a 1440p is good enough even for people on a 1080p screen, so I use 2 cables from my work laptop, and a single one for my gaming desktop) and the menu takes 4 clicks ... Enable pbp and switch input 1 do my display port (HDMI 1 is the default 2nd monitor) and then just disable pbp (my custom shortcut key ) and switch input to HDMI 2 to game. That saved me from either spending more on a dell IPS black 40 inch... Or a cheaper questionable brand.. or a really expensive level 1 tech KVM... Got the g93sc with a good discount and snagged a 4 year (all but accidental damage) warranty that even covers burn ins ! (From Allstate). IPS is a bit subpar for gaming but will be better for productivity. Good luck finding your display soulmate. 🫶

Before I express my opinion, some context. Up until this past week, I have never used a monitor larger than 24inch, greater than1080p, or a higher than 60hz other than sitting down at a coworker's desk for a couple of minutes who had something better. I have never felt like I needed one, but I decided to try one out because I've been getting into video editing, and I wanted a lot of screen real estate. I also wanted to record with a higher fps and resolution for videos. So, I bought that INNOCN monitor the same day you actually posted, and I liked it a lot. However, my biggest issue was that in PBP mode, the refresh rate maxed at 60hz. This was very important to me because I need to use PBP mode often and if I'm buying a monitor partially for the higher refresh rate, then I want to use it at a higher refresh rate. Other more minor things: While in PBP, if you have it set up where the two screens are from the same computer, there is a slight screen tearing. It's not bad and it only seems to happen when things are moving vertically. The speakers are some of the worst I've ever heard. They had the same quality as office monitors we just got for $350 that do their job and that's about it. At the same time, I don't think anyone would be buying a monitor like this and not already have speakers but if you are, you will probably want to buy speakers. The user interface is on par with every other monitor I've ever had. It felt clunky and unresponsive. If I want to switch the settings for PBP (which I was often doing), it just felt kinda bad. The stand is huge. It could not fit on my desk, and this was an oversight on my part before buying it. I had to temporarily support it with a block of wood, a book, and keyboard riser haha. Overall, I feel like it could be worth the $800 but for me, it was not because of the refresh rate thing. I don't think it's worth any more money but it's hard for me to tell the worth since I'm inexperienced with monitors. So I bought the Samsung Odyssey G9 which is also on sale for $1100 currently and it just came in today. Everything about the monitor is an improvement so far except for the ports in the back. You get 1 display port, 1 hdmi, 1 mico hdmi (didn't realize that was still a thing), and 3 usb-c. I wished it had 1 more hdmi but I could probably still use the usb-c. The micro hdmi doesn't seem to have higher than 60hz. Of course, I'm not sure about other 49inch monitors but the difference between these two I believe was worth the extra $300 I paid. The colors seem deeper (you also get way more options in the UI for it), the stand can actually fit on my desk, the overall quality seems much much better, there is no screen tearing in PBP, the refresh rate is 120hz in PBP (default is 240hz outside of it), there's also another mode for PBP instead of just half and half, and the UI is actually responsive. The speakers still suck but they are better and again I don't care about that. (There was no bass like at all but the mids are better). TLDR: The INNOCN monitor is great overall but has some notable quality issues in a few areas that the Samsung Odyssey G9 improves on. Personally, for my needs, the extra $300 I paid for the Samsung one seems to be worth for me so far.

The alienware aw3425dw was released last month. It has an 240 hz refresh rate instead of 175 and goes for 799 dollar The Gigabyte MO34WOCQ2 and the MSI 341CQPX have the same panel as the alienware i mentioned. If i were you i would get the cheapest one of those three. And if you want 49 inches then the samsung g93sc(glossy) or the philips 49M2C8900(semi-gloss). These two also have the same panel and are both 1440p,240hz. Samsung also has a smart version (95 instead of 93) or oled (sd) instead of sc, but i would get non smart, qd oled.

I’m using the G93SC and kinda want to go back to 16:9 just because of how many games have janky 32:9 support or no support at all. Would stick with QD-OLED, though

True, but having to deal with that after having spent $900 on a monitor isn’t a great feeling. Especially with how these games do often work properly with a community-made patch, or work properly during development/beta but get the capability removed by launch (looking at you, Diablo 4). It’s just jumping through hoops for something that should work out of the box, and even PCGamesWiki doesn’t differentiate between 21:9 and 32:9 when it comes to ultra wide support.

The G8 sucks with the smart TV chip and UI. Only Samsung I'd get is the 32:9 G9 G93SC that's just a monitor (I got it). For 21:9 the new Alienware 3425DW is the same price as the older AW models but 240Hz and leas intrusive panel care.

If you go for the Samsung G9, get the G93SC version, not the G95SC "smart" TV version. The smart UI and other features are garbage, the G93SC just works.

Get the OLED, I'm also a software engineer on 100% remote. My C1 had zero burn-in after 3 years of daily work (8h) + private usage. My current G93SC is also doing fine. Just don't bump up the brightness while working, 15-20% (120ish nits) is more than enough at daylight.

I have received mine 2 days ago (G93SC, without smart functions) and have gsync activated in the nvidia control panel. Posted a tip for activating it