What type of monitor do you have?

I think Alienware might be outdoing them. The IPS panels offer the alternative of superior brightness, double the fps, and native VRR support at the sacrificed of just several ms response time.

One reviewer i watched briefly touched on it. Said the 0.03ms response time doesnt require something like Dyac. While only taking a picture of the alien test. Looked great but they didnt do anything in-depth.
 
Oled. Never going back. Ever. At best, I'll use side monitors for some things.

I've been thinking of going OLED but I've heard it's not good for a computer monitor. I obviously game on my PC but to be honest, I probably use it more for general entertainment and web browsing than games. Do you have any issues?

I've never had OLED but I've heard they auto-dim on bright screens and that would drive me crazy. Supposedly text isn't very clear either. My current Asus 1440p IPS is nice but it's the second one in a row that has developed white spots and bleed over time so I'm in the market.
 
One reviewer i watched briefly touched on it. Said the 0.03ms response time doesnt require something like Dyac. While only taking a picture of the alien test. Looked great but they didnt do anything in-depth.
I suspect you're talking about Optimum. He's hands down the best reviewer for guys who want the lowdown on competitive monitors. For the moment, as an ultimate benchmark to assess everything at once, nobody has really offered a better methodology than that. He simply applies the Blurbuster alien ship test substituting Overwatch 2. NVIDIA's ULMB 2 has usurped DyAc+ as the preeminent backlight strobing technology. I'm not 100% up to date on this, but AFAIK, those are still the only two that aren't pointless due to crippled brightness.


But just six days ago he reviewed the other 360Hz OLED monitor that recently dropped, by MSI, the direct competitor to the Alienware I highlighted, with nearly identical specs, and in that video he mentions he's sticking with the 540Hz TN panel in his own setup. Even with the added image stabilization of ULMB, and the near-instantaneous response times of OLED which easily keep up with a 360Hz output, apparently he still thinks the 540Hz display is just a bit smoother. The downside is that display is only offered at 24.1". Ick.


Notice he lists his current eSports monitor recommendations in every YouTube video he uploads-- keeping them current:
Insane value $115 monitor: https://geni.us/oi8Vb
Top 1080p / 240Hz: https://geni.us/v5WRy
Midrange 1440 / 240Hz: https://geni.us/fyRyv
Best $600 1440p: https://geni.us/eKRZ
Best 1080 360Hz: https://geni.us/xjDHU
God-mode 540Hz: https://geni.us/IOFySD
Top OLED 240Hz: https://geni.us/WVQ6Z0S

He mentions using a YouTube comment for that video that both LG and ASUS have 480Hz OLED monitors on the horizon. It sounds like he believes once those drop he'll be switching.

But I didn't opine the AW2725DF was necessarily the best competitive monitor. Although it's in the running, obviously. It's the best overall gaming monitor. Between the size, resolution, contrast, color depth/gamut, and motion performance...there's nothing better.
 
I've been thinking of going OLED but I've heard it's not good for a computer monitor. I obviously game on my PC but to be honest, I probably use it more for general entertainment and web browsing than games. Do you have any issues?

I've never had OLED but I've heard they auto-dim on bright screens and that would drive me crazy. Supposedly text isn't very clear either. My current Asus 1440p IPS is nice but it's the second one in a row that has developed white spots and bleed over time so I'm in the market.

They say text is not as clear but I don't know what theya re talking about. I can't tell. I would take high contrast over whatever fuzziness anyday, though.

As far as gaming, it is a big difference. All my racing games that used to have some motion blur are now clear. It is kind of like what CRT was like.
 
They say text is not as clear but I don't know what theya re talking about. I can't tell. I would take high contrast over whatever fuzziness anyday, though.

As far as gaming, it is a big difference. All my racing games that used to have some motion blur are now clear. It is kind of like what CRT was like.
Does it auto-dim if you are on a white screen? That's the big one for me. I know OLED TVs used to do that and I believe that is fixed to some extend with heat sinks but not every OLED has a heat sink.

For instance, if you are on a white screen like a webpage with text, if you let it sit, the screen will basically gradually dim. I don't think I could tolerate that.
 
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