Samsung G5 34inch Ultrawide Review! 

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@@1UpNerdcore For sure need a better stand, the original is very bad 👍

Worth it for gaming?

@@kayabayunreu6092 if you are gona play CS or something competitive on like 300 FPS then no get a normal 16:9 with high refresh. But for RPGs and other openworld games this is simply... AWESOME!

How did you calibrate it and can you tell me the settings or give me the video name ?

Still good?

Bro this comment just saved my life. Building my pc for sim racing rn and couldn’t decide on a monitor. Sounds like I’ll go with this

May I ask why you wouldn't go for a OLED G8? I'm looking around for a new screen and would really appreciate other people's opinions!

The g8 isn’t a budget monitor like the g5 not a lot of people wanna down 1000 on a monitor when u can 250 300 and get some accessories with the rest of the money

@@georgebeanie357 no he payed 450 for it, and at discounts you can get the g8 for 750-800. Ofcourse it’s still more expensive, but I was curious if there were more reasons than the g5 being budget. Which I disagree, there’s cheaper ones that are just as good, so that’s why I wondered why he’d gone for a g5.

What are some good monitors I’m looking for a good one but don’t wanna break the bank

Great comment

Yea this would be the better option and you can vesa mount it 👍🏻

Nice! Let me know what you think 👍🏻

bought it for the same price, hope it will ship. I'm afraid they might have oversold. "very good" condition as well

​@@peterakaFU I've just checked an my Amazon account tells that it will be delivered tomorrow! Looks nice. BTW, I've realised that there is a newer 4K version of this monitor, just in case... maybe that's the reason of that amazing price for the 2K? Will test it, but I think it's enough resolution... unless you can compare both side by side... :)

@@sergio_san No 4K doesn't exist on ultrawide, ultrawide is 2K only, not sure when they changed on the new version but certainly not the resolution. Mine is delivering tomorrow as well

@@peterakaFU oh, ok, thanks for the clarification, I've read UWQHD and my mind thought 💭 UHDWide... Hmmm hahaha. My bad, thanks

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jFm8Z5NDbSI.html

when I set it but it just reset to 8bit?

Hey @eVoLuTioN can you tell me one thing.. does 60FPS video stutters on 165hz setting on this monitor?

@@starrims Never noticed any stutters on videos in general, can't really differenciate between 165hz and 120 though so I mainly use 120hz. (Which is amazing btw, after about a year I'm still impressed with the monitor)

@@tombaker2510 In the nvidia control panel if you use an nvidia gpu

@@eVolution2665 I do have a 1070 but when I set it to 120fps, that options shows up but every time I click apply, nothing happens and it resets to 8bit, its like the software not wanting me to do it

Thank you :) Time to Upgrade My Setup! 3D Wall Panel! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7-acglM_v4Y.html

hows the quality. worth it?

Wasnt sure. Bit too curvy for me. But used to it now. I only play Elite Dangerous though so for that ye its good enough

I got mine today but wouldn’t turn on, is there any power switch that I dont know about?

No

But press the button underneath and select source. It doesnt automatically change between hdmi and dp

There is ghosting. It is one of those things where you notice it and you can’t unsee it. I have not found a way around the issue.

I bought this for $256 lmaoo

350

@@saucyjohny2264 enjoy your savings

@@saucyjohny2264 should I get I wanna try curved our

got mine for 378, no tax on base!

how is the monitor doing so far ?

Pixoo, I did a video on it on the channel :)

It’s the autonomous single arm 👍🏻

Still waiting

That’s gonna be to big for panel view no?

Yeah, did you fix it?

@Lucy the order was delayed

@@thegreatlakestrucker Until when?

@@d3v-x64 got it yesterday. The picture is amazing. But every time I restart my computer the screen goes dark and no picture. Other times all of programs/icons are gone from the computer. Finally, I was able to figure out that my computer perceives this monitor as two separate screens. There is a black knob underneath the screen that allows you to toggle some settings. However, after every computer restart the monitor defaults to the two screen setting. It’s kind of annoying. But the picture and gaming graphics are anazing

@@thegreatlakestrucker Hey! im getting mine on monday, im about to go out and get a 1.4DP 3 meter cable for it. is the cable it comes with dp1.4 and how long is it? :)

@@DetailingCars you'll have to adjust the settings. There is a black knob under the center of the monitor. I had to adjust contrast and sharpness so that my eyes didn't bleed out of my skull.

No I didn’t have that issue. I wasn’t running a dual monitor setup though

Just a google search, I don’t know the specific site

Looks amazing bro

Check the other settings and see if the overdrive is turned on causing it or the panel settings have changed when switching over

Switch it down from 165Hz to 120Hz in nVidia Control Panel and also change this in Windows display settings. You'll see the option to change from 8bit to 10bit colour depth which is a big difference. Here you can also adjust your picture brightness and contrast settings so suit. I find fantastic performance with deep blacks, bright white and rich colours in my dark environment.

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what is the main difference compared with 34 xiaomi?

@@hendyhermawan3889 the curve and I find the colours more vibrant in comparison.

Slava Ukraine! Скажите пожалуйста а каким VESA пользуетесь? Спасибо!

@@venplay1283 using north bayou wall mount

So you are saying you would go rather with the Samsung then the Xiaomi?

Currently doing unboxing video on the TUF, review in about a month but unboxing impression is really good. Might be the best budget ultrawide monitor I’ve used.

I had mine for 4 hours before deciding to send it back. Black smearing on this monitor is horrific.

@@TheUltrawideGuy I agree, I opened mine up just out of sheer curiosity and it's just not a very good monitor.

@@drdaddy777 Yeah, I'll be honest I think this review is being kind. I found it very poor. I already own the Alienware AW3418DW IPS and bought this to compare after upgrading to a RX 6800 because I was hoping to switch for freesync support. I realise there is difference in the Alienware being a high end and this one being mid range but the Dell is 3 years old at this point. The difference is massive. My Alienware is far, far superior to the point where the screen tearing is preferable to the ghosting and black smearing I had on my Samsung unit. UFO test had about a 3/4 inch trail behind it, it was that bad. I'm just gonna save some more money while I wait for the new LG 34GP950G. This maybe OK for someone already using a VA monitor but if your moving from a TN or IPS then just don't. The better contrast can't save the poor motion handling.

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Thanks mate!!!

So should you switch to 10bit? I'm confused what that actually does

Have you experienced reverse ghosting with your VG32VQ1B ? Because on my 34" ASUS TUF GAMING VG34VQL1B it's pretty terrible... I have to set the OD to 20 to reduce the overshoot and it is still present with dark transition.

@@SagittariusAx how are u enjoying the VG34VQL1B after more extensive use? I’m currently looking at that as it seems to be the best value uwqhd available right now.

​@@cassysamel3914 Hmm I love it despite its flaws. I have just received an other monitor for my GF, it is the MSI 301MAGRF a 30" 1080 UW monitor which is IPS and 200Hz and GSync certified. I could compare both. In spite of being blown away by the response time of the MSI and superb motion clarity, the ASUS clearly has my preference even for competitive gaming. Anyway, I really don't regret my purchase although I had hesitated at first to send it back and I feel like I will keep it for a long time, I'll replace it with 34/37.5" a Ultrawide miniLED or OLED, so not before a couple of years. To sum up : + Awesome colours, high contrast and high brightness make it feel a bit oled like and it is much more viable for HDR gaming than many other 34" monitors. It can really feel bright and it often makes a difference, some games look WAY better in HDR such as Hellsblade. Even windows 10/11 Auto HDR is cool to play with on this monitor. + great motion clarity despite some dark smearing. + Freesync is often good + 120 Hz and OD set to 20 make 99% of the inverse ghosting disappear, which is perfect for some solo games. + 165Hz is awesome most of the time. + The curve is well balanced, not too pronounced, I really dislike the 1000R of the odyssey for instance. + great menu + default calibration seems decent. + can display 10 bit up to 144hz but to be honest it makes 0 difference in games, they're all using 8bit textures, in photoshop I can see the difference though. + The fact that it is 165Hz, makes it visibly more smooth even with freesync of and low framerate compared to my previous 34" 100Hz monitor. FreeSync/GSync isn't that crucial when you have such a high refresh rate monitor, so turning off freesync when it doesn't play too well isn't a big deal. + VA gamma shift isn't very noticeable, and less bother than the IPS glow + It looks nice, bezel are thing, no external charger and has a neutral look. + 4 USB 3 hub / easy menu - Freesync doesn't always play well, in some games at lower framerate, there can be some brightness flickering. And sometimes there can be some strong inverse ghosting on some frame (that's rare but it's very visible) - Sometimes, the coloured inverse is visible but it's on rare enough occasion that it's not a big deal. - BFI mode is not very useful. - HDR makes inverse ghosting more pronounced for some reason. - the curve fools trick your brain, once you get used to it, flat ultrawide look concave :( - speakers are pretty mediocre

@@SagittariusAx Hey, just one question, are you using the HDMI port or the Display port on your monitor?

@@armanyedicam4908 Display Port

If colors matter then I’d go with the MSI

@@1UpNerdcore Yeah I've got the same conundrum. The g5 and the MSI are the same price in my country right now. And while I'd like to be a full time gamer and would love that sweet immersion (🥲) I got to work as well. I'm just wondering whether the 1000R curve is going to be worse for work than the 1500R (for coding and text based work). But the better colours would be really nice. I'm not sure what I want to know, but if you had to consider my condition which would you choose? Would really appreciate your two cents worth.

The autonomous single monitor arm works really well

but its not curved right?

@@hhjobbo There is a curved and none curved version, the one I'm referring to is curved.

Buenas bro, no creo que te conteste él, pero te podría decir que el de 34 te iría bien a parte si quieres usarlo para productividad, también existe la otra opción que es el AOC cu34g2x

Recuerda que la resolución de estos es 3440x1440 y su relación de aspecto es 21:9, por eso lo que te decía que te podría venir bien con la productividad, espero haberte ayudado bro🤝🏻

It should have the bandwidth with the hdmi 2.0 to get 120hz in 1080p

I’d choose the msi monitor, better color, brightness and contrast than the G6

Thanks for answering, so in your opinion good colours and 100hz weighs up worse colour quality and 165hz?

@@richardpall2174 dont choose MSI unless you are fine with +20 dead pixels

@@richardpall2174 so wich one did you choose?

No just PBP

gigabyte has alot of backlightbleed, it is slower than this panel, i test the g5 32'' and the 34'' g5 and let me tell you, this panel from samsung is really fast, colors are ok, not the best but ok. Alo of people giving bad reviews of the gigabyte because of the lightbleed, its not a bad monitor but its slower. I have the samsung and its perfect, no backlightbleed at all incredible for the price.

@@Remmaster not every monitor comes with back light bleed. You can't really know what it'll look like before buying it.

In my opinion, this samsung isn't worth. It's overpriced, because it has Odysee but it's nothing like Odysee G7 or G9. 1. Contrary to what is said in this video, it is not a wide gamut monitor at all. The only available specs that tell anything about colors is NTSC 72%, which is equal to 99% sRGB. Also CNET Korea measured it to 97% sRGB ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-aTI5VAOn6Lo.html that is pretty disappointing and average, only 73% of the DCI-P3, not 95%. 2. Some people reported ugly inverse ghosting : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-47-wdSN2-7o.html The gigabyte has better colors, better contrast, better brightness (so better HDR experience), better stand. But you'll lose 21Hz. There is also the Cooler Master GM34-CW which can be considered : www.tftcentral.co.uk/reviews/coolermaster_gm34-cw.htm it's has even wider gamut but just slightly. There's also the ASUS TUF GAMING VG34VQL1B which I happen to own and has a similar price. 3440x1440 - 1500R - 165Hz + 1ms + FreeSync Premium - ELMB (but not at the same time as FreeSync) - 4000:1 contrast and brightness up to 550cd/m² + HDR10 and HDR400 support + RGB 10bit support up to 144Hz - 4xUSB3 - ergonomic stand But warning, contrary to Gigabyte & Cooler master's panel, this one suffers from inverse ghosting in the dark transitions... while the two others have inverse ghosting too but in the bright transistions which is less noticeable. So the Asus can be annoying at times and require to lower the overdrive to 20 on some game. You can check my channel I posted an example of the Asus's inverse ghosting. Though it's only on some specific dark transitions I can play Apex Legend for instance and never notice any inverse ghosting even with higher OD settings. And for me GSync works flawlessly without any screen flickering even at lower framerate. In the end I think the Gigabyte and the Cooler Master are the best ultrawide monitors in the price range. But if the ASUS fixes dark transitions overshoot, definitely the VG34VQL1B would be the best.

@@SagittariusAx First thing first , do you happen to own any G odyssey model? I have the G7 32" model and the G5 34" model. I bought the G7 first , and I was really impress by the image quality and colors. I did spend some time to set the colors and HDR to be what I preferred. Backlight bleed is barely noticeable, 10bits colors is really nice and the monitor is really bright from what I had before. You talking about inverse ghosting with the G5 , but actually, mine doesn't have any , if I compare it to the G7, impression is the same. I did bought the two monitors on sale. For me it's a really good price in my view. Yeah it not cheap as gigabyte 34" monitor but it's a better monitor because it has no backlight bleed where the gigabyte is horrible at this point, it's fastest, and if you watch hardware unboxed video they said that the gigabyte is not a real 144hz monitor. So to Compare it to the G7, yes the G7 is faster, I play warzone and I try both. I see a little difference but barely noticeable in my mind. Like I said I had the G7 before and REALLY like it. But after playing with the G5 34" , I figure I preferred gaming on this monitor. The panel is unbelievably black compare to the G7 , no backlight bleed at all, it's super fast compared to the standard G5 32" display, that I also try. Color has to be set in Nvidia control panels, and when this monitor is correctly set, is it as beautiful as the G7. So your comments is not based on true gaming experience like mine. I was a little bit bump out when I realized that is was not a 10bits panel , but like I said once in calibrated, it's perfect! Its less expensive then the new 165 MSI 34" and it has the same Panel. Hdr could be better and once calibrated its still really good, I try immortal Fenix rising and work great. The only monitor that , I think might be better is the new Asus tuf , but it's not available every where right now, and it's more expensive! So after a month of used , I really recommend this monitor!

@@Remmaster You see I said, in my opinion, so it's just an opinion. You have a different opinion, that's fine, but there is no need to act like I can't give my opinion because I don't own the monitor. Do you happen to own a Gigabyte G34WQC ? My opinion was based on some early feedback and specifications so it's not final especially when we didn't have ANY review out there. Also I've linked one of the rare user's video where someone shows bad inverse ghosting on the samsung. I don't think overdrive is just as random as back light bleed. Rtings' review is finally out today. overall it's a great gaming monitor, it's better than I was suspecting. But its responses time at 165hz are a little worse than the gigabyte at 144. Though like I said, it has less saturated colors, because it doesn't have a wide gamut coverage unlike the gigabyte but out of the box it's much better calibrated for sRGB space. Also something that couldn't be expected is the amazing contrast ratio 4500:1. All in all, I'd say the samsung is a better choice indeed than the gigabyte. Both are strong ultrawide options.

I’m using the autonomous single arm

It takes a little bit to get used to it but most people like it

There are no built in speakers. So you need to plug into your pc for audio or the headphone jack on the monitor

@@1UpNerdcore Thx mate yes, I finally figured it out pc audio settings was the problem had to set it to speakers connected to pc 👍🏾

Depends on the ports and gpu of the laptop. My laptop has usb type c so I had to do an adapter to DP and run it that way and it worked. My laptop has a 2070 gpu in it also.

@@1UpNerdcore what is the minimum that this monitor can run with ?

Just get a 144hz 34-inch monitor from elsewhere like the iiyama for £100 less. Metal stand, hight adjust, 400 nits etc.

@@paulhindley8803 I really feel like that is what I am going to do. I’m looking at the msi or the aoc. I already have a dell u3415w but it is only 60hz

@@rileycrain5784 This was my shortlist - went for the Iiyama VA panel one. Very happy with it. Samsung G5 34" cheap build, the display looks fine, too curved for work, can see though sides and HDR10, 250 nits AOC CU34G2X/BK wide, awkward controls. 300-nits ASUS Rog Strix XG32VQR 31.5" WQHD Monitor smaller lower-res, better build, better controls. 450 nits brightness VG34VQL1B release soon - looks better all round 400 nits - no supply yet. Lenovo G34w-10 34" ( 549 ) oldish has issues with DP Cable so will need a new one. 350 nits iiyama g-master red eagle "gb346" 400 nits. cheaper 144hz. either IPS flat or VA curved version. metal stand and height adjust. HDR 400

@@paulhindley8803 thanks for the information, I really appreciate it. I looked up the iiyama but it doesn’t seem to be available in the US. I feel that I may just return this monitor and wait to see what comes out

The 1000R curve is nice but personally I’d take the MSI, the color is better and 1500R curve is plenty.