Going from Samsung VA to OLED?

[tangoseal]

I have a Samsung 32" G7 or whatever. Its about 4 or 5 years old. VA 1440 resolution 240 hz.

Simple question. I have never owned nor ever used an Oled besides on my phone screen.

My question is a simple - will going from a VA to a OLED such as the Asus PG32UCDM3 QDOled be worth it overall considering all meterics of "Overall"?

I just dont want to waste $1300 if its not going to make a big difference to gaming and overall feel and experience.

I have 7900xtx custom bios full custom loop water cooled and 7800x3d so I can run 4k pretty decently I think

 

[GotNoRice]

My question is a simple - will going from a VA to a OLED such as the Asus PG32UCDM3 QDOled be worth it overall considering all meterics of "Overall"?

It's difficult to give simple answers to complex questions. There are a lot of pros and cons involved.

OLED generally looks "better" for most things. It's very impressive in terms of deep black levels, bright vibrant colors, no backlight bleed, etc. It almost always leaves a great first impression.

The downsides of OLED are a bit more nuanced. Burn-in is probably the #1 negative and has been for some time. It's gotten better, but it's still very much a real issue. If you do anything that results in static elements being displayed on your screen for extended periods of time, it will almost certainly result in burn-in. Common items would include the Taskbar on a Windows system for example. But if you play the same game long enough, you can even get elements of your game UI burned into your screen. You can set stuff like the Taskbar to "auto-hide" to try to work-around this, but "workarounds" aren't a long-term solution and I personally dislike the idea of having a monitor where I'm constantly tip-toeing around it's failings. Text clarity is also another issue. The pixel arrangement of a typical OLED panel makes text look a bit strange. Some of the newer OLED panels use a different pixel arrangement specifically to address this, but most of the current panels on the market are likely not using this yet.

So Ideal use case for OLED would be someone who mostly just plays games and/or watches movies/TV, but doesn't use their system for extended periods of time in burn-in prone situations. Worst-case for OLED would be someone who uses their computer all day long, including tons of non-gaming office-type tasks, as well as gaming that includes lots of static UI elements.

With all that said, OLED technology continues to mature. Every generation, the pros are more compelling while the cons get weaker. It's clearly the future. You just have to decide when is the right time to jump on the train.

 

[tangoseal]

It's difficult to give simple answers to complex questions. There are a lot of pros and cons involved.

OLED generally looks "better" for most things. It's very impressive in terms of deep black levels, bright vibrant colors, no backlight bleed, etc. It almost always leaves a great first impression.

The downsides of OLED are a bit more nuanced. Burn-in is probably the #1 negative and has been for some time. It's gotten better, but it's still very much a real issue. If you do anything that results in static elements being displayed on your screen for extended periods of time, it will almost certainly result in burn-in. Common items would include the Taskbar on a Windows system for example. But if you play the same game long enough, you can even get elements of your game UI burned into your screen. You can set stuff like the Taskbar to "auto-hide" to try to work-around this, but "workarounds" aren't a long-term solution and I personally dislike the idea of having a monitor where I'm constantly tip-toeing around it's failings. Text clarity is also another issue. The pixel arrangement of a typical OLED panel makes text look a bit strange. Some of the newer OLED panels use a different pixel arrangement specifically to address this, but most of the current panels on the market are likely not using this yet.

So Ideal use case for OLED would be someone who mostly just plays games and/or watches movies/TV, but doesn't use their system for extended periods of time in burn-in prone situations. Worst-case for OLED would be someone who uses their computer all day long, including tons of non-gaming office-type tasks, as well as gaming that includes lots of static UI elements.

With all that said, OLED technology continues to mature. Every generation, the pros are more compelling while the cons get weaker. It's clearly the future. You just have to decide when is the right time to jump on the train.

Thanks - I guess now that I think about it asking this question is odd given the plethora of videos on youtube. I thank you for your feedback.