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.

 

[elvn]

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.

For me, best use case is multi screen, keeping static desktop apps off of my OLED gaming tv most of the time (gaming tv on it's own mount/stand with a gap from my desk). I think of the oled as the "stage" for media and gaming, and my other screen(s) is/are the terminal(s).

Using a stream deck and its available window management plugins, its easy to teleport specific app windows to pre specified locations, or whatever is the currently focused window more generally with different button/function. Video sites I'm viewing on the side lcd(s) all have a pop-out button on their overlay now, too, and they remember to pop out to the primary, oled screen, and back.

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[tangoseal]

I went ahead and ordered Asus PG32UCDM3 today. I think it will be a stellar display being that it is the latest out of Asus - QD Oled with that filter to prevent purple hue when bright lights are shining on it. And the benefits of the color richness of qdoled along with 240hz. So it should be a great 4k gaming display for at least 3 more years.

 

[Comixbooks]

Oled monitors easier on the eyes due to less Blue Light and no Led Backlight. I owned a 2023 LG Woled but just use it for gaming but clocked over 1k+ hours on it. I couldn't use 27" with LCDs but when I switched to 27" Oled I had no problems except the stock stand was too high so I got a Vesa generic stand off Amazon.

 

[elvn]

Yeah for sure I'd get a vesa monitor arm like you did. Even a simple, affordable desk clamp pole model would be better than stock stands. They don't change vesa standards like they do hdmi, displayport, usb, etc. so you can re-use an arm for a very, very, (,very) long time - unless you get a very large/heavy screen that the stand won't support.

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[DooLocsta]

I went from an LG 32" VA to the 42C2 OLED. Best decision I have ever made. I still use the 32 in portrait as my secondary.

 

[tangoseal]

Any Idea how to turn off the ROG logo projector on the UCDM3? I have looked everywhere in the OSD and display widget app. Its annoying as f.

 

[elvn]

Any Idea how to turn off the ROG logo projector on the UCDM3? I have looked everywhere in the OSD and display widget app. Its annoying as f.

is it like this one?

https://rog-forum.asus.com/t5/hardware-build-advice/cant-turn-off-rgb-on-pg32ucdm-chin/td-p/1035358

 

[tangoseal]

is it like this one?

https://rog-forum.asus.com/t5/hardware-build-advice/cant-turn-off-rgb-on-pg32ucdm-chin/td-p/1035358

Thanks. I dug around some more..

Wtf Asus .. you call it light in motion?!?!

Well that toggles yhe big ass desk projected rog logo. Good. I hate looking at that thing.

So far this OLED is stunning to look at and much smoother, MUCH MUCH smoother than my 240hz Samsung VA panel even at same 240hz refresh. My 12 year old is in love with the 32 va samsung g7 haha btw. A massive upgrade for him over his 144hz TN panel.