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Does the monitor have any power supply coil whine or humming issues? I'd be interested to find out if you know, thanks.
Also does this have an external power brick or an internal power supply? Thanks.
This has a power brick. I have behind my monitor, could easily move to the floor.
I hear nothing from my monitor or brick..
I just picked up this one from Microcenter for $1299.00 and I freaking love it after 3hrs.
So, here are some initial first impressions:
Pros:
1. I really like the 4096x2160 resolution. I was worried I might not like it, but it gives you just a bit of extra room over UHD.
2. This monitor is SST, so it reports just like any other display to Windows. Displayport 1.2 is enabled by default.
3. The colors are great, and the display comes with a factory calibration test report.
4. The stand is well built and provides for portrait and landscape modes.
5. I don't hear any whine from the monitor.
6. It appears to scale well when set to non-native resolutions.
7. 3840x2160 @ 60Hz works great.
8. 31" is large enough that I can use the display without any scaling enabled. Though I may bump up to125%.
9. Response time is OK (tested in BF4). I will have to play more to really be able to give valid feedback. I have the settings configured for the fastest response time right now.
10. No external power brick...I don't mind one way or the other..but having everything integrated is a plus overall.
11. VESA mount compatible, but you will need a plate that the display does not come with.
Negatives:
1. I am currently running NVidia 670 SLI , and max out at 50Hz @ 4096x2160. I tried making a custom config, but it won't work. I am currently going through the mini-displayport to display port cable that the display came with. I will try a full size display port connector next week, to see if it makes a difference.
2. The screws on the back of the stand that attach to the mount did not screw in very tightly.
3. TBD how games support 4096x2160, I have to run BF4 in borderless mode. Otherwise it kept switching into a window. I do not have this problem at 3840x2160. The display still looks pretty good at 3840x2160, so that is still an option.
Notes:
The other monitor in the background is a Seiki 50" 4K. I've been using that as my primary display for over a year now. The size of the 50" was cumbersome at times, and I really wanted 60hz 4K.
I found that 3840x2160 doesn't really lose much sharpness on the LG compared to 4096x2160. Just testing it out by typing some text in notepad and switching back and forth, it doesn't seem to make much a difference. I have the scaling set on wide currently, I also tried going back and forth between 1:1 and wide. There is some slight softness to text once scaled, but I don't think it is something that is noticeable in games.
Also, there is an option that is interesting to play with on games called Super Resolution+ under Screen->Picture. It enhances edges and can make some games pop a little more.
Yeah but are you doing 1:1/Original aspect ratio on the monitor settings? You should have black bars. If you run the monitor as "Wide" all it does is stretch the image to 17:9 which means everyone's faces gets stretched 7%. It looks really weird in some games.
I did try full screen at 3840x2160 on wide vs. 1:1 and did notice a bit of stretch on things like my characters portrait. It is not perfect, but I don't feel it detracts enough that I would not use it if I had to. It is nothing compared to the distortion I used to deal with when I ran a surround setup.
So I found a little quirk that I'll have to look into.
I turned the monitor on this morning and it defaulted to 3840x2160 resolution.
After settings the resolution to 4096x2160, I turned the monitor off and on again and the resolution remained 4096x2160..so strange that it changed the first time.
In the NVIDIA Control Panel it shows 3840x2160 as native. Under the Windows Display Screen Resolution form it shows 4096x2160 as Recommended.
I still haven't managed to get the panel to do 60hz at 4096x2160. If I attempt to create a custom resolution it will test successfully, but not save. I did notice that the 4096x2160 resolution shows up as custom.
Using the EVGA Pixel Clock OC utility I can only go up to 53Hz...looking at the NVIDIA spec sheet for the GTX 670 the max should be 4096x2160 @ 60hz.
I'm using the Displayport to Mini Displayport cable that the monitor came with. I'm connected to the Mini Displayport connector on the monitor, with the full size Displayport end connected to my video card.
I have a regular 10ft displayport 1.2 cable coming tomorrow, but would not have thought there would have been a difference between the Mini Displayport and full size Displayport inputs.
According to the manual 50hz at 4096x2160 is a preset display mode. The manual also recommends a 780, but I thought my 670 would be able to drive it. 50hz is way better then the 30hz I used to live with on my Seiki, but I would really like the full 60Hz.
There are no issues running 60Hz at UHD 4K at least.. I would go ahead and upgrade my video cards, but I was really wanting to wait until some new cards released with more then 4GB of memory. My GTX 670 SLI setup is actually performing well enough at 4K right now that I feel like I can wait until the next spring refresh.
Both panels have Overdrive so you can't compare them directly and I don't really have the expertise to compare this sort of thing. But I do think the LG has a better panel, it just seems a lot clearer the images, whereas the Samsung being semi glossy makes it a little blurrier. Also the one LG I got either hit the panel lottery or something because there are no dead pixels. I'm on my third Samsung UD970 replacement and each one has at least 2-3 dead pixels. Kind of disappointing for a much more expensive panel.
Just out of curiosity...have you had other 4k panels before the LG & Sammy?
These are both way better than the TN's I'm assuming?
Both panels have Overdrive so you can't compare them directly and I don't really have the expertise to compare this sort of thing.