LG 34GK950F-B 34" 21:9 Ultragear WQHD Nano IPS Curved Gaming Monitor with Radeon FreeSync 2 (2018), Black

I am upgrading from an LG 34UC97 60hz,IPS panel. I have used the new LG 34GK950F-B for about 100 hours so far and have the following pro’s and cons: PRO’s -The 400 nit brightness panel might not be of much use for HDR but my god the brightness vs my old 34” IPS panel is stunning. -I was prepared to be underwhelmed with the NANO IPS panel as I already had a very good IPS panel. My god was I wrong, the colors are incredible. Not quite as good as my OLED or QLED tv’s but stellar vs a TN, VA or standard IPS panel. This alone was worth the upgrade. (Used a Color Munki Elite to adjust color) -The menu is greatly improved from my lg 34uc97 -The monitor is a LOT lighter than my 34uc97 -Even without using Freesync 2 as I haven’t managed to get a Radeon VII yet, the 144 hz panel is a night and day difference. No more screen tearing with Assassins Creed Odyssey! -I bought it new for $850.00 USD, at that price it’s a fantastic monitor IMO as it blows away the competition that all sit at around $800.00 USD -I find myself not wearing my blue light filter glasses when on this monitor late at night. There is just something about the panel that is better for late night gaming. CON’s -The HDR is literally useless, If HDR is a big deal for you there are FAR better monitors. None that have the other stats this one has overall but All the reviews that say HDR 400 is worthless are correct. -Unlike what some reviewers are claiming this monitor (at least mine) is NOT supporting Adaptive Sync via my Gtx 1080 -I don’t like that the cable ports fire straight out the back. It creates an eventual droop for the heavy headed display port cables -The power brick is HUGE… not a big deal but depending on your setup it might need to be velcrod on your desk or something. Gaming-As with my LG 34uc97 gaming on a 34” UW 21:9 curved monitor is a joy. Games with saturated or hyper color pallets look absolutely breathtaking on the Nano IPS panel (WOW, RIFT, Overwatch, SWTOR, Mass Effect Andromeda, Fortnite, Disney movies) Games with a more realistic color palette ( Assassins Creed Origins& Odyssey, Witcher 3, ESO, Battlefield, Hellblade: Senuas Sacrifice etc) are less impacted by the Nano IPS but the brightness and crispness the panel offers still improves the playing experience. There is no other ultra wide curve with the overall stats this one has. I made a spreadsheet comparing ALL of them including the 49” ones and none of them have all the tech this one has.

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Cons: 1. Not made with productivity as a priority. 2. 1080p 3. Had to manually install screen split software. 4. Menu control knob at bottom of panel. Pros: 1. 1080p (great for gaming on FPS games). 2. Free sync 3. Running games at 144hz 4. 21.9 in FPS games. 5. USB hub on back. 6. Splitscreen software. 7. Crosshair mode. 8. Ease of setup once unbox. Im very pleased with this monitor as I bought this for gaming. Notes: 1. You have to change in settings to get 144hz. 2. If using wattman turn off Chill in global settings or you will be locked at 60hz in games 3. Use menu knob and go to "Game" to turn on Freesync. 4. Use the supplied displayport cable instead of what you already have.

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Pros: - Great picture quality for an IPS panel (yes, theres IPS glow - thats going to happen with IPS panels, especially of this size) - 144hz FreeSync, works perfectly with nvidia cards using the newer drivers - Solid mount with tilt control - Minimal cringey "gamer" branding - it mostly just looks like a normal monitor thankfully Cons: * Only one DisplayPort plug * The backlight has an extremely hard time if large portions of the screen are white backgrounds, causing the brightness to flicker and stutter. This problem is significant enough that Im dropping two stars, this is an expensive monitor and it really shouldnt be having issues like this. The problem is even worse at lower brightness levels, and it doesnt seem to matter what mode the monitor is run in. I didnt notice it at first because it mostly affects white backgrounds, which until recently most of the stuff Id been doing happened not to have much of.

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I have been a computer nerd since owning a 486 SX 25 MHz PC in 1993. I couldn’t afford the DX processor and who needed floating point done in hardware back then? The best “monitor” I probably ever bought was a Viewsonic 23” CRT which did way better than 1080p, weighed close to 80 lbs and this was in 1997 when I was using Voodoo and Voodoo 2 video cards. Refresh rates weren’t even a thing. Only resolution mattered. I have just bought run of the mill monitors until 3 years ago when I bought an Acer G257HU 1440p 60 Hz. Didn’t even know it was “IPS” just went for the 25” and 1440p. Well let me say things have changed in the past year as I started learning more about monitor technology. This LG 34GK950f-b is facking AWESOME!! I’ve been looking at Alienware, ASUS, Acer and BenQ and I am GRATEFUL this LG did a flash sale for $799. I don’t see any BLB, ghosting, tearing, etc. G-Sync is enabled. I calibrated the monitor tonight using HCFR and a ColorMunki Display spectrophotometer. Grey scale is amazing, RBG is good. A tiny amount light on the red but only the slightest off (dE of 5.9). Green and blue are great. Gamma is great. 6500K dead on. I can’t get it any better as LG doesn’t give you the controls like on a TV. I don’t know if there is a monitor lottery with this particular setup but if there is I f-ing won!! Update: Red was not heavy but slightly light. Blue was the heavy color. Also pictures now of Greyscale, RGB, near black-near white, luminance, gamma, CIE using DCI-P3 standard, and color temp. Here are my settings: brightness 25, contrast 45, gamma mode 2, color temp custom, R 52, G 52, B 47 all set under Gamer 1 profile. If I turn on Windows HDR and WCG then it uses Gamer 2 and sets the brightness to 100 and contrast to 70 and it does look amazing turned on although very bright and probably not great for the eyes long term.

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Won Monitor Lotter, NO dead pixels or ips glow in corners. White screen uniform. Perfect monitor. Running G-Sync on this Freesync monitor with no problems. Using Nvidia 1080 with latest driver update (driver 419.17 released 2/22/2019). Also updated 1080 firmware using Nvidia firmware update tool. With the firmware update, Nvidia 1080 display port is 1.4 fully compatible and works with 34GK950F-B display port 1.4 with no problem. Color and resolution in 34 inch wide screen while in game is fantastic. Using Fraps, have clocked FPS to 144, but varies due to the limitation of my GPU not the Monitor. Only problem was Amazon shipped me the wrong monitor (LG 32GK650F) the first time around, which they corrected with next day shipping with the correct monitor. Was pissed when I got the wrong monitor, but they corrected the problem Must give Amazon Customer Service Credit. Would only buy large ticket Item like this if it is being fullfield by amazon and backed by the Amazon return policy. Updated monitor firmware to version 3.01 using LG Onscreen Control Software with USB cable connected along with DP 1.4 cable. Downloaded the latest version of Onscreen Control Software from LG website. Version on CD sent with monitor is older version.

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The monitor is beautiful the features are amazing. I unfortunately got a back light bleed nightmare. Obviously Im just unlucky and will have it replaced. Colors may seem washed out but playing with the settings can get the picture looking much better. I have had problems in the past with 1080 standard and ultrawide giving me headaches that 1440p 3440x1440p and 4k dont. Not a problem with this monitor. Settings for best picture: Landed on these while comparing to the LG 27UD68-W 4k Monitor which is crystal clear. Contrast: 65 | Picture Adjust: Custom | Sharpness: 70 Color Adjust | Color Temp: Custom | Red: 97 | Blue: 100 | Green: 100

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absolutely stunning monitor! pros: -menu is the best and easiest you will ever use, super quick and responsive, tons of controls -the stand is amazing, very high quality and allows height adjustment with tilt -display-port picture quality is as expected and then some (be careful what cable you use, not all display-port cables are built the same) -you can control some settings for the monitor through your PC with lg app (works through display cable, USB cable not required) -it is vesa compatible -144hz cons: -hdmi stuck at 60hz, tried many cables and cant get higher even with using a gtx 1080 Ti -black stabilizer menu is not in the lg app along with a few other must have adjustments ( more of a sad let down than a con) -you have to use the right displayport cable, must be high grade proper displayport cable or this monitor will give you all kinds of motion blur and fuzzy images that will give you a headache and make you think the monitor is no good, text will not be clear -no speakers, cheaper lg ultrawides have speakers and this comes with none which is kinda crazy -vesa mount is terrible, it is sunken in and NO they do not have/sell or offer any adapter on any level for you to squeeze and mount in there. Go to your local hardware store and get special spacers and longer mounting screws to solve this problem ( because it is your only option)

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Coming from 3 120hz IPS monitors from 2012, I expected a little backlight bleed. This is horrendous. Colors overall look amazing. This a game changer for FPS games. However, Elite Dangerous is my favorite game and there obviously a lot of moments involving space and black surroundings. The backlight bleed is so poor there’s a 4” light in the bottom left corner. The top left corner is not much better and the right corners are just bearable. In addition to this, the seller, unfortunately not amazon, shipped the monitor in the product box itself. The box condition was very poor. I was on another site were this seller sells their products and apparently they’re notorious for this. The seller was Beach Camera Same Day Shipping, which took several days to ship the product. UPDATE: It is not backlight bleeding but appears to be "clouding." It is even noticeable in mid-light scenes and extremely noticeable in dark scenes. If I had to guess, I would say it was caused by improper shipping and handling.

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#EDIT3: TFTCentral re-tested this monitor on the new firmware and saw that the input delay is now on par with the "G" model, which is almost zero: https://www.twitter.com/TFTCentral/status/1097489924633313280 #EDIT2: Theres a firmware update available for this monitor! I finally managed to hook up the included USB cable (its way too short to reach my PC normally) and installed LGs "OnScreen Control" tool from their web site, and it told me theres a firmware update. The monitor came with v3.0.0, and after updating it went to 3.0.1. So far, the only thing I noticed was that the VRR range (Variable refresh rate range/FreeSync range) was changed from 55-144Hz to 48-144Hz. The second thing I noticed was when I forced a game to run at 90 fps, it was occasionally jittery before, but the new firmware seems to have fixed that. No change with white background imbalance unfortunately :( When updating the firmware, do NOT use an USB 3.0 extension cable: the update cuts out in the middle and fails, forcing you to unplug and replug the monitor. Only use a single cable to connect to it. The update also took a lot longer than I expected: took about 40-50 minutes to complete. #EDIT: I started noticing some screen uniformity issues, particularly with color imbalance: staring at the screen head-on, if I have a white background or two windows open with predominantly white content, I can clearly see that the left side of the display is more neutral white while the right side appears beige/yellow-ish. Attached two photos. Not sure whats going on here... Since NVIDIA has let the floodgate open (starting with 417.71 drivers), FreeSync displays are now "G-SYNC compatible" and works equally as good, with the benefit of being able to now use it with FreeSync on *ANY* branded GPU (AMD, NVIDIA, and maybe even Intel in 2020) I upgraded to this LG monitor from the well-known Acer Predator X34 G-SYNC monitor that capped out at up to 100 Hz. Yes, 60 Hz -> 100 Hz was night and day. And so is 100 Hz -> 144 Hz. Dont let anyone fool you otherwise! Im using it with a Founders Edition RTX 2080 Ti. The setup experience was very straight forward: install the stand, hook up Displayport, power cable, and turn it on. Then, go into the monitors OSD and enable "Faster" response times (overdrive), as well enable "FreeSync". Then, go into the NVIDIA Control Panel and enable "G-SYNC compatible" and "Enable settings for the selected display model". Now itll work 100% identical to a G-SYNC monitor with an expensive $300+ G-SYNC module, only without that extra cost and module. Remember to set your in-game FPS limiter to 142 to prevent the game from hitting 144 fps and causing input lag. The price premium for the *only* 144Hz 1440p Ultrawide on the market is obviously quite high, when you can get a 100 Hz one (with either FreeSync or G-SYNC) for about half the cost. But if you can stomach the cost, the experience is worth it. Will update the review if anything changes. But otherwise, I highly recommend it to anyone who wants an Ultrawide and have 1440p and 144 Hz AND universal Adaptive Sync! Bonus feature: You *CAN* use the HDR feature on this monitor WITH G-SYNC enabled. Even in games like Battlefield V. If you dont want to use HDR, you can still benefit from the panels wide color gamut: you can enable 10-bit color output in the NVIDIA control panel.

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I have been on the market for an ultrawide monitor for quite some time now... and being one of those production minded gamers, finding the right balance between performance and image quality in an ultrawide has not been easy.... Until now. Ok lets get onto the good stuff. At the time of writing this review, the display retailing for less than $599 USD. Toss in the fact you have a 34" IPS panel (21:9), 144hz refresh rate and a pretty solid resolution which helps it achieve those high refresh rates... It is pretty much one of the most competitively designed displays on the market right now. For me personally, the resolution is perfect since not all the software I will use will scale well with a higher resolution and 2560x1080 is overall less taxing on your graphics card. LG may not have known it at the time, but this combo of features resonates very well with those of us who dabble in both work (content creation) and play. For a product almost half the price of the competition, you kind of expect some corners to be cut when it comes to quality. I am happy to say the build quality left me surprised. Everything was extremely solid, nothing felt cheap. (highfive!) Design wise, they chose to keep it simple. There are no flashy LED lights, no arbitrary plastic frills... just an edgy black frame with some red accents here and there. I do kind of wish there was some content/audio sensitive use of LED lights (As seen with Samsungs new CFG70 display) but over all, its a minor want based on personal taste. While I originally intended to use one of my VESA mounts, I ended up liking the black and red stand so much that I opted to use it instead. It was simple to assemble, just hook in and it clicks into place. A button on the back will release it from the back the monitor. The legs come with some screws attached. A quick flick of the wrist and the monitor was assembled. Very little perceivable wobble. Well done LG. In case you are wondering, the IPS panel was free of dead pixels. I also did not notice any significant light bleed... however that did change the longer I used the monitor. After about 6 hours, the light leakage was noticeable. Unfortunately its something a bit too normal with these kinds of display. The good news is however that its not nearly as bad as what some of the Acer and Asus monitors showcased, but it is still there regardless. Gaming on this ultrawide was fantastic. The 144hz refresh rate is extremely noticeable (in a good way) and the motion blur reduction features, when enabled also add to this effect. I must point out however that by using their motion blur reduction feature, the screen does get darker and a tad less saturated. One peeve I have with the monitor involves the on screen controls. Rather to be more specific, the behavior of the game toggle they added to the on screen controls. There is a quick access for game related options, which is great, but it also changes the profile... and for me I want it to stay on the default custom profile. This means you have to go back into the more advanced settings and switch it back. Its a minor annoyance but something I would love to see fixed in some firmware updates. Another awesome feature (for me at least) is LGs desktop controls. Basically you can control the settings of your monitor from within Windows, which is great if you dont want to fiddle around with the nob underneath the LG logo. Conclusion... this is a great product with some minor flaws that are easily overlooked due to its competitive price point. TLDR Its a very competitively designed display that not only looks good, but delivers on the best balance of performance, features and price. Hard to go wrong with this one.

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