LG 34UC79G-B 34-Inch 21:9 Curved UltraWide IPS Gaming Monitor with 144Hz Refresh Rate

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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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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