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

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Ok so here is a break down on this monitor: ◙ 34" Ultrawide ◙ Curved ◙ 2560 x 1080 Resolution ◙ 144Hz ◙ IPS Panel ◙ $700 Right off the bat, I can tell you that you are not going to find another IPS monitor with 144Hz, in an Ultrawide format for $700. Not gonna happen. At least not yet anyways. I have searched and searched, comparing those with truer color, 4K resolutions, and smaller Ultrawides and this one monitor is the best of all - to an extent. Allow me to elaborate. If you are not a gamer, and you are seeking something for productivity and content creation - this is not the monitor for you. There are better ultrawides that offer higher golor gamuts, higher pixels, and better contrast ratios than this one in the same price range. Content creation requires truer color and higher clarity. Could you still do it on this monitor? Yes. But I would only recommend it for those who are avid gamers first, content creators second. Now if you are a gamer, this will really suit your needs - you get all the advantages of a TN panel, with the added benefits of an IPS. For those of you unaware of the panel types, IPS (In-Plane Switching) is, in a general sense, the better color reproducing panel offering better viewing angles but lacks high refresh rates and low response times. A TN (Twisted Nematic) offers much higher refresh rates and lower response times, but sub-par color quality and even worse viewing angles. To achieve both on an IPS panel is pretty awesome for a gamer - we do not like to sacrifice color quality or performance - although that just might be me. In any case, this monitor has been smooth with very minimal ghosting (youd really have to pay attention), and I absolutely love the refresh rate. I actually tried overclocking, and got to 155Hz - although anything over 144Hz will distort your colors and response rate so I do not recommend it. But besides that, what are the downsides? The three biggest issues I have faced with this monitor are these: 1) The resolution, 2) Brightness,and 3) The Curve. Every ultrawide extends the resolution sideways, rather than proportionally. This mean you get more pixels off to the sides, which is not a big deal with anything 29" or under. However, on a 34", you notice a lack of color - sort of like a "washed out" feel. This is because the resolution is being stretched out but no additional pixels are being added. In order to fix this, more pixels would need to be added by increasing the resolution size. You can technically create this resolution in the Nvidia Control Panel (If you are using an Nvidia based graphics card), but it is not the monitors native resolution so you will only be creating a "virtual" resolution making it too dull and noticeably darker images. Now a natively higher resolution on this monitor would mean that you could not have 144Hz. Or rather, you would not be able to run games at 144Hz. The amount of graphics power needed will increase significantly with a resolution higher than 2560 x 1080. A single 980ti can handle 100+ FPS (on a 100Hz monitor) with a 2K resolution (2560 x 1080 is considered 2K, although not true 2K). On a 4K resolution, frames will drop to about 40 FPS. A dual 980ti setup might get you back up to 80 FPS, but you are short from your original 100 FPS. For some that is justifiable, preferring pixels over FPS. With this monitor however, the lower resolution maximizes your graphics power to achieve those 144Hz (144 FPS) easily. For a gamer, this is fantastic. Especially if we just cant justify spending $1,000+ for a monitor that offers a higher resolution but at only 100Hz that presumably can only be achieved with a dual video card setup. Now what really bugs me is the brightness. It is too low, and sometimes bothersome. This is mostly a preference as I have a very well it room - but in darkness the brightness is adequate. Worst case scenario, turn of the black stabilizer and youll get a bit more brightness. In this regard, VA panels would achiever higher brightness than an IPS panel, just fyi. The curve. is. not. enough. This is solely me, Im sure. I previously had a smaller LG monitor that had a more noticable curve, I expected a bigger curve on this one, but was disappointed. Would i switch it for another one with a bigger curve? No. Unless it had 144Hz as well. Seriously, this is the only Ultrawide i could find with these specs. The only other monitor I might consider switching this for is the Asus ROG Swift PG348Q. It is the only other monitor that could come close to these same specs while offering a bigger resolution, but with the price on the Asus - I could afford two of this LG monitors. Just saying. :). In summary, (man what a review), I am a gamer first, so my need for high refresh rates is important. I would definitely recommend this for gamers. Great specs all around, the resolution does not affect the quality or feel (unless you are a die hard 4K fan). But something had to be compromised for the 144Hz. And all for $700 (or under if you are lucky enough to find that deal). EDIT: So I overlooked the response rate and another user brought it to my attention. The true response rate is 14ms / 5ms GTG (as listed on LGs site) and the 1ms refers to motion blur reduction. While this may not be ideal, it does not change the performance of the monitor. :).

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Ive had mine for about 12 hours now, and my mouth is still hanging open. I was torn between buying this and an Oculus Rift. After borrowing a friends Oculus for a month I have to say that, for now, I think Ive made the right decision. If that opinion changes in the coming months, Ill be sure to update it here. Going from a 10-year-old 23" 1920x1080 TN 60Hz monitor to THIS will leave you speechless, especially if youre into First-Person Shooters, and open-world games are literally breathtaking. I still intend to go VR someday. I just feel it has a little ways to go yet... Maybe in another year or so. Is it "perfect"? Of course not. There is some major light bleed at the edges of the screen, but Ive yet to notice it in-game. So, quite frankly, I couldnt care less about that. Its not even worth taking a star off over if youre buying this for gaming, IMHO. Games Ive played with it so far: World Of Tanks Call of Juarez: Gunslinger Portal 2 Batman: Arkham City GOTY edition Fallout: New Vegas (It took a little tweaking of the ini file to get this one to look right.) DOOM (2016) - It really shines on this one. Anyway, Its been a long time since I was this happy with a gaming hardware investment... and again, if my opinion of it changes, Ill be sure to update it here. Going back to gaming now. :)

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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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