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Also a former G9 OLED user that switched to LG 5K2K, besides the weird matte coating, it’s phenomenal. I kinda have gotten over the coating now but text is still not perfect. A bit better than my G9. I adore the aspect ratio most of all, movies and content just looks right now.

I use my 5k2k far more for gaming than I thought. I was thinking of using my tv more (S90D), but I honestly feel like the ultrawide is just perfect

Yeah, I literally ordered a g9 for like 950 then saw the 5k2k on marketplace in open box condition with 20hrs on the panel for 1k and said fuck it, cancelled my order, drove 4 hours roundtrip to get it, guy was super nice, just to busy with work to use it, and it's been amazing. I am so happy I went with it. I spend a lot of time on my computer, both work and play, so honestly easy to justify at 1k for me. I have a 5070 ti and its honestly more than enough for 90% of what I play. Doom TDA makes it cry but other than that, haven't had issues playing anything I didnt have issues playing on my 4k monitor. The increased height completely makes up for the lost length imo.

I have the LG 5K2K and can also confirm the curve is actually a good thing in use and is a non-issue at 45”. It perfectly captures your peripheral vision, which removes the need to turn your head left and right to see things. I use it for my full-time job (WFH) and for gaming. For me, it’s a phenomenal monitor!

Here is what you may not know.. I have an OG Odyssey G9 (and this applies to all these super sized monitors). You will not always be running full screen real estate for all games. 1) Many games do not support UW (many Souls-like games) and you will be stuck with a central portion. Which means that your card only needs to support 1440 or 4K depending on wheter it would default back to 1440 or 4K. 2) You still have this option if your GPU cant push enough frames for your liking. 3) Many games that aren't pinnacle AAA games, you can still get a higher than expected frame rate in super ultrawide. In my opinion, getting a monitor that is base 4K ultrawide is the right choice, even with a 4080 tier or above card. In my case, I have a 7900xtx. The games I play in 5120X1440 suw have plenty of fps to spare and i usually run a frame limiter anyway. The games that don't support suw, I would rather be playing in 4K than 1440. I would get the 5K2K monitor or even the 57" Odyssey G9 monitor. The worst case scenario is you have to run in the middle, use upscaling/frame gen, or reduce options.

I have both. The 57" G9 has been sitting in its box in my attic since I got the LG 5K2K. The G9 gets very hot if you use HDR. Noticeably hot. 5-10° over ambient in my case. I prefer 21:9 over 32:9, but that's a person preference thing. I also really like the LG's taller profile and tighter curve for gaming. I find it a lot more immersive. The biggest factor: I *hate* blooming. But I'm very sensitive to it.

I think 21:9 is really the sweet spot, I bought the 5k2k LG one and it’s been really immersive, and borderline so big it’s tough to manage sometimes. I think wide with good vertical real estate is a better immersion, but that’s just me

Best monitor. Even for competitive, the ability to run a custom resolution in the nvidia app, 2550x1440p, on the game mode 16:9 resolution with 330hz has been amazing for sweaty FPS gaming. And the 5k2k 21:9 is godly for 4k gaming. Amazing

I have a 5090 Aorus Master and a 9800X3D. I love everything about ultrawide. It is my favorite experience to game and separate PC experience from console. I had the LG 5K2K. I used it for about 3 weeks. It is a phenomenal monitor. It outputs a beautiful image. The matte coating is what it is, but I don’t think it affects the image like most people who don’t have the monitor say. I play mostly single player titles and I don’t chase frames, but DLSS is there to help as well as games implementing frame gen. Now for the flip side. I took it back. I got a good deal on it I think. It was $1599 on sale, I got 10% back on the purchase, so knock another $160 off. I sold my C4 for $600 and put that towards it, so basically got the total cost down to about $840. Then I noticed the LG C5 48” went on sale for $899. Bigger screen real estate, only 20 less hz than the 5K2K, a slightly more vibrant image with the glossy screen, and cross platform compatibility if I ever needed that. It seemed like a no brainer for my use case. I don’t do productivity work, I solely game. Like you, I have struggled with buyers remorse. I get something and constantly review other products. I can’t seem to “settle” with any decision. It drives me nuts at times. Even typing this I want to go back to the 5K2K because I am just a sucker for ultrawide. That said, I want to wait for my true dream monitor. 34”, 39”, or 45” ultrawide 5K2K QD-OLED. At that time, it’ll be an easy decision for me. The C5 will go and I’ll break out the wallet and buy with NO remorse! Just focus on YOUR use case. Quiet the noise and stay off the reviews! Your 4090 can run the 5K2K. At one point I was using a 9070XT and running averaging 60 frames on Monster Hunter Wilds native. I will leave you with this, my personal biggest upset with the 5K2K, MGS3 Snake Eater Delta doesn’t have support for ultrawide! You can adjust the files and get it, but it is super buggy and crashed a time or two on me doing that. You will have games that just don’t support even 21:9 aspect ratio, which at this day and age is ludicrous. If you can deal with the black bars then don’t even worry about it. I should add on my rant. I mainly focus on visual fidelity. The immersion and true to life colors are my only concerns. I do prefer to stay at least over 120 frames, but I don’t need the 500 you can get on some of the new monitors as I stay far away from competitive titles. Those years are behind me. I play for fun and to escape reality. The dual functionality of the 5K2K is a nice feature, but for me, I’d never use it. I would never want to play a game and suffer a significant image loss in 1080 ultrawide format. That to me is a feature I’m paying for and will never take advantage of. I hope this helps!

I have both next to each other. Get the LG, it's so much sharper. Also the additional height is really worth it. And because it's ultrawide and not superwide you jave less issues in some games. I do miss the 240hz sometimes (in csgo and deadlock) but steady 160fps is still good.

Yes but only at half the resolution. So that looks horrible.

Yeah, totally agree, but I gave up becoming a pro 20 years ago so I'd rather have crisp visuals. Then though, if this monitor releases with 360hz+ I'll upgrade right away. Frame-gen is amazing to get high refresh. Not to go from 30base -120generated. Thats horrible input lag. But if you can have 120+ base and tripple it to 360 that is amazing.

So I’ve used a lot of these monitors and I’ll give my two cents. If you are all about productivity. The Samsung is great for that, but if you’re going to game on it, you need a beefy rig and lots of space. I also find that it’s extremely buggy with HDR, so if that matters, buyer beware. The curve is good on that monitor, but it’s also super super long, the edges will require you to turn your heard. I just got the LG5k2k last night and honestly I love it. The curve is great, but I would say for productivity it might lose out to the Samsung. For gaming it’s great though. 240hz is vastly overrated unless you are top end competitive gaming, but I can’t really tell the difference between 165hz to 240hz. You can always wait, but also depending on where you live tariffs might be a consideration on waiting. That’s why I bought when I did.

This monitor also does that res by making 2x2 pixels into a single pixel! Fun.

It will work great for all that. The only thing is burn in from long days of doing that. The only thing I wouldn’t really use it for is graphic design etc because it’s fairly aggressively curved. I love the curve but it makes lines not look straight heh.

Just to clear up confusion the 5k2k naming is kind of stupid. This is a 4K-ultrawide in a sense. It’s a 4K monitor with pixels added to make it wider. In the same way we call a 3440x1440 ultrawide a 1440 ultrawide. WQHD Instead of QHD. So there are more pixels to drive but the pixel density is the same as a 36” 4K monitor.