LG - UltraGear 45" OLED Curved WQHD 240Hz 0.03ms G-Sync Compatible 800R Curved Gaming Monitor with Built-in Speakers

$520 for Open Box Excellent is indeed excellent! Would’ve probably jumped on this had I not bought a 45GS96QB already

Check to see if you have a local best buy outlet store if you want to save money. Your local store jwipo have open box too, but less selection. You can order them online, but obviously you can't check it out. Yesterday I bought a 45GS96QB-B.AUS, prior LG 45" OLED wqhd BEFORE the 5k2k, for $779. They opened it in store to verify it's condition and it only had 49 hours on it! I used it for a few hours and I love it!!! It was worth getting the older one to not pay $1999.

UPDATE: Did some Cyberpunk benchmarking. Check it out at the bottom. My Specs: New Build * RTX 5090 * Ryzen 7 9800X3D * Windows 11 Pro Connection: DisplayPort, DAS On, G-Sync On, HDR On Previous Monitor: * LG - UltraGear 45" OLED Curved WQHD 240Hz 0.03ms * 45GS96QB-B * I loved this monitor so much. 3440x1440 was the sweet spot for clarity and high refresh rate. First of all, I was extremely hesitant to upgrade my screen because of how much I loved the previous LG OLED. I play a lot of FPS and competitive games, and was worried about the frames I was giving up, but the dual mode had me very intrigued. Plus, I got really lucky getting my hands on a 5090, and figured it was time to make the 4k/5k jump now that there's an ultrawide that is capable. I've always been an ultrawide gamer and refused to go back to 16x9 even for 4k. Right out of the box, this monitor looks exactly like the last one. That's not a bad thing. It's a great looking monitor, and I'm not at all bothered by the 800R curve since it's identical to the one I have. I actually love the 800R curve for both productivity and gaming. No notes. **Pain Points when setting up:** The DP connection didn't work upon first attempt. I just kept getting a black screen when in 5120x2160 HDR mode. It only worked when I would hit the button for dual mode (2560x1080). Even turning HDR off presented issues. I used the DP cord from the box, plus one of my own. I read that there were other users having the same issue. The solve that I found was going into the monitor settings and bumping it down to DP 1.4 instead of 2.1. That solve has been working great so far, but I'm not sure if there are any drawbacks that I'm not aware of at 1.4, so if you're more knowledgeable on that let me know! **Productivity first impressions:** Wow! So clear! So many pixels! I know a complaint about my previous LG OLED was that text was jagged. This didn't bother me, but it's a reasonable complaint. There are no such issues with the new 5K2K. Text is very clear, but the resolution makes it so small that I have to bump it up by about 10% via Windows settings. I haven't done actual work yet on it (since it's the weekend), but it playing around with it, I don't foresee any issues. Love the extra real estate thanks to the better resolution. And, Windows makes it easy to snap windows in corners or splitting them up into thirds. **Gaming** Alright, now to the important stuff. Gaming has involved a whole lot of tinkering to get it looking right for my standards. I'm obsessive when it comes to high frame rates for competitive games and low latency. Of course I knew I would be getting lower frames at the higher resolution, but I wasn't sure if it would be that noticeable to me beyond 165hz. The truth is, it looks terrific in 5120x2160 in games like Call of Duty (Multiplayer and Warzone), Fortnite, and Rocket League. 5k caming is the real deal if you have the hardware to push the frames. Here are some frame data I was seeing in these games (I limited the FPS in each game to 165). * Call of Duty - 150-165 FPS, 10-15ms Latency * Fortnite - 165 FPS with very occasional drops, 15ms Latency * Rocket League - rock solid 165 FPS, 0ms Latency (not surprising for an old game) It took a ton of settings tinkering to get those FPS and latency. After a lot of tests, I discovered that DLAA anti-aliasing looks the best, but drops frames by about 20%, and doubles latency. DLSS and FXAA produced far better results and result in the numbers above. I'll stick with DLAA when it's an option for single-player games in the future. I messed around with frame gen, which looked great and doubled my frames with minimal noticeable weirdness, but it dropped the latency to 40ms, which is unacceptable. **Let's talk Dual Mode** The LG 5K2K has a super convenient button underneath the screen that quickly swaps from 5k mode to 2560x1080. This "dual mode" was huge selling point for me as I like to have the ability to play at 330hz, but I was really worried that 1080 would look too crappy for gaming. I was right. I can't see myself ever wanting to drop this monitor down to 2560x1080. It doesn't look good in Call of Duty or Fortnite (or any game for that matter). 165hz at 5k2k is so much better than 300FPS in 2560x1080. I really wish that this monitor's dual mode was 3440x1440 at 250-300 FPS. Swapping between 2560x1080 and 5k2k is so jarring. So, it looks like I'm keeping this thing in 5k2k for the foreseeable future and I'll sadly miss my previous monitor's 3440x1440 240hz. Bottom line here is it seems more like a gimmick than an actual usable feature. Is there something I'm missing here? Let me know what you think! I'll have more thoughts the more I use this. I'm getting used to it and like it a lot, but there are some tradeoffs and things I'm not a fan of. But you really can't beat 5k2k at 165hz. **UPDATE with Cyberpunk benchmark numbers:** All tests done in 5120x2160 res. Everything full maxed out with full ray tracing of all types, DLSS: quality | Average FPS 47 | Min: 40 | Max: 52 **Same settings with 2x Frame Gen:** Average FPS: 88 | Min: 81 | Max 97 | Latency: 50ish ms **Same settings with 4x Frame Gen:** Average FPS: 160 | Min: 147 | Max: 176 | Latency: 60ish ms GPU temps were around 75°-77°. That’s the highest I’ve seen so far. **Ultra settings Ray Tracing off (no frame Gen):** Average FPS: 91 | Min: 79 | Max: 115 | Latency: 25ish ms

Finally a raffle on product I actually care about. I have owned the previous iteration of 3440x1440 45" OLED from LG. [Huge fan of it,](https://www.reddit.com/r/ultrawidemasterrace/comments/1e7krjn/lg_45gs96qb_reascension/) despite lot of people around disliking it over curve and PPI. I would be thrilled to try new version and reaffirm my conviction to the best gaming monitor form factor ever!

45” 4/5k is ideal. I have the 45GS that I use for games and work. Would like the GX for the PPI for work, but wonder how well a 9070XT would do gaming on it.

Lg 45GS96QB. It's on sale atm. Awesome monitor. I have 2

I mean the old version is currently selling for 1300. I don’t know where this 1k thought is coming. One day it will be 1k but probably 2 to 3 years from now.

I don’t think you can apply what has happened in the past. Inflation tarrifs etc. it’s not going to go down like before. It will not hit 1500 in a few months. If I had to guess would be 1700 at retail and 1500 partner store. I got it for 1550 on release. So if that’s your expectation I got a great price. Best price in the next year will be 1300 plus minus 200. I’ll still sell it used for around 1k in the next two years. Also just to add you can’t compare it to pricing on the last gen which started at 1700…this one started at 2000. To add some the obvious Lg g5 is a television 45gx is an ultrawide monitor…. Two different use cases…if I want a tv I’ll buy a g5. If I want a monitor I’ll buy a 45gx.

You notice you can’t buy it right…. This is a close out on an over two year old model. The cheapest it has realistically gotten is around 1k. The current environment will make things take much longer for this monitor to get down to that level. Expect it at 1200 to 1400 a year from now from the current price of 1500 to 1700 you can get the newest one right now. This is the listing for the old monitor https://www.bestbuy.com/site/sku/6575395.p?skuId=6575395&sb_share_source=PDP

Agree with this. It really does depend what you call "Productivity" as this can be used for anything. Photo Editing - you want good colour accuracy. OLED is that Video Editing - Again you want good colour space - OLED is that Spreadsheets and word processing - For text clarity you probably want an IPS although again, todays OLED's are "good enough" for legibility. I did a review of my 45" last night on here as I had some concerns re text reading Coding - See above re text clarity My review if you fancy a read [https://www.reddit.com/r/ultrawidemasterrace/comments/1j96s8h/life\_with\_the\_45gs95qeb\_after\_2\_weeks/](https://www.reddit.com/r/ultrawidemasterrace/comments/1j96s8h/life_with_the_45gs95qeb_after_2_weeks/) If you are set for ultrawide I think you need to narrow down how much you're prepared to spend first which should then determine maybe what aspect ratio and panel tech you can go for.

Yes, but you said DLDSR limits the monitor to 144 Hz. This is not true, you just have to follow the instructions in the video and download a tiny tool called CRU, then you will have DLDSR at 240 Hz fully available. For the 2023 model (45GR95QE), the extra brightness settings require a service remote (it's like $7 on amazon). It cannot be accessed without a service remote (not the normal remote that comes with the display, the service remote is different). For the 2024 model (45GS95QE and 45GS96QB), you have to do a special "secret" combination of button presses on the monitor's control stick.

Both, the DLDSR 240 Hz fix and the service menu brightness increasing settings, work for the 2023 and 2024 LG 240 Hz OLED 27" and 45" models, I'm assuming they work for the others too (32" and 39") but can't confirm. The service menu brightness tweaks don't make as much of a difference with the 2024 model as they do with the 2023 model but they still make a good difference.

21:9 and 800r curve make it a completely different product? It also has a display port. It has USBC charging as well. Comparing it to a C2 is nonsense. They are completely different products. I have a C242 and tried out the LG45GS version. The experience was completely different but I chose not to keep it because of the lower resolution. Telling people its a 21:9 C4 is so far from the truth . You can even test this theory by actually putting the C2-C4 into 21:9 mode @ 3840x1600. The experience is not the same. There is no 800r curve, and it isnt 5120x2160 and you have black bars. You hate the price? Cool, me too. You prefer QD-OLED? Awesome. Is it just a C4 @ 21:9 and a refresh bump? Absolutely not.

I owe you somewhat of an apology. While I still believe it’s not just a C242 with 21:9, I will say after using it, it’s not an improvement. Yes, it’s more immersive but my C2 42 is immersive as well. Plus, knowing that the dual mode is unusable (unless you already play at a lower res) and I still have to switch to my 27 inch to play cs2, I honestly cannot recommend this monitor for $2000. Like you said , $1299 makes sense. I do not see an increase in PQ over the C2, bell, id say the C2 because of its glass coating has the edge. O well, guess its the waiting gsme

The "potentially less burn-in" on WOLED panels is nothing less than smart in-direct marketing. LG's WOLED tech has to filter its blue/yellow semi-conductor emmiters thorugh a gauntlet of layers on its backplane. This inherently results in having to push the emitters harder, thus requiring a white sub-pixel to be able to reach a standard of brightness that is acceptable for content with-out severe risk of burn in. This also drastically effects the way it processes colour due to having a white subpixel that the processor now has to factor into all of its colour processing. I will hand it to LG, they have slightly improved colour processing over the years despite the inherent downsides to having to deal with the dreaded white subpixel. One addition in recent years was the MLA (micro lens array) layer they added, which I might also add is pretty awesome technology. Adding over 5000 little micro lenses to each subpixel is a pretty ingenius way of adding luminence. However this only makes the picture brighter, it doesnt make the color processing better. So, back to my first point. LG indirectly market their panels by allowing people to assume WOLED tech mitigates burn-in "because it uses a white subpixel and MLA tech". When in fact its something LG simply needs to due to keep up with market demands for brighter content. What they wont tell you of course is that they have done nothing to address colour processing issues such as the mustard yellow effect in HDR, where the red subpixel is subdued due the brightness of the white sub pixel. This can also cause banding issues in oranges and yellows.They also dont tell you about colour fringing on yellow either, this is due to the vetical allignment of the subpixels themselves and looks terrible. Lets face it LG have really done nothing but small updates to processing and add MLA to their higher end panels in 11 years. QD-OLED on the other hand is a complete overhaul of self emmissive led tech. QD-OLED is blue light quantum dot colour conversion NOT filtration, leading to a simplistic inherent way of making a brighter picture with less risk of burn in. Sorry for the rant, I am by no means flaming back at your comment but more just informing anyone who cares to read this. I just purchased and returned an LG 45GS96QB after thinking that it might not be as bad as I suspected when in fact I was wrong. I was hoping that the immersion of the 45" ultrawide screen and the 800r curve would outweigh my opinions on the downfalls of WOLED tech. I must admit the size, speed of the 240hz panel and the curve were amazing. However i just could not unsee the horrible colour processing. Sadly 45" QD-OLEDs dont exist (yet). Going back to my 34" QD-OLED.

If you want a big ultrawide that would be the one you’d want but you’ll upgrade that gpu sooner than later with it. All other 21:9 monitors aren’t gonna challenge your video card. I personally just got the 45GS96QB and I like it a lot

As someone who had the 45GS and is currently using a 49" 32:9, this monitor would be the ultimate sweetspot for me. I miss the vertical and 21:9!

Appreciate it LG I recently purchased a OLED 45" monitor from LG (specifically the 45GS96QB-B) and overall, it is an amazing purchase, which I imagine the 5k2k ascends. For gaming purposes, I am having a blast with my 4080, providing crisp details and very nice contrast with the HDR (given I did upgrade from a 1080p which was 165hz monitor lmao). I have encountered only a very small issue with 1 pixel giving me a little trouble which hopefully LG's support team can help me with, but besides that, the viewing experience has been pleasurable on this as well, making 21:9 really great. For those who have only experienced 32" monitors, I highly encourage giving this monitor a go as for me, as I was initially afraid of the "ultrawide" experience from another friends 34" monitor, but this was absolutely amazing for me!

I had the G9 57” in the box at the house. I ultimately returned it to get the LG 45” 5k2k. I loved the size of the 57”, but the questionable quality of Samsung panels and so little content coming in 32:9 made the decision easy. I already had the 2024 LG 45” OLED 1440p, so I was already familiar with the form factor. That said, if the 57” ever becomes available in an OLED version at a decent price, I may consider it.

You’re fine, I’ve had the 1440 LG 45 Ultragear and Alienware 1440 34. They both looked phenomenal, I really had no issue even w the 45, granted the text could have been better it didn’t bother me. Now on the LG 45 4K, it’s beautiful.

This is potentially the form factor and resolution we have been waiting for. Enough screen real estate with the 5k2k resolution to replace a plethora of multi-monitor setups while the curve allows the eye to still maintain a view of the peripheral areas on the screen such that it is still viable as a FPS and other gaming monitor where a view of every corner of the screen is important to be competitive. Having tested the previous generation 45" and found it nearly perfect but for the resolution, I would be excited to get my hands on this to determine if it is indeed the grail monitor that has been eluding me for years after my 34" LG was damaged a decade ago and I never settled on another ultrawide that could tick all the boxes once higher refresh rates were necessary.

A month ago I went to an LG 45 inch Oled, 800R curve 1440p. It is absolutely amazing for racing, waaay better than I had imagined !

Recently went from a 4K Sony 65 inch Mini LED to an LG Ultragear 45" Oled 240hz 800R curve. Wow, just amazing for my sim racing (& gaming). I could never go back and Oled is so much better than led imho.

Unpopular opinion warning! The 49 G95c and 57 inch VA superultrawide 240 hz monitors (I tried both) from Samsung don’t look that much better in terms of color and clarity from my 2K LG 45 “ Oled Ultrawide even in competitive games. I think it’s a mix between the VA panel brightness and the W-Oled not having as good of color as Qd-Oled. So I would recommend one of these 2 panels for both work and for gaming since the aggressive 1000r curve is really immersive. I heard coders like the 57 inches extra vertical space and 8K for work but I use a crappy 60 hz 1080p monitor at work so I don’t know if it’s worth like double the price on sale, haha.

i have a 4080s and bought the LG 45 UG 3440x1440, it's perfect in games, I get great framerates. The text is fine, doesn't bother me at all, I just use it for social media and email anyway.

LG 39" or 45" 3440x1440

Nope, nothing other than a few hundred price when on sale. I got my 45" on sale for $1200, the 39" was on sale for $999.

45" 21:9 has the biggest screen you van get, its bigger than the 49" 32:9 I looked at both LG GS45 Oled curved is what I went for, its "only" 1440p but 240hz its very immersive and I prefer the format to a 32:9 which to me suits productivity more.

I've had hit or miss luck using my 45" OLED LG Ultrawide with my M3 Macbook Air and M4 Mac Mini. Despite saying "it is compatible," it's not without adding additional 3rd party software like Better Display. I wish it was easier.

I have LG OLED 45” and it’s insane! Highly recommend. KVM on board.

34” is the standard mass-produced panel size, so honestly just get whatever. I’ve had good experiences with LG. Expect to pay around $240 for a LED panel. If you can spend a bit more, the standard choices would be the LG Ultragear 39 or 45 vs the Samsung Odyssey 49. Both are OLED 1440p. The Odyssey is wider (equivalent to two monitors side by side) but the Ultragear is taller and tends to work better for games (you don’t have to turn your head to see the minimap, etc.) The choice here is productivity (Odyssey) vs gaming (Ultragear.) Also be aware that the Odyssey is a Samsung so you have to sign in to an online account to use the menus, which I found very annoying.

45 oled has been a godsend.

Using lg 3440×1440 240hz right now, the 5k2k needs to be closer to 240hz to replace the 34inch （not fhd).

I am already blown away by the lg ultragear 3440x1440 that I got last year because of the immersion . Since then I don't use anymore my 4k 65 lg oled for gaming. So I really think 5k 45 inches is the sweet spot for gaming. I can't wait too see the 5k2k 45 inches and share this great moment with others. De plus je serai en mesure de faire le test non seulement en englais mais aussi en français! 👍

I use a cheaper end LG 3440x1440 monitor connected to a 2019 MBP as my daily driver. Zero issues at all, no blurry text

It’s great LG is doing this and you can see they have interest in their customers…. Never saw this done by the other brands… to be honest I had the 2023 45 ultragear and love it, I game 80% and 20 % media. I’m tempted to upgrade but I live in Spain so 2k is a lot of money. But will update eventually if I manage to find a buyer for 2023 version…. Thanks for doing this!!!

I initially got interested in ultra wide screens from promos on 49 inchers, but felt they were not tall enough for their width. Now I have an LG 21:9 45 inch and it seems just right.

Hey LG! I’ve had the 38” LG IPS and now have the original 45” OLED! I’d say my sweet spot is probably the 45”. It has the perfect vertical resolution and the curve is super immersive. While I currently only use it for gaming I think it’d be cool to do a review of the 3440x1440 and the 5k2k side by side in productivity apps to help clear the muddy waters in the PPI conversation. Thanks!

Lg 45 inch with mnice curve plenty height and very good quality. Hell if money is not problem get 3 of them :D

I am running an LG UltraWide 45 inch (2023 momdel) hooked up to an asus scar 17 (2023) that has 64 GB of RAM and a 4080 laptop gpu along with AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX. It works, but until i can afford to upgrade my desktop, its what Ive got. Desktop is a 2070 Super, 32 GB of RAM and Ryzen 7 3800x (OLD ass CPU lol). Currently use this more as a streaming host (OBS Teleport plugin from laptop to desktop), when I rarely stream.

I went with the lg 45 only because the Samsung has had issues with reliability.

Have you considered the 45 LG Ultrawide? It’s a decent bit taller than the 49 inch ones, which is super nice for immersion and it’s OLED and 240hz.

Comming from OLED (LG C2) i switched to G9 57". I think its an amazing screen, and am very happy i switched. With OLED i was always worrying about burn-in. especially because i was using it 8 hours for work and 4 hours orso for gaming. The text fringing on QD-OLED was a no go for me. So the new 45"W-oleds from LG are a good choice too. On the g9 57"i was wondering about the blooming, while working i dont use HDR, saves energy and why would i need to have my eyes burned out when looking at coding docs. and for entertainment is rarely notice it, and when i do, its because hud elements and stars in space games. but even then its so rarely. The contrast enhancer realy does it job well, and i dont notice it.

Check ur rez settings bro… i have an LG 45 and it’s not stretched on the edges for me… game supports 3440 x 1440 and it looks perfect.

It also has an absurd 800r radius.

I had one too. The way the sound of my voice bounced back to me during gaming sessions with friends on voice was a big reason for me to return it.

Came from a flat 42. The 45 at 800r is perfect. Its not aggressive as you think in person and you get used to it almost instantly. At first it has a bit of a wow factor. Its amazing that more bigger screens don't have this, its needed because without the curve the edges of the screen are further away. Try it before discounting it you'll be amazed how much better it is.

I have g9 oled and the lg 45 when i am switching betwen them from flat or little curve to 800r it makes me sick sometimes but if you will use just the lg you will get use to it eventualy.

I like my ultragear 45 for productivity except the resolution is a bit low. I think this'll be a great upgrade.

The LG 45". I got two its awesome:)

I'm using a 49" G9 and it's not "tall" enough (in pixels), plus it's not OLED. I think the LG 45" fixes both of those things for me! I really like the 1000R on the G9 so I'm excited about 800R, but haven't seen it in person yet.

Why not use both. I own the ultra gear 45 curved i plan on stacking a g9 on top of that. Thought it would look cool but after reading all this seems I'll have that be my dedicated pc monitor instead

you can usually catch a samsung g95c for like 799 on amazon 49" 240hz 5120x1440 at 32:9 i loved mi e but the VA panel died after 3 years but over 15000 hours of uptime. I wouldnt go less than the lg 45" for a true bezel-less dual monitor experience

Using a 39" lg oled, and having used an 1800r g9 oled before, 800r is goated. It's a bit in your face at first, but after a couple hours it's great. If anything, I would like it even more agressive. If it was adjustable like their last 45 incher, I would basically never even do that. I actually used to get a bit motion sick on 1800r, and I don't on 800. The matte... yeah... Well, it's matte. Hopefully LG start dropping glossy's one day. QD doesn't work for my environment.

i would also never get a WOLED again, QD-OLED is just superior in basically every aspect. switched from an LG WOLED to the samsung G9 and the picture quality of QD-OLED is just so much clearer and better. (i am really picky when it comes to displays, so im definitely not the average user and ive been selling TVs for the last 18 years, so ive seen basically every tech stage from ctv to oled with all their ups and downs over the years)

I miss mine, to an extent. The second they release this monitor with a 1000r curve screen I'm ditching my LG ultragear 21:9 for it.

Been an avid 21:9 user for like 4yrs and can't go back, only drawback is that I'm still in the OG 3440x1440 group and want a bit more crispiness to the text (OLED) and a smidge more screen real-estate. So far I've had the LG UltraGear, the Alienware one, then the Samsung G8 (current). Been eyeing a 5k 2k for a long time and curious to hear other reviews (if I get sent one LG, I will deep dive so hard into the things that I look for in a panel so be warned lol). OLED brightness, HDR, VRR, color banding are things that are very important to nail so praying ya'll nailed it. I used a Dell 32:9 (forget the model) and returned it within a week. Tried to make it work, but didn't like that it's a huge performance hit for the added peripheral you technically never use and for normal day to day, hurts my neck moving windows around. And thats before I get into getting games to do 32:9 was a nightmare vs 21:9. So sweet spot if you're a gamer imho is 21:9 -- perfect FOV to performance for modern mid-high end+ GPU's.