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

I have booth 45GS and 45GX (5k2k) and please dont listen to people that say 1440p is bad. It’s not bad and not that much a difference from 5k2k. I don’t understand people who sit 10cm from the screen and looking into pixels and say 1440p on 45” is awful

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

My wife and I each have ultrawides and can not ever go back lol. I will say it is sometimes a pain in the ass with some resolutions I have a LG 45950A and she has a 49 inch asus

You can check my earlier post for reference—I picked up a different model from the same series, the 45GS96QB. It’s absolutely stunning for gaming. Surprisingly, it’s also been great for productivity—I originally bought it for games but now find myself using it even more for coding and working through Excel files. Some people mention that text can appear slightly blurry, but adjusting the text size to 110% in the accessibility settings really helps—it looks sharp and comfortable. Highly recommend going for it!

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

5k… in my opinion the 1440p looks really bad. If you use it at all for browsing or for work it’s not good. But that’s just my opinion others have no problem with it.

I primarily use mine for gaming but I assume it’s your computer so it’s not purely gaming. If your on your web browser, watching a show/youtube or reading/ word processing it’s really bad. For gaming it’s fine but if you plan on doing anything else it looks pixelated. Best Buy usually has it on display at most stores so you can see what your tolerance is. If your are getting both of them the same price then I would definitely get the 5k. The 1440p monitor I would only use as a backup monitor for a couple weeks if my main monitor was broken. I liked the 45 inch form factor when it first came out but the second I used it with how low the ppi was it was just so bad. Again this is my opinion… others may feel strongly a different way. If you do dlss ultra performance or The far equivalent it would still look better then that monitor at its baseline low resolution. That’s if your concern between the two ishaving a mid tier gpu.