LG - UltraGear Curved Gaming Monitor 45GR65DC-B

Currently using a LG 45GR65DC-B. Though the 21:9 ratio along with OLED is the sweetspot for me. Best for both gaming and productivity.

I’m in the same boat and I am in love with my LG 45GR65DC-B. 5120x1440 resolution in a slightly smaller form factor (45” instead of the typical 49” you see this resolution come in). Great PPI, great image. USB-C + KVM is so convenient.

It looks crazy at distance, I agree. And I thought I would hate it. But that's not how it is intended to be used.When you sit at the correct distance \~80cm in front of it, you adapt really quickly to it and only really notice if you move further away. It is actually great at 80cm, because the center and the sides are the same distance from your eyes. Without the curve at similar distance I would have to move my neck to see the whole display, I have an 1800R 45" 32:9, and if I sat at that distance, it would be painful. It is really a good choice for this size in real life use at that intended distance as it fills your vision without neck strain. And instead of hating it, I now think it is perfect.

I'm using an oled now, but my 200hz 45" LG VA 32:9 panel is bright and has very accurate color when calibrated correctly and oversaturated colors that some people seem to enjoy if desired. It had a slight VA blur trail on fast moving objects, but at 200hz it was imperceptible to me outside of anything but a test designed to highlight it. Modern VA panels are much better than they used to be.

I thought about 32:9 when I had my first 21:9 which was a 34, and was like... this isn't enough vertical space, I thought about S:UW and then i saw the 45" LGs, found the 1440 one on ebay for a damn fine price and man, I don't think 32:9 would be a very good choice for me, this 45 is PERFECT and mines only 1440, as 5k2k is overkill for what I can generally afford, or feel comfortable affording.

I love it, for my uses. My M2 Mac mini had 32" Dell Ultrawide (HDMI 3440x1440 60Hz) and a 45" LG Ultrawide (DP 5120x1440 60Hz). The HDMI wouldn't do 5120x1440. I recently upgraded to the M4 Pro Mac mini and it's running the same monitors but with the inputs reversed, because the Dell can only do 60Hz, and the LG can do 200Hz, which it now does, over HDMI. I do believe the base M4 Mac mini can run this same setup.

The only challenge with the LG 45” could be achieving acceptable curve distortion correction. The trick is that the closer you sit, the less noticeable the distortions are. [45″ 800R vs 49″ 1800R](https://simrigbuild.com/comparisons/45uw-800r-60-vs-49uw-1800r-60/)

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!!!

If you have a 5090, run dldsr and set the resolution to 5120x2160 on your 1440p monitor. I have the older LG 45" and am running it at 5120x2160 and it looks great with my 7800x3d and 5090

I was debating for a long time between the 49" 32x9 Samsung or the 45" 21x9 lg, I went with the 45" since it's actually bigger. Also most game recognizes the 21x9 ratio. The aspect ratio of the 49" is not as common. Also the 49" runs hot. I went to the local best buy and I can really feel the heat even in a normal functioning distance, something to be aware of.

Check eBay, got my 45” curved LG for $368

I think for gaming the 45" and I have that and love it for gaming. Tried to use it for productivity and it was just kinda weird. The 49" would be great for productivity and you can probably snap it to have 3-4 web browsers/applications open and it would be good. It is not as high as the 45" but I think that helps a lot for productivity. I have a 34" for work and it's great I'd imagine the 49" just adds another 2 workable windows.

45". The added height makes a huge difference.

I have the 45 and it's quite nice. I couldn't imagine having a monitor that's like 4 inches high lol.

the lg 45 is a good option i think 57 too much head turning

Compromise is a 40” 21:9 aspect ratio screen. Its the height of a 16:9 32” but wider. Or if you want to spend $1600 LG makes a 45” 21:9 model that is beautiful.

These are on sale at best buy right now if you were interested. I waffled between the g9 and lg ultragear 45 for a while. I’m currently about to leave to pick up the LG.

So far I'm really liking it. The size feels pretty perfect for a single monitor. I was worried the super ultrawide would feel too narrow and less immersive. The OLED panel is great, I'm enjoying the curve and input lag is non existent.

I got tthe LG 45 ultragear instead.

Amazon is having sales on both, even the 57 inch Samsung, the LG 45 is on sale as well. Both have heavy duty height adjustable stands. The Samsung and LG are both capable of taking up to 4 inputs using PBP (so you can have up to 4 different screens) super easy to set up but both of these monitors will exceed your expectations I promise you that

This was me until I saw and got 21:9 LG 45". Not its the perfect size for me.

I just warrantied out my 2yr old LG 45” and paid $200 difference for the new 5k2k. BestBuy has em down to $1599

45" LG. Better aspect ratio and PPI should be sufficiently high for productivity. The Samsung one will have compatibility issues with MacOS. You will likely have to drive it in PbP mode. Good reviews by Pete Matheson and Rtings Feel free to ignore this part, but if you're really primarily only looking at productivity, I would say the Dell U4025QW is the best out of the three and the one I own. I am primarily a gaming laptop user, so I pair my Dell 5K2K with a smaller gaming monitor underneath which has been the best combo for me when it comes to having flexibility for productivity

Bro go for the ultragear 45" its so so much better than my g9 was.

That was exactly my thought. I just got the 45" UltraGear too

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

I've had both, the LG 45" is way better in gaming. The Samsung 57" is too wide and too short height wise, very littler immersion.

I don't understand how people are still buying these goofy looking ultra wides that are super wide but super short, they just look off putting with a lot of unnecessary neck craning. I'll stick with my 45in LG Ultra Gear for the vertical real estate, thank you very much.

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

I have the 45” UW LG and it’s awesome, especially for PVE games. I play ancient dota and 20K cs2. Takes getting used to but if you give up on going pro you’ll be happy with it. If you’re trying to extract every last mmr over casual enjoyment, I’d get a smaller screen.

They're goat. No doubt. Dual monitors isn't a replacement for an ultrawide. I still run an extra monitor off to the side of my LG 45 for discord and shit. I'm not about to split that immersion ass screen while gaming. 

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.

This has confirmed/validated me now blowing the money for 3 of these. I have Triple 32s, and have the LG 45" UW on my desktop PC but measured the 45s would be too big. I think the 3440x1440 39"s are the perfect setup, also have 5090. My concern is my NLR Triple Monitor Stand wont fit all three. It looks like you have extra columns there. https://preview.redd.it/csvrexp46qwf1.jpeg?width=2252&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c9d8e6310c93a94ca38ea85ea4a3957215408f82

I have the LG 45 and hesitated aswell. If you want a screen exclusively for racing, you'll get a better FOV out of the G9. If you use your screen for racing AND anything else the LG 45 is just far superior. To me the 32:9 is the perfect ratio. The only downside on the LG 45 is pixel density (at least on my 2024 model).

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.

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

I love my 45 considered switching up but my local microcenter has a 49 with a racing sim and I wasn't feeling it. Better pixel density for a lower price most the time anyhow

I had a 38in Alienware and fell in love with the extra height that my Neo G9 just did not have. This 45 I got yesterday finally has that height. Not sure I could go with a 55, just seems like overkill unless mounted to the wall for video games on console.

A 45-inch 8K display sounds amazing. This setup should easily last 3 to 5 years, especially with GPUs still needing time to catch up to run this effectively.

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

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.

45 without a doubt

I'd like the 45" with vertical height. Try using arc browser on it and have fun 😊

Look for a 39’ or 45’ LG monitor, the vertical height helps so much. Those 34 and 49 monitors feel like peeking out of a tank visor

i have the 49 inch samsung and id go with the 45 lg in a heart beat. ive had problems with the samsung since ive gotten it

Yup, I've been using this with the LG 45. It works just as well as a real KVM.

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.

45" all the way, 49" is too small in height for the width The 45" actually has a larger screen estate in general, except that it's exactly as wide.

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

I have the 49 samsung and i wish i had more vertical . Should have went with the 45 lg

Got the 45” LG and love it for side-by-by spreadsheets

That is a damn good price for it. My only complaint is that the vertical height can feel lacking especially in content that doesn’t support widescreen. I switched to the newer lg 45 this year.

I have both and I prefer the 45. The 49 feels narrow and anything that doesn’t use the whole screen is essentially in a 27 inch screen which is too small.

Big disagree, I just switched to the 45in lg and I'm never turning back.

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.

45" 49 is TOO long/wide The extra height is nice

Have a G9 49" OLED stacked on top of a 57". Contemplated going with the 45" LG as a replacement, but to be honest, the 57" is pretty amazing. I'm actually going to switch out the 49" OLED for the new Samsung 5k2k 40" since I mainly use it as a secondary info monitor. My issues for the 45": the curve for productivity is too much.... and for a 1300 to 1900 dollar monitor, it should have had KVM and a better DP built in (only supports UHBR13.5). TL;DR: I would go 57" for productivity >= gaming. 45" if gaming >> productivity.

Especially with a Mac just get the 45 and be done. I went from the Samsung G9 OLED to the 45 and the experience on a Mac is just immediately better. 5120x1440 is not properly supported on the Mac without using hacks like BetterDisplay, and anytime you reboot or update the computer the display just goes wacky until it gets to the OS and the modifications load. Also from my experience (on a Studio M2 Max) trying to set 240hz was supported in macOS, but it would crash the whole system randomly with colored lines. Only 120hz works properly on the G9 OLED with Mac. The 45 works perfectly with no 3rd party tools, and both the curve and matte coating were a massive improvement, as well as the legibility of text.

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.

Msi is cheaper compared to LG alwell. It is 140hz while lg is 160hz.

Get the MSI one. I had to get the LG ultragear because MSI wasn't available at my location.

You wont notice the difference between 144hz and 165hz I found LG decent enough as well.