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ROG Swift OLED PG49WCD

ROG (ASUS) ROG Swift OLED PG49WCD

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Sentiment score80% positive
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Last updated: May 14, 2026

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Reddit IconBigC208
6 months ago

I had one. Paid a $1000 few years ago for my flight simulator Send it back. Three $250, 32 inch, 4k monitors were better suited. More vertical realestate was the main reason. For $149 I might‘ve kept it.😊

Reddit IconShanddude
26 days ago

I had the DW as well, and Dell exchanged it for the DWF as I requested. I used the DW for a solid year. I used the 45GX950 for about a week before I returned it—it was so dim and dull. The colors really pop on a QD-OLED, so I’m dreaming of having a 5K 2K 21:9 OLED monitor. However, my fear is that the 39GX950 would exhibit the same issues as the bigger monitor. Do you think the color volume is significantly better? I like my display to be super saturated. That being said, the LG 45GX950, when you replicate the same settings as the DW, struggles to display color properly, resulting in an overblown image or overly saturated colors—especially when you increase the NVIDIA digital vibrance to 100%. Can you enable HDR and increase NVIDIA digital vibrance to 100% and compare both monitors side by side? That would be the only way to know if LG has fixed the color volume/color brightness issue or not. Thank you! Here is my post for the 45” https://www.reddit.com/r/ultrawidemasterrace/s/XmriTnAzHD

25 days ago

Did you see how the LG looked overblown when replicating the same settings on the AW3225QF or the ASUS PG49WCD? Both QD-OLED panels were significantly clearer when the same settings were applied. That’s why I don’t want to go through the same hassle again of returning the LG 39GX950B. I’d rather hear from QD-OLED users to see if it’s at least on par with the AW3423DW. Also, the LG 45GX950 had dimmer corners compared to the center of the screen. I’m not going to lie—I ended up switching to the AW3225QF full time. I really miss the ultrawide, but I don’t want to go back to a 1440p monitor. The PPI on a 4K-class monitor is so good that the only natural upgrade from a 4K OLED is a 5K2K. That said, after what I saw last year, I’m a bit iffy about LG monitors. It’s confusing, because I have a 77” C3 TV and it’s fantastic—so I’m not sure why LG’s monitor (or at least the one I used) was such a disappointment.

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Reddit IconKemo_87
11 months ago

Check out the 49” from ASUS. That what I got to replace my Samsung.

Reddit IconNoobphobia
12 months ago

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

Reddit IconMany-Researcher-7133
10 months ago

The problem with ultrawide (as user) is that a lot of games doesn’t properly support it, a lot of times you have black bars on cutscenes or even on gameplay, other times the game “supports it” but it stretches the image (on FPS multiplayer) or the HUD is badly designed, if you can ignore that problem you’re good to go, the immersion is out of this world, alternatively you could have 2 monitors (i have one g8qoled and an asus woled) and you can enjoy anything

Reddit IconDEADWULFF
10 months ago

I would really advise everyone to play star Citizen on the Samsung Odyssee G9 32/9 OLED! I am playing in 32/9 for 2 years now and before i had the Asus ROG 21/9 for 4 Years. Never had any issues playing hhis or any other game! Working on a lil stronger system tbf ROG 4080Super / 7800x3D / 64gb CL32 DDR5 RAM in Lorville i have around 50ish FPS with clouds on High and in spaceflight 120-140 FPS

Reddit IconEmrakor
8 months ago

The Asus rog is a way better monitor than those ultrawides you selected. I had both the Asus , the Xiaomi and now an G8 ultrawide OLED. In picture quality and response time , the Asus was closer to the OLED than to the Xiaomi. So I would say , yes ultrawide is worth it, but don't cheap out on your choice.

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