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So as expected G-sync version does not have any lag compared to F version. I am very skeptical about people crying about few miliseconds of input lag, but still it is an impressive feature of G-sync, to make a display have literally zero lag.
I don't have sRGB mode on my unit either which is rather unreasonable, because there is a clear oversaturation in the picture that many people may not prefer over proper sRGB. This is not something that you cannot get used to or to somewhat mitigate in games by using some desaturation, but still thats an inconvenience that may be significant for some users.
Another issue is that changing color temperature to anything else than Custom settings disables RGB adjustment menu.
Out of the box picture is looking pretty good compared side by side with perfectly factory calibrated 34UC98. Some minor adjustments in OSD make the screens very close, except for oversaturation on the 950G. UC98 also has more "pop" especially in highlights that are more pronounced, probably also because of oversaturation on 950G which makes things like light shafts "warmer" which means they are losing some power.
HDMI is 1.4 as mentioned, so 50 Hz max. Overcloking to 60 causes kind of a "moving scanlines"
Backlight bleed photo is almost exactly how my unit looks in practice, a bit of glow in top left corner and some meaningful amount in bottom left corner, which is typical because all IPS displays I have seen have most glow in bottom left corner.
I also confirm that glow pictures are similar to what I have, and as already mentioned before thats including a different glow from different sides. Moderate and purpleish-blueish when viewing from the left and massive whitish-brownish glow when looking from the right. What I cannot agree with is how it affects the viewing experience and how it compares to other displays of this type, also as mentioned before multiple times in this thread. The glow is very intensive is real viewing and gets through even moderately bright content very easily, making the display very uncomfortable to use. I also absolutely cannot agree with how the glow describtion in the 950G review throws UW4 AW3418DW in the same bag with UW2 PG348Q and Acer X34. UW2 panel displays have consistently been horrible with glow and generally black uniformity, making them effectively unusable (one of many examples would be AW34 vs PG348 in Rtings review made on retail units, look for black uniformity comparison). This was significantly improved with UW3 and UW4 panels. I myself have returned two Dell U3415W units in Feb 2016 due to unbearable glow and horrendously bad dark scene performance. This was significantly improved with my UW3 UC98 and this was the reason why I kept it. Due to the massive glow, especially on left hand side (so right side angle) I consider 950G to be a step back to the terrible dark scene performance of UW2 panel (as mentioned before, you don't even need dark scene for glow to come out), making it unacceptable and effectively unusable, not to even mention how it relates to the price that is 50% increased vs alternative solutions. I have already posted comparison pictures with 34UC98 to illustrate a point, here and here.
I have Alienware AW3418DW incoming either tomorrow (doubtful) or on Monday (certainly), making it 8th ultrawide I had in last 2,5 years, and I will directly compare it to UC98 and 950G.
I don't have sRGB mode on my unit either which is rather unreasonable, because there is a clear oversaturation in the picture that many people may not prefer over proper sRGB. This is not something that you cannot get used to or to somewhat mitigate in games by using some desaturation, but still thats an inconvenience that may be significant for some users.
Another issue is that changing color temperature to anything else than Custom settings disables RGB adjustment menu.
Out of the box picture is looking pretty good compared side by side with perfectly factory calibrated 34UC98. Some minor adjustments in OSD make the screens very close, except for oversaturation on the 950G. UC98 also has more "pop" especially in highlights that are more pronounced, probably also because of oversaturation on 950G which makes things like light shafts "warmer" which means they are losing some power.
HDMI is 1.4 as mentioned, so 50 Hz max. Overcloking to 60 causes kind of a "moving scanlines"
Backlight bleed photo is almost exactly how my unit looks in practice, a bit of glow in top left corner and some meaningful amount in bottom left corner, which is typical because all IPS displays I have seen have most glow in bottom left corner.
I also confirm that glow pictures are similar to what I have, and as already mentioned before thats including a different glow from different sides. Moderate and purpleish-blueish when viewing from the left and massive whitish-brownish glow when looking from the right. What I cannot agree with is how it affects the viewing experience and how it compares to other displays of this type, also as mentioned before multiple times in this thread. The glow is very intensive is real viewing and gets through even moderately bright content very easily, making the display very uncomfortable to use. I also absolutely cannot agree with how the glow describtion in the 950G review throws UW4 AW3418DW in the same bag with UW2 PG348Q and Acer X34. UW2 panel displays have consistently been horrible with glow and generally black uniformity, making them effectively unusable (one of many examples would be AW34 vs PG348 in Rtings review made on retail units, look for black uniformity comparison). This was significantly improved with UW3 and UW4 panels. I myself have returned two Dell U3415W units in Feb 2016 due to unbearable glow and horrendously bad dark scene performance. This was significantly improved with my UW3 UC98 and this was the reason why I kept it. Due to the massive glow, especially on left hand side (so right side angle) I consider 950G to be a step back to the terrible dark scene performance of UW2 panel (as mentioned before, you don't even need dark scene for glow to come out), making it unacceptable and effectively unusable, not to even mention how it relates to the price that is 50% increased vs alternative solutions. I have already posted comparison pictures with 34UC98 to illustrate a point, here and here.
I have Alienware AW3418DW incoming either tomorrow (doubtful) or on Monday (certainly), making it 8th ultrawide I had in last 2,5 years, and I will directly compare it to UC98 and 950G.
