Gigabyte M28U Release Date

Phunky · 2 Sep 2021 at 12:37

Oooh nice

will get that on mine shortly.

I'm really tempted to get a second one of these but it'll kill the whole point of the KVM.

peahead · 2 Sep 2021 at 13:29

Sh4rkie said:
New fw has been released and updated mine

https://www.gigabyte.com/Monitor/M28U/support#support-dl-firmware

F06 - Improve the performance and reduce input lag.

Brilliant been checking that page for the last few days hoping they would be another update after some of the reviews mentioned certain issues.

Glad to see Gigabyte are listening and will update mine when I get home from work tonight.

Have you noticed any improvement btw ?

DeliciousStorage · 2 Sep 2021 at 13:39

Sh4rkie said:
New fw has been released and updated mine

https://www.gigabyte.com/Monitor/M28U/support#support-dl-firmware

F06 - Improve the performance and reduce input lag.

I was holding off on buying this monitor due to the input lag issue. Do you know how much it was reduced by?

Sh4rkie · 2 Sep 2021 at 14:11

Sorry @DeliciousStorage @peahead no idea how much it has improved / changed. Literally got the monitor this morning after replacing my LG 27GP950B with the M28U.

fwiw had a quick session on CSGO using Overdrive off, it felt great and every bit as snappy as the LG.

Phunky · 2 Sep 2021 at 14:49

Upgrade firmware on mine and looks to have stopped me using 4k@120hz over USB-C with my Macbook

sent a support ticket into Gigabyte to let them know.

Phunky · 2 Sep 2021 at 15:49

@Sh4rkie how do you find it in comparison to the LG 27GP950-B?

Sh4rkie · 2 Sep 2021 at 16:53

Phunky said:
@Sh4rkie how do you find it in comparison to the LG 27GP950-B?

Probably too early for me to say fairly at this stage. What i would say is i'd had the LG since launch, so close to 3 months and after using the Gigabyte today i'd be hard pressed to tell much of a difference between the panels in real world usage.

I've calibrated the panel and in desktop use you'd be splitting hairs to tell them apart imo. Gaming wise i've only played a few titles but everything feels and looks the same so far, at least to my eyes. I prefer the much maligned Gigabyte menu system, it seems to have more options / flexibility and the Sidekick software i've actually found useful to create some custom crosshairs / quick change of display options.

Two things i would say for sure, for the IPS panel lottery the Gigabyte wins hands down. My LG was good for IPS glow but it was still present, on my Gigabyte panel there is barely any at all and it's a big improvement. Second thing is support, the reason i swapped out the LG was the well documented black screen flicker issue with VRR enabled in some games. 3 months after purchase and not a single update from LG. The Gigabyte shipped with fw F02 and the one from yesterday is F06, so night and day from them being active resolving / improving things.

I thought the LG was a stellar monitor in all respects apart from the black screen issues, early days but the Gigabyte matches that assessment.

Sh4rkie · 3 Sep 2021 at 10:12

Phunky said:
Upgrade firmware on mine and looks to have stopped me using 4k@120hz over USB-C with my Macbook sent a support ticket into Gigabyte to let them know.

Might be a MacBook compatibility thing in the fw because i get 144hz over USB-C from a Zephyrus G15 3060 with the latest monitor fw.

Phunky · 3 Sep 2021 at 10:23

That's good to know, out of interest what is your USB-C compatibility set to? I noticed on the previous firmware that with that enabled it wouldn't allow me to use 120hz but has no effect with new firmware.

Certainly a regression bug and i'm sure it'll get fixed

Sh4rkie · 3 Sep 2021 at 11:48

Phunky said:
That's good to know, out of interest what is your USB-C compatibility set to? I noticed on the previous firmware that with that enabled it wouldn't allow me to use 120hz but has no effect with new firmware.

Certainly a regression bug and i'm sure it'll get fixed

Off because i didn't know what it did and Google failed me lol

Phunky · 3 Sep 2021 at 11:56

That was pretty much my through process too

but then noticed it seemed to affect the refresh rates my macbook could output, so suspected it just allows out of spec resolutions?!

DeliciousStorage · 3 Sep 2021 at 17:35

Sh4rkie said:
Sorry @DeliciousStorage @peahead no idea how much it has improved / changed. Literally got the monitor this morning after replacing my LG 27GP950B with the M28U.

fwiw had a quick session on CSGO using Overdrive off, it felt great and every bit as snappy as the LG.

RTINGS say there are significant improvements in input lag (link).

Edit: results

New Firmware
Native Resolution 4.6 ms
Native Resolution @ 60Hz 13.1 ms
Variable Refresh Rate 5.9 ms
Variable Refresh Rate @ 60Hz 15.4 ms

Old Firmware
Native Resolution: 11.0 ms
Native Resolution @ 60Hz: 20.9 ms
Variable Refresh Rate: 7.0 ms
Variable Refresh Rate @ 60Hz: 15.9 ms

Sh4rkie · 4 Sep 2021 at 14:26

DeliciousStorage said:
RTINGS say there are significant improvements in input lag (link).

Edit: results

New Firmware
Native Resolution 4.6 ms
Native Resolution @ 60Hz 13.1 ms
Variable Refresh Rate 5.9 ms
Variable Refresh Rate @ 60Hz 15.4 ms

Old Firmware
Native Resolution: 11.0 ms
Native Resolution @ 60Hz: 20.9 ms
Variable Refresh Rate: 7.0 ms
Variable Refresh Rate @ 60Hz: 15.9 ms

Awesome news and thanks for the link

Dhekelian · 4 Sep 2021 at 17:28

Has there been any update on availability for the pre-order?

DeliciousStorage · 6 Sep 2021 at 14:21

JediFragger said:
And that's why they'll sit there for 6 months+ and the entire monitor section is heaving atm and will be for the foreseeable, they just aren't flexible enough with the discounts required to shift them.

Only 1 B grade left in stock so they appear to be shifting no problem.

Dhekelian said:
Has there been any update on availability for the pre-order?

Also wondering the same @NikTheSHNIK

JediFragger · 6 Sep 2021 at 16:03

DeliciousStorage said:
Only 1 B grade left in stock so they appear to be shifting no problem.

Have you *seen* the amount of monitors in the B-Grade dept? I was talking mainly generally.

andicole0 · 6 Sep 2021 at 17:07

JediFragger said:
Have you *seen* the amount of monitors in the B-Grade dept? I was talking mainly generally.

You have to wonder why there were 5 M28Us as B-grade last week! What makes someone return one?

DeliciousStorage · 6 Sep 2021 at 22:48

andicole0 said:
You have to wonder why there were 5 M28Us as B-grade last week! What makes someone return one?

All sorts of reasons, I'd guess a common one on a 28" 4K monitor would be text size too small and not knowing you can change the scaling in display settings. Could also just be buyers remorse since it's very expensive.

David91 · 6 Sep 2021 at 23:44

I ordered on Friday, but it looks like I missed the block of deliveries that OCUK had coming in.
Do we know when these will be back in stock?

andicole0 · 7 Sep 2021 at 08:58

David91 said:
I ordered on Friday, but it looks like I missed the block of deliveries that OCUK had coming in.
Do we know when these will be back in stock?

Apparently they didn't arrive. Unless OCUK can correct me.