31.5" 2560x1440 165 Hz VA G-Sync - LG 32GK850G

Hi Guys... So I did pull the trigger on it. Hopefully I will be happy. This will replace my 32" 1080P 60Hz (can o/c to 75hz) IPS TV (32LD450). It is still great display but I wanted gsync 144Hz and 1440p.
I hope the VA (after calibration will be ok for my amateur photo editing (LR/DXO) and text will be fine to read while browsing/office work (word/excel). Also I'm hoping my gtx1070 with 8700k@5ghz will be able to drive it. I guess I will have to lower some eye candy settings to get higher FPS.

On the side topic (kind of) Is it worth buying / investing money on i1Display Pro? I have 4 monitors + 2 laptops + 2 TVs (plasma + LCD) + 1 projector 1080p DLP. Also I quickly read that included software is not so good and a lot of people recommend using DisplayCAL instead? Is it easy to use?

Thanks again :-)
 
amd7674 said:
Hi Guys... So I did pull the trigger on it. Hopefully I will be happy. This will replace my 32" 1080P 60Hz (can o/c to 75hz) IPS TV (32LD450). It is still great display but I wanted gsync 144Hz and 1440p.
I hope the VA (after calibration will be ok for my amateur photo editing (LR/DXO) and text will be fine to read while browsing/office work (word/excel). Also I'm hoping my gtx1070 with 8700k@5ghz will be able to drive it. I guess I will have to lower some eye candy settings to get higher FPS.

On the side topic (kind of) Is it worth buying / investing money on i1Display Pro? I have 4 monitors + 2 laptops + 2 TVs (plasma + LCD) + 1 projector 1080p DLP. Also I quickly read that included software is not so good and a lot of people recommend using DisplayCAL instead? Is it easy to use?

Thanks again :)
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Depends how much you value near-perfect colour vs. having £150+ in your pocket :p For me, it's easily worth having because of work, as I'm often doing vfx rendering - trying to match the look of wholly-invented content to photo reference is a lot easier when you can trust your screen is showing you the right thing :-)

The included software is fine... and a lot more straightforward than DisplayCAL - which gives you a million options to play with, while X-Rite's software just steps you through a standard calibration, with a few useful options like number of test patches, white-balance target, etc.

The thing I've found DisplayCAL very useful for is its Windows systray applet... which takes control of applying the ICC profiles, and ensures they're always applied even when some app tries to change something, or when Windows just decides to forget what its doing. It also gives you a clear visual indicator of the status - multi-coloured if ICC is applied, red if you've temporarily manually disabled it, or greyed out if it detects a calibration app is running (it'll auto-disable ICC in those cases, so that you don't end up calibrating using already-calibrated values)
- Just takes all of the "is this thing even working? I can't tell!" out of Windows colour management, even makes it easy to switch it on-off-on-off, so you can see before-and after, without needing to dive into windows config menus.

The main point of confusion I've had with using either app is what tone response curve to set - "sRGB" or "Gamma 2.2" - both terms seem to come up interchangably, but there's a subtle difference. I believe Gamma 2.2 is probably the "correct" one to target for most applications... at least, that's the one that any monitor's I've tested seem to be factory-set to be close to. sRGB is very similar, but adds a slight "hump" to darker shades, so you end up with darker areas being slightly artificially brightened.

As ever, if anyone knows this stuff better than I do, I'd welcome corrections :) Colour is complicated!
 
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Baddass said:
I've just reset everything and tested again and get the same results for each gamma mode. I'm using an i1 Pro 2 spectrophotometer and validated the same results with LaCie Blue Eye Pro software (as used in the review) and with ChromaPure 3 as well. Chromapure results for reference:

mode 1 = 2.13
mode 2 = 2.31
mode 3 = 2.51

I expect the difference you're seeing is either down to variance in the monitor sample, variance perhaps in your graphics card set up (i assume you've double checked no ICC profile or gamma correction is active?) or most likely variance because of the i1 Display Pro device. that is a very good device, although it doesn't always manage reading different backlight technologies that well, and so you may be seeing some error because of that compared with a more versatile spetrophotometer device.


Changing the RGB levels about 50 certainly has an impact on white point on the unit i'm using. ie changing red slider makes image warmer and more red and so on for green and blue. that's with default 70% contrast setting left alone. Not see any specific upper range loss, but let me know if there's a specific check or test you're doing for this and i can have a look
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Yes, I assume unit variance must be at play here.

I'm surprised to discover there's significant difference in the effect-range of the RGB/contrast sliders themselves though.

Presumably there must be a point where yours *will* start clipping... any chance you could see where that point is for the RGB sliders (given the default contrast value of 70)? It'd be interesting to know what sort of range there might be in that variance.
 
Is there a difference between?

LG 32GK850G & 32GK850G-B

Currently running an ASUS PG278Q and AOC G2460PG loving both gsync and 144hz but as I almost never use the second monitor thought about switching to a single one, thats bigger and has a bit more HZ to it.
 
Cool, also one more question, loving the instant power button on the pg278Q the monitor turns of the second u press the power buttom, does lg have that aswell ? Or do you need to wait for a few seconds like with most other monitors ?
 
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Hey guys, just noticed that this has been reduced to £709 so I’m almost ready to buy! Just need to know some things.

Does OCUK have a dead pixel guarantee?

Would this be a good fit for a GTX 1070? (Processor is i7 7700k)

Any help will be greatly appreciated.
 
Amazing Monitor, Great job LG :-) I finally upgraded my trusty LG 32LD450 (32" 1080P IPS 60hz) to this and I'm very happy. The contrast is amazing, IMHO (I'm not pro) the colors after tweaking are close to my old display. The fonts after setting cleartype are nice and crips. 165Hz desktop alone just for browsing/office work is very nice. I got Feb 2018 build. No dead pixels / dust or anything. I really like the design and the LED light behind is very useful. (maybe it could be a tad brighter LOL). I tried few games last night Fifa 18, Doom, GTA V, Skryim and Fortnite. The gsync brings everything to the new level, i felt it was so much better to play Fifa 18.

However this monitor is pushing my gtx1070 to its knees :-) LOL... No big deal, I will just lower some of the settings in the newer games.
 
Ordered mine yesterday, now all i need is a deck of cards! Thanks for the help and also to @amd7674 as i was waiting on his response as his spec is close to mine.

I read in another thread that for 1080p content you could run this in a ultrawide resolution, may be worth giving this a go when the GTX 1070 decides to struggle!
 
Grizzlykreiden said:
I read in another thread that for 1080p content you could run this in a ultrawide resolution, may be worth giving this a go when the GTX 1070 decides to struggle!
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I run The Division in UW 2560x1080 (actually have settled on 1200, nice blend) capped at 120hz and it's great :) Gives you the same space as a 30in UW monitor.
 
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