LG 34GK950G, 3440x1440, G-Sync, 120Hz

PCM2 said:
If I did it would have been mentioned in the article and on my Twitter account. :)
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@Daniel - LG , any update on when review units will be out? There has been suggestion that units have been available for retail purchase in some continental EU countries, though we can't be sure this is true, but there must be retail units off the production line by now :confused:
 
Daniel - LG said:
Release Date Oct/Nov yes I believe

Price wise, expect an RRP of £1100 inc vat - hopefully
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Thanks for the information. Probably not a question you can answer, but, will the street price be lower than this from day 1 to compete with the Acer and Dell models? I appreciate your model has the newer/better panel and Nano-IPS, but I think it will be a tough sell to many people less knowledgeable (and maybe those that do understand) who just see screen size, resolution and refresh rate when comparing these models and deciding what to purchase.
 
RRP obviously gives us some guidance, but can be very different from actual street price. You then need to consider how much money you, as an individual, are prepared to drop on a monitor, how much other monitors cost at the time, and how these other monitors compare in terms of quality and performance.

The Alienware is currently listed at £925... if the LG is £175 more and reviews show that it is superior, then a person might well pay more for the LG. However, if you can get the Alienware for less than £700 (despite the RRP) because it has been on the market longer, then a person may not be prepared to pay an extra £400 even though the LG is superior. The X34P has been on sale for £600 and the Alienware for £800 (£615 was possible with discount codes). We don't know what Black Friday will bring, but I don't expect discounts on the LG to match those on the Alienware and Dell.

Until we know street price of the 34G950G and see some good reviews, this is all largely conjecture.
 
ChrisPyzut said:
@Daniel - LG

Would you be able to find out if internal testing has been done to make sure the 120hz is stable over time? With the Dell and Acer it seems like after a month or so of use at 120hz, flickering starts to develop.

Thanks for your responses!
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Where are you hearing reports of the Dell monitor developing flickering after a month? Lots of owners in the Dell thread very happy and not complaining... I've only seen one report (very recently) of an issue.
 
krzychowiec said:
If the G-sync module has to be overclocked for 120 Hz operation at this resolution then it may be the same as with any overclocking, slight degradation happens over time and what was stable few months ago may no longer be stable. This is true not only for overclocking but for normal operation too, this is one of the reasons why things like CPUs or GPUs have very conservative stock clocks and use much higher voltage then is need to majority of them, it is done to account for not only the differences in quality and capability between all units of the same model that are coming from production imperfections, but also for degradation or wear down over time. So there is very little chance that something pushed to the limits is going to stay there stable for prolonged intensive use, it will give up relatively quickly and you will have to either increase the voltage (which may not give positive result) or reduce the clocks, or in this case refresh rate.
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This is true in theory, and I'm sure sometimes in practise, but there are hundreds of people on this forum that set the overclock in week 1 of owning CPUs and GPUs and then never had a need to reduce the OC later in life.
 
The monitor is restricted to 120Hz... no matter what you do, you can't get higher.

If you can set 2560x1440 and 16:9 in game, then you don't have to change anything else... it will automatically work with black bars at the side (at least, this is how Overwatch works on the Alienware). You probably will get higher FPS because less pixels are being pushed.

I don't know why you would want to use HDMI or scaling in this way... unless you can push constant >120FPS, then you are better off using G-Sync, which should smooth out variable FPS.
 
dogma77 said:
looks like this monitor will be crazy priced, aw3418wd it is then
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Even if the price is not insane, we are getting close to Black Friday, and we might see the Dell drop in price again like it did in their summer sale. I'm sure that the LG will be better than the current Alienware, but not to justify a £500 price difference. I can't see the LG getting a big price drop for Black Friday, assuming it is widely available by end Nov.
 
Manne said:
Damn, was hoping his review would be published earlier. But I know he only does this as a side thing as he has stated in this thread and also going on vacation.

Looking more forward to pcmonitors review than tftcentrals even if that too is going to be exciting.
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Sshhhh, you're going to upset Baddass :p
 
Baddass said:
For those who have been discussing the G model and whether the 120Hz overclock feature will lead to any problems later on in life...there’s been speculation about what is actually being overclocked and clearly the panel is capable of a native 144Hz here and so if anything is being “underclocked”. Which has lead to discussion about how it is the Gsync module that is being overclocked and people wondering if that would cause any problems later on in life.

My question is whether anyone has ever seen any specs or details which indicate that 120Hz is outside the capabilities of this particular GSync module? I can’t say I have. On older screens like the Dell alienware AW3418DW it was the Gsync module that made overclocking a 100Hz panel to 120Hz possible (and easy) but there was no indication that you were having to push BOTH the panel and Gsync module beyond their specs and defaults.

I am unsure why the G model seems to offer 120Hz only as an “overclock “ setting and that seems to be the only suggestion that maybe the Gsync module is needing to be pushed. I’m just curious if anyone has seen specs saying that the DP 1.2 module used has a lower limit?
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I don't think any of us normal forum members have seen actual specs for the G-Sync module (I assume Nvidia keep details behind closed doors), but Daniel has said that the module needs to be overclocked to achieve 120Hz (quoted his post below).


Daniel - LG said:
Hi All,

right, so as we all know the UW5 panel can easily cover 144Hz, so the main question is as to why the 950G is 100Hz (120Hz OC).

So this is nothing to do with the panel, this is to do with an OC of the G-Sync Module. Basically, the Panel will do 144Hz, but the G-Sync module will meet this resolution at 100Hz, Nvidia don't guarantee it, but we are confident in our panel to OC the module to 120Hz and still have the good performance you need

Nano IPS as such wasn't created to decrease IPS glow/panel bleed but as it is next stage technology this was looked at so yes there should be a reduction, the main point was the 98% DCI-P3 colour space coverage
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ChrisPyzut said:
Thanks a ton! In your review is there any stress tests you can do to see if the overclock deteriorates over time? as in it develops flicker, panel uniformity issues or doesn't hit 120hz.

Ive seen a lot of reports of this type of thing happening on the Dell after a month or two or being OCed to 120hz
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Considering the thousands of units shipped, I'm not convinced that the issue is as prominent as your comment suggests; however, at least with Dell you have a solid 3 year warranty (at least) to fall back on, and I've got written confirmation from Dell and read on the Dell forums that they will replace monitors that won't hold 120Hz.
 
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SeriousThing said:
34GK950G available for pre-order in Germany
http://www.mediamarkt.de/de/product/_lg-34gk950g-2480420.html?uympq=vpqr&rbtc=ide|pf|2480420||p|standard feed|&dclid=COzO6smA790CFQKMdwod6N4DLw

also contains new information

shipping in 12 weeks is a placeholder but mediamarkt usually lists products exactly 1 month before shipping.

(Mediamarkt/Saturn are the biggest german tech shops)
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What new information? Do you mean this:

Dynamic contrast ratio: Mega
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:p
 
Guys, calm down... it didn't take long for some trash claims to come up there!!!

3YOB said:
Display Port / Gsync 1.2 which cripples the refresh rate to 100Hz down from 144Hz native.
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Now that we are past 1000 posts here, I'm surprised if anyone things the GSync module "cripples refresh rate to 100Hz". The 34GK950G will be 120Hz.

Acer XB273K is IPS 4K, 144Hz, G-sync 1.4 with HDR Let's ignore the HDR claim, because we all know it's worthless.

LG 34GK950G is IPS 3440x1440, 120Hz, G-sync 1.2

There are some pros/cons here... 34 inch UW is a lot more screen real estate compared to a 27" monitor, so that pushes up the price. Is there really a big difference between 120 vs 144Hz? I agree the idea of the Acer having a newer GSync module grates, but there are some significant and some not significant differences between these two models which will influence buyers. Not to mention whether your GFX card can push 4k at 144Hz.
 
Baddass said:
Lol I would if I had anything to review :)
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If they arrive tomorrow, that's one day, then a couple of weeks... 1+14 = 15 days. Very reasonable, I think ;) :p

I want to say thank-you in advance for taking the time to review all the monitors that you review for the benefit of the rest of us.
 
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