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LG Announce 45GX950A and 45GX990A 45" OLED Displays with 5K2K Resolution - TFTCentral

Share this contentOriginally published 30 Dec 2024, last updated 8 January 2025 Following the rumours we brought you recently, LG Electronics have today announced the release of two new OLED....[click link for more]

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Now we're talking! This is pretty much my ideal monitor in terms of aspect ratio and resolution.

My only reservation here is how the OLED panel deals with text as 80%+ of my usage will be productivity.
I've always had reservations about this as it's generally been an issue but I'm hoping this RGWB subpixel layout they're touting will help somewhat.
@Baddass is there any more info on this in particular?

 

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Well we've got the recently released and heavily reviewed 27" 4K OLED so why can't we just have a 21:9 version of that - a 34" 5120x2160 with 160ppi?

 

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Horses for courses.

Personally 165Hz would be more than adequate for my needs and I'd value the resolution more.

Sure, we'd all like 5K2K monitors with 240Hz refresh but, until they actually exist, it's a trade-off and you have to choose which features are more important to your use-case.

 

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It's a shame the OLED 5k2k panel isn't 40" IMO as I feel 45" is a bit too large. I wonder what the pricing will be like?

Having said that I think on balance I'd rather have a 27/32" OLED panel.

40" would also increase pixel density further which would help with text rendering.

I'm still not convinced that even the new RGWB subpixel layout and higher density will fully solve OLED's issues with text rendering.

As my use is 90% productivity rather than gaming, the Odyssey G7 40" is looking very attractive right now. Hadn't even heard of it until I saw @Baddass's video the other day, now I want more info.

 

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Yeah, I could be tempted by a40” 5k2k ultrawide display at the right price. However I suspect it’ll cost more than the 27”/32” 4K OLED monitors. I think I’d favour them if prices are similar.

Well Dell already have one, the U4025QW, but it's not really tailored to gaming with only 120Hz refresh and the response times aren't great. That's £1600.

If the Samsung can offer good gaming performance with 160Hz+ refresh and good pixel response (not fussed about HDR tbh) then I'd fork out a similar amount for that as I'd be staring at it for 10+ hours per day.

 

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Oh pants, is it a case of needing a 5090 to drive it properly?

Tbh, even a 4090 or 5090 is going to have trouble driving a lot of stuff at 5K2K native resolution.

DLSS will be your best friend at this res. Interestingly, with DLSS Quality at 5K2K, the native rendering resolution would be very close to 3440x1440.