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[Kempain]

Yeah, Colour Management settings. If it's still on the system defaults you're probably fine. I think it's because I was messing around with the icc profile that I found online for the G9. I should have left it alone since it's not gonna be accurate without making my own with a physical monitor calibrator.

No idea what the default setting is supposed to be, what is the name that yours comes up with? Or is the box supposed to be empty? If I select default it comes up as Samsung C49xT, I have to manually select the sRBG one.

Mine is G95T_C49G9x T (DP) followed by my GPU. If I got into Advanced the Device profile is System default (sRGB IEC61966-2.1).

No idea when it comes to these settings so going to leave them alone

My popping noises have slowed down over the past couple of weeks of ownership.

And sure enough as I type this I hear a rice crispy pop in the background

Good to know they have slowed so there is hope. It's always when you think they might have stopped that they start up again!

 

[Andrew Macgregor]

Alright, I'm really curious to know whether or not those with a G9 see the same odd behaviour with their monitor that I see with mine. If you have a G9 then please try the following (feel free to try it with a different monitor if you don't have the G9 and report back, but I'm especially interested in those with a G9).

1. Load a window (NOT a web browser) that has the standard grey bar that runs along the top and maximise it.
2. Load your favourite browser in a smaller window, such that the browser window is not running along the top of the screen.
3. Point your broswer to: https://www.testufo.com/inversion#pattern=uniformity&ppf=13&fullscreen=1
4. You might notice some colour flickering going on in the browser window, but don't let this distract you from something else that is odd that might be going on with your display - look at the top left of your screen, do you notice that the bar along the top looks like it has some fine horizontal lines going through it? Now for the fun part, whilst looking at the top left corner of your screen, open a new browser tab, do you notice everything going back to normal along the top bar of the screen?

If you try the above and have no idea what I'm talking about then I expect your monitor is fine. To be honest, even if it does have the problem, perhaps the result for the G9 is "normal". Basically, I'm trying to figure out if all G9's do it, or just a select few (i.e. I'm trying to ascertain whether it is a design flaw or a fault).

Whatever your result (good or bad), please report it back here. It might be worth stating that I have tried this in both Linux and Windows (my machine is dual boot) and the behaviour shows the same on both. Anyway, I uploaded a YouTube video - my apologies for the poor quality, but it should at least show you what I'm talking about.

Edit: I just packed up my G9 ready for return to OC tomorrow and plugged in my old monitor. It shows that UFO link perfectly, the colours are the same and the lines don't appear at the top. I'm having serious thoughts about whether or not to try out an LG 38".

 

[Kempain]

ou have a G9 then please try the foll

Alright, I'm really curious to know whether or not those with a G9 see the same odd behaviour with their monitor that I see with mine. If you have a G9 then please try the following (feel free to try it with a different monitor if you don't have the G9 and report back, but I'm especially interested in those with a G9).

1. Load a window (NOT a web browser) that has the standard grey bar that runs along the top and maximise it.
2. Load your favourite browser in a smaller window, such that the browser window is not running along the top of the screen.
3. Point your broswer to: https://www.testufo.com/inversion#pattern=uniformity&ppf=13&fullscreen=1
4. You might notice some colour flickering going on in the browser window, but don't let this distract you from something else that is odd that might be going on with your display - look at the top left of your screen, do you notice that the bar along the top looks like it has some fine horizontal lines going through it? Now for the fun part, whilst looking at the top left corner of your screen, open a new browser tab, do you notice everything going back to normal along the top bar of the screen?

If you try the above and have no idea what I'm talking about then I expect your monitor is fine. To be honest, even if it does have the problem, perhaps the result for the G9 is "normal". Basically, I'm trying to figure out if all G9's do it, or just a select few (i.e. I'm trying to ascertain whether it is a design flaw or a fault).

Whatever your result (good or bad), please report it back here. It might be worth stating that I have tried this in both Linux and Windows (my machine is dual boot) and the behaviour shows the same on both. Anyway, I uploaded a YouTube video - my apologies for the poor quality, but it should at least show you what I'm talking about.

Edit: I just packed up my G9 ready for return to OC tomorrow and plugged in my old monitor. It shows that UFO link perfectly, the colours are the same and the lines don't appear at the top. I'm having serious thoughts about whether or not to try out an LG 38".

I have flashing in the window but no different colours. Tried multiple refresh rates and with adaptive sync on and off also but no change.

 

[sHo0sH]

So far so good with my monitor - no dead pixels, no flickering - buttery smooth. Didn't install any specific drivers just plugged and played. Using an RTX2080 with display port connected.

 

[Dan_J]

Alright, I'm really curious to know whether or not those with a G9 see the same odd behaviour with their monitor that I see with mine. If you have a G9 then please try the following (feel free to try it with a different monitor if you don't have the G9 and report back, but I'm especially interested in those with a G9).

1. Load a window (NOT a web browser) that has the standard grey bar that runs along the top and maximise it.
2. Load your favourite browser in a smaller window, such that the browser window is not running along the top of the screen.
3. Point your broswer to: https://www.testufo.com/inversion#pattern=uniformity&ppf=13&fullscreen=1
4. You might notice some colour flickering going on in the browser window, but don't let this distract you from something else that is odd that might be going on with your display - look at the top left of your screen, do you notice that the bar along the top looks like it has some fine horizontal lines going through it? Now for the fun part, whilst looking at the top left corner of your screen, open a new browser tab, do you notice everything going back to normal along the top bar of the screen?

If you try the above and have no idea what I'm talking about then I expect your monitor is fine. To be honest, even if it does have the problem, perhaps the result for the G9 is "normal". Basically, I'm trying to figure out if all G9's do it, or just a select few (i.e. I'm trying to ascertain whether it is a design flaw or a fault).

Whatever your result (good or bad), please report it back here. It might be worth stating that I have tried this in both Linux and Windows (my machine is dual boot) and the behaviour shows the same on both. Anyway, I uploaded a YouTube video - my apologies for the poor quality, but it should at least show you what I'm talking about.

Edit: I just packed up my G9 ready for return to OC tomorrow and plugged in my old monitor. It shows that UFO link perfectly, the colours are the same and the lines don't appear at the top. I'm having serious thoughts about whether or not to try out an LG 38".

Mine's packed up to return too, but when I tried that uniformity test it was the same (I think even worse). Also did you have the Nvidia Hotfix driver installed? I believe it was mainly for 30 series cards to fix the 240hz issue, but it also worked for older cards too. I was getting a cool tinted flicker when I had that installed on some games and even programs, but I did a clean wipe of Windows and just installed the latest drivers that came up in GeForce Experience and that went away. So maybe that was the reason for your cool and warm flicker you were experiencing.

I'm on my old 4K monitor now and everything looks great on those tests.

My G9 is an N8, so not super old.

 

[Oldfart]

Still no issues with my g9 after a week of daily use. The only update I did was the nvidia hotfix for my 3080 card
link here: https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5099
Haven`t tried to update the monitor firmware on the theory that `it ain`t broke don`t fix it`
I hope everyone here gets their issues sorted asap.
The mean streets of Night City await....

 

[Jose]

Still no issues with my g9 after a week of daily use. The only update I did was the nvidia hotfix for my 3080 card
link here: https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5099
Haven`t tried to update the monitor firmware on the theory that `it ain`t broke don`t fix it`
I hope everyone here gets their issues sorted asap.
The mean streets of Night City await....

Besides corrupted G-Sync at 240Hz@HDR On at 5120x1440, I have no complaints at all, also waiting CP2077 to play at 32:9 maxed out / RTX On / DLSS 2.0 On / HDR On w/ the RTX 3090, 120Hz is good enough for me atm.

 

[Andrew Macgregor]

I have flashing in the window but no different colours. Tried multiple refresh rates and with adaptive sync on and off also but no change.

That's really good to know, can I just confirm with you that you have a G9?

Mine's packed up to return too, but when I tried that uniformity test it was the same (I think even worse). Also did you have the Nvidia Hotfix driver installed? I believe it was mainly for 30 series cards to fix the 240hz issue, but it also worked for older cards too. I was getting a cool tinted flicker when I had that installed on some games and even programs, but I did a clean wipe of Windows and just installed the latest drivers that came up in GeForce Experience and that went away. So maybe that was the reason for your cool and warm flicker you were experiencing.

I'm on my old 4K monitor now and everything looks great on those tests.

My G9 is an N8, so not super old.

On the uniformity test, did it cause the top task bar to discolour with those lines through it like it did on mine? I don't think I installed the hotfix driver, I just went from 452.xx to 456.71 via GeForce Experience. My N8 monitor got picked up at lunch time, so unfortunately I can't test with a clean install of Windows, that said, my monitor was also experiencing the issue in Linux with a pre-hotfix driver. I must admit though, I don't recall seeing anything like this on the previous N6 monitor that I had, so I think there might be something wrong with the N8 one that I just sent back.

 

[Dan_J]

That's really good to know, can I just confirm with you that you have a G9?


On the uniformity test, did it cause the top task bar to discolour with those lines through it like it did on mine? I don't think I installed the hotfix driver, I just went from 452.xx to 456.71 via GeForce Experience. My N8 monitor got picked up at lunch time, so unfortunately I can't test with a clean install of Windows, that said, my monitor was also experiencing the issue in Linux with a pre-hotfix driver. I must admit though, I don't recall seeing anything like this on the previous N6 monitor that I had, so I think there might be something wrong with the N8 one that I just sent back.

I don't know if I got it while on the uniformity test, but I got it when I viewed vertical scanline images and I also noticed it at 240hz on certain desktop icons (although it was very subtle). The image to test it can be found in this post:

https://www.reddit.com/r/ultrawidem...samsung_odyssey_g9_horizontal_linesscan_line/

 

[Kempain]

That's really good to know, can I just confirm with you that you have a G9?

Yup G9 N8

 

[OverHaze]

Alright, I'm really curious to know whether or not those with a G9 see the same odd behaviour with their monitor that I see with mine. If you have a G9 then please try the following (feel free to try it with a different monitor if you don't have the G9 and report back, but I'm especially interested in those with a G9).

1. Load a window (NOT a web browser) that has the standard grey bar that runs along the top and maximise it.
2. Load your favourite browser in a smaller window, such that the browser window is not running along the top of the screen.
3. Point your broswer to: https://www.testufo.com/inversion#pattern=uniformity&ppf=13&fullscreen=1
4. You might notice some colour flickering going on in the browser window, but don't let this distract you from something else that is odd that might be going on with your display - look at the top left of your screen, do you notice that the bar along the top looks like it has some fine horizontal lines going through it? Now for the fun part, whilst looking at the top left corner of your screen, open a new browser tab, do you notice everything going back to normal along the top bar of the screen?

If you try the above and have no idea what I'm talking about then I expect your monitor is fine. To be honest, even if it does have the problem, perhaps the result for the G9 is "normal". Basically, I'm trying to figure out if all G9's do it, or just a select few (i.e. I'm trying to ascertain whether it is a design flaw or a fault).

Whatever your result (good or bad), please report it back here. It might be worth stating that I have tried this in both Linux and Windows (my machine is dual boot) and the behaviour shows the same on both. Anyway, I uploaded a YouTube video - my apologies for the poor quality, but it should at least show you what I'm talking about.

Edit: I just packed up my G9 ready for return to OC tomorrow and plugged in my old monitor. It shows that UFO link perfectly, the colours are the same and the lines don't appear at the top. I'm having serious thoughts about whether or not to try out an LG 38".

I have the exact same issue on my 27inch G7. Are you also running the latest Nvidia hotfix driver?

 

[Dan_J]

I never mentioned it, but on my panel that I sent back today I had a blue vignette at the top of the monitor. Never bothered me while I was in a game, but during non-gaming use it was definitely noticeable. I think I was more annoyed by the popping noise that I didn't really think much of it, but it definitely shouldn't look like this:

https://imgur.com/2iVJ3Ec

 

[Andrew Macgregor]

I have the exact same issue on my 27inch G7. Are you also running the latest Nvidia hotfix driver?

I'm running 456.71. The thing is, it also occurs on my native Linux installation and that is running a pre-hotfix driver.

 

[Andrew Macgregor]

I never mentioned it, but on my panel that I sent back today I had a blue vignette at the top of the monitor. Never bothered me while I was in a game, but during non-gaming use it was definitely noticeable. I think I was more annoyed by the popping noise that I didn't really think much of it, but it definitely shouldn't look like this:

https://imgur.com/2iVJ3Ec

My June G9 had that kind of issue, only it was a fade to grey not blue and it occurred at the bottom of the screen, not the top. The August G9 that I just sent back didn't really have any issue like that - but it had other issues.

 

[rustyk21]

My June G9 had that kind of issue, only it was a fade to grey not blue and it occurred at the bottom of the screen, not the top. The August G9 that I just sent back didn't really have any issue like that - but it had other issues.

I've had a similar horizontal line issue to what you described, I mentioned it earlier in the thread and I don't think you or I are the only ones. I honestly don't see it as an issue though personally as I'd never see it in normal use.
Was wondering why you sent back the August G9, or was that due to this issue?

 

[jam098]

Don't appear to have any horizontal issues with my G9however the link @Andrew Macgregor
i do have some flickering on the grey screen.

 

[jam098]

Also has anyone managed to get their monitor @240hz with res of 5120x1440/// my monitor is just not having any of it.

Not sure if this is for all gpu cards or the monitor itself.. i am currently using nvidia 3090 card.

 

[Abz1111]

https://ibb.co/ygFJrsD is this the scanline issue? It was only visible if I looked closely but I was never really that close to the screen for it to be bothersome. Maybe the hype of the screen is making us think it will be as good as our mobile phone screens etc..

 

[Oldfart]

Also has anyone managed to get their monitor @240hz with res of 5120x1440/// my monitor is just not having any of it.

Not sure if this is for all gpu cards or the monitor itself.. i am currently using nvidia 3090 card.

You need the nvidia hotfix https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5099

 

[Andrew Macgregor]

I've had a similar horizontal line issue to what you described, I mentioned it earlier in the thread and I don't think you or I are the only ones. I honestly don't see it as an issue though personally as I'd never see it in normal use.
Was wondering why you sent back the August G9, or was that due to this issue?

That was one of the reasons I sent it back, but the most major one was flickering issues that didn't occur in the June issue followed by a couple of pixels were dirt was trapped behind the outer layer of the screen (I thought it was two dead pixels, but looking with a magnifying glass it turned out to be dirt), followed by a dead pixel. Those things added together made it a return.

https://ibb.co/ygFJrsD is this the scanline issue? It was only visible if I looked closely but I was never really that close to the screen for it to be bothersome. Maybe the hype of the screen is making us think it will be as good as our mobile phone screens etc..

It's hard to tell from that photo, but it looks like it could be.