World first QD-OLED monitor from Dell and Samsung (34 inch Ultrawide 175hz)

Dirk Diggler · 24 Jul 2023 at 14:15

I just got a pixel refresh request pop up while I was gaming, and it didn't have an option to snooze so I just clicked on it and the screen went black but the sound was still coming from the game. So, I esc paused the game and put the kettle on and when I returned the screen was switched off. I switched the screen back on and resumed the game.

It seems a bit intrusive, is there a better way to handle all that?

HungryHippos · 24 Jul 2023 at 14:17

Dirk Diggler said:
I just got a pixel refresh request pop up while I was gaming, and it didn't have an option to snooze so I just clicked on it and the screen went black but the sound was still coming from the game. So, I esc paused the game and put the kettle on and when I returned the screen was switched off. I switched the screen back on and resumed the game.

It seems a bit intrusive, is there a better way to handle all that?

I just turn the notification off and then switch my screen off from the button on the front when I'm done using it. Light flashes on/off green when it's doing pixel refresh.

There is a bigger one that it still notifies me about but it's very infrequent, think it's some months between those ones so not a big deal.

shankly1985 · 24 Jul 2023 at 14:18

Dirk Diggler said:
I just got a pixel refresh request pop up while I was gaming, and it didn't have an option to snooze so I just clicked on it and the screen went black but the sound was still coming from the game. So, I esc paused the game and put the kettle on and when I returned the screen was switched off. I switched the screen back on and resumed the game.

It seems a bit intrusive, is there a better way to handle all that?

It should give you the option to do this during idle.

Go into the monitor settings and look for maintenance you can select the option you want from there.

TNA · 24 Jul 2023 at 14:19

Dirk Diggler said:
I just got a pixel refresh request pop up while I was gaming, and it didn't have an option to snooze so I just clicked on it and the screen went black but the sound was still coming from the game. So, I esc paused the game and put the kettle on and when I returned the screen was switched off. I switched the screen back on and resumed the game.

It seems a bit intrusive, is there a better way to handle all that?

You can tell it to not bother you. Mine never comes up. It does the refresh when I turn off the monitor.

Dirk Diggler · 24 Jul 2023 at 16:02

So I turn off "auto warning message"?

It's giving me a warning about image retention, but I assume it will still do the refresh with the auto warning message off?

Temp.sgk · 24 Jul 2023 at 16:11

Anyone using a 7900 series on the AW3423DW? Does Gsync works with amd cards?

HungryHippos · 24 Jul 2023 at 16:15

Dirk Diggler said:
So I turn off "auto warning message"?

It's giving me a warning about image retention, but I assume it will still do the refresh with the auto warning message off?

I set the warning message to off, I just make sure I occasionally actually turn the screen off, so it does the standard refresh it does, you can tell when that is running as the light pulses green on/off.

The warning message was annoying and I turn the screen off regularly enough anyway.

I'm using a dark theme in Win 11 which helps a bit as well, I don't go to extremes as it's ultimately a monitor, but try not to leave too much full screen white on static imagery.

Trox · 24 Jul 2023 at 16:41

You don’t have to physically turn the screen off for it to run the maintenance, it’ll automatically run in standby mode

TNA · 24 Jul 2023 at 16:59

You can set your monitor to go standby after a few minutes and when it does it will start the refresh if it wants to. But yeah, if not it will do it once you press the off button.

Dirk Diggler · 24 Jul 2023 at 17:09

Temp.sgk said:
Anyone using a 7900 series on the AW3423DW? Does Gsync works with amd cards?

I'm running mine with a 6800XT and Freesync works perfectly over Display Port.

Ninco! · 24 Jul 2023 at 21:19

Has anyone treated an OLED monitor as a normal screen? No dark mode, rotating wallpaper etc.

Don't get me wrong, it's a genuine question!

Yet to unbox mine and deliberating on its use. Only, it seems like all the burn in avoidance takes away the shine.

HungryHippos · 24 Jul 2023 at 21:30

I am really using it as normal only nod to anything I do is the dark theme in Windows, but then I often prefer dark themes anyway.

Trox · 25 Jul 2023 at 06:56

Ninco! said:
Has anyone treated an OLED monitor as a normal screen? No dark mode, rotating wallpaper etc.

Don't get me wrong, it's a genuine question!

Yet to unbox mine and deliberating on its use. Only, it seems like all the burn in avoidance takes away the shine.

Yea, me and as I bought it for one purpose which is mainly sim racing there’s constant static ui images on the screen. Nothing really to report so, the screen is awesome

shankly1985 · 25 Jul 2023 at 10:03

I run dark theme, then wallpaper engine for moving wallpaper. Have my monitor sleep after 10 mins

Everything else I just use as normal.

HungryHippos · 25 Jul 2023 at 10:09

I didn't like Wallpaper Engine as it caused my GPU to ramp up/run in 3D mode a lot, extra power usage

Needmorevram · 25 Jul 2023 at 10:30

I use John’s Background Switcher, some wallpapers seem to show far more often than others though. Might be me.

TNA · 25 Jul 2023 at 11:04

HungryHippos said:
I didn't like Wallpaper Engine as it caused my GPU to ramp up/run in 3D mode a lot, extra power usage

Yep. That put me off from using it :cry:

mark43 · 25 Jul 2023 at 15:09

I got mine last week and am a little torn on what to do at the moment.

I WFH one or two days a week and my original plan was to get a larger desk and keep using my old screen for work, and just use this for gaming.

However I'm working on this today as I don't have a new desk yet and it's so nice, working on a ultrawide is just perfect. Tempted to just use it for everything and rely on the burn in warranty, while doing some sensible things such as dark mode.

Dirk Diggler · 25 Jul 2023 at 16:48

mark43 said:
I got mine last week and am a little torn on what to do at the moment.

I WFH one or two days a week and my original plan was to get a larger desk and keep using my old screen for work, and just use this for gaming.

However I'm working on this today as I don't have a new desk yet and it's so nice, working on a ultrawide is just perfect. Tempted to just use it for everything and rely on the burn in warranty, while doing some sensible things such as dark mode.

Just use it; you'll have the upgrade itch in 3 years time anyway.

TNA · 25 Jul 2023 at 18:58

Dirk Diggler said:
Just use it; you'll have the upgrade itch in 3 years time anyway.

Exactly. As much as I love this monitor I would love to get my hands on the next gen QD-OLEDs that will come out in the future. Would want a 4K one or 4K ultrawide. No more 1440p! It is too potato for me and the only saving grace for me is DLDSR.