Samsung C24FG73 Curved Oled Monitor + other console monitors

[TonyTony]

I just thought this information might be of use to some people.

I've been on the hunt for a new monitor to replace my Benq RL2455HM for use on the Xbox One. Its pretty common knowledge that this monitor has really bad gamma/contrast which results in it being washed out and a pretty bad picture. But it is a quick monitor and good for motion blur.


A few hours ago I took delivery of the Samsung C24FG73 oled curved gaming monitor https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B071RP6WVL/ref...

I instantly noticed terrible input lag, pretty much on par if not worse than my TV. The picture and colours are perfect and you definitely get what you pay for in the quality of the monitor, but seeing as its a gaming monitor the input lag ruins the whole thing.

Doing a bit more digging display lag have recorded the older version (C24FG70) which has the same screen at 24ms, which is worse than the new Samsung 55" KS8000 4k oled tv recorded at 20ms. Gaming monitors sit at around the 10ms mark, so marketing this as a gaming monitor with such high input lag is beyond me Otherwise its spot on.


Other monitors I've tried in the past 2 weeks..

Acer R241:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01DZ2W1DS/ref...

Very good IPS screen with brilliant build quality and an extremely low 9ms input lag on display lag. Unless I'm just stupid I couldn't find any dedicated game mode on it and pretty much none of the settings where adjustable.


iiyama BLACK HAWK G-Master 24.5" G2530HSU-B1:
https://www.scan.co.uk/products/245-iiyama-g-maste...

The build quality is much better than my Benq for a start but there was more noticeable trailing and also dark to light fast transitions there was terrible blue ghosting which was super noticeable.

The contrast/colours and picture quality was better than my Benq but the ghosting was a no no.


iiyama 24" G-Master Black Hawk 1ms Gaming Monitor GE2488HS-B2
https://www.scan.co.uk/products/24-iiyama-g-master...

This is the older version of the monitor above, the monitor practically looks the same as my Benq, bad shaky build quality.

The colours/contrast/gamma is far better than the Benq and the ghosting and motion blur was also completely under control.

I would recommend this monitor, especially at £128, the Benq is still overpriced at £150 and looks worse.

My only issue is that it had a flickering red stuck pixel and a green stuck pixel, so it went back.


Here's a comparison chart of the monitors mentioned in order, some with full test results. The Oled Samsung is the older version. Apparently the new one just has a different stand, slightly better colour gamut and updated firmware.

https://uk.hardware.info/comparisontable/2578094/g...

My monitor search is on hold until some more get released I suppose!

Edited by TonyTony on Tuesday 5th September 19:26

Edited by TonyTony on Tuesday 5th September 19:27

[Oakey]

It's QLED (which is meaningless Samsung jargon), not OLED.

Also, if you want a decent gaming monitor you're going to probably to have to increase your budget.

[TonyTony]

Oakey said:

It's QLED (which is meaningless Samsung jargon), not OLED.

Also, if you want a decent gaming monitor you're going to probably to have to increase your budget.

Ahh yea I never even noticed it was a Q

The monitor was actually perfect in every aspect of what I was looking for but the input lag ruined the whole thing. I've also read they used the same screen but 27" version at gamescon for the PubG invitiation as well.

I'm stuck in the middle ground at the moment, I just want one to use with the Xbox One. But potentially buy an X or spend 3x that and buy a pc sometime in the future.