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All of this is worth it though when you gaze on the sheer majesty of this display when it gracefully reposes on your desk. On that note, you’ll also need to ensure that the table you put it on is as sturdy as possible or failing that, sufficiently reinforced to take its weight. HDR performance is beyond the HDR1000 certification, too. In HDR test video, it's clearly capable of beyond 1,000 nits of brightness. Actually, you can see that in games, too. Pan the camera up to the sky and the desert sun in Cyberpunk 2077 and the panel absolutely sizzles. HDR video content looks spectacular, too. Samsung Odyssey G9 Neo Review – The monitor features a selection of additional cables including a Display Port, a USB-B cable for updates, a wall mount and a power cable As for additional upgrades, the Neo G9 now supports HDMI 2.1. So you can enjoy up to 144Hz refresh over HDMI, including 120Hz with the latest consoles. The full 240Hz action is available only via DisplayPort. And remember that, for now, neither the Microsoft Xbox Series X|S or the Sony Playstation 5 support the G9’s extreme ultrawide aspect ratio and resolution. That HDMI 2.1 interface may come in handy one day, but right now this epic panel isn’t a good fit for any console.
Samsung Odyssey G9 Neo Review – The monitor comes in an absolutely massive box that securely protects the equally humongous curved display. Assembling and deploying it is easily a two-man job.As far as how many ports are there, though, you get a disappointingly standard array. There are two USB Type-A ports, one USB Type-B cable (to enable the USB passthrough), two HDMI 2.1 ports and one DisplayPort. Samsung includes both an HDMI 2.1 cable and a DisplayPort cable, though if you want to take full advantage of the 240Hz refresh rate you're going to have to use HDMI 2.1, as the refresh rate will be limited to 120Hz over DP.
Of course, the ultrawide 32:9 aspect is shared by all of the Samsung G9 monitors. And it's debatable how much benefit that is to gaming. For absolute sure, it's fantastic for that wrap-around feel of immersion. But most first-person shooters, especially esports titles, don't support it properly in FoV terms, so you end up with lots of stretching and distortion at the edges. The monitor also supports AMD FreeSync Premium Pro, the highest tier of AMD’s technology that eliminates screen tearing and stuttering by providing a variable refresh rate if you have a compatible graphics card. To that end, the gameplay was smooth from all angles, and while I did notice some warping when viewing from the sides, I saw no issues when seated right at the center of the monitor, exactly where you want to be to enjoy all of its ultrawide splendor. I also noticed the top of the monitor would get warm after extended play sessions, though it didn’t interfere with gameplay. As far as panel type goes, Samsung opts for a VA panel over IPS or OLED. The difference? VA panels typically have better contrast ratios, while IPS panels enjoy wider viewing angles and fuller color gamut support. OLED displays outclass IPS and VA panels in just about every category, meanwhile, from power efficiency to color gamut, but at a much greater cost. Utilizing smaller, more discrete dimming zones, the Neo G9 monitor strives for sharper contrast with the power of Samsung’s Quantum Matrix Technology, which is frequently seen in the company's non-OLED TVs. Added that this monitor is a better super ultrawide gaming monitor than the LG 49GR85DC-B in the Compared to Other Monitors section.We tested the monitor with the PS5's new variable refresh rate feature and confirmed that even though the monitor supports HDMI Forum VRR, it's not working properly. Brightness improves even further in HDR mode. That’s the only way to obtain the Odyssey G9’s rated peak brightness of 1,000 nits, a number we confirmed in our testing with Portrait Displays’ Calman software. Note, though, that we saw brightness in that range in tests utilizing only a portion of the screen (from about 10 percent to about 50 percent). At full-screen, the HDR brightness maxed out at 561 nits. By any measure, the Odyssey G9’s brightness is highly respectable. The monitor’s color-gamut coverage testing is next. The Neo G9 spanned 100% of the sRGB color gamut, 85% of Adobe RGB, and 91% of DCI-P3. Those are excellent numbers, though shy of the near-perfect readings we got from the OLED G9.
In our tests, the games that came off best were those where you could easily see everything at once by focusing on the center and not having to divide your attention. The sprawling screen area provided a dazzling field of view in the first-person shooter Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition, where your open field of vision allowed you to drink in every detail of the devastated Moscow you trudged through. Overall, the local dimming is better than any other monitor we've tested as it helps to improve the contrast and make highlights pop. It looks really good when viewing from the center, but there's more blooming when looking at it from the side. It's on par with some local dimming features on TVs, but don't compare the score with TVs. Instead, we took real content local dimming videos like we do with TVs so you can see how it looks: Color accuracy held up to scrutiny as well. The Neo G9 recorded a Delta E of 1.4. The higher the Delta E, the more the colors tend to stray from their intended hue. A value under 1 is ideal, though most gaming monitors tend to hover closer to 2, especially with out-of-the-box settings. It’s no slouch when it comes to competitive online shooters, either. We’re not sure how Samsung has managed to create such fast VA panels of late. But it’s impressive all the same. Even using the most aggressive of the three levels of user-configurable overdrive offered in the Neo G9’s OSD menu, there’s no discernible overshoot. Just oodles of pace. This thing is so, so fast. In games like Destiny 2, which is our go-to game to test HDR, the monitor is absolutely stunning. HDR really is a luxury addition, but you'll never want to give it up when you get it, and the move from the HDR 400 displays we're usually testing – gaming monitors really need to get their stuff together – an HDR 2000 display like this really is in a whole other world of brightness and color.
Although the display presets offer a distinguishable amount of variation among them, I rarely found them especially useful. The FPS preset, in particular, was distractingly bright; though this implementation was likely inspired by the frequently dark cast of those games’ playing areas, the murky uncertainty of dark tunnels and shadowy ruins are usually part of the fun, and flooding them with light ruins the effect. Cinema, too, exaggerated colors and brightness, creating a dulling effect on motion picture–style video. To my eyes, the rather darker Custom setting was an excellent choice—if not the best choice—in nearly all situations. Samsung Odyssey G9 review: Gaming performance that is, or may reasonably be considered to be, defamatory, libelous, hateful, racially or religiously biased or offensive, unlawfully threatening or unlawfully harassing to any person or entity; The Odyssey G9’s unusual shape results in an unusual resolution: 5,120x1,440 (a 32:9 aspect ratio), or the equivalent of two side-by-side 2,560x1,440 monitors. This is more than three times the size of a standard 1080p (1,920x1,080) display, but still smaller overall than a single 4K (3,840x2,160) screen, so you won’t need as beefy a graphics card to max out the details in your games (though, certainly, having the most powerful one you can find never hurts). This could be changing in 2023; the next generation of the Odyssey G9 Neo, which replaced the original G9, is tipped to be the world's first 8K ultrawide curved monitor. Samsung’s inclusion of two HDMI 2.1 ports and one DisplayPort might sound like an upgrade, but it’s not. It’s actually a downgrade from the prior model, which had one HDMI 2.0 and two DisplayPort ports.
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