How to Set Up a Gaming Monitor - Full Guide, Tips and Tricks
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00:00 - Welcome Back to Monitors Unboxed
00:27 - How to Unpackage Your Monitor Properly
01:10 - How to Plug in Your Monitor to PC
02:00 - DisplayPort or HDMI?
02:21 - How to Set Display Resolution Correctly
03:29 - How to Set Refresh Rate Correctly
05:08 - How to Enable Variable Refresh Rate and Check It's Working
09:07 - How To Improve Color Performance
10:18 - How to Enable HDR and Check It's Working
14:54 - Monitors Take Time to Warm Up and Settle
15:51 - 8-bit or 10-bit?
16:18 - Any Dead Pixels are Unacceptable
16:47 - Send This to Company Refusing to Replace Monitor with Dead Pixels
17:30 - Outro
How to Setup a Gaming Monitor - Full Guide, Tips and Tricks
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Thank you for calling out the companies that don't replace monitors with dead pixels. Its criminal.
You have a lot of other pixels to watch!
@@metallurgico You're the kind of person that leaves the mouse in the middle of the screen during a presentation or video.
@@chuckemtrad8541 you don't belong to this world, nor understand irony.
@@metallurgicoor just as annoying bur even less commonly replaced, stuck pixels.
I have one that only displays blue and white
True but.
@@metallurgico
Terrific! This is why the unboxed team are the best YT reviewers - no gimmicks like a certain other channel
Gimmicks aren’t always a bad thing. They can do a lot to liven up the content, and if done well I don’t think take away from the content. I watch to the point content like HUB as well as some more gimmicky reviews.
Point is, channels that fill their content with over the top gimmicks such as the zealous (and often over righteous) rage like GN are good, and sometimes comedy/personality gimmicks like LTT are good.
There is no best. Just the best for you.
@@Jordan-ru8yf quite so, just expressing my opinion if that’s ok
@@Jordan-ru8yfNo
@@Jordan-ru8yf Personally, i watch these videos for education, not entertainment, LTT is just a waste of time for me.
Like what
That message to a potential scummy company put a smile on my face! Thats why I love HUB and MUB 🤣
😊 if every display with dead pixels will be replaced, displays will be more expensive for sure and significantly, as there is a lot of them on the market.
@@socialreport2836Unless you actively look for them, the dead pixels are impossible to spot in normal usage. People overblow it as an issue
And remember companies...... don't be a scumbags !
@@socialreport2836Don't be a rugmat for companies.
Dead pixels are for people too lazy to notice, or to lazy to return in the 15 to 45 day return window (which sucks big time for a 77 inch TV)
But typically pixels are dead on arrival.
Thanks Tim, that's really good content!
Of course there's tips where us tech-junkies watching your usual videos might think "that's soooo obvious" - but in my book you deserve praise for still including it! It's often not that easy to remind oneself that there's so many people out there who just don't know these things because they don't care for the details of their computers and just want to game.
You did well by them - and everyone else. Have a good time down under and greetings from Germany.
I think setting Output Dynamic Range to Full is also a important step while setting up a monitor. Sometimes it gets set to Limited. If you change that setting to Full. The Black Levels get huge improvement.
It sort of makes bit washed out image less washed out.
Also change from 8bit to 10bit if available. I can't say i really noticed much, but the "math" is there and should produce a better color quality in theory. I guess it depends on the monitor but i can't see a reason to not activate 10bit if its there.
@@mindtreat It will reduce banding.
Where do u set that on?
nvidia control panel for nvidia, not sure about amd
@@Clashy69
@@Clashy69 On Nvidia, it's under the "Change resolution" section in the NVidia Control Panel.
Personally I haven't seen a monitor have it set to "Limited" by default, it was always at "Full". TVs are another story.
One simplest thing that got me once was black levels ("output dynamic range"). For whatever reason, the system just decided that it had to send out old TV levels to a modern digital panel, which resulted in bleak whites and washed-out blacks. Took me a bit to figure why it felt so wrong.
Oh wow. Same thing on my end, actually - never noticed it before. Thanks!
Holy shit, I just changed mine. I was living a lie. Thanks stranger.
Where can I change that setting?
This video will help so many people. It was good to know I had mine set up properly.
Great video. The unboxing had me grinning because I recognized the monitor at once, simply by the layout of the box and the stand. Just bought this one two weeks ago.Great test of this one by the way.
Your message at the end is perfect.
The Only Video on TH-cam that I could watch from A to Z without feeling bored. very informative and very useful. Thank you !
Just bought a new Monitor yesterday.
This video was like Godsend.
Thank you!!!
Thank you so much for this guide! I recently bought a gaming monitor and none of the features they advertised were working out of the box and I didn’t even realize it. I thought it would just be as simple as plug and play. The refresh rate was pathetically low to what it was truly capable of and I had to tell my graphics card to apply its high settings to my new monitor. Everything looks awesome now!
Thank you, Tim for backing us all gamers. 😁
My VG27AQL3A just arrived and used this video as a guide to make adjustments. Appreciate everything you do!
Great video! Everything from "noob" stuff to advanced covered in one go, excellent stuff!
On a general note about brightness; Newer monitors often have really high brightness and might strain your eyes and create discomfort if set to 100%. If you're getting sore eyes and headaches after some hours, try lowering the brightness. A lot of people don't consider this and get sore eyes and so on without even realizing this could be the culprit. Worth a shot if (you reading this) are one of them.
Awesome message at the end. we need more of this for more products 💪🏻
You guys are great, and this is a very good guide. For the hell of it and for some of us less technical folks, I think a good guide explaining how to set up nVidia control panel and the AMD counterpart could be a good companion to this guide. Thanks!
This is top tier video. Even though it looks like these points are obvious, this is a great way to bring it all together help all of us out.
I enjoy these videos. I think something good for the main channel would be something similar for bios set up options for more performance explained. Things you'd see across board manufacturers, etc.
Tim is Timely !!! I pushed the purchase button on my new monitor last night
Tim you are the best about monitors content and windows hdr. Great tips and tricks and finally someone (you) mentioning the sdr slider have no effect in games. This is excellent 👌🏻
Much appreciated Tim! Just purchased a ultrawide and this checklist helped!
good thing someone already reviewed my monitor and included the best settings so it saved me from headache
I finally bought a Calibrite and it's astounding. It make wonders in any IPS monitor. No more ICC profiles from others. I created a library of profiles for every lighting situation and every other needs. For gaming i use Color Sustainer to prevent game engine overriding my color profile. I'm glad i got it. No more settings and profiles from others wich are most of them useless.
Truly, an exemplary video! Thank you.
Excellent. Nice flow and detailed informative video. I'll be a regular viewer from now on.
5 seconds in and you've already fixed my problem, thanks man
This is exactly the video I was looking for. Thank you for giving me the confidence that I’m getting everything from my monitor that I paid for
In fact I just received the Gigabyte M32U, so this guide came just in time!
Continue the awesome work!
Thanks
@Monitors Unboxed
Great Video, very few people have made videos explaining this setup process.
and you nailed it !! very well explained and EZ to understand . THANK YOU !!
I can finally stop setting up friends/customers monitors and just send them here, saving me hours a week.
I appreciate everything you guys do for us consumers, genuine reviews, honest opinions and no bias bs, i want to support the channel where can i buy one of those sweaters?
Thanks for the video. Will save this off for future monitors and gaming pc. Also I love the message at 16:46.
Im glad I watched this, I never checked the enable settings for the display model for the gsync.
This is the best video I’ve seen on monitors hands down!
Saving that segment of the video @ 16:48 just so I can ever use it in the future. Thank you!
Very helpful video. Thanks
I'm getting a new TV Saturday that I'll be using with my PC as well. This will be my first HDR and high refresh rate screen so this video will be a lot of help!
Thanks for that video, ran a few games with HDR on my LG 27GP850-B and when HDR is calibrated games look so much better. I know that it`s not the best monitor for HDR content but still
Perfect video, clear and to the point
I'd like to mention that you should also check what Displayport/HDMI cable you're using if you can't get the max refreshrate. F.e. my current monitor can do 165hz 1440p, but because of the cable it's limited to 144hz.
THX FOR THE MSG AT THE END
Thanks for the video Tim. Would love if this channel expanded to review portable / smaller monitors.
My desk space at home is quite limited and anything above 18 in just wouldn't work for me. There are a lot of portable monitors that market themselves as being "gaming" monitors but there's a lot of marketing BS that you have to wade through. I don't even need them to be really portable, I just need a smaller monitor that is good for gaming at a wide range of refresh rates.
Some of these monitors have gained a lot of popularity, but I don't have a way to personally measure response times or input latency so having an independent reviewer reviewing some of that stuff would be very very helpful.
Thanks bro, someday soon I'll use this
Awesome. I think I will find plenty of things to optimize in my setup. Thanks for this step by step monitor guide.
It reminded me my previous TN LCD, used daily for 11years, no single dead pixel. It had extraordinary quality and reliability, highly surpassing that way plenty of my other PC parts.
Thank you for the help. Just got my first 4k, let's goooo!
Everything i needed to know! Thank you!!
Excellent video mate.
Perfect timing. My new LG UltraGear OLED 45" is scheduled to arrive tomorrow 😂
This was really good, Tim
I'm going to buy a monitor soon, I'm thinking of getting the viewsonic xg2431. This will help me out so much, thanks man
Been here when this channel was new, how quickly it grows always quality content
Another great video Tim!!!
Wow 😮. That monitor dealer public service announcement got my subscription...great video too
what an awesome video! thanks, Tim!
fantastic content again -- cheers for the great work...
keep it up!
Great video! Thanks for all the great info!
Good onya, mate, excellent vid as usual. Cheers, Harry.
Id be keen to see a segment about limited and full rgb mode. Made huge differences when swapping between my MacBook Pro and Windows gaming rig.
That setting does nothing for anyone using display port. It's specifically for HDMI connections.
perfect! Just ordered Alienware 34 Curved OLED Gaming Monitor- AW3423DW, partially based on your reviews, and others as well. So, interested in proper set up. thank you!
Brilliant as always
Heads up, Enabling G SYNC can cause stuttering in production apps like after effects, photoshop etc. So I would recommend enabling G SYNC in the nvidia control panel using program settings.
Or enable it in general settings and disable it in program settings for the programs that have an issue, like new Outlook.
Also if enabling G-Sync for gaming, set the FPS of every game to -3 fps under the monitors refresh rate. If you leave it at, eg 144hz, 144fps it will flicker on/off constantly and can cause visual issues. Always set it under the HZ of the screen, -3 is enough to stop any flickering.
Same process as what I suggested just for apps instead of games @@bilbobaggins8794
What about freesync?
Love your hard work guys
4:05 Thanks 😮 I wondered why I couldn’t get it to the advertised refresh rate 👍🏻
Finally an explaination of how to VRR works and how to confirm it!
Yes and finally I know that if your rig can’t make average above 120fps then VRR will hurt your monitor performance. My rig is capable avg. 60fps and my monitor is shit under 120Hz so for me VRR is shit
Just as I'm about to upgrade - sweet !
Great video thanks, I like to have the G-Sync indicator on from the NCP that neatly tells you if it's on at the top right of your screen
Just got my monitor yesterday from Walmart love it
great video, I was always a bit confused about bit depth, I'm still a bit confused about the better use cases for ycbcr vs rgb full. but at least I'm finally confident on going 10bit 4:4:4 vs 12bit 4:2:2
Freesync plus a frame limiter is butter.
Thank you for the tip :)
Nice work !!!
Gr8 review, Thanks !
How about making a guide for monitor calibration "without" a calibrator ?
Awesome video, thanks for sharing
very helpful, lotta possible pitfalls for new gamer setups. ran mine at 144hz for like a year before I know I could overclock it to 165hz
Thank you, this really helped.
The very first tip is not only important to avoid finger prints but to prevnt any damage. I once managed to crack a panel while attaching the stand on the backside because the underground wasn't really plane so one upper edge got bend and the display was defect. The drawback of slim and frameless designs.
Oh god I actually found out that I did not enable VRR in the Radeon Software.
Now it makes sense why I sometimes still got bad screen tearing.
Big thumbs up from me.
thank you so much !!!!!!!!!!!
love you guys !!
You guys are so nice. Thank you!
great guide, thank you!
Thanks guys!
How could you not “like” this content?! Thanks Tim for the tutorial and being an advocate for the community! Great channel!
that be Tim not steve :)
@@KRAVER_ ohhh crap, and I have been watching their channel for how many years now? 😂
I must admit it was a brain fart. Sorry TIM 🙈😅😅😅
@@KRAVER_ corrected 🫢
Brilliant information thank you!
Great tips and beautiful 4k video. I learned a couple new things. 3Can you post the link to your video on monitor calibration? Thanks...
Been playing on my Alienware AW3423DW for almost a year now and didn’t have the HDR calibration for true black. Thanks so much for the video.
This is gold content
Thanks for the info! With changing from HDMI to Display Port, the colors really look better for me!
Would like to know how you did your background =)
It's like you guys knew I had purchased a new oled monitor and waiting it's arrival 😊
haha that dead pixel message at the end was awesome :D
Bro, you’re a legend. ❤
"Do the right thing, don't be a scum bag" Had me burst out laughing for some reason. Lol.
Thank you!
Brilliant! Thank you.
great video! thank you!
For gsync and Nvidia card, it's best to set v Sync on in NVCP and disable in-game vsync for best results. Of course with gsync enabled globally
Love that message to manufacturers 😄
Also check for dead Pixels and other things like IPS Glow (if you have an IPS panel obviously) and make sure to do so right away! It will be easier to RMA a potenailly defective unit that way. I'm writing this just as my brand new LG 27GR95QE came with a dead pixel a few hours ago...sigh.
Let us know how the RMA process goes.
Great video thank you so much!
Wow! I have had my monitor for 2 years now, not using the OC setting on the display, due to a lot of people saying it will cause issues.
I am now using 165hz instead of 144hz. Thank you clarifying this!
Would love to see you review the ViewSonic VP2776. Really interesting monitor, seems a good option people who are both creative professionals but also like to game on that same monitor
işte aradığımız video thanks for help bro