G9 OLED: Best Settings, Troubleshooting, and Final Thoughts
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 มิ.ย. 2024
- Wanted to do a deeper dive on the G9 OLED after owning it for a few months and just go over some of the settings, fixes for problems I've encountered, and my overall thoughts now that I've had quite a bit of hands on time with it.
Also, lemme know how you like this "no frills" style of video, it's something I want to start doing after the 4-6 month mark with larger products to give a more in depth review and just yap about my time with the product.
HDR Tone Mapping Reddit Post: / an_easy_to_understand_...
My Setup Gear:
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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Intro
1:09 - The Boring Part (settings)
2:33 - Virtual Aim Point
2:41 - Core Lighting
2:48 - Surround Sound
3:11 - Dynamic Black EQ
3:34 - Game Pic Expert
4:15 - Eye Care
4:31 - Brightness
5:00 - Contrast/Sharpness
5:41 - Color
5:54 - Tint/Contrast Enhancer
6:23 - HDR Tone Mapping
7:41 - Color Tone/WB
8:11 - Gama/Shadow
8:24 - Color Space/Peak Brightness
8:40 - VRR
9:06 - HDR Calibration
10:32 - Troubleshooting
13:23 - Final Thoughts - วิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี
Thank you so very much. I have mid-stage Parkinson's disease and recently started regularly having tremors in my fingers. Having a lot of time on my hands, I'm trying my hand at gaming to try to keep my dexterity. Bought a gaming PC and have this monitor, still trying to figure everything out, but your videos have helped me tremendously and I am very grateful.😊
Glad to hear they helped! Best of luck with everything!
Great video, thank you. Just followed the calibration guidance with some tweaks to suit my eye - very useful and a great explanation.
Finally, and probably the ONLY video I came across that was of real helpful worth. Awesome video, thank you! Thumbs up, new sub and especially because you didn't ask for it.
Thanks! Glad it was helpful!
@@chettystudios I just picked this monitor up open box for $910 and came to your video to figure out how to get it to work the way I want it to. Your video might end up being a lifesaver!
@@SilverJoystix nice snag!
waiting for this monitor to come in a couple of days but this video provided me much needed info and insight thank you!
Any updates?
@@dakakarot best monitor I’ve ever had
Dude, your settings have transformed my G9 oled! HDMI finally clips at 1000 nits on high peak brightness and the colors finally POP like an OLED should. You are the best!
Glad to hear it! Enjoy!
how do you get 1000 nits ? I tried the same setting but I only get 820 nits
@@slamdunk118 I found this post on Reddit maybe trying these settings will help www.reddit.com/r/ultrawidemasterrace/s/K1GmNbtFGy
@@slamdunk118 I just followed the video, and i have Peek at 4000 nits.... 🌞😎
These settings really helped. I love this monitor
Glad to hear it!
great video :) thanks for the help, did not know about the hdr calibration 🙇
Thanks!
I actually caved and brought the G9 QD-OLED on Amazon (while it was on a great sale!) almost 2 weeks now! It came very next day and setup was kinda straight forward. I’m really loving the monitor thus far. While my monitor updated itself (😩 Samsung always removing features) I don’t believe I can adjust peak brightness for SDR (least while an image is onscreen) on FW 1310. I have since turned auto update off. Overall, I absolutely love the 32:9 aspect ratio. While I initially wanted the 45 Corsair Xeneon Flex model, for the price I got the Samsung and the overall (potentially) better 2nd gen QD display, I’m certainly not losing any sleep over not having the prior. I know I wasn’t paying $1900 for ANY monitor, regardless how nice of PQ quality. For the price and the absolute gorgeous display of the Samsung, it simply can’t be beat.
I'm able to run Gsync on Displayport with no issues but I made sure to use the cable included with the monitor, other than that your settings really helped improve my picture quality so thanks!
No problem glad yours is working well!
Love the honesty
Love the video can't wait to try out the settings you gave! Just got it last week, never had an OLED before, and I have been searching and searching for answer to this but, what can be done about the heat it outputs, mine usually sits around 95-105, with a peak of 110F on a hot spot, can not seem to find a solution for this, or if this is just normal/okay
I've never checked the temp from mine so not sure what's considered normal but I do notice it gives off quite a bit of heat in the back. Just to be safe I would reach out to Samsung to make sure that's not out of the norm, but as long as it has enough room to breathe I would say its okay
Thanks so much for the settings tips. Mine arrives tomorrow. I got a really good sale price and Im hoping with the help of your videos that I dont run into too many issues. Question. Does it come with a good HDMI 2.1 cable or do you recommend getting one from a 3rd party?
Enjoy it! It really is a great monitor when working properly. It should come with the HDMI 2.1, so if it’s long enough for you you should be all set
Great tutorial thanks :)
Just picked it up today.
You deserve tons more subs!
Amazing video(s), thank you! Would I please need to adjust some settings in Nvidia Control Panel as well? (3080 ti)
Thanks! You shouldn't have to, but I would double check resolution and refresh rate are set properly.
Thanks for these videos I just got this monitor and I'm trying to get it set up. Also your vids and editing look great I'll sub and interested to see how your channel goes.
Appreciate it!
So you can change the white balance while in HDR mode on this monitor??
What settings do you use for the Windows HDR calibration tool? I didn't see you go over it in the video.
I have the G9 OLED as well and use 0/1000/400 but not sure if that's correct.
I can't remember exactly but i think mine was 0/1000/1000
Guys my G9 oled has two different colors when i use split screen on the same pc always the right side has washed colors any way to fix that?
Great video, thanks. I didn't have any issues with a DP cable, surprised to hear about that. Point of constructive criticism: the animated crumpled white paper background you used in parts of the video was distracting and too busy.
I'll keep it in mind thank you!
Playing on displayport and it works great
Hey there... amm I bought it due to your video and thanks... tho I have a lot of issues that you help me fix.. one issue that I can't fix yet is the fact that it turn off every 20-30min ones or 3 times...
This sounds like a faulty cable, I would try a new higher quality one.
This video is great, brother. My monitor looks a lot better now and I am getting more out of my 4090 RTX. My only issue now is to know why my FireFox using the new AI-Upscale video to HDR quality, nor under windows-dysplay-advenced-display settings the HDR certification still says "Not found;" Peak brightness is at 490 nits.
I applied your recommendations here on my new Samsung G9 OLED S49CG932SN, which for some reason does not come with a remote and has a different UI, setting names yet seems to have the same specs as the one here. Like for instance, it only has three levels of color scales to change on RGB instead of the 6 you have here.
With the settings here applied (except I kept color settings at 0,0,0) with HDR on and Auto HDR off. I don’t understand why we would want that off? With that off, each time I open a game now, instead of automatically applying HDR to the game, I get a pop up informing me that HDR is available but Off and it would benefit having it on. 😅
There's 2 models of the G9 OLED, one with the "smart" features and interface and one without. I believe the one you have is without, which is why there's no remote/settings are a bit different but the panel itself should be the same.
For the Auto HDR I had mine off because it's purpose is to take SDR content and apply a new tone map to give it an HDR look, and although it does a good job most of the time, for the sake of keeping things standard while setting things up I didn't want it to apply any "effects" on top of the image. You can definitely mess around with this once the monitor is set up as it may make some SDR content look better, just keep in mind that Windows is applying a new tone map, on top of the tone map you've already set on the monitor, so if things do start to look oversaturated or highlights blown out that's the reason.
The most common complaints I've seen is that it makes certain programs/software while not gaming look blown out and oversaturated and the common fix for this is setting up a hotkey to turn it on/off when using it for gaming/not gaming.
Hey, building my 1st PC. I already have the Asus Rog Strix 4090, waiting on the parts. Should I opt for a different monitor with that card? I would like to play in 4k but if this monitor is nearly the same as, well. What do you think. Breat review btw. Thank you. All the other reviews are so “nearly sponsored” and reddit is so the opposite it’s hard to get a read.
In my opinion this one because oled just looks so damn good. But your clearly want to spend money on this setup so Samsungs newest neo is this but in 4k, it’s 7680x2160 so 2 4k monitors beside each other, it’s around $3k I believe but if you really want resolution it’s great. I still personally recommend this one though there’s really nothing that comes close to oled in terms of quality.
I second that I would definitely stick with OLED. If 4k is what you’re looking for there’s also quite a few coming out/already released this year in the 32” variant if you’re not already 100% set on UW that are worth taking a look at as well
If you can afford both, for the 4090 I'd recommend 65" or 77" 16:9 4K OLED that can do 120hz, for big screen/couch gaming. And for gaming with a mouse/keyboard at a desk, go with this G9 as you can't beat the 240Hz and superultrawide 5120x1440 32:9 resolution. Personally for gaming, I do prefer the extra width especially for FPS and strategy games, however for more cinematic games or 3rd person games, I like the big TV and additional vertical resolution. The pixel density from 1440p vs 4k is noticeable, however it's not a huge deal even sitting close to the monitor, it's a much wider gap from 1080p to 1440p. 4k does offer that bit of extra clarity, especially on a small monitor to where anti-aliasing type in games doesn't really matter anymore, but the extra width is a lot more immersive as the screen fills your whole field of view which does kinda suck you into the game when sitting close in a way a TV can't.
If you really wanna hold out for a true 4K 32:9 OLED monitor, rumors are that next year Samsung will release an OLED with that ungodly double 4k resolution of 7680x2160, as they currently have a 57" monitor with that res but it's still a QLED/MicroLED type of tech. That said, that's probably about 9 months to a year out from now, but in either case that res would even bring a 4090 to it's knees, as it would be half the FPS of 4K.... The 5090 should be out by then though and may be a perfect match.
I have one question mate, i can't know what to do to watch videos and movies with FULL SCREEN ULTRAWIDE , games are fine but movies and vids are cropped and i have black sides, any solution for this, ( i have a VA panel 49")
i love ur video it's very informative, thank you
What solutions do you expect here? It's an aspect ratio issue. Same problem when content was mostly 4:3 and 16:9 monitors started to appear.
Either crop, stretch, or leave it with the vertical letterboxes.
Bro help me please game mode is on but hdr is not working. how open hdr
I use the monitor with DP1.4 no issues so far here.
Great video, man. I have the Samsung G95 that uses a VA panel, it also had some issues when I began to use it, thankfully the firmware fixed most of these. omg, why can't Samsung fix those before selling. I want to update my old one to the new OLED G9, but seeing all these issues that you had, I think I will wait for the next-gen because someone said maybe all these problems are caused by the DSC, display stream compression, I hope the next-gen OLED G9 could have the DP2.0 so no more DSC may cause fewer problems. I want to use G9 OLED most of the time for text editing, is that a good choice? Because someone said the ABL can be very unpleasant to eyes
The ABL doesn't bother me as much as the text fringing would for something like text editing. Its still not a HUGE issue but I can imagine it causing some eye strain if I was looking at text all day. Typically WOLED panels deal with this better so I would look for something that uses that!
@@chettystudios Thanks bro
Zero issues here on G9 OLED, and I've had mine since day 1 on launch so it's been almost 10 months. It works fine on HDMI 2.1 with a good cable, the displayport cable isn't ideal though as you can't easily hit as high of a refresh rate. HDMI 2.1 cable works fine. I've had no issues with HDR or G-Sync/VRR on this monitor, it simply just works. Which is interesting, as the 49" first gen G9 I had with the VA panel was basically impossible to get HDR working on, but HDR is worthless anyway on anything other than OLED or maybe really high-end QLEDs.
That said, my biggest complaint is the TV interface, it's laggy garbage. If you do decide to the get the OLED, definitely go with the cheaper one that lacks smart TV features. Will save you $200 and plenty of headache from the shitty slow interface.
@@rustyshackleford4117 thanks for so many details, I am going to wait for the next-gen G9, I want to see how the DP2.0 works
The Monoprice 8K Certified Ultra High Speed HDMI Cable says 120hz, does it work on 240hz?
Yeah for 1440p its 240hz, 120 is @ 4k
Have you experienced any burn in yet?
Not sure if you’ve used one but if you have question for you. If you had a C2 would you recommend this monitor or stick with what a C2????
I haven't used the C2 but I have the C3 which is basically the same but it really depends on use case.
If I were primarily PC gaming (especially with keyboard and mouse) I would prefer the G9 for higher refresh rates in competitive games and the ultrawide experience in single player.
But for console gaming/controller playing I would prefer the C3 since it's 4k and it's a little too tall to be playing keyboard and mouse
@@chettystudios it’s for PC with a 3080TI.
I’m on a 3060ti and i am having really low refresh rate, compared to my 165hz msi monitor. Any advice?
Since it's essentially the equivalent of running two 1440p monitors it will definitely be taking up a lot more resources than a standard 16x9 1440p monitor, so I would either look to upgrade the GPU or go with a less demanding display
Hi,
How did you get the 240 Hz to work? for some reason my control panel doesnt get the 240 hz refresh rate
I believe it needs to be in game mode if you haven't set it to that already
Hi, I recently purchased this monitor, and your videos have been very helpful. However, the screen was glitching, and the monitor’s OS indicated a port issue. Samsung’s customer service was unable to diagnose the problem. Following your suggestion, I tried using HDMI 2.1 cables, which so far seem to have resolved the issues.
But I have two questions for you before I decide whether to return the monitor:
1. Since getting the monitor, it has been making a popping noise while in use. Did yours do that?
2. When I first received my monitor, every time I powered it on, the screen would display “Samsung Odyssey OLED”. Now, it only shows the shutting down animation when I turn it on. Is this normal behavior after a while, or is my unit faulty?
Thank you!
Glad the cable helped! I forgot to mention I too had the port issue indication when running the troubleshooter in the OS at first.
For the popping, this isn’t something I’ve experienced but I would definitely email Samsung about it to make sure it’s just the speakers turning on and not something more serious like a faulty power supply or something that could catch fire over time.
And as for the power on, this is normal, I don’t see any text on screen when powering it on, just the horizontal “shutter” effect if the PC is already turned on and a blue screen if the PC is just being turning on and waking the monitor from rest until I get Windows Login Screen
Hi! I would like to ask you if it's possible to use this monitor with a laptop with a good GPU (at least the RTX 4060 for laptop) for gaming. Because of my job, I travel a lot, so I am planning to buy a laptop for gaming instead of a PC and I would like to buy a 32:9 monitor for playing video games when I am at home. I am not sure if this will work. Thank you so much for the video :)
This is a premium monitor so you will need a premium graphics card. The lowest you want to go to play high refresh rate at 1440p is a 4080 and even then its not that fast because its the laptop version but it is comparable to the 4070 Super desktop GPU
I currently have 2 1440p monitors and planning to switch to this, but mainly I use 3 windows on a desktop without any fullscreen applications running, should I still go for it or will I be prone to burn ins? I use my monitors 8-12 hrs a day.
You may be prone to burn in where the windows meet and the task bar if using with 3 windows all day long, if you don’t care about the OLED you could always go with the non-OLED version as well
@@chettystudios Oh man, I really want the OLED model, it looks so much better. Thanks for the suggestion!
is there downsides of using a converter on G8 monitor from regular dp to mini dp
I'm not sure but converters are something I've been looking into and try to find a way to test if you lose any quality.
In theory you shouldn't lose quality but I'm not sure how the graphics card then registers the cable and handles things like DSC (display stream compression) so its a bit out of my knowledge but definitely something I've been trying to look into, just such a niche thing its hard to find some solid data
How is this vs a 4k 32" ips? I'm looking into OLED but I'm afraid the vertical resolution and sharpness compared to 4k makes me regret it
There are quite a bit of 32” 4k OLED’s out at the moment so you could always look at those.
Personally when I went from 4k to 1440p, specifically when gaming, I don’t really notice the resolution difference. However, in menus/surfing the web/etc I definitely can.
I can’t alt+tab normally on my new monitor. Have black screen every time. It seems to be connected with 240 refresh rate and HDR. But I really don’t want to use it without 240hz and hdr.
Did someone faced the same issue? Have you found a fix?
Yeah that’s a common issue with a lot of these monitors that use Display Stream Compression in order to utilize high refresh rates. Unfortunately only fix as of now is play in windowed borderless
@@chettystudios that’s a bummer. Maybe will return it back then…
Is there another model of ultrawide oled which is working better?
Maybe G93SC works better?
@@IIYondaimeII It's all about compatibility with the GPU. Nvidia has stated it's a known issue and they're working on a fix for it but its been quite a while and still no fix.
No matter the brand or model, at such high refresh rates and resolution DSC is going to need to be used, and unfortunately it just isn't a 100% perfected technology yet.
does the samsung odyssey g9 have motion interpolation aka de-judder aka motion smoothing?
From what I’ve read there is a “motion clarity” setting that will activate BFI, but you have to jump through some hoops to get it to work such as 1. Switch to AV mode 2. Set to Use 120hz or lower
@@chettystudios I have the G93SC version, & i set it Display Port 1.4 to AV & Clear Motion is still not available, at 120hz.
I really want to get this monitor but I only have a 2070s 😞
I dont understand I have no remote with my G9 Oled and not the same software even after the update ?!?
You must have the G93SC model, this is the G95SC. The biggest difference is this model has the “smart” features and a remote, but the panel itself is the same.
What if I have a C1 and get this monitor and want to run both. Is the display port a problem for every single g9 oled?
Not a problem for every model, some people don't have any issues but myself and a friend of mine both have had issues using DP.
One thing I've seen suggested is using a DP to HDMI converter, the only issue with this is I'm not sure if you'll loose any quality or if theres even a converter that will support DP 1.4 > HDMI 2.1.
I currently have a C3 also and I just swap the cables and only use one at a time but been looking for a solution I'll definitely be making a post if I find a solid one
@@chettystudios alright thanks…my g9 should be here tomorrow
14:26 mmm its ok just hot swap HDMI ports as needed
or fun fact the strix series of cards from asus has 2 hdmi ports so you could just get that
I just hot swap em usually, not a huge deal but I do plan on setting up an hdmi switcher under my desk just for ease of use
@@chettystudios also the tuff series from Asus so basically Asus cards but please check before purchasing
To my knowledge it’s only Asus who has 2 HDMI
I knew of strix cause I have one myself
@@MrFaleh1129 hopefully we’ll see more in the future! Kind of a niche thing but could be useful for people using multiple TV’s as monitors as well
Thanks for your Video. Mine G9 worked fine for a few Days but now i can only choose up to 120hz and i have no Idea why + don´t know how to change it. Anyone knows this Issue?
If you have the “smart” version (the one with the remote) check to make sure game mode is enabled. Otherwise it may be an issue within windows or graphics software.
@@chettystudios Game Mode is on. Will try with G-Sync + VRR off
@@chettystudios Tried everything in the Smartmenu and disabled Gsync in WIndows. Nothing helps. Any other Ideas?
Does it matter if your using the port that says pc on it? Idk if it will affect anything
I'm not sure which one that is but all ports should work on PC
@@chettystudios it's labeled pc on the port and it's c type.
What kind of camera do you use?
Sony A7iv
What cable did you get ? Link pls
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Hi I got the G93sc, how do I put in on game mode?
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@@chettystudios hi this won’t work for me. I have the G93sc not the G95sc
@@badape3106 I'm unfamiliar with the G93sc model, but you should be able to access your settings using the button on the monitor and search for it from there.
Some settings are different between the two models, I'm just not exactly sure which, but "Game Mode" may be one of them.
as long as a video card has a "display port" output you can run it at 240hz i think 20 series has a display port and i know 30 series does.
Correct! Where the issue lies is tons of people are having trouble running the monitor via Display Port, leaving HDMI 2.1 the only viable option, which is only available on the newer GPUs
@@chettystudios Not experiencing this issue.
Hey guys I need some help I bought my g9 oled and use a display port to get 240hz but my screen flickers every now and they do you guys have any solutions
Try turning off VRR/Gsync if you haven’t already
does this virsion have PBP ?
It does, Samsung calls it "multi-view". I haven't tried it myself so can't speak from experience, but I believe you are limited to 120hz.
You saved me from getting it, I have a 2070Ti and it sounds like it just won't cut it. :/
Yeah I mean people have said they use it via Display Port but everybody I know personally that owns it has issues. Plus considering that the 5120 x 1440 resolution is almost equivalent to running 4k, the 2070ti might have a tough time utilizing the high refresh rate of the monitor. I would take a look at some of the newer OLEDs coming out this year though!
i thought by using a display port you unlock the 240 hertz
Display port or HDMI 2.1 also supports 240hz
Depends on what version of dp or hdmi cable you have
I use a cable matter 6 feet DP cable from amazon. No issue.
Can hdmi even get to 240hz
Yeah HDMI 2.1 can, just need a compatible GPU which is 30 series cards or newer on the nvidia side
I watch monitors unboxed and he’s calling it 2nd gen QD-OLED. Even though it’s called OLED is this correct?
@@joshHJJTA Yeah there’s a few different types of OLED, QDOLED and WOLED being the most popular amongst monitors. Monitors Unboxed also has a great video explaining the differences they released last week I believe
@@chettystudios I have a QD OLED tv. I almost was considering the 32in 4K ASUS ROG qd OLED monitor but I know I’d miss the screen size. If you watch his video on the G9 and he’s doing his comparisons he has it called the G9 OLED is the description but it says it’s a QD OLED
@@chettystudios just watched the video again in the first 4 minutes he says the G9 S95sc is using a QD OLED panel.
I have this monitor and no matter what cable I use or settings I change it has screen cutting, flickering, and more. At this point Samsung is taking it back snd refunding me. For an almost 2k dollar monitor you shouldn’t have to jump through these hoops to get it to work
I totally agree, it should work right out of the box, no questions asked. If I didn't like it so much once I got mine working, I would have done the same.
1:35 i would actually disagree copy someone who has actually used a colormeter to measure the inaccuracy and do what he does , sure panels are different from one another but unless if you know how to use a colormeter which im intersted in learning if you could get me a resource that explains it in a video that would be great but thats the only shot of acutally getting acurate colors
I would just look up a guide on buying/using colorimeters but they’re pretty expensive for a one time use so I know they’re available for rent at some local photo/video stores as well if there’s any around
Turning off VRR (and G-Sync) is the worst idea you can possibly give. You are transforming your monitor from a Variable Refresh Rate one into a Static Refresh Rate one which introduces latency and "choppiness" as you describe. Strange I had zero issues with the DP 1.4 cable that came in the box with the monitor.
Pretty good info, besides this :)
Thanks! And for VRR on vs off it’s a pick-your-poison case scenario.
Because of the fast response time of OLED, VRR can’t keep up with it, and you’ll introduce “flickering” where the screen looks like every once in a while it gets brighter. With VRR off you no longer have this but you may experience screen tearing or “choppiness” like you mentioned.
I very rarely, if ever, experience screen tearing so I just keep g sync turned off to avoid the OLED VRR flicker, but it really depends on which one bothers you more
@@chettystudios Interesting. I never noticed the flickering on the OLed G9 unlike on the CRG49 :)) I guess I learned to ignore it from that monitor? :D
El color de tu barba no coincide con el de tu pelo amigo, es mejor que lo tiñas o te lo afeites. Just kidding.
if it ain't 4k, it's a waste to buy OLED.