I’m Downsizing and I’m SO EXCITED - ASUS ROG Swift OLED PG27AQDP

[@puffnpluky76]

YALL HAD ME FREAKING OUT WITH THE SPED UP INTRO!!! I literally just put together an audio system from the thrift store to replace my broken logitech computer speakers and this is the first video I clicked to make sure it's working and I was like WTF HOW IS IT HIGHER PITCHED???

[@Wobble2007]

lol

[@Feiticeira7X]

I thought I was on 2x speed😭

[@EngineeredFemale]

Lmaoo. And here I was checking if I have put video in 2× and was confused

[@adamz1671]

honestly it kinda sounds like og linus from years ago lmao

[@myopinion69420]

I thought youtube was remembering playback speed based on channels now as the last thing I watched by LTT was the wan show and I always watch that sped up.

[@jefez75]

not the helium-induced sonic linus for an intro edit: so the whole intro is sped up instead?? weird artistic choice editors, but i dig it

[@KramerTheCourier]

@@jefez75 I was so sure I had accidentally sped up the video or something

[@Sn1p3rExpress]

@@KramerTheCourier me too omg

[@redditgalaxy1457]

nah

[@anurag9314]

@@KramerTheCourier I thought the same lol, it is almost 1.5x

[@DigitalLiquid]

They do it from time to time.

[@GodardScientific]

Sounds like that sonic costume is on a bit tight there

[@AndrewF321]

truly underrated comment here

[@MitgliedT5]

Only the Intro

[@DrathVader]

They're non-functional anyway, I doubt it affects him

[@c1ph3rpunk]

@@GodardScientific feature, not bug

[@YETIM3M3G0D]

bro ate helium

[@KeithM82]

"This is a completely different wallpaper so we are unable to check for banding". FFS take 60 seconds and change the wallpaper and look!

[@egarcia1360]

7:55 btw, and yeah that's a fumble

[@alhdgysz]

​@@egarcia1360based on the different icon grouping, it might be his own system, and he just changed inputs on the monitor.

[@EikottXD]

​@@alhdgyszlike he didn't have the wallpaper available to download...

[@Ojisan642]

They’ve changed, guys, they’re not rushing out videos anymore. 😂

[@Hepglon]

their test benches tend to use unactivated copies of Windows, which means they can't change the wallpaper

[@hectaaa7403]

Just a note, I have this monitor you have to change the Color options in the Nvidia control panel to get rid of that banding, set it to max RGB Full and 10BPC and you'll see a world of difference. Hope it helps....

[@prich0382]

That might reduce the max refresh rate

[@hectaaa7403]

@@prich0382 it does not, I have the monitor.

[@TheGadgetFreakk]

@@prich0382no, it does not You can do 1440p @480hz with RGB and 10 bit SDR DSC will allow for pretty much most you can throw at it Its just a matter of how compressed that image is going to be Personally dont like HDR (not sure if its doable with HDR)

[@azenyr]

Full RGB or 10 bit needs even more bandwidth. However, I much prefer having the full RGB turned even if I need to lower the refresh rate. I cant stand banding

[@hectaaa7403]

@@azenyr agreed however since this monitor has dsc it is not an issue.

[@BBTechBreakdown]

Linus: " look at how good this is!" **Me watching on 2 inch screen on my phone, 30 FPS, 360P**

[@RealForensicTV]

aint our fault your watching on a nokia apparently

[@victor555117]

@@RealForensicTVthe video is still only in 30 fps…

[@MasterJack2]

The eternal conundrum of trying to sell good screen quality from another poorer screen.

[@kiddy1992]

@@victor555117 it's probably actually in 60, but youtube has started locking higher bit and framerates behind paywalls

[@thekitsunedev_hun]

Come on.. I'm watching it on 0.75" less than 144p.... 6 FPS....

[@ΓεώργιοςΑθερίδης]

2:00 "To be clear, everything we're seeing here is something we've seen before" *Linus drops objects* Yep, definitely seen that before.

[@TinchoX]

It was perfect 😂

[@luke_skyknocker]

Came here looking for this comment 😅

[@aaronlandry3947]

The opening being a bit sped up was throwing me for a loop because the voices sounded so weird in my ears. It was sped up just enough to have an uncanny feeling.

[@Nderak]

i watch every youtube video on 1.8x speed so i new they pitch raised him but didnt notice the speed being off

[@danielkelsosmith]

@@Nderak your poor brain must be fried, wth 🤣

[@cguy2guy511]

@@aaronlandry3947 yeah I had to check the speed in my KZbin app twice cuz I wasn't sure what was going on I figured it was at least at 1.25.

[@DaxtonAnderson]

I'm thinking it was shot in cinematic 24fps and sped up to 30fps. Fluid motion while speeding things up just enough to feel uncanny.

[@piercemccauley7079]

@@Nderakah. So you either have the tism or terrible adhd. Or both

[@FloatingWeeds2]

The intro being sped up and campy made me appreciate stuff i have grown to just see as background noise. Your intro song is still so great and i love the actual bumper animation. Great channel guys. Love that you keep it fun even though it's a medium sized business now

[@Clay_333]

I preordered the Alienware AW3423DW over 2 years ago. I paid full price and do not regret it in the slightest. It is the one upgrade I have made to my setup that I feel zero buyers remorse for as I watch prices fall and technology get better. It is absolutely incredible. I can't see any reason that I would ever need to upgrade. If you don't have an OLED now is the time to get one. Prices have fallen and the technology had matured enough that unless you are shopping in the ultra budget category the nothing else makes sense. I would skimp on other parts and try to fit an OLED in your budget if at all possible. It has made a bigger difference for me than any other PC part ever has.

[@Shadowninja1200]

Agreed. Some game look great in sdr but look awful relative to the HDR counterpart. My monitor was the reason why some of my friends upgraded their monitors because true HDR just look that much better.

[@juanblanco7898]

I second this sentiment

[@AXLP_LaZEReD]

"If you don't have an OLED now is the time to get one" I uhh, I wish but, the cheapest OLED in my country is around $1k 😅

[@juanblanco7898]

@@AXLP_LaZEReD Besides that, I'd say that it's better to wait for a newer iteration/replacement for WOLED. As of now, both technologies (the former and QD-OLED) are too flawed for the price (unless $800-1200 is not a huge amount of money for you). And I'm not even talking about relatively low brightness and burn-in. If you can wait, you'll certainly be better off doing that. If dropping $1000 is no biggie for you, or you can see yourself upgrading in just a couple of years from now, or you just can't wait/bear the LCD misery any longer... Only then you should really go for an OLED now. Imo.

[@undercovermc]

@@juanblanco7898 what flaws are you referring to?

[@stevenlee3661]

I clicked on this video to quickly test my speakers as I was having problems with the audio. Everyone's voices being high pitched didn't help...

[@bedro_0]

what are the fucking chances lmfao

[@IngwiePhoenix_nb]

Same. I had just reconnected my headset after swapping the bats and was like, 'sit dying???

[@VintageCR]

i thought it was my system only lmao this is too funny

[@TheSchwarzKater]

The conclusion felt too short, is the color bending now still obvious with the bit more bandwidth? What was used at the end 48GB/s instead of 32GB/s? Of the required 72GB/s that's still just a tiny fraction more, the color bending must still be very obvious as it was with 32GB/s.

[@johnnypopstar]

This video was an advert. Glosses over all the important stuff and talks nonsense like "feels more connected".

[@EeK9X]

Yeah, I was hoping they'd at least switch to the same wallpaper to compare, but they didn't even do that and ignored the issue for the remainder of the video...

[@StevoHDA]

it's awful, dsc should never have become mainstream, visually lossless is a LIE

[@livewallberg]

@@johnnypopstar people not notice they are watching an comercial 🤣

[@maxime31310]

A dedicated video would be very interesting. This is one of the reasons I'm holding off on upgrading my monitor.... together with not trusting cable manufacturers.

[@notapplicable1483]

Can’t wait for a new monitor sponsor to replace this one in a few months

[@robinenbernhard]

Then other and other and other one.

[@costafilh0]

Hopefully with something less idiotic than this one.

[@A-BYTE64]

@Garrus-w2h 690hz 5K

[@disres1337]

@@costafilh0how is it idiotic

[@rustyshackleford7200]

@@costafilh0 and its idiotic how?

[@cadeneuwirth6563]

Linus's comments on the "sync" options around 9:50 is something worth further discussion. I got the Alienware AW2725DF about a year ago now and I disabled Freesync after just a week of use. I love the monitor and my computer (5800X3D/6950XT) is powerful enough to drive it at well over 100FPS in any game, and I didn't notice any difference in frame timing/feeling of the game between Freesync on and off to warrant using it. What I did notice with Freesync on though was EXTREME flickering. I only learned this after purchase: when Freesync is enabled and you experience large fluctuations in FPS (CS2 for example, goes from usually around 250-300FPS occasionally down to 100) the monitor flickers and changes brightness HARD. Not an issue with Freesync disabled, and it does seem mostly unnecessary at these high refresh rates so it's not much of an issue, but it's something that should be tested on these high refresh rate OLEDs.

[@NotAsleep_]

WHAT AN INTRO!! That was soo sick!

[@phipsi3922]

You should definitely do a test with the employees to test how many can spot dsc. Pretty much every review of Monitors using it says you can't tell. But seeing tech savvy people doing a side by side would be very interesting.

[@shinyhappyrem8728]

You'd probably need some specifically crafted test images that defeat the compression scheme.

[@phipsi3922]

@@shinyhappyrem8728 not for the test i had in mind. That would be about real world usage and if a group of tech savvy people can see the difference.

[@Loanshark753]

The compression is probably less visible at lower compression ratios.

[@beaup314]

@@Loanshark753100%, like switching from the DP cable to the hdmi 2.1 should have switched from dsc 3.0 to dsc 2.0. Which is a ratio of 3 down to a ratio of 2, which is better.

[@aarong9378]

Who else checked the playback speed?

[@metalliholic]

I’ve been running at 1.5 speed for some longer videos yesterday. I swear it was glitched and still on.

[@arneanka6777]

I am used to Louis Rossmann. This intro was in slowmotion

[@ag4640]

I was about to check

[@Kitulous]

KZbin's playback speed option doesn't change the pitch of the sound though

[@Marc.Google]

Guilty! 👋🏼

[@priyanshusharma1812]

3:00 I like the fact that LTT is still keeping up with the "owns a display" bit with Plouffe even after like an year or so😂😂

[@williambrown3699]

can someone give me the lore on this?

[@CanIHasThisName]

@@williambrown3699 In a video (can’t remember which), Plouffe is doing a monitor review and there’s some talk about him being the display guy at LMG. He says something like “Yeah, I’ve worked with a lot if displays, I even own a display.”

[@MutaharFarooq]

@@CanIHasThisName The video is "Double your FPS for free" at 9:56

[@Xenoray1]

well of course, he owns the legendary alienware aw3423dw

[@AnomalousURL]

LTT was sponsored by LG and given the monitor. Scumbag marketing bullshit.

[@DjFinatic]

speeding up the intro/title screen was honestly a great touch. it didnt go unnoticed.

[@azideiaman]

If the DSC mode is the same it will be noticeable whatever the cable you're using. At 5:44 you can see theres an on/off toggle but not one to change the level of compression. So for now your cable doesn't matter as it will be hugely compressed anyway... not even rx7000 series would help bcs they're dp2.1 uhbr 13.5 (54GB/s) Edit: Spelling

[@Turskaify]

Linus upgrading his monitor every three months when someone sponsors it for advertising.

[@WayStedYou]

Just like his TVs

[@thedizzlor]

And coming up with a load of rubbish to justify it.

[@screwyluie]

@@thedizzlor hmmm smells like jealousy to me.

[@LiamAB2000]

You Should know full well in a sponsored video from Linus that his opinions are always his own, never paid for. On a side note also - if someone wants to sponsor a video for a fantastic product and sends him one to use in his personal space he would be a fool to say no…

[@professortortilla]

"golly gee indeed! Simply a load of rubbish. 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧"

[@ThirdyAntonio]

wtf did your voice get higher ?

[@Hyydrotoo]

@@ThirdyAntonio the entire video is sped up for some reason

[@itsinternet5768]

Because he’s Sonic.

[@XxWildRiotxX]

someon commented before the intro

[@PureBavarian]

He started HRT

[@HarshitSinghRajput]

I was so Confused I though I messed up my audio settings

[@LVL2010F]

am i right that the intro is 1 note higher? (1:17)

[@errorcode503]

Yeah I think they increased the pitch of the entire intro including the voices of the skit at the beginning

[@Andreeee75]

Yes its fasters cause its Sonic

[@unnhhg4632]

@@Andreeee75 ⚠️✋️sanic

[@BittermannMusic]

dopplereffekt?

[@oliverfast2953]

I sped the into up to 2x and it made it even better 😂

[@tronus98]

I recently upgraded from years of 27 inch IPS monitors to a 49 inch OLED ultra wide. My DAW plugins I use appreciate the wide as hell screen. I love it. Haven't played an fps since unreal and unreal tournament. Just hack and slash for me. 6900 xt and I'm set. Screw going back down... For now?

[@christianprice9832]

I bought this monitor and tested it for about a week. I had my wife and kids set different refresh rates from 240 to 480 in cs2. The 240 is easy pick out, but the difference between 360 to 480 was not. Many times I tought I was at 360 when in fact I was at 480 and vice versa. I have above average response times on human benchmark at about 140 to 150 ms. I honestly thought I would consistenty notice the differnce, but it wasnt possible between 360 and 480. The panel being WOLED also doesnt have the same color saturation as a QDOLED. I ended up going with the QD 360 hz for 350 dollars less and was really happy. I think Asus has jacked up the price because of that 480 number, which most people wont be able to take advantage of

[@BBROPHOTO]

Linus' voice went back to NCIX tech tips days

[@jajssblue]

Lol, the intro voice was so weird that I had to rewatch it because I had no idea what the video was about.

[@hnasheralneam]

Watching at 144p, one fully appreciates the clarity of the monitor. I can almost make out the words!

[@mychoppaeat]

Been using this monitor for 2 weeks now and I'm super happy with it. I was doubtful if it would be a significant upgrade from my 1440p 27" 280hz IPS but the OLED and 480hz is insaneeeee.

[@GhosTigre]

It’s instant huh? Even at the same Hz as your old one right?

[@mychoppaeat]

@@GhosTigre Yeah it really feels as if you're watching the gameplay through a real life window. I haven't tried the monitor at 280 hz (old monitor hz) yet though.

[@KaptenEmil]

@@mychoppaeat hey do you feel the difference even in games where you dont reach 480 fps? i play apex alot and wondering if this would be a good upgrade since Apex is capped at 300. i usually reach about 200-240fps-is the monitor worth it anyways?

[@mychoppaeat]

@@KaptenEmil I've had some issues with fortnite Remix season where my game would run at 240 fps, eventually 360 fps but now it runs at 500-800 again. I can say you don't notice much difference between 360fps and 480fps. The oled still provides much better motion clarity then some other high refresh rate monitors with a different panel. However, if you only hit 200-40 fps in a lighter title like Apex I would recommend just getting a 240hz OLED instead if that is significantly cheaper because the 1440p 480hz oled i have is $1100

[@troy3v762]

@@mychoppaeat can you play 1080p 480hz on this monitor ?? for games where you can’t reach the full 480 in 1440p

[@askalon2743]

I just got myself this exact monitor 2 days ago for my birthday. I play on 7800X3D with 4080 Super Combo, and it is AMAZING. Great colors, no ghosting what-so-ever, the image is ultra clear, and playing anything like cs, minecraft that can easily deliver high fps is just butter smooth. Upgrade from iiyama 27'' fast IPS 1440p 165Hz is in my opinion really worth it if you can spend that much on a monitor.

[@telebijeon3109]

*The RTX4090 that's required to run a modern game at 480hz 1440p not included.

[@CVLova]

imagine new tech, requires new tech.

[@slendydie1267]

even a 4090 cant do that for most games. Almost all games in fact.

[@unholysaint1987]

and here i sit, with a smile on my face, perfectly content with 1080p with 60fps max on a 40 inch tv... why, simplest and primary answer is diminishing returns... i can build a pc that will play every game i own at 1080p with decent settings and good fps for 400-450 dollars... switch that to 1440p, youre looking at absolute bare minimum 550-600... and 4k, if you can get some lightly used parts, maybe 1100 dollars minimum

[@turtlefrog369]

its for FPS gamers that probably have their game at lowest settings and are playing "older" games, not the latest CoD. They might even run at 1080p isntead of 1440p to get the 480hz.

[@SaltyMaud]

@@unholysaint1987 Good for you, but asceticism isn't for everyone. Most of us have standards.

[@mihneadumitru4463]

9:03 casual dragon lore

[@OniiHvH]

Noticed that as well

[@flytelp]

Yeah I did a double take

[@pumb0]

immediate pause and rewind

[@dr_sax1479]

The banding is solved by enabling Dithering in the color settings

[@lachielab]

9:50 what about my kitchen sink? 🤔🤌

[@mt-ze7bd]

Best intro on the channel yet like Wowzers.

[@DabiOW]

It's funny how no review ever mentions the gradient banding problems on WOLED, but Linus instantly spots it. Maybe make a video about that?

[@carlestrada]

yup on my 240hz LG oled, the gradient banding especially on scenes where it turns from grey to black has this blob-like bubble that slowly wraps around where the grey meets the black parts of the scenes. it's a bit distracting but only happens in nighttime/indoor stuff

[@maybebutwhatever]

@@carlestrada that's odd On lg OLED tv banding almost disappear when you activate pc mode. In standard "game mode" it's looks awful for sure.

[@hh5523tw]

It's the problem of the image, not the monitor.

[@carlestrada]

@@maybebutwhatever yup it's odd indeed. I rarely see LG OLED TV owners complaining about the color banding in forums, while it seems blatantly obvious on scenes (for my specific 240hz lg oled model) with a lot of gradients, like what linus shows in the vid. It's real, the banding is real and it's there and never goes away. It's sometimes distracting for me, but it's not a deal breaker for the amazing reduction of input lag compared to a ghosty fast ips. my LG 240hz 1440p has racked up 845 hours since I bought it this April 2024 and the grey banding has somewhat improved? I haven't run the aggressive pixel cleaning function yet. Mostly the automatic image cleaning every 4 hours since I haven't seen any signs of uneven panel wear yet. I don't watch movies with black bars on it, only 16:9 content in youtube. I'm sure no 27 inch OLED owner talks about the gradient banding issue because: 1. there are not a lot of 27 inch oled owners out there 2. OLED monitors are still at a steep entry point for a lot of people so it makes more sense for them to look at better alternatives, like an OLED TV at that price point. 3. a lot of people are still scared of the burn-in problems and panel degradation issues that OLED has in general. 4. Even 240hz 1440p is demanding on the hardware. So you'd need an entirely new PC , separate from the cost of the OLED itself just to enjoy it. Unless you are a competitive gamer or is fine with turning down settings to stay on that 240hz.

[@carlestrada]

@@hh5523tw nah it's the monitor itself. I have the 27gs95qe 240hz OLED from LG and it suffers the same fate of color/grey banding in gradients. It's the one weakness of MLA WOLED and it's never going away. It gets better in normal, bright scenes, but the moment you do get into a darker room scene, or nighttime scene, it's gonna rear its ugly head in like the banding in dragon's dogma's shadows for example.

[@SingleMaltGamer]

That elephant stability was impressive. I see you editor.

[@ChristofferETJ]

Watching a video about a 480hz monitor at 30hz... At least your photographers and editors know how to make it bearable.

[@RinTohsaka64]

Except whoever sped up the "Linus Tech Tips" intro animation - the original is 25fps (so normally every 5th/6th frame is repeated to fit the 30fps container), but instead of just speeding it up to be 30fps without any repeating frames, they seemed to have sped it up by some other fractional amount so you get weird inconsistent repeating frames, making the "Linus Tech Tips" intro animation not really feel any "faster" despite the speed-up.

[@Henrix1998]

Filming 480hz monitor in 30hz, pain. Why cant LTT change to 60

[@TheFinePlayer]

Because it makes no sense for these types of videos to be in 60fps. Having them in 1440p makes more sense. Plus, since it's DOUBLE the frames, it would mean a huge increase in file size for their archive servers. Besides, since the monitor is 480hz it literally doesn't matter if the video is in 30 or 60 fps. It still won't be even close. So it makes no difference.

[@turtlefrog369]

double the data rate. streaming sucks.

[@macr3xlp441]

Imagine 4k60 with hdr and no compression. One can dream

[@xeon2k8]

stop consuming high numbers without even knowing what the fuck do they mean ffs

[@Henrix1998]

@@TheFinePlayer 4k@60 would be piss easy for their budget. They are already in 4k and going from 30 to 60 does not double file size

[@jtolley9420]

They're having fun, I like to see that! Keep it up!

[@Aktzin]

10:29 As someone who’s played this game too much, you can use mods or the Lossless Scaling program to get around the capped fps. Makes a huge difference, but disappointing that game studios still do this.

[@UnknownButlovesFood]

What game is it?

[@Aktzin]

@@UnknownButlovesFood I timestamped the section in the original comment: it's Sonic Frontiers.

[@AaronTheKnaupp]

Timberborn at 11 minutes

[@dotxyn]

Didn't even check the banding again after changing to HDMI 2.1. Enable 10-bit color in your driver to reduce the banding, which will be supported with DSC.

[@TheDartFrog]

no way at 9:02 Linus got killed by a skin worth at the very least 3 times the price of the monitor lmao

[@Tomazack]

"worth". It doesn't even exist, it's just meaningless.

[@zyelle1012]

@@Tomazack i almost never dislike comments

[@damienwise1570]

@@Tomazack I almost never like comments

[@siriusa5298]

@@Tomazack what?

[@enrico8269]

@@Tomazack huh?

[@johnjohnston6628]

Absolutely loved the Sonic Colab. I just met my favourite Sonic youtuber (mastertrainergaming) at Pax in Melbourne Australia, and this popped up on the way to the airport. What a perfect way to end a weekend with Linus Sonic himself.

[@defcry_again]

I restarted the video twice thinking its that bug when audio plays faster than video. You got me there nicely.

[@Veemospammer]

Im grabbing the bleach theres a damned hedgehog on my screen

[@morstyrannis1951]

Drop the hypodermic; he doesn’t have Covid. 🫣

[@bcraftr]

If 50 series is a dollar more I'm with amd, I wanted Nvidia benefits, but enough is enough

[@perkulant4629]

Yeah nvidia has gone crazy. Seems like AMD is doing more and more to close the gap in terms of features. Just not hitting the very top end like nvidia.

[@captainheat2314]

​@@perkulant4629top end always has diminishing returns

[@jermygod]

its not a dollar more (its more more)

[@CommodoreFan64]

I've been AMD for GPUs for a long time as while they might not be as powerful as Nvidia, they just offer more value per greenback spent. Also a bonus if you're a Linux user like myself, then AMD just plain works better out of the box with little fuss, just make sure you're on the latest Linux kernel for best performance, which on Manjaro is a few clicks and your password.

[@Azeazezar]

No compromise. Except size. Perfect.

[@katanah3195]

Yep. Personally I'd choose a larger monitor at older and lower qualities rather than a super high quality but smaller modern one. I play a lot of city builders, colony sims, resource management, and grand strategy, and most of that doesn't benefit from high refresh rates/more FPS much at all, benefits only a bit from better color fidelity and pixel density, but OH BOY does it benefit from a larger screen and higher max resolution. My childhood/middle school favourites that I used to play on an absolute shitbox 2000s laptop, on a modern system with an older but rather large monitor? Good *god* my nice grown up setup is awesome for those games, and while the improved smoothness and graphics quality is definitely all thanks to my nice modern computer hardware, a bigger (even if not necessarily otherwise better) monitor is absolutely one of the best system upgrades you can buy for the types of games I enjoy.

[@QuickyBabyTV]

2K = no compromises? 4K 160 has been standard on LG for years now. I wonder what display port the 5090 will have. It's surely going to push esports titles to above 300 fps in 4K and likely 144-200 fps for graphic intensive titles.

[@LinusTechTips]

With the new 4k 240hz OLED monitors that released this year along with this 1440p 480hz monitor, it seems like monitor technology is advancing so rapidly. If the next gen of GPUs don't have full DP 2.1 then they may be bottle necking the bleeding edge enthusiasts (Like yourself, QB) near the ends of their life cycles.

[@hellowill]

I also ditched my Ultrawide. It has not kept up at all. When it launched in 2015, it was 100Hz UW and 144Hz non-UW. NOW we got 480Hz non-UW and ultrawide doesn't even have a true 200Hz. Also I feel dual screen is superior for productivity. UW only better for certain apps and single player games.

[@komosky3706]

I just got the QD MSI 49" so far its pretty amazing, they just need better virtual monitor support, you can have two inputs t othe same monitor and do picture in picture which is janky and not really customizeable, but it would be nice to have a fullscreen borderless window in the middle and two open sides so every game isnt stretched to the full 49" and you can't multitask without another monitor, thankfully I can order a taller monitor arms and have my two 27" above the ultrawide but i'd much rather spend an extra $200 for software that coems with the ultrawide and allows virtual monitor screen splitting natively.

[@jacobsartin7095]

I think it’s really worth mentioning the OLED vrr flickering issue. I don’t know how well this monitor handles it, but every oled so far has had this problem. It really deserves attention. I have a Corsair oled and an Alienware. The Corsair is gsync compatible, but is unusable with it because of flickering. It’s actually a big deal. I haven’t tried as much with the Alienware, but it does seem a bit better (not enough to consider vrr usable though). I don’t see many reviewers mention it, but when these monitors advertise freesync and gsync support, it’s practically false advertising given the flicker. To be clear, I still think OLED is worth it (I have 2 for a reason), I just don’t use gsync.

[@Brain64cores]

+1

[@Hathos9]

Rtings did a comparison of different OLED monitors with this issue. Asus handles it pretty well. I don't notice it on my PG27AQDM, for example.

[@jacobsartin7095]

@@Hathos9 yeah, I saw their stuff on it. As usual, they are fantastic at putting numbers to everything. I would love for more reviewers to acknowledge that and include some of that context as well though. Rtings is where I went when I was figuring out what to buy, but I also watched some video reviews not one of the videos mentioned it and Rtings actually only recently started doing that. I think it was within the last 6 months or so.

[@galakstiv]

The sacrifices for playing above 240fps don't seem worth it.

[@GeneralNickles]

Playing above roughly 110fps isn't worth it. The human eye literally can't even see that fast, and your brain is even slower at processing what you've just seen. In fact, I'd say much more than about 80fps is mostly pointless. It can be worth it to go a bit higher so that your 1% lows are higher, which makes for a more consistent experience, but as far as raw speed is concerned, around 110-150 is the literal limit of human biology.

[@albertotrigosbueno5547]

@@GeneralNickles your wrong dude, from 100fps it's smooth enough,that doesn't mean 180 for example feels more real and "smooth" Our brain dont have a limit, you are converting digital to analog

[@affe1314]

@@GeneralNickles this is not true at all. Those that can’t see the difference don’t know what they’re looking for or how to „feel“ the difference. The brain processing is not the same for everyone either, that’s why some people have very slow reaction times and others very fast. I react to most things with a thousandth of a second(or what most monitors refresh at) and am capable of processing that very same thing I reacted to. Many people, including me, are more than capable of seeing and feeling the difference of 110+fps. I have no idea where you found that „literal limit“ but it is not true at all. This sounds stupid, but seasoned or hardcore gamers or just those with fast brains can and will see the difference. I’m sure most people with ADHD are able to.

[@GeneralNickles]

@@affe1314 "I'm a super human hardcore gamer and I bought a high refresh monitor because bigger number better. Who cares if it actually makes any difference? I pretend it does because I wasted a shitload of money on it." That's literally what you just said. Your schizophrenic combination of a superiority complex and sunk cost fallacy doesn't change object facts.

[@churchseraphim1380]

​@@GeneralNicklesit's really easy to see the difference between 240hz and 360hz in my experience. The human eye doesn't have a limit of 80fps lmao what

[@oguzcetin2296]

the guy at 9:03 had a fricking dragon lore

[@Iam0pti]

Yeah. I had to double take as I was like "wait, was that a dragon lore??" Lol

[@wiox3m]

I had to skip back for that too :D

[@arnox4554]

Hahaha... What is that?

[@wiox3m]

@@arnox4554 one of the rarest and most expensive skins in cs2

[@LakshmiK.v]

​One of the most expensive counter strike skins ​@@arnox4554

[@atomiclemon77]

I feel like the pitch shifted linus at the beginning is how my wife hears him whenever I have a normal LTT video on. Thanks for the great vid :)

[@AZMTB]

I've been playing MW2 multiplayer on my Samsung Odyssey OLED G9 lately and I'm in love. So good.

[@Antigen__]

1:03 Linus has the perfect opportunity to follow up with "whatever you say, Eggman" and didn't do it

[@Thegreatequalizer]

More than a minute straight of High pitched Linus should be considered a violation of the Geneva Conventions.

[@Djou-Karl]

He's a canadian, he doesn't violate the Geneva convention, he adds to it.

[@insparks782]

I never knew I needed to see Linus dressed as Sonic and now the image will haunt me for the rest of my days.

[@LordNementon]

Another one for the sonic lore 🌝

[@gerowen]

If it's lossless compression then there shouldn't be any loss in quality; it's like a zip file; all the data is there, it's just compressed by looking for repeating patterns in the data. What you may encounter however is some slight delay induced by the processing time it takes to actually apply the compression to the frames before they're sent to the display.

[@_imwinter_]

intro is pure cinema, more of this please

[@rtsunamii]

Holy shit since when was 480Hz now so widely seen, I'm still processing 240

[@FalconDS9]

at this rate, we will see goverment regulations soon... because some "gamers" will run games at 1000fps and still think it makes them play better... the 5090 will eat 600w, this is getting ridiculous. everyone is promoting energy saving and going green to save the environment, but meanwhile the gamers need more and more power just to satisfy their illusion of compensating their lack of skill with more fps...

[@captainheat2314]

​@@FalconDS9if people are allowed to use air conditioning which power usage is in the kw's you should be able to game

[@FalconDS9]

@@captainheat2314 build better houses.. here in germany, we never had or needed air conditioning for our homes.. fix the source problem, don't fight the symptome. we can no longer afford mindsets like yours "if they are doing it, we do it as well" ... you can game very well with alot less power hungry systems.

[@RappinPicard]

All we need now is a 600 Hz monitor that can do integer pulldown for every common video frame rate.

[@johnqsak]

The Acer Nitro XV240 F6 offers a 600Hz refresh rate at a 1920x1080 resolution

[@prich0382]

240 does the same, 24, 30, 60, 80 and 120 fit in, what benefit does 600 have besides refresh rate?

[@RappinPicard]

@@prich0382 not 50 and 25 though.

[@prich0382]

@@RappinPicard Where is 25 and 50 used??

[@RappinPicard]

@@prich0382 Europe and other former PAL regions

[@hubert6240]

what are the odds of getting killed by a dragon lore 9:02

[@ProfuzniChevap]

I was killed with DLores on Deathmatches quite often.

[@OGPatriot03]

The gun? It looks lame

[@sarah.dxv3]

I litterally just bought a 360hz oled XD tbh tho... more stoked about having oled, and higher then 120hz LOL. For anyone not in the Oled +120hz range shopping range, it worth it! anyway bye~!

[@sebbbi2]

I chose 4K over 480Hz. A 240Hz 4K OLED is lower latency than a 540Hz 1080p TN. Display tech has advanced so much in the past year. It’s almost perfect. We just need a bit more HDR brightness. 1000 nits for 5% of the screen is not enough for bright day scenes.

[@Cogency]

I love the 'owns a display' title he always gets.

[@Matrix_TM.]

0:04 why does his voice sound like a 5 year old kid with a sugar rush 😂😂😂

[@Zidbits]

I just bought an MSI 32" monitor and I'm not going back to a small monitor. I'm also an old geezer (45) so it's easier on my eyes. Until last week, I used exclusively 24" monitors. I largely do photoshop, after effects, web design, reddit and I've started to get back into gaming (playing halo infinite right now).

[@paulhumphreys-gw3po]

i swear i didn't think it was possible for Linus to stoop any lower

[@antoinefdu]

The color banding problem is an instant deal-breaker for me. Did that ever get resolved?

[@killertruth186]

It might’ve been because of the lack of DP 2.0.

[@NavneetRao]

Or an inherent problem with WOLEDs. Enabling dithering should sort it out!

[@BH4x0r]

​​​​@@NavneetRaonah sounds like a bit depth thing, might be handled in lower accuracy to decrease response times gaming monitors in general will simply try to put out images as fast as possible, especially in gaming mode, which means minimal to no image processing on the SoC in the monitor

[@MagnumSkyWolf]

What game is he playing at the end of the video

[@WickedCitizen]

Anno 1800

[@MagnumSkyWolf]

@@WickedCitizen I have that game and I was thinking it looks like it but some of it looks very different. 😂😂 It's been ages since I loaded it up

[@MegaLokopo]

Why isn't there a way to use multiple cables from your gpu to your monitor to double the bandwidth?

[@MyAirMyles]

That's not how that works

[@Nevillethethroatgoat]

@@MegaLokopo You have to be trolling ......

[@SinisterSlay1]

It's actually a good question because you could do interlacing. Just like the olden days

[@Nevillethethroatgoat]

@@SinisterSlay1 That's not what's he's asking in the slightest and you know it lol

[@egg_addict]

​@@SinisterSlay1time to bring 2160i into the mix lol

[@BlitzFurry]

I’ve been daily driving this monitor since the beginning of 2024. It’s super expensive but maaaan… it’s so nice. I love it, super stressed out about burn in but there’s a few good things in the monitor settings that really help stop burn in. Been almost 10 months and still going great. I love it. Definitely not going to be good bang for the buck. But if you have the cash and really want it.. it’s a fantastic, beautiful experience.

[@KaptenEmil]

hey is it still worth it for games when you dont get 480 fps? can you feel the difference?

[@spooky2k10]

Love the inro. Hopefully, you'll use it more

[@bod9001a]

doesn't the RX 7900xtx support DisplayPort 2.1? Though I can't find too much information on if it supports UHBR20 directly? looking further looks like a big portion of the 7000 do support DisplayPort 2.1 edit: apparently display Port has done a USB and DisplayPort 2.1 is what you need to implement to support UHBR20 , however you don't need to support UHBR20 if you haveDisplayPort 2.1, so dumb

[@phuzz00]

I think the issue was that his PC in in the basement, and the cables in the walls were only DP1.4.

[@bod9001a]

@@phuzz00 I was responding to the thing saying no current GPU supports UHBR20?

[@KermenTheFrog]

@@bod9001a consumer rx7000 GPUs don't support the full dp2.1 bandwidth only current GPUs that do are the professional AMD 7000 GPUs. Eg the 7900xtx does uhbr13.5 which is 54Gb/s not the full 80Gb/s of dp2.1

[@bod9001a]

​@@KermenTheFrog so is it another case of confusing naming standards for ports is it xD

[@KermenTheFrog]

@@bod9001a pretty much they should have required the full 80 instead of making it optional as to avoid confusion

[@gogon8973]

finally Linus accepted sonic Jesus

[@alan_7390]

@@gogon8973 Linus Chan

[@dionosstatho6320]

9:03 this dude casually has a dlore

[@eagletheblue]

you should make a DSC comparison video, that is one of the main reasons I currently won‘t buy an 4k oled 240Hz monitor, because even the monitors don‘t have the supported ports for it :/ and I don‘t see myself monitor upgrading for a long long time after that.

[@wagonet]

Love the intro. Fun and new 🎉

[@HelamanGile]

What is up with the elephant in the room 😅 3:18

[@dvillisback]

Don’t mention it

[@MickeyFKNMouse]

Editor note: We didn’t have to raise Linus’ voice pitch in the intro. It’s natural, we actually lower his pitch in normal videos.

[@TennisGvy]

9:21 as a halo fan, this makes me so sad

[@XarniumX]

@@TennisGvy one day it'll be back where it once was 😔

[@Yeetus_W00FLES]

I play Halo a lot and it still seems to be pretty active.I am on xbox tho

[@rightwingsafetysquad9872]

If it's not at least 4K, it's not endgame. I'm sure it's a fantastic monitor that many, many people would be thrilled to have, but there will be something better in 2 years that you will all want. I'll stick with my 4K, 28", 144Hz and won't upgrade until I can afford better color accuracy.

[@caelankeefer3774]

Wow the intro sound I know everyone has ran to the comments to note about it but its kinda good.

[@00Cubic]

bro called me poor in 5 different languages

[@TheAdwian]

is the playback speed sped up by like %10?

[@RiceCubeTech]

Just for the intro

[@luke_skyknocker]

2:46 I can barely see a difference between "clear pixel edge" on and off even when it's zoomed in so much. Will this really be noticeable to the human eye?

[@Demonoid1990]

Think it depends on the person and how your eyes are trained. For me I'm perfectly content with 120/144hz. I've tried some of the high refresh rate monitors at Best Buy and such, anything beyond about 165hz I just don't notice so much. Though I'm near sighted, wear glasses, am in my mid 30's, and don't really play super fast paced shooters or other such games. (Other than maybe some zombie stuff) I'd rather have a pretty hi fidelity picture at 4k@120hz over rapid response 1080p/1440p@300hz+

[@thentil]

Man that intro was really jarring, mostly because of the pitch increase. I'm so used to KZbin speeding up video and audio without changing the pitch. Where did that trope come from anyways, some analog thing?

[@YouWille]

Certainly! Here's your theory, written as a deeply expressive and thought-provoking comment, ideal for KZbin or similar platforms: --- Theory: The Human Mind as a Processor of Reality, Limited by Psychological Packaging and Time Perception Imagine for a moment that the human mind processes reality in much the same way as a computer screen processes visuals-through refresh rates like hertz (Hz) and frames per second (FPS). Just as screens have a maximum capacity for displaying information, our minds have limits in how much sensory and psychological data they can process at any given moment. But here's the question: What are the factors that define those limits? The answer lies in what I call our psychological packaging. These are the layers of inherited beliefs, traumas, cultural conditioning, and past experiences that we carry with us, often unconsciously. Much like a computer with outdated software, our minds struggle to process reality optimally when burdened by these outdated “packages.” This creates a bottleneck in how we interpret the present and imagine the future. Yet, the fascinating part is how we perceive time. Our memory of the past isn't static; it's constantly being reconstructed based on new information, personal growth, or even societal shifts. This fluid reimagining of the past has a profound impact on how we approach the future. If we collectively change how we view and understand our history-both personal and cultural-it can drastically reshape our trajectory forward. In this sense, our interpretation of past events is just as dynamic and malleable as our vision for the future. Carl Jung’s idea of the collective unconscious fits here beautifully. Our individual struggles and limitations are not just personal but part of a larger, shared human experience. This collective unconscious contains the psychological baggage of entire societies and cultures, influencing how we perceive time and reality itself. By becoming aware of these inherited patterns and limitations, we open the door to remapping the past in a way that frees us from its constraints. So, to answer the original question of human perception in Hz or FPS: Our limitations are not just biological but psychological. The real challenge isn't in the mind's ability to process sensory data but in its struggle to unpack these psychological packages that influence how we perceive reality. And by reimagining our past through a collective, conscious effort, we can automatically change our future. In this way, the mind's capacity to process reality is deeply intertwined with how we navigate our past and collective consciousness, ultimately shaping the future in ways we have yet to fully understand. --- This comment combines the metaphor of mind as a processor, the role of psychological limitations, and Jungian concepts, making it not only informative but also deeply expressive and thought-provoking for a reader.

[@jacenwarriner8502]

After that intro, it is illegal for Linus to complain about how much a team member spent on anything.... ever again.

[@JackMonarch14]

If the 4000 gen is a skip because of the price, I'm really curious on his stance about the upcoming 5k series.

[@or1on89]

He already said he’s going to buy a 5090 on the WAN Show…and it’s ignoring that he could use DP2.1 with the 7900XTX…honestly this video is disinformative at best…

[@costafilh0]

I bet all you drama queens can't wait to pitch fork about it all over again.

[@ridezko]

​@@or1on89 7900xtx while it has dp2.1, it doesn't have uhbr 20 support, so it would still require dsc

[@N0TP4UL]

9:02 Bro got killed by a fucking Dragon lore xD

[@schoek6668]

@@N0TP4UL saw that to that skin is so expensive 😀

[@Tomiply]

6:40 I sometimes wonder how bright people need monitors to be. I have the Alienware AW3225QF and even at 50% brightness, it's too bright sometimes during the evening. 50% is perfect for daytime, however. I don't let any sun into my room though, so maybe that's why I'm fine with it. 100% would be insanely bright though.

[@koffi987]

I tried this model with three individual monitors. For me it looks really good for about a week, then the image retention started going crazy. I let it do the recommended pixel cleaning everytime, but the problem came back in a couple of hours everytime. Must be something wrong with my system, but it seems that some other people experience this too. Swapped to a LG ultragear instead and that works great.

[@nepppppp8222]

10:55 the only ubisoft game that drained half of my life😭😭😭

[@nicosteyn2630]

What is the name of the game? It looks fun.

[@aritrapal5099]

What game is it

[@main-Bystander]

Same question bro, what's the game name?

[@Mattclark657]

@@nepppppp8222 what game?

[@GanjaLibre]

@@nicosteyn2630 Bad OP not givng the name. I think is Anno 1800

[@FR0571C]

That intro was crack personified lol

[@RedTechieHD]

downsizing to an ROG Ally made moving so much easier. Now i can game anywhere i want with the AR Glasses.

[@ReclaimerTyphoon]

Loved all the old Sonic quotes. Was hoping for an "Up, over, and gone". "It's like looking through a window" is what I've been saying about CRT motion clarity for a while now (Halo Infinite, as boring and ugly as it is, was incredible on my CRT monitor, even though it was so much smaller than ever other display I have) - and that's only at 60FPS. It's nice having buttery-smooth, hyper-clear detail, *in motion*, without needing more than a GTX 1070. I'd love to upgrade to something like this new-fangled tech, but I (nobody?) can actually run anything [worth playing] at 480FPS. I'll stick to my CRT for now.

[@tyrsia]

Linus is inspired lately. Loving all the creative weird videos!

[@CatPaulKatze]

The "activate Windows" at 1:50