SAMSUNG 49" Odyssey Neo G9 Series G95NA 4K UHD Curved Gaming Monitor, 240Hz, 1ms, Mini LED Display, G-Sync and FreeSync Premium Pro, LS49AG952NNXZA, White & Black

First I've been looking at this screen since the original G9 came out. After hearing about all the problems and not having the best graphics card I decided to put it on hold.Then the neo came out and again my interest was piqued. But at the eye watering greater than 2000 price I put it on the backburner. Finally Prime day comes along and I now have a 3080ti so I decided to pull the trigger. I am glad I did.My first thought upon unboxing was honestly mild buyers remorse and guilt. This thing is huge, like seriously enormous. I watched every video possible and nothing does it justice like seeing it in person. I had a 34" Alienware before and they can't even be slightly compared. However, after playing games with it and working on it I can honestly say it's incredible. I came to the conclusion one evening after testing MW, Apex, Far cry and a few others that I'm now playing games on an IMAX screen. As far as some games that don't support 32:9 aspect, it DOES get a little stretched on the sides, but I've found that if you play with the FOV in-game, you can minimize the problem. You also get used to whatever remains.First night I installed it, I inspected it closely and did a dead pixel test and luckily my unit is fine. I haven't noticed any flickering issues, and my unit came with up-to-date firmware saving me the hassle. HDR also works well, though I suspect I'll be updating my system to WIN11 soon for better implementation.***One serious problem I had was that when initially starting games, sometimes the display port would say no signal detected and the monitor would go into standby. I had to hard restart my computer to get the picture back. Some wonderful redditor however made this suggestion and I hope it helps someone else out if they have this issue (See below)IN NVIDIA CONTROL PANEL ---> "Adjust Desktop Size and Position" ---> check "NO SCALING".This instantly solved my problem. I'm unsure if it's because I have other monitors attached or what but I almost returned it for this issue.Note on graphics card: As mentioned I have a 3080ti. I honestly would not have picked this monitor up without a top end graphics card, because if you do, you will not be able to fully utilize it's capabilities. Even with my 3080ti I am not able on ultra graphics to get anywhere near a 240hz refresh rate, mostly I get below 100 unless I turn settings down. However thanks to DLSS now it can help those with a lesser card. I would not do it unless you have a 3070 or higher though if you really want the best out of your purchase. With a few settings turned down and DLSS implemented where possible, I'm getting about 130-170hz on most games now.Overall, I'm stoked, and really happy that I was patient to put my rig spec together first. Doing so netted me the newer version of this monitor at a *discounted* $1499 price that I'm ok with for the quality. I've been gaming for a long time, and have heard reviewers say that this is as close to VR as you get without having a VR headset. I have a VR headset and can confirm, it's pretty epic.Haven't had it too long yet but if any issues arise I will update this review.Overall, very satisfied and blown away.Hope this helped you :)

These are the most beautiful monitors I’ve had the pleasure to enjoy. These have two different modes you can use them in.The first I set them in was the obvious, both monitors in full screen. One input to each monitor on display port connection. Obviously best performance if you can run them both stable at 240Hz. While not G-sync certified (my system runs RTX3080 GPU), with vrr enabled the performance is fantastic inspire of that. The games I played in this configuration looked and performed beautifully.Second, two inputs per monitor, one DP, one HDMI. First, you have to go into monitor settings, drop refresh to 120Hz and enable picture by picture. Now the game I play that makes this desirable, outside of the productivity aspect for a network engineer, isn’t really resource intensive, it gives you the ability to use each monitor as two monitors in a16:9 aspect ratio. The reason you have to stop the refresh rate is because one of the connections is HDMI (limited to 120Hz) and these will not run at dissimilar refresh rates per connection. That said, if you had any instability at 240Hz this will remove that depending on your GPU. Still stellar performance and beautiful picture and the game I used this for (Eve online) was absolutely stunning and immersive even running 4 different accounts at one time at Max graphics settings for this game which is limited in the game client at 100Hz.Now in addition to the gaming perspective, if you are looking at this display from a productivity perspective like I do, you will love the two input configuration because the PBP mode allows you to use one monitor like it is two separate physical monitors.So overall, if you’re the high end of average gamers and you’re not trying to see how much you can put on these before you melt your GPU, you will love this monitor. They’re great fun to play on and incredibly immersive. Add a wicked sound system to it like a high end Sound Blaster sound card and Logitech Z920 speaker system and you have great Dolby and DTS digital audio system to truly immerse yourself in your favorite game environment.Enjoy!!! I absolutely love these displays!!!!