Hello,
At the moment I have two monitors, the Asus pg348q and the Samsung CF791 at home and have to decide which of the two goes back. Please consider that I have a GTX 1080 and use it for gaming. Also, the Asus pg348q costs 1100 euro while the Samsung CF791 is at 1000 euro.
I will list some of the pros and cons but I think you all know them already so I'll make it short. Also, I will upload some pictures of both in-game and in dark screen.
Asus pg348q
Pros:
- IPS panel
-Gsync
-Overcloked to 100 Hz frequency no problem.
-No coil whine, flicker, etc.
Colors are quite accurate
-Excellent viewing angles
-VESA support well implemented
-Color calibration profile (ICC) from TFTCentral is available and works perfect.
-3 years guarantee
Cons:
-Backlight bleed and orange glow in the corners (took me to exchange 6 panels in the lottery to get a decent one)
-Native frequency is 60 hz
-The stand is huge and the barely flat curve (3200R) makes the panel feel huge.
-Panel from LG from 2013
-Rather low contrast
-Blacks are not totally black but dark grey sort of, almost black
-Gsync causes some games to drop 10-15 FPS as compared to monitors lacking it (Wildlands 55 FPS maxed out)
Samsung CF791
Pros:
-Native 100 Hz
-Color calibrated from factory
-Really elegant design with a step curve (1500R) makes the panel feel not as huge as the Asus and covers the peripheral view within a reasonable angle
-Amazing contrasts and displays velvet back.
-Very new panel made by Samsung (SVA) including Quantum dot technology.
-Lack of Gsync seems to be compensated by higher performance resulting in equally smooth gameplay (Wildlands 70 FPS maxed out)
-Excellent contrast and eye popping colors.
-No backlight bleed
Cons
-Color shifting from angles although really minor and only seen at very steep angles.
-Lack of Gync (has freesync instead but some people claim is badly implemented)
-1 year guarantee
-My eyes got pretty tired of long gaming sessions unlike the Asus pg348q
-Very noticeable VA glow in the upper and lower part of the panel
Pictures:
Backlight bleed/glow.
Asus pg348q
Samsung CF791
Colors
Asus pg348q
Samsung CF791
Asus pg348q
Samsung CF791
Asus pg348q
Samsung CF791
Asus pg348q
Samsung CF791
Thanks for the input!
At the moment I have two monitors, the Asus pg348q and the Samsung CF791 at home and have to decide which of the two goes back. Please consider that I have a GTX 1080 and use it for gaming. Also, the Asus pg348q costs 1100 euro while the Samsung CF791 is at 1000 euro.
I will list some of the pros and cons but I think you all know them already so I'll make it short. Also, I will upload some pictures of both in-game and in dark screen.
Asus pg348q
Pros:
- IPS panel
-Gsync
-Overcloked to 100 Hz frequency no problem.
-No coil whine, flicker, etc.
Colors are quite accurate
-Excellent viewing angles
-VESA support well implemented
-Color calibration profile (ICC) from TFTCentral is available and works perfect.
-3 years guarantee
Cons:
-Backlight bleed and orange glow in the corners (took me to exchange 6 panels in the lottery to get a decent one)
-Native frequency is 60 hz
-The stand is huge and the barely flat curve (3200R) makes the panel feel huge.
-Panel from LG from 2013
-Rather low contrast
-Blacks are not totally black but dark grey sort of, almost black
-Gsync causes some games to drop 10-15 FPS as compared to monitors lacking it (Wildlands 55 FPS maxed out)
Samsung CF791
Pros:
-Native 100 Hz
-Color calibrated from factory
-Really elegant design with a step curve (1500R) makes the panel feel not as huge as the Asus and covers the peripheral view within a reasonable angle
-Amazing contrasts and displays velvet back.
-Very new panel made by Samsung (SVA) including Quantum dot technology.
-Lack of Gsync seems to be compensated by higher performance resulting in equally smooth gameplay (Wildlands 70 FPS maxed out)
-Excellent contrast and eye popping colors.
-No backlight bleed
Cons
-Color shifting from angles although really minor and only seen at very steep angles.
-Lack of Gync (has freesync instead but some people claim is badly implemented)
-1 year guarantee
-My eyes got pretty tired of long gaming sessions unlike the Asus pg348q
-Very noticeable VA glow in the upper and lower part of the panel
Pictures:
Backlight bleed/glow.
Asus pg348q
Samsung CF791
Colors
Asus pg348q
Samsung CF791
Asus pg348q
Samsung CF791
Asus pg348q
Samsung CF791
Asus pg348q
Samsung CF791
Thanks for the input!