In case you get a unit with brightness flickering, make sure you have at least the 1008.1 firmware installed and check the VRR Control option in the OSD menu. While there was no FreeSync brightness flickering on our unit, this is a common issue for VA panel gaming monitors, and other units may be affected by it. Related: What Is Overdrive On A Monitor And How Do You Turn It On And Off? While FreeSync/G-SYNC is enabled, you cannot change the response time overdrive mode, but the pixel transition performance is consistent across the entire refresh rate range.Īt higher frame rates (220 – 240FPS), pixel overshoot becomes noticeable, so if it bothers you, we recommend simply capping your frame rate to ~220FPS or reducing the refresh rate. As long as your frame rate is within this range, VRR will remove tearing and stuttering. The Adaptive-Sync technology is supported, which provides a variable refresh rate (VRR) for compatible graphics cards.īoth AMD FreeSync Premium Pro and NVIDIA G-SYNC Compatible certifications are present while the VRR range amounts to 60-240Hz. Unlike the Odyssey G7 models, the Samsung C49G95T doesn’t support Motion Blur Reduction, which could further decrease ghosting at the cost of picture brightness and variable refresh rate, but it’s not necessary either.Īt 240Hz, input lag amounts to only ~3ms, which results in imperceptible delay between your actions and the result on the screen. We recommend sticking with the Faster mode as Fastest can introduce some pixel overshoot i.e., inverse ghosting. There are three response time overdrive modes: Standard, Faster, and Fastest. So, you won’t be bothered by it unless you’re a professional FPS gamer, in which case you should be getting a smaller and faster display anyway. However, it’s only noticeable with fast-moving objects in really dark scenes – if you’re deliberately looking for it. This measure doesn’t represent an average GtG performance, but rather the fastest possible transition of one gray shade into another under specific testing conditions, so some smearing behind fast-moving objects will be noticeable. Samsung’s Odyssey G7 and G9 monitors are the first VA-panel displays with a quoted 1ms GtG (gray to gray pixel transition) response time speed. Regardless, HDR content gets a notable boost in picture quality thanks to the monitor’s good static contrast ratio, high brightness, and wide color gamut. Of course, if the Samsung G9 had a full-array local dimming solution, it would also be significantly more expensive. The monitor also supports local dimming, but since there are only ten dimming zones spread across its gigantic 49″ sized screen, it’s not particularly effective. It’s factory-calibrated and covers 95% of the DCI-P3 color space (125% sRGB, 92% Adobe RGB) with 10-bit color depth support for 1.07 billion colors.įurther, the peak brightness of 420-nits can jump up to 1,000-nits when watching HDR content, which in combination with the excellent static contrast ratio of 2,500:1, results in striking highlights and vivid details in shadows. Moving on, the Samsung C49G95T monitor features a QDEF (quantum dot enhanced film) layer, which is responsible for its wide color gamut and strong peak brightness. In unsupported games, you can just play with the regular 16:9 or 21:9 format and have black bars at the sides of the picture – or you can choose to stretch out or cut/zoom in the image to fill the screen. In some games, you may need to tweak the FOV (Field of View) setting to your liking. Luckily, in most newer games, the 32:9 format is supported. The extra horizontal screen space of the 32:9 super-ultrawide aspect ratio is also very useful for productivity work, video editing, and gaming, but not all games support this format natively. Such high pixel density provides you with sharp text and details as well as plenty of screen space without any scaling necessary! Basically, you get two 27″ 1440p monitors side by side, without the bezels in between. The Samsung Odyssey G9 is based on a 48.8″ VA panel with a 5120×1440 Dual Quad HD resolution, which results in roughly 109 pixels per inch. What’s more, it delivers a responsive gaming performance due to its quick 1ms GtG response time speed, 240Hz refresh rate, and certified G-SYNC compatibility.

The Samsung C49G95T (Odyssey G9) offers an incredibly immersive viewing experience thanks to its huge 49″ 5120×1440 curved screen that’s based on a VA panel with a high contrast ratio, high peak brightness, and wide color gamut.

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