Gigabyte G34WQC Review After 1 Month
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- Опубліковано 19 чер 2024
- My full review of the Gigabyte G34WQC ultra wide monitor after one month of use. If you have any questions about the monitor that I didn't answer in the video, please ask in the comments and I'll answer them to the best of my knowledge. Thank you!!
*Picture Mode and Black Equalizer*
It has been brought to my attention by a viewer that also owns this monitor that Picture Mode and Black Equalizer can be enabled by disabling HDR settings in Windows display settings. Then in the monitor menu go to settings - system - other settings - Displayport Ver. and change to version 1.2. Both will be available. Thanks very much to him for letting me know!!
*HDR & G-Sync Flickering*
If HDR is enabled in Windows display settings when G-Sync is turned on, slight flickering may occur in games. This was the case in my experience and after turning off HDR, there has been no more flickering. The flickering was very minimal to begin with, but could be annoying or distracting.
**I left out that Gigabyte is using one of Samsung's SVA ultra-wide panels in this monitor. A full list of monitors that also use this exact same panel from Samsung can be seen at this website (scroll down to Samsung and see 34" 3440x1440 144Hz 1500R Curved)
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Timestamps:
Intro 00:00
Monitor Specs 01:02
Build Quality 02:50
Menu 03:39
G-Sync/Freesync Setup 04:55
Ghosting/UFO Test 05:53
Backlight Bleed 06:44
EIZO Monitor Test 07:31
Speaker Test 08:30
PIP/PBP Settings 09:27
NewEgg Customer Ratings 10:38
Pros 13:31
Cons 14:21
Conclusion 16:31
Outro 17:18
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For anyone who is looking for info about Picture Mode and Black equalizer being disabled, or wondering about G-Sync flickering, I've added more deets in the description ^^^ (they both pretty much boil down to having HDR enabled). Thank you so much to everyone who commented for helping me get this info out there! :)
But thoes this mean you cant play games in hdr without flickering?
@@cornthedun3015 you can play with HDR and G-Sync disabled and there won't be any flickering. But I really don't recommend using HDR with this monitor. It does very little, if anything at all and is more of a marketing label than an actual feature. True HDR is meant for 10-bit color depth or higher screens, this one uses 8-bit. The colors on this monitor already look great to me and can be adjusted to anyone's liking.
@@BACustomPCs so does G-Sync works w/o flickering by disabling HDR? Or it doesnt work at all?
@@str8edge142 G-Sync works without flickering by disabling HDR. At least this has been the case for myself and some others.
Is HDR set to on by default? I was thinking of getting the Xiaomi 34 curved but if this fixes the G-Sync problem I'm going with this Gigabyte monitor.
There are hundreds of people on this platform that deserve more subscribers and you are one of them.
Thank you so much for your kind words! :) I'll keep trying my best to make content that is helpful to consumers! This month is a little slow bc new hardware releases and they're hard to get, but I'll have some good vids by the end of this month or beginning of December. I really appreciate you watching!
An excellent review, thank you for the unique perspective including the Newegg review references.
That's very kind, thanks a lot for watching :)
Awesome review. Went a purchased after watching your review. Excellent job, thanks for the help!
One of … if not the most comprehensive overviews of this panel. I have liked subscribed and saved this video for when mine comes in next week to use as a tutorial. Great channel and videos. I mike that you don’t have 5 minutes of intro or fluff and you get down to the nuts and bolts of all aspects of the gear you are reviewing. Outstanding.
Thanks for the warm words, and thanks for your support! I hope you enjoy this panel as much as I have!
Great monitor review! I watch a lot of monitor review by hardware unboxed and your review is almost as great as theirs! And for being such a small channel, your review is WAY better than I expected. Keep up the good work.
Thanks for the kind words and for watching! Hopefully quality will improve with time :)
Amazing thank you! I'll buy one thanks to your pro review.
This was an excellent review. Thanks for it. I'm just waiting for it to come back in-stock.
I hope it comes back soon, thanks for watching!
i think i am going to have pick this monitor in part thanks to your video an how you frame your video awesome job keep them coming !!!
watching this on G34WQC.. great monitor!
I personally have the standard picture setting with brightness on 80% and color vibrance on 12 and I'm in absolute love with it
Congrats, happy to hear you're enjoying it as much as I am!
Thanks for the review, I'm considering this monitor and right now it's on the top of my list. Your review is really helpful!
Thank you very much! I'm glad it was helpful :)
How did it go with the monitor ? Did you like it?
I just pre-ordered it. cant wait to receive this monitor.
Excellent review and I intend to purchase this week. Thanks you help me make my decsion!
I came to watch a review for info but instead I was mostly focussed on your way of reviewing. It's very easy to watch, yet very thorough, covers everything you need to know, has a perfect pace and does the research properly. You're a natural at this
Wow, thank you for the kind words! I'm glad I could be of some help, thanks so much for watching :)
FINALLY someone goes over pbp and pip mode! Thank you !
It was requested to do so in my unboxing, so I couldn't skip it. It's a very neat feature! Glad I could offer some insight, thanks for watching my review! :)
About to place my order right now. Thanks for the review!
Congrats, I hope you like it! Thanks for watching :)
I'm new here, watch a lot of reviews.
I appreciate your sincerity, level headedness, good product footage, and for not trying to sell it (since lots of people get a cut from sales). liked and subbed.
Thanks very much!
I literally just bought this monitor based off your recommendation. I was on the fence. But you pushed me over it. Lol. Thanks for the great review.
Congrats!! That's very nice of you to say :) I'm glad I could offer some insight, and I hope you enjoy yours as much as I have!
Very tempted but I play more rpgs n total wars so not sure the curve is for me.
@@MauriceTarantulas People seem to be either for or against curved panels mostly. I'm fine with either, really. But I think it's funny how I forget that the screen is curved at all when using the monitor haha
@@BACustomPCs Yeah its something I need to see in the flesh.
whered you buy it from? i ordered one in december but it was backordered and still haven't heard back
I LOVE your live wallpaper, great review!
Thanks friend, I make them myself! You can get them for free on Steam in the Wallpaper Engine workshop. Search "Leif Erikson" my user name if you want them :)
One of the few truly informative vidoes on this monitor, thank you for your sincerity and unbais
Thanks for watching and for the kind words, I'm glad you found it helpful!
Your review was indepth and informative. I'm here to leave a comment in hopes of more engagement! Keep up the good work
Thanks for the comment and kind words! I'm glad you found this helpful!
Great review! I had this monitor for a month now too and I am really happy with it! The only minor annoyance is that to switch it off you have to long-press the joystick on the backside of the monitor. I wish there was just a simple button for that.
Thanks for the nice words and for watching! :) I'm glad you're liking the monitor too. I don't long-press to power off the monitor, it always automatically turns off when I shut down my PC. Maybe you can try this out, and if you do let me know how it goes!
For this, I just don't turn it off, taped some black tape on the standby light (because I hate those). And use an ahk script to force sleep the screen if I want to 'Turn off' the display when I go away but still want the PC on. For other cases I disabled 'Auto Switch Sources', so if I put the PC to sleep or turn it off and there is another source still one, it just goes to standby.
Wow! Thanks for this review! I'm just waiting for the Hardware Unboxed video (for the in-depth response time and color accuracy testing) and then I'll make a decision
Thanks for watching my review! Cheers and good luck on your decision :)
@@BACustomPCs thanks!
Big review at Toms's.
This video was actually very helpful, I been trying to fix the flickering for so long. Thxns
Very glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching :)
I love that you included the Zelda soundtrack in the background.
OoT music is legendary :)
I bought that monitor in the end and its very good monitor, thank you for the video it helped me a lot to decide
I'm glad you liked the monitor, thanks for watching my review :)
@@BACustomPCs you welcome, and plz Continue the good content. you have answered all my questions and straight forward approach thats what I like
@@ostrados I appreciate the kind words. I'll do my best!
I must say, even though I'm late to the party, given that the upload is about a year old, I found your review to be very informative. You covered a lot of important details. There was nothing gimmicky about your video. It was very straightforward easy to understand. There was no shouting, no over acting and overzealous intent. All those content creators who do the unboxing and video reviews of products, should really watch a video as a crash course on how it should be done.
Got some major ASMR vibes from this review...AND it was a very thorough review...awesome brother.
I've been using this monitor for about a month and have very impressed. I'm coming from a Asus ROG pg278q and was interested in giving an ultrawide a try but didn't want to drop a bunch of cash . I mostly game on the PC its hooked up on and I'm glad I picked it up. NO issues in quality and the only thing i've noticed was the screen flicker w/Gsync enabled, but having used it both on and off, it comes up so infrequently it's a non issue. I only wish the height adjusted an inch or two higher. Appreciate the review
You're very welcome for the review, thanks for watching! I'm glad you're loving it as much as I am. Someone gave me a tip that fixed my G-Sync flickering. You have to go into Nvidia control panel and only enable full screen instead of windowed and full screen. I hope it works for you too! Thanks for sharing :)
Hi Bryan, I'm updating from PG279Q, Does it really make a difference? I'm hesitant about buying this monitor. Thanks!
I bought this monitor 2 weeks ago and I have been nothing but impressed with it.
I'm glad you're having a good experience! I would agree :)
Great review. I enjoyed your perspective and thoughtfulness. It was really informative for you to share the Newegg comments and your thoughts on them.
Thanks for saying so, and for watching :)
Thanks for the review, looking forward for mine to arrive. Sadly it takes 2 weeks to deliver.
This is one of the only reviews out there that’s actually good and I am grateful thank you!!
That means a lot, thanks for watching! :)
Perhaps this is one of the best reviews on the monitor. Thanks! In Russia this monitor is out of stock, but I will wait. If it does not appear, I will take the AOC CU34G2X/BK - this will be the best of the nearest options.
Thanks for the kind words! I hope it becomes available in Russia soon, as it's been a great monitor so far for me. But I hear the AOC isn't bad either. Cheers!
in Russia you don't take the aoc the aoc takes you
@@user-zu5ym4uk7z haha
@@BACustomPCs So, I bought a Gigabyte monitor. And its awesome! Thank you again for this review - its really helped me make a choice
@@Get_Faster Glad you like it, congrats!
Keep on keeping on man u deserve more
Very nice video ! Good format and writing keep up the good work !
Thanks for showcasing the PBP feature, could you try changing the output to 1770 x 1440 for each of the separate inputs? See whether it could help out with the "weird' stretching issue, as I'm interested in the PBP but not the black borders or the stretched out look. Appreciate it.
Thanks for a great review! It's easy to follow and get right to the point. Regarding the PBP, is it possible to change the screen size from 50/50 to 75/25?
I own one, as does my son. We both love this monitor. It's been fantastic.
Glad you both enjoy the monitor as much as I do!
@compvlsive Congrats, I hope you like it!
Can't wait to use this monitor as soon as my pc rig is put together!!!
Now that was a cushty review mate, it totally made my decision to buy this ultra wide monitor a lot easier. Ty! )
Glad it could help, thanks for watching! I hope you enjoy it :)
Freaking in love with Zelda! Thanks you included theme from the best game ever!
This video was rly helpful thanks! Probs gonna buy it soon as it’s in stock in Australia. Gonna go with me first ever pc (3080 which I was super lucky and won it from msi, r5 5600x). Only question I have is, is there any glare? As I will be using it in a very well lit area. Great vid!
Thank you :) Congrats on your 3080, mate! You're a lucky one, that's for sure, will make one heck of a first PC! There isn't any serious glare from the screen, it has more of a flat(ish) finish so it really isn't all that reflective.
If you have an overhead light near where your gonna place it there is some glare but it's manageable and nowhere near some of the others.
Im glad for people like you
I work in our monitor industry, Ive had some people furious over 1 dead pixel, its so frustrating to explain to them that dead pixels are inevitable that is why there is an ISO standard or ISO 13406-2 to be exact that standardizes the amount of dead pixels before it can be considered for RMA
I'm sure you know from experience then. When manufacturing a product with millions of extremely small pixels, there is a very high chance that a few will become defective. Of course, I understand one's frustration with dead pixels if they don't understand this. But when it comes to 1440p or 4K monitors especially, having a few dead pixels will rarely disrupt immersion or entertainment since the pixels themselves are so tiny. Cheers to you and the monitor industry!
@@BACustomPCs thank you my friend, by the way in PBP mode you need to halve the horizontal resolution to make it fit properly in the monitor, intead of showing two full hd 1080p displays, you need to half the monitor's 3440x1440 resolution. Make it 1720x1440 and aspect ratio to 4:3 hehe
@@doodskie999 Thanks for letting me know! Another commenter said the same thing and that makes complete sense lol. If I do another monitor review I will make sure to use all the helpful tips I've received :)
Bought it today, can't wait to receive it ! Thx for the review !!! Will make an update after using it !
Congrats, I hope you like it!
Update?
@@clickbait9744 It's been maybe a month, and so far so good, coming from an IPS pannel i notice some difference, but speed, color and contrace seems really good, a bit of bleeding from the edge but only noticable in a dark room and black screen. Nothing bad to say about this monitor so far and it was the cheapest at for this size !
Just came in stock at BestBuy ! ordered it! Thanks man
Congrats, I hope you like it!
That gerudo valley legend of zelda music👍👍👌👌
OoT had some of the best music of all time
PBP works well for me. Full screen without distortion. Set resolution 1720x1440 resolution for each side.
Thx. Was looking for this comment, as it is important to me for work :D
I'm so glad I came across this video. I decided to buy one, and couldn't be happier with it! Thanks so much for your review mate, I've subscribed to your channel now :)
I'm glad you like the monitor, thanks for your support!!
VA Panel: deeper blacks.
Also VA Panel: backlight bleeds
And a lot of black smearing
This monitor is sooo underrated 😧
It's been pretty good!
Like the review. I appreciate that you don't gloss over the negatives and address points made in a logical fashion. Just what I was looking for.
I've seen some discussion and articles regarding the potential flickering issues and from what I can see avoiding it revolves mainly around keeping your framerate (consistently) above the LFC threshold which features like HDR and VRR can obviously impact not to mention the system hardware driving this many pixels. Having said that I am no expert and could be talking rubbish. I have one arriving tomorrow and will let you know my experience.
Thanks for the kind words! I'm no expert either, but I can tell you what worked for me. Per the video description, turning off HDR in Windows + changing the DisplayPort version from 1.4 to 1.2 in the monitor menu eliminated my G-Sync flicker. And if you use an HDMI cable instead of DP, the refresh rate will be capped at 100Hz.
Looking forward to hearing your experience!
@@BACustomPCs Received it today after the first one got lost by Amazon so consider this my 3 hour review.
Pretty happy so far, it's not perfect but I didn't expect it to be that. Coming from a 27" Dell Ultrasharp 2560x1440 IPS my main gripe is uniformity on flat colour washes (grey/black especially) and with some minor peripheral colour changes even on small viewing angle changes but this expected with the VA panel so not really a complaint. There's a little dark banding almost down the centre of the monitor but it's really not noticeable in normal use.
Overall impressed after testing for dead/dark spots/ pixels - I didn't find any. After applying rtings ICC profile and recommended settings it looks great (it wasn't 'bad' before). Reducing the brightness and upping the contrast as well as minor RGB adjustments 48-46-47 (from 50-50-50) the colour is good. Running native resolution 144hz in Windows works great, I have yet to play games on it so that's the next port of call.
The joystick is easy to use, sharpness is spot on with text. GSync is enabled with the 'not validated' warning in the control panel. Slightly worried about response time movement blurring (after the EIZO test) but time will tell in real world gaming. It's certainly going to stretch my 1080's legs more than the last monitor with like 30% more pixels to drive.
For the price of £439 at the time of purchase I think this is good value overall.
edit: congrats on 1k subs!
edit2: picture mode should be available if HDR is disabled (which the feature is a bit of a gimmick anyway)
@@ataraxiauk Thanks for coming back and sharing your experience!
I really appreciate your in-depth analysis thus far. I agree with you in saying that this monitor isn't perfect, but I think it's a darn good monitor for the price. I want to reiterate to a lot of viewers that it never was going to be flawless at this price, but a bargain for the features included. Also thanks for including your color settings. I've also found the colors to be satisfactory after some tweaking, of course not professional.
Feel free to come back with any noteworthy or significant experiences you may have!
Good job! You are the best reviewer
That's extremely kind of you, thanks :)
I'm still waiting for Hardware Unboxed to review this, as I want a bit more quantifiable data before making a purchase. There's no ultrawide at the moment that is quite as cheap as this one, and if it's on par with the other budget ultrawides... It seems like a no-brainer. From what I've been able to work out, most of the sub $1000 monitors are pretty much within margin of error in factors like colour accuracy, pixel response times, etc. So it seems to me that either you go budget VA, or you go high end IPS. The VA based ones that cost as much as (or nearly as much as) IPS based monitors seems to be mostly not worth the extra money. I have to admit though, if I buy this, and end up with such a large cluster of dim pixels, I'd probably just return it, as I wouldn't be able to ignore it once I'd seen it, and it would be a constant source of annoyance, simply know that I'd spent money on a new monitor, and it's "faulty" right off the bat.
I think that if this monitor is delivered completely flawless then it's more than worth the money. But it does seem that there are a decent amount of people who unfortunately received defective monitors, myself included, if only minor. So, with that being the case, ordering one of these does feel like somewhat of a gamble. According to NewEgg ratings alone, which is not a true representation of all buyers, the majority of people seem to have gotten a good, defective-free model. But still there's no way to guarantee that you'll be so lucky. I've noticed that the larger channels that have reviewed this monitor have all received defective-free panels and given positive reviews, but don't know if they are aware of the problems that others have had. Whichever monitor you end up going for, I hope you have a good experience!
@@BACustomPCs My big fear is, that if I get something too budget, and I place it next to my boyfriend's Asus ROG Swift 34" IPS, it'll end up feeling... Sub par. His is the first gen 100Hz model though, and I know ultrawides have come a long way since then, but IPS does tend to look a lot nicer than other panel types. I am limited in funds though, so well. We'll see what I end up with. This one does seem very tempting though. As far as I can tell, it uses the same panel as half a dozen other monitors of varying quality, probably the best being the Cooler Master GM34-CF, but that one isn't available here in Norway it seems.
@@rebeccaschade3987 Hahaha, I understand, you can't get shown up by the boyfriend! IPS panels tend to look a lot better, but are just now getting to the point where they have higher refresh rates (they also cost a premium). Let us know what you decide to go with, and good luck showing up the bf!
@@rebeccaschade3987 The Samsung G7 is another option Rebecca but more expensive. I cant decide myself.
@@MauriceTarantulas It's not ultrawide, so to me, that's not an option.
Backlight bleeding is honestly not an issue in most cases.
To me it's not noticeable on this monitor at all, unless you're looking at an all-black screen and looking for bleeding. Very pleased so far!
Sou brasileiro mas com o tradutor ligado eu consegui entender perfeitamente o que você estava falando. Parabéns, mais um inscrito no canal.
Ive been looking at this monitor for some time now, And I know what I wanna get. Thanks
Turn off HDR in Windows display setting if you want to get access to picture mode!
Yes, a viewer has told me about this and I've added it to the description for others as well. Thanks so much!
@@BACustomPCs By the way , good job!
@@mysticyo1068 Thanks for watching :)
I bought this a while back thanks to your original review. TLDR; I love it. It's my first ultrawide and 1440p monitor, haven't found a single flaw with it except for the HDR. When turning it on in games, or via windows itself, the colors look so washed out and you cannot edit any of the color settings when HDR is activated. I haven't messed with the color settings of the monitor, everything is a it's default factory setting. Might try tweaking with the in the future but I doubt it.
Thanks for watching my reviews! I'm glad you're liking your monitor as much as I am :) HDR is a bit of a gimmick with panels that only utilize 8-bit color depth. HDR is really better used with 10-bit color (or higher), so really I doubt there is any benefit to turning it on. TBH I've had HDR turned on for the majority of the time I've had this panel, and with 10-bit color turned on in Nvidia control panel. I recently turned it off and I honestly couldn't see a difference! But I'm keeping it off since Picture Mode is inaccessible with HDR on. Thanks for commenting, cheers!
Ordered this from your recommendation, thanks.
I hope it serves you as well as it has me!
Came for the review, stayed for the zelda music.
PRO REVIEW !!!
thank you so much
Glad you liked it, thanks for watching :)
Thank you sir for the review, I bought this because of your video too.
Thanks for watching, I hope you like the monitor!
How's your monitor now is it ok any feedback? I'm planning to buy it as soon as possible
@@squirtboxtagz4783 It's been great! I've loved going from 1080p to 1440p and the wide screen has been fantastic. Cyberpunk was a lot of fun to play on it. I would still recommend.
I will be purchasing this monitor after watching this video and subsequent amendments in the description 👍🏼
This was a very helpful vid man! I just bought this panel. I wont get it in for a wk but ill back with you after i check it out. I have a old 20 inch now so anything is an upgrade lol
Awesome indepth review.
You just gained a sub my friend, great video!
i already own one gigabyte monitor G32QC and im going to pick this one up fairly soon!
What a great review! Love from Bangladesh
Yup, great monitor! Been using it for about 3 weeks, and it's fantastic.
Glad you like it!
Any idea how to get it to show in Windows as its proper self. Not Generic PnP Monitor?
fast enough for competitive fps gaming?
Good stuff man. Subbed
awesome review !!!
Love your review, wish you the best and Im a subscriber now
Awesome, thanks so much for your support!! I wish you the best as well, cheers! :)
Been contemplating on getting this as the monitor for the pc I'm gonna build when it comes back in stock, saving up in the meantime. This review helped point out some of the questions I had about it, thank you for this well detailed video definitely getting a sub & like from me!
Thanks for supporting and watching, glad it helped! Good luck on your future build!
@@BACustomPCs Thank you sir! I'm gonna need it considering our current GPU situation...
@@Coles-bootleg-vids Yeah, hopefully sometime this year cards will be available!
@@BACustomPCs That would be nice, but I need the ability to afford one first lol
@@Coles-bootleg-vids Very true, even the 20 series cards have hiked up in price and are harder to find. As someone who builds and sells PCs, the GPU marketplace has been such a pain!
Loved the video man. Thanks
Thank you for watching :)
Pretty nice video bro! ❤️
Awesome, in-depth review!! I'm reaalllyyy considering this monitor but I'm realllyyy hesitant coz of the issues I've heard of. Its also in stock here in Australia so that's nice
Thank you very much :) Hi to Australia, I've always wanted to visit! If you get one without any defects then I'd say it's totally worth it. I'm really enjoying mine. And if the price is still as good of a bargain in AUD then that's also a plus! It makes regular 16:9 monitors seem small now lol
@Daniel Crene no flickering??
@Daniel Crene wow sounds good! So im guessing you're loving it? I'm super close to just buying it now haha
@Daniel Crene Very glad to hear :)
Lance you considered the Dell DG271? Or the lg 950?. Am leaning toward the latter.
For sub £400 the Dell DG is very tempting. I do like the idea of a 32+ inch for other things like movies etc.
Is that Gerudo Valley?!? Sick!!! 😎👌
Thank you so much for the review!
Love this monitor. I cannot go back to regular office monitors anymore.
The extra screen space is nice! Makes regular 16:9 monitors seem too narrow haha
My wife was able to preorder this from B&H on 10/18 as a bday gift for me before they took thy option away and it now just says out of stock. A week after they changed the eta (to their warehouse) from 11/7 to unknown (per support representative). I am leaving my order in but dang I'm tired of waiting. This monitor was perfect in price for everything it offered. Was able to get my hands on a 3080FE. Just stinks I'm using it with a Sceptre 32" 75hz 1080p display.. Subbed.
Thank you so much for subbing! I hope you end up getting your monitor soon... I know it was a very popular buy, which makes sense given the specs. Congrats on your 3080 as well! When you do get the monitor, I'm sure it will look amazing :)
You did a good job on this
Thank you for saying so and for watching!
very informative you got a new sub here
Thanks very much, and thanks for watching!
Great Review and very detailed! One like from me and 1 subscriber! After watching this review i'm more inclined to buy this monitor than Xiaomi Mi Curved 34 or Lenovo G34W-10 which are at the same price level here in Romania (500 dollars) Currently i'm using LG 34UM69G-B IPS 1ms Free-Sync 75Hz 2560*1080 but i think changing to this resolution and 144 hz will change everything in better...not only when playing games but also when browsing because of the smoothness. Also i don't think its a real issue moving back from an IPS to VA. Good Luck and we are waiting for more reviews from you!
Thanks for watching my review and BIG thanks for subbing!! :) Hello to Romania! You do have a nice monitor right now, but I can say myself that going from 1080p to 1440p does make a noticeable difference. Same with going from 75Hz to 144Hz. Good luck to you too, I hope you have a great experience when you do decide to upgrade! Cheers!
Thank you for this video. I was on this fence you convinced me to get it. Thumbs up
Thanks for watching!
Great content bro keep it going!
Thanks so much! :)
BEST REVIEW!
I bought it too and i feel its a good monitor.
Colors arent the best but for home office and gaming i think i have the best of both worlds. Hi from México.
Your review was excelent 👍🏼 congrats
I'm very glad to hear that you're liking your monitor! Congrats on it! Thanks so much for watching my review :) If you aren't super satisfied with the colors, I'd recommend tweaking the colors via your graphics card software, like Nvidia control panel. I've done so and am pleased with the result (which I need to be because I do a lot of graphic design and illustration that requires decent accuracy). Hello to Mexico!! Cheers!
@@BACustomPCs I was wondering if you could give an example of the color settings that you used to make them more accurate?
@@JustAGuyWalking17 My color settings are Picture Mode on FPS preset with Black Equalizer on 10 and then in Nvidia control panel I have digital vibrance on 60%. Monitor brightness is 75. I'm not sure if this makes the colors accurate, per se, but they look great to me :) I hope this helps!
Thanks my next buy for sure
I hope you like it!
Annddd subbed! I’m looking at picking this up for $315 used
Would be a great bargain if it's in good condition!
Awesome and helpful video, In approximetely 1-2 weeks im gonna get this monitor, because my current 22" 60Hz are claustrophobic for me, so I'll leave here my opinion about it. I hope my model won't have any defect. *Liked and Subscribed* :D
Thank you so much for watching and subbing! :) I think you will be very happy with this monitor, considering you're upgrading from a 60Hz 22". Please do let me know how your experience goes! Cheers and good luck!
@@BACustomPCs Well, here it is, it came yesterday during my remote school haha, this monitor is a masterpiece, every title have above 60fps on max settings with 3440x1440 resolution, and the moment of turning on G-Sync for first time in life, damn. My gaming chair was wet after this xD
Definetely I can recommend this monitor, e.g. For brilliant fov in games, amazing colours, quality, Just overall It's awesome monitor in my opinion.
Only con I've noticed is flickering issue during loading to the game, that's all.
20/10 points
@@Szymonicus Haha, nice description! I;m glad you're liking the monitor! I'm not sure if you have HDR enabled in Windows display settings, but if you do you can follow the instructions in the description and it might fix the flickering. Thanks for leaving your feedback, cheers!
great review sir! subbed +1
Thank you so much!!
Got mine about a week ago , setup Newegg auto notify and immediately purchased it when I got the email notification. Now let me tell you I am coming from a G9 odyssey monitor which was 32:9 and an amazing Experience . However the G9 was to curved and consumed much of my desk and it had its own set of issues. So I returned it paid almost 1500$ for it . The G34WQC at just 409 shipped really impressed me the monitor is super light, has very punchy colors and offered me 144hz.I have no dead pixels however I can notice the backlight bleed on top and bottom of this monitor which is kind of of annoying .But I can deal with it . The speakers like you said suck but I don't use it for that. Didn't have any flickering issues using Gsync like others have complained about. Overall I'm very pleased with this monitor and will be keeping it . I have a 3080FE running with a 9900KF with 32gb with plenty of addition's and this monitor accommodates this setup very well. I will take your thoughts in consideration as far as removing the DP cable from out of the cable feeder to not yank on the cable/port. Gigabyte does not allow firmware updates ? My G9 did have an option for this hopefully they can improve on other things with this monitor. Ohhh and the cable out ports on this monitor suck I have to break my neck looking to plug the cables in .
Coming from a G9 is impressive! I'd bet you're one of the only people out there that is more happy with this monitor than the G9 haha. Also, very nice PC! I'm going to try my best to get ahold of the 3070 and Ryzen 5600X here in a few days. The cable passthrough is mostly fine, I'd just keep an eye on your cables while you adjust the height. As for the firmware, I doubt this panel will receive any updates. The only reason I say that is because there isn't a USB port on it. Unless it's possible to update the firmware through DP or HDMI, (I honestly don't know) I've always seen firmware updates through USB A or B. Thanks for leaving your thoughts and experiences!
@@BACustomPCs I wish someone did a true in-depth calibration on this thing just so i can dial things in .Don't get me wrong the picture looks great but some need some tweaks.
@@LikquidDutch I totally agree. There are color calibration tools that you can buy but decent ones seem to go for over $100. I really made this channel to do PC builds, but figured since this monitor was so new that I'd do a review. Maybe I"ll get one of these tools in the future if I continue to do monitor reviews!
@@BACustomPCs by the way I’m not taking this out on your review I really enjoyed it. I check everyday for other reviews when I saw yours I was so elated.
@@LikquidDutch Haha, no worries, I didn't take it that way :) Thanks for the discussion! I'm always willing to discuss or try to answer questions about the topic at hand.
Ordered mine today.
Love the review, very informative. I am on the fence about buying this as i read a few posts mentioning the g sync flicker issues with my 3080 gpu
Thanks for watching! I can't vouch personally about the flicker with a 3080 (I use a 2070 FE), but, after following the steps in the video description, G-Sync flicker has been eliminated for myself and others as well. Good luck with your decision!
@@BACustomPCs thanks man. Keep the videos coming
Thanks for a great review! It's easy to follow and get right to the point. Regarding the PBP, is it possible to change the screen size from 50/50 to 75/25?
It is possible, but PBP only has two options in the monitor settings, those being "full" and "Aspect." "Full" will stretch each input aspect ratio to fill both sides of the screen and "aspect" will use the aspect ratio of each input source.
To achieve a 75/25 effect you would need to use the "aspect" setting and set one input resolution to 2580x1440 (for the 75% side) and the other input to 860x1440 (for the 25% side). This can be done by creating a custom resolution for each source in your GPU software, such as Nvidia control panel.
Not as easy as some monitors, as they have presets for 75/25 PBP, but it can be done.
Mine arrives tomorrow. Always in a bit of suspense with any new screen/monitor because I absolutely can deal with dead/stuck pixels. Looking forward to hopefully a positive experience with the jump to ultra-wide but, if I do get any defects it will be an easy choice to send it back
btw, great video and, if anyone is wondering, I'll post a reply to this comment after unboxing and checking for defects. Wish me luck
Best of luck with your new monitor! I hope it arrives in good condition and that you like it as much as I do. Please do let me know how it goes!
how is it? :))
@@toni_158 its fantastic! No issues at all. Zero dead pixels, no issues with the joystick. Some very minor uneven backlighting that is noticeable in dark images if youre looking for it but, that was expected.
All around excellent upgrade from my old Dell S2716DG
@@InternationalNathan I'm happy to hear that!
If you are still having "menu greyed out" options, disable HDR in windows should resolve that. Finally got mine last night delivered to the local Best Buy store.
amazing review. 1 question: Whats the difference between this model and the GS34WQC? which one should i buy?
Great monitor. Just got it. :D
Congrats, glad you like it!
Hey good review. I can see that the colours are vibrant and pretty on this monitor.
I would be using it with an Ergotron LX monitor arm, which supports up to 34" and 11kg. That said, did you try it with a monitor arm, and how much does the monitor weigh without its included stand? Thanks.
I'm not sure how much it weighs without the stand, but with the stand it weighs 8.5kg, so shave off a kilo or two for the stand. You should be just fine with your monitor arm if it will hold 11kg. I haven't tried it with a monitor arm myself, but that's something I want to do eventually! Thanks for watching :)
Thanks for the excellent review mate! Any options on this monitor for split screen/multitasking maybe via software or something? I mean working from the same source not the pbp and have maybe two/three windows open etc.. Thanks again!
Thanks for watching mate! It's great for split-screen multitasking or even watching multiple streams at once. Graphic designing, digital art, and editing videos is quite a bit more convenient for me now. The extra space is much appreciated!