LG 34GK950G, 3440x1440, G-Sync, 120Hz

Monti88 · 28 Jan 2019 at 10:05

Does someone have the opportunity to verify the decreased input lag on the 34GK950F based on the new firmware?

@Baddass can you maybe check? Would be awesome!

JediFragger · 28 Jan 2019 at 10:42

Monti88 said:
Does someone have the opportunity to verify the decreased input lag on the 34GK950F based on the new firmware?

I would but I don't know how to do it lol. Hopefully it's gone below 7ms at 144hz on the 'Faster' overdrive setting (down from 7.7) because that would be great. Unfortunately I'm not a ninja so cannot tell using my senses...

JediFragger · 28 Jan 2019 at 10:44

Smrtka said:
Jedi you have the 34gk950f version? What gpu you have ? I can see you got it back grade how much did you pay?

Yes I have the F and am using an eVGA 2080. Price wise I cannot say, but only because I have B-Grade monitors on a regular basis from OcUK to use in builds so might get a slight better price. Their were 2 on there and I *think* the other one went for £949 but I'm not 100%.

Monti88 · 28 Jan 2019 at 10:54

JediFragger said:
I would but I don't know how to do it lol. Hopefully it's gone below 7ms at 144hz on the 'Faster' overdrive setting (down from 7.7) because that would be great. Unfortunately I'm not a ninja so cannot tell using my senses...

Me neither

but here is a pretty good article on how to: http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/articles/input_lag.htm
However, I think it would be worth to update the 34GK950F review on TFTCentral @Baddass since a lot of people might be interested to see the effect of the new firmware on the input lag (if there is any)

Gavin McGuire · 28 Jan 2019 at 11:49

feeling a bit of buyers remorse now for purchasing lg 950g ;/ help me guys pls ;_; should i have gotten the F version and be happy with a 144hz panel ? as well as freesync (its meh but whatevs nvidia cards support it now)

JediFragger · 28 Jan 2019 at 12:04

Gavin McGuire said:
feeling a bit of buyers remorse now for purchasing lg 950g ;/ help me guys pls ;_; should i have gotten the F version and be happy with a 144hz panel ? as well as freesync (its meh but whatevs nvidia cards support it now)

Nah, I'd gladly have the G too as it has its own strengths. Very little between 120/144hz. Just enjoy it man, pretty epic ****

Cornholiooo · 28 Jan 2019 at 12:18

Gavin McGuire said:
feeling a bit of buyers remorse now for purchasing lg 950g ;/ help me guys pls ;_; should i have gotten the F version and be happy with a 144hz panel ? as well as freesync (its meh but whatevs nvidia cards support it now)

I think the G-version is still superior, i am just not sure if it is worth a couple hundred more. The thing with freesync is, that it applies the same overdrive setting regardless of the hz the monitor is running at (usually and on this monitor its optimized for 144hz), leading to significant overshoot at lower than 100hz (according to PCMonitors). So if you dont always upgrade your gpu to the get 100+fps in AAA games the g-sync version is the safer bet. Moreover the picture on the F-version is sharper on 120hz anyways, because the response times are too slow for 144hz (according to tftcentral). Input lag and response times are lower on the g-version and you get the glowy ring thing, i guess

. So the things the F-version has going for it are FRC, an SRGB-mode and the lower price imo.

Monti88 · 28 Jan 2019 at 12:36

To be honest, I can't decide between the two models either. I can imagine that with the F-model the higher input lag could bother me. The other question is if my setup will be able to push games in this resolution over 120 FPS all the time (using a 9900K, 2080Ti...).

If the new F firmware brings the input lag closer to the G model then I would tend to buy the F model. Actually I wanted to wait for the 38GL950G. But it will take some months until it will be available....and I don't wanna wait anymore

JediFragger · 28 Jan 2019 at 13:37

Monti88 said:
I can imagine that with the F-model the higher input lag could bother me.

I came from the Acer XB271HU and don't feel it BUT I run it at the Fastest overdrive preset and tend to adjust detail for a higher fps. The Acer was absolutely excellent in this regard, and for it to be so close as to not 'feel it' then I'm more than happy

Smrtka · 28 Jan 2019 at 18:25

JediFragger said:
Yes I have the F and am using an eVGA 2080. Price wise I cannot say, but only because I have B-Grade monitors on a regular basis from OcUK to use in builds so might get a slight better price. Their were 2 on there and I *think* the other one went for £949 but I'm not 100%.

Fair enough, do you think 2080 is good to drive this monitor? I am thikthin about getting 2070 or vega 64 and I'm worried it might not be enough.

JediFragger · 28 Jan 2019 at 19:36

Smrtka said:
Fair enough, do you think 2080 is good to drive this monitor? I am thikthin about getting 2070 or vega 64 and I'm worried it might not be enough.

2080 is personally the minimum I'd use to drive this resolution as I like higher fps but the 2070 or Vega should do fine. If you just want to plug in and play games then get the 2070, great performance out of the box. If you don't mind fiddling around with undervolting etc to get the best out of the Vega then get one of those, good value at £400 atm

Kostej · 29 Jan 2019 at 13:26

Smrtka said:
Fair enough, do you think 2080 is good to drive this monitor? I am thikthin about getting 2070 or vega 64 and I'm worried it might not be enough.

I have vega 56 with 950f and its so so. I mean u cant expect ultra settings and 100+ fps for sure.

Twyst · 30 Jan 2019 at 20:52

JediFragger said:
AFAIK it reduces the input lag and extends the Freesync range from 55-144 to 48-155. Overall a general gaming improvement.

And I can verify the new FreeSync range works a treat!
No idea how to verify the input lag. Maybe I'm too old to notice it being "slow".
Certainly just as responsive as my prior Gsync based setup.

JediFragger · 30 Jan 2019 at 20:55

Twyst said:
Certainly just as responsive as my prior Gsync based setup.

Have to agree (Acer XB271HU), and this surprised me.

Twyst · 31 Jan 2019 at 09:15

JediFragger said:
Have to agree (Acer XB271HU), and this surprised me.

For reference I came from an ASUS ROG Swift 27" PG278Q

pmk24 · 1 Feb 2019 at 08:56

When can we expect more stock?

JediFragger · 1 Feb 2019 at 09:05

Twyst said:
For reference I came from an ASUS ROG Swift 27" PG278Q

Very very responsive then! You'd def tell if the LG wasn't upto scratch

JediFragger · 1 Feb 2019 at 09:06

pmk24 said:
When can we expect more stock?

@Daniel - LG any update? I want to create a LG 34GK950F thread and leave a review on OcUK

Daniel - LG · 1 Feb 2019 at 14:06

Hi All,

right, stock wise its not pretty

34GK950F and 34GK950G both have 0 stock for Feb, 45 of each coming in March, OCUK already agreed to take stocks so the wait is not great, but the product is so I hope its worth the wait

JediFragger · 1 Feb 2019 at 15:48

Daniel - LG said:
but the product is so I hope its worth the wait

Defintely imo, esp with nVidia's Freesync driver working so well with it. Gives the flexibility to have adaptive sync whichever card you opt for!! :cool: