This significantly improved my gameplay. I am absolutely stunned how smooth my games run. The upgrade from 60 to 144Hz make my eyes feel refreshed. This gave me the same ecstatic feeling as switching from hard drive to solid state (SSD) (If you haven’t upgraded to an SSD, leave this page and do that! Then you will understand my analogy). My reactions are quicker and my mouse movement feels more responsive thus making me more accurate. I was never at the level of gameplay I wanted to be at. With this monitor, it is now possible to keep up with all the other players who had faster reactions than me in the past. Do yourself, your eyes and your gaming life a favor, make the step to 144 Hz if you haven’t already. My next step is 244Hz and I’m already itching for it after having this monitor for a month!
Likes:
The curved monitor - a nice feature that is way more than I expected. Glad I made the transition from flat to curved.
The user interface/controls - simple and easy to use.
The stand - easy to assemble and it’s very thin so it doesn’t take up that much desk space.
Included accessories/packaging - The monitor came with an HDMI and a DVI cable and the overall product design of the boxes looked beautiful. Shout out to the designers who made it.
Onboard User Settings/Modes - The monitors presets are great and the eye-saver mode is perfect for studying. I am on my computer for hours of time because of gaming, photo editing, designing, studying, etc. The different presets can be fully customized and it’s easy to switch between the 3 custom settings you can save. I have one set up for gaming, editing and studying.
Dislikes:
The colors - they aren’t accurate, of course this can be fixed with tweaks. Upon initial start up, the reds were very high. I spent a lot of time playing with different color settings which is important for me because I edit photos on my computer. This has a major influence on the appearance on my images.
The price - I feel like I could have went with a cheaper 144Hz monitor and been just as satisfied. However, no regrets still, I only wanted to state that for anyone who may be juggling between a cheaper monitor and this one.
FreeSync - which is not compatible with my GTX 1060. If you care about this, make sure the monitor you have is compatible with your GPU. AMD = FreeSync, Intel = G-Sync.
If an HDMI cable is your preferred hardware, be sure to have a 4.1 HDMI or higher to use the full refresh rate of 144Hz on this monitor. Upon initial boot of my monitor, I spent some time trying to find out why my maximum refresh rate was 120Hz. I switched to DVI and the issue was solved but I can see how this may irk some people if they are die hard HDMI users. Since I don’t have a commitment to them, DVI works fine for me. I expect Samsung to provide an HDMI cable that is fully compatible with 144Hz, but that isn’t the case. Not a big deal to me though.
Overall, I highly recommend upgrading to a 144Hz monitor, regardless if you go with this one or not. Samsung delivered a great product that I am not disappointed with at all, my dislikes are minor. If you have the money, do it, you will not regret it. I will make more updates to this in the future as my relationship develops with my monitor.
TLDR: Great monitor, on the expensive side but I don't expect anything less from Samsung. 144Hz is absolutely game changing. The curve is subtle yet makes a huge difference in my gaming experience. Comes with all the cables necessary to connect straight out of the box, I'm not sure if this is a standard when purchasing a new monitor but someone might appreciate it as much as I did. This is a FreeSync (AMD) monitor, which is useless to me. If I were to go back in time, I'd probably do more research to find a G-Sync (Intel) monitor.
| Standing screen display size | 59.8 Inches |
|---|---|
| Screen Resolution | 1920x1080 |
| Max Screen Resolution | 1920x1080 Pixels |
