Finally joined the OLED club! - r/OLED_Gaming (2024)

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u/SQL2151d ago

I picked it up on Sunday. Panel is flawless. Haven't noticed or seen any issues. I also don't trust Asus' warranties with their well-known garbage customer service so I got the 3 year warranty through MicroCenter so anything happens to it including burn-in, they give me a new one no questions asked.

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u/CryptographerNo4501d ago

You got it at MicroCenter? Then you're all good! They're awesome! You're in good hands.

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u/SQL2151d ago

Yeah, man. MC is heaven on earth. I buy all my stuff there when I can. Lucky enough I have one just 30 minutes from me. I wish everyone was blessed enough to have one available to them.

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u/styffTV10h ago

1 hour away through city traffic but WORTH IT

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u/oxidao6h ago

Yeah, as far as I'm told is great, a shame in Europe we don't have any equivalent

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u/isharamet1d ago

But it's QD-OLED, right? Because UCDP has WOLED panel.

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u/SQL2151d ago

Correct. Yours is QD OLED. The UCDM model of my monitor is the version closest to yours.

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u/hellatrocity1d ago

Yeah, that's my bad! They supposedly had the UCDM out for display at my Microcenter and couldn't get that model out of my head. lol

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u/SQL2151d ago

Awesome! I was looking at that one as well. Especially having legit DP 2.1 ports. Enjoy it!

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u/SQL2151d ago

Don't worry. I'm keeping the box. Need it to store the stand and extras I don't need. I have it on a monitor mount. I also got the 3 year MicroCenter warranty since that's where I bought it from so I'm fully covered for the next three years. They said if anything goes wrong including burn-in, I don't even need the box. Just bring it back and they'll give me a new one or a gift card for the amount I paid to get something else no questions asked.

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u/NorCalJason751d ago

Nice! Good luck with the panel!

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u/CadencyAMG20h ago

how much was the microcenter warranty?

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u/SQL21510h ago

$250

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u/SQL21522h agoedited 22h ago

I’ll be using it for work as well so I’ll likely be running the cleaner at least once a month. Also set my taskbar to auto hide, but I hate it so not sure I’ll stick with it. Other than that just set the screen to completely turn off after a few minutes idle.

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u/MarginalBenefit18h ago

I set mine to hide too. I also got Translucent Taskbar running too. I also got wallpaper engine going too. Gonna spend a lot more time over the coming days messing with settings , but so far I haven't had any issues with it.

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u/SQL2151d ago

Thanks. Lol. Let them complain all they want. I'm team matte forever. This sh*t is beautiful and zero glare.

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u/coleavenue1d ago

I'm fine with team matte but boy is team ASUS a questionable choice these days. They f*cked me last year but hopefully you'll have better luck.

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u/SQL2151d ago

I bought a warranty through MicroCenter so I’m fully covered the next 3 years. As sh*tty as Asus has been, I’ve been using their products for like 20 years and never had a single issue once. My second monitor is a 1080p TN panel. I’ve been using this thing for like 5 or 6 years straight and still works as well as the day I got it.

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u/Goldeneye9021023h ago

Its very regional. I have nothing but amazing things to say about ASUS Canada warranty. I have RMA’d monitors, motherboards and GPUs. You can even drive to their headquarters to drop off and pickup items without dealing with shipping.

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u/SQL2151d ago

Got it for MSRP at my local MicroCenter. $1300

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u/lolday01061d ago

I’m confused, what’s the difference between this one and the UCDM?

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u/SQL2151d ago

UCDM is a QD-OLED panel at 4k 240Hz with a gloss coating. This one (UCDP) is a WOLED panel at 4k 240Hz, but also has a secondary mode to run at 1080p 480Hz for competitive gaming with a matte coating.

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u/SQL2151d ago

The logo lit up surprisingly doesn't bother me at all. Kinda fades away in your vision. I never even notice it. You can turn it completely off though in the settings if it bothers you. I love the matte finish. One of the reasons I went with this one over the UCDM with the QD panel.

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u/blorgenheim17h ago

Thankfully you can turn the light off on the chin so it’s pretty easy to ignore.

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u/Mastotron57m ago

Struggling with HDR on mine as well.

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u/SQL21523h ago

Yes

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u/SQL21522h ago

That sucks. Good luck getting a replacement. Yeah. It was extra for the warranty through them. The guy asked me if I wanted it when I was checking out. Think it was like $250 for 3 years full coverage including burn-in. They had a cheaper 2 year one as well. With Asus’ recent issues with warranty claims, I figured it was worth it.

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u/J_34521h ago

Thanks for the info id definitely be interested in getting that three year especially after this experience and microcenter seems to very good at “bring it back we will sort it” so they have me as a forever customer now. Always heard good things about them but haven’t experienced since they’re stores or so spread out in the U.S and i’m mostly in florida so closet store was GA until now! So glad i can take a weekend flight out to miami now and get computer parts 🙌🏽

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u/Mastotron57m ago

Mind sharing your settings?

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u/SQL2151h ago

What is your current PC build specs? Seems like it may just not be powerful enough to run 4k.

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u/Mastotron1h ago

12900k/4090

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u/SQL21553m ago

Turn off frame gen and DLSS. There should be zero need for any of that with a 4090. Upscaling and frame gen is generally for lower end builds. Running natively will always work best. See what it’s like turning all that nonsense off. Also, make sure you set 240Hz in advanced display settings in windows. Maybe you’re not actually running at full frame rate?

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u/Mastotron31m ago

Appreciate the suggestions, tried native along with the usual troubleshooting. I think D4's framegen is still borked, plenty of other games working just fine.

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u/SQL2151h ago

I’m just running the racing setting which seemed to be default preset and just set the brightness to 90 and it looks great.

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u/REmaster19891h ago

I got this yesterday and I liked racing mode but it just seemed a bit dim ( maybe it's my environment). So I started using the True black 400 HDR setting and I've noticed a big difference. Especially after the update.

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u/SQL2151h ago

Update? Which update? Is there new firmware I haven’t seen yet? I also haven’t tried the 400HDR setting yet. I should give it a shot.

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u/REmaster19891h ago

Yea I don't remember what it was exactly, but I assume if you haven't don't it, it's still there to be done. Helps with HDR performance

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u/Mastotron56m ago

https://rog.asus.com/us/monitors/27-to-31-5-inches/rog-swift-oled-pg32ucdp/helpdesk_bios/

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u/Regulus71318h ago

the only reason I can't approach OLEDs.

I keep my IPS monitor running for days and often times on a static image (I literally go back to sleep at night on a static image) and I know that kind of abuse would break my OLED so fast.

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u/adamchevy9h ago

I have one of those 16” Innocn 4k Oleds that I game on if I want some Oled in my life. I’ve had a 60” Panasonic plasma for years and I get tired of having to make sure everybody always turns it off when they aren’t using it. I went with a UQXR for this reason instead of an Oled. The HDR is a beautiful thing.