I bought the 27" version of the G7, primarily for gaming with my new rig (Ryzen 3 5950X paired with an RTX-3090) but I also enjoy watching films and youtube documentaries. Overall I'm extremely happy with the purchase and am very impressed with the monitor.
Construction of the monitor stand is very easy - all you'll need is a phillips head screwdriver though there isn't one included in the box. All the other necessary cables are included, including a UK 3-pin power plug, display port cable and a USB cable. Putting the monitor on the stand took about 15 minutes including careful reference to the included instructions. The monitor is plug-&-play with windows 10 and worked immediately. Setup using the on-screen menus took another 10 minutes at most.
I'd previously been using a 9 year old 1080P monitor that was good at the time but oh boy, monitor tech has moved on! On the G7 picture clarity, brightness and colour gamut are all absolutely top quality. After some light tweaking colour representation is excellent as is the image contrast. Watching films is a real pleasure as is watching HDR content on YouTube.
Now on to gaming, which is what this monitor is really all about. And it is amazing. The 240Hz maximum refresh combined with G-Sync (which works perfectly) produces such a smooth gaming experience! Coming from an old 60Hz IPS panel the colour reproduction of the QD display together with the wide colour gamut, good contrast and 1440P resolution produces an amazing gaming experience, as long as you have the hardware to produce the necessary high frame rates. That being said, with more demanding games the monitor works equally well at 165, 144 and 120Hz settings so whatever refresh rates your games support, the monitor is capable of being right up there with them.
I should also mention HDR. The G7 is "only" HDR600 rather than the HDR1000 of it's bigger brother the G9, but the brightness is nevertheless impressive, actuall reaching above 600 nits local brightness in most 3rd party tests. Enabling HDR in games that support it (I'm using it in Ghost Recon Wildlands & Assassins Creed Valhalla) produces startlingly impressive visuals. It's far from being a gimmick and having experienced HDR gaming I don't ever want to go back to SDR.
I suppose I'm lucky that my monitor has never experienced any of the flickering issues that others have reported. Maybe the monitors that are being shipped now have the updated firmware that eliminates the issue. In any event my experience with the G7 has been nothing but positive. I'm very, very impressed. Yes it's expensive but if you want a top quality gaming monitor but don't want to go all the way to 4K then this is one of the very best options available.
Final note - the curvature of the screen took a day or so to get used to it but after that feels very natural to view. If you have any concerns over the curvature then I'd say don't be worried - it'll probably feel natural in no time.
Very highly recommended.
| Brand | Samsung |
|---|---|
| Product Dimensions | 23.39 x 27.95 x 12.01 cm; 8.2 kg |
| Batteries | 1 A batteries required. |
| Item model number | LC32G75TQSUXEN |
| Manufacturer | Samsung |
| Series | Odyssey G75 |
| Colour | Black |
| Standing screen display size | 32 Inches |
| Screen Resolution | 2560x1440 |
| Resolution | 2560 x 1440 Pixels |
| Number of USB 3.0 Ports | 2 |
| Number of HDMI Ports | 1 |
| Voltage | 230 Volts |
| Are Batteries Included | No |
| Lithium Battery Energy Content | 2.6 British Thermal Units (BTUs) |
| Lithium Battery Packaging | Batteries contained in equipment |
| Lithium Battery Weight | 0.5 milligrams |
| Number Of Lithium Ion Cells | 7 |
| Number of Lithium Metal Cells | 7 |
| Item Weight | 8.2 kg |
| Guaranteed software updates until | unknown |
