Deciding between PG348Q or MX348Q

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I just need a bit of help deciding between these two monitors. I had my heart set on the former first as I’m getting an Nvidia card, but the temptation of saving some money on the latter and sacrificing on G-Sync is tempting.

I know the FreeSync features won’t work but will screen tearing be a major issue, and could someone explain in simple terms what Fast Sync is and whether it would help with tearing as an alternative?
 
I wouldn't personally take either of them... I've tried 3 different PG348Q's and for the price that you pay, their QC is absolutely terrible. You can also ask Dicehunter who tried 7 different monitors as they were all faulty (wasn't the PG348Q though, but an ROG monitor nonetheless).

Plus they have massive back light bleed. Enough to make me not want it, since if you pay £1200 for it, it better be damn perfect.

So my recommendation is not to buy it at all, due to massive backlight bleeding and bad QC all around. Plus, the way it's packaged and the packing material is literally crap.

It is the only monitor I've ordered that has hard, thin, foam. Rather than soft one. You have to be extremely careful taking it out of the packaging (which they also made it completely retarded), as there's basically nowhere to grab and if you grab slightly too hard, it will crack.

Overall, I wished it was better, but I was surely dissapointed in that monitor... Especially considering it's one of the most expensive monitors on the market.

At the end of the day, it's your own money etc, I just give you my own experience with it, so that you know how someone else have experienced it.
 
Dawelio said:
I wouldn't personally take either of them... I've tried 3 different PG348Q's and for the price that you pay, their QC is absolutely terrible. You can also ask Dicehunter who tried 7 different monitors as they were all faulty (wasn't the PG348Q though, but an ROG monitor nonetheless).

Plus they have massive back light bleed. Enough to make me not want it, since if you pay £1200 for it, it better be damn perfect.

So my recommendation is not to buy it at all, due to massive backlight bleeding and bad QC all around. Plus, the way it's packaged and the packing material is literally crap.

It is the only monitor I've ordered that has hard, thin, foam. Rather than soft one. You have to be extremely careful taking it out of the packaging (which they also made it completely retarded), as there's basically nowhere to grab and if you grab slightly too hard, it will crack.

Overall, I wished it was better, but I was surely dissapointed in that monitor... Especially considering it's one of the most expensive monitors on the market.

At the end of the day, it's your own money etc, I just give you my own experience with it, so that you know how someone else have experienced it.
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If you don’t recommend those two, do you have any other recommendations for me? I was going to take the plunge with an ultrawide but I’m open to other monitor ideas.
 
Dell make good ultrawide's. U3415W and U3417W. 3440x1440p at 60hz. No GSync though.

Depending on your GPU you might not even have the grunt to hit a steady 60hz at this resouliton anyway. You'd need at least a 1080ti for that. If you have a 1080ti then I recommend just getting the one you really want. No sense in wasting the GPUs performance.
 
NeverBackDown said:
Dell make good ultrawide's. U3415W and U3417W. 3440x1440p at 60hz. No GSync though.

Depending on your GPU you might not even have the grunt to hit a steady 60hz at this resouliton anyway. You'd need at least a 1080ti for that. If you have a 1080ti then I recommend just getting the one you really want. No sense in wasting the GPUs performance.
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Or Dell Alienware 34: AW3418DW :)

@NBD - The highligted text, what do you mean by it?...
 
Dawelio said:
I wouldn't personally take either of them... I've tried 3 different PG348Q's and for the price that you pay, their QC is absolutely terrible. You can also ask Dicehunter who tried 7 different monitors as they were all faulty (wasn't the PG348Q though, but an ROG monitor nonetheless).

Plus they have massive back light bleed. Enough to make me not want it, since if you pay £1200 for it, it better be damn perfect.

So my recommendation is not to buy it at all, due to massive backlight bleeding and bad QC all around. Plus, the way it's packaged and the packing material is literally crap.

It is the only monitor I've ordered that has hard, thin, foam. Rather than soft one. You have to be extremely careful taking it out of the packaging (which they also made it completely retarded), as there's basically nowhere to grab and if you grab slightly too hard, it will crack.

Overall, I wished it was better, but I was surely dissapointed in that monitor... Especially considering it's one of the most expensive monitors on the market.

At the end of the day, it's your own money etc, I just give you my own experience with it, so that you know how someone else have experienced it.
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This always makes me laugh. All IPS have back light bleed, its just the way they work, its also worth noting Asus dont make their own panels either and people dont moan about the panels in the other screens they are fitted to :p . The screens are epic. Ive got 4 PG279's on my desk and a 348 on my racing rig. The 348 was actually a return because of BLB but its fine. Youll never notice it apart from when the screen first turns on.
 
tinytomlogan said:
This always makes me laugh. All IPS have back light bleed, its just the way they work, its also worth noting Asus dont make their own panels either and people dont moan about the panels in the other screens they are fitted to :p . The screens are epic. Ive got 4 PG279's on my desk and a 348 on my racing rig. The 348 was actually a return because of BLB but its fine. Youll never notice it apart from when the screen first turns on.
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True, but then the BLB can vary in size/mass from monitor to monitor. And I noticed it whenever I had a dark bakground on or mostly when watching Youtube, in the bottom corners.
 
well I use PG348Q and Im not comepletley satisfied with it. But thats only because of the refresh rate. Overclocking the monitor to reach 100hz doesnt feel ideal for me.

quality wise, the screen is very good. Never noticed BLB on it. Stand is horrendously oversized but I replaced it long ago. It's serving my needs well enough however and I do like gamut.
 
You can actually fix some of the BLB on a monitor with a credit card or spreader. You need to be pretty brave though :D
 
I’ve just seen the Samsung CF791 but I think it uses pretty much the same panel as the MX348Q. The colour representation might be slightly better with the Quantum Dot though?

To clear things up I saved the pennies and got myself a 1080 ti. The build is complete minus the monitor which is the only thing I need now.

Hi TTL! Your a quality reviewer. :D
 
I'd get either the ROG or the Samsung one.

Considering you have Nvidia though it makes sense to want to make use of the Gsync offered in the ROG monitor. The Samsung one does not support Adaptive sync.
 
Acer Z35P is worth a look. I have the older x34 stable at 95hz but the Z35P is 100hz out of the box, 3440 x 1440 res so they look really nice and easily powered by your 1080 Ti.

BLB on mine is mild around the corners but I don't notice it unless I actually look for it on black backgrounds and don't notice at all in game. Even games set in space like Elite Dangerous. Asus PG348Q and Acer X34 use exactly the same panels. Both have unnecessarily large footprint stands. Go the wall mount if you can :)
 
jimma47 said:
Acer Z35P is worth a look. I have the older x34 stable at 95hz but the Z35P is 100hz out of the box, 3440 x 1440 res so they look really nice and easily powered by your 1080 Ti.

BLB on mine is mild around the corners but I don't notice it unless I actually look for it on black backgrounds and don't notice at all in game. Even games set in space like Elite Dangerous. Asus PG348Q and Acer X34 use exactly the same panels. Both have unnecessarily large footprint stands. Go the wall mount if you can :)
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I actually have the Acer Z35P at the moment. It has next to no BLB, although strangely enough I’ve noticed some flickering along the top, on the tabs in Chrome. And it’s only in Chrome and on this monitor. I’ve also noticed ghosting, on darker forums such as [H]ard forum.
 
NeverBackDown said:
I'd get either the ROG or the Samsung one.

Considering you have Nvidia though it makes sense to want to make use of the Gsync offered in the ROG monitor. The Samsung one does not support Adaptive sync.
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It’s certainly between these two. The Acer line I’m not a fan of design wise, something to do with the larger bezels and Predator branding.

The dilemma between GSync and no GSync to save a bit of money on an already expensive build is still there....

I might also need the stand measurements on the ROG to see if it will go on my desk as I’ve just bought a unit for all this as well. The Samsung stand certainly is more accommodating.
 
Dawelio said:
I actually have the Acer Z35P at the moment. It has next to no BLB, although strangely enough I’ve noticed some flickering along the top, on the tabs in Chrome. And it’s only in Chrome and on this monitor. I’ve also noticed ghosting, on darker forums such as [H]ard forum.
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Z35P is also a VA panel, that's why you don't notice backlight bleed. But those panels tend to suffer from glow issues instead, so... Pick your poison :D
 
Dawelio said:
Glow issues? What's that?...
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It's when sometime you have white bold text on a black background, if you move your position to the sides you will see that text glowing like it suddenly got an aura around it. Not sure if it's a common issue though, but I had a screen with that
 
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