Returned the LG 39GX950B over VRR flicker when 5K2K frame rates dropped, even on an RTX 5090.
“I ended up returning the LG 39GX950B and getting an ASUS PG32UCDM3 instead.”
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The LG 39GX950B-B is the best monitor they've used; its 5K2K panel is divine and finally makes use of their RTX 5090.
“The 5K2K panel is absolutely divine and it actually drives my 9800x3d/RTX 5090 rig properly!”
Kept the LG 39GX950B over the ASUS PG34WCDN: sharper 5K2K, much brighter HDR, useful dual mode, and a matte coating that keeps blacks deep with windows open.
“Not only did the coating not ruin it, it actually solved a problem I didn’t fully appreciate.”
The 39GX950B is growing on them, but the matte coating disappoints and colour is never accurate however it's tuned.
“The 39GX950B is growing on me, but I won’t lie the matte is a bit frowny face.”
Their open-box LG 39GX950B was excellent and very close to the AW3926QW, but they preferred glossy and returned the LG.
“The LG was excellent too.”
Their favourite overall, the LG 39GX950B has the brightest HDR, but the worst grey banding and some image retention between refreshes.
“the 39GX950B has the worst grey banding of the lot.”
Their LG 39GX950B gets brighter than the AW3926QW but looked a little washed out next to it and flickered in black transitions.
“Noticed flickering in black transition scenes in games on the LG”
HDR on their LG 39GX950B felt overdone and the matte coating showed on white screens.
“On LG it feels "overreacting"”
Next to a first-gen Alienware 34-inch OLED, the LG 39GX950B-B has whiter whites, crisper text and felt smoother in Dune Awakening.
“Text is also a big improvement; it appears a lot crisper and easier to read.”
Their LG 39GX950B lacked the colour punch of their MSI 341CQPX until heavy tweaking, and the matte finish may make them return it.
“Even after calibration (Spyder software and tool) it’s still missing the punch of my MSI 341 CQPX QD-OLED.”
Just got the LG 39GX950B-B, switching from an MSI 321URX, and loving it so far.
“Got mine today, switching from the MSI 321urx and loving it so far.”
Upgrading from an AW3423DW, the LG 39GX950B-B is truly amazing for gaming.
“It’s truly amazing and the difference from my QD-Oled AW3423DW is crazy impressive.”
After a couple of days, the LG 39GX950B is one of the best monitors they have had, with a gentler curve than its predecessor.
“After a couple days of testing i can say this is one of the best monitor that I have ever had.”
Kept their new LG 39-inch 5K2K; the display looks fantastic for gaming.
“i’m happy with the purchase, the display looks fantastic for gaming.”
First day with the LG 39GX950B on a 5090: full DP 2.1 confirmed; AI upscaling does nothing but AI scene optimisation is kind of nice.
“AI upscaling does nothing. AI scene optimization is actually kinda nice”
Owned the LG 39GX950B for months and is super happy with it; the AW3926QW they bought has bad colour uniformity and is going back.
“Honestly I am super happy with my LG.”
Really likes their LG 39GX950B, bought open box for $300 off.
“Yeah I really like my LG, got it $300 off open box too, so Im happy.”
The LG 39GX950B has amazing text clarity, no eye strain all day, and a matte coating you can't tell is matte.
“text clarity is amazing on it, and i can use it all day without any strain or issues”
Has used the LG 39GX950B 8+ hours a day since US launch and finds it great for productivity.
“its great for productivity, been using mine since they firstr shipped in US for 8hrs+ a day”
Three weeks with the LG 39GX950B; it barely warms up even on white screens.
“when I first got my LG 39GX950B (had it for 3 weeks now) that was the first thing I noticed was how little amou”
Uses the LG 39GX950B for finance work by a bright window and for flight sims; the light matte coating handles reflections perfectly.
“the way LG’s matte display handles reflections is perfect for me.”
750 hours on the LG 39GX950B, mostly work in dark mode; generally great, but a game's white title has burned in faintly.
“39GX950B has been great and generally been satisfied with it.”
Runs the LG 39GX950B at 165Hz from work laptops with integrated or weak graphics and games on it too.
“I use mine (LG 39GX950b) with my work laptop that only has integrated Intel graphics”
Their first LG 39GX950B failed with flickering on launch day; the replacement took a month.
“I posted about a similar issue with my first 39GX950B.”
Loves their LG 39GX950B with no issues; next to an AW3926QW they couldn't get the Alienware's colours to match it.
“I currently have the LG 39" 5k2k. I love it. No issues at all.”
The LG 39GX950B caused significant eye strain within seconds, even with VRR off; they kept a Dell U4025QW instead.
“there is definitely something about the LG that causes significant eye strain for me.”
Text on their LG 39GX950B is crisp and easy to read.
“Text on my 39gx950b is crisp and easy to read.”
Uses their LG 39GX950B in Windows HDR with Uniform brightness for daily work and High for HDR content.
“I use my lg39 in hdr mode in windows.”
Moved from a 34-inch Samsung G8 OLED to the LG 39-inch 5K2K, bought new for $700.
“I jumped from a 34" Samsung G8 OLED to the 39inch LG monitor.”
Chose the LG 39GX950B over the AW3926QW for its matte coating: reflections from a nearby window are barely noticeable, banding barely visible, very bright and saturated; cabling is awkward.
“With the LG's matte coating, it’s a completely different story.”
Bought the LG 39GX950B to test while the AW3926QW was delayed and kept it; very happy with it.
“I liked the LG enough I just kept it cuz dell wasn’t really giving me a solid answer.”
Loves the LG 39-inch 5K2K; an RTX 4080 drives it well with DLSS and still gets 300+ fps in Overwatch 2.
“I'm in love with mine. I was worried after watching reviews running the 5k on my 4080, but honestly it's been great.”
Used both a Samsung G9 and the LG 39 5K2K; the LG is more immersive for gaming thanks to its height.
“The LG 39 is more immersive for gaming due to the larger vertical height.”
Ordered both LG 5K2K monitors to compare after a PG32UCDMR; recommends the 39GX950B for gaming plus productivity but kept the 45-inch, as the 39's price and AI features weren't worth it.
“In my case, I couldn't justify the 39gx950b higher price point.”
Moved from a nearly flat 34-inch to the LG 39-inch with 1500R and loves it, though they'd like a slightly stronger curve.
“I still love what I have but ya know.”
Owns the LG 39-inch 5K2K OLED and finds it great; for competitive games they'd pick 4K, and some indie games work better on a 16:9 screen.
“I really like it. I have the LG 39inch 5k2k OLED and it’s been great.”
Their LG 39GX950B has no uniformity issues; they use a separate ProArt IPS for fine sRGB colour work.
“Yeah I’m happy my LG 39 doesn’t have any of the uniformity issues that the Dell has.”
Owns the LG 39GX950B and was pleasantly surprised that the matte coating isn't bad, coming from an AW3423DW.
“I have the lg and the matte is honestly not even bad. Was pleasantly surprised with it coming from a aw3423dw”
Owns the LG 39GX950B and finds it incredible; worth the extra over the Alienware, with zero regrets.
“I have the LG and it's incredible. Yes it's a little more expensive than the Dell but I have zero regrets.”
Bought the LG 39GX950B and the AW3926QW and kept the LG: its matte screen works better even in dim rooms, it is visibly brighter side by side, and it avoids the Alienware's dimming on white content such as hockey ice.
“The LG Matte screen is much better- even in dim or light controlled rooms. The Alienware really needs pitch black to shine.”
Ordered the LG 39GX950B and the AW3926QW and returned the LG: slightly brighter, but the Alienware's colours and clarity popped more for gaming.
“I ordered both. Returned the LG. While it is a tad bit brighter.. its not a deal breaker at all”
Chose the LG 39GX950B over the Alienware and calls it the best decision: it handles the lighting in their home very well for content, games, movies and photo and video editing.
“Best decision of my life, it handles all the lighting in my house amazingly”
Recently bought the LG 39-inch 5K2K and loves it; replaced a 27-inch 1440p and 32-inch 4K pair and finds it big enough to split into two windows for work.
“I have the 39" 5K2K LG and I'm in love with it.”
Found the LG UltraGear GX9 39-inch 5K2K beautiful on the desktop but unusable in games because of severe VRR flicker; turning G-Sync off fixed it, which they found unacceptable for the price.
“Until now I didn't understand the flickering people were speaking about. Holy hell...this thing was a mess!”
Saw no flicker on the LG 39GX950B but returned it because the matte coating made the image a little soft and hazy.
“I ended up returning it because the image was a little soft and hazy due to matte coating and size.”
Bought the LG 39GX950B on sale as their first ultrawide after a 32-inch 4K; the mild curve suits them, brightness and colours are fine, and they are very happy.
“Overall very happy with the upgrade and with the setup, coming from a 32” 4k monitor”
Owns the LG 39GX950B and loves it for mixed work.
“I have the 39 and love it for cross functional work.”
Likes their LG 39-inch 5K2K, but some in-game UI elements are too small to read at that resolution and the monitor is a bit bigger than they'd like.
“I like my LG 39 5k2k but the biggest issue for me is that some ui elements in game don't play nice for me.”
Had the LG 39GX950B for a few days and was impressed by its brightness with no auto-dimming problems; the matte screen wasn't a big deal and colours were good after some tweaking.
“I had it for a few days and was genuinely impressed by the brightness.”
Returned the LG 39-inch three times over six months: great for gaming, but smearing in web browsing and productivity under their office lighting bothered them.
“I’ve legit returned the 39” LG like 3 times over 6 months.”
Came from an ASUS QD-OLED and finds the LG 39-inch 5K2K excellent and noticeably brighter than the Alienware; the matte coating shows only on white or very bright backgrounds.
“I have the LG 39inch 5k2k and it’s excellent.”
Found the LG 39-inch OLED gave them crippling eye strain and judges it poor for content creation and 3D work.
“There is also an eye strain issue that absolutely crippled me with the LG39.”
Tested the LG 39GX950B before settling on the Alienware and found its colour reproduction poor.
“I made sure to buy and test monitors like the 39GX950B (Shit color reproduction)”
Owns the LG 39GX950B and loves it; would pay more for it over the Alienware to avoid uniformity issues and get more brightness.
“I have the LG and I love it.”
Uses the LG 39GX950B next to an AW3225QF and finds a big difference in its favour in daylight or with background lights on.
“Bright room or ambient light, 100% go LG.”
Owns the LG 39GX950B and finds it mostly awesome; coming from glossy QD-OLED, the matte coating, though the best they've seen, is still sometimes noticeable.
“I have this monitor and for the most part it is awesome.”
Two weeks with the LG 39GX950B for gaming and graphic design and can't fault it; the coating is lighter than a typical matte LCD finish.
“I use it for both gaming and graphic design and I can't say a single bad thing about it.”
Uses the LG 39GX950B for gaming and coding in a dim room: very bright when needed, inky blacks, clean greyscale and no reflections.
“Mine completely slaps. Bright as F when you want it to be, inky blacks and not a single streak of anything in any grayscale %”
Replaced an AW38 with the LG 39GX950B; after calibrating it the picture is fantastic, and the matte finish works in both bright and dim rooms.
“Calibrated it with my Calibrite Display Pro HL and the picture is fantastic.”
Bought the LG 39GX950B and returned it because the matte coating looked visibly grainy.
“I hated the matte coating as you could visibility see the graininess of it”
Their LG 39GX950B came with bad grey banding (horizontal lines) and will be returned.
“I got a LG 39 as temporary to wait while AW39 will arrive, and got a shit bending panel”
Software engineer using the LG 39GX950B-B with a work laptop and a PC; works fine with no issues, and its coating is only lightly matte.
“I have the LG 39gx950b-b. I use it for work in addition to my PC. It's fine. No issues.”
Finds the LG 39GX950B's matte coating a bit hazier than their old 38GN950B in a bright room, and 5K2K gaming very GPU-intensive.
“The matte on the 39” one is a bit hazier than my old 38GN950B was.”
Tried the LG 39GX950B-B for work and wasn't impressed by its auto-brightness limiting, occasional colour fringing in Excel and burn-in risk; kept the U4025QW.
“I tried the LG 39GX950B-B and wasn't thrilled about the ABL, color fringing (in rare cases, especially in Excel), and also the risk of burn in.”
Uses the LG 39-inch 5K2K for Mac productivity and Windows gaming and is delighted; runs the Mac at 60 Hz with HDR to avoid text fringing.
“I use the LG39” 5k2k for Mac and Windows. Mac is productivity and windows for gaming. Delighted with it for both.”
Bought the LG 39-inch 5K2K and finds it perfect; colour saturation can be tuned and they don't miss a glossy screen.
“I got the LG39, it’s perfect imo.”
Has used both the LG 39-inch 5K2K and the Alienware 39; the LG's brightness and pop in bright HDR scenes stand out, the matte finish was a non-issue, though reds looked a little off and it lacks the glossy screen's inky blacks.
“The brightness and pop can’t be overstated.”
On their second LG 39GX950B, the cooling fan still makes a whine that is audible at a normal sitting distance.
“This is my 2nd unit already and it does the noise. I don’t even have to put my ear next to the vent to hear it. It’s audible at a normal distance.”
Went through several LG 39GX950B and AW3926QW units and each had banding, colour uniformity problems or damage; dislikes non-QD OLED and matte coatings and is back on a PG32UCDM3.
“Either there's terrible banding on them, color uniformity issues, or the unit itself was damaged. This is between both the LG39GX950B and the AW3926QW.”