The monitor offers a wide range of customization including a black equalizer, five color temperature modes, three gamma modes, and RGB customization. Navigating the menu is fast and simple, and Samsung makes the status of important settings (such as refresh rate and adaptive sync) front and center. The joystick is much more intuitive than an array of buttons. This is a common way of accessing a monitor’s menu, and for good reason. The monitor’s settings are handled with a joystick-style control found on the lower right side of the display. Still, I doubt this oversight will bother most gamers. I think a monitor this advanced should support USB Type-C. This is conventional, if slightly disappointing. In addition to display inputs, the monitor includes a USB 3.0 Type-B upstream port that can make the monitor a hub for two additional USB 3.0 Type-A devices. Because of the G9’s high pixel count, most games won’t run above 120 frames per second, so you’re not missing much. HDMI 2.0 connections are limited to 60Hz. DP1.4 is good for the monitor’s native resolution at 120Hz. You’re not out of luck should you lack a video card with DSC, however. Make sure to check your video card’s DSC support.
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The bad news? It’s only supported by Nvidia RTX 20 series (or newer), and most of AMD’s new 5000-series cards.
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DSC is a form of lossless compression that can cram the Odyssey G9’s full pixel count and refresh rate through DP1.4.
Samsung tackles this problem with a standard called Display Stream Compression. The Samsung Odyssey G9’s 5,120 x 1,440 resolution, combined with its 240Hz refresh rate, exceeds the bandwidth of DP1.4 or HDMI 2.0.
You’ll find two DisplayPort 1.4 inputs and one HDMI 2.0 input. The monitor supports the typical 100x100mm VESA mount and can be wall-mounted with an adapter included in the box. It doesn’t pivot, but that’s to be expected, as the monitor is too wide to pivot into a vertical orientation. It also includes height, tilt, and swivel adjustment. The huge stand does keep the monitor planted, keeping unintended screen shake to a minimum. I don’t think it’s fair to call this a flaw of the monitor, but it’s an important point to understand before buying it. It will be too big for yours, too, unless your desk is unusually deep virtually every desk sold on Amazon, in Ikea, or at your local furniture store is between 30 and 36 inches deep. In other words, the Odyssey G9 is too big for my desk.
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