27GR95QE vs 27GL850 Text Readability - more details in comments
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imgur.comPosted Apr 28, 2023, 3:14 PM UTC
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imgur.comI highly recommend MacType for anyone having issues. It effectively eliminates 90% of fringing, making legibility no different from a non-OLED.
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Doesnt work for some of the text in most browsers though, and does not work in every app. I have the Asus OLED 240hz.
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I have it working in Chrome, Firefox, and Edge. Check the mode you are using in the MacType wizard. You can also enable it for specific processes.
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Monitors unboxed said in a video about fringing on oled that mactype did not fully work on browsers so I did not dig deeper once I couldnt get it to work. I tried service mode as well as standalone mode +tray and tried enabling it in firefox in process manager, but it automatically disables itself in the firefox processes after 1 second. How did you enable it? (on win 10)
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I'm using standalone mode (load with tray). It can definitely work with browsers, as mentioned here: https://github.com/snowie2000/mactype/issues/931. Their github has considerations and workarounds for each, such as this page for Chrome: https://github.com/snowie2000/mactype/wiki/Google-Chrome
I also recommend viewing this for discussion on improving Mactype for use with OLED: https://github.com/snowie2000/mactype/issues/932
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Does it work with Chrome?
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Yes. For the most part it is system wide (it has different configuration options).
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It looks like subpixel rendering is turned off for the 27GR95QE on Edge, so of course there won't be any issues.
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I decided to take some quick photos comparing text clarity between the 27GR95QE and the 27GL850. Both set to 2560x1440 100% scaling. Browser used was Edge. Interestingly, I don't notice much difference in the photos taken of Reddit, and Explorer had green/pink fringing on both displays. Just thought I'd share in case anyone was interested. Feel free to request photos of any other things and I'll try taking them.
Edit: first photo is always 27GR95QE, second is 27GL850
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Is this with, or without any text fringing prevention software (I.e. cleartype). The 27GR95QE looks to have no chromatic fringing at all, which is good but also different to other people and their experience with the same monitor.
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It’s because the issue is massively overblown. I have had this monitor (returned for other reasons) and now using a 42” C2. Text clarity is great especially on the C2 with no matte smeared coating lol
Edit: I have 20/20 vision for reference
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I feel like this is the case. I was actually surprised when I first powered on the monitor, I was expecting text to be obviously bad, but I couldn't notice anything even with pixel-peeping. I definitely does come up here and there, but it's really not that bad.
Actually as I'm typing this, I did notice it a little in this text box, but not anywhere else on the page. I only noticed because I was looking up to the comments and back down to this text box repeatedly. On its own I'd have never noticed it.
Edit: For reference, I sit about 50cm from the monitor facing it head-on.
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Definitely overblown lol
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What reasons did you return the 27GE95QE? I'm looking at a potential OLED and it was one on my list.
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Actually returned 2 because both had fans with bad bearings or something. Could hear it anywhere in my room lol. The matte coating also sucks big time. Very happy I went with the C2
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What about a lg 27gp950?
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Never owned that monitor before
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Yes and no. In some cases text looks actually awful like on old reddit post titles. White on black is relatively fine, but looks much fuzzier compared to properly rendered text.
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Ive used the qdoled alienware before and now I have the LG 27” oled. Text clarity is an issue and it is worse than qdoled. I eventually got used to the qdoled text fringing. Woled fringing I can always notice it but doesnt bother me that much
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I haven't touched the setting at all.
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The only one thats outright bad is if you're sadist and put yellow text on white background. Yellow on white is the easiest to spot fringe, but its a "fringe" case.
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I don't get why there would be a noticeable difference. Not sure who came up with this hypothesis.
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Here's my screenshot around the time I bought it https://i.imgur.com/vzy3gpQ.png
Notice how some reddit comments are fringed but not others. Also the fringing on yellows
That's very interesting. I checked the Reddit home page just now and all text is perfectly clear. Could it be the difference between the browsers we're using? Or Windows version?
https://imgur.com/bOLdBLu
I have a 42 C2. The yellow fringing is the definitely the most distracting.