Large monitors

[_Hoss]

Looking for some input from you guys on any monitors you are using, 38" to 45". No ultra wides, or 4k's. Using Nvidia VGA so would prefer G-SYNC monitors.  I'm looking to pick one up ASAP and would like to hear what you all have. My office, or old gaming setup monitor is an LG 32" Ultra Gear 144hz G-Sync monitor and works and looks great paired with a RTX 3080ti and an old i8700K. But I've got a SimFab LD monitor stand and DCS cockpit setup now and can mount a much larger monitor. My new system has a RTX 4070 VGA, paired with a i12700KF. 

If you can add a link with your suggestion it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks for your help and suggestions.

Edited Saturday at 02:37 AM by _Hoss

[Darth Holliday]

I use an LG - 42" Class C2 Series OLED evo 4K UHD Smart webOS TV, paired with a RTX 4090, bought it new two years ago, (900 bucks at BestBuy)..Still fantastic..

Edited Saturday at 12:33 PM by Darth Holliday
Gooder English

[Steel Jaw]

I thought tvs made bad monitors. 

[_Hoss]

17 hours ago, Darth Holliday said:

I use an LG - 42" Class C2 Series OLED evo 4K UHD Smart webOS TV, paired with a RTX 4090, bought it new two years ago, (900 bucks at BestBuy)..Still fantastic..

It looks nice but it's a Vesa 200x300 mount. My stand is a 75x75 and 100x100 capable mounting. Bummer....

[Tzigy]

I know u said no 4k and 45 but

LG OLED 48GQ900-B with 3090, super awesome...

 

[SharpeXB]

9 hours ago, Tzigy said:

I know u said no 4k and 45 but

LG OLED 48GQ900-B with 3090, super awesome...

 

Yes I was going to say that too but it’s outside the spec the OP listed. I agree it’s about the best monitor available today. Hey if you’re looking at 45” screens maybe just go a bit larger.

[LucShep]

 

On 5/10/2025 at 3:31 AM, _Hoss said:

Looking for some input from you guys on any monitors you are using, 38" to 45". No ultra wides, or 4k's. Using Nvidia VGA so would prefer G-SYNC monitors.  I'm looking to pick one up ASAP and would like to hear what you all have. My office, or old gaming setup monitor is an LG 32" Ultra Gear 144hz G-Sync monitor and works and looks great paired with a RTX 3080ti and an old i8700K. But I've got a SimFab LD monitor stand and DCS cockpit setup now and can mount a much larger monitor. My new system has a RTX 4070 VGA, paired with a i12700KF. 

If you can add a link with your suggestion it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks for your help and suggestions.

 

I don't know of any monitor in 38" to 45" screen size that isn't below 4K resolution if it isn't ultrawide.
If you want a screen that big that isn't 4K, it will be a lower spec ultrawide. If you don't want ultrawide, then it'll be 4K.

But since you have an RTX 3080Ti, it means you can use DLSS (AI algorithm upscaling) in DCS, and many other games, which is very effective in practice, makes performance concerns with 4K solved for the most part. 
For example, by using DLSS at "Quality" settings (=66% upscaling), you're basically running the game at 1440P, but upscaled to the panel (so, done with good image quality).
That is one of the big advantages of AI upscalling -> less concern with the classic performance issues on a 4K monitor, for which there are quite good choices for the screen sizes you seem to look for.

I'd strongly suggest looking at OLED 42'' monitors (or TVs), as all of them are as flagships and outstandingly good (and all are G-Sync compatible), some slightly better than others features wise (not all have USB-C) but you can buy any with confidence.
That is, provided that you're already aware of OLED's risk of burn-in in with prolongued heavy usage of static images (but mitigations and routines to avoid it exhist).
All have continuous support with own Firmware releases, which keep slightly improving things.

As for the lack of DisplayPort 1.4 on those that are labelled as TVs, it's not a problem at all in practice when using them as a PC monitor, though you must have a good quality HDMI 2.1 cable (Zeskit, Maxonar, Stouchi, Audioquest, etc).  

There may be some newer models on the market now, but these are good ones that I know of and would recommend:

42” OLED 4K 120Hz (138Hz w/OC)    
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• ASUS PG42UQ 
  - review: https://www.rtings.com/monitor/reviews/asus/rog-swift-oled-pg42uq
   
• Philips 42M2N8900 
  - review: https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/philips-evnia-42m2n89-review
   
• KTC G42P5
   - review: https://www.guru3d.com/review/ktc-g42p5-oled-monitor-review/

42” OLED 4K 120Hz    
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• LG OLED42C2 (TV, only HDMI, no DP)
   - review: https://www.rtings.com/monitor/reviews/lg/42-c2-oled
   
• LG OLED42C3 (TV, only HDMI, no DP)
  - review: https://www.rtings.com/tv/reviews/lg/c3-oled
   
• LG OLED42C4 (TV, only HDMI, no DP)
  - review: https://www.rtings.com/monitor/reviews/lg/42-c4-oled

42” OLED 4K 120Hz Bendable (flat to 900R curve) 
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• LG OLED Flex LX3  (TV, only HDMI, no DP)
  - review: https://www.rtings.com/tv/reviews/lg/oled-flex
   

If you need more listed specifications of these (and other) PC monitors and TV's, you have the DisplaySpecs website (https://www.displayspecifications.com).
 

Edited 9 hours ago by LucShep
added links

[_Hoss]

Thanks for the input guys. I'm hitting Best Buy tomorrow to see what they have and go from there. I agree, I will probably have to go with a 4K monitor. I'll let y'all know what I went with.

The Phillips and Asus monitors are out of stock..... no idea when they'll return.

The KTC is available from Amazon at a decent price, and easily returnable, if not all it's cracked up to be. 

Edited 7 hours ago by _Hoss