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 May 10 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 May 10 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 space that big that isn't 4K, it will be a QHD 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) in a 4K resolution panel, 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 May 12 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 May 11 by _Hoss

[_Hoss]

I went to Best Buy, and they didn't have shiznit for large monitors except for LG and Samsung curved monitors. I found the LG OLED42C4 and looked at a Sony 42" Class BRAVIA XR A90K OLED 4K UHD, which had amazing colors. There were some good reviews on it playing Sims with Nvidia cards. But I can't determine if the Sony TV is G-SYNC compatible, like the LG is. So I'll go back tomorrow and decide on it. My SimFab cockpit should ship tomorrow. They had one Sony A90K left, and I'll have to get the LG from the warehouse in Fresno and pick it up in Visalia on Thursday.

 

[LucShep]

1 hour ago, _Hoss said:

I went to Best Buy, and they didn't have shiznit for large monitors except for LG and Samsung curved monitors. I found the LG OLED42C4 and looked at a Sony 42" Class BRAVIA XR A90K OLED 4K UHD, which had amazing colors. There were some good reviews on it playing Sims with Nvidia cards. But I can't determine if the Sony TV is G-SYNC compatible, like the LG is. So I'll go back tomorrow and decide on it. My SimFab cockpit should ship tomorrow. They had one Sony A90K left, and I'll have to get the LG from the warehouse in Fresno and pick it up in Visalia on Thursday.

 

AFAIK, all 4K OLED panels in the market are G-Sync compatible, and can confirm that both LG OLED42C4 and Sony XR-42A90K are.  You're good there. 

I suspect you'll feel the Sony A90K has slightly better default calibration of color/brightness (it's usually so from Sony) but, still, nothing that you can't adjust in few minutes in the LG C4, if desired.  (NOTE: I'd suggest looking at recommended calibration settings in RTINGS, left in their reviews of each model)

Personal opinion only but, I consider the LG C4 the better purchase, not only because it's a newer product (2024 model, whereas the A90K is 2022) but it's a more mature product on a proven panel, one that is also widely available, is very popular (also among PC users) and well supported.

That said, there's one caveat which may, or not, be a deal breaker for you (depends on personal preference) - the screen finish.

The Sony A90K has a "semi-glossy" finish (slightly matt anti-reflective coating) that handles reflections better, though that can give everything a bit of a tint.
Whereas the LG C4 is a "glossy" finish (almost like glass mirror) and, although it still reduces the intensity of direct reflections a little, the glare from lamps or windows opposite to the screen can be distracting. Same applies to the previous C2 and C3, and also the newly released C5.

For you to have a better idea of what I mean, here's a reflection test between the two.
Sony A90K on the left, LG C4 on the right:

  

Either way, they're both amazing TVs that are also fantastic gaming PC monitors, I'm sure you'll be very happy whichever case.  


PS: the new LG C5, which replaces the C4, is out now.
Differences are negligible (pretty much the very same thing), so if you are aiming for the C4 and see the new C5 with intrigue/confusion, then just get whichever of the two that is less expensive and call it a day. 
 

Edited May 13 by LucShep

[Darth Holliday]

A Pix of my C2 setup....

 

 

 

[SharpeXB]

13 hours ago, LucShep said:

That said, there's one caveat which may, or not, be a deal breaker for you (depends on personal preference) - the screen finish.

Yeah I find the phenomenon of shiny screens to be about the dumbest thing ever done to TVs (a tie with soap opera refresh rates). It makes them into a giant mirror and is just super distracting. It’s just done to make them more appealing in showrooms since it makes the blacks appear darker. Fortunately monitors seem to universally have matte screens. The LG OLED mentioned above has a matte screen. Another contributor to its 10/10 score IMO

[_Hoss]

I went to Best Buy with the LG C4, which will arrive on Thursday. I've been watching YouTube videos on how to set it up and calibrate it for gaming. It looks promising, so I can't wait to get it up and running. When it arrives, I'll connect it to my gaming computer, start the calibration process, and mount it on the SimFab Monitor stand. They are based in Florida, and I'm in California.

[Darth Holliday]

Enjoy, I sure you will like it....

[_Hoss]

Holy Shiznit.... picked up my LG OLED evo C4 42" today. Used two of the YouTube videos I found and got it all set up. Got Nvidia settings dialed in for it and fired up DCS and it looked amazing. I'm sure I'll go back and fine tune colors and brightness, contrast, gamma.... I still need to figure out how to get desktop icons smaller, when they are set on windows to their smallest setting. I also need to adjust in-game font size too. Menu's are pretty small. The SimFab cockpit comes in Saturday, so the first thing I'll put together is the monitor stand.  

I've got everything set to run at 120hz, it has  144hz setting I have disabled for now. The game ran at 120hz, I haven't tried IL2 yet... 

Edited May 16 by _Hoss

[LucShep]

Nice!  Congrats 
 

10 hours ago, _Hoss said:

 I still need to figure out how to get desktop icons smaller, when they are set on windows to their smallest setting.
 

I'd start by adjusting the Scale of Windows (125% is usually a good starting point for a screen like yours).
If not sure how, check this tutorial if on Win11, or this other tutorial if on Win10.  

As for the desktop icons, if you already arranged them:

1. While completely optional, I'd consider backing up / saving the desktop icons position, before messing with their scale size. 
   It can be done with some simple software (I use DesktopOK - just need to press "Save" to do a backup, and press "Restore" to load selected backup).
   This is useful if you have lots of icons meticulously ordered in the screen, having backups to imediately revert if and when necessary.
    
2.  And then.... left mouse click anywhere on the desktop, then CTRL + mouse scroll (scroll up = icons get bigger ; scroll down = icons get smaller)
   Note that while this will change the scale of desktop icons, it may move their position and break their arrangement...
    
3. ...and this is where loading your backup of icons position arrangement comes handy.   
   You load/restore your previous save/backup and they're all displayed again in the position you previously set them, regardless of bigger/smaller scale.
   
    

Edited May 16 by LucShep

[SharpeXB]

59 minutes ago, _Hoss said:

Holy Shiznit.... picked up my LG OLED evo C4 42" today. Used two of the YouTube videos I found and got it all set up. Got Nvidia settings dialed in for it and fired up DCS and it looked amazing.

I’m sure it does

What’s unfortunate is DCS does not even come close to showing what that screen can do. Try some more current HDR capable games are see

Edited May 16 by SharpeXB

[Darth Holliday]

I have found the in game setup (DCS) for the fonts and scale...and use the launcher to make corrections or you may find you will not be able to hit the cancel button....My setting are 4096x2160 for resolution and font scale #2 as well as GUI scale #2 as well..Your results of course may vary..

[_Hoss]

Well, it's finally done, got everything ergonomically where it feels comfortable and right. Grace, my dog, seems to like it where it is.

The new Office setup, no MTSIM nonsense to move around every time I need to use it, and I went wireless. 

The new SimPit sits just behind the office chair. they share the same cable modem. 

 

Now I have to redo all my aircraft profiles... 

Thanks for all your inputs for the monitor, the game looks fantastic on it, the youtube videos I found helped a lot to get it set up and running properly.

Cheers

Hoss