Samsung Odyssey G5 Review! One of the Best Budget 1440p Monitors?!

The Samsung Odyssey G5 was somewhat of a silent release as I personally wasn't aware of it until it was brought to my attention from a subscriber but after having problems with the G7 I'm happy to say that this is a solid monitor at a great price point.

*The price has dropped since my recording! It's only 349.99 right now for the G5, 699.99 for the G7 and 1399.99 for the G9. Of course these are subject to change.

From what I'm hearing though most of the problems with the G7 have been solved for most people via firmware updates but keep in mind that monitor is 430 dollars more.

Below are links for the Odyssey monitors as well as the Gigabyte monitor which comes in at the same price point with very similar specs. I didn't want to take up more time with the review to compare the two as I will be doing a separate video covering that.

G5:

G7:

G9:

GIGABYTE G32QC:

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[Settiis]

144hz, HDR, 1ms response time and affordable, right? That’s all I ever need!

[AdarisTempest]

Owning one of these myself and having played with it for about a month, your review is right on the money. It's a lot of performance for the price, and while it's not the best, it's also priced quite a bit lower than the best. I picked up one of these on Prime Day in 32" for only $296, and for that I feel like it was an absolute steal for all it offers.

I feel like the people that would really feel this monitor's limitations the most are also people that are hardcore enough to justify spending more on a monitor anyway. Anyone with reasonable expectations in the $300-400 price range could hardly do better than this.

[Deadite]

Just bought this monitor on sale last week. Thanks for making the video, it helped me make my decision. Very happy with it so far, love the 1000R curve!

[aleisinwndrlen]

I've had this monitor for three months now and it has been amazing so far! Playing scenic games like Horizon or Read Dead or Subnautica has never looked so good. Unfortunately I can't really make full use of the 1440p res and 144hz refresh rate due to my gpu (I'm using an RTX 2060 so running smoothly on that res can only be done on less demanding games like Valorant or Overwatch etc. so for the newer games I have to bump it down to 1080p). Oh, and since this is 32" wide, it's an absolute knocker for movies too. And after watching this video, I got an ever better satisfaction now that I know I've bought the right product. Thanks so much 1 Up!

[ellisoth]

Thank you for this! Have been looking for a monitor for a while, after having played on the same laptop given to me years ago for all my life, this is quite the upgrade!

[epibez]

Btw to anyone wondering. This monitor works on the Xbox series X, at 1440p at 120hz. I have it and can confirm it. The new Xbox doesn’t let some 1440p 144hz monitors get to full performance (1440p 120hz). This is Microsoft’s fault, but this monitor doesn’t have that issue!

[yarincool]

1:17 i love how you showed a close up shot after talking about ppi, everyone one should be this specific.

[iIZCoNFuZeLD]

Sure sounds like it's better than my 60hz 1080p 7 year old scratched to high hell moniter!

[kennethd]

I bought this monitor a couple months ago because the price was right for a 1440p 144hz monitor and I’ve heard good things about Samsung monitors. I was hesitant on getting a curved monitor but now I don’t think I could ever go back to a flat display. I love this monitor and I personally haven’t noticed any ghosting. The only problem I have is trying to use HDR.. I don’t know if I’m doing something wrong but every time I turn it on it washes out my screen. But HDR wasn’t why I bought this so it’s not a big deal. But this was a great and spot on review and made me subscribe to your channel.

[nachtengel]

Just bought this monitor on your recommendation, I can't wait to try it out 😁

[JaVAPicard]

Bought this 32 inch G5 a few days ago, old set up was a Asus lcd 27 inch 120hz and that was a good monitor fore his time, monitor is 10 year old but you can't compare it with this G5, my first curved monitor and oh my god the colours, shadow, response time, i play lots of hell let loose and its unreal imersion is so much more, hope this monitor also last 10 year but fore now i am a happy (old) 54, gamer haha

[markdunnmd]

You've just made my mind up, I've been looking at this for some time and you've just clarify my choice... Great video 👌🏻

[asher_jones]

Just bought this monitor and it should be arriving any day now, I’ll reply to my comment with what I think of it. I’m upgrading from a 1080p monitor which in my opinion already looked really good, so I’m very excited to see how big of a difference this can actually make. Awesome review, cheers. ❤

[jabarzii]

Thank you for mentioning it was a good fit for the series X, that's all I wanted to hear mainly 👌🏽.

[Dynamike]

One thing I'd add is that since this review was made, you actually CAN play 1440p on PS5 now it's this monitor if you have the most recent firmware update.. it will downscale the 4K signal to 1440p.. the only catch is that it also downscales FPS to 60hz with the PS5 so it's not ideal. Might as well get a 4K 60hz at that point.. Other than that, thank you for this review! Super helpful and very detailed!

[boleslawthegreat]

And that's how the reviews should be done. Great work!

[happy_hyun_e]

Thank you for letting me know your review, I bought this secondhand this time And It probably have no regrets because AS is good in Korea

[gusnstuff]

just ordered one, i'm very excited. :DD

[chrisschiepek]

Just scored the 27" version of this monitor for 229 on Amazon! Cant wait for it to arrive!

[marksaucier]

Great review Homie! Bought this monitor!