I’ve been rocking the original Acer X34 since 2014 and feel like upgrading again. Specifically the AW3423DWF tickles my fancy, but I’m struggling to decide whether or not it is worth it on Mint without HDR support.
I’ve only been running Linux for about a year and have gotten quite comfortable with Mint, but see that I’d need to change distro if I want to use the Plasma DE, which is the only (?) one with decent HDR support at the moment?
Do any of you run HDR capable monitors in Linux?
If yes: is it worth the purchase even if I stick to SDR mode or would you recommend re-rolling distro to get support today?
If I change it up, I’m looking at Fedora.
Thanks in advance!
Yes. OLED has perfect blacks and if you’re a gamer because of pixel response times. OLED has pixel response time of 0.03 ms. Best LCD monitors have pixel response time of 1 ms. OLED image will be sharp through entire motion distance. Most games don’t support HDR but still benefit from above features.
Guess I’m just “worried” the upgrade in color accuracy and response time won’t be enough to warrant the purchase, but you all seem encouraging so I’m leaning towards upgrading. Cheers !
If you’re a gamer, then absolutely. If not, benefits will not be as obvious. For games, it’s a massive upgrade.
my recommendation if you do is to look at refresh rate, going 120hz to 240hz felt like a much bigger upgrade to me than sdr to hdr. especially if you’re playing games that depend on response times, it just feels smoother. hdr in Linux is decently there on kde but there’s still issues getting it to work everywhere like Firefox, though they still look nicer than regular sdr imo. also avoid hdmi, especially if using amd!