I’ve been using the Samsung Odyssey OLED 32-inch G8 gaming monitor as my everyday driver for the last 6-9 months and absolutely love it for its matte display and the fact that it has Samsung’s Smart TV functionality built-in, so after seeing it at CES earlier this year, I was very excited to go hands-on with the 27-inch OLED G6 which looks almost identical on the surface, but offers something totally different to the G8.
The design of the monitor is super simplistic with a silver design that runs through from the outer bezel, to the back of the monitor to the stand, and it looks super high-end and extremely minimal on the desk which is how I like my monitors to look. The stand has a good amount of swivel and goes up and down as well, so you can get the perfect angle. There’s also Samsung’s signature Infinity Core lighting on the back which you can set to certain effects or colours or even sync to your display. It’s a subtle way to have some RGB without it being too over the top.
When it comes to ports, it has 1 Display 1.4 port, 2 HDMI 2.1 ports, 2 USB Type-A downstream ports, a headphone jacket and a USB-B Upstream port. Like other Odyssey monitors, it doesn’t have any kind of USB-C port, which is a slight miss for me, but given the G6 is for high-end gaming, it’s less of an issue here than it is on the G8.
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As mentioned, the G6 uses the same glare free coating that is on the G8 and whilst it maybe does remove a little bit of contrast when viewing deep blacks, but honestly the fact that I can use this monitor in front of large windows and not have any kind of glare or distraction is a game-changer that is worth the very minor trade-off.
500hz is all the rage this year, and this one is clearly going to be for a very specific audience. The G6 is capable of 500hz at 1440p, so really I’d recommend this monitor for those that like to play CS: GO or Valorant or other very competitive games at extremely high frame rates and have the rig to do so. By all means, you can play other games at 1440p/144hz or connect your PS5 or Nintendo Switch 2 to take advantage of the display, but monitors like the Samsung G8 are a much better option if those are your primary gaming use cases over extremely high refresh rates.
The G6 OLED is an extremely high-end QD-OLED display which basically means that you get the perfect contrast of an OLED display whilst still retaining brightness and vibrancy. If you’re utilusing HDR, you can take advantage of 1000 nits peak brightness and it’s definitely not the brightest display that I’ve ever seen, but it still looks fantastic especially paired with the glare-free display.
I’ve absolutely loved having the Samsung Smart Hub as part of my Odyssey G8 monitor, which allows me to use any streaming apps, play Xbox games from the Cloud and take advantage of Samsung TV Plus, and I was expecting it to be here, but it isn’t which isn’t the end of the world given the use case for this monitor is high-end PC gaming, but I do think it genuinely adds versatility to monitors and is a genuine advantage for Samsung, so I am a little surprised it’s not.
In saying that, the OSD is incredibly easy to understand and control and has everything that you’d want from a high-end gaming monitor, but I’m just so used to that regular Samsung Smart TV menu that it did catch me off guard, but again, if you’re somebody that wants an all-round monitor (that isn’t for super high refresh rate), the OLED G8 is a better option and it’s currently cheaper at $1,199 as well.
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