LG UltraGear evo 27GM950B Best Settings Guide (Patreon)

Review here: https://tftcentral.co.uk/reviews/lg-ultragear-evo-27gm950b

SDR setup

Use these settings if you want to run with the native colour space for a more vivid and colourful image. You can combine with our calibrated ICC profile which will clamp back to sRGB for colour aware applications though.

Game preset = Gamer 1

Brightness = 19 for ~120 nits, but set this to whatever you find appropriate

Contrast = 70

Gamma = mode 2

Colour temp = Custom

RGB levels = 48, 50, 50

ICC profile attached below

sRGB emulation

If you want to clamp to sRGB all the time for all applications, games etc then you can use the following settings. This is good for SDR content and improved colour accuracy, but it will look less vivid (by a lot) compared with the native mode.

Game preset = sRGB

Brightness = adjust to suit, but you can use 19 for ~120 nits

Contrast = 70

RGB = 49, 50, 50

DCI-P3 emulation

If you want to clamp to DCI-P3 all the time for all applications, games etc then you can use the following settings. This is good for a somewhat reduced colour gamut compared with native, or for working with HDR content potentially.

Game preset = DCI-P3

Brightness = adjust to suit, but you can use 19 for ~120 nits

Contrast = 70

RGB = adjust this to 45, 48, 55 to balance white point properly

Gaming

Response time = 'Fast' for all situations

Black stabilizer = this doesn't raise black point in any mode so you can experiment with this for darker gaming and content. moving it up to 70 seems a nice balance between improving shadow detail, without over-brightening dark shades too much.

Local dimming (in SDR mode) = you can enable this for dynamic content like gaming and multimedia but we wouldn't recommend it for static apps. All 3 settings behave very similarly, so experiment. The high mode is fine to use and probably easiest for slightly better dimming control.

Adaptive-sync = On (extended mode) - unless you have any specific issues with VRR in which case you could switch to standard mode, but we didn't face any.

AI Upscaling = it doesn't really work for PC inputs (see review for more info) but no real harm in leaving it turned on. For external inputs like consoles and media streaming devices it works really well, especially for lower resolution content. Set it to 'high' for those.

AI Scene selection = turn on if you want it to switch modes for different content, but you'll probably want to leave it off if you're using our recommended settings and calibrated profile

HDR

Game mode = Gamer 1

Brightness = 100

Sharpness = 50

Colour temp = Manual. 0 is slightly cool, W1 is slightly warm so choose which you prefer, both are pretty close to a D65 white point anyway

Dynamic Tonemap = On (for a brighter overall experience)

Local dimming = High

Black equalizer = this doesn't raise black point in any mode so you can experiment with this for darker gaming and content. Like SDR mode, moving it up to 70 seems a nice balance between improving shadow detail, without over-brightening dark shades too much.