The Samsung Odyssey Neo G9 57 review: I love one screen
Productivity first, gamer second. The case for the single biggest monitor on your desk.
I love one screen.
Specifically: the 57-inch Samsung Odyssey Neo G9. Mine sits across the back of my desk like it owns the place, because at this size, it does.
Quick credentials. I’m not a 27-inch person who decided to swing for the fences. I had the Samsung Odyssey 49” from 2021 — already an ultrawide person, already comfortable with the field of view. The 57” wasn’t a leap so much as a logical next step. If you’ve never lived with an ultrawide before, this is not where I’d start. But if you’ve been here a while and you’ve started bumping into the edges of your 49 — yeah, this is where you go.
What it is:
- 57” Samsung Odyssey Neo G9
- Dual 4K (7680×2160) at 240Hz
- Mini-LED · HDR 1000
- 1000R curve
- Bought on sale for about $1,400 (street is closer to $2,000–$2,500)
That sale price is the whole story. At MSRP this is a tough sell. At $1,400 it’s a no-brainer for the productivity-first gamer who already lives on an ultrawide.
The neck turning is real. This is not for the weak of necks.
Let me start with the thing I love most. Picture-in-picture between my PC and my Mac — both running at half the screen, both fully usable, no KVM dance, no second monitor — is a workflow I didn’t know I wanted until I had it. I do real work on the Mac and game on the PC and now I just split the screen down the middle and switch contexts with my eyes instead of my hands. If you run two machines, that single feature is worth the price of admission.
The productivity case is straightforward and worth saying out loud. I do not switch windows. I do not minimize. I have a browser, three terminals, my notes app, and a YouTube video on at the same time, and none of them are stacked. That is not me bragging — that is me saying: if your work involves keeping more than three things in your head at once, this monitor changes the math.
For gaming, yes — I love gaming on an ultrawide, and at 57 inches with a 1000R curve it is genuinely immersive in a way no flat panel will ever be. With this said: you need a real graphics card to drive 4K on a 57-inch panel at any kind of frame rate. (See: my other review.)
Now, the things that are not great.
The neck turning is real. This is not for the weak of necks. You are physically rotating your head to read the corners. Some of you will get used to this in a week. Some of you won’t. I’d seriously consider trying one in person before committing.
It is heavy and it is huge. The bundled stand is fine but ate my desk; the only third-party monitor arm I found that can actually support the weight is from Secretlab. If you have a deep desk and you want to mount it, factor that in.
Some games don’t support ultrawide aspect ratios at all. When they do, it’s not always thoughtful — I’ve had HUD elements (mini-maps, health, ammo) sit so far in the corners that they were genuinely outside my field of view. You’ll want to do some research before you assume your favorite game is going to look right at this aspect ratio.
So who’s it for?
Productivity-first, gamer-second people who are cool with their entire desk being a screen. People who already live on an ultrawide and are ready to scale up. People who run multiple computers and want one display to rule them all.
Who’s it not for? Competitive gamers — at this size and this curve you’re at a disadvantage in fast twitch games, full stop. Anyone with a small desk — the footprint alone is going to push you to the limit. Anyone whose graphics card can’t drive 4K at meaningful frame rates — this monitor will reveal that bottleneck immediately.
Got it on sale. Would buy it again. Would not give it up.
“The neck turning is real. This is not for the weak of necks.”