The day LG makes a 4K 32” 120Hz OLED “TV”, is the day the final nail goes into the coffins for all these other monitors. Edit: Y’all need to go watch LTTs new video about the 32” LG OLED, it’s Pixar approved for color grading, but only 60Hz. LG told Linus a high refresh OLED is coming soon!
Lg said to linus that they are working on a gamer (4k120) version of their 31.5" 4k60 100% all-gamuts creator monitor. Also @Anthony contrast+dimming zones >>> peak brightness.
@@TH-camTookMyNickname.WhyNot 144hz and 240hz monitors can be had for dirt cheap now. 1440p has become especially affordable. I remember when a TN 1440p 144hz monitor was $600. Now it’s less than half. Same for high refresh 4K, used to be multiple thousands of dollars, now can be had for $600 with good performance.
The monitor is great. No one can tell the difference between 5ms and 10ms response times. You've fallen for marketing designed for the gullible. It also clearly shits on everything else in color performance.
@@chiefjudge8456 that's objectively wrong. Several tests show how having a pixel response time (10 ms) higher than the refresh rate time (6.9 ms at 144) causes visible ghosting and smearing.
@@chiefjudge8456 There's a difference if you're an FPS player. It's not a placebo. If you go on aim trainer and do tracking, your score will be much higher on the lower ms response time even if your eyes can't see a difference. Thats why I made the switch. I thought there was no difference until I tried it, and my score went up higher instantly by like 20 percent. But again, if you're not a fps player, it wouldn't matter
@Scroonga Not really, a point has been made there. Doesn't make this a fast monitor by any stretch of the imagination, but it is unchallenged in that category (which doesn't mean a gamer should buy it though).
Thank you Tim for the review. The Techtesters review says there was a firmware update that improved the latency of this monitor. I wonder how much better it became, and whether the overdrive quality was affected. I'd love to see an update video to this review.
@@HDJess the only reason I'm not buying oled is due to burn in. Sadly nowhere I could find the honest opinion cuz I have burn in on my galaxy phone and it sucks to be not sure to spend on oled
Guys, I saw some of the Chinese forums are saying Asus is delaying this monitor to the international market is because they've seen the feedbacks from the Chinese market(its released in China already) and they will be releasing a new version that has a fast IPS panel. lets wait and see.
@@KillaCam4sho If this news is true, then I don't understand why Asus would bother to release the PG32UQ at all. They're going to make a lot of people very angry if they purchase this monitor and then a new revision model comes not long afterward. Ugh, this really is getting confusing. I think I'm just going to start waiting for the 42" LG OLED next year.
@@KillaCam4sho It is good to know about that faster revision, thank you. Would you happen to have a link to that leak? (let's upvote tekkenman to the top of comments)
I had this monitor now for about a 1 year and it's awesome no doubt. Absolutly wonderful color display @ 4K and despite some critics the monitor is blazing fast IMHO, liitle to no ghosting and maybe not the deepest of blacks. The color settings out of the box were excellent and needed no further adjusments from me. Best looking monitor image I've seen. and for tjhose that doubt HDR600... HDR600 is too bright for me and I have sit back about 3ft from the monitor so it does not galze me with light! HDR600 is more than ok by my standards. I would probably not want more than HDR 600. As far as the deep blacks I could not give a crap about that so it's a non issue for me. All black looks the same to me. The temps do get quite hot when operational and touching the back of the monitor it feels unusually hot but no problems up to now thankfully.
I know what you mean. I have the Samsung Odyssey NEO G7 and its got HDR 2000 supposedly and the worst thing about it is that its too bright when using local dimming. The brights are so bright that I can't even make out the darker areas of the screen in games. Looks amazing on bright games but if you have a game with a lot of shadows and night scenes then it makes it hard to see what is going on. I also have an LG Ultra Gear that has HDR 1000 and that feels much more balanced and easy on the eyes.
@@17_Medy I actually got the screen before any reviews existed, it was one of the first available HDMI 2.1 monitors. It's was a massive gamble, actually. Didn't know anything about it at the time, and now that it's gotten good press and reviews, it's completely out of stock and the price has risen like crazy.
Lmao at the LG C1 on the charts. It's not even much more expensive than this and it just absolutely destroys this thing. 1k for something that basically sucks in HDR and has horrible pixel response time compared to the oled.
@@AceStrife they know they don't have to offer anything else. There are only like 2 or 3 manufacturers even making monitor panels and gamers eat up hideous matte coated monitors that any television buyer would laugh at.
Yet another fantastic review! Really looking forward to the next ones, as I am in the market for a 32 inch monitor. Currently I am very interested in the Philips 329M1RV - hopefully this one will get covered by you guys!
The one issue I have with a 32" screen, is you cannot use a 32" second (or third) display, it's simply way too wide on the left and right and in portrait 32" is basically way too tall its comical.
What an embarrassment, $1000 for this? I’d understand if this was more geared towards video consumption, content creation etc. But as an ROG monitor, there’s 0 reason this should have abysmal response times, especially with the UQX variant. Seems like they decided to trade off the dimming zones, gsync module AND panel performance….
$2000, but yeah very disappointing. I’m quite happy with my odyssey g7 purchase after seeing this. I’m also sad to see that $2000 doesn’t get you FALD and more zones.
It appears there are no 32" 144hz 4K panels that really hold up on speed, regardless of price, which probably is why they seemed to take forever (+4 years?) to be released, and why most all other 32" 4K monitors up until now were 60hz professional series situations. May as well wait for 32" 4K OLED monitors, which assuming there is no burn in, should smoke all contenders at equal or better prices.
@@adi6293 I actually like it, you’re probably asking this question because you’ve heard from others that they find it annoying but I think it’s immersive compared to my old hp flat screen monitor I used to have. I could see the curve being annoying if you’re quite off center from the monitor but then again who’s going to when it’s a 27 or 32 inch screen. I think you shouldn’t worry about the curve but rather the other problems the monitor has such as the edge lit zones or the 8 zones the monitor has. The monitor isn’t great for hdr content but is still an improvement in sdr and is a good way to dip your toes in it before monitors in the future come out with more hdr features at an acceptable price.
This will probably get burried in the comments, but is there any chance you can review the PG278Q? It's a monitor I've owned in its release date (I forget the date, but it's around 2016) and I'm still sitting on it while waiting for an appropriate upgrade. Monitor upgrade are more infrequent than other parts of your system and I'm still waiting for something for something that's worth upgrading to. Thank you for your incredibly in-depth and no bullshit reviews. You're a credit to the entire monitor industry. Thank you for what you do.
Here here, the graph is cool to demonstrate measurable overshoot, however one could use a high speed camera to compare real world dark level smearing, CSGO Dust 2 is just about the most consistent worst case situation I test monitors on as it's brown and dark brown basically everywhere.
I've been waiting for this review. Why did you not review the 144hz mode though? That is it's advertised top refresh rate - seems a little unfair to slam it for not being as good out of spec at 155?
@@JBR_1995 That isn't how I read the graph, the results looked better at 120hz mode 4. Not that I know a lot about all this stuff, and all the interpretation for the numbers. I'm not expecting that 144hz will somehow defy the other modes. It's just that is what the monitor was advertised as and designed to run at, where as 155hz is a _maybe_ unreliable overclock that he himself noted at the start of the review.
I seen another review where they said the 144hz is way better than 155hz. The other reviewer basically said don't bother with 155hz cause of how awful it is compared to 144hz
I was hoping to finally get a 32 inch 4K 144Hz monitor but it looks like I might have to get the 27 or 28 inch variants. 32 inches is the sweetspot for 4K but if they all perform this badly ... you better sacrifice scaling but at least you can play shooters without 10+ ms response time XD So which one do you recommend? The LG 27GP950, Asus VG28.. or Gigabyte M28U?
The UQX version literally can't have HDMI 2.1 as it's incompatible with its G-Sync chip required for G-Sync Ultimate. Not achieving the impossible is hardly what I'd call an embarrassing omission.
@@chiefjudge8456 HDMI 2.1 is very useful for PC gamers because HDMI 2.1 is the only connection that can support 4k 120hz at 4:4:4 chroma without any compression. Displayport 1.4 has to use DSC to be able to support 4k 120hz at 4:4:4 chroma. DSC introduces compression which is a lossy format. HDMI 2.1 is lossless and the best connection right now until Displayport 2.0 arrives.
What would you recommend this or the LG ultragear GP950? By the sound of your accent getting a top of the range monitor in Australia is impossible due to the chip shortage
Do these monitor vendors have a deal with desk companies, these awful pronged stands getting wider and wider using even more desk space, glad VESA mount is a thing so can replace with a proper base/stand. Asus are good though that they show color depth and format on their info screen, my LG doesnt do that,
Great video!!! such high quality content is so rare... So basically what should I buy if I want a 4K 32 inch monitor for gaming and Netflix?! same price range?...
Can say that stand is way better than the 32UQX or 27UQ. Both of those use a tripod that needs to sit on the ends of the prongs while this more has 2 legs like a normal monitor with a tiny point on the back. Way better for desk space.
Great review! I am going trough a panel lottery currently as usual. Not much luck so far. I bough 5 different screen and 3 of them had issues. 1. Gigabyte M32UC (670GBP). Extreme light bleeding on the 4 corner of the screen (where it bends) - Returned. 2. LG 27GP950-B (600GBP). So far this is with me because it is almost flawless. Find a tiny black mark on the top right corner but still well acceptable even for a screen OC person like me. 3. LG 32GQ950-B (1050GBP). This one was the biggest disappointment: 4 stuck pixel. loud fan!???. Yes it does have a fan and out of the box was bit too noisy. Returned instantly. 4. Gigabyte M32U (670GBP). Well it had 3 very shiny stuck pixel and one group of dead black pixels. What shame. Great monitor for a price if it flawless. I didn't have too much expectation from this screen - saw many people complain about the quality. Returned. 5. Asus ROG Swift PG32UQ (850GBP).It will arrive tomorrow. If it will be flawless possibly keep that one and return LG 27GP950-B for the sake of the bigger panel. Only think make me hesitating is the panel speed - as the video said. Let's see how it looks compared to the LG 27GP950-B by user perspective.
Yeah, like you provided tons of pretty useless information, but the only thing we all came here to figure out, you never added. 🤦 Add something about this monitor please.
My message is the terrible quality control on all high end monitors. Same on this ASUS. Very severe lightbleed. But that's kind of common anyway. And then 12 stuck pixels.(Very visible ones). Again just no thanks. - Returned.
@@gergoszabo8868 Oh, I'm so sorry to hear that. So far, my default is LG C2 42". But I'm trying to find something suitable with a 32" diagonal because 42" is just a bit over the top.
i'm guessing these panels are the ones that don't make the cut for the uqx, and since the uqx is already slow...ugh, but whats with the hdmi 2.1, maybe they really want people to buy the ucg instead
Guess I made right decision not to wait for this and went for FI32U. Sadly my FI32U has its own problem, currently pending RMA for mine, with top/left screen producing warmer whites compared to the right which has much cooler blue whites. Colour uniformity is a headache!
I returned 2 fi32u's. First had two vertical color lines, second had same broblem - left side screen warmer white. Now don't know to do - try 3rd fi32u, or wait pg32uq or acer. I have pg329q, and it hase much more saturated colors, than fi32u (98% dci)
I have an Asus xg349c on pre-order, i wonder if i should cancel it? This doesn’t fill me with much confidence. Have been rocking a pg279q which has been fantastic and just planned to stick with asus based on that experience but times seem to be changing.
The gigabyte m28u looks good for the price but I'd prefer a 32 inch with similar performance. I'm wondering if the m32u is the same just larger, would be good to know as it seems like a good price to performance for 32 inch 4k 144hz.
It pretty much is the same, just bigger. Though i'm a bit worried, since a decent amount of the issues that Gigabyte monitors have is dead/stuck pixels and terrible QC.
@@robbythepoorgamer4356 Yeah, i was looking at customer reviews and tech reviewers, and almost everyone was complaining about random dead pixels. Because of the reviews i went with a triple setup with Samsung G8 Neo monitors. Looks like since then Gigabyte did a revision on their monitors and have since fixed this issue.
@L04D how much did samsung g8 cost?I didn't buy samsung cos our samsung oled TV having a 2 parallel black line on the screen.its only 2 years old.also my father's samsung phone just died 1 year later
@@robbythepoorgamer4356 I bought each monitor for 1100€ as part of a deal Samsung had last year, so 3300€ for all 3 monitors. They're amazing, 240hz though i use them at 144hz since it's 4K. And for a VA Panel, the colors almost remind me of an IPS panel. Amazing monitor, though it's price is steep. The TV might have just been faulty from the factory. I've always had a great experience using Samsung products. My 860 EVO SSD from 2014 is still working today. My S10 phone has no OLED burn in even after 4 years of owning it, though the battery isn't as good as before.
Been waiting awhile for this because I figured this would be a good 2.1 monitor for gaming, is there another 2.1 monitor that would be a good alternative with fast response time?
Acer XB323K has all the same features but is suppose to have “Fast IPS” which should help with better response times. But I haven’t seen much info on it lately.
@@KillaCam4sho I looked into that & it seems it hasn’t been released yet? As of right now I’m looking at the Gigabyte M32U but since you mentioned this Acer XB323K I may wait for that for future proofing purposes.
Great review, I have been watching this moniotr for a while as 4k at 32" is a great addition to my new PC build. Now though i'm confused on what to buy ? I have built a high-end gaming PC with an RTX 3090 and want a monitor to compliment this setup but with a budget of £1000 ish i'm not sure what to get, any suggestions ?
I was in a similar situation and really wanted to get a 32" 4k 144hz display but no decent options at the moment for a reasonable price. I ended up getting the lg 32gp850 for now and I'm happy with it probably for the next year until more options appear
@@jrp_x Agree with this approach. Just get a decent 1440p panel for now and wait for much better 4K options next year. If LG releases a 42" OLED, you'll be kicking yourself for paying £1000 for anything on the current market.
I'm in the same situation but not sure if buying a 1440p and then upgrading the next year is really viable. Also, this monitor is going to sell out quickly. The gigabyte monitor was sold out in a couple days in the UK. With the current chip shortage, I imagine we'll be waiting longer for new tech with decent stock. I very much doubt a 4k 32 monitor that are much better than the gigabyte and Asus will be out any time soon.
@@peteryu9422 Sure it might sell out quick, but that doesn't make it a good buy for £1000. I understand the dilemma, but most people are better off getting a decent budget 1440p panel now, and then at least waiting until spring next year. Best case scenario? Much better 4K monitors become available for a similar price. Worst case scenario? Better panels do not emerge, but the PG32UQ will be back in stock anyway - potentially at a discount.
@@WickedRibbon I get what you're trying to say. My point more was that given the current demand and supply and chip shortages, £1k could be see as fair. E.g. a 3080 FE is £650 RRP if I'm not mistaken. It's near impossible to get it a this price. If a retailer lists it at £800 right now, a lot of people will see it as a bargain. I recently bagged a 3080 myself and built a new PC upgrading my 10 year old PC. Unfortunately my monitor is from 10 years ago too. I'm in a situation where I can't really wait. I have been looking into 1440p monitors as well and given that I have a 3080, I probably want a much higher refresh than 144Hz. Unfortunately I can't find any stock at this spec either. It's got to a point now where I'm just waiting for the Asus to be listed and quickly preorder it. If you were in my shoes, what would you do? Would you go for a lower spec 1440p monitor and not fully utilise your 3080?
A general monitor question for you guys: It's often said that DisplayHDR 400 is not true HDR, but how much brighter does HDR white actually have to be over SDR white? My SDR monitors are calibrated to 120 nits. If I bring that same baseline brightness to an HDR monitor, is that 280 extra nits not enough? I know human perception tends to scale logarithmically, but I also know that I feel blinded by a standard monitor at max brightness which makes me think it should be plenty.
Considering how thorough this review is otherwise, it's disappointing you don't actually test it at 144hz, which is the actual rated target refresh rate for this monitor, that they have tuned it for. 155hz isn't mentioned in the official specs because it's an overclocking feature, you shouldn't be using it as the primary mode for all of your tests. You wouldn't review a CPU by overclocking it and running all of your benchmarks against that instead of the stock speed, so you shouldn't do it for a monitor either... Especially since overclocking modes on monitors do tend to exacerbate response times and create ghosting issues. That's why it's inside an overclocking feature instead of simply being as standard, because to get those faster refresh speeds there's trade offs so they are leaving that choice to consumers. Great review otherwise though. I can only assume this was an oversight.
Do you still recommend it if I mostly do video editing and some casual gaming (I'm not a competitive gamer) ? Should I hold my breath and wait a little longer for another 32inch 4K monitors that are to come.
@@mikkykyluc5804 I'm thinking the same way if Acer Predator XB323K performs better I'll buy XB323K but if PG32UQ performs the same I don't know which I'll buy.
MPRT (Moving Picture Response Time) is a much more accurate measurement of motion blur. GTG is Gray to Gray pixel transitions. The measurement is typically from 10% to 90% transition. So the actual GTG (0-100) will almost always be much higher than the indicted value.
No. Asus does not produce any panels. Both monitors use the same panel from AU Optronics. The UQX uses a Gsync module from Nvidia, which does only come with HDMI 2.0 yet. This is the reason for not including HDMI 2.1 in the UQX.
Yeah.. cancelled this one. I'm going for the PG279QM (with my LG OLED TV). Will maybe buy 38" widescreen later.. when the contrast goes up with those nano ips panels and corner bleed with dead pixels dissappeaers.
quick question, i saw this monitor was capable of going 4k 144 ha with 12 bit color on other reviews, i think this monitor is a native 10bit panel and can do 12 bit with frc. can you check that?
@@Starscreamious That's why I wrote "years". I don't expect it to appear in near future but about 5 years from now? Who knows? IPS high refresh rate monitors are nice but even my old Panasonic plasma is better for movies and tv series. IPS doesn't has good black represantation. Too much backlight leaking. And I hope we would see more 32" monitors with high refresh rate and fast response times in the future as well. 24" and 27" is perfect for normal desk but I'm planning on building a desk that would be much deeper so I would be sitting further away from the screen.
Another great review from hardware unboxed! I really do agree about the gamer bling on monitors ...I can't stand it. I'm not 14 and I don't need rainbow flashing lights to feel "cool". I'd rather have 20-40 bucks off the price and none of the embarrassment.
Dell used to have decent non gamer bling monitors with similar specs. Not sure if they still compete as well though as back then (when really only TN was "fast enough" for high refresh).
Is hardware unboxed aware that ELMB-SYNC and Aim Stabilizer Sync do not work with the ufo test? They keep showing photos from it but that test is not compatible with variable refresh rate, as I’m sure they know. Yet they give conclusions like “elmb sync looks the same as elmb level 5”. What is this conclusion based on?
I have been longing for a proper HDR (means VESA 1000 certification) in 4K 144hz IPS that's not above 1000 dollars for the last 3 years. Until someone provides that I am out.
@@antony209494 Thing is when you will get all your specs for that price the high-end will probably be at 8K 240hz, 2000 HDR, etc and you will probably think your old requirements are deprecated in 2 years, 3 years, 5 years.
Guys your advice for ASUs rog swift pg23uq is it good monitor for ps5 and pc since I’m FPS competitive player, I have read people complaining about latency, glow IPs, video signal and quality
Good Lord! It seems like they just took the matrix from the PG32UQX and changed the backlight...the response times are absolutely atrocious. It's a wonder why Asus bothered releasing these 2 at all in 2021...
Seems 32" IPS is not quite ready for gaming prime time. A shame really, I had hoped the PG32UQ would surpass Gigabyte's offering. The latter can at least reasonably be used as a non-adaptive-sync solution at 144 Hz. I assume that the M32U will be the way to go in this class, when it is released. In Germany there were first listings for 829 €, which is a good deal cheaper than the FI32U's 999 €. And given that performance between FI32Q and M32Q was basically identical, one might hope that things repeat themselves here. Even though these displays still won't be as good as 1440p monitors like MAG274QRD-QD or similar in terms of motion performance. But then again neither are these 28" UHD variants. They are better than this one, but not at all perfect either.
I will buy the M32U. I really want 32 inches for 4K cause I tried 4K at 28 inch and it was great but not amazing especially at scaling. And also because I don't care about HDR on my PC so who cares about having HDR400 or HDR600 right?
@@JBR_1995 I expect M32U to perform identically to FI32U, while being much cheaper. Should be decent. I'd just prefer a faster PG32UQ for its large color gamut.
@@dynastes4938 I wish the PG32UQ were better too. Design is better and generally should be better. But if I can get the M32U now but not the Asus model I think that's acceptable considering the ship shortage and so on 😅
The PG329Q is excellent. Although you are missing a couple of features. But response time is second to none and ELMB works wonderfully. And it’s much cheaper.
Bloody hell, I'll be waiting for a new monitor forever it seems. Will probably get this one since it's getting ridiculous already and will wait for something better still.
What would your recommendations for a monitor or something like LG C1 for a 3 monitor setup for racing simulator with a 1 to 1 view only for a computer
This one PG32UQ just not fast IPS panel. For someone want fast IPS, they should go FI32U/M32U. Or just wait about 3 month more, the Acer XB323K & MSI MPG321UR-QD should got fast IPS panel. Which is basically the update version of this one. I think for 3A titles, this one is great enough, unless FPS gaming, then you might considering to wait.
What fast IPS panel should this be? There are only five 4K 144HZ on the market: AU Optronics: -> 32" --> e.g. Asus PG32UQ(X) -> 27" Innolux: -> 31.5" --> e.g. Gigabyte FI32U -> 28" --> e.g. Gigabyte M28U LG: -> 27" --> e.g LG 27GN950 That's it. All 4K 144Hz monitors use one of these panels.
Can anyone find the PG32UQ listed on the ASUS website at the moment? I know it used to be listed, but I can't find it now. _Edit: It's showing on the website again now_
can you test response time of oleds at their minimum brightness? My oled phone has worse response times at minimum brightness, and i reckon other oleds will behave similar
Every new monitor review ends up re-assuring me that I made the right choice last year buying my 32" G7 for $599 on a Black Friday sale. I keep wanting something to beat it thoroughly but so far it continues to reign supreme for gaming.
LG has clearly more modern speed panel and while response times aren't at top level, overshoot is almost nonexistent with well balanced overdrive for different refresh rates. (unlike in Innolux panel monitors) Asus again obviously wins in bigger size allowing longer viewing distance for same angular/apaprent size and also colour gamut is super wide.
i need help, after i enable HDR, the words, all the non-bold letters (font) on normal screen example youtube, web browser, have glaring effect on white background and makes it painful to my eyes. On black background, the letters is alright.
The day LG makes a 4K 32” 120Hz OLED “TV”, is the day the final nail goes into the coffins for all these other monitors.
Edit: Y’all need to go watch LTTs new video about the 32” LG OLED, it’s Pixar approved for color grading, but only 60Hz. LG told Linus a high refresh OLED is coming soon!
how many times has this sentiment been shared in the pc consumer space? it's as tired and cliche as the doomsday heralds we've had throughout history.
you mean the day that will never happen?
OLED is PWM trash and has no future in gaming monitors or monitors at all
CRT monitors are best for gaming. Fact.
Lg said to linus that they are working on a gamer (4k120) version of their 31.5" 4k60 100% all-gamuts creator monitor.
Also @Anthony contrast+dimming zones >>> peak brightness.
The 4k hdr 1400 monitor looked so good! I'll wait until the next iteration though and hope the price drops a little.
Tbh it's going to be awhile like multiple years if you really need a monitor now but for 3 Gs yikes its for an absolute enthusiast.
@@TH-camTookMyNickname.WhyNot 144hz and 240hz monitors can be had for dirt cheap now. 1440p has become especially affordable. I remember when a TN 1440p 144hz monitor was $600. Now it’s less than half. Same for high refresh 4K, used to be multiple thousands of dollars, now can be had for $600 with good performance.
@@Gamerzguy2468 Yeah mini-led is still relatively new to the main stream market as far as monitors go. It’ll take a couple years.
This isn't the HDR 1400 version.
Out of the box this monitor check so many thing on my list. but after Review, it unchecked almost everything
Lol
The monitor is great. No one can tell the difference between 5ms and 10ms response times. You've fallen for marketing designed for the gullible. It also clearly shits on everything else in color performance.
You bugging
@@chiefjudge8456 that's objectively wrong. Several tests show how having a pixel response time (10 ms) higher than the refresh rate time (6.9 ms at 144) causes visible ghosting and smearing.
@@chiefjudge8456 There's a difference if you're an FPS player. It's not a placebo. If you go on aim trainer and do tracking, your score will be much higher on the lower ms response time even if your eyes can't see a difference. Thats why I made the switch. I thought there was no difference until I tried it, and my score went up higher instantly by like 20 percent. But again, if you're not a fps player, it wouldn't matter
The irony of being called "swift".
They swiftly swing people of their money for being foolish to pay so much for a computer monitor.
-_- name another monitor that has a hdr gamut remotely close to this one with better response times numbers.
@Scroonga Not really, a point has been made there. Doesn't make this a fast monitor by any stretch of the imagination, but it is unchallenged in that category (which doesn't mean a gamer should buy it though).
@@MLWJ1993 I was looking for a 32' 4K 120hz monitor for my Xbox Series X. What other options do I even have?
@@LiamKOP either a smaller/larger monitor, not 4k or waiting it out for better options to appear.
Thank you Tim for the review. The Techtesters review says there was a firmware update that improved the latency of this monitor. I wonder how much better it became, and whether the overdrive quality was affected. I'd love to see an update video to this review.
same that update could make or break this purchase for me.
I've search, nobody seems to talk about the update
In the video they say the firmware update was for the M32U, not this monitor.
I had been waiting for this monitor for all of this year, glad I decided to just get an LG C1 instead
You made the right choice. They wipe the floor with junk monitors
That's the problem with expensive monitors, they're not worth over an OLED. If I had $1K, I'd 100% get an LG OLED over literally anything else.
Any signs of burn-in on your C1 yet? That's my only hesitation about getting one.
@@HDJess the only reason I'm not buying oled is due to burn in. Sadly nowhere I could find the honest opinion cuz I have burn in on my galaxy phone and it sucks to be not sure to spend on oled
Ultrawide is unbeatable but whatever
Guys,
I saw some of the Chinese forums are saying Asus is delaying this monitor to the international market is because they've seen the feedbacks from the Chinese market(its released in China already) and they will be releasing a new version that has a fast IPS panel. lets wait and see.
@@KillaCam4sho If this news is true, then I don't understand why Asus would bother to release the PG32UQ at all. They're going to make a lot of people very angry if they purchase this monitor and then a new revision model comes not long afterward. Ugh, this really is getting confusing. I think I'm just going to start waiting for the 42" LG OLED next year.
@@KillaCam4sho It is good to know about that faster revision, thank you. Would you happen to have a link to that leak? (let's upvote tekkenman to the top of comments)
@@KillaCam4sho When would be the expected release date of the PG32UC?
I had this monitor now for about a 1 year and it's awesome no doubt. Absolutly wonderful color display @ 4K and despite some critics the monitor is blazing fast IMHO, liitle to no ghosting and maybe not the deepest of blacks. The color settings out of the box were excellent and needed no further adjusments from me. Best looking monitor image I've seen. and for tjhose that doubt HDR600... HDR600 is too bright for me and I have sit back about 3ft from the monitor so it does not galze me with light! HDR600 is more than ok by my standards. I would probably not want more than HDR 600. As far as the deep blacks I could not give a crap about that so it's a non issue for me. All black looks the same to me. The temps do get quite hot when operational and touching the back of the monitor it feels unusually hot but no problems up to now thankfully.
What about the noise coming from the monitor? Is this noticeable?
Why did you change it?
@@Xpert45 Thats on the UQX, this one doesnt have the fan
I know what you mean. I have the Samsung Odyssey NEO G7 and its got HDR 2000 supposedly and the worst thing about it is that its too bright when using local dimming. The brights are so bright that I can't even make out the darker areas of the screen in games. Looks amazing on bright games but if you have a game with a lot of shadows and night scenes then it makes it hard to see what is going on. I also have an LG Ultra Gear that has HDR 1000 and that feels much more balanced and easy on the eyes.
Man I'm so stoked I got the gigabyte m28u, seems like a a great balance of performance and price.
How did you manage to get it? I've been trying so hard but it's out of stock everywhere I look.
@@17_Medy I actually got the screen before any reviews existed, it was one of the first available HDMI 2.1 monitors. It's was a massive gamble, actually. Didn't know anything about it at the time, and now that it's gotten good press and reviews, it's completely out of stock and the price has risen like crazy.
Lmao at the LG C1 on the charts. It's not even much more expensive than this and it just absolutely destroys this thing. 1k for something that basically sucks in HDR and has horrible pixel response time compared to the oled.
It is time for a wake up call for the monitor manufacturers.
Still utterly baffled how OLED technology is practically nonexistent on PC monitors.
It's almost 2022.
@@AceStrife they know they don't have to offer anything else. There are only like 2 or 3 manufacturers even making monitor panels and gamers eat up hideous matte coated monitors that any television buyer would laugh at.
Oled have downright shitty brightness, that's why they dont succeed as monitors
@@DarkPhychic I use my current monitor at like 100 nits.
Yet another fantastic review!
Really looking forward to the next ones, as I am in the market for a 32 inch monitor.
Currently I am very interested in the Philips 329M1RV - hopefully this one will get covered by you guys!
The one issue I have with a 32" screen, is you cannot use a 32" second (or third) display, it's simply way too wide on the left and right and in portrait 32" is basically way too tall its comical.
@@jetpil0t lmao are you serious??? th-cam.com/video/r4ZWy4nKZto/w-d-xo.html
After reading TFTCentral review i can say you need to recheck your data, this monitor is totally not as slow as you made it to be
Needs to be redone at 144hz
What an embarrassment, $1000 for this? I’d understand if this was more geared towards video consumption, content creation etc. But as an ROG monitor, there’s 0 reason this should have abysmal response times, especially with the UQX variant. Seems like they decided to trade off the dimming zones, gsync module AND panel performance….
$2000, but yeah very disappointing. I’m quite happy with my odyssey g7 purchase after seeing this. I’m also sad to see that $2000 doesn’t get you FALD and more zones.
It appears there are no 32" 144hz 4K panels that really hold up on speed, regardless of price, which probably is why they seemed to take forever (+4 years?) to be released, and why most all other 32" 4K monitors up until now were 60hz professional series situations. May as well wait for 32" 4K OLED monitors, which assuming there is no burn in, should smoke all contenders at equal or better prices.
@@josephc.2443 $1000, but yeah, agree with everything else
@@josephc.2443 I'm thinking about getting the G7, how are you liking the curve?
@@adi6293 I actually like it, you’re probably asking this question because you’ve heard from others that they find it annoying but I think it’s immersive compared to my old hp flat screen monitor I used to have. I could see the curve being annoying if you’re quite off center from the monitor but then again who’s going to when it’s a 27 or 32 inch screen. I think you shouldn’t worry about the curve but rather the other problems the monitor has such as the edge lit zones or the 8 zones the monitor has. The monitor isn’t great for hdr content but is still an improvement in sdr and is a good way to dip your toes in it before monitors in the future come out with more hdr features at an acceptable price.
Great review. Did you ever find a better 4k 32 inch panel? I am in the market for one
This will probably get burried in the comments, but is there any chance you can review the PG278Q? It's a monitor I've owned in its release date (I forget the date, but it's around 2016) and I'm still sitting on it while waiting for an appropriate upgrade. Monitor upgrade are more infrequent than other parts of your system and I'm still waiting for something for something that's worth upgrading to. Thank you for your incredibly in-depth and no bullshit reviews. You're a credit to the entire monitor industry. Thank you for what you do.
the mini-led backlight seems to be the highest cost component imo
And the extra margin every company adds to halo products. Just sad that it really isn't a halo product from a performance standpoint...
Those LEDs are cheap.
This isn’t mini led
6:44 I'm incredibly curious to see what this 206.4% overshoot looks like in practice
Shake ur head back and forth to simulate
Here here, the graph is cool to demonstrate measurable overshoot, however one could use a high speed camera to compare real world dark level smearing, CSGO Dust 2 is just about the most consistent worst case situation I test monitors on as it's brown and dark brown basically everywhere.
Picked up a mint condition one of these for £475. Can’t go wrong! Seems to be really nice.
Perfect, I had my eye on this monitor for my series x.. Guess I will have to wait a bit longer for a new monitor :(
Hoping that 42 inch LG OLED arrives sooner rather than later
@@michaelbracken9585 Not long until next year comes around :). I would prefer a 32 inch OLED though
You can buy an OLED today.
@@naamadossantossilva4736 already have one in the living room
@@Sebbz Which one?
I've been waiting for this review. Why did you not review the 144hz mode though? That is it's advertised top refresh rate - seems a little unfair to slam it for not being as good out of spec at 155?
Right? is that that slow at 144hz?
He tested 120 Hz. And the results were not better than 155Hz
@@JBR_1995 That isn't how I read the graph, the results looked better at 120hz mode 4.
Not that I know a lot about all this stuff, and all the interpretation for the numbers.
I'm not expecting that 144hz will somehow defy the other modes. It's just that is what the monitor was advertised as and designed to run at, where as 155hz is a _maybe_ unreliable overclock that he himself noted at the start of the review.
I seen another review where they said the 144hz is way better than 155hz. The other reviewer basically said don't bother with 155hz cause of how awful it is compared to 144hz
@@budman6137 can i see this please?
I was hoping to finally get a 32 inch 4K 144Hz monitor but it looks like I might have to get the 27 or 28 inch variants. 32 inches is the sweetspot for 4K but if they all perform this badly ... you better sacrifice scaling but at least you can play shooters without 10+ ms response time XD So which one do you recommend? The LG 27GP950, Asus VG28.. or Gigabyte M28U?
the 27GN950B, the 27GP950B has the black screen issues for many people and overheating issues too, but not the 27GN950B
The UQX version literally can't have HDMI 2.1 as it's incompatible with its G-Sync chip required for G-Sync Ultimate. Not achieving the impossible is hardly what I'd call an embarrassing omission.
It's an embarrassing omission on NVIDIA's side, then. Bottom line, it's a glaring missing feature at the high end.
@@ETophales And functionally useless for PC users anyway, which is what the PG32UQX is targeted at.
@@chiefjudge8456 HDMI 2.1 is very useful for PC gamers because HDMI 2.1 is the only connection that can support 4k 120hz at 4:4:4 chroma without any compression. Displayport 1.4 has to use DSC to be able to support 4k 120hz at 4:4:4 chroma. DSC introduces compression which is a lossy format. HDMI 2.1 is lossless and the best connection right now until Displayport 2.0 arrives.
What would you recommend this or the LG ultragear GP950? By the sound of your accent getting a top of the range monitor in Australia is impossible due to the chip shortage
Please explain more about the stand, is it removable? And is it support other VESA monitor arm? Thank you
0:29 I was about to say that, but thanks Tim you already said it.
These companies are just scamming gamers for TV quality monitors.
Do these monitor vendors have a deal with desk companies, these awful pronged stands getting wider and wider using even more desk space, glad VESA mount is a thing so can replace with a proper base/stand.
Asus are good though that they show color depth and format on their info screen, my LG doesnt do that,
Great video!!! such high quality content is so rare... So basically what should I buy if I want a 4K 32 inch monitor for gaming and Netflix?! same price range?...
Can say that stand is way better than the 32UQX or 27UQ. Both of those use a tripod that needs to sit on the ends of the prongs while this more has 2 legs like a normal monitor with a tiny point on the back. Way better for desk space.
Great review!
I am going trough a panel lottery currently as usual. Not much luck so far. I bough 5 different screen and 3 of them had issues.
1. Gigabyte M32UC (670GBP). Extreme light bleeding on the 4 corner of the screen (where it bends) - Returned.
2. LG 27GP950-B (600GBP). So far this is with me because it is almost flawless. Find a tiny black mark on the top right corner but still well acceptable even for a screen OC person like me.
3. LG 32GQ950-B (1050GBP). This one was the biggest disappointment: 4 stuck pixel. loud fan!???. Yes it does have a fan and out of the box was bit too noisy. Returned instantly.
4. Gigabyte M32U (670GBP). Well it had 3 very shiny stuck pixel and one group of dead black pixels. What shame. Great monitor for a price if it flawless. I didn't have too much expectation from this screen - saw many people complain about the quality. Returned.
5. Asus ROG Swift PG32UQ (850GBP).It will arrive tomorrow. If it will be flawless possibly keep that one and return LG 27GP950-B for the sake of the bigger panel.
Only think make me hesitating is the panel speed - as the video said. Let's see how it looks compared to the LG 27GP950-B by user perspective.
So what happened with your Asus ROG Swift PG32UQ? Any comments?
Yeah, like you provided tons of pretty useless information, but the only thing we all came here to figure out, you never added. 🤦 Add something about this monitor please.
@@crazzy0nugget Returned. 12 stuck pixels.
My message is the terrible quality control on all high end monitors. Same on this ASUS. Very severe lightbleed. But that's kind of common anyway. And then 12 stuck pixels.(Very visible ones). Again just no thanks. - Returned.
@@gergoszabo8868 Oh, I'm so sorry to hear that. So far, my default is LG C2 42". But I'm trying to find something suitable with a 32" diagonal because 42" is just a bit over the top.
Damn, 4k monitor still goes out for more than 1k eu? I thought nowadays they'd be around 800 for the top models. But fuck me.
999€ you can get LG CX 55
What is the best pick at the moment for 4K, good HDR, 27-32", at least 120hz, HDMI 2.1 screen today?
i'm guessing these panels are the ones that don't make the cut for the uqx, and since the uqx is already slow...ugh, but whats with the hdmi 2.1, maybe they really want people to buy the ucg instead
time to wait for more monitors to release before deciding
The reason the UQX not having HDMI 2.1 is the G-Sync Ultimate module not supporting it, this affects all Monitors using this module.
Guess I made right decision not to wait for this and went for FI32U. Sadly my FI32U has its own problem, currently pending RMA for mine, with top/left screen producing warmer whites compared to the right which has much cooler blue whites. Colour uniformity is a headache!
I had to return 2 of these because of the same issue, did you get the replacement ? Any good ?
I returned 2 fi32u's. First had two vertical color lines, second had same broblem - left side screen warmer white. Now don't know to do - try 3rd fi32u, or wait pg32uq or acer. I have pg329q, and it hase much more saturated colors, than fi32u (98% dci)
I have an Asus xg349c on pre-order, i wonder if i should cancel it? This doesn’t fill me with much confidence. Have been rocking a pg279q which has been fantastic and just planned to stick with asus based on that experience but times seem to be changing.
The gigabyte m28u looks good for the price but I'd prefer a 32 inch with similar performance. I'm wondering if the m32u is the same just larger, would be good to know as it seems like a good price to performance for 32 inch 4k 144hz.
It pretty much is the same, just bigger.
Though i'm a bit worried, since a decent amount of the issues that Gigabyte monitors have is dead/stuck pixels and terrible QC.
@@l04d83 THats strange i got both M28U and M32U.None of them has dead pixel.Its much cheaper.Even asus tuf 27inc version is costlier than M32U.
@@robbythepoorgamer4356 Yeah, i was looking at customer reviews and tech reviewers, and almost everyone was complaining about random dead pixels. Because of the reviews i went with a triple setup with Samsung G8 Neo monitors. Looks like since then Gigabyte did a revision on their monitors and have since fixed this issue.
@L04D how much did samsung g8 cost?I didn't buy samsung cos our samsung oled TV having a 2 parallel black line on the screen.its only 2 years old.also my father's samsung phone just died 1 year later
@@robbythepoorgamer4356 I bought each monitor for 1100€ as part of a deal Samsung had last year, so 3300€ for all 3 monitors. They're amazing, 240hz though i use them at 144hz since it's 4K. And for a VA Panel, the colors almost remind me of an IPS panel. Amazing monitor, though it's price is steep.
The TV might have just been faulty from the factory. I've always had a great experience using Samsung products. My 860 EVO SSD from 2014 is still working today. My S10 phone has no OLED burn in even after 4 years of owning it, though the battery isn't as good as before.
Been waiting awhile for this because I figured this would be a good 2.1 monitor for gaming, is there another 2.1 monitor that would be a good alternative with fast response time?
Acer XB323K has all the same features but is suppose to have “Fast IPS” which should help with better response times. But I haven’t seen much info on it lately.
@@KillaCam4sho I looked into that & it seems it hasn’t been released yet? As of right now I’m looking at the Gigabyte M32U but since you mentioned this Acer XB323K I may wait for that for future proofing purposes.
Great review, I have been watching this moniotr for a while as 4k at 32" is a great addition to my new PC build. Now though i'm confused on what to buy ? I have built a high-end gaming PC with an RTX 3090 and want a monitor to compliment this setup but with a budget of £1000 ish i'm not sure what to get, any suggestions ?
I was in a similar situation and really wanted to get a 32" 4k 144hz display but no decent options at the moment for a reasonable price. I ended up getting the lg 32gp850 for now and I'm happy with it probably for the next year until more options appear
@@jrp_x Agree with this approach. Just get a decent 1440p panel for now and wait for much better 4K options next year. If LG releases a 42" OLED, you'll be kicking yourself for paying £1000 for anything on the current market.
I'm in the same situation but not sure if buying a 1440p and then upgrading the next year is really viable. Also, this monitor is going to sell out quickly. The gigabyte monitor was sold out in a couple days in the UK. With the current chip shortage, I imagine we'll be waiting longer for new tech with decent stock. I very much doubt a 4k 32 monitor that are much better than the gigabyte and Asus will be out any time soon.
@@peteryu9422 Sure it might sell out quick, but that doesn't make it a good buy for £1000. I understand the dilemma, but most people are better off getting a decent budget 1440p panel now, and then at least waiting until spring next year.
Best case scenario? Much better 4K monitors become available for a similar price.
Worst case scenario? Better panels do not emerge, but the PG32UQ will be back in stock anyway - potentially at a discount.
@@WickedRibbon I get what you're trying to say. My point more was that given the current demand and supply and chip shortages, £1k could be see as fair. E.g. a 3080 FE is £650 RRP if I'm not mistaken. It's near impossible to get it a this price. If a retailer lists it at £800 right now, a lot of people will see it as a bargain.
I recently bagged a 3080 myself and built a new PC upgrading my 10 year old PC. Unfortunately my monitor is from 10 years ago too. I'm in a situation where I can't really wait. I have been looking into 1440p monitors as well and given that I have a 3080, I probably want a much higher refresh than 144Hz. Unfortunately I can't find any stock at this spec either. It's got to a point now where I'm just waiting for the Asus to be listed and quickly preorder it. If you were in my shoes, what would you do? Would you go for a lower spec 1440p monitor and not fully utilise your 3080?
Currently $619 on Amazon. Worth it?
Excellent OSD and about time. I hope other screen and projector manufactures are watching..
i got mine for 500 bucks , and im absolutely satisfied . ps5 + pc combo
How is the input lag and the contrast/blacks. Looking to get this for my Series X.
A general monitor question for you guys: It's often said that DisplayHDR 400 is not true HDR, but how much brighter does HDR white actually have to be over SDR white? My SDR monitors are calibrated to 120 nits. If I bring that same baseline brightness to an HDR monitor, is that 280 extra nits not enough? I know human perception tends to scale logarithmically, but I also know that I feel blinded by a standard monitor at max brightness which makes me think it should be plenty.
The goal is to have both very bright and dark at the same time and not to increase overall brightness.
Yes please follow-up on the BEST 32" 4k 144+
Monitor!! I can't wait for this finally.
Considering how thorough this review is otherwise, it's disappointing you don't actually test it at 144hz, which is the actual rated target refresh rate for this monitor, that they have tuned it for.
155hz isn't mentioned in the official specs because it's an overclocking feature, you shouldn't be using it as the primary mode for all of your tests.
You wouldn't review a CPU by overclocking it and running all of your benchmarks against that instead of the stock speed, so you shouldn't do it for a monitor either... Especially since overclocking modes on monitors do tend to exacerbate response times and create ghosting issues. That's why it's inside an overclocking feature instead of simply being as standard, because to get those faster refresh speeds there's trade offs so they are leaving that choice to consumers.
Great review otherwise though. I can only assume this was an oversight.
Tftcentral has a review and response times between 144hz and 155hz are pretty much identical.
Hi thanks for this great review. Could you also check the XG27UQR? Not sure yet if this should be my new monitor
I wouldn’t say they necessarily like the design, I hate the rear design but I buy these monitors for the specs they offer.
You should review the Asus Strix XG27AQM. It’s similar to the PG279QM but it’s more available
Will you be reviewing the Acer 32" Predator XB323QKNV anytime soon? Haven't found a review yet.
Thanks. Just ordered it for 899€. Hopefully the response time is enough for Factorio!
Would this be a good monitor for the XSX?
Do you still recommend it if I mostly do video editing and some casual gaming (I'm not a competitive gamer) ?
Should I hold my breath and wait a little longer for another 32inch 4K monitors that are to come.
I'm in the same boat. I'm gonna wait and see how they review the Acer XB323K, and depending on that I'll decide on the PG32UQ or the XB323K.
@@mikkykyluc5804 I'm thinking the same way if Acer Predator XB323K performs better I'll buy XB323K but if PG32UQ performs the same I don't know which I'll buy.
Hi. Great review as usual. Just wanted to ask, how come asus didn't put GTG response time instead they put mprt?
MPRT (Moving Picture Response Time) is a much more accurate measurement of motion blur.
GTG is Gray to Gray pixel transitions. The measurement is typically from 10% to 90% transition. So the actual GTG (0-100) will almost always be much higher than the indicted value.
@@acestar92 thanks for the clarification
This is mixed bag for me. The M28U seems league's better for the price.
Yep. Never thought cheap budget monitors would be the go to choice now. Swift line has become crap. Disappointed :(
The UQX was probably in development for years and wasn't possible to add HDMI 2.1, the UQ is a new panel fresh of the block.
No. Asus does not produce any panels. Both monitors use the same panel from AU Optronics. The UQX uses a Gsync module from Nvidia, which does only come with HDMI 2.0 yet. This is the reason for not including HDMI 2.1 in the UQX.
Did Tim mention who made this panel? It must be made by Viewsonic Taipei? Please comment if anybody knows.
Meanwhile TFTCentral found the response times were very good, and I trust their measurements way more than a TH-camr.
Best thing is just get a high refresh 1440p monitor and if you want to game at 4k is get a 4k 120hz tv
Yeah.. cancelled this one. I'm going for the PG279QM (with my LG OLED TV). Will maybe buy 38" widescreen later.. when the contrast goes up with those nano ips panels and corner bleed with dead pixels dissappeaers.
You said that you would buy it at a discount. What is the price that makes this monitor worth it?
HR did not recognise the improvement on the OSD. Accessibility at last.
quick question, i saw this monitor was capable of going 4k 144 ha with 12 bit color on other reviews, i think this monitor is a native 10bit panel and can do 12 bit with frc. can you check that?
Any plans on reviewing the Samsung Odyssey CRG9? The cheaper 120hz version of the G9
A day will come when we will get OLED monitors. We will have to wait for years but I do have patience 😤
lol.....I highly doubt it. I've been waiting since 2005.
@@Starscreamious That's why I wrote "years". I don't expect it to appear in near future but about 5 years from now? Who knows? IPS high refresh rate monitors are nice but even my old Panasonic plasma is better for movies and tv series. IPS doesn't has good black represantation. Too much backlight leaking. And I hope we would see more 32" monitors with high refresh rate and fast response times in the future as well. 24" and 27" is perfect for normal desk but I'm planning on building a desk that would be much deeper so I would be sitting further away from the screen.
@@Harzexe more like "decades" at this point... hence why I said never
Damn I was really looking forward to this monitor :(
Asus stopped selling the PG27UQ as well, which has way better performance and looks to use the same panel as the ProArt series. Bummer.
They need to re-release the PG27UQ with HDMI 2.1.
Lol, with that hideous giant bezel ? Hell no...
Another great review from hardware unboxed!
I really do agree about the gamer bling on monitors ...I can't stand it. I'm not 14 and I don't need rainbow flashing lights to feel "cool". I'd rather have 20-40 bucks off the price and none of the embarrassment.
Dell used to have decent non gamer bling monitors with similar specs. Not sure if they still compete as well though as back then (when really only TN was "fast enough" for high refresh).
Is hardware unboxed aware that ELMB-SYNC and Aim Stabilizer Sync do not work with the ufo test? They keep showing photos from it but that test is not compatible with variable refresh rate, as I’m sure they know. Yet they give conclusions like “elmb sync looks the same as elmb level 5”. What is this conclusion based on?
I have been longing for a proper HDR (means VESA 1000 certification) in 4K 144hz IPS that's not above 1000 dollars for the last 3 years. Until someone provides that I am out.
Stop dreaming. This won't happen this year or the next..... 2years? Maybe.
@GlowyBoi It's how markets work. Expensive tech gets cheaper with time as manufacturing improves. Whether it takes 1,2 or 5 years is another question.
@@antony209494 Thing is when you will get all your specs for that price the high-end will probably be at 8K 240hz, 2000 HDR, etc and you will probably think your old requirements are deprecated in 2 years, 3 years, 5 years.
Guys your advice for ASUs rog swift pg23uq is it good monitor for ps5 and pc since I’m FPS competitive player, I have read people complaining about latency, glow IPs, video signal and quality
Good Lord! It seems like they just took the matrix from the PG32UQX and changed the backlight...the response times are absolutely atrocious. It's a wonder why Asus bothered releasing these 2 at all in 2021...
Should i upgrade from my 6 year old PG278Q to this? im so unsure x)
Seems 32" IPS is not quite ready for gaming prime time. A shame really, I had hoped the PG32UQ would surpass Gigabyte's offering. The latter can at least reasonably be used as a non-adaptive-sync solution at 144 Hz. I assume that the M32U will be the way to go in this class, when it is released. In Germany there were first listings for 829 €, which is a good deal cheaper than the FI32U's 999 €. And given that performance between FI32Q and M32Q was basically identical, one might hope that things repeat themselves here. Even though these displays still won't be as good as 1440p monitors like MAG274QRD-QD or similar in terms of motion performance. But then again neither are these 28" UHD variants. They are better than this one, but not at all perfect either.
I will buy the M32U. I really want 32 inches for 4K cause I tried 4K at 28 inch and it was great but not amazing especially at scaling. And also because I don't care about HDR on my PC so who cares about having HDR400 or HDR600 right?
@@JBR_1995 I expect M32U to perform identically to FI32U, while being much cheaper. Should be decent. I'd just prefer a faster PG32UQ for its large color gamut.
@@dynastes4938 I wish the PG32UQ were better too. Design is better and generally should be better. But if I can get the M32U now but not the Asus model I think that's acceptable considering the ship shortage and so on 😅
The PG329Q is excellent. Although you are missing a couple of features. But response time is second to none and ELMB works wonderfully. And it’s much cheaper.
Bloody hell, I'll be waiting for a new monitor forever it seems. Will probably get this one since it's getting ridiculous already and will wait for something better still.
What would your recommendations for a monitor or something like LG C1 for a 3 monitor setup for racing simulator with a 1 to 1 view only for a computer
Will you be reviewing the Samsung S28AG700?
Hi, can you make a review on the strix version it's supposed to run at 270hz and .5ms response time, this swift models are just crazy.
hmn at a discount huh? but what if you get larger discount with Gigabyte (which seems very likely)?
Do you guys have any plan reviewing the Acer 390hz monitor?
This one PG32UQ just not fast IPS panel. For someone want fast IPS, they should go FI32U/M32U.
Or just wait about 3 month more, the Acer XB323K & MSI MPG321UR-QD should got fast IPS panel.
Which is basically the update version of this one.
I think for 3A titles, this one is great enough, unless FPS gaming, then you might considering to wait.
What fast IPS panel should this be?
There are only five 4K 144HZ on the market:
AU Optronics:
-> 32" --> e.g. Asus PG32UQ(X)
-> 27"
Innolux:
-> 31.5" --> e.g. Gigabyte FI32U
-> 28" --> e.g. Gigabyte M28U
LG:
-> 27" --> e.g LG 27GN950
That's it. All 4K 144Hz monitors use one of these panels.
M32U/FI32U doesnt have g-sync so we need to still wait for optimal 32 4K 144hz GSYNC
@@dlavian5400 And all have something what we need.
Can anyone find the PG32UQ listed on the ASUS website at the moment?
I know it used to be listed, but I can't find it now.
_Edit: It's showing on the website again now_
I'm too indecisive with the MSI Optix MPG321UR-QD 32. What do you suggest?
Get the MPG321QRF-QD $430 175hz 600hdr low input really worth it!
@@kjrayo18 I already have a benq EX2780Q purchased a few years ago. Now I would like to switch to 4k
@@pathos1011 I just ordered the m32u it’s 4K 144hz with hdmi 2.1 it’s on sale for $600 now
Glad I went with the PG279QM. For me, 32” is slightly too big for desktop gaming. The size forces you to rely on your peripherals.
how are you liking it? I'm also thinking about getting it.
So basically cap the frames at 120 and you will be fine?
can you test response time of oleds at their minimum brightness? My oled phone has worse response times at minimum brightness, and i reckon other oleds will behave similar
which monitor to buy need a 32"4k this one or M32U?
had to return my pg32uqx, dead pixels out of the box.. seems like all monitors have issues these days ..
So is this really the best 32" 4K monitor ?
I love waking up to Hardware Unboxed.
I do miss unboxing boxes, though.
Please review AORUS FO48U, OLED monitor
Any chance the Asus ROG XG27AQM is on the review list??
Every new monitor review ends up re-assuring me that I made the right choice last year buying my 32" G7 for $599 on a Black Friday sale. I keep wanting something to beat it thoroughly but so far it continues to reign supreme for gaming.
Yeah but your G7 is only a 2k monitor you trying to compare it to a 4K. G7 loses in resolution, I’d rather take the higher res
Hi Tim, are you going to review Acer Nitro XV252QF?
Asus : A company with the right dreams, but with no competence
So compared to the LG 27GP950, which would be better?
LG has clearly more modern speed panel and while response times aren't at top level, overshoot is almost nonexistent with well balanced overdrive for different refresh rates. (unlike in Innolux panel monitors)
Asus again obviously wins in bigger size allowing longer viewing distance for same angular/apaprent size and also colour gamut is super wide.
Hi, What about the 144hz? They advertised it as such.
Just got this monitor for 680dollars, when it's usually around 1100dollars here in Sweden. So I think it's worth that price 100%.
i need help, after i enable HDR, the words, all the non-bold letters (font) on normal screen example youtube, web browser, have glaring effect on white background and makes it painful to my eyes. On black background, the letters is alright.
Hope you can review the XB323QK NV soon
Can this be run at 1080p120 like my old ~$200US 2016 4KTV?
i have gigabyte m28u and it has horrible ghosting .. i want to upgrade for something better.. but UQX is too expensive and this one? idk