Gigabyte M32U - 4K 144hz Monitor Review (Long Version)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 พ.ค. 2022
- The Gigabyte M32U monitor has a lot going for it and although it might not have everything I want out of a monitor it comes pretty close. The price tag here is less than other 4k monitors on the market with similar specs. It's not cheap by any means but its two to three hundred dollars cheaper than those other monitors.
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This is the best detailed review video I've seen. GREAT JOB!
Thank you 🙏🏼
A lot of people say the hdr isn’t good and leave it off but I found by just adjusting the hdr slightly on the monitor, the colors pop and look vibrant.
What were the particular settings that u chose
I'm also interested @@masterop5673. Because I'm getting it soon
Your wallpapers and back lights fire 🔥 🔥
Very nice review! Just the right amount of everything!
Great review, thank you so much.
Great overview of this monitor !
Great review, i cant wait till it arrives 😊 what are those panels on the wall ? It looks amazing
I ve been looking for something to use for my ps5 and from alot of reviews this is a great bang for your buck kinda deal and I'm limited in funds. I appreciate th3 video after seeing your video I pulled the trigger and ordered it lol can't wait to see it in action
You won’t be disappointed!
Thanks for the video I think I ll be grabbing this for my ps5 and saving a few bucks. I was looking at some oled monitors but man they are pricey, this thing seems like a perfect display for a ps5
Id get the LG 42 c2. Just need the space.
11:05 I hope you figured it out already but if not, for the OSD Sidekick App to work you need a usb cable connected between pc and monitor (Note : To enable OSD Sidekick, it requires connection between PC and monitor with USB cable.). Like this you can also perform the required firmware updates, last version is F10 from June 2022
I didn’t know that thank you!
This would be a a weird but a very specific question Steven, how is upscaling of 1440p on this monitor? I noticed something mentioned in the document you were sharing in the video. As every monitor deals with upscaling in a different way, how does M32u do it? Thanks.
It has a sharpen filter called super resolution. It's a garbage.
However if you are a ms windows user(with Nvidia or AMD gpu) or a linux user(with AMD or Intel gpu), you don't have to rely on monitor's upscaling.
Many games support FSR,DLSS upscaling and the driver level FSR upscaling feature (RSR,NIS or gamescope) is also amazing.
In fact my daily drive is Radeon 6400.
Hey, how do i get my wallpaper like you on my desktop? The one you have in this video is awesome!
Can you tell us your settings for it please? I just bought one
In the other video I thought you said you liked balanced profile better, so that has changed?
I just don't understand these monitor companies going through the trouble of making 144hz 4K monitors and not installing full 48Gbps HDMI 2.1.
Is it a good monitor for the ps5 with the HDMI 2.1? Or I need a monitor with full 48Gbps HDMI 2.1?
@@hajksa0178obviously it is a amazing monitor!
Amazing review, there is similar version which is called M32UC it has a VA panel and its slightly curved, honestly i care about contrast more than color accuracy so i might grab it instead
Can you adjust the positioning of the crosshair up and down?
Hey brother. Great video. What settings do you recommend for the series x?
I don’t have the monitor anymore as I sell them to fund the next monitor review so I can’t give you an answer unfortunately. The presets are decent with this though so I’d try those.
How is this monitor to use on photo editing? I need a monitor to use on work with editing and to play sometimes COD and conter strike. Is this a good solution? Tnks for the excelent review.
It’ll be decent for that. The color accuracy is pretty good. Make sure that’s what you will actually need though.
Hi, iam really confused about what to get either this the m32u or the aw3423dw. I like the 4k in m32u, on the other side the aw3423dw have the legendary OLED. What do you recommend?
M32u is 4K if u want to use a console and PC should go with gigabyte. Alienware is a PC specific monitor as it’s ultrawide and 1440p. OLED would be awesome tbh because of its blacks. If you already have a good tv then go for the Alienware. If you want a multipurpose monitor then go for M32u.
The Alienware is getting great reviews but it’s almost double the cost and it won’t be great for consoles since they don’t display 21:9 aspect ratios. Ikanos is right with his comment
@@kratos21491 Ok now I know what to pick I will get the Alienware. Thank you for your explanation!
The alienware is a good gaming option but a terrible overall monitor with its sub/text issue. QC is all over the place, it's expensive and for QLED you could save yourself all of that and head up to 4k TV stand ins.
Did you upgrade the software?
Do you need a pc to update the monitor?
I just purchased this monitor and updated all of the firmware. While using the DP connection to the PC, the screen looks like a fishbowl lens effect at all resolutions! I can't find any setting to remove this effect. Is this normal? This is the first 4K monitor that I've ever used. I do not see this effect while using the PS5 with an HDMI 2.1 connection. I hope someone has an answer.
Thank you
Have you tried using a different DP cable?
@@1UpNerdcore Yes I did. The same effect still exists. Looks like this one is going back.
Thank you for answering!
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would like to see a vid about the m32uc to see if the streaking is bad or worth for the greater sdr contrast
The only difference I’m seeing is OC to 160hz and curved panel. Unless gigabyte truly missed the mark I don’t expect this has streaking with the curved panel vs flat
@@1UpNerdcore The curved one is a different pannel. Its VA as opposed to the flat one which is IPS. each has slightly different specs when it comes to pannel responsiveness and dark contrast.
I am trying to choose between M32U, M32UC and M28U. Mostly, I would like to try a curved monitor, but I didn't see many videos about that monitor. In my country the M28U is 500 euros, the M32UC is 640 euros and the M32U is around 700 euros. What do you say?
I mostly play games with story: RDR 2, GTA V, The Last of Us etc.
And I often play PUBG.
For FPS games, I think a smaller screen is better because you don't have to move your eyes so much. But for story games, I think the 32 inch would be better.
My GPU is 4070ti. In future when the GPU will get old, I will need to put the resolution at 2K.
I don't think that 4K on 28 inch is so good, but also 2K on 32 inch isn't as good as 2K on 28 inch.
What would be your advice?
Depends on your budget I guess. Do you have to have the curve? If so then go with that one. If not I would go with the M32U, it’s a great monitor. 28 inches would be to small for me personally but it depends on your sitting distance from the monitor
If you had a choice between the LG 32GQ950 and the M32U for 1st person shooter games and productivity, regardless of cost, which would you go with?
LG for the nano ips panel and faster response time 👍🏻
I’m thinking the same but I have a pc laptop and Mac mini. Wouldn’t the kvm be more beneficial in that case. Will picture editing work fine with either of those ?
My exact scenario between the two and I was able to get the 32GQ950 at my microcenter for $899! AMAZING display.
@@pedrog4651 Find a true 10 bit panel for that. Neither of these are. The LG has so much gray it's gross, and that due to the IPS panel, with terrible contrast ratio, plus the panel is 8 bit + FRC. The M32U isn't much better even tho it's VA, because it's low on brightness, the contrast ratio isn't amazing, not sure if it's backlit, and it's only 8 bit + FRC as well.
I'm not sure if it would suit you, but I got the Samsung 32" QN90B, which fixes all of the above. Great brightness, great contrast ratio, true 10 bit panel, great backlit 120 hz panel and the added size was a bonus.
@@eplugplay8409 I didn't love it, but I'm glad it worked for you.
Thanks for the review. I'm looking for a monitor that works well at very low brightness settings (I normally set brightness to zero and contrast to v.low with all monitors I have used so far).
I found this monitor via rtings with the filter set to min.brightness
Personally I don’t do very low brightness settings so I can’t speak to that. Have you tried an OLED yet?
@@1UpNerdcore OLEDs have terrible low brightness, ie. the min.brightness is way too bright for long hours usage. You can verify that by checking the cd/m2 in rtings for oled monitors, only one is close to the generally 'accepted' low brightness of 50cd/m2. Moreover they are known to have terrible text clarity.
Thanks for answering though. If by any chance you happen to use the monitor in low brightness, please let us know. There are more people like me with sensitivity to bright monitors.
Does this have any noticeable power supply hum coming from the monitor? My son’s Asus has hum when HDR is enabled, fortunately he rarely uses that function.
I never noticed any.
24gbps in 4k@120hz mode vrr work fine? I read in reddit ps5 have a problem with no support 48gbps
You would need that if you were running HDR 4K 120hz. For regular 4K 120 it worked fine for me
Woah where can i find that live wallpaper @1:54
I am so torn. DO I buy this monitor? or upgrade my 9700k to the 12700k? Currently have a rtx 3080 12gb
If you go up to 4k, you'll find less of a bottleneck from the CPU as the gpu load increases by a lot
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If I found games to be too taxing on my gpu at 4K. Does this panel look perfect if you force games to run at 1440p?
1440p still looks really good on the monitor.
You can also enable the GPU scaling so it scales up the 2K output to 4K
Is it worth it to get this monitor if I plan to use it as my primary display for my PS5?
Yup!
Any recommendation for XSX? I know not all games are 4K compact but I’ve heard it’s great for 1440p at what hz??
This will do 4k at 120hz. Xbox series s does 1440p 120hz and this will do that as well. Anything with hdmi 2.0 will do 1440p 120 hz so just make sure it has that.
@@1UpNerdcore thanks for the reply. I was wondering if the 28in version does well too? Im willing to spend but not a lot. or is there other monitors for about the same price range but better. I saw the LG 850 is another good one. I just want my first 1440-4k to be worth it. I'm so overwhelmed lol
just got my m32u and after alot of tinkering i find that SDR actually looks alot better than HDR... anyone else have this problem?? HDR just looks washed out
HDR can take a while to fine tune, but in general I prefer SDR over HDR
@@1UpNerdcore well after alot of testing i have realized that windows and website browsing looks ass in HDR but gaming does look insane
You need to spend a lot of time tweaking the nvidia control panel to get it to look decent on almost all monitors when it comes to HDR. By default it’s washed out and bad looking
@@1UpNerdcore appreciate this feedback. I wasn't even going to bother with trying hdr, but if it can look good after some tinkering, maybe I'll give it a shot.
Does it has crosshair
I prefer MSI MPG321ur-qd but it is never in stock that I have to get M32u.
The MSI monitor is in stock on the MSI website, Just ordered mine.
MSI is amazing color wise - but as HU suggests, it's response is extremely sluggish. Making it better for content production and less for gaming, which ghosts and smears with any rapid movement. M32u remains the 'choice' for now.
@@ErraticFaith I ended up getting the LG 32GQ950 instead, it has much better performance than either of those monitors.
Not available yet for a third of the world (Europe+) until september and onward I believe. So I've not included it in most comments for now.
@@ErraticFaith True, But it's definitely the best choice in terms of IPS displays. Only downside to it is that it doesn't have input auto switching, So you have to switch inputs manually. Other than that it's great, Hopefully it gets released everywhere else soon.
Will a MacBook Pro stay charged while connect via type c?
It should 👍🏻
I have a 27” 1440p 240hz.
Is it worth upgrading to this? I have 4090 12900k for games only fps
im mostly single player guy right now rarely i play a competitive multiplayer game like cod halo and fornite as right now i only play story mode of game and i dont know if this monitor for me im mostly looking monitor produce amazing color accuracy and 4k run smootlhy and look amazing when im passing a story in game and you know looking around while passing story to impress me while doing it !
It’ll be a good monitor for that 👍🏻
Bit late..but is this still worth buying for console?
Absolutely 👍🏻
yo bro is he good at 60hz? Are there any image tears? For Xbox série x?
Yea it’s good for 60hz, no issues
@@1UpNerdcore hi i received the m28u and why can't i check the 50hz in the console when the 24hz is there? is it useful to check it? what are your settings to have beautiful graphics and beautiful fluidity? thank you for your answer
What’s the best picture mode for gaming
It’ll be preference based. I like Movie and RPG personally
How is this compared to the Samsung Neo G7?
That’s has better specs with the 1196 local dimming zones, 1000R curve, faster 1ms gtg response time and 2000 nit peak brightness.
@@1UpNerdcore I was having a lot of issues with flickering on my Samsung and today it seemed to have died, as I can’t get the DisplayPort working properly anymore. I gave up lol. I have ordered the M32UC, and I’m hoping it will still be a very solid monitor
will the display port run 1440 at 240hz
No, it’s a 144hz monitor as the title says.
does is have vrr?
yes
A 3080!!?? LOL...I thought he was going to say he had a 390/390ti or RX6950XT those are more like the cards you need for 4K gaming. Other than that you system is going to be struggling...LOL
3080 was geared towards 4k also. I pull 60-90fps on almost all triple A games. Doom runes 144hz 4k ultra settings
MPRT is such BS haha