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I am tempted by the LG 32GS95UV-B as can get one for £799.
But difficult to find any reviews for it online and it isn't really in any of the best gaming monitor videos.

So not sure if it is going to be any good.
 
Matthew Hunt said:
I am tempted by the LG 32GS95UV-B as can get one for £799.
But difficult to find any reviews for it online and it isn't really in any of the best gaming monitor videos.

So not sure if it is going to be any good.
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I have it - what do you wanna know?
 
pewpew said:
can you hear the fan? similar asus model is fanless i believe
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I can - but it is absolutely only in instances where the house is silent. If there's a car driving by a few roads over or if the oven is on or any other noise then I can't hear it at all.

I also play games / work with headphones on all day (swapping between open back headphones and IEMs) so I genuinely only ever hear it for about 3s before never hearing it for the rest of the day.

I should also add that it's the least irritating 'noise' from a recent monitor I've experienced. Both my Alienware monitors (QD-OLED 27" 1440p 360hz and 240hz 24" 1080p) had really irritating coil whine that I'd even hear when they were switched off. My LG 1440p 180hz IPS monitor would have a really annoying buzz sound if the device plugged into the monitors USB hub was being used (i.e. webcam etc.) so in comparison to the last 3 I've owned it's an improvement.
 
Matthew Hunt said:
Is it a good monitor, basically - Is it that much better than an normal TFT.
I know it is 240hz in 4k and 480 in 1440.

Is it worth £800?
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I'll give a bit more of a full response later but as a quickish summary - I bought mine for 930 quid at the start of December last year (so nearly 2 months now of owning it) and for me I would say it's worth that price. For 800 quid I'd probably bite your hand off.

I think there is a caveat - you need to want both modes for it to justify the price, especially if it's more than the other 4k 32" options. If you want a 4k 240hz monitor at 32" then there are cheaper options right now (a lot here have the Alienware model if you like a curve - but the Asus and MSI models are both arguably the 'best' reviewed) for a few hundred quid less. I think with discount codes you can get the Alienware down to 700.

The 480hz at 1080p (and it's 1080p, not 1440p) is fantastic and I actually think this is what is making me really enjoy the monitor even more. You do need to accept that it's 1080p across 32" and so its not going to look fantastic. For anyone willing to play at 1080p at 480hz you're likely going to be playing competitively so you probably already run everything at low to maximise frames.

QD-OLED also caused some funky response with eye strain/headaches for me to start with. Eventually got more used to it but there were still instances where it wasn't great - whereas WOLED is no issue.

The only thing that I'm still struggling with is a 32" size - as it's the first time I've ever actually used a monitor above 27". I'll put a bit more detail into another reply later as I think I've got some decent hours on it now to give a proper review.
 
t2na said:
I'll give a bit more of a full response later but as a quickish summary - I bought mine for 930 quid at the start of December last year (so nearly 2 months now of owning it) and for me I would say it's worth that price. For 800 quid I'd probably bite your hand off.

I think there is a caveat - you need to want both modes for it to justify the price, especially if it's more than the other 4k 32" options. If you want a 4k 240hz monitor at 32" then there are cheaper options right now (a lot here have the Alienware model if you like a curve - but the Asus and MSI models are both arguably the 'best' reviewed) for a few hundred quid less. I think with discount codes you can get the Alienware down to 700.

The 480hz at 1080p (and it's 1080p, not 1440p) is fantastic and I actually think this is what is making me really enjoy the monitor even more. You do need to accept that it's 1080p across 32" and so its not going to look fantastic. For anyone willing to play at 1080p at 480hz you're likely going to be playing competitively so you probably already run everything at low to maximise frames.

QD-OLED also caused some funky response with eye strain/headaches for me to start with. Eventually got more used to it but there were still instances where it wasn't great - whereas WOLED is no issue.

The only thing that I'm still struggling with is a 32" size - as it's the first time I've ever actually used a monitor above 27". I'll put a bit more detail into another reply later as I think I've got some decent hours on it now to give a proper review.
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Thanks, finally found a kind of review last night where Montors Unboxed were putting tested monitors into Tiers yesterday.
They put the monitor into Tier B as they said it had issues, so now not to sure what to do.

I am sure it will be a massive improvement over my 32" Dell G3223Q, which I reckon could sell for £300 locally.

The 1h 08m mark is where you see the final tier list - They basically say the ASUS and MSI are the best monitors to purchase, but also can't them for £800.
 
Matthew Hunt said:
Thanks, finally found a kind of review last night where Montors Unboxed were putting tested monitors into Tiers yesterday.
They put the monitor into Tier B as they said it had issues, so now not to sure what to do.

I am sure it will be a massive improvement over my 32" Dell G3223Q, which I reckon could sell for £300 locally.

The 1h 08m mark is where you see the final tier list - They basically say the ASUS and MSI are the best monitors to purchase, but also can't them for £800.
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Yeah, I like Monitors/Hardware Unboxed but I found that review quite weird. They mainly based putting it B-Tier because of the price, it not having USB-C or a KVM and EOTF HDR tracking. They then put the Alienware 32" model in A tier dspite also not having USB-C, KVM and also having poor EOTF HDR tracking (and only MSI have addressed the HDR issues) - so I do think they've based it much more on the price than anything.

If you can get the LG for 800 quid - and neither the Asus or MSI model are available for that price then I think you won't be making a bad decision going with the LG. There's also the whole glossy vs. matte side too which tends to be vary depending on person.

I personally prefer matte - but I also loved how my Alienware 27" OLED looked with it's glossy finish. For actual regular (and long stint usage) I definitely prefer the matte finish.

There are a lot of reviews on YouTube though, you'll need to look for the LG 32GS95UE (not the UV). The UV is the version that doesn't have the 'pixel sound' speakers, instead just having regular monitor speakers - but outside of that they're exactly the same.



 
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