4K 144Hz?

[EsaT]

Just giving an update on my initial reactions to this monitor.

My main use will be for productivity with some gaming.

Refresh rate and SDR gaming.
I find it has decent response times for casual gaming and saw no obvious ghosting. Though I did come from a 60Hz 4K IPS Samsung U32E850R. So for casual gaming it seems perfectly fine and the 144Hz refresh is excellent.

Which overdrive mode you're using?

 

[ICDP]

Fast I think, or the one above off. I found it gave some ghosting and or overshoot (not sure which) when set higher. One other thing worth mentioning, if you want to use HDR content in youtube/web then Firefox does not work. I wondered why none of the HDR content I tried on youtube looked no better than SDR.

Other tips
Turn off g-sync for any non gaming apps.
Use 120Hz if you view a lot of 60Hz videos or you get frame drops as the 144Hz is out of sync.

Really liking this monitor and actually have it set to use HDR on in Windows 10.

 

[EsaT]

Fast I think, or the one above off. I found it gave some ghosting and or overshoot (not sure which) when set higher.

There's hardly any monitor whose highest overdrive setting wouldn't cause serious overshoot issues showing as inverse ghosting:
Dark object is followed by light ghosting trail and light object dark trail.

It depends on manufacturer if best tuned overdrive is some of the lower settings or below highest.
Also usually overdrive good for above 100Hz has too much overshoot below 100Hz.
Might well be that Faster would work above 100Hz, but cause overshoot when fps drops below it.

Anyway with panel being same as in Asus PG32UQ, it should behave same at general level, even if controller/firmware is different.
In that Level 4 overdrive (second highest) is good for above 100Hz, Level 3 would be likely the best for on both sides of 100Hz fps and Level 2 needed when fps drops toward 60Hz.
https://tftcentral.co.uk/reviews/asus-rog-swift-pg32uq#Detailed-Response-Times

With my Dell U3014 now having reached age of 8 years would certainly be tempting to update now that PG32UQ is available in Finland from stock.
But with CES this close might as well wait little to see, if there's modern response times panel coming with wide gamut.
(Innolux panels just lack gamut to stand against that old LG panel Dell with wider gamut than in current DCI-P3 LGs)

 

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I was waiting for either the XG320U or the PG32UQ to show up and finally bit the bullet at £934 for the XG320U. I know this was a few hundred over the F32U or other HDR400 models but ultimately I felt that at these prices I did want at least some level of useable HDR. I would not pay over £3K for the higher spec HDR monitors just for some FALD dimming. Most of my use is for prodoctuvity in graphical work.

 

[EsaT]

I would not pay over £3K for the higher spec HDR monitors just for some FALD dimming. Most of my use is for prodoctuvity in graphical work.

PG32UQX actually has even slower response times for its ludicrous price.
Acer X32 FP should bring 576 segment FALD (and hopefully modern response times more comparable to 2560x1440 panels) into £1500 level.
Though in productivity involving any image/video editing FALD or any dimming backlight must be disabled.