Asus ROG Swift PG32UQX - 32" 4K, 144Hz, HDR-1400, G-Sync, 1152 Mini-LED zones

Greebo · 9 Jun 2021 at 13:36

Vega said:
While I have been an OLED fan since they came out, when I did an A-B comparison of my 48CX versus the PG32 yesterday the OLED didn't fare as well as I expected.

The PG32 had better near black details due to the OLED black crush.
The PG32 had noticeably better colors.
The PG32 was obviously brighter, SDR and especially HDR. Everything just "pops" more on the PG32, despite the OLEDs perfect blacks and higher contrast ratio.

Despite the halo'ing that's a bigger deal than most people say, and despite the slow pixels in which the OLED has better motion clarity, the PG32 still won me over. The 48CX is up for sale.

Interesting. I am surprised. Perhaps I shouldnt dismiss this screen completely. The Haloing does concern me though. Not sure I could live with that compromise even with all the other benefits you listed.

blairw · 9 Jun 2021 at 13:40

Hmmm much more I'm thinking, I'd buy one in an instant at that price

chaparral · 9 Jun 2021 at 14:21

The HDR in the video TFT Central uses for the review of this monitor looks dam amazing :eek:

Asus ROG Swift PG32UQX Review - TFT Central

shankly1985 · 9 Jun 2021 at 14:41

Reading this thread is making me want this monitor even more.

ltron · 9 Jun 2021 at 15:12

shankly1985 said:
Reading this thread is making me want this monitor even more.

We all want it, just not for £3000+ :cry:

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shankly1985 · 9 Jun 2021 at 15:15

ltron said:
We all want it, just not for £3000+ .

I paid £750

ICDP · 9 Jun 2021 at 15:16

Too pricey for what it delivers and Acer are relying on the fact there are is no real competition in the PC space. Had there been HDMI 2.1 for compatability with new consoles it would be interesting.

So I can sit this one out and wait for a cheaper alternative.

ICDP · 9 Jun 2021 at 15:21

shankly1985 said:
I paid £750

Fell off the back of a lorry did it?

shankly1985 · 9 Jun 2021 at 15:56

ICDP said:
Fell off the back of a lorry did it?

If that is where ocuk is getting stock then yes :cry:

shankly1985 · 9 Jun 2021 at 16:11

@ICDP

@ltron

I am a silly boy I posted in the wrong thread

ltron · 9 Jun 2021 at 18:15

shankly1985 said:
@ICDP

@ltron

I am a silly boy I posted in the wrong thread

I see. After I finished getting my jaw off the floor I wondered whether you had flipped a few overpriced graphics cards in order to do that

, but it was just a mistake. Although in a fair world that wouldn't be, given we have OLED TVs for £1200 then £750 is a decent price for this monitor.

Grim5 · 10 Jun 2021 at 04:59

chaparral said:
The HDR in the video TFT Central uses for the review of this monitor looks dam amazing
Asus ROG Swift PG32UQX Review - TFT Central

It's hard for me to get over the smearing. Up to 20ms g2g and an average of nearly 10ms it will have a lot more ghosting in motion than the oled, more than many other monitors too. Kinda hard to justify given the insane price point

Grim5 · 10 Jun 2021 at 05:00

shankly1985 said:
If that is where ocuk is getting stock then yes

link? Cause the rrp is over $3000, someone at ocuk must have had a really bad day to mess up that bad lol

Vega · 11 Jun 2021 at 03:54

Greebo said:
Interesting. I am surprised. Perhaps I shouldnt dismiss this screen completely. The Haloing does concern me though. Not sure I could live with that compromise even with all the other benefits you listed.

Ya I still have a love-it/hate-it relationship with the monitor. Some HDR scenes it looks AMAZING, the best HDR I've ever seen (including all my OLEDs). Then you play some HDR games like BF1 below with dark colors and the halo's are SO distracting:

Grim5 · 11 Jun 2021 at 04:30

Vega said:
Ya I still have a love-it/hate-it relationship with the monitor. Some HDR scenes it looks AMAZING, the best HDR I've ever seen (including all my OLEDs). Then you play some HDR games like BF1 below with dark colors and the halo's are SO distracting:

Dunno if it's the camera or if that's what you're seeing but if that is what you see looking at the screen that's quite bad. I wouldn't have thought haloing would be that bad with so many zones

if the game has a brightness setting for the HUD maybe lowering the brightness would reduce the haloing

Vega · 11 Jun 2021 at 04:34

Yes it's that bad. I don't know what it is about BF1 but it really brings out the PG32 halo's.

Greebo · 11 Jun 2021 at 09:35

Grim5 said:
Dunno if it's the camera or if that's what you're seeing but if that is what you see looking at the screen that's quite bad. I wouldn't have thought haloing would be that bad with so many zones

if the game has a brightness setting for the HUD maybe lowering the brightness would reduce the haloing

What people forget is that 1152 zones isnt that many on a 32" screen . It still makes each zone roughly half an inch square. Hence the half an inch square halo blobs.

Until we get 10,000+ mini/micro led screen, this will continue to be a problem.

chaparral · 11 Jun 2021 at 10:55

Vega said:
Ya I still have a love-it/hate-it relationship with the monitor. Some HDR scenes it looks AMAZING, the best HDR I've ever seen (including all my OLEDs). Then you play some HDR games like BF1 below with dark colors and the halo's are SO distracting:

I think the 1600nits of brightness of this monitor is also it own downfall, as this bad Halo's is mainly being caused due to it ultra high brightness

Vega · 11 Jun 2021 at 14:26

It's very content based. I played a bright map on BF1 last night and had a blast. Bright HDR, hardly any noticeable haloing. Best HDR experience I've ever had. Then you switch map to when it's dusk/dark, browns and greys, you are like ohh hell...

EsaT · 11 Jun 2021 at 14:43

Vega said:
Then you switch map to when it's dusk/dark, browns and greys, you are like ohh hell...

And that's why we need proper self emissive pixel tech monitors back.
When every pixel produces its own light and just the right amount in relation to others image quality will be automatically optimal in every situation.

Greebo said:
Until we get 10,000+ mini/micro led screen, this will continue to be a problem.

Make it 100+ k zones.
But at that point that backlight and its control system will be no doubt very very expensive.