Monitor recommendations.

Gorbash12346 · 4 Jun 2022 at 09:36

Hi all.

I'm looking for recommendations on what monitor to get to replace my faulty Samsung G75 27".

I'm struggling to find a monitor that ticks all the right boxes, while actually being available. (aw3423dw would be nice but it's saying 12th of October for delivery)

Budget is £1500
I'm looking for:
good contrast ratio
Proper HDR I'd say 600 nit as a minimum.
G-sync compatibility
At least as good PPI as my old G75
At least 144hz refresh rate and 1ms response
I'm not in either camp as far as ultrawide or not. Both would be fine as I have plenty of desk space.

I use it for gaming mostly but occasionally productivity.

Preferably not Samsung given their appalling customer service and willingness to ignore a known fault.

I have an rtx 3090FE so graphics horsepower shouldn't be an issue

Any suggestions?

Haggisman · 4 Jun 2022 at 11:19

The Alienware QD-OLED is worth waiting for TBH, but if you really don't want to, then the AW3821DW is very nice and ticks all your boxes (or the LG equivalent)

EsaT · 4 Jun 2022 at 14:33

If you're satisfied with average 1440 pixel vertical resolution, then self emissive pixels of QD-OLED would certainly have lot to offer.
(especially for dimmer room illumination)
Otherwise 4K would be high end.
Models with modern response times FALD panel of AU Optronics, like Acer X32 FP, have just been delayed over summer.

JediFragger · 4 Jun 2022 at 15:24

Shame about Samsung, the new 4k/240Hz MiniLED would be a good choice

I'm currently using the Giga FI32Q-X and find it v v good at its new pricing (£520), but may not fit your PPI requirements.

The MSI QD-OLED 34" is due soon I think? It's been announced about a week ago.

MSI reveals a 34-inch QD-OLED curved monitor with a 175Hz refresh rate and UWQHD resolution

MSI showed off its first QD-OLED monitor during the Computex 2022 conference in Taiwan earlier this week. It mixes Samsung's Quantum Dot technology with an OLED panel...

www.techspot.com

Gorbash12346 · 4 Jun 2022 at 16:22

Haggisman said:
The Alienware QD-OLED is worth waiting for TBH, but if you really don't want to, then the AW3821DW is very nice and ticks all your boxes (or the LG equivalent)

It's more that I'd be using a 60hz 1080p monitor until then and that kind of wastes having the 3090 during that time. I had considered buying something as a stopgap though.

Gorbash12346 · 4 Jun 2022 at 16:25

EsaT said:
If you're satisfied with average 1440 pixel vertical resolution, then self emissive pixels of QD-OLED would certainly have lot to offer.
(especially for dimmer room illumination)
Otherwise 4K would be high end.
Models with modern response times FALD panel of AU Optronics, like Acer X32 FP, have just been delayed over summer.

4K would obviously be the ideal but the price on that 32uqx is just too steep for me. Any idea of how much they've been delayed?

Gorbash12346 · 4 Jun 2022 at 16:33

JediFragger said:
Shame about Samsung, the new 4k/240Hz MiniLED would be a good choice

I'm currently using the Giga FI32Q-X and find it v v good at its new pricing (£520), but may not fit your PPI requirements.

The MSI QD-OLED 34" is due soon I think? It's been announced about a week ago.

MSI reveals a 34-inch QD-OLED curved monitor with a 175Hz refresh rate and UWQHD resolution

MSI showed off its first QD-OLED monitor during the Computex 2022 conference in Taiwan earlier this week. It mixes Samsung's Quantum Dot technology with an OLED panel...

www.techspot.com

Yeah I was really happy with the spec and output of the G75 apart from the drop outs etc. The levels I had to go to just to get my money back as they refused to repair it, really put me off their products. I've also had previous with them for this stuff with both of my previous TV's UE55JU7000 and currently on my third Q95 65" after they developed strobing backlights and faulty wi-fi receivers.

Might need to do some more digging about that screen. Thanks!

EsaT · 4 Jun 2022 at 18:41

Gorbash12346 said:
4K would obviously be the ideal but the price on that 32uqx is just too steep for me. Any idea of how much they've been delayed?

Insanely expensive PG32UQX is old last year's screen with even older response time tech panel.
UQXE should be Asus model with new AUO panel like in Acer.

At CES Acer said X32 FP would be available in Q2, but end of summer/early fall looks more propable now.
Price should be ~1600€ making it fit for the budget.
Wouldn't expect PG32UQXE to be available any sooner and it's going to have Asus and Nvidia extra in price.

Gorbash12346 · 11 Jun 2022 at 17:46

did a bit of digging and found them reporting it now to be late Q3

EsaT · 12 Jun 2022 at 09:02

Gorbash12346 said:
did a bit of digging and found them reporting it now to be late Q3

Considering delay of Acer who propably ordered these new tech panels first from AUO after skipping old tech panels, I think it's more like Q4 for Asus.
(Acer was planning to release monitors last year like Asus, but apparently wasn't happy with performance of those panels)

LG announced also one monitor.
But gamut is mid level at DCI-P3 and local dimming likely garbage because there's no FALD/Mini LED marketing.

LG 32GQ950 160Hz 4K Nano IPS with DisplayHDR 1000 | PC Monitors

The LG 32GQ950 features a 31.5" '4K' UHD Nano IPS panel with 160Hz refresh rate, A-TW polarizer and VESA DisplayHDR 1000 support.

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