Which 32” monitor?

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Essentially, I’ve given up waiting so will be looking to finally upgrade from my Dell S2716DG to a 32” 144hz UHD option and I’ve narrowed down these options, but open to other suggestions.

Gigabyte M32U

Gigabyte Aorus FI32U-EK

Asus ROG Swift PG32UQ

LG 32GQ950 (coming soon*)

Any suggestions which one to go for? I’m aware there are issues with dynamic overdrive with a lot of these panels, which is annoying.

TIA
 
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Both Gigabytes use precisely same Innolux panel and perform identically with Aorus being gamer RGB gimmick version.
Though also M32U has firmware/processing related things like crosshair/fps counter overlay. (though missing rotation for portrait)
Response times are quite good and comparable to LG's 27" Nano-IPS.

But marketing being legalized lying gamut falling notably even behind DCI-P3 is really only semi wide.
Also if you have PS5, HDMI isn't really 2.1 supporting only half of bandwidth and would need chroma subsampling to use full refresh rates.



PG32UQ again uses AU Optronics panel with very wide gamut covering both AdobeRGB and DCI-P3.
Also it has real HDMI 2.1.
But response times are like from five years ago and unless it's been fixed by firmware update since TFTCentral's review dynamic overdrive advertised by Asus is broken.
So in gaming it would be more fit for slower paced games.

Otherwise would be buying one now (one Finnish shop has stock) to replace my soon 8 years old Dell U3014.
Hopefully newer AUO panel in Acer X32 FP has modern response times comparable to AUO's 2560x1440 panels.
(and certainly don't mind FALD)
 
@EsaT
Aye, that seems to be the case. There’s no “perfect” monitor, still. Compromises with which ever you go for, unfortunately. I’ve been waiting long enough and want something bigger and better than what I currently have.

Im leaning towards the ASUS but will likely come down to response and overdrive/overshoot between it and the Gigabyte more than the colours. Currently using a TN panel after all, which to be fair is good for a TN but still…

The X32 might turn out to be good but at a premium most likely and FALD will give blooming for sure. I don’t have much confidence at the moment. Besides, I’m not really looking for HDR currently as IMO it’s very limited quality outside outside of OLED.
 
While Innolux panel doesn't reach that much past sRGB in greens, it would be still more than sRGB gamut of S2716.
And response times are definitely far better than in Asus.

But unfortunately overdrive is more agressive than in LG and overshoot creeps up fast when refresh rate falls below nominal.
Already 120Hz pushes overshoot for lowest "Picture quality" (only usable one) overdrive mode.
And going below 100Hz starts needing disabling overdrive, which again makes response times outdated slow.

LG did far more balanced job in that and must have had engineers tuning it, instead of oxygen wasters of marketing department.
Such shame LG hasn't made 32" panel, could have accepted some compromising in gamut.
Too bad we can't have AUO doing the backlight/colour filters for wide gamut and LG doing the LCD matrix with good response times...
Well, maybe CES finally brings more mature 32" 4K monitors.


FALD itself doesn't cause any blooming.
It's all fault of that retarded high brightness forced by marketroids in need of getting tied next to electric arc furnace.
 
Yaayuh! said:
Edit: LG 32GQ950 could be worth a look.
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And available maybe for next Christmas...:rolleyes:
Availability of 27" 4K LGs has been absolutely abysmal here in Finland.
Don't think there's yet been single 27GP950 available from Finnish shops.
Also while LG used to make very wide AdobeRGB and DCI-P3 gamut covering panels, including one in my Dell U3014, lately they've been unable to have that deep in cyan/green.

Though as Nano-IPS response timers are likely to be very good with well tuned overdrice/minimal overshoot.
And IPS glow removing A-TW filter would be welcome:
https://tftcentral.co.uk/news/lg-32gq950-with-31-5-nano-ips-panel-4k-160hz-and-a-tw-polarizer


AU Optronics panels, like in Acer X32 FP, again have now that widest gamut.
PG32UQX's panel might have similar to A-TW filter to limit IPS glow, so maybe panel in Acer would also have it.
 
Acer X32 FP looks to be coming out mid-year at $1800 :(. Not sure what that will end up in £ in teh end but certainly over my budget.

No news yet on the LG 32GQ950 cost.
 
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Already 27GP950 is rather expensive for size and FALD backlight and A-TW polarizer is going to add cost.
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Indeed.

Given my budget is £750-£1000 (absolute max), I may end up going with one of my original options.

Just so annoying that it's a game of compromise.

Decent colours/quality screen = Poor response
Good response = Poor colours/quality screen
Good response and colours/quality screen = Incredibly expensive or too big
 
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Dang it.

Now looking at stop gaps now. The mad side of me is thinking of the Alienware AW3821DW for a year as they're under £1000 now. I should be able to sell it on with little issue.

It'd be an interesting step into superwides for gaming whilst I can get my ideal monitor.
 
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Yaayuh! said:
Dang it.

Now looking at stop gaps now. The mad side of me is thinking of the Alienware AW3821DW for a year as they're under £1000 now. I should be able to sell it on with little issue.

It'd be an interesting step into superwides for gaming whilst I can get my ideal monitor.
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Just to throw you a curve ball I had a 32" AOC 75mhz and wanted 144mhz and I just could not get an ideal one cheap enough so I went UW and at first it took a bit of getting used to now I wouldnt swap it think its great. £200 B grade offer from OCUK for my 34" UW.
 
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I have a Gigabyte M32Q (the 1440P version, the M32U being the 4K model) and I am very pleased with it's the 5th monitor I have bought in the last year or so (I have a bit of an unhealthy habbit with monitors :p ) and it's one of only 2 I still have. It really doesn't do anything wrong and gets everything mostly right, I don't think it quite offers as seamless a single overdrive experience as my older LG27GN850 and despite the fact it's newer and has a faster refresh rate on paper, I also don't think it's quite as good with motion (when I say quite, I mean a really small difference and it could even be down to perception due to the physcial size differrence). But, I do use it in place of the LG as my primary display, the reason is the colour gammut isn't as wide, but still wide, so to my eyes I like the presentation better than the over wide gammut LG presenting it's sunburnt flesh tones and such ...and although running the LG in SVGA mode sorts that out, it just loses a bit of pop compared to the 'inbetween' gammut of the Gigabyte. Also, I like 32 inches now, 1440P on it is a nice easy size for me to look at all day and it's large enough to offer a decently cinematic experience for gaming too (I have another gaming PC connected to a 55inch LG OLED in my living room if I really want that though).

The particular panel I have has very little backlight bleed, good uniformity and no dead pixels or subpixels but this could be different for another unit of course. Based on this I would quite happily buy the 4K version, infact in some ways I wish I had.

I was weighing up the merits of getting the 4K M32U around Black Friday, I got a good deal on M32Q at that time, the 4K model I could have also bought for twice as much, which actually wasn't really the issue, the reason I decided not to was the cost of entry for 4K is only part of the equation, the cost of maintenance to keep running the things I want at 4K the way I want is going to be high. Now as a hardware hobbiest I'm always buying and selling on stuff so that may not really be a big deal for me, I'm really not a person who buys computer stuff and then expects to spend nothing more on it for 4 or 5 years. But, given the current market for GPU's ...it's making me wonder about that a bit, hence the choice to stick with 1440P, even though I have been using high refresh 1440P since 2016 now starting with my Asus MG279. I do have a 3070 in my main system but the 8GB of VRAM on that and the lack of ability to buy higher end stuff for anything remotely reasonble is urking me. I actually don't typically expect to spend more on the GPU than any other part of the PC, I actually expect to spend the most on the monitor and tradtionally have done so.

Dare I say I think the Aorus FI32U is a bit pointless alongside the M32U ...unless you really want the Aorus styling. They do have nicer stands and build in general but there is nothing wrong with the none Aorus models, same panel and 95% of the same features.

If you look at the Ultrawide route, which I'm a big fan of and have also got one of, and have had 5 of over the years, pay more money and get an IPS one don't try and save by buying into the £400-£600 VA class ...the last one I bought was a short time ago which was the MSI Artymis 343 CQR, I have a lot of good things to say about that display, but ultimately it was still limited by the current state of VA technology in ways that annoyed me and they all will be, but it was the best effort yet on the (none 240Hz Samsung Odyssey VA front) ...also the most expensive though.
 
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Now looking at stop gaps now.
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With luck Acer X32 FP might be available in few months.
After all AU Optronics has actually been making 32" 4K panels. (unlike LG not even making 27" panels for 27GP950)
Though with FALD backlight price is going to be higher than £1000 level.
 
EsaT said:
With luck Acer X32 FP might be available in few months.
After all AU Optronics has actually been making 32" 4K panels. (unlike LG not even making 27" panels for 27GP950)
Though with FALD backlight price is going to be higher than £1000 level.
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I think both the Acer and LG latest offering will be way over £1000, sadly. But given that options are finally increasing in the 32” size now, hopefully prices will come down soon.

varkanoid said:
Just to throw you a curve ball I had a 32" AOC 75mhz and wanted 144mhz and I just could not get an ideal one cheap enough so I went UW and at first it took a bit of getting used to now I wouldnt swap it think its great. £200 B grade offer from OCUK for my 34" UW.
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Yeah, I don’t really like curved more than anything tbh, 1800r is my limit.
I swore off them a while back but my PC is now just for games and music, no production/workstation/film use anymore. So could be well suited.

Moeks said:
If you look at the Ultrawide route, which I'm a big fan of and have also got one of, and have had 5 of over the years, pay more money and get an IPS one don't try and save by buying into the £400-£600 VA class ...the last one I bought was a short time ago which was the MSI Artymis 343 CQR, I have a lot of good things to say about that display, but ultimately it was still limited by the current state of VA technology in ways that annoyed me and they all will be, but it was the best effort yet on the (none 240Hz Samsung Odyssey VA front) ...also the most expensive though.
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I’d be looking at IPS, can’t be doing with smudgy VA screens.
Being serious about the 38” Alienware, I’m really tempted but not sure how it stacks up now as it’s what? 2 years old now?
 
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Yaayuh! said:
I think both the Acer and LG latest offering will be way over £1000, sadly. But given that options are finally increasing in the 32” size now, hopefully prices will come down soon.
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Now that smoke has cleared up it seems that there were actually very little 4K monitor releases during CES.

Besides bent in half by marketing's arse Samsungs, there were only Acer X32 FP and couple same AUO panel using propably HMDI 2.1 lacking Yakuza-Jen tax models announced with any dates.
LG didn't give any promises on 32GQ950.
So it's likely late summer product at the earliest and more likely next Christmas product considering lack of availability for 27GP950.
 
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