HP Omen 32" QHD Monitor - 2560x1440, 5ms, 75Hz freesync, VA panel

Anyone tried gaming on an Xbox One with this?

Tried playing The Division, but the picture just isn't as crisp as I hoped it would be, compared to my HDTV. Maybe because of HDR?
No because it’s 1440p and you are upscaling 1080p. You’d have been better off with a 32” 1080p. 1080p scaling to 1440p will never be crisp because the pixel ratio isn’t 4:1. LCDs never scale negative non native resolution without appearing “soft/blurry”
 
No because it’s 1440p and you are upscaling 1080p. You’d have been better off with a 32” 1080p. 1080p scaling to 1440p will never be crisp because the pixel ratio isn’t 4:1. LCDs never scale negative non native resolution without appearing “soft/blurry”

Thank you for the explanation.
 
Has anyone tried out freesync on the monitor with nvidias new update?

I installed them, turned on gsync/freesync, and set it at 75mhz. I cant tell if its working or not.

Would love to hear back from someone who knows that to look for.
 
Well with Freesync turned on, Gsync turned on, and monitor set to 75hz... PUBG would not go over 60fps and was a jittery mess.
 
Looks like it's working - ran the G-sync pendulum demo without any issues, but I've never had a good eye for these things.

The fact that I can enable 75 hz in settings and not have it glitch out with my GTX 1080 is a win in my book.
 
Wow so the 10 series is now supporting async mode on the Omen after driver update? nice!
 
I've installed the new driver and done some testing. What I found is that games generally seem pretty smooth at 75 hz, smoother than I remembered them being, there is still frame-skipping.

You can check for yourself using this test: https://www.testufo.com/frameskipping


Here's what a photo taken of the screen should look like if there's no frame-skipping: https://www.testufo.com/images/screenshots/frameskipping-good.jpg

Here's what a photo taken of the screen should look similar to if there is frame-skipping: https://www.testufo.com/images/screenshots/frameskipping-ugly.jpg


The latter picture is what taking a photo of my Omen 32 with that test running on it looks like. In my photos, there are only 2 - 3 coloured boxes visible, and they often have an empty black between them.
 
To amend my previous comment: It seems that the Omen 32 might work better at 75 hz than I thought and had previously experienced.

See this post, and try the frame-skipping test yourself: https://hardforum.com/threads/nvidia-417-71-drivers-up.1975517/#post-1044037603

Also, make sure that your Omen 32 on-screen configuration is set to FreeSync mode.


If you have any success with it, maybe report it here, and let others know what settings you used.
 
Yeah I also still get frame skipping at 75hz using a 1080 and DP with freesync on

Such a shame too.
 
^^^ Seems to work.. but I'm using 60hz on mine. Got all wonky when I opened BF5 at 75hz. Have you tried 60hz?

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Just re-checked BF5. With NVCP set to 75hz, in game set to "monitor refresh rate" and vsync enable it's locking at 60fps... odd. I'll get back in later tonight and turn the settings up higher to see of I get tearing.
 
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^^^ Seems to work.. but I'm using 60hz on mine. Got all wonky when I opened BF5 at 75hz. Have you tried 60hz?

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Just re-checked BF5. With NVCP set to 75hz, in game set to "monitor refresh rate" and vsync enable it's locking at 60fps... odd. I'll get back in later tonight and turn the settings up higher to see of I get tearing.

Try turning vsync off. I am pretty sure that is what is capping you. I do not believe vsync will go above 60hz.



So is the consensus that frame skipping still happens on this monitor when set to 75hz, even with the new NVIDIA drivers?
 
Try turning vsync off. I am pretty sure that is what is capping you. I do not believe vsync will go above 60hz.



So is the consensus that frame skipping still happens on this monitor when set to 75hz, even with the new NVIDIA drivers?

Yes
 
I was hoping the nvidia support of freesync might fix this frame skipping but sounds like it didn't for this monitor. I loved it but the frame skipping at 75hz on nvidia made me move it to a secondary workstation.
 
I was hoping the nvidia support of freesync might fix this frame skipping but sounds like it didn't for this monitor. I loved it but the frame skipping at 75hz on nvidia made me move it to a secondary workstation.

Ended up selling mine and went with an LG 32GK850G. I was hoping it would be fixed too, because these would be an cheap upgrade for side monitors.
 
^^^ Honestly I'm happy with the performance at 60hz. I set the games up so I do not get a lot of dips under 60fps anyway so this is just a small freebie for me.
 
^^^ Turning vsync off gave very bad microstudder. Seems to work fine at 60hz.

I set the Nvidia global settings to Fast sync, which drops all frames above the monitor's refresh-rate. This works well, doesn't give any perceptible lag and prevents the monitor from going stuttery due to it exceeding its refresh-rate. I've combined that with G-sync compatible enabled.


So is the consensus that frame skipping still happens on this monitor when set to 75hz, even with the new NVIDIA drivers?



For me yesterday and many other days before, it was frame-skipping at 75 hz. Today, it hasn't been, though, and I've been playing games a bunch.



These photos are of the frame-skipping test were taken by me yesterday.
 

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And these photos have been taken by me today.


And the monitor at 75 hz with G-sync compatible enabled has been gloriously smooth for me in games for the past 3 - 4 hours. And it is pretty glorious: 60 hz v-sync on or off compared to 75 hz with adaptive-sync is a world apart in impression half of one apart in experience. Makes me want to get a 144 hz monitor adaptive-sync monitor (if I can eventually find a reasonably-priced 32" one a low response time and with good PPI and colour).

Also, when 75 hz is working smoothly, G-sync compatible seems to be flawless with the Omen 32.


Why it has frame-skipped at times before, but isn't doing it now, I don't know. Maybe if that was known, something could be done to make the monitor always not frame-skip.

Here are my full settings

Omen 32 on-screen setup:

- FreeSync mode
- Fastest response time

Nvidia control panel:

- 2560x1440 @ 75 hz
- Vertical sync mode (in Manage 3D settings - global settings) set to: Fast (this seems to keep resetting itself to use the 3D application's setting)
- Monitor Technology (in Manage 3D settings - global settings) set to: G-sync compatible
- G-sync capable enabled for both windowed and fullscreen modes
 

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I ran the UFO frame-skip test Saturday, Sunday, and today, and the monitor is still without frame-skipping at 75 hz.

I still haven't figured out what made the difference, but maybe it's worth other people settings their Omen 32s to 75 hz and with my other settings and leaving it there to see if it just stops frame-skipping at some point. Maybe it 'settles' or something, lol.
 
I ran the UFO frame-skip test Saturday, Sunday, and today, and the monitor is still without frame-skipping at 75 hz.

I still haven't figured out what made the difference, but maybe it's worth other people settings their Omen 32s to 75 hz and with my other settings and leaving it there to see if it just stops frame-skipping at some point. Maybe it 'settles' or something, lol.

Thanks. I tried it again setting VSync to Fast and the frame skip went away. I then set it back and it's still gone... I'm really confused but not complaining.

Will do some more testing but so far so good!
 
Depending on your camera/phone you might be better served by taking a slow motion video, a lot of the modern ones do 240fps or higher now. That way less risk of the automatic exposure going haywire on the black screen (I know older iphones were able to go as long as a 1/4second exposure) & rolling shutter creating skipped blocks.
 
I've just made a super slow motion video with my Galaxy Note 9. Click here

If I haven't misinterpretet this video, there is no frame skipping right?
I used the settings from Delicieuxz , thank you!
 
Yesterday, my monitor started frame-skipping again and continued frame-skipping throughout the afternoon and evening. I don't know what caused it. Today, it's not frame-skipping anymore, once again.

I hope it can be figured out what causes it to frame-skip or not.


I've just made a super slow motion video with my Galaxy Note 9. Click here

If I haven't misinterpretet this video, there is no frame skipping right?
I used the settings from Delicieuxz , thank you!

It's actually difficult to tell because there are only 2 squares showing up, which, when taking a photo, indicates that the exposure time is too low. I was having that problem at first when I was taking my pictures with the lights in the room on and with my camera's flash on. I got more squares to show show by turning off the main lights in the room and turning off the flash on my camera.

At the start of your video I see some frame-skipping: Where you see the bar zipping across the screen but there are certain spots where the bar seems to jump a square.
 
At the start of your video I see some frame-skipping: Where you see the bar zipping across the screen but there are certain spots where the bar seems to jump a square.

Isn't that because it is a video?
I also see that there seem to be black squares between the white ones in the beginning of the video. But I thought this is because of the speed.
Actually, in the beginning of the video it runs at usual speed (60 FPS I assume) and just the few seconds in the middle are super slow-mo.
And in the super slow section I can only see that every sqare lights up one by one.
This means to me that there is no skipping right?

By the way, I've made this video in a dark room with no camera light/flashlight on.

As I said, I am not sure about this topic and I'm also not sure how I would realize frame skipping in a video game for example.
I can just say, that every game feels damn smooth with your settings at 75 Hz.
 
For anyone wondering if this monitor supports G-Sync, yes, it does. I own this monitor and have just tested it with my RTX 2070 on the 417.71 driver.
 
For anyone wondering if this monitor supports G-Sync, yes, it does. I own this monitor and have just tested it with my RTX 2070 on the 417.71 driver.

Yes... but does it still frame skip with an NVIDIA GPU at 75hz? That's the million dollar question now.
 
Yes... but does it still frame skip with an NVIDIA GPU at 75hz? That's the million dollar question now.

Haven't tested it for frame skipping yet, ran Resident Evil 2 for about 15min, didn't notice any skipping. Needs further testing. Will post results if I find any. Need to try a fast shooter to see, sadly Im at work right now :(
 
Yes... but does it still frame skip with an NVIDIA GPU at 75hz? That's the million dollar question now.

Aright, just did the test. No frame skipping. All solid blocks across rows, no skipped blocks on my HP Omen 32 inch 75hz
 
Having a new issue now with the HP Omen 32. I have a RTX 2070 installed & Working with Freesync. My problem is whenever I turn on my computer for some reason it doesn't save my "Freesync" Preset and I can see noticeable mouse cursor / frame judder. Whenever I go into the control panel on the monitor and switch it to Freesync+ the problem goes away and everything is returned to buttery smooth.

Its kind of annoying to have to do this every time I boot up my computer. Im not sure if its an incompatibility issue or that the monitor is not saving my profile to its memory.
 
Having a new issue now with the HP Omen 32. I have a RTX 2070 installed & Working with Freesync. My problem is whenever I turn on my computer for some reason it doesn't save my "Freesync" Preset and I can see noticeable mouse cursor / frame judder. Whenever I go into the control panel on the monitor and switch it to Freesync+ the problem goes away and everything is returned to buttery smooth.

Its kind of annoying to have to do this every time I boot up my computer. Im not sure if its an incompatibility issue or that the monitor is not saving my profile to its memory.
Download the HP Omen drivers/software and try making the change through the app? Maybe it’ll stick that way?
 
My monitor keeps going between frame-skipping and no frame-skipping. When it's frame-skipping in a game like Deus Ex MD, I can get it to stop frame-skipping by going to the options menu, setting the display to 60 hz, applying, then setting it back to 75 hz and applying, and then it typically stops.

I still don't know what causes the frame-skipping.

I'm thinking of selling the HP Omen 32 and getting a Monoprice 32" 1440p 144 hz monitor. After playing with 75 hz with adaptive-sync, playing with frame-skipping or at 60 hz is too crappy to bear. And I hate having to fiddle with the settings when it isn't working without frame-skipping, or just not playing a game because it's frame-skipping.


Having a new issue now with the HP Omen 32. I have a RTX 2070 installed & Working with Freesync. My problem is whenever I turn on my computer for some reason it doesn't save my "Freesync" Preset and I can see noticeable mouse cursor / frame judder. Whenever I go into the control panel on the monitor and switch it to Freesync+ the problem goes away and everything is returned to buttery smooth.

Its kind of annoying to have to do this every time I boot up my computer. Im not sure if its an incompatibility issue or that the monitor is not saving my profile to its memory.

That sounds similar to my issue.


Isn't that because it is a video?
I also see that there seem to be black squares between the white ones in the beginning of the video. But I thought this is because of the speed.

That's how frame-skipping looks, and is what I see on my monitor when it's frame-skipping.

As I said, I am not sure about this topic and I'm also not sure how I would realize frame skipping in a video game for example.
I can just say, that every game feels damn smooth with your settings at 75 Hz.

Then it's probably not frame-skipping while you're playing.
 
My monitor keeps going between frame-skipping and no frame-skipping. When it's frame-skipping in a game like Deus Ex MD, I can get it to stop frame-skipping by going to the options menu, setting the display to 60 hz, applying, then setting it back to 75 hz and applying, and then it typically stops.

I still don't know what causes the frame-skipping.

I'm thinking of selling the HP Omen 32 and getting a Monoprice 32" 1440p 144 hz monitor. After playing with 75 hz with adaptive-sync, playing with frame-skipping or at 60 hz is too crappy to bear. And I hate having to fiddle with the settings when it isn't working without frame-skipping, or just not playing a game because it's frame-skipping.




That sounds similar to my issue.




That's how frame-skipping looks, and is what I see on my monitor when it's frame-skipping.



Then it's probably not frame-skipping while you're playing.

I think were having the same issue.

I may have found a solution / workaroud. I put mine in 10 bit color depth on the desktop. 60hz (using DP), freesync is on. No frame skipping or jutter. Vsync is ON in global settings.

When I go into my games, it shows 75hz / fps, No Jutter or tearing, very smooth.


For whatever reason, the Gsync compatibility seems to be having an issue using 75hz on the desktop, but not in games.
 
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So after messing around with it for hours I have narrowed it down to the Refresh rate not sticking in the settings. After I turned on the computer or after the monitor goes to sleep, I have to manually tell the monitor to use the 75hz refresh rate in the display options. After that the Monitor works with my RTX 2070 in "AMD Freesync On" flawlessly. No jutter or skipped frames while using the pendulum demo or frameskipp website found on blurbusters.

Kind of annoying to have to manually tell the monitor to use 75hz but I guess I'll have to deal with it. Seeing how their are no affordable options for me for a new 32 inch monitor at this point.
 
*Update

So after messing around with it for hours I have narrowed it down to the Refresh rate not sticking in the settings. After I turned on the computer or after the monitor goes to sleep, I have to manually tell the monitor to use the 75hz refresh rate in the display options. After that the Monitor works with my RTX 2070 in "AMD Freesync On" flawlessly. No jutter or skipped frames while using the pendulum demo or frameskipp website found on blurbusters.

Kind of annoying to have to manually tell the monitor to use 75hz but I guess I'll have to deal with it. Seeing how their are no affordable options for me for a new 32 inch monitor at this point.
Did you try the official HP Omen driver aplication yet?

https://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/selfservice/omen-by-hp-32-inch-displays/11528087
 
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