The 32 inch 4k IPS 144hz's...(Update - this party is started) (wait for it...)

3.5 year old Acer Predator XB321HK: 32", 4k 60hz, gsync, random glitch where the right part of the screen doesn't display for a frame every few hours.

The latter's a common problem with the model, and annoying enough that I'll probably retire it to secondary duty within a year of a viable replacement being available. (Don't want to gamble on buying something new with issues of its own, and to sort out which of several options is best.)
 
DarkSideA8 said:
Live in New Zealand?

Now I have another reason to be jealous of you
https://www.computerlounge.co.nz/shop/gigabyte/gigabyte-32-uhd-/-144hz-/-ss-ips-high-bit-rate-3
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$2000NZ is about $1400 USD.

Looking at a few other monitors to try and get a better feel for the actual price ratios:

Gigabyte AORUS FI32Q $1600 vs $1100 (newegg) $640 (amazon)
Gigabyte M28U $1300 vs $600 (newegg)
Gigabyte AORUS FV43U $2100 vs $1100 (newegg) $1030 (amazon)
Gigabyte AORUS FI27Q-X 27 $1400 vs $700 (newegg) $380 (amazon)

That's a rather noisy dataset; but suggests a US price closer to the $1000 point. 🙏
 
All that on the FI32U for only $999. I have a feeling it's going to be a pretty cheap panel.
 
Vega said:
All that on the FI32U for only $999. I have a feeling it's going to be a pretty cheap panel.
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Well it's only got HDR400 and 8bit + FRC and gamut coverage remains to be seen (120% sRGB is mentioned) but it's definitely not some high end panel. For the use case of SDR gaming though, none of those things matter anyway. I just want something that delivers a sharp clear image (4k @ 32 inches) with crisp clean motion (Fast IPS panel + backlight strobing?) and decent colors and the FI32U might just deliver that. Anyone who's looking for an amazing HDR experience (or if you play a lot of games with dark/night scenes I guess) need to look elsewhere.
 
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MistaSparkul said:
Well it's only got HDR400 and 8bit + FRC and gamut coverage remains to be seen (120% sRGB is mentioned) but it's definitely not some high end panel. For the use case of SDR gaming though, none of those things matter anyway. I just want something that delivers a sharp clear image (4k @ 32 inches) with crisp clean motion (Fast IPS panel + backlight strobing?) and decent colors and the FI32U might just deliver that. Anyone who's looking for an amazing HDR experience (or if you play a lot of games with dark/night scenes I guess) need to look elsewhere.
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This and the Acer share the same Innolux panel - the only question I will have is whether I regret the purchase when the Asus / Viewsonic 600 nit AUO panels arrive (presumes they actually do).

My best bet is BB - I've gone sour on Newegg since the GPU debacle this last year

Kinda surprised that MC doesn't carry Gigabyte panels
 
DarkSideA8 said:
This and the Acer share the same Innolux panel - the only question I will have is whether I regret the purchase when the Asus / Viewsonic 600 nit AUO panels arrive (presumes they actually do).

My best bet is BB - I've gone sour on Newegg since the GPU debacle this last year

Kinda surprised that MC doesn't carry Gigabyte panels
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There is no reason for regret, unless the AUO panels end up being a lot faster or something. 600 nits HDR on an edge lit panel is still crap, it won't be anything worthwhile over a 400 nit edge lit solution. You would be paying more money to not have any meaningful upgrade.
 
I just checked Newegg - and they're still not showing a price (for me); perhaps a different region than what MajorMullet was looking at. Still - I'm thinking that price is probably good. Worst case about 1200 USD (educated guessing). -- Perhaps NE jumped the gun in publishing what he saw, and its been unpublished?

BB still does not list it.

That said - the GB stream did say 'early July' so... possibly available next week?
 
DarkSideA8 said:
I just checked Newegg - and they're still not showing a price (for me); perhaps a different region than what MajorMullet was looking at. Still - I'm thinking that price is probably good. Worst case about 1200 USD (educated guessing). -- Perhaps NE jumped the gun in publishing what he saw, and its been unpublished?

BB still does not list it.

That said - the GB stream did say 'early July' so... possibly available next week?
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Yeah, price has disappeared now. Guess I should've grabbed a screenshot. Was definitely there when I posted.
 
MajorMullet said:
Yeah, price has disappeared now. Guess I should've grabbed a screenshot. Was definitely there when I posted.
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Ya as soon as I got the pre-order in for $999 I refreshed the page and price disappeared. Maybe they only have a few coming in?
 
DarkSideA8 said:
This and the Acer share the same Innolux panel - the only question I will have is whether I regret the purchase when the Asus / Viewsonic 600 nit AUO panels arrive (presumes they actually do).

My best bet is BB - I've gone sour on Newegg since the GPU debacle this last year

Kinda surprised that MC doesn't carry Gigabyte panels
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Yeah, the HDR level is meaningless, relative color/brightness consistency, pixel response performance, or general reliability could vary noticeably. For that matter Acer and Gigabyte might not being the same grade of panel from Innolux.
 
Dam got notification from Newegg the Aorus FI32U was in stock but it wasn't. So it either sold out or they made a mistake sending out the notification.
 
LurkerLito said:
Dam got notification from Newegg the Aorus FI32U was in stock but it wasn't. So it either sold out or they made a mistake sending out the notification.
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Same. Been refreshing for a while now, no luck. I noticed there is a combo now with the monitor and Xbox game pass. Wondering if that combo being activated triggered it. Still won't add to cart though even with trying the combo.
 
Newegg's Notify system is there to tell you that you can't have nice things.

Oh, so sad... Someone got one - better luck next time


PSYCH!
 
Price appeared again on newegg. This time I saved a screenshot if it disappears again.

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Vega said:
Order in. I'm going to have a PG32UQX vs FI32U battle royal!

HDR vs speed... who's going to come out on top!
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I look forward to seeing it!

I never got a notification - but thanks to this forum I was also able to order before they went out of stock

Now to play the waiting game (I'd have driven to pick one up if any brick and mortar had one)
 
FYI it's currently showing as in stock.

I'm going to wait and let other people beta test it first; and also give time for any other displays using equivalent panels to be released. Probably end up buying the winner of that testing as my yearly Geeksmas gift to myself in 4 or 8 months (for budgetary reasons Geeksmas is always offset from christmas by about 2 months).
 
Just a heads up for anyone considering any of the AORUS monitors. In the thread about the FV43U (actually, it was the PG32UQX thread for some reason) it was pointed out that the documentation shows the HDMI outputs only support 6 GHz, which means HDMI 2.0 bandwidth. The wording looks to be the same on the rest of their lineup, including the FI32U.

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Armenius said:
Just a heads up for anyone considering any of the AORUS monitors. In the thread about the FV43U it was pointed out that the documentation shows the HDMI outputs only support 6 GHz, which means HDMI 2.0 bandwidth. The wording looks to be the same on the rest of their lineup, including the FI32U.
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Good to know for those considering this for connectivity with the new consoles. I looked at the specs on their website and it does have an asterisk at the bottom: "*HDMI2.1 supports PS5 and Xbox Series X at 4K UHD@120Hz (4:2:0)"

Hopefully won't affect me since I'll only be using this via DisplayPort from my PC.
 
There is no english manual for the FI32U, so I downloaded the Spanish one, and it has no notice like that in the back of manual specs for the HDMI 2.1 ports.
 
Armenius said:
Just a heads up for anyone considering any of the AORUS monitors. In the thread about the FV43U it was pointed out that the documentation shows the HDMI outputs only support 6 GHz, which means HDMI 2.0 bandwidth. The wording looks to be the same on the rest of their lineup, including the FI32U.

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That's a bummer and means I won't be getting the FI32U until someone tests that it can do 4K 120 Hz over HDMI at 4:4:4 8-bit at least. Don't care if it is achieved with DSC or not.

I would like to use dual inputs with DP to PC and HDMI to Mac. With future Macs hopefully supporting HDMI 2.1 not being able to get full chroma and 120 Hz refresh rate on desktop would be a dealbreaker. Macs are shit with external display handling so I don't expect above 4K 60 Hz from this but would like to have the possibility in the future.
 
Armenius said:
Just a heads up for anyone considering any of the AORUS monitors. In the thread about the FV43U (actually, it was the PG32UQX thread for some reason) it was pointed out that the documentation shows the HDMI outputs only support 6 GHz, which means HDMI 2.0 bandwidth. The wording looks to be the same on the rest of their lineup, including the FI32U.

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I've perused the German version of the FI32U user manual and don't see that limitation

The manual shows 2x HDMI 2.1 with no parenthetical after it.
 
Yes but all 3 4K displays they've launched use the exact same display input and likely controller board down to the headphone/audio jack. All 3 also have the same disclaimer that consoles are limited to 4:2:0. Chances are it's only correctly listed on one manual but is true for all 3.

Their HDMI 2.1 support seems like it's based on feature set (ALLM, HDMI forum VRR, etc) and not bandwidth.

Hopefully this is a typo.
 
SoCali said:
Yes but all 3 4K displays they've launched use the exact same display input and likely controller board down to the headphone/audio jack. All 3 also have the same disclaimer that consoles are limited to 4:2:0. Chances are it's only correctly listed on one manual but is true for all 3.

Their HDMI 2.1 support seems like it's based on feature set (ALLM, HDMI forum VRR, etc) and not bandwidth.

Hopefully this is a typo.
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Does this mean that if we're using the HDMI 2.1 ports for the PC (RTX 3000 series GPU), is it 2.1 bandwidth or is that also limited to HDMI 2.0 bandwidth?
 
Baasha said:
Does this mean that if we're using the HDMI 2.1 ports for the PC (RTX 3000 series GPU), is it 2.1 bandwidth or is that also limited to HDMI 2.0 bandwidth?
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Not sure until someone tests this. Wish I tried it out while I had a FV43U but try and get someone in that displays thread with a RTX 30 series or RX 6000 series GPU to connect via HDMI and get an answer once and for all.
 
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