PG32UQX - ASUS 32" 4K 144 Hz HDR1400 G-Sync Ultimate

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Ya but it's hard to swallow $3K pricetag with 2013 IPS pixel speeds.
I agree but it’s also relative to where you’re coming from. For me, even 2013 response times are going to be an upgrade as I’m still using 2010/2006 era Dell u3011s/3007wfp. But let’s see. I hope MC is easy to work with for returns if it isn’t satisfactory across the board.
 
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Well thankfully microcenter cancelled mine for whatever reason.

Edit: just took a look at the TFT measurements and it's really not that bad. It's no where near VA bad and just mediocre for an IPS which wouldn't really matter for my use case in the 80-100FPS range.
 
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7.3 ms average grey to grey in 2021 is definitely on the high side for IPS. Just to put that into perspective; it's only fast enough up to 137 Hz with zero pixel settle time. From 137 to 144 Hz, you will get an extra motion blur penalty as the blur is compounded by forever changing pixels.

Another perspective: the LG 38" 3840x1600 IPS monitor that I had going on two year ago has an average GtG time of 3.7ms. Almost exactly twice as fast as this ASUS.

As for VA: Samsungs new VA panels absolutely thrash this ASUS with a average G2G of 3.4ms:

https://www.tftcentral.co.uk/reviews/samsung_odyssey_g7_c32g75t.htm#response_times

Doesn't matter to me as Microcenter contacted me and said my order was cancelled due to "out of stock" in warehouse LOL. Sounds like it was meant to be.
 
I drove to my local Microcenter and picked one up.

My Local microcenter is 511 miles away......yea this happened today.
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14-1/2 hours later I have played around with it a bit.

HOLY SHIT IS THIS THING BRIGHT.

32" is God Tier Form Factor Size IMHO 32-42" is goldilocks zone.

Its pretty awesome for work productivity and web surfing.

FALD/Haloing on dark screens is superior vs PG27UQ

HDR is crazy good in CP77 & BFV

I'm already aware of the slow ass pixels...PG27UG has it beat there.

No perceptible input lag, very snappy mouse response.

Everything seems great except for the mouse pointer haloing on light gray backgrounds....WTF my PG27UQ was never this horrendous!

OLED 48CX motion clarity, image superiority & pixel speed beat the ever living shit out of it. Too bad 48" is tarded size.


Jury is still out.....
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Wow that haloing on light grey is a surprise since I can't recall it ever happening on the 27's. You sure brightness is matched between the 2 because I think this is capable of quite a bit higher brightness even in SDR.

I ordered on Amazon and will provide my input as well once it arrives. I think the plan will be to keep the CX as a media/PS5 display and use the PG32UQX as the dedicated monitor for work/PC gaming.
 
I'm a bit more amazed that you were willing to drive that far. I don't even own a car and if I loan one and have to drive even like 3 hours I am already going "man, I really don't want to do that".

At this point it seems like forgetting good HDR in a 32" display and buying one of the cheaper 4K 144 Hz models is the way to go, get a bigass LG OLED for HDR stuff.
 
Even if I didn't notice it at first, I don't think I'd be able to unsee the cursor halo once I did; and it'd drive me crazy once I was aware.

Oh well. Just from the size of them via the specsheets I didn't think I'd be happy with any LCD HDR options until they added another order of magnitude or two to the number of of dimming zones. At least it'll push the price of what I'm looking for down a fair amount.
 
Wow that haloing on light grey is a surprise since I can't recall it ever happening on the 27's. You sure brightness is matched between the 2 because I think this is capable of quite a bit higher brightness even in SDR.

I ordered on Amazon and will provide my input as well once it arrives. I think the plan will be to keep the CX as a media/PS5 display and use the PG32UQX as the dedicated monitor for work/PC gaming.
My plan as well...48cx is amazing in its own right

I saw the light gray backlight haloing issue in the optimum tech review @3:48 in this vid
This is my only issue with this display.....I am hopeful that there is some fix, setting or workaround...but I remain skeptical hippo
 
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I'm a bit more amazed that you were willing to drive that far. I don't even own a car and if I loan one and have to drive even like 3 hours I am already going "man, I really don't want to do that".

At this point it seems like forgetting good HDR in a 32" display and buying one of the cheaper 4K 144 Hz models is the way to go, get a bigass LG OLED for HDR stuff.
My daily commute is 300 miles...1020 mile round trip was easy peasy, like fetching a cup of coffee at starbucks (not really).

The bigness of the 48cx was driving me nuts and the smallness of the PG27 was driving me nuts.
I knew this 32" size was going to be perfect for my work productivity and I was right ;-)
 
Even if I didn't notice it at first, I don't think I'd be able to unsee the cursor halo once I did; and it'd drive me crazy once I was aware.

Oh well. Just from the size of them via the specsheets I didn't think I'd be happy with any LCD HDR options until they added another order of magnitude or two to the number of of dimming zones. At least it'll push the price of what I'm looking for down a fair amount.
Rock and a hard place, HDR 1400 is truly fantabulous.....I was playing BFV on one of the pacific maps and a planes bombs when off like 20 yards in front of my face and the brightness & heat literally singed my eyebrows IRL lmao...was pretty damn amazing.....and the HDR is so damn good in CP77

32" @ 4k is perfect form factor. At least with the cheaper non-fald models you may be getting faster pixel speed.....but non fald ips is pretty much a no go for me these days after OLED ruined my darkness buthole.
 
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Rock and a hard place, HDR 1400 is truly fantabulous.....I was playing BFV on one of the pacific maps and a planes bombs when off like 20 yards in front of my face and the brightness & heat literally singed my eyebrows IRL lmao...was pretty damn amazing.....and the HDR is so damn good in CP77

32" @ 4k is perfect form factor. At least with the cheaper non-fald models you may be getting faster pixel speed.....but non fald ips is pretty much a no go for me these days after OLED ruined my darkness buthole.
My current setup is 32" 4k.

Beyond that, my main game (Path of Exile) doesn't support HDR and I don't trust the developers to be able to implement it safely[*]. Most of my other games tend to be graphically light and I don't really expect them to do much in the short term since they tend not to be graphically avant garde, so HDR's never been a high priority for me. If I can get it without busting the budget great, but it's not something I'm comfortable blowing my budget for.

* I'm afraid they'd do something that looked great with 1 copy of the affect on screen, but be blindingly bright when several dozen are running and burn out my eyeballs.
 
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My daily commute is 300 miles...1020 mile round trip was easy peasy, like fetching a cup of coffee at starbucks (not really).

The bigness of the 48cx was driving me nuts and the smallness of the PG27 was driving me nuts.
I knew this 32" size was going to be perfect for my work productivity and I was right ;-)
What do you do for work and does it even leave you any time to enjoy your screens?
 
My plan as well...48cx is amazing in its own right

I saw the light gray backlight haloing issue in the optimum tech review @3:48 in this vid
This is my only issue with this display.....I am hopeful that there is some fix, setting or workaround...but I remain skeptical hippo

Stop being so picky for only $3,000!

The obvious solution is to remove all grey colors from your PC.
 

I briefly considered doing a drive to ~140 miles but then I thought better of it. At 500 miles, that is some serious dedication. :)

But that haloing on grey is really unfortunate especially if it’s worse than the PG27UQ. Is that with FALD on? TFTCentral did mention that for desktop usage, FALD and HDR should be off unless you’re watching videos, etc. Another annoying downside for a pricey monitor. But for productivity, even with SDR on and FALD off, it’s supposed to be really good with a peak brightness of 500 nits and has low glow in the dark. That was Gordon’s take as well over at PC World.

I've fallen in love with this Asus miniLED 4K panel

Though I’m beginning to wonder if going for such high peak brightness brought more downsides than benefits for a gaming panel. I’m really curious how the PA32UCG is supposed to be for professional content creators and game devs with haloing like that.
 
Who in the world is going to go into a monitors menu and turn the FALD on and off every time they enter and leave a game. To me having to turn off the FALD (which is over half the cost of the monitor) is just crazy speak.
 
Who in the world is going to go into a monitors menu and turn the FALD on and off every time they enter and leave a game. To me having to turn off the FALD (which is over half the cost of the monitor) is just crazy speak.
It has a different mode for SDR and HDR I believe so you don’t need to worry about it. Obv if you want it on for SDR content too then you’d have to turn it on or off accordingly but I expect most people will leave it on one mode whatever they like.
 
Yeah I didn't buy this just for HDR. The FALD has massive benefits in terms of contrast for SDR too.

All I'm worried about is the fan noise. I know with the PG27UQ Asus provided a firmware update to fix bugs 8 months after release and I'm expecting the same here as janky stuff is discovered.
 
It has a different mode for SDR and HDR I believe so you don’t need to worry about it. Obv if you want it on for SDR content too then you’d have to turn it on or off accordingly but I expect most people will leave it on one mode whatever they like.

Yep, turned it OFF for SDR mode and its less annoying, but yay its a $3,000 non fald monitor now!!!...I'll see if HDR mode keeps it on

What do you do for work and does it even leave you any time to enjoy your screens?
I'm a sex farmer, its sweaty back breaking, sticky labor but somebodies got to do it! I never have any time so I get my enjoyment from making daily commutes larger than most European countries and hogging all the high end monitors so others cannot have / see them.

The obvious solution is to remove all grey colors from your PC.
Grey is so yesterday anyway! The hottest newest fashion tones are totally blue, hung blue, dark blue, magenta blue and freak dog urple!

I briefly considered doing a drive to ~140 miles but then I thought better of it. At 500 miles, that is some serious dedication. :)
The amount of time one can spend in a car alone is directly divisible by how many years they are married, which is then multiplied by the nagging index.
 
It has a different mode for SDR and HDR I believe so you don’t need to worry about it. Obv if you want it on for SDR content too then you’d have to turn it on or off accordingly but I expect most people will leave it on one mode whatever they like.
SDR + Fast backlight is what I use on my PG27UQ outside of HDR content and the haloing isn't noticeable with brightness tuned to about 150 nits on it.
Yep, turned it OFF for SDR mode and its less annoying, but yay its a $3,000 non fald monitor now!!!...I'll see if HDR mode keeps it on
Being able to turn the FALD off with HDR would defeat the whole purpose of HDR.
 
Yep, turned it OFF for SDR mode and its less annoying, but yay its a $3,000 non fald monitor now!!!...I'll see if HDR mode keeps it on


I'm a sex farmer, its sweaty back breaking, sticky labor but somebodies got to do it! I never have any time so I get my enjoyment from making daily commutes larger than most European countries and hogging all the high end monitors so others cannot have / see them.


Grey is so yesterday anyway! The hottest newest fashion tones are totally blue, hung blue, dark blue, magenta blue and freak dog urple!


The amount of time one can spend in a car alone is directly divisible by how many years they are married, which is then multiplied by the nagging index.

Dear god what the eff is a sex farmer? Is that the progressive term for a pimp?

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Can confirm SDR and HDR settings are independent.....so you can run SDR with FALD off and not have to worry about turning it back on when HDR is on.

This monitor has a really great picture quality, even with FALD off in SDR....so i can live with it as HDR is amaze ballz in game
 
Ohhh MUUUUHHH GAAAHHHHHH

I'm seriously rethinking this purchase guys
1022 miles is a long way to return lol........
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Looks like the monitor is helping you by highlighting constellations for proper ID'ing!

The second from the left is constellation ASUS.
 
Looks like the monitor is helping you by highlighting constellations for proper ID'ing!

The second from the left is constellation ASUS.
I think your right!

As Elon Musk always says SPACE IS HARD....and indeed looking into a complete black abyss with pinpoints of light can be very confusing.....Thankfully FALD is greatly improved on this PG32 and can properly highlight all of the constellations.....

FALD is like the cheat sheet we never had on those astronomy tests back in the day!
Watch it in action with this video


Anybody interested in Carpooling to Georgia from Florida within the next 28 days lol

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In contrast here it is in SDR

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^^^SDR @ 30 Brightness

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^^^ SDR @ 50 Brightness
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^^^SDR @ 100 Brightness

Fuck this display....seriously....its going BAAAAAAAACK
 
So here's a question. Is the haloing worse than the PG27UQ in these star field video examples and RDR2? I've never seen the x27/PG27UQ in person so I'm curious if the PG32UQX is equal to, better, or worse than the 27" predecessors?
 
I think your right!

As Elon Musk always says SPACE IS HARD....and indeed looking into a complete black abyss with pinpoints of light can be very confusing.....Thankfully FALD is greatly improved on this PG32 and can properly highlight all of the constellations.....

FALD is like the cheat sheet we never had on those astronomy tests back in the day!
Watch it in action with this video


Anybody interested in Carpooling to Georgia from Florida within the next 28 days lol

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Absolutely horrendous. I play a lot of space games too like X4, Elite Dangerous, No Mans Sky, Flight Simulator 2020, Star Citizen (lol), etc. I try not to spew the OLED kool aid too much (because it does have its flaws), but come on man…this just further proves that even a $3000 LCD can’t come anywhere close to a $1500 OLED for anything dark… Thanks for being the Guinea pig l88bastard, you’ve just solidified my curiosity of never going back to LCD ever again regardless of all the “gamerz” features they throw at ya.
 
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Absolutely horrendous. I play a lot of space games too like X4, Elite Dangerous, No Mans Sky, Flight Simulator 2020, Star Citizen (lol), etc. I try not to spew the OLED kool aid too much (because it does have its flaws), but come on man…this just further proves that even a $3000 LCD can’t come anywhere close to a $1500 OLED for anything dark… Thanks for being the Guinea pig l88bastard, you’ve just solidified my curiosity of never going back to LCD ever again regardless of all the “gamerz” features they throw at ya.

I don't know what people were expecting. 1152 dimming zones sounds good on paper, but in reality it's nowhere near enough zones, period. The only LCD that has any chance of really giving OLED a run for it's money would be one of the Innolux panels:

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However, there has been no updates on these panels for over 2 years now, which leads me to believe these things have been canned. I knew > 1 million zones was too good to be true lol.
 
So here's a question. Is the haloing worse than the PG27UQ in these star field video examples and RDR2? I've never seen the x27/PG27UQ in person so I'm curious if the PG32UQX is equal to, better, or worse than the 27" predecessors?
I will compare and contrast it vs my PG27UQ this weekend. Off the cuff I would say the pg27 is not THIS bad....this is really, really bad for THREE more years of R&D, quadruple Fald zones and THREE GRAND.

Absolutely horrendous. I play a lot of space games too like X4, Elite Dangerous, No Mans Sky, Flight Simulator 2020, Star Citizen (lol), etc. I try not to spew the OLED kool aid too much (because it does have its flaws), but come on man…this just further proves that even a $3000 LCD can’t come anywhere close to a $1500 OLED for anything dark… Thanks for being the Guinea pig l88bastard, you’ve just solidified my curiosity of never going back to LCD ever again regardless of all the “gamerz” features they throw at ya.
I am seriously so sorry that I called my 48cx's ass fat....currently she's giving me the silent treatment....hopefully we can patch things up after this thing goes back!
 
I don't know what people were expecting. 1152 dimming zones sounds good on paper, but in reality it's nowhere near enough zones, period. The only LCD that has any chance of really giving OLED a run for it's money would be one of the Innolux panels:

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However, there has been no updates on these panels for over 2 years now, which leads me to believe these things have been canned. I knew > 1 million zones was too good to be true lol.
I was expecting better than this, especially since it has over 700,000 mini-leds bundled in those 1152 dimming zones....it actually feels worse than the PG27....but I will compare them both soonish.

I'm returning this and going back to my PG27UQ + 48cx combo.

My endgame has now switched to the upcoming 32" 4/120 or 8k/120 OLEDs and or the LG 42" OLED as long as its 4k/120+

In the meantime I may pick up the $1,200 non fald version of this 32"4k/144 LCD for SDR games like PUBG and work productivity
 
OK...OK...................OK.........BREAKING NEWS ROFL

I just played some Halo 3 in HDR and HOLY SHIT INCREDIBLE LOL

Alright, so here is the deal....this thing and its 1600 nits is to Bright & Light games as to what OLED is to Dark / High contrast games.
Its literally the opposite of the oled.....Also 32" doesn't make me motion sick like the larger 48" does....even 5 feet away the oled makes me dizzy on high spinny FPS games like Halo.

So I am torn....I'm really torn here haha. If you buy this thing, don't go into it expecting to play any dark spacey games.....but for light, bright, high SFX POPPY Color games like BFV, CP77, Halo3...it is incredible.
 
Glad I ordered from Amazon.

Also starfields are literally worst case scenario for FALD so I would expect nothing less than the mess pictured above.
 
Absolutely horrendous. I play a lot of space games too like X4, Elite Dangerous, No Mans Sky, Flight Simulator 2020, Star Citizen (lol), etc. I try not to spew the OLED kool aid too much (because it does have its flaws), but come on man…this just further proves that even a $3000 LCD can’t come anywhere close to a $1500 OLED for anything dark… Thanks for being the Guinea pig l88bastard, you’ve just solidified my curiosity of never going back to LCD ever again regardless of all the “gamerz” features they throw at ya.
Are OLEDs a true 120hz? I was thinning about a 48" OLED because I wasnt impressed with the monitors I saw after seeing OLEDS in person. Ive just never seen gaming on OLED yet.
 
In contrast here it is in SDR

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^^^SDR @ 30 Brightness

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^^^ SDR @ 50 Brightness
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^^^SDR @ 100 Brightness

Fuck this display....seriously....its going BAAAAAAAACK
I don't see an issue. You're cherry picking the worst case scenario for this monitor. If you regret spending $3,200 on this thing then just admit it.
So here's a question. Is the haloing worse than the PG27UQ in these star field video examples and RDR2? I've never seen the x27/PG27UQ in person so I'm curious if the PG32UQX is equal to, better, or worse than the 27" predecessors?
It's going to be exaggerated the more zones there are. I don't know what people were expecting. The haloing on small objects like the stars is going to keep getting worse the more zones you add until you finally arrive at pixel-level like an OLED. Camera shots like the above are going to make the effect look worse.
 
I’ve been avoiding local dimming on LCD for a reason. If Samsung Mini LEDs cannot defeat blooming in game mode, how would freaking Asus do it either lol.
 
I'm done with PC gaming. Sold my 2080 ti for ~$1730 and an adata m.2 ssd that I had bought recently for gaming storage for ~$385 (bought for $205), I guess it's chasing chia now... I'll be back probably in 1.5-2 years. Tired of waiting for a good gaming monitor which is the key part of the whole system. Also the lack of 3000 series on the market adds to that.
My current phone, the Nubia Red Magic 5G covers all my gaming needs. honestly, and by the way, it has a 144hz OLED display. Personal computer gaming is a relic of the stone age anyway.
I think this monitor is so slow due to the whole display trying to keep up with the slow ass FALD.
 
I don't really play super bright or dark games and I love my LG38, but I have to admit, I was wondering what it would be like to switch.

No. If the 42" 120Hz OLED comes out, I'll give it a look but otherwise, I'm super happy.

Thank you for your service OP.
 
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