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

[Sprung]

How much was it?

3k with tax

 

[xDiVolatilX]

3k with tax

Wow. What is it about this particular monitor that makes it worth the hefty price tag?

 

[Sprung]

Wow. What is it about this particular monitor that makes it worth the hefty price tag?

I don’t know and at this point I’m too afraid to ask 😂

 

[Skyhopper01]

I never made it to Micro Center, but mine is arriving tomorrow. It will be my first time to game above 1080 (technically I run at 1200.) I hope it is great!

Wow, your in for one hell of a treat! Congrats.

 

[Sprung]

Can anyone walk me through the basic settings to use for gaming besides turning on hdr in windows display settings please?

Thanks

Trying scenery mode for RDR2, looks good!

Cinematic mode is looking good as well

 

[kramnelis]

For SDR:

There is an option under the Color section called 'DP/HDMI SDR YCbCr sRGB Gamma'.

When it is turned ON, the monitor uses sRGB gamma.

When it is turned OFF, the monitor can use BT.1886 gamma. BT.1886 gamma also requires the Nvidia panel to set the Output Color Format from RGB to YCbCr444.

Once BT.1886 gamma is enabled, the SDR contrast is increased. The content can have deeper blacks and enhanced highlights. The increased brightness level on the monitor also helps.

BT.1886 gamma makes the SDR version of movies look much closer to the HDR version of movies because of the increased contrast.

There is also an option under the Image section called 'Display SDR Input'. You can choose Wide Gamut, which is Adobe color, if you like vivid colors to further increase the total dynamic range.

 

[penny80]

Hello everyone, I own a PG32UQX , and I am quite happy and satisfied. I would like to have a slightly bigger and glossy panel though, I would be fine with even a 55" so very different in size that I have had before.
Do you think samsung S95C could be a worthy replacement for the pg32? In the past several times I went back from an oled (lg cx, c1 etc) because I was never satisfied with the brightness. I have read and seen videos around where it is inferred that the samsung s95c will be much improved in terms of brightness. I wanted to know your opinion on this.

 

[xDiVolatilX]

Hello everyone, I own a PG32UQX , and I am quite happy and satisfied. I would like to have a slightly bigger and glossy panel though, I would be fine with even a 55" so very different in size that I have had before.
Do you think samsung S95C could be a worthy replacement for the pg32? In the past several times I went back from an oled (lg cx, c1 etc) because I was never satisfied with the brightness. I have read and seen videos around where it is inferred that the samsung s95c will be much improved in terms of brightness. I wanted to know your opinion on this.

You look like a good candidate for the QN90B 50 or 55. It's a beast of a display.

 

[penny80]

You look like a good candidate for the QN90B 50 or 55. It's a beast of a display.

Thanks for advice, but i don't want a VA. If i have to quit the PG32 i want an oled glossy panel, with a good brightness and without an aggressive ABL / ASBL system. Untill that i feel good wiht my pg32

 

[Baasha]

Sprung how do you have the CPU Temp show up on the little OLED screen on the monitor? Does that require Aura Sync or some 3rd party program?

 

[III_Slyflyer_III]

Sprung how do you have the CPU Temp show up on the little OLED screen on the monitor? Does that require Aura Sync or some 3rd party program?

You need Asus Armory Crate installed... then you can display a wide range of items. I use mine for GPU Temp, CPU temp and FPS Counter.

 

[Xar]

OLED over this slow abysmal of blooming everyday of the week.

 

[kramnelis]

OLED over this slow abysmal of blooming everyday of the week.

Even with blooming PG32UQX easily obliterates whatever OLED you got. OLED loses tons of color and contrast at HDR. The accuracy on OLED is a lot lower. The SDR on PG32UQX can even have more range on OLED HDR. All you can get from OLED is a little fast but dim SDR experience that even puts off competitive players.

 

[Xar]

Even with blooming PG32UQX easily obliterates whatever OLED you got. OLED loses tons of color and contrast at HDR. The accuracy on OLED is a lot lower. The SDR on PG32UQX can even have more range on OLED HDR. All you can get from OLED is a little fast but dim SDR experience that even puts off competitive players.

"Obliterates whatever OLED"... There're only a few things it does better than OLED: Brightness, Color Coverages (no longer the case with QD-OLED in play), no Burn-in, and take a very long time to degrade. That's it.
Other than these aspects, it's a complete mismatch. OLED shits on FALD Mini-LED LCDs 9/10 period.
Only MicroLED, QD-MicroLED, True QNED, QDEL/EL-QD, and True 3D Display can beat it.

 

[kramnelis]

"Obliterates whatever OLED"... There're only a few things it does better than OLED: Brightness, Color Coverages (no longer the case with QD-OLED in play), no Burn-in, and take a very long time to degrade. That's it.
Other than these aspects, it's a complete mismatch. OLED shits on FALD Mini-LED LCDs 9/10 period.
Only MicroLED, QD-MicroLED, True QNED, QDEL/EL-QD, and True 3D Display can beat it.

Whatever OLED you got is far from accurate than PG32UQX. OLED doesn't have more accuracy if it cannot hold brightness. The accuracy of brightness and contrast will drop off the chart.
You have about 3% accurate brightness in consumer level OLED and that's about it. The best OLED you can buy like PA32DC is still HDR400 and you don't have it. You buy other OLED you get stuck in SDR with dim images.

 

[kramnelis]

Just pulled out the dng raw capture file. Get the jxr HDR images. The captured data is enough to compare the image accuracy between HDR1000 monitors like FALDL PG35VQ vs OLED like AW3423DW.

It's always the FALD monitor like PG35VQ look much closer to the original HDR images. OLED loses at least two times dynamic range with only a few peak highlights that barely reach 400nits.

HDR version


PNG version

AW3423DW

PG35VQ

Original HDR

 

[amonakira]

last image is impressive, the black crash because the limited oled range ^^'

last time from my local store i have see the last lg oled and i have asked if hdr was on, was like my sdr image lol XD

 

[penny80]

Just pulled out the dng raw capture file. Get the jxr HDR images. The captured data is enough to compare the image accuracy between HDR1000 monitors like FALDL PG35VQ vs OLED like AW3423DW.

It's always the FALD monitor like PG35VQ look much closer to the original HDR images. OLED loses at least two times dynamic range with only a few peak highlights that barely reach 400nits.

Thank you very much for this comparison. It was this kind of problem that made me give up OLED to push me to buy the PG32UQX although very expensive. I've been meaning to ask you, do you think the upcoming QD oled TVs like s95c or the a95l will also be struggling like this?
I recently saw some classy tech videos where he showed how QDOLED actually manage to hold brightness quite well over time. It would be great to see a comparison like you did, between the PG32UQX and the modern oled TVs that will be released soon.
Actually, the only real thing I miss and wish the PG32UQX had is a GLOSSY panel, which I find really fabulous compared to a matte one. And also an increased size such as a 42" or 55" at max

 

[kramnelis]

Thank you very much for this comparison. It was this kind of problem that made me give up OLED to push me to buy the PG32UQX although very expensive. I've been meaning to ask you, do you think the upcoming QD oled TVs like s95c or the a95l will also be struggling like this?
I recently saw some classy tech videos where he showed how QDOLED actually manage to hold brightness quite well over time. It would be great to see a comparison like you did, between the PG32UQX and the modern oled TVs that will be released soon.
Actually, the only real thing I miss and wish the PG32UQX had is a GLOSSY panel, which I find really fabulous compared to a matte one. And also an increased size such as a 42" or 55" at max

These displays have firmware with ABL in it. If you can dial the firmware to control the ABL then they can do fullfield at max brightness without any drop. With an extra QD layer the brightness can be pushed to 2000nits in the lab so they can look as bright as PG32UQX. It's a matter how Samsung decide to push it with burn-in prevention.

Also a TV is not a monitor. The advantage of a bigger size TV is that it's easier to make to output more brightness. When it comes down to 32" with denser pixels the situation is still the same.

 

[penny80]

These displays have firmware with ABL in it. If you can dial the firmware to control the ABL then they can do fullfield at max brightness without any drop. With an extra QD layer the brightness can be pushed to 2000nits in the lab so they can look as bright as PG32UQX. It's a matter how Samsung decide to push it with burn-in prevention.

Also a TV is not a monitor. The advantage of a bigger size TV is that it's easier to make to output more brightness. When it comes down to 32" with denser pixels the situation is still the same.

Ok perfect, so there is hope that this year the various TVs coming out, can at least come close to our pg32 in terms of brightness. Thank you and let's hope for the evolution of this technology. At the same time I also notice a refinement of FALD technology, with many more zones, and hopefully in the future we will have monitors with 10 thousand zones and very fast in handling.

 

[Errok23]

I don't think OLED televisions will ever approach the brightness levels of mini-LED aside from in a lab, simply because the reality is manufacturers would have to price them so high to warrant them against burn-in within 3 years. It's a different situation than from the AW QD-OLED (and that has ABL anyways) since most TV users are not hardcore videophiles, and they have to keep the price relatively reasonable. Most people don't buy TVs every 3 years, and the average user would get upset if they saw burn-in within this time frame. OLEDs also suffer from brightness decay over time, on average, OLEDs will lose 20-30% of their brightness in 6 months if used 8 hrs/day. Most users may not notice this because of day-to-day use and the gradual decay. Inorganic LEDs do not have this issue at all, they are simply way more durable. That is why the holy grail is a per pixel inorganic LED (like micro-LED).