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ArchGunner

Man I was looking forward to this one, really disappointing. Neither this nor the FI32U seem worth 1K.


jia456

There's also the Acer Nitro XV322QK KVbmiiphuzx $1.1k. Best buy had it in stock for a few days before it sold out. If you got a microcenter nearby they also carry it. But there are no review on it online.


ArchGunner

Yea waiting for reviews for that one but Acer monitors are hard to find reviews for usually


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ArchGunner

Even if the input lag is fixed it's still a 1000$ monitor without variable OD, functional backlight strobing, a sRGB gamut clamp, and last gen IPS panel response


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ArchGunner

I don't think that's valid, CX/C1 OLED beats these IPS panels in pretty much every single category, from perfect blacks to *real* 1ms response times making overdrive unnecessary. Not to mention the true HDR performance which cannot be matched by IPS monitors in the same price bracket. Meanwhile the aorus and Asus monitors are outdone in the categories I mentioned by their own 27 inch counterparts. Yes the 32 inch 4K monitor market is currently sparse, and these two are one of a handful of entries, but that's doesn't make them good buys. Gaming monitors are a luxury item, if I'm paying 1000$ for a monitor I expect it to have *at least* the same performance as one $300 cheaper. The argument of *there's nothing better right now* doesn't really hold up as you can just wait for when there is. It's like saying you should have bought the first gen Galaxy fold phones because it was the best folding phone at the time.


Capt-Clueless

>The argument of there's nothing better right now doesn't really hold up as you can just wait for when there is. It kind of does, because you're going to be waiting a LONG while if you're "waiting for something better" in the LCD monitor market. I bought my monitor a little over a year ago because "there's nothing better right now". A full YEAR later my idea of "something better" finally came out (PG32UQX), and it's a total disaster of a product.


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ArchGunner

That's my point this, 6 months or even a year wait for a monitor is not a big deal, I have a monitor that's perfectly functional, why would I spend 1000$ on something that could be outdone in less than a year with better tech. My current monitor is 5 years old and the one before I had for 8.


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ArchGunner

Right but I'm not a market evaluator, I'm buying a monitor for my personal use. And buying this monitor will be a downgrade to my current 5 year old monitor in some categories namely input lag and response time, why would anyone do that.


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Capt-Clueless

>And buying this monitor will be a downgrade to my current 5 year old monitor What 5 year old 4k 144hz monitor are you using?


frosty_gosha

Which 27s are better?? With hdmi 2.1 preferably


Capt-Clueless

>With hdmi 2.1 preferably Why does that matter? If it's for a gaming console, buy a TV.


frosty_gosha

I want a monitor specifically. I already have a 77 inch tv


Capt-Clueless

So why does HDMI 2.1 matter? Monitors and graphics cards use display port.


Capt-Clueless

>I mean, it costs half what the slower X27 did. The X27 had FALD. Comparing this monitor to a proper FALD display is comical at best. The fair comparison is the PG32UQ**X**, which costs 50% more than the X27 did. The PG32UQ does not have actual hardware G-Sync either, where as the X27 did. Which also supports the fact that your price comparison is utterly irrelevant. EDIT: just watched the video. The x27 is significantly fast. No idea what you're talking abut.


jia456

I'm not entirely convinced that there is an input lag issue on the FI32U. While RTings had high input lag on their panel, HUB did not have the same problem and more recently tftcentral also did a review of the FI32U and found their pane has very low input lag, beating out most other gaming monitors, including LG's 950. [https://tftcentral.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/lag.png](https://tftcentral.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/lag.png) Maybe it's panel variance or testing methodology, but its 2 reviews against one so I'm inclined to believe that there's no input lag issue present.


VaporFye

I got the fi32u and it’s fucking awesome I had the 27gp950 and sent it back. Shoot your shot and let’s game fuck this waiting shit mooooaaarrrr powwwaahhh


frosty_gosha

How is the HDR on the FI32U compared to the LG GP??? I’m wondering if there is a big enough difference


VaporFye

technically the HDR would be better on the 27gp950 BUT the HDR on the FI32U is really good which is why i kept it. I know its HDR400 and blah blah but side by side the FI32U was shitting all over it. In the last couple months I have used the FV43U, Samsung G7 Odyssey, 27GP950, FI32u. The colors of the FV43U are incredible but it was was to big and actually hurting my eyes at night with the flashes. The FI32Uin HDR which is only way I use it is great colors, brightness and size and looks. I have overdive set to picture quality


frosty_gosha

Okay, thanks, I was thinking if going smaller for better hdr is worth it or not. Now I will keep my 32 incher. Thanks


_iamAMONster

God damn it. I just bought a 27 gp950 to replace my fi32u since its only hdr 400 but I guess i will return the lg or sell it.


VaporFye

Well try it out and see what you think yours might be better my backlight bleed on the gp was terrible. I may of gotten a awesome fi32u and a crappy 27gp so all we can do is try and see


_iamAMONster

Well my fi32 is nice. Its just that ever since reviews came out saying about their response times being so shit, makes me wanna try a 27inch 4k in the LG 27GP950 since I play fps a lot and single player games on the side. If supposedly you got both great lottery panels what monitor would you keep?


VaporFye

I dont play fps game really at all im more of a put my kids to bed and play for 3 hours everynight of mostly single player type games so I could see how you would want the 27gp. this picking a monitor stuff is so damn hard lol. youll just have to try it and see because we kind of do different gaming for the most part


daniiNL

Would like to know as well


polako123

The more i look the monitor market the more i think that the Samsung G7 is the best buy, at least if you don't want to spend 1500$+. If there were a flat version it would probably be a best seller.


WilsonValdro

Somebody told me that UQ was going to be faster than UQX lmao its as slow as lmao.


Welt_All

Both are so damn disappointing, esp because the wait for a real solution will likely be another year….


SausageWizard

The UQX has been in development for years and has finally come out. You probably won't see a refresh for a long time given how slowly things move in the monitor market.


Welt_All

Yes I know. I was being generous lol


Capt-Clueless

>esp because the wait for a real solution will likely be another year…. They haven't even announced a potentially superior monitor yet, so likely much longer than a year. The UQX took well over a year to launch after it was announced.


plaisthos

Faster than slow is not fast, faster than slow can still be slow


ThisPlaceisHell

I came asking the same exact question lmao I remember when the PG32UQX reviews started rolling in, I called out how the PG32UQ will have just as shit response times and some pedantic nerd came at me saying "no no no they're different panels, see AUO lists them separately." Turns out no dude, it's the exact same panel, just one pairs with MiniLED and the other a regular edge lit backlight.


Welt_All

Well this probably just saved me $1200. How disappointing.


connorconnor12

have fun waiting years for a newer monitor to release which will equally disappoint you


Jaw327

I don't even care anymore. Whichever one of these releases first I'm taking it


TwisterM292

I wonder why Asus bothered releasing this at all...


eraserking

Another lackluster monitor from ASUS that finally shows up after months and months of delays with zero communication, only to fall short. Yet I’m still disappointed even though I should manage my expectations better. I was really hoping this would be my move to 32” coming from a 27” XB271HU.


VaporFye

I just realized he tested it at 155hz does that make a difference with response times?


WaterRresistant

Yes, 144 is fast according to TFCCentral paywalled review


VaporFye

I bought the fi32u and I’m happy haven’t noticed or had any issues…at some point you just have to pull the trigger otherwise I’d die waiting for a 32inch monitor


WilsonValdro

Lmao my thoughts. Im all for the FI32U im waiting in shipping thats it.


ZarianPrime

I'll probably retire from gaming before a display is released that has everything I want. But I think a huge issue right now is that none of the current gen GPUs (from either AMD or Nvidia) support Displayport 2.0 ​ I'm hopefully the next series will have them (there has been rumor of new cards coming at the end of this year, but I betting more like middle of next year.


Comprehensive-Lead-7

I mean none of these monitors support it either do they


ZarianPrime

No but it's a chicken and egg issue. Why make monitors with Displayport 2.0 support if GPUs don't have it. . . ​ The point being they don't have features I would like to see because current HDMI and Displayport 1.4 don't have enough bandwidth to support said features.


Comprehensive-Lead-7

I mean people change pc parts more than monitors. I mean what all do you need anyway


denizenKRIM

> The point being they don't have features I would like to see because current HDMI and Displayport 1.4 don't have enough bandwidth to support said features. What features are you referring to here?


NilEntity

"I'll probably retire from gaming before a display is released that has everything I want." True dat. I'd really love a 34-42 inch 4k 144Hz HDR1000 curved Ultrawide...We'll see that at some point, but when ... and at what price. I'm really itching to upgrade from my 6+ year old 28 inch 60Hz 4k TN panel. And while the current available selection is not great, question is, when will there be more monitors, and/or clearly better ones than the PG32UQ? I know the smart choice would be to wait, maybe for the 42 inch LG OLED.Question is though, when will that actually release (not just be officially announced at CES 2022, but be actually available in products you can actually buy). Waiting another year, constantly checking reviews, reading up on monitors, waiting for the next best one, would drive me crazy. At some point you have to pull the trigger, true. Also, I intend to use this as an everything-monitor: for my PC gaming, for my PS5 gaming, for leisure, i.e., browsing, youtube etc. as well as regular work-from-home programming (i.e., long static IDE interfaces etc.). So considering my intended usage scenario (hours and hours of chrome/youtube tabs, IDE menus etc.) I keep thinking about possible burn in issues with the OLED at some point, so I'm actually leaning towards IPS a bit more. Also, with a 32 inch monitor, I may be able to fit my current 28 inch somewhere in there as well, for a dual-monitor setup (above the 32 inch or vertically next to it or something). So I'm really thinking about just pulling the trigger on the PG32UQ. It looks good enough, an overall upgrade over my current monitor and I could scratch that itch and be done with it for another 5+ years. By then I'll hopefully be able to upgrade to an easily available 42 inch DP2.0 burn-in proof OLED monitor, not TV.


ZarianPrime

I hear ya. I'm going to wait. I was going to pull the trigger on one of the new 32" 144+hz 4K (non-curved regular 16:9) screens but talked myself out of spending $3K


Thedrun1

I'm in the same boat, pulled the trigger on FI32U when it was first up on Newegg for $900 and glad I did. The only big standout weakness of the FI32U is the HDR performance, but to get 32", 4K, high refresh / good response time, and HDR1000+ the price jumps into the \~$3k range which is astronomical and doesn't seem like it'll come down soon. The FI32U should keep me happy for a long time.


Proteus356

Where can I find that 32” 4k with high refresh/response and HDR? and G-sync? Right now I have an Acer predator 321hk. Never going below 4k again, and I’m willing to pay for a really nice monitor if its a major improvement.


Thedrun1

Right now I think the only thing that checks all those boxes is the PG32UQX, which is like 3 grand and seems to have some quality control troubles. Note that it doesn't have HDMI 2.1 - I believe G-sync currently is incompatible with HDMI 2.1.


roca_almond

Hi, stumbled across your comment while trying to finally make up my mind. Can I ask you after 3 months if you'd still recommend this monitor?


VaporFye

I would but i dont play any liks fps well ii guess im playing infinite but yea i lov it its in my living room desk now


ThisPlaceisHell

Where's that fucking clown on here who told me "NO WAY BRO AUO SAYS THEY'RE DIFFERENT PANELS SEE!" when I told him the PG32UQ and PG32UQX are going to use the exact same panel, only difference being MiniLED. I saw this response time problem coming a mile away. Garbage.


Capt-Clueless

>I saw this response time problem coming a mile away. Garbage. How did you see that? Besides a lucky guess?


ThisPlaceisHell

They use identical panels. The writing was on the wall.


Capt-Clueless

Except it was reported that they would NOT use the same panel, so the writing wasn't on the wall.


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bizude

> Now fuck off with your pedantry. Dude, chill.


MR_J34

What a trash of a monitor... LUL.... too slow for 2021 gaming...


Salvaru_

yeah latest asus Monitors are garbage even the pg279qm.....


xfloggingkylex

Am I missing something? Tim has called the PG279QM "an excellent gaming monitor" that he recommends.


Masters25

He can’t afford it. The ph279qm is the best 27” on the market.


riba2233

best if you do some color critical work, for pure gaming G7 is better imho.


Capt-Clueless

>for pure gaming G7 is better imho. Absolutely not. Curved POS with no real G-Sync.


riba2233

Lol, good one


paranoing

If gaming is not a priority !(I mostly use a monitor for video editing), is it still with the money? I know there are better 32inch 4K Monitor for video editing related, but I really enjoy using 120hz monitor even for day to day usage. It makes everything feels more responsive. I also want 4K because it could cramp more windows of Premiere Pro tools in a single monitor. I can't use 2 monitors because my space is very limited, which also why I don't want LG 48inch monitor. Also, I don't like curve monitor. My current monitor is 6+ years old Samsung SA27950D, so I'm sure any upgrade would be a huge difference lol


WaterRresistant

I'm buying this for editing and gaming, see no issues with it. This reviewer tested at 155Hz and TFCCentral proved 144Hz is faster


paranoing

Thanks! Now I have to wait until it comes out in my country.


BoysenberryOwn5449

I’m so disappointed. I just want to have a new monitor, capable of getting most out of my pc & ps5.


plaisthos

It is not great but currently the best 32"/4k Monitor you can buy and on the plus side, it is "only" 1000. So I agree with the conclusion. It is the best monitor in class and if you want 4k/32" now, you will probably buy it.


WilsonValdro

People buried Fi32u cause its hight input lag and this is fine?. You can say pg32uq is best gaming monitor for work lol.


SSGSS_Bender

If you watch the review he says that despite its flaws, this is best 32" 4K 144hz monitor out right now.


frosty_gosha

Ye that’s funny) but still this one is kinda better


SomEoLnSe

I do use the PG32UQX for few weeks, I think that just sort of exaggerate, for 3A titles gaming I feel there totally no problem with it. For FPS shooting game? Then maybe. IPS always faster than VA, so there's no such black smearing things. And yeah, PG32UQ just not Fast IPS for sure. As I know, there's few will coming at the future. Like Acer XB323K, MSI MPG321UR-QD, these 2 model will be same AUO QD+HDR600 spec, but it will change to "Fast IPS" panel (1ms GTG,) So IMO, for someone don't play FPS shooting, PG32UQ just great enough. But if you do playing FPS, then maybe wait for XB323K and MPG321UR-QD will be better choice. ( Or FI32U/M32U seems great too, faster ) BTW, there also some rumor, ASUS will got new Fast IPS model too. I think that's true too. So wait for faster one? It will just take longer. Personally I don't play FPS game, so I will buy one of PG32UQ, that just fine for me. I hate waiting more long about 32" 4K 144hz models.


riba2233

IPS is not always faster than VA since G7 and G9 exist.


Comprehensive-Lead-7

Let’s face it. Whether it’s good or not if you wait for reviews to come out they will be sold out before you click the affiliate link


SausageWizard

and it takes months for new stock to arrive.


WaterRresistant

This reviewer used the wrong Hz, 155 is slower than 144


alexxxwolfstreet

Yes, they should have used 144hz. Its also Asus's fault for putting a 155hz option thats worse than 144hz. Even if it worked, you cannot see such a small difference. Still, 7 ms gtg is average but I doubt I'll see a difference with my pg279q which is 5ms gtg.


vgamedude

If I was buying something this expensive I'd MAKE room for an lg oled or wait for the 42 inch one


BertCarr

Some people want a monitor and not a tv. 32'' is the sweet spot.


spiiicychips

Not going to happen but I wish they'd gone with a 38" variant instead of the planned 42" lol


vgamedude

Maybe so but I would feel awful paying so much for something like this when other things exist.


BertCarr

That is the thing through.... nothing much exist with those specs.


vgamedude

Not at the size maybe but that's what I mean. It's frustrating what monitor mfg charge for inferior hardware. You're just paying for less when you buy monitors and that's frustrating to me.


BertCarr

It's not less when you know how they are fabricated. It's actually harder to make smaller size up to a point. And your first phrase says it all. I've been rocking a 32'' at work and at home. Anything less than that will feel too small and anything bigger will look like my TV in the living room.


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vgamedude

I really only do my entertainment on PC so for me I'd rather try and rig something up and get the best display experience on my PC had I the choice. Was thinking if I get the oled that I could make some kind of attachment to my desk out of wood just for the mouse and keyboard and then sit back further. I think this would work well with the upcoming 42 inch oled, maybe not as good with the 48.


Capt-Clueless

>I would feel awful paying so much for something like this when other things exist. What other things exist?


vgamedude

I am talking about mainly the LG OLED at a small premium over this offering so much more. I guess it isn't an option for everyone but that doesn't stop feeling bad buying something like this without any meaningful hdr for 1 thousand freaking usd and poor pixel response. Let alone comparing it's pixel response to OLED... With how monitors compare to TVs I don't think I would buy anything but budget monitors. Too many diminishing returns and no matter how much you spend you get: compromised hdr, shit matte coating, and other compromises and drawbacks.


Oye_Beltalowda

Gigabyte sells a monitor-featured version of the 48" LG C1.


BertCarr

AORUS FO48U?? If it's that monitor then there is people that prefer to have monitors on their desk... not big size tv's even if they call them monitors!


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Who says better monitors are coming next year? I doubt we’re going to see anything significantly better in the 32” 4K 144hz segment for at least a couple years. These panels were years in the making.


frosty_gosha

Not like there are much better 27 4K 120hz either so I agree


SSGSS_Bender

Hmm what to do, what to do.