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Best monitor I've ever owned? Absolutely.
By insektmute on Reviewed in the United States on July 23, 2023
I'd been using an Acer Predator XB271 27" 1440p monitor for several years, but as time went on, I found myself noticing its flaws more and more. Throw in chronic dry eye and back problems that were forcing me to make a real effort to address my tendency to hunch forward, kind of grainy looking text, flat colors and ghosting becoming more obvious, and I decided an upgrade was due. I spent weeks debating between whether to go 27" or 32", 1440p or 4K, mostly afraid that 4K would tank my framerate too much, or 32" would be too big, on and on.In the end, going for a 32" 4K was absolutely the right decision, and the 32GQ950 is everything I hoped for and more. Sharpness, clarity, backlight bleed and black uniformity are all massively improved, colors pop in ways my Acer never did, and I'm able to set the monitor much further back while also sitting further back.The peanut gallery on sites like Reddit tend to slag this monitor for having high pitch fan noise and fake HDR. I can only speak to my own experiences here, but I haven't heard any sort of fan noise at all, and while the HDR is admittedly not "proper" HDR like a FALD and the dimming zones are limited, it still looks very nice with HDR on, provided you calibrate it. Even the basic Windows HDR tuning utility does wonders here.It may be just because I'm coming from an older 1440p that I think it looks nice, and if your primary focus is HDR above all else, or you just loathe IPS glow (and there is still some), then you'll probably find the 32GQ950 lacking. Personally, I think until "proper" HDR monitors get their response times, input lag and flickering issues under control, none of them are worth buying. Your average HDR-centric panel, while it may look nicer, also likely has response times and input lag that are worse than my now 6 year old Acer. If it's a VA, throw in a big pile of flickering. If it's OLED, you get to worry about burn-in and sub-par brightness. Pick your poison.If there is any particular thing that sets the 32GQ950 apart, it's that this is arguably one of the fastest 4k displays on the market, hits 160Hz, and it'll pass 10-bit color over DP at 160Hz. The Rtings review will indicate that 160Hz is unstable; I can confirm it is absolutely not unstable at all, and anecdotally, I'm actually finding that 160Hz with the response time set to Fast runs better than 144Hz set to Normal or Fast, with no discernable differences in ghosting or frame judder.In terms of performance, esp for those nervous about 4K general, I'm running this with a 4070 Ti and can easily hit upwards of 100-160fps in Diablo 4, Borderlands 3, Cyberpunk 2077, Resident Evil 4 Remake and others, with most settings cranked to max, though you may need DLSS in some situations. I've been shocked how well things actually run and most of my anxiety about my system being able to handle this resolution turned out to be no big deal.All in all? Zero regrets and I'm extremely glad I didn't bother with another 27" 1440p, a 27" 4K or a cheaper panel with higher latency and response like the Gigabyte M32U. I can't see myself upgrading for a long time and who knows, maybe by then miniLED IPS panels will actually be a viable option. Til then, you're not likely to find a better balance between performance and visual quality than this.
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16 people found this helpful
Flickering issues at 144hz or 160hz over display port
By Steven H. on Reviewed in the United States on October 24, 2022
So, I'll start by saying I don't know if the issue I had with this monitor is a product defect or the norm, but I'm reviewing it based on what I received. If I decide to exchange the monitor rather than simply return it and the issue doesn't persist I'll update my review.I have an RTX 3080 GPU with a Z690 mobo and a Intel 12900k. So my system shouldn't have any issues pushing the latest display port standards. But this monitor if I run it at 144hz or 160hz OC at 4k over display port I get a constant flickering and graphical artifacts on the right half of the screen. I tried multiple 8k rate display port cables, as well as the cable that came with the monitor. Same results on all cables. It only went away on display port if I clocked the monitor lower than 144hz. I switched over to HDMI 2.1 and the issue doesn't present itself at 144hz, but the 160hz OC mode is no longer available. Also, Geforce Control Panel does not detect it as a GSync compatible display when connected over HDMI. Further if I go into an HDR game while connected to HDMI, when I return to Windows the brightness of everything is decreased and only returns to normal if I power cycle the monitor.I did try updating bios, all software, and even a completely fresh install of Windows, the issue persisted through all of this. So I don't really think it's a software issue.Otherwise, when I'm not having this issue with the monitor, the screen looks really nice. The colors are great and the picture is very sharp.The black levels on the monitor are descent but could be better. The black stabilizer is disabled in all the modes I tested the monitor in. Not sure why, maybe you have to disable HDR to get black stabilizer.But I will say the local dimming is horrible. I don't know exactly how many zones it has but if I had to guess I'd says it's around 10 max. On a dark background on the desktop, moving the mouse around will create huge patches of light. To few of local dimming zones to be usable on dark backgrounds, which IMO kind of defeats the purpose of even having it because you'd want it in darker environments more than anything.Overall, I simply can't recommend the monitor at this price. Even if the flickering issue I'm having ends up being a product defect the other features of the monitor just do not warrant a nearly $1k price tag. You can get very similar monitors for half the cost. The only 2 things this monitor has over another 4k 32 inch 144hz monitor I've tested, is the nanoIPS and HDR10 (the other one I tested only had HDR400). But that other monitor I've tested cost only $500 and the picture quality is not significantly better on the LG. Unless you really really feel like you need that HDR10, I don't see any reason to pay the premium.
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