John FrankLend a Hand: Poems About Giving

First note: I got it because I was updating an old machine. I’ll be taking it back because the machine was old and I the bracket to reseat the heatsink broke. 🤷🏻‍♂️ I would keep it otherwise, but… if I’m going to spend the money, it’s time to go 4k (or, at least 1440, depending on availability of the 40 or 7000 series vs 30 - frames matter more)…This will serve any budget system well, I was hitting high frames and looking good doing it with a 3060 I got (will be returning too for precisely the same reason, and only that - going fully new)… In fact, I started experiencing processor bottlenecking, trying to fix that on my geriatric machine got me into my situation.I could imagine better, and certainly have seen them, but the blacks are black, the colors are good, contrast, brightness, and gamma are adjustable in most games and the performance is great for under $300.Photo editing or similar? I didn’t try, but…. Maybe look for something a little better or more task specific for what you save on this. 🤷🏻‍♂️

This monitor is awesome. I got the 1440p 27inch curved variant.Picture/screen: Before this I had a basic 1080p 24inch Asus monitor, and let me tell you the upgrade was very much worth it. The color on this screen just pops. WAY more color coverage then my old monitor. I hadn't realized just how many colors I was missing until now. That being said I did try the HDR because it does advertise it, but I would say that its just not quite there. The screen is brighter , yes, but I would say that you lose at least 20% color coverage if not more. Frankly HDR is bland. I wouldn't recommend it at all if that's a big sale point for you. I also have a decent amount of back light leak, so blacks aren't as dark as they could be (part of the reason HDR isn't that great on this unit). For those 2 reasons I knocked of a star.Gaming: This is the main reason I bought the monitor. Playing on here has been a dream. I mostly play Apex and again the color coverage is out of this world. The contrast is RICH, like batman rich. It's easy to overdo to the point where you cant see people in dark areas. Although some fiddling around in the settings fixed that right up. On that point factory setting are okay but ounce you calibrate it, its twice as good. The curve and upgrade in size and resolution took me some getting used to but once I got used to it again, gaming has been nothing but spectacular. I have had no screen tearing, practically no motion blur and input lag is non existent. That being said I stay consistently around 100-110 FPS, so I haven't maxed it out.Ergonomics: This is where I can't really say to much. I didn't even unwrap the stand, instead I immediately mounted it to my own desk top stand (VESA 100mm x 100mm). I did this because the factory stand seems to be a pretty basic one. No height or swivel adjustment, just tilt.In conclusion Picture good. HDR bad, gaming fun. Stand doodoo.

I've upgraded from a 1080 27" LG and am already thinking about ordering two more. Yes i run 3 monitors. I haven't had time to play too many games on it but I do run Rust at all setting maxed and the game looks great. The built in speakers aren't great but I don't use them anyway so no loss there. If you are looking for a good solid monitor then this is it. If you are looking for good sound included then look elsewhere. If you are relying on the built in speakers for gaming then you shouldn't be gaming. just saying...

I absolutely love how this monitor looks, all the games I play on it look crisp, the colors look great with HDR on or off, and the high refresh rate is the cherry on top. However it has one issue that I don’t see talked about, which is totally fair as it’s something that only affects a small percentage of people, which unfortunately includes me. The built in speaker for this monitor is absolutely horrendous. It’s incredibly quiet and nothing seems to sound as it should. Everything else about the monitor is perfect so I won’t judge it too harshly for this given that most people have their own sound system or use headphones. While I do have headphones that i use a majority of the time, I don’t have my own sound system so I’m stuck with the speakers on the monitor whenever I don’t want to wear headphones, which are just not up to the standards and expectations I've had with other monitors.

I have tried and compared several 32" VA and IPS 1440p 144Hz+ monitors and out of all of them, the ASUS TUF 32" 1440p 165Hz (VG32VQ1B) has the best balance of cost, performance, and quality.The Pros:Deep blacks, good contrast (superior contrast to an IPS panel), great color for a VA panel, excellent refresh rate (165), quality materials, lots of fine tuning options, gentle curve for immersion.Cons: like most all other VA panels, this one is not immune to ghosting (google if you do not know what that is), black screen uniformity is Meh (more on that below), colors are a little subdued but better after calibration, orange stand by light is pretty bright.The panel that came the closest to this one, for me, was the Samsung G5 32" but the G5 is dimmer than this one. There are brighter panels out there in this range - the Gigabyte M32QC for example - but this is one of the brighter VAs.Overall, I am happy with this for gaming, media, and music production work. I will let you know that I am returning the first one I received as after a few hours of use, it developed a hot spot in the upper left corner. I game in a dim room so it is very noticeable. I am hoping the next one is just fine. I really like this unit. The only thing that could be better is the color and light output. It claims to be an HDR monitor but really it just can accept the HDR signal. Its not really bright enough to do true HDR. I wish they were not marketing it as an HDR panel. If you are on the hunt for a good HDR display, you are going to have to shell out more money for a next tier unit.Good luck on your monitor search.