This review is for the ASUS PG32UCDM, which is a QD-OLED monitor sporting a 240hz refresh rate and 4K resolution to clarify when Amazon lists all the reviews together in the way they do.
Gaming performance: At 240hz, provided your graphics card can push pixels that quickly, this monitor is at the top of the game when considering the speed of competitive 4K monitors. There does not currently (2/24/25) exist a 4K panel that can do more than 4K 240hz, if you require more for competitive gaming then you should look elsewhere to a 1440p monitor or the like. I played Halo Infinite at 240hz and the experience was divine. Coming from a 144hz 4K 27" IPS panel, there is no comparison: the picture was unimaginably clear, vivid, crisp, and with dark blacks. Age of Empires IV with HDR mode enabled looks like a different game entirely. I will have to replay every older game I own with this monitor. The colors quite literally give life to old games and show you things in titles you've already played that you may have missed on your older monitor.
Other media consumption:
I do not own a TV, thus I consume all of my media through my computer and a monitor that could natively display all current types of media formats (HDR, Dolby Vision, etc) was important to me and this monitor excels in media consumption much like an OLED TV does. This monitor supports Dolby Vision which is quite uncommon among computer monitors, competitor's products that I've checked during my research prior to buying (Gigabyte F032U2P as well as the MSI equivalent) fall short in this area, not supporting DV. Switching HDR modes is easily accessible in the monitor settings. HDR support is excellent just the same as DV and is the default mode. Just like with games, true blacks show with OLED panels such as this one because the pixel completely turns off, unlike other panels where local dimming and other technologies try to reproduce black shades but they often come out gray as some light from the backlight shines through. Not the case with this monitor. The dark, eerie, emptiness of space in 1979's Alien really comes through and the vivid colors of Avatar shine bright as if you were really on Pandora. I cannot express enough how important a good monitor is when putting together a gaming or media setup. It is the primary way you interact with your computer.
Things to know:
OLED is susceptible to burn in, and as in the old days with CRTs (which were also prone to burn in), care must be taken to mitigate the effects. It's the return of the screen saver. The monitor comes with a standard 8 hour pixel refresh cycle which prompts you with the on screen display to run a pixel refresh. It takes about 5 minutes to complete, and you can postpone it if you so wish. It is also recommended to use a dark windows theme, no background, auto-hide taskbar, among other mitigation measures.
Text fringing: I thought this would be a problem for me, since I am both easily nauseated by blurry text and use my computer for a lot of text-based work as well (coding and writing these reviews...). Truthfully it is only noticeable if you get very, very close to the screen, much closer than is usable. There are also mitigation measures you can take for this such as using different fontpacks and so on.
Overall, this monitor is excellent and I forsee using it for 5+ years. I will edit this review if burn in appears in any significant or severe way or earlier than expected.
| Standing screen display size | 32 Inches |
|---|---|
| Screen Resolution | 3840x2160 |
| Max Screen Resolution | 3840 x 2160 Pixels |
| Processor | none |
| Card Description | Integrated |
