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

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

Thanks

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Trying scenery mode for RDR2, looks good!

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Cinematic mode is looking good as well :)
 
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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.
 
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.
 
penny80 said:
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.
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You look like a good candidate for the QN90B 50 or 55. It's a beast of a display.
 
xDiVolatilX said:
You look like a good candidate for the QN90B 50 or 55. It's a beast of a display.
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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
 
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?
 
Baasha said:
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?
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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 said:
OLED over this slow abysmal of blooming everyday of the week.
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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.
 
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kramnelis said:
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.
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"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.
 
Xar said:
"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.
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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.
 
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.

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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
 
kramnelis said:
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.
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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
 
penny80 said:
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
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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 only in the lab so they can barely 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.
 
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kramnelis said:
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.
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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.
 
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).
 
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Hey guys, I just picked this bad boy up. I upgraded to Windows 11 for the Auto HDR settings.
I'm loving it. This is a better step up than 144hz. Not as good as getting my first SSD though.

When HDR is enabled, I noticed a lot of my display options get greyed out. Is there anyway to prevent this from happening?

I read there was a way in Windows 10.
 
zechs3 said:
Hey guys, I just picked this bad boy up. I upgraded to Windows 11 for the Auto HDR settings.
I'm loving it. This is a better step up than 144hz. Not as good as getting my first SSD though.

When HDR is enabled, I noticed a lot of my display options get greyed out. Is there anyway to prevent this from happening?

I read there was a way in Windows 10.
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When HDR is enabled. The gamma, dark boost, sdr presets are supposed to be locked.
 
III_Slyflyer_III said:
It is amazing monitor... games have never looked better at 4K. If you have the card to drive it, its an absolutely smooth experience too. Enjoy.
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I like this monitor as well. Both the PG32UQX and XG321UG are very capable and have great HDR support. However, I have to say that the motion clarity isn't great. It's good-enough, but not great. This panel is pretty slow, unfortunately. I personally prefer to game on the AW3423DW and the 45GR95QE even though they are only 1440p and not as bright.
 
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I am using YCbCr444 and only have limited dynamic range available.
Does anyone know why that is?


Also I'm seeing HDR-ST2084 under EOTF. Someone mentioned BT 2100.


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Lastly FYI.

Amazon has this monitor at $1,799 renewed with a 4 year protection warranty via asurion.
Might be a good deal.

Bet you'd be waiting around for service on that warranty.
 
zechs3 said:
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I am using YCbCr444 and only have limited dynamic range available.
Does anyone know why that is?


Also I'm seeing HDR-ST2084 under EOTF. Someone mentioned BT 2100.


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Lastly FYI.

Amazon has this monitor at $1,799 renewed with a 4 year protection warranty via asurion.
Might be a good deal.

Bet you'd be waiting around for service on that warranty.
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Go to the display settings of your GPU you should be able to do RGB 4k 144hz with 10bpc over DP 1.4.
 
zechs3 said:
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I am using YCbCr444 and only have limited dynamic range available.
Does anyone know why that is?


Also I'm seeing HDR-ST2084 under EOTF. Someone mentioned BT 2100.


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Lastly FYI.

Amazon has this monitor at $1,799 renewed with a 4 year protection warranty via asurion.
Might be a good deal.

Bet you'd be waiting around for service on that warranty.
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Set to RGB (No need to use YCbCr444 in Windows 11 for gaming or movies on this monitor). RGB will give you full range HDR, and you can actually set your color to 12bpc. ;)
 
I just want to say I am really loving this monitor. Yes I know it can bloom around the mouse pointer while I am doing my day job with HDR turned off, but its really not a big deal. The gaming and media is great. I am currently playing CyberPunk 2077 for the first time and its just gorgeous. Even old games like Subnautica look great. Just last night I was using Kodi / Seren to watch the fight scenes in Rocky I and II and I was surprised to find I could select sources with HDR. They must have been blueray remasters. They looked great!
 
III_Slyflyer_III said:
Set to RGB (No need to use YCbCr444 in Windows 11 for gaming or movies on this monitor). RGB will give you full range HDR, and you can actually set your color to 12bpc. ;)
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I just changed mine from 10 to 12. Is there any downsides to doing this?

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Sprung said:
I just want to say I am really loving this monitor. Yes I know it can bloom around the mouse pointer while I am doing my day job with HDR turned off, but its really not a big deal. The gaming and media is great. I am currently playing CyberPunk 2077 for the first time and its just gorgeous. Even old games like Subnautica look great. Just last night I was using Kodi / Seren to watch the fight scenes in Rocky I and II and I was surprised to find I could select sources with HDR. They must have been blueray remasters. They looked great!
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Going back to older games is a treat. Recently played Titanfall 2 again and with Auto HDR on it looked amazing. Gotta love Auto HDR.
 
Skyhopper01 said:
Going back to older games is a treat. Recently played Titanfall 2 again and with Auto HDR on it looked amazing. Gotta love Auto HDR.
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For real. I launched Arkham Origins and was treated to a nice little auto HDR function automatically. Game looks absolutely fantastic for it's age.
 
Skyhopper01 said:
Going back to older games is a treat. Recently played Titanfall 2 again and with Auto HDR on it looked amazing. Gotta love Auto HDR.
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If a game doesn't support AutoHDR you can also try out Special K. AutoHDR seems to take a while to add support for the newest games and I've found Special K to be a great alternative if you don't want to wait for the game to receive AutoHDR support.
 
Agree that AutoHDR is an amazing feature. Makes an old turd like GTA V look amazing (w/ mods of course).

Didn't realize the color settings should be RGB - I thought YCbCr444 was the "full/maximum" color range(?). Also, is this monitor really 12-bit or...? So RGB + 12-bit is the way to go?
 
Baasha said:
Agree that AutoHDR is an amazing feature. Makes an old turd like GTA V look amazing (w/ mods of course).

Didn't realize the color settings should be RGB - I thought YCbCr444 was the "full/maximum" color range(?). Also, is this monitor really 12-bit or...? So RGB + 12-bit is the way to go?
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RGB is what you want over DP1.4 DSC for full range. Monitor is true 10-bit, but can do 12-bit FRC. I say set it to 12bit and forget about it. You're likely not going to run into 12bit content at all gaming, but on the off chance you do outside gaming, you can do it. It does not hurt anything or distort anything by having it on. It uses the same bandwidth as 10bit on this monitor.
 
Baasha said:
Agree that AutoHDR is an amazing feature. Makes an old turd like GTA V look amazing (w/ mods of course).

Didn't realize the color settings should be RGB - I thought YCbCr444 was the "full/maximum" color range(?). Also, is this monitor really 12-bit or...? So RGB + 12-bit is the way to go?
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zechs3 said:
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I am using YCbCr444 and only have limited dynamic range available.
Does anyone know why that is?


Also I'm seeing HDR-ST2084 under EOTF. Someone mentioned BT 2100.
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HDR doesn't matter for neither YCbCR/BT1866 gamma nor sRGB color space because HDR on PG32UQX uses ST2084 Gamma/EOTF + Rec.2020 color space.

YCbCr444/BT1866 gamma + Wide Gamut Adobe RGB color space is the full color range for SDR. Set only RGB format in Nvidia Panel has less contrast compared to YCbCr.

You can download and install the official WHQL profile for PG32UQX from ASUS website. It has pre-calibrated SDR profile for the both sRGB, wide gamut Adobe RGB. Then you can disable DP/HDMI SDR YCbCr sRGB Gamma to use YCbCR444/BT1866 to have more contrast. Use wide gamut SDR to have more colors.

With these two plus 500+nits peak brightness you are basically seeing HDR400 in SDR without oversaturated color unlike most of the monitors out there with uncalibrated Adobe color overshoot to Rec.2020. Now you can know why this monitor is worth $3,000 because it can have accurate Adobe RGB profile pre-calibrated for you. If a monitor cannot be accurate in Adobe color space then it cannot be accurate in higher Rec.2020 color space in HDR.

Below pictures show it all.

This is the jpg SDR screenshot from Forza Horizon. Download the jxr image to view in Windows Photo in HDR mode to compare the emulated version of SDR.
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Emulated SDR sRGB 80nits


Emulated SDR BT1866 + sRGB + high brightness


Emulated SDR BT1866 + WideGamut + high brightness


The 2nd and 3rd images are what it looks like on PG32UQX, PG27UQ, PG35VQ with BT1866+Wide Gamut high brightness SDR

Then there is the 4th image from the actual HDR screenshot with 650nits cap.


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