The stand supports height, pivot and tilt adjustability, giving a decent range of motion that includes the ability to use the display in a portrait orientation if you want to. There's also VESA mounting support if necessary. Meanwhile the on-screen display is controlled through a directional toggle on the bottom edge of the monitor and includes a standard set of features, nothing too exciting. Factory greyscale calibration was a bit wonky on my unit. The color temperature overall was good, with no significant tint in any direction, but adherence to the sRGB gamma curve - or even just flat 2.2 gamma - was wrong. You can see a dip in gamma for the higher parts of the greyscale range, and this hurts deltaE numbers, only leaving us with average results. The main strength to LG's IPS gaming monitor line-up is the great balance between performance and image quality. The 32GP850 isn't the fastest monitor I've tested, and doesn't take IPS panels to new heights of response times, but performance is still really good and does so up to a decent 180Hz refresh rate.

When putting the 32GP850 results up against the Gigabyte M32Q with their Aim Stabilizer feature, and the Asus PG329Q with their ELMB feature, the Asus monitor is the clear winner. Both the 32GP850 and M32Q have red fringing - despite the M32Q using a different Innolux panel - while the PG329Q does not. The image clarity you get with the Asus monitor is also the best of these three options. Color Performance Color Space: LG 32GP850 - D65-P3 FHD Display: This 27-inch monitor boasts a Full HD (1920×1080) resolution, ensuring sharp, clear visuals, ideal for gaming. We’ll talk more about its features to help you decide if it’s the perfect fit for your gaming needs. This is a 32-inch 1440p IPS monitor with a maximum refresh rate of 180Hz. It's essentially a larger version of LG's 27GP850, it offers a very similar set of features, uses the same LG Nano IPS technology for the panel, and visually it's quite similar, too. However, as we've found many times in the past, using a panel from the same family doesn't guarantee the same performance at a different size, so that will be something to explore.

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Viewing angles like most IPS monitors are great and of course we have the benefit of a flat panel here. Uniformity with my unit was very solid in the middle area and only a slight fall off along the outer edges, this is an above average result. IPS glow was minimal with my unit as well although this will vary from sample to sample so what you experience may be different. At a fixed 120Hz, the 32GP850 performs adequately, again a little slower than the 27-inch model, but with notably lower overshoot than something like the Gigabyte M32Q. Then at 60Hz, look again it's quite similar to other displays that we've tested and if you turn down the overdrive mode to the best for 60Hz gaming as we have done here for all monitors, you get no overshoot which is great for this refresh rate. Don’t choose between color, resolution and performance. You can have it all with the GFI27DBXA 27-inch IPS Gaming Monitor from VIOTEK®. Our expertly engineered IPS panel has been optimized for pro-motion gaming that’s fast and fluid. Max out with a 180Hz refresh rate and 1ms response (OD). Enjoy smooth, glitch-free gameplay with minimal motion blur and image ghosting with Adaptive Sync, compatible with G-Sync and FreeSync. The HDR-ready QHD display delivers a more satisfying, visually superior picture over a standard definition monitor. Images are more realistic, produced with over 1.07 billion colors and a wide 141% sRGB gamut. Expect faithful color reproduction with better clarity in shadows and highlights—all with ultra-sharp detail and 2560x1440p resolution. Customize the display using 6 presets (standard, text, FPS, movie, game, RTS) with options to fine-tune the colors even more. FPS/RTS optimization can bring out extra details in darker games, letting you see enemies lurking in the shadows before they see you. And with GAMEPLUS crosshairs, every shot can be a direct hit. For marathon gaming sessions, protect your eye health and minimize eye strain with user-controlled blue light filter, available in 3 levels.

This isn't as good as the 27GP850, which has a larger usable range again due to slightly better response time performance overall. However it's not as bad as other displays that have much more narrow usable refresh ranges for their overdrive modes. To summarize the results aren't perfect by any means, but not awful. Variable overdrive would have been a good addition here to resolve these lingering concerns. Power consumption is good, coming in a few watts lower than other 32-inch 1440p IPS displays that I've tested after calibration. Not a massive difference, but LG's Nano IPS panel appears quite efficient. However, you really need a VA panel for the best contrast ratios as realistically all IPS panels have a bad contrast ratio. The Samsung Odyssey G7 offers more than twice the contrast ratio of any IPS monitor in this table and that has a noticeable effect on image quality for those that like to game in a dark environment.Of course, with LG's initial approach to the 32GP850 review I was very curious to see whether this product is actually flawed in some way, and whether the review guidelines were intended to hide these flaws. It's certainly a suspicious situation, so I've been extra thorough with this review in an attempt to find any problems. Time to take a look at response time performance, which we tested how we wanted to test it, not how LG said we should. In any case there are four performance modes, ranging from Off to Faster, similar to LG's other monitors. And we're starting here with a look at the Off mode, giving us a look at native panel performance without overdrive. As always this isn't really a mode most gamers would choose to use, but it does show an 8.6ms average response which is pretty decent without any voltage tweaking. Cumulative deviation shows the 32GP850 as a mid-tier performer, in the glut of IPS monitors that deliver around 500-550 in this metric. The 27GP850 is marginally better tuned with its overdrive settings, and again the PG329Q is the best of the best, though we're only talking a 10 percent superior result over LG's 32-inch model. We also see the 32GP850 and M32Q delivering basically the same numbers here. Dark level performance is a non issue, as the 32GP850 uses IPS technology. However this is important to point out if you are tossing up between a 1440p IPS monitor or a 1440p VA monitor at this size, with VA models being more common. Unfortunately, most VA displays with the exception of Samsung's Odyssey G7 deliver dark level smearing.

Overall, the LG 32GP850 is a pretty good monitor. It succeeds at taking what the 27GP850 provides and expanding that up to a larger 32-inch panel size, bringing with it the strengths and weaknesses of LG's Nano IPS panel technology. While performance isn't identical between the two sizes, it's similar enough to not have a significant impact on your buying decision. Just get whichever size you prefer. I am also a programmer and the ability to orient the monitor vertically is great, with the size of the monitor there is so much vertical space. With that said, deltaE results on the whole are better in the sRGB mode than in the default mode, so my recommendation for those wanting to improve the color performance of the 32GP850 using OSD tweaks is to run the monitor in the sRGB mode. Calibrated Color Performance Adaptive-Sync Technology: Features Adaptive-Sync, compatible with AMD FreeSync and NVIDIA G-Sync, to eliminate screen tearing and stuttering for a smoother gaming experience.The build quality and look of this device is great as well, although not the thinnest monitor out there it still looks great. Frameless Design:A minimal bezel on three sides provides an immersive gaming experience, perfect for multi-monitor setups.