This monitor has impressive factory calibration for greyscale. LG has made a noticeable effort to ship the monitor with a 6500K white point and sRGB gamma out of the box, which leads to excellent deltaE numbers. Default SDR performance is only let down by an unclamped color gamut rather than a restriction to sRGB, which leads to some oversaturation. With that said this is one of the more accurate oversaturated results, if that's a thing. It’s an overall exceptional SDR gaming monitor, but there are better HDR displays around this price range. Specifications Screen Size We do like the rear design used by LG, we've never been fans of "gamer" designs, but we feel LG is creating a subtle but still gaming look that we quite like. The flat plastic section has a nice pattern integrated into the design, and the angular raised bit is flanked on either side by RGB LED lighting that's integrated well. The front is pretty barebones with standard bezels around the panel. The monitor uses matte anti-glare coating which isn't the best, it reflects more than the average amount of diffuse lighting, but depending on your setup this might not be an issue. The LG UltraGear 32GQ950 is a high-end 4K gaming monitor equipped with top-end features. 4K gaming is becoming increasingly popular thanks to new flagship GPUs such as Nvidia's RTX 4090, so this sort of 32-inch model may tempt you if you're upgrading your gaming setup or looking for something versatile for content creation.

Iam coming from an Acer X27 to this. My first thought is that a 32 inch is the absolute Sweet Spot from sitting 18" to 2 Feet away. At this distance the Size Feel Huge Clear and perfect. As for the M27U, it's very similar to the ASUS ROG Swift PG27UQR as it's also excellent for gaming, but there are some minor differences. It has less HDMI 2.1 bandwidth than the ASUS, as it only supports 24 Gbps of bandwidth compared to 48 Gbps on the ASUS. This doesn't make a big difference, as you can still reach its max 160Hz refresh rate with 4k signals, but your graphics card needs to use compression for those signals. It can negatively impact picture quality, but it isn't a significant difference.

At 120Hz which is a typical console refresh rate, the LG 32GQ950 is excellent and delivers great speed from an LCD. This is a well suited monitor for both PC and console use. At 60Hz we also see good performance with low overshoot, I'd have this right up there as far as 4K LCDs go, LG has done a great job with performance tuning. There's also an annoying automatic standby setting which will turn the display off after 4 hours regardless of what is happening, and that's enabled by default. We wondered why sometimes the 32GQ950 would randomly turn off and we thought it was a firmware issue, but it turns out it's just this setting, which we recommend you to disable. Display Performance One of the features LG has touted with this new generation of displays is an ATW polarizer, or Advanced True Wide polarizer. This is a technology designed to reduce IPS glow which is a common complaint from IPS monitors, as well as improve contrast when viewed at off angles. While the 32GQ950 does have great viewing angles, I didn't see much of an improvement relative to other IPS LCDs. So I have had the Lg 32GQ950 for a week now. Some initial thoughts and hopefully some points that might help some people on making a decision. Expand your point of view with LG monitors that adapt to the needs of business users, gamers, graphic artists and multimedia enthusiasts alike. Discover computer monitors with slim designs, striking color and life-like motion for an optimal viewing experience.

Besides that, the Sony is an excellent gaming monitor, and while it has worse motion handling than the Samsung, it's still good enough that you won't see much blur. It also has HDMI 2.1 bandwidth that lets it take full advantage of gaming consoles and modern graphics cards. Because it's a Sony product, it also has a few features you can only use with the PS5, like Auto HDR Tone Mapping, which optimizes the HDR performance according to different games. There's really a lot to like here and among the 32-inch 4K monitors we've tested, this is definitely the one we'd recommend for non-HDR use based on its performance and the overall experience it offers. All of this performance is available at a typical power consumption level for a 32" 4K panel, it's not the most efficient option we've seen, but I don't have any complaints given it sits somewhere in the middle. LG 5K monitors are a great option for gamers, photographers & graphic designers. Our 4K & 5K gaming monitors have an excellent resolution & high refresh rate to enhance the user experience. Alternatively, you can use LG’s On-Screen Control or UltraGear Control Center desktop applications to make the adjustments via your keyboard/mouse.However, besides the trade-offs with the motion handling and input lag, the ASUS still offers excellent gaming performance that you'd expect from a 4k gaming monitor. It has HDMI 2.1 bandwidth to make full use of the PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and modern gaming PCs. It also delivers good picture quality with accurate colors and high peak brightness, but it has a terrible local dimming feature.

Connectivity options include two HDMI 2.1 ports with full 48 Gbps bandwidth, DisplayPort 1.4 with DSC, a dual-USB 3.0 hub and an audio line-out port with DTS Headphone:X support for 3D audio simulation. Price & Similar Monitors For full screen sustained brightness the 32GQ950 is a decent monitor offering 650 nits of brightness, which is similar to other products but not as good as the best LCDs. Peak flash brightness increases to 1175 nits, which is very good. 10% window brightness sits around 1000 nits too, so again this display is very much capable of the 1000 nits it advertises. The difference between sustained and peak brightness is typically around 400 nits at or below 25% window sizes, while the gap closes at smaller windows to the point where there's not much difference. This is equivalent to around 135% sRGB gamut size, so SDR content will have somewhat over-saturated colors, but you can use the provided sRGB emulation mode to clamp down the gamut to ~100% sRGB.Moving on, the LG 32GQ950 monitor has a wide color gamut covering 98% of the DCI-P3 color space for vibrant and saturated colors. How good the HDR experience will be depends significantly on the content you're viewing. Brightness is a non-issue on the 32GQ950, this one gets bright and delivers strong highlight performance. Real world content examples were often in the 600 to 800 nit range, which is similar to true HDR displays.

It’s factory-calibrated at Delta E < 5, which is more than good enough for basic content creation and gaming, but for high-end professional work, you’ll need a colorimeter to improve the accuracy a bit.

The best 4k gaming monitor we've tested is the Samsung Odyssey Neo G8 S32BG85, a fantastic gaming monitor with a 4k @ 240Hz refresh rate. While you still need a high-end graphics card to reach its max refresh rate, it's at least a good choice if you plan on upgrading your PC and don't want to buy a new monitor in the future. However, if you don't want such a high refresh rate, you can consider the Samsung Odyssey Neo G7 S32BG75, a very similar monitor with a 165Hz refresh rate instead, which also tends to cost less. Discover a richer, brighter, more detailed online experience. With an in-place switching IPS monitor, you can experience stunning images from any angle. On average across the refresh range the 32GQ950 performs well. While it is a mid-table performer using the Normal setting, it has exceptionally low overshoot. It's roughly 50% faster than older 32-inch 4K monitors like the Asus PG32UQ and MSI MPG321UR-QD, while also delivering less overshoot, so that's an excellent result. All of the monitors that beat it in response times have higher overshoot, except OLEDs, of course, and if we had used the Fast mode instead of Normal mode it would have come close to matching the Neo G7.