ASUS - ROG Strix 32" 4K OLED 240Hz 0.03ms Gaming Monitor with FreeSync Premium Pro and HDR (DisplayPort, HDMI) - Black

My son had been frustrated for almost a year because of the lag on a cheap computer monitor since he plays Rivals. This computer monitor and setup has solved all those problems and no more frustration.

I can't compliment enough about OLED. Asus really creates PCs and components for gaming. Setup was super easy... Plug and play with windows 11. Auto recognition and self driver installation. I added the Asus Display widget to get full access to the monitors customization. The Asus Amory software did not pick this up for any customization options. Just for registration. So I had to use their Asilus Display widget program for customization. Going on YouTube and streaming 8k videos is stellar and vibrant. Super nice rich colors. Near proximity sensor to trim off screen to prevent burn in. Switching to game play. Zero lag and response time is great... Again colors are rich and vibrant. Playing my kids Geometry Dash and my Rainbow Six games were flawless. Connection ability is great. 1 USB b3 2 USB 3 2 HDMI 1 Sport 1 headphone jack Monitor itself is super light and thin. The desk stand is easy to use and put together. Rotating the screen either clockwise or counterclockwise is super limited it only adjust very little so definitely you can't use for long document readin. Also twisting in and and out on both left and right is about 25 degrees. Up and down is pretty decent travel. Viewing angles are good no side view cutoff. Only other wish I had for the monitor is for it to have lighting on the back of the monitor that is customizable. Other than that. OLED is bar far more superior compared to the other technology currently in the market in my opinion.

Curved vs Flat? Glossy vs Matte? For several months, I've been using an Alienware 3225QF 32" OLED display and I've really enjoyed it. My wife has also been eyeing it up as she wants an OLED for her gaming station too so I picked up the Asus ROG Strix XG32UQDMS 32" OLED and we both decided I would try and test both and see the pros and cons and then she would decide which one she wants. Asus has the "brown box" experience down to a science with many of their items. Very basic and plain on the outside reserving all the magic for inside the box. Inside, you get your display, stand, cables and a nice little zip up case to hold all your accessories and what Asus ROG item wouldn't be complete with a nice smattering of Asus stickers? Setup is a breeze and completely toolless. The display is much lighter than the Alienware and because it doesn't have such a heavy duty back and mild curve, you can place the display farther back easier on your desk or it can fit a smaller desk. The design is all black except for the lit Asus logo on the bottom that turns light red when off/standby and the classic intense red when on. I like this. Since the XG32UQDMS uses the same 3rd generation QD-LED panel as the Alienware, the specs are fairly similar. Inky blacks, 10-bit color, 240hz, good HDR and gorgeous. It really comes down to if you want matte over glossy or flat over a 1700r curve and then some QOL things to bring it home. I logged many hours playing WoW and Fallout 76 in 4k Ultra with HDR on w/ SDR gaming HDR enhancements on and the colors are gorgeous, detailed and well lit as only OLED can deliver. After a solid week plus of going back and forth, I am sold on the Asus over the Alienware for several reasons: I find the matte display to be superior in my mildly lit room with reflections minized and the colors more muted and life like in a good way. I am glad to be back to a flat display which is my preferred choice if pushed. The smaller depth allows me to place it better on my desk. It runs cooler and uses an external power adapter vs integrated in the Alienware and removes a point of failure if the power supply fails and you need to replace it. OLED Panel Lottery is always in play and after calibrating both, I actually find the matte panel colors are a bit more even (calibration/reading approved) and pops a bit more with bright/white images; when gaming, I was met with what I now realize is a bit too much gloss that makes things look a bit unrealistic and cartoonish on the Alienware. In Alienware's defense, I've long preferred matte panels for decades. Lastly, the Dell display is constantly trying to use Windows Updates to force all types of extensions and Alienware Command Center (ACC) on your system. It is a constant battle till you end up just turning off third party extension/software updates. The Asus offers/suggests their widget software but after suggesting it once, that is it and it can be downloaded at your discretion from their website. This is the right way to do it. The few complaints I slowly gathered about the Alienware have all been addressed with the Asus. Luckily for me, my wife preferred the Alienware for many of the reasons I picked the Asus. She prefers the slight curve and glossy panel (she uses her computer in the dark) as she says it makes it easier for her to read edge text, so happiness continues to reign supreme in our household.

This is my first 4K monitor and I'm really happy with how everything looks on it as my main monitor. I even retired my ultra-wide curved monitor (3840x1440) to a secondary monitor because I like the 16:9 aspect for gaming and how crisp everything looks on this 4K. Setup is simple as any monitor setup. Plug in the power, plug in the DisplayPort/HDMI and optionally plug in the USB. Power it up and it's ready to go. There's a lot of settings to play around with to tweak things just how you like it but, luckily, there's a lot of different presets that might be good for you depending on the type of game you're playing. Even cooler (something I haven't seen on a lot of other monitors) is you can install their DisplayWidget Center app and tweak most of those settings from your computer without needing to fiddle with the little joystick behind the monitor. Everything looks really nice and sharp right off the bat but you could also spend all day playing with settings to see if you can squeeze a tiny bit more out of your picture. I found cinema mode to be really nice to look at when watching movies. Some of the gaming presets do some things I'm not a huge fan of (like cranking up the brightness). I'm definitely looking for visual fidelity and accuracy over one more kill because my screen was brighter than the sun. But that's just a me thing so if you're looking for any possible competitive advantage, you might like those things more. Speaking of competitive advantages, like a lot of monitors these days, this one has things like an FPS counter, a crosshair and even a "sniper" zoom that creates a small zoomed in box in the middle of the screen for you. Again, I don't personally like these features as they come off as a bit too cheaty and I'd rather "git gud" instead. But I can see why some people might like these things. It's really true that once you go OLED you can't go back. HDR and OLED on this monitor really shine through as you can't get blacker than the blacks and the contrast on HDR videos and games just doesn't look better on any other monitor I've seen. I'm about to sit back and watch a bunch of movies and replay a bunch of games that I've already gone through just to see them look even better. I really don't know what else to say. If I have to find something to complain about, it's something that I've seen on mutliple really nice monitors lately and that's the area where your ports are located is too low on the monitor and it's pretty much impossible to hide your cables entirely without buying special cables with right angles or something. It's really a baffling trend that I've seen as it seems like there's no thought given to how your completed monitor setup looks after all the thought given to the rest of the design and feature set. I have my monitor hanging on the wall and it really is impossible to make the DisplayPort and HDMI cables not peak out of the bottom of the monitor a little bit. I just wish the ports were higher up to give room for the plugs and then curving the cable up and out of the way. Bottom line here. This is a beast of a monitor. The picture is gorgeous. The colors are fantastic and vivid. The blacks are black. The HDR looks amazing. Everything (aside from the visible cables) is great and if you're looking for an amazing gaming monitor, you should definitely give this one a look.

This monitor just make color look amazing. Its like when you got to the store and look at the OLED TV's, and then the other cheap ones, you see how much better the OLED is. When I turn on my games that looked decent before, they look so much better with the vibrant colors. Since if 4k, you also get crazy clear view too on top of the great looking colors. The 240 Mhz refresh rate is great too, and makes my games look smooth. Now I can't just say all good things about the monitor. I would have preferred extra wide, so if you've used an extra wide monitor this is back to "normal" so a little less view side to side. The other thing I'm not the biggest fan of is the placement of the buttons, and when you do go to turn off the monitor, is a button on the back and you need to press two buttons to make it happen. One important thing when you get this monitor, is to download the drivers and the Display Widget Center app that comes with it. Windows doesn't recognize the monitor when plugged in the DP, and adding the app and drivers you get the correct settings in windows that you don't get if you just plug it in. The Display Widget Center isn't the greatest looking app, but it does help with all the settings as the buttons are a bit of a pain to work with, so avoiding those is great. I didn't like the multi screen, but changing settings otherwise is fine. Overall, if you're looking for a good looking monitor and want to get an OLED one, this is a great choice. Just make sure to get the drivers and app once you get it.