PG32UQ - No Motion Blur Reduction

[SightUp]

I was thinking about this monitor. What are your thoughts?

 

https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/asus-rog-swift-pg32uqx-review

 

It says there are is no motion blur reduction but it also says there was no noticeable blur. I am so confused. Lol.

[Stahlmann]

1 hour ago, SightUp said:

I was thinking about this monitor. What are your thoughts?

 

https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/asus-rog-swift-pg32uqx-review

 

It says there are is no motion blur reduction but it also says there was no noticeable blur. I am so confused. Lol.

Motion blur reduction is backlight strobing, which introduces black frames in between the normal frames to improve motion clarity at the cost of introducing flickering. It's also not useable when G-Sync is enabled with most monitors (There are a few asus monitors that can do it with VRR enabled though).

 

As long as you're no high-end competitive gamer, this missing feature shouldn't be an issue for you in the first place. And if you'd be a competitive gamer, you wouldn't look at this monitor in the first place.

 

But as this monitor uses an older type of IPS panel it's quite a bit slower than the most current NanoIPS panels from LG and the FastIPS panels from AUO. So the slower pixels on this monitor introduce some motion blur.

 

From what i saw this monitor suffers from quite a bit of blooming. Likely because it's IPS and the low native contrast makes it easier for light to bleed through the pixels even though it shouldn't. 

 

If you're for the lookout of an HDR monitor i'd also take a look at the Asus PG35VQ or the Acer Predator X35. They're 200Hz VA ultrawide panels that have higher native contrast and can supress bloom quite a bit better, albeit not for the same brightness as the PG32UQX. The PG35VQ is "only" 1100nits peak, which is still enough as most HDR games are graded for 1000 nits and won't be brighter on the PG32UQX either way. (If the monitor processes the HDR input correctly, the maximum brightness is dependant on what the content creator mastered in. So the HDR1400 brightness won't do much either way). Plus i got my PG35VQ for half the price of a new PG32UQX.

[SolarNova]

Most BFI implementations on LCD displays cause strobe crosstalk, to vary degrees of severity.

In theory its a great feature, and when its properly synced with refresh rate, its works a charm, but in most cases its crap.

 

IMO your better of looking for the highest refresh and fast pixel response display u can get if u want the best moving image clarity.

 

The PG32UQX is a rather slow IPS display in regards to pixel response so its moving image isnt particularly clear even with OD enabled.