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... he is asking in the 32" 4K thread. :-P Edit: And then I noticed it was the OP asking... For gaming 1440P is good, for desktop work - especially small text/PDF based - my change from 30" 1600P to 32" 4K (=same height) is noticeable.

That's just 32% more power for 4% more performance compared to my undervolted 13900K. These top-of-the-line CPUs are overclocked out of factory and very long past the point of diminishing returns.

It works if you are sitting close enough, but is rather small. Keep in mind that Windows 11 not only allows to set a DPI to scale everything, but also allows to scale text separately.

Both 1440P and 4K are 16:9, so they use the same FOV. You could use a wider resolution on the X32 with black bars above and below to get a wider FOV. Several games also allow to change the FOV via in-game settings.

IPS glow of Acer X32 FP vs. Cooler Master GP27U with local dimming enabled:

Apart from not liking your snarky and ignorant remark: these images were shot with local dimming enabled, with the usual caveat of camera exposure emphasizing things. Thanks for your show of armchair attitude. You may move on in your life now.

Ignore the white-balance differences. These are IPS glow differences between the CM GP27U vs. Acer X32 FP in a dark room (no reflections!) using the same camera exposure settings:

You could take a look at IPS panels with ATW polarizer that suppress IPS glow (turns brighter whitish glow into subdued colored glow). That might increase the number of potential alternatives. If you are in no hurry then wait for next year when not only the new OLED are coming out, but...

If you are not in a hurry then I would wait until next year. The supposed 32" 240 Hz OLEDs panels will push competition and more mini LED panels with increased zone count may arrive (Acer offers one in China already).

It supports Freesync (as does the Acer) which works with NVidia Gsync just the same. My 2070 Super has issues with the Acer implementation, though, while the Asus worked better. But 30 and 40 series users have reported that they could not reproduce my 2070 based problems with their Acers.

I tried the PF32uqxR, the Cooler Master GP27U, the Corsair 32UHD144 (edge instead of mini LED) and Acer X32 FP. The Acer offers the best compromise of the three. It's cheaper than the Asus while using the same panel, it's local dimming algorithm is dark biases, which may not be for everyone, but...

Thanks for sharing. I don't switch input via DDC, but I change brightness via DDC. Unfortunately this is only possible for SDR mode. If you try to change brightness via DDC in HDR mode then the monitor switches to User mode and thus loses HDR lighting, aka everything gets dark. So watch out for...

So when the front glas is not laminated to the pixel panel - or at least closer - you get better backlight uniformity? On a mini LED panel?

What's up with monitors putting the pixel-panel so far in front of the backlight that wide viewing angles make pixels vanish to the sides? I mean, it's kind of a "hologram" like experience seeing the pixels float in space from the sides, but the outer pixels becoming invisible at some point...

After setting up the Cooler Master Tempest GP27U side-by-side with the Acer X32 FP it becomes obvious why a polarizer filter is very beneficial for mini LED panels. I always wondered why reviewers emphasize that mini LED local dimming halo was especially visible from larger viewing angles?! Now...

Originally I thought that the subdued colored IPS glow on the 576 zones panels in the Asus PG32uqxR and Acer X32 FP was due to using mini LED, the latter specifically having local dimming disabled. But then I saw IPS glow pictures of the 1152 zones AOC PD32M, which was far more traditional (not...

The Corsair 32UHD144 cost 100 EUR less with flat rectangle stand compared to the bulky one 2 months ago. The difference even increased to 160 EUR now. There likely is less wiggle with the bulky stand, though. On the other hand 160 EUR buys you a proper desktop monitor arm or B-stock Acer X32 FP...

It's also worth mentioning that you can set custom scaling percentage, not just use the predefined coarse steps.

You can trick custom timings for both HDR and DSC modes by creating them in non DSC SDR mode. In HDR mode they stay accessible via both Windows display prefs and NVcontol panel, in DSC mode they stay available in Windows display prefs only. And for whatever reason the combination of my 2070S...

At this point I am pretty sure that the vertical lines that sometimes appear on the Acer X32 FP are FRC related. This is why they get worse at lower refresh-rates. Additionally FRC seems to employ averaging over multiple consecutive frames, which is why the lines vanish after a short time with...

I received a third unit (C) of the X32 FP. Most things seem to be similar to the second unit (B) with these exceptions: - On a fullscreen black image unit C show more backlight bleeding in the upper right and lower left corners, but a bit less light clouding in the other corners. With Windows...

Acer X32 FP, fullscreen black, local dimming black-level increase per Brightness setting. LED zones are only completely disabled in SDR mode below Brightness value 21 and never completely disabled in HDR mode. SDR: (0-20 off), 21, 40, 59, 80, 100 HDR: (0-6 still on), 7, 16, 24, 32, 40, 48, 56...

Seems to work fine on my Acer X32 FP here. The main difference is HDR mode clamping Windows desktop to sRGB, which feels considerably desaturated for a short while when you switch from SDR mode using 86% BT.2020. This is why I suggested to crank the saturation slider in the HDR Calibration tool...

With your setup (judging from the photo) you could try to run 4K in side-by-side mode. This way you can move the 4K image to the right half of the screen and thus closer to your desk's center.

I could not find a manual for the Samsung and don't own it myself, but a word of warning: If the monitor allows to change brightness in HDR mode then make sure that it does not disable local dimming alongside. This happens with the Asus PG32uqxR, but not with the Acer X32 FP (despite using the...

AutoHDR is invoked when you start games, a Windows notification usually pops up telling you that you are using it. A similar popup may sometimes appear even when AutoHDR is disabled trying to push you into using it. For better desktop HDR use specifically and HDR use in general you need to...

Well... the local dimming backlight of the Asus PG32uqxR does *not* react to the OSD. So when you show a fullscreen black image and then open the OSD the corresponding zones will not light up.

I had both side by side. More blooming on the Asus, more dark bias on the Acer. Much of what we perceive as blooming is color shift, though, like this white text on dark gray background. Unfortunately the Acer adds dark blooming around its bright blooming, which makes it all even more visible...

Acer X32 FP backlight escapes between panel and frame:

The uqxR is not dark biased like the X32 FP is. You get visibly more blooming, but also considerably less lowering of brightness in dimmed zones. As mentioned before the color shift is much more of a problem than the blooming with these mini LED monitors. The uqxR also suffers from other issues...

"Is DisplayPort 2.1 really needed here? Is it even really being offered?" Simple answer: the uqxR is shipped with a DP40 cable, aka UHBR 10 at max.

Acer X32 unit A vs. B:

The Asus uqxR costs over 20-25% more than the Acer X32 FP despite using the same panel. So there is an extra Asus ROG tax. I first bought the Asus hoping for better firmware than the Acer, but in the end it was the other way around for both firmware and at least the noisy part of the hardware...

I looked further into the Brightness 97-100 on the X32 getting darker within 30 seconds issue. It only happens when local dimming is disabled, but also happens connected to the Intel iGPU via HDMI then.

Regular price of the Acer is 1300-1450 EUR. I got the first unit for 1300 and just got lucky to find the second unit as "new B-stock" (looks like opened box only). I will return the first and likely have to keep the second while trying to get push for another firmware update (there were multiple...

The PG32UQX likely isn't 4500 EUR vs. 1050 EUR (price for the 2nd X32) better for my non professional color work use case, though. The X32 comes with compromises, but it also comes 3000-3500 EUR cheaper. Might be better to get a new graphic-card for that money, as 30 and 40 series users could...

My second X32 unit arrives a few days ago. Here are some comparisons of the second unit (B) to my first unit (A). The Good (unit B vs. A): - Considerably better - but still somewhat mediocre - backlight bleed on B, which also leads to better native contrast in those edge areas. - Considerably...

There is a general eco mode ("Maximum Brightness"), but that one just limits the peak brightness you can set and I disabled it.

Worth mentioning that others cannot reproduce this on their units. Same as with my massive (!) VRR + DSC dropouts on a 2070 Super, not reproducible by users on 30 and 40 series cards at least. At the same time the Asus PG32uqxR (same panel) did not experience these dropouts. I will get a new...