The hotly anticipated MSI MPG 321URX is lastly obtainable. That is the corporate’s tackle a 32-inch 4K 240Hz QD-OLED gaming monitor, utilizing new third-gen QD-OLED panels from Samsung. Properly, we must always say one of MSI’s takes on this format, as additionally they have the MAG 321UPX within the works, scheduled for launch later this 12 months.
At the least 5 makers are set to launch new displays utilizing this panel. We have already checked out the Asus PG32UCDM and there are new fashions from Dell, Samsung, and Gigabyte which were introduced or launched, so it will be fascinating to see the variations in efficiency and the options MSI has included to face out from the pack.
The MPG 321URX has generated additional curiosity because of its value. Earlier this 12 months, we had anticipated this monitor would value round $1,200, which is the everyday going price ticket for this type of monitor. However MSI modified their thoughts and launched it for $950 within the US, a way more aggressive value level that undercuts the competitors.
Sadly although, this seems to be restricted to america as a result of taking a look at different areas, equivalent to Europe and Australia, the MPG 321URX is promoting above 1200 euros, and in Australia it is at the moment on sale for $2,200 AUD, or the equal of $1,300 USD. That is going to considerably have an effect on our conclusion relying on whether or not you could have entry to $950-level pricing or not.
Specs and Design
The monitor design makes use of a typical OLED format that we have seen throughout numerous merchandise. The entrance is dominated by the big 32-inch panel with slim bezels on all sides and with the gray backside bezel I believe it seems to be fairly good, with a premium contact. That is regardless of the stand being principally black plastic, with related supplies used for the rear part.
On the rear we’ve the “central field” design that homes all of the parts, then the OLED panel extends outwards from there with a pleasant slim aesthetic. The MSI mannequin’s panel is noticeably thinner than the Asus we reviewed not too long ago, at simply 4mm thick versus 8mm on the Asus, although each have that spectacular futuristic slim panel look.
The rear field is nothing particular, a mishmash of various plastic finishes and vents together with a small RGB LED part with the MSI emblem in it. It does not look unhealthy, but it surely’s the skinny OLED panel doing the heavy lifting.
The stand is sturdy and gives vary of adjustability together with peak, tilt, swivel and a small quantity of pivot though you may’t orient this monitor into portrait with out VESA mounting it. The MSI mannequin will get barely taller than the Asus when it comes to most peak. The stand base is a square-ish design, so it does not take up as a lot desk width, but it surely does occupy a little bit of desk space relative to ‘legged’ designs.
Connectivity
For ports we’ve a good choice: one DisplayPort 1.4 with DSC, two HDMI 2.1 48 Gbps ports with DSC, and a USB-C port that helps DP-Alt mode and as much as 90W of energy supply. As well as we get a two port USB 2.0 hub and a headphone jack.
Each DisplayPort and HDMI permit you to run the monitor on the most 240Hz refresh price with out compromises, and with the addition of a bunch of USB ports, a KVM change can be included.
The OSD is controllable by means of a directional toggle behind the MSI emblem on the entrance. It is a comparatively simple to navigate OSD and its good to see settings preserved within the SDR and HDR modes. It makes use of MSI’s typical interface with their normal set of options, so we get a crosshair, refresh price readout, sniper mode, shadow boosting, low blue gentle and so forth. Colour controls are common and in contrast to the Asus mannequin we do not get black body insertion help.
Clearly a giant speaking level with the brand new 4K QD-OLEDs is textual content high quality. Transferring to a 3840 x 2160 decision at this measurement is equal to 140 PPI, a 27% enchancment in pixel density in comparison with 110 PPI 27-inch class 1440p OLEDs we had earlier than. Subpixel construction enhancements launched with 2nd-gen QD-OLED, and carried by means of to this Third-gen panel, additionally improve the obvious pixel density for textual content and excessive distinction edges relative to first-gen panels and WOLEDs.
I used to be genuinely fairly impressed with the textual content readability on this 4K QD-OLED monitor, which gives the identical expertise because the Asus PG32UCDM and others utilizing this panel. The slight pink-green fringing you see on first-gen QD-OLED ultrawides, and to a lesser extent the 2nd-gen variants, is quite a bit much less noticeable at this 140 PPI pixel density.
As somebody that discovered the fringing points with preliminary QD-OLEDs extra noticeable than others, I would say it is virtually a non-issue right here and never one thing you may spot in on a regular basis utilization, even when utilizing the panel beside a conventional LCD with an RGB stripe subpixel structure.
Utilizing it alongside a 32-inch IPS LCD I assumed the textual content readability and high quality from this QD-OLED was very related, maybe not fairly nearly as good or an identical to the IPS, however adequate to fulfill me (and I believe I am fairly delicate to these items).
The textual content readability is nice sufficient that it’s best to be capable to use the 321URX at all kinds of scaling components in Home windows. The default is 150%, however I usually use a 32-inch 4K panel at 125% and that appears nice.
Even at 100% scaling, textual content may be very readable and does not endure from artifacts which can be too annoying. The smaller you go, the tougher it’s to maintain up with LCDs, however I would nonetheless give a tick right here for 100% scaling usability. All up, I would say this 32-inch 4K QD-OLED panel is the primary OLED panel I’ve used to offer textual content readability that is not a downgrade from an equal LCD.
For panel composition and coating, that is your basic Samsung QD-OLED panel expertise, which is to say it is shiny with an “anti-reflective” floor remedy. Whereas Samsung are calling this a “Third-generation” QD-OLED panel, the composition seems an identical to 2nd-gen QD-OLED, which itself is a small enchancment over first-gen QD-OLED.
What this implies is the panel has the identical points described in earlier QD-OLED opinions. In brighter environments the place gentle sources are in entrance of the show, the panel tends to mirror ambient gentle, elevating blacks to the purpose the place they seem considerably gray.
This impacts one of many key promoting factors to getting an OLED, which is its deep blacks; they simply will not be that wealthy or deep in brighter circumstances, particularly relative to shiny WOLED panels. Normal reflection dealing with is first rate so mirror-like reflections aren’t too unhealthy, although being a shiny panel there may be all the time going to some quantity of seen outlined reflections which worsen the brighter the circumstances are.
Nonetheless the problems with the coating might be minimized by optimizing the location of sunshine sources within the room in order that lights are behind the show. The darker the setting, equivalent to gaming in a dim or totally darkish room, the higher this QD-OLED panel seems to be and in dim circumstances you’ll usually get a wealthy, deep OLED black expertise. It is actually onerous to say whether or not this can be a difficulty for you as it may be a case by case foundation.
Personally, I do discover it annoying and one of many bigger points with QD-OLED panels, however for those who primarily recreation at night time it isn’t anyplace close to as a lot of a priority. On the very least it is one thing to concentrate on.
What’s additionally necessary to concentrate on is that OLEDs usually aren’t nice displays for desktop utilization, productiveness apps and internet searching as a result of they’re vulnerable to everlasting burn in – and this new 4K QD-OLED isn’t any exception. Something with static content material like toolbars or icons on display screen for a protracted time frame, such as you get with most desktop functions, is prone to burning in.
Conversely, dynamic content material like gaming or watching movies is at virtually no threat of burn in, so don’t fret about this for those who’re primarily utilizing an OLED for gaming. Even the occasional little bit of desktop app utilization is ok, it is extra 8 hours a day of productiveness work which will result in burn in and that is one thing we’ll be exploring quickly.
The 321URX consists of what MSI describe as “OLED Care 2.0”, which is probably the most function wealthy set of burn in mitigation methods I’ve seen up to now. This consists of normal stuff like pixel shifting, static display screen detection and dimming, and pixel refresh. On high of this we get multi-logo detection, boundary detection and taskbar detection. A number of of those settings have customizable ranges so you may select how a lot varied areas can be dimmed, or how lengthy they take to come back into impact.
It stays to be seen what impact these options may have on burn in over a protracted time frame, however they do work to some extent. For instance, the taskbar detection function set to its most dimming degree drops the brightness of a Home windows 11 taskbar in gentle mode by 20-25%, whereas sustaining the identical brightness in app home windows. Nonetheless it does not all the time activate, for instance if your entire display screen is white and the taskbar can be vibrant, it most likely will not dim the taskbar. It additionally was much less efficient when utilizing a darker taskbar. Nonetheless, for some use instances and circumstances this could possibly be higher than nothing.
Nonetheless I ought to level out that many of those options are disabled by default, so it is value going into the OLED Care part of the OSD and turning on a few of these issues as you see match.
As for burn in guarantee, MSI are providing a 3 12 months guarantee with the 321URX that covers burn in as clearly acknowledged on their web site. This offers you some peace of thoughts that it’s best to be capable to use the show usually and never have to fret about burn in, and for those who do expertise burn in, you’ll file a guaranty declare.
With that mentioned, we would nonetheless advocate making an attempt to reduce burn in throughout utilization, like minimizing the taskbar, setting the show to show off after a brief interval of inactivity and decreasing static app utilization. This could assist prolong the lifetime of your monitor past the three 12 months guarantee interval.
Response Time Efficiency
When it comes to response time efficiency, it is no shock to see this QD-OLED panel providing lightning quick speeds, much like different QD-OLEDs we have examined. At its most 240Hz refresh price, we’re seeing a 0.3ms common response which is extraordinarily quick and that results in wonderful movement readability.
With no noticeable inverse ghosting, this MSI mannequin is on par with different OLEDs for pace, and superior to any LCD on the similar refresh price. You may additionally discover higher movement readability on the highest refresh price than first-generation QD-OLEDs, because of the enhance from 175Hz to 240Hz.
The very best a part of how OLEDs operate is that efficiency is mainly an identical in any respect refresh charges. This implies whether or not we’re testing at 240Hz, 120Hz or 60Hz, we’re nonetheless seeing a few 0.3ms response time common. LCDs usually get slower because the refresh price decreases however this is not the case right here, so the 321URX gives a single overdrive mode expertise – with none overdrive settings in fact, as they are not required for an OLED.
There may be successfully no distinction in response time efficiency between this QD-OLED and different OLED displays. Because the 321URX has a excessive 240Hz refresh price, you may guarantee when shopping for this show that its movement readability is superb. The place the massive distinction lies is between OLED and LCD. This MSI monitor is way sooner than the quickest LCD I’ve examined, which is a giant win for OLED, and it solely will get higher when taking a look at common efficiency. Whereas LCDs do get a bit slower at decrease refresh charges, OLEDs do not, so the hole between OLED and LCD grows. If you need a extremely constant gaming expertise out of your monitor, there is not any more sensible choice than an OLED.
It is also good to substantiate wonderful cumulative deviation outcomes, although no totally different from most different OLEDs. As anticipated this actually is similar know-how that delivers the identical response time efficiency as different QD-OLED ultrawides.
Enter latency is superb, providing a sub 0.5ms processing delay in each the SDR and HDR modes. Mixed with quick response occasions and a excessive refresh price, this OLED feels very snappy to make use of and is effectively suited to aggressive multiplayer titles, though the decision could forestall excessive ranges of efficiency with out upscaling. That is as quick as you may get on a 4K monitor proper now, though for excessive avid gamers there’s additionally the dual-mode 480Hz shows coming later within the 12 months, we’re about to check some 360Hz QD-OLEDs and there is additionally 540Hz LCDs in the marketplace at a 1080p decision – loads of decisions for these which can be latency delicate.
Energy consumption is on the excessive facet when displaying a full white picture, though that is to be anticipated from OLED displays the place full white is a worst case state of affairs. The MSI mannequin can be actually no totally different from the Asus when it comes to energy. Full white energy consumption is about thrice what you’d see from a contemporary environment friendly 4K IPS LCD of the identical measurement such because the LG 32GR93U, clearly not best for productiveness work, although energy consumption varies primarily based on APL so typical utilization goes to be extra within the 40-80 watt vary relying on how a lot white is on display screen. That is nonetheless larger than the most effective LCDs of right now, however not as outrageous.
Colour Efficiency
Colour House: MSI MPG 321URX – D65-P3
The colour house on supply from these new 4K QD-OLED panels is similar to earlier QD-OLEDs. We’re getting 99.1% protection of DCI-P3, and 97.6% protection of Adobe RGB, each sturdy outcomes for work in these shade areas or for viewing HDR content material. In whole I noticed 79.7% protection of Rec. 2020 which once more is similar to earlier QD-OLEDs. This panel know-how has a notably larger shade gamut than WOLED, and there is an excellent larger discrepancy in HDR shade quantity which additionally components in brightness at varied shade outputs. QD-OLEDs can usually get a lot brighter than WOLED when displaying extremely saturated colours.
Default Colour Efficiency
Manufacturing unit calibration on this MSI monitor is common to good. Greyscale efficiency is first rate, with an appropriate shade temperature and okay gamma although it could possibly be improved. DeltaE efficiency is affordable right here. Nonetheless like with numerous gaming displays, the SDR mode doesn’t use an sRGB or Rec.709 gamut clamp by default, so numerous content material can be oversaturated because it will get expanded as much as fill the very extensive gamut of this monitor. Some folks like this impact, though it isn’t particularly correct and might trigger points with pores and skin tones in YouTube movies for instance.
In comparison with different displays the 321URX’s grayscale efficiency is mid tier, not too unhealthy although not within the elite tier from the manufacturing facility. ColorChecker efficiency is typical of a QD-OLED monitor with accuracy points largely stemming from its extensive shade gamut.
Calibration might be considerably improved in SDR functions by utilizing MSI’s inbuilt sRGB mode, although this does have some drawbacks in comparison with different OLED fashions. Particularly, MSI locks some settings equivalent to white steadiness, so if there are variances between models you will not be capable to right this within the {hardware} settings. This appears pointless as many different OLEDs ship with totally unlocked sRGB modes, or just supply a shade gamut toggle.
sRGB Mode Colour Efficiency
Nonetheless the excellent news it the sRGB mode has wonderful accuracy. Grayscale efficiency is unbelievable with excellent monitoring of the sRGB gamma curve and shade temperature, resulting in low deltaEs. When taking a look at saturation and ColorChecker charts we additionally see nice gamut clamping and good tuning for the colour primaries, so general calibration on this mode is superb. At the least for my unit this implies the locked setting concern is much less annoying, however I would nonetheless wish to see all settings obtainable right here simply in case different models do not ship fairly as effectively calibrated.
The 321URX is a chart topper when evaluating this sRGB mode to others, outperforming the PG32UCDM in grayscale accuracy. ColorChecker outcomes are additionally wonderful, although this time on par with the Asus mannequin which additionally delivers nice manufacturing facility tuning on this mode.
Calibrated Colour Efficiency
Calibration might be improved barely by means of a full Calman go, although for many customers I believe the sRGB mode can be ample for SDR apps. Calibration on this approach is extra helpful for people who want extensive gamut help, as it may well tidy up issues there and with 99% protection of DCI-P3 you may get fairly good outcomes if you wish to work in that gamut, burn in threat apart.
Most brightness within the SDR mode is typical of a QD-OLED panel, coming in at 238 nits. That is round 5% shy of the 250 nits claimed, however simply three p.c under what I noticed from the PG32UCDM and actually most of those displays are inside 20 nits of each other. This is not overly vibrant in comparison with LCDs, however I discovered it ample for desktop utilization in my effectively lit workplace. Additionally, not like the Asus mannequin, the MSI mannequin has an all the time disabled computerized brightness limiter within the SDR mode, so there is not any uniform brightness setting however the monitor is simply capped to 238 nits most. Plenty of different QD-OLEDs function this fashion and I’ve no points with it as a result of I might all the time advocate utilizing the uniform brightness setting for non-HDR utilization.
Minimal brightness is excellent for people who wish to use the show at night time, coming in at 30 nits, although relative to different OLEDs it is on the upper facet. Black ranges, as anticipated from an OLED, are successfully zero.
I used to be very impressed with the viewing angles of this panel, they’re very extensive which makes it simple to view the show even at fairly excessive angles, it actually seems to be wonderful. This additionally means that there’s a giant candy spot for viewing this QD-OLED and you will not discover points like the perimeters being barely decrease distinction or a bit washed out, which might be a difficulty with some flat LCD panels, significantly VAs. Uniformity was additionally excellent with my unit, good and uniform viewing full white and no soiled display screen impact viewing darkish greys.
HDR Efficiency
The MSI 321URX is a superb HDR show. This is because of OLED know-how’s inherent {hardware} qualities which can be tailored for displaying HDR content material. The important thing function right here is that every particular person pixel is self lit, which means at a pixel degree the show can activate or off to precisely show every part from darkish shadows to vibrant highlights. When the show wants to point out pure black, it may well totally change off, giving us the trademark wealthy zero-level blacks and deep shadows that OLED is understood for.
That is in distinction to most HDR succesful LCD panels, which aren’t totally controllable on the pixel degree. LCDs require a backlight, and for HDR shows this usually means the usage of full array native dimming, a know-how that splits the backlight into zones. Whereas OLED can flip off every pixel individually, LCDs with native dimming can solely flip off sure zones encompassing a whole bunch and even 1000’s of pixels. This may nonetheless be efficient for HDR content material and look nice, but it surely has some basic flaws in tough circumstances. For instance, when exhibiting a vibrant and darkish ingredient shut collectively, an OLED can management every pixel as wanted with a clear, correct distinction between vibrant and darkish. LCDs with native dimming must masterfully management the zones to realize the mandatory distinction between vibrant and darkish, and when the ingredient is just too small or not within the optimum place, the intense ingredient can spill into the darkish space throughout the backlight zone, creating ugly blooming artifacts.
OLED due to this fact has the sting with regards to displaying clear HDR content material with minimal blooming or haloing. In some scenes this would be the distinction between raised blacks and deep blacks, equivalent to for starfields and Christmas lights. At different occasions, OLED can have a brightness benefit for small vibrant objects inside a darkish scene. Subtitles will look cleaner on an OLED with diminished blooming. And customarily, OLEDs produce richer shadows because of its inherently larger distinction ratio.
Except for brightness and shadow element, OLEDs additionally produce other benefits for HDR. As there aren’t any backlight zones, OLEDs are sooner to transition between vibrant and darkish with no seen zone transitions. OLEDs are a lot much less more likely to endure from backlight flickering, though gentle PWM conduct particularly when utilizing a variable refresh price is widespread. And OLEDs like this one don’t enhance enter latency in its HDR mode, as they need not run a backlight zone algorithm.
The 321URX comes effectively configured for HDR out of the field, and has sleek, painless switching between the HDR and SDR modes that requires no person OSD interplay after you arrange every mode to your liking. MSI gives two HDR modes, a True Black 400 mode that caps the show to round 400 nits, and a Peak 1000 nits mode that unlocks the total brightness capabilities. Given the improved brightness on supply with the 1000 nit mode, that is the mode I would advocate folks use.
Accuracy within the 1000 nit mode is nice, with good monitoring although roll-off happens a bit of too early when testing at a ten% APL. Nonetheless, a very powerful a part of the luminance curve to get proper is the decrease half, which most content material makes use of the heaviest, and right here the MSI mannequin has wonderful monitoring, as seen at midnight monitoring charts. When testing at a 2% window measurement as an alternative of 10%, we see brightness now reaches 1000 nits, and accuracy is excellent right here, even higher than at 10%. This means to me that MSI centered their efforts on calibration at 2% in comparison with 10%; the reverse is true for the competing Asus mannequin the place 10% APL accuracy is healthier than 2%.
Colour accuracy within the HDR mode is nice with out being superb, saturation sweeps look affordable although deltaEs are larger than the PG32UCDM if that is one thing that issues to you. The Asus mannequin has wonderful HDR calibration, I would say the MSI mannequin is barely good on this space however nonetheless very usable for HDR gaming with no clear flaws or points like raised blacks, bizarre shade banding or washing out.
Panel brightness is successfully an identical within the HDR mode to different QD-OLEDs we have examined beforehand. Full display screen HDR brightness reaches 252 nits, and it is fascinating that HDR brightness right here is barely larger than within the SDR mode. At a ten% window measurement we see 464 nits which is normal for QD-OLED, although on the low facet in comparison with most different HDR shows and that is one space Samsung Show want to enhance with future panels. 2% window brightness hits 1014 nits which is as anticipated and much like different OLEDs.
This is the total brightness vs window measurement chart and actually I do not assume there are any surprises right here. Brightness may be very barely decrease than the Asus mannequin general, and relying on window measurement and the precise monitor we’re taking a look at, brightness is both higher or across the mark of WOLEDs. After all I am referring right here to white brightness, shade brightness continues to be superior on QD-OLED because it has a a lot larger shade quantity.
Actual scene brightness on the 321URX is nice, delivering 387 nits in scene 1, which is analogous to different OLEDs although under that of LCDs. Scene 2 is a low APL scene and exhibits the 321URX delivering 897 nits, much like different QD-OLEDs. Then whereas gaming I used to be in a position to obtain round 1000 nits of brightness, so good outcomes there.
HUB Necessities Guidelines
The ultimate part of this assessment is the HUB Necessities Guidelines 2.0. On this first half we’re assessing how correct MSI’s spec sheet is and in addition offering some extra data ourselves.
On the whole, MSI does an amazing job of promoting this monitor, exterior of unrealistic response time numbers. MSI claims manufacturing facility calibration and that seems true within the sRGB mode, clearly the monitor is able to true HDR, and brightness specs (whereas restricted) are correct.
The second part is our function help matrix. It is no shock to see an OLED performing effectively within the movement and distinction areas with a lot of inexperienced ticks. Nonetheless there is not any black body insertion mode obtainable right here.
Among the necessary areas MSI misses could be the shortage of an unlocked sRGB mode, the shortcoming to disable DSC within the OSD menu and run at a decrease refresh price with out DSC, and the shortage of help for Dolby Imaginative and prescient both within the present firmware or by means of a firmware replace. A few of MSI’s rivals both do supply Dolby Imaginative and prescient or have promised help sooner or later.
Nonetheless MSI additionally will get some issues proper. For instance, with the Asus mannequin I discovered brightness points whereas utilizing the monitor on an AMD GPU, and brightness efficiency variations between AMD and Nvidia GPUs. This isn’t the case on the 321URX, which delivers the identical brightness whether or not you utilize an Nvidia or AMD graphics card.
It is also a silent monitor with no lively cooling, it has nice textual content readability, and it has an amazing vary of inputs together with USB-C with energy supply and a KVM change.
What We Realized
General, the MSI MPG 321URX is one other wonderful 4K QD-OLED gaming monitor. Like the brand new Asus PG32UCDM we reviewed earlier than, the 321URX gives a big, high-res, quick gaming expertise with correct HDR performance. For prime-end patrons, this kind of monitor is an apparent selection as a result of it ticks so many packing containers and is effectively suited to all kinds of video games.
As a result of the MSI 321URX makes use of the identical Samsung Show QD-OLED panel because the Asus PG32UCDM and several other different displays, the fundamental efficiency traits are nice however not overly shocking. This is similar QD-OLED know-how we have come to like over the past 18 months, providing elite response time speeds, 1000 nits of peak brightness, and very good HDR efficiency (together with just a few flaws), simply scaled as much as a brand new measurement and backbone.
I have been extraordinarily impressed with the 32-inch 4K 240Hz QD-OLED panel within the MSI mannequin. I do not assume 4K gaming has ever regarded this good or this clear. A 240Hz refresh price with OLED-level response occasions at this decision results in elite movement readability with loads of headroom for future PC {hardware} upgrades. Even right now although you may entry the advantages of what this show gives at decrease refresh charges, the place QD-OLED nonetheless seems to be nice.
This permits the MSI 321URX to be effectively suited to all kinds of gaming. Aggressive multiplayer followers can benefit from the excessive refresh price, low enter latency and excellent movement readability of this show whereas having the flexibleness to run at as much as a transparent 4K decision if you wish to. For single participant avid gamers, the wealthy deep blacks, per pixel native dimming and vibrant highlights all contribute to a surprising, excessive decision true HDR expertise – all whereas sustaining elite readability in movement.
The elevated pixel density from this panel has large advantages for textual content readability and productiveness work as effectively, though there are nonetheless dangers utilizing an OLED for desktop apps, one thing we’ll be exploring quickly.
MSI gives a 3-year burn-in guarantee with this monitor and on high of that, among the most complete burn-in mitigation options we have seen. It stays to be seen whether or not it will forestall burn-in for desktop use long-term although, so till we get a greater grasp on how burn-in fares, I am nonetheless not snug recommending it for that particular use case.
Most of what we’re speaking about up thus far are inherent qualities of the QD-OLED panel, however MSI has additionally executed job with calibration, significantly within the SDR sRGB mode, whereas HDR calibration can be first rate and it does not endure from brightness points on AMD GPUs. There is a good vary of ports together with a KVM change and a pleasant sturdy stand.
When evaluating the 2 4K QD-OLEDs I’ve examined up to now, the MSI and Asus, there are actually extra similarities than variations because of the usage of the identical panel. The Asus PG32UCDM has considerably higher tuned HDR efficiency, an unlocked sRGB mode, ELMB black body insertion at 120Hz, and Asus has promised Dolby Imaginative and prescient help sooner or later.
The MSI mannequin has broader GPU compatibility out of the field, and a greater vary of OLED care options, although lacks among the options the Asus mannequin gives. Each have points with the display screen coating and composition reflecting ambient gentle and elevating blacks in brighter environments.
On the whole, I believe the Asus mannequin is barely higher because of its stronger calibration and have set, however we’re speaking a few comparatively small distinction, and the most effective mannequin could depend upon what you’re on the lookout for. That is simply speaking in regards to the {hardware} and its efficiency although. In america there’s a substantial value distinction between the 2: the PG32UCDM is at the moment $1,300 and the 321URX is at $950.
With that kind of value discrepancy the selection is clear, and I might positively buy the MSI mannequin over the Asus and forgo just a few extra options. Efficiency between the 2 is shut sufficient that I do not assume spending an extra $350 on the Asus is justified in any respect. In areas exterior the US, the place the 321URX has not obtained a $950 equal price ticket, I believe it swings again the opposite approach. If each the Asus and MSI fashions are priced the identical, I would advocate the Asus ROG PG32UCDM as an alternative. A slight premium for the Asus mannequin is justified, but when the MSI model is coming in 15 or 20% cheaper, that is the place I would strongly take into account the 321URX as an alternative.
Procuring Shortcuts:
- MSI MPG 321URX on Newegg
- Asus ROG Swift PG32UCDM on Newegg
- Samsung Odyssey OLED G9 on Amazon
- Asus ROG Swift OLED PG49WCD on Amazon
- Samsung Odyssey OLED G8 on Amazon
- Alienware AW3423DW 34″ QD-OLED on Amazon
- LG C2 42″ OLED TV on Amazon