ASUS PG32UQ

A monitor that handles 4K gaming at 144Hz? Well, this looks like a match for our Nvidia GPU back at page 30...

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If you're sitting on a hot stack of gold and a GPU that can run everything at 4K, the ROG Swift PG32UQ is traditionally simple yet comes with modern chops. Let's start with the obvious. Yes, this is a 4K 144Hz gaming monitor and it can set you back a fair amount of cash if you're not looking at an OLED and want to avoid that burn-in problem altogether.

At 32in, this is probably a big hunk for anyone who plays competitively. Sticking your nose close to the display can rinse your retinas. So it's best for games where you sink back into the chair and enjoy from a distance.

That said, the quality of this display is truly astonishing. It's capable of reaching 600nits of HDR brightness and around 450nits when office duty takes precedence over Call of Duty. It's also got local dimming but for regular desktop use with HDR it turns out to be rather annoying as the local dimming causes a wobble effect around the PC cursor on black patches of the screen. This is not exclusive to this monitor though, even the BenQ Mobiuz EX3210U had the same issue.

This is a better monitor of the two though. This is also ₹30K more than the BenQ so it better be worth it, right? Pretty much. The HDR levels are better and the colour calibration on the Asus is drastically better than the BenQ.