Asus ROG Swift OLED PG32UCDM review

Do you really need to wallop your retinas with 500 nits of full-screen SDR brightness on a daily basis? That question goes to the core of the new Asus ROG Swift OLED PG32UCDM. Because it's painfully close to gaming monitor perfection save for one obvious limitation. Yup, full-screen brightness.

To be clear, this new Asus OLED panel doesn't have a particular issue with full-screen brightness compared to other OLED monitors. It just doesn't move the game on by that metric. On the other hand, it definitely does deliver where earlier OLED monitors haven't in terms of pixel density and resolution. This is the real 4K deal, all 240Hz of it. And it's pretty bloody glorious.

Cherish that thought while we motor through the various speeds and feeds. So, this is a 32-inch 4K monitor featuring Samsung's latest QD-OLED panel tech. The 4K bit means much higher pixel density than before, which has in turn required a new ink-jet printing method for manufacturing the panel.

That new process doesn't seem to have impacted the panel's broader capabilities beyond the pixel density. It's rated at the same 0.03ms response as previous QD-OLEDs, for instance, and the 250 nits full-screen brightness is likewise carried over, ditto the peak 1,000 nits for HDR brightness in very small windows, and 99% coverage of the DCI-P3 colour space.

Connectivity wise, you get DisplayPort 1.4, a pair of HDMI 2.1 ports, and USB-C with 90W of power delivery, not to mention a KVM switch. Basically all your connectivity bases are covered. It is worth noting that the full 240Hz at 4K is only possible via DSC or Display Stream Compression which theoretically adds to latency, but by such a small amount it really doesn't matter (0.5 microseconds, if you're wondering).

Screen size: 32-inch
Resolution: 3,840 x 2,160
Brightness: 250 nits full screen, 1,000 nits max HDR
Color coverage: 99% DCI-P3
Response time: 0.03ms
Refresh rate: 240Hz
HDR: DisplayHDR 400 True Black
Features: Samsung QD-OLED 3rd Gen panel, adaptive sync,