1440p 165 Hertz g-sync this gaming
monitor from LG checks a lot of boxes so
let's check it out and see if it's a
monitor that you should consider this is
the 3-2 gk8 500 g monitor from LG which
was released fairly recently so let's
take a look at the specs of the panel
and find out what's on offer
it's a 31 point five inch monitor with
the 16 by 9 aspect ratio in terms of
resolution it runs at 1440p so 2560 by
1440 it's also got invidious g-sync
which again is going to increase the
price of it compared to free sync
alternatives however as I've gotten
nvidia graphics card this works out well
for me perhaps most interesting is that
the panel can also run at 144 Hertz out
of the box but it can also be
overclocked to 165 Hertz with no
problems it's also got a 5 millisecond
greater green response time and a peak
brightness of 315 it's it's using a VA
panel which I'd say looks in between a
TN and an IPS to me the colors look
pretty good but there is a little color
shift when you're looking at sharp
angles however it still looks clear and
LG note that it's capable of 178 degree
viewing angles both vertically and
horizontally so the angles and colors
are definitely better than a TN panel
but not quite as good as an IPS so the
trade-off compared to IPS is of course
the super fast refresh rates while still
looking pretty good in terms of color
accuracy I've tested with my Spyder 5
Pro which shows that it's capable of
displaying 95% of srgb 72% of NTSC and
76% of Adobe RGB so it seems fairly good
in that regard and I'd happily use it
for content creation
I've also performed my usual backlight
bleed test on the display which involves
having the screen show a completely
black image in a dark room to help
emphasize any bleeding around the edges
and then take a long exposure photo with
my camera to help display any bleed so
basically this is a worst-case scenario
test as you can see there was no
noticeable bleed detected even in a dark
room pretty impressive
although this can of course vary between
monitors it's not all just about the
panel though taking a look at the rest
of the monitor it's got a plastic
v-shaped stand which is black on the
front and red on the back the red only
acts as a slight accent when you're
sitting in front of it
the bezels are fairly thin at around
eight millimeters based on my own
measurements the stand can also be
removed revealing a standard face amount
the on-screen display was pretty easy to
use and navigate through there are
physical buttons underneath the front in
the middle including a joystick which
you press to access the menu and the
wheel which is used for changing the
lighting on the back speaking of the
back it's a matte black plastic and
outside of the red ring bezels are RGB
lighting which gives a nice ambient
effect on the wall behind them on at all
the brightness of the lighting can be
adjusted by turning the wheel underneath
the front of the screen and you can
cycle through the available colors by
pressing the wheel in this red green
cyan magenta white daylight white
natural peaceful and dynamic which is
basically flushing RGB mode the i/o is
on the back on the right hand side of
the stand and faces out there's a power
ring put 3.5 millimeter headphone jack
HDMI 1.4 port DisplayPort 1.2 and a USB
hub with two USB 3.0 type-a ports which
are accessible once you connect the
included USB type B cable to your PC as
for the rest of the included cables you
also get a HDMI cable a DisplayPort
cable and of course power cable with
external power brick although the stand
is quite light as it's plastic the pedal
itself weighs quite a bit both together
weigh in at around eight point five
kilos while the panel alone is six point
seven kilos although due to the large
size I wasn't able to weigh up myself
despite the stand being white and
plastic it does a pretty good job of
supporting the panel even if I bumped my
desk it only wobbles a little as for the
overall dimensions the panel itself is
around 71 point five centimeters in
width 42 point three centimeters in
height and five point seven centimeters
in depth so it is a fairly large screen
well at least for me having come from 24
inches there's a fair bit of adjustments
available to width minus 5 to 15 degrees
of tilt minus 20 to 20 degrees of swivel
0 to 90 degrees of pivot and 11
centimeters of height adjustment with
enough tension so that the screen
actually stays where you leave it the
power consumption for the monitor is
listed as 54 watts on the spec sheet and
while testing overclocked at 165 Hertz
with minimum brightness and backlighting
on I found it to sit around 33 watts at
50 percent brightness the total power
draw rose to 47 watts while at 100% it
increased to 61
it's turning the backlighting off
decrease to the power draw by about 7
watts allowing us to hit the reported
amount so far the monitor looks pretty
good but how was it actually used day to
day this was the first time I've ever
used to monitor above 144 Hertz and I
want to say I noticed the difference but
it's hard to say it did feel extremely
smooth though even just in Windows and
browsing the Internet movement of
Windows and scrolling through pages was
nice and smooth but that's not what you
care about in modern games you'll need a
powerful graphics card to actually take
advantage of the high refresh rates
especially at a 1440p resolution but for
less demanding games like overwatch and
csgo you can get away with the lower end
graphics card especially if you're
willing to drop the settings down a bit
playing overwatch on medium settings
with my 1080 ran well above 165 fps and
the gameplay was buttery smooth the
whole time
seriously it was pretty nice I've also
used the monitor to edit some videos and
that went well too although in general
for productivity tasks I think that a 4k
monitor the 32 inch size might be a
better fit for those sorts of tasks
1440p still gave me a fair amount of
space unfortunately we can't get 4k
monitors with refresh rates this higher
just yet and graphics cards aren't
really powerful enough anyway so this is
completely understandable basically I
think this is really good for gaming and
then also perfectly acceptable for other
tasks as for the price it's currently
1279 Australian dollars here in
Australia or around 849 US dollars on
you egg for my international viewers
it's definitely not cheap
however there doesn't seem to be too
many other 1440p monitors currently
capable of reaching 165 Hertz at this
time so if that's what you're after then
this could be what you're looking for so
what did you guys think about the 32 gk8
5og gaming monitor from LG overall I
think it looks pretty nice I mean come
on it's got RGB lighting on the back the
144 Hertz refresh rate and 165 Hertz
overclocked in combination with J sync
made it a great option for competitive
gaming you can always drop down to 1080p
if you need to push higher frame rates
then swap back over to 1440 people
you're not gaming to the colour accuracy
and viewing angles were pretty good as
well considering it to be a panel I'd
have no issues using the monitor for
content creation as well as gaming be
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