Hello everyone it's SpawnPoiint and this is the 32GQ950 LG's latest gaming monitor. Now
i know what you're thinking, not another monitor! Well this one is different.
It's got a 32-inch 4k hdr display, vrr, g-sync, freesync and is capable of up to 160Hz (OC).
Pair that with a one millisecond response time, hdmi 2.1 and the awesome new design it
could be one of the most popular monitors in 2022. And as i've been using this for
the last month this is a real hands-on review today not a first impressions.
Okay, so inside the box it comes with the two-part stand there's the feet and then we've got the arm
itself we also have a box of accessories which includes an hdmi 2.1 cable a usb cable the
display port cable as well as a power brick and plug there's also this little plastic clip which
is for the cable management which i will show you later now setting this monitor up is just as easy
as every other lg monitor that we've had lately the main arm of the bracket will attach it to
the back of the monitor with a simple click then the feet attach the arm with a single screw that's
built in and then that's it we're done so this wouldn't be a gaming monitor if it didn't have
at least some gaming focus design so around the back we've got this new purple and grey hexagon
theme going on there's the ultra gear logo at the top it's got a kind of a purple foil-like texture
to it as you move around on first impressions the back of this monitor looks quite reflective but if
you look really closely you can just about see it's made up of tiny little hexagon shapes and
these are all etched into the panel you'll notice the overall look is more gray than black which is
definitely different to what we've seen before on previous models now not only does this design
look awesome but these little white strips you can see either side where these are actually leds it
means when the monitor is switched on you'll get an ambient glow on your wall in the settings you
can actually change or customize them to different colors or you can turn them off completely i think
this adds a really nice vibe to your monitor especially when you're gaming at night and if
we look around the edge of the hexagon it's got some vents here for airflow and the rear of the
stand has some more ultra gear branding now for a monitor this nice is a real shame it's going
to be facing towards the wall most of the time but imagine at gaming events where you've got loads of
these lined up it's going to look incredible from the back but without question this is definitely
my favorite monitor design that i've seen from lg they've done a really good job of keeping the
gaming vibe as well as making it look quite clean and if we turn the monitor around we've got an
almost borderless design on the screen so three the signs don't have any hard plastic frame which
gives it a minimal and sleek look it's only the bottom part of the frame which is a little
bit thicker and that houses the ultra gear logo under there we've got a little control stick type
button that you can use to change the settings or turn the monitor on and off so the GQ950 is
a 4k screen with a 3840 by 2160 resolution and it has a 16 by 9 aspect ratio it also has a nano
ips panel and hdr 1000 so as you'd expect the image quality or the picture quality is going
to look great out of the box and from using it over the last month it's safe to say it has some
of the best true to life colors i've ever seen on an ips panel whether i've been playing on the ps5
or the xbox series x fps games or racing games everything has looked incredibly good
now i've been a huge fan of its predecessor the 27 inch GP950 but i sometimes felt 27 inches was
just too small i have mentioned this before in previous videos if i could have the same spec
in a 32 inch screen that would be perfect well here we have it lg says it's got atw which is
advanced true wide now this is a polarized attack to help reproduce better colors and better blacks
this is obvious when you're watching it straight on as the colors really do pop but this feature is
designed to make the image even better when you're viewing at any angle so as you turn
or you move off center the image is less washed out than what i've seen on other monitors but not
only does the image look great it's also display hdr 1000 certified which means it has a peak
brightness of 1 000 nits that is a huge step up from other monitors i've used over the last year
and it really shows when you're gaming as the difference or contrast between the darkest and
the lightest areas are even further apart and this goes hand in hand with the decent black levels or
the black stabilizer option so the dark areas are not crushed or washed out the screen does have an
anti-glare coating so playing it in a bright room or near windows is okay especially with a brighter
screen now you're always going to see some kind of glare or reflection but it's better overall than
the glossy screen so in the room that i'm using it here i have a window directly opposite this
desk and as you can see you can just about see it as i move around but overall it's pretty good and
you also might wonder if there's any light bleed or ips glow well viewing it straight on i haven't
seen any notable glow at all the dark scenes or loading screens are perfect obviously it's not an
oled so the black areas are not completely black and there are multiple dimming zones across the
screen it's only really when viewing off center do you notice a little bit of ips glow but
that's expected and not a fault at all as for the response time and the overall gaming experience on
the GQ950 this thing is fast like really fast it's got a predicted one millisecond response
time which by anyone's standard is rapid you're not going to have any issues with this screen
displaying what you want and when you need it and playing fps games on this is effortless i've
played some of the best games i've ever played on this monitor now although it does have support for
up to 160 hertz when overclocked it can handle the obvious 144hz and 120hz so if you're gaming
on a console like me this is perfect for the playstation 5 or the xbox series x with those
two consoles is a simple plug and play with the monitor and it provides everything that you need
we've got vrr or the variable refresh rate and that is now supported on both the xbox series x as
well as the ps5 and then we've got g-sync and amd freesync if you're gaming on pc okay so now if you
press the button under the monitor you get access to this overlay and it shows you where the vrr
is running and what frame rate you're getting you can also adjust various other settings like the
black stabilizer or which picture mode you want to use so i've been playing loads of different games
to really test this out so the normal games like warzone and a bit of vanguard and even some apex
legends i've never really given this game enough of my time but it actually looks awesome on this
monitor the colors really pop and it's so vibrant but either way any game that i've played on here
runs really smoothly and that 120 hertz refresh rate looks great from those consoles then other
games aren't necessarily running at 120hz still play smoothly so i mentioned earlier that there
are leds on the back of this panel which gives us a nice ambient glow while gaming now out of
the box these are purple but in the settings you can adjust the color to any other color you wish
i actually think the purple is probably the best color choice to go for so that's the one that i'm
going to stick with so at night they look really nice but the only downside that i can see is you
cannot adjust the brightness level this really is as bright as they will go and that means with the
screen being as bright as it is with that display hdr 1000 it's not quite the same as having an led
strip on the back now not only is this a perfect gaming monitor it actually doubles up as a great
productivity monitor that ips panel means it's got incredible colors decent sharpness and a
low input lag connect a pc or laptop using an hdmi or display port and you've got yourself a
monitor that can do both it is missing a usbc port though so i'm not able to connect and charge my
macbook at the same time so in this case i'm using the hdmi port which means i'm not able
to take advantage of the full 120hz refresh rate as unfortunately the macbook is limited
to 60 hertz over hdmi but refresh rate aside this 32 inch monitor works really well for productivity
it's probably the best non-ultrawide size to go for when it comes to work the text is sharp and i
wasn't able to see any artifacts around the text either if you're using the display port for say
pc you'll get the maximum refresh rate and a great image quality i would happily use this for working
on every day and as for the stand it's got all the usual adjustments you would expect to see so with
a little effort it will move up and down it will then tilt forwards and backwards if you want to
face it up or down you can do it this way and the final adjustment is it will pivot left and right
this is ideal for making sure it's level the only thing it doesn't do is it doesn't swing side to
side so if you want to point it left or right you will need to move the entire stand then looking at
the feature we've got the lg logo on the left side and then we've got the bright green nvidia g-sync
logo on the right but this is just a sticker so you can remove it very easily and around the back
to keep your cables out of sight there's this little plastic bracket that clips onto the back
so all you need to do is feed your cables through this and it means from the front then you're not
able to see those cables hanging down but if you don't want to use the provided stand that comes
with this monitor it does also have 100 by 100 vessel holes so if you grab yourself a different
stand or a monitor arm you're able to install it this way and while we're here if we take a
look at the ports on the back so it comes with two hdmi 2.1 ports this is ideal for the playstation
5 as well as the xbox series x then there's a displayport 1.4 one upstream usb 3.0 and
two downstream usb 3.0 ports and something that you cannot see easily is there's also a 4-pole
headphone out under the screen and this gives you virtual 3d sound as well as dts headphone x
support it's not something that i will personally use but it's definitely an awesome feature to have
included okay let's take a look at the settings and the menus on this screen so under the screen
there's this little joystick like button that if you press it it turns the monitor on and off as
well as accesses the settings now the settings and the menu on the GQ950 are very similar to
what we've seen before you can choose from a list of presets or adjust the brightness and contrast
as you need there are also various other settings like enabling a crosshair if you're playing an fps
game or if you wanted to see what the frame rate was as you're playing a game we can enable that in
here as well or you could also adjust the response time from fast to faster and this is what gets you
close to that one millisecond response time and then if you go ahead and you select the gain mode
from the option this is the gaming overlay that we now see and it shows you what the game is running
at including vrr or the frame rate again which is a really nice feature and with all of that said is
the 32g q950 worth buying well if you're looking for a 32 inch gaming monitor that is rapid with
up to 160hz capability it looks great and doubles up as a decent productivity monitor this is pretty
hard to pass on sure there are bigger screens out there such as the 42 inch c2 oled i feel the 32
inch really is the sweet spot for both gaming and work it's not too big or too small and as i
mentioned having used this now for the last month or so this will be replacing the 27-inch GP950
i've been using that for the last nine months and this new one definitely is better overall
i love the bigger screen the better and brighter panel as well as this awesome gaming design now i
might even do a comparison of the 27GP950 against the 32GQ950 to see what the differences are but
let me know what monitor you're using now or if you would pick one of these new ones up now
drop a nice gaming monitor in the comments and i will give you a thumbs up for staying right
till the end if you did enjoy today's video check out my gaming desk setup video next as
it covers everything in this setup including the chair the desk and all the accessories
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