Gigabyte G32QC Curved Gaming Monitor

Gigabyte G32QC Curved Gaming Monitor Featured

Last year Gigabyte launched their very first monitors under their AORUS brand including some really good ones which are quite famous in the market. Now those AORUS monitors combined an excellent panel with a bunch of extra gaming features. Which made them not so cheap and this is exactly where this new Gigabyte Series comes in promising to yet again bring us great quality panels. But this time around without all that unnecessary fluff and with much better prices. Today we have Gigabyte G32QC Gaming Monitor and we will take a close look at it to know is it worth your consideration.

Gigabyte G32QC Curved Gaming Monitor

Pros and Cons

PROSCONS
Large, curved screenDesign lacks swivel/pivot
FreeSync up to 165HzNo sRGB color gamut mode
wide color gamut1440p over 31.5in
High contrast ratio

Key Specification

Gigabyte G32QC
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BrandGigabyte
Model G32QC
Monitor TypeGaming Moniter
Display TypeCurved
WebcamNo
Gross Weight 10.8 kg
ColourBlack

This G32QC is a 32-inch quad HD monitor with a curved V8 panel and 165-hertz refresh rate now this one should cost you 370 dollars in the US. While that doesn’t make it the cheapest 32-inch option on the market it is on the affordable end. Now Gigabyte does sweeten this deal by adding some important features that most of us actually do care about like Free-Sync and G-Sync support as well as the white-collar gamut.

Picture/Display

Gigabyte G32QC
Display TypeVESA HDR
Size32 inch
Aspect ratio16:9
Resolution2560 x 1440
Pixel Pitch0‎.2724*0.2724
Display colors8‎ bits
Dimension848.36 x 553.72 x 190.5 mm
HDRVESA Display HDR400

Gigabyte G32QC Curved Gaming Monitor Screen

It offers a pretty good set of features nothing too strange but just a couple of useful things such as a crosshair option and contrast enhancers. There’s also an anti-motion blur mode which we’ll talk a bit more about later. Now like on the previous RS monitors you can control the entire OSD through software using your mouse and keyboard instead. There is another feature that we appreciate they kept but what is it like to use this monitor. Now at home, many of us use 27-inch quad HD monitors. So for me, the larger 32-inch size is the main thing to think about you will personally don’t think a quad HD monitor needs to be that large for office use or browsing.

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And while using it you will notice your eyes kind of moving about a lot searching for stuff around the screen and since the resolution hasn’t changed you don’t get more workspace over a typical 27-inch quad HD monitor. Now keep in mind quad HD is still a great resolution to do anything on and this monitor is more than capable for office use creative apps and so on so making it larger doesn’t make it necessarily better for those tasks.

But it’s still more than capable to do so but when it comes to gaming uh a big 32-inch monitor just feels a bit more immersive and a bit more impressive than a 27-inch one especially in those big AAA titles like Assassin’s Creed, Odyssey, or Shadow Of The Tomb Raider and the panel just really looks great which also helps that immersive gaming experience a lot. Now there is a good amount of color and even if it’s too big for serious competitive gaming it does feel pretty fast too.

For gamers, this monitor got a steady165 Hz refresh rate operating at QHD (2560 x 1440) resolution. 93 PPI remains weaker than our pixel frequency sugary point of 109 PPI, however, if it is linked with quick frame rates, the aspect remains nice and solidly executed. AMD FreeSync Premium Pro holds the original Adaptive-Sync tech, moreover it also Nvidia G-Sync Compatible.

Connectivity

Gigabyte G32QC
Signal InputHDMI 2.0 x2, Display port 1.2 x1
USB3.0 x2
RJ45Yes

Gigabyte G32QC Curved Gaming Monitor height

The connectivity features one DisplayPort 1.2 including two HDMI 2.0 ports. DisplayPort underpins the HDR and Adaptive-Sync with the complete165 Hz refresh rate, while HDMI excels out to 144 Hz. You additionally get an analog audio output concerning headphones either for powered speakers, though there are no internal speakers. USB 3.0 remains backed with one upstream and, there is also a pair of downstream ports.

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Power

Gigabyte G32QC
Power Consumption7‎5W(Max)
Saving Mode0.5W
Power Off Mode0.3W

As you can be noticed from the above table this monitor works with a maximum power consumption of 75W of electricity with the operating mode. Whereas on the power saving mode it takes up to 0.5W and on the power off mode it consumes 0.3W.

Conclusion!

The panel on this thing is just exceptionally good even if you compare it to more expensive options and if you’re playing in a darker room for example that combination of super high contrast. The great uniformity will make a huge difference of course the G32QC isn’t perfect either HDR is one of those things that more affordable monitors just can’t seem to do well and this monitor is no exception here. As you probably guessed from the display HDR 400 label now peak HDR brightness is all right at 440 nits. But turning HDR on just doesn’t give you a better experience than the already good SDR mode HDR is worth playing around with.

If you end up buying this monitor but just please don’t buy it for this feature alone now a straight-up bad feature is the aim stabilizer backlight strobing which just gives you uncomfortable moving images and should be avoided at all times. Now in theory a good backlight strobe can work well as we’ve seen on the ViewSonic xg270 or the Asus vg279 QM but it looks like Gigabyte just didn’t bother setting this mode properly maybe they will release a firmware update in the future or so on but for now please just avoid this aim stabilizer and that brings us to the end of this review.

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If we ignore the aim stabilizer and the HDR both features that you can just leave off and pretend they don’t exist the G32QC is a pretty impressive monitor. From an image quality perspective, this one takes the win but when it comes to pure speed these larger VA panels just cannot compete with smaller IPS or TN models so keep that in mind. Now even though there are cheaper options on the market we would say that with this level of image quality combined with FreeSync and G-Sync support and then mixed with the nice and sturdy build quality is definitely worth paying a bit more for now for 370 or 400 euros.

You do have a lot of really different options to choose from on the market depending on your needs. But if you game a lot especially non-competitive games and you care a lot about color reproduction and contrast and uniformity this monitor will do exceptionally well.