The 32' 4k ASUS ROG Swift OLED Monitor Review

A great-looking monitor with a built-in KVM?! Wendell's got the details

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Music: "Earth Bound" by Slynk

Edited by Autumn

[arcayne]

All I asked for was a PC monitor stand with frikkin' laser beams attached to its head. Wendell lives the dream.

[davidbetancourt]

I don't know if I have consciously ever clicked on a video because of the thumbnail, but I definitely did for this. Now I will leave this tab open and watch later, lmao.

[ChrispyNut]

A 3 year Asus warranty. Yea, that's worth as much as the paper I wrote this comment on.

[eric]

I got this monitor a few weeks ago. It blows my mind every time I turn it on. I'm forever spoiled now...

[Jay_Pride]

@Level1Techs FYI the Newegg link posted is not for the monitor being reviewed here..

[Yetiforce]

Thanks for showing off this monitor, I have a programmer nerd friend who's been waiting for a detailed unboxing like this.

[WereCatf]

"Like butter for the eyes"?? I can tell you right off the bat that I would very much *NOT* enjoy butter in my eyes.

[ZylonFPV]

Burn in is not restricted to OLEDs. Every LCD I’ve owned in the past 20 years as not burnt in per pixel like an OLED but has developed some yellowing, dark spots, uneven backlighting. A 10 year old dell screen I had had dark splodges all over the place which you could see with a full white screen

[keyboard_g]

For that price and always be looking for burn in. Constantly knowing that the day I opened it was the best it would ever look and be prepared to dish out $1200 in 5 years is a hard pass.

[Elecjester]

lol the lil pew pew! had me laughing =) been lookin for a new gaming display, this won't be it, thanks so much for taking one for the team =) like I can't believe we are back to basically degaussing our displays to prevent burn in ... I can't believe this is still an issue decades later. I would've thought they could've solved this issue by now.

[lllongreen]

I have both the Asus and Gigabyte version and so far there are no true 80gbps cables longer than 1.1 meters available so can't even use my AORUS like I intended yet. The issue of 80gbps DP 2.1 ports on these is really a very overblown issue and typical by people that don't own it and never actually planned to buy it no matter if it had 3 DP 2.1 ports ( same people that has been whining and overblowing burn in for years)

[greggmacdonald]

I owned this precise model for about 2 weeks in August and returned it, for the reason that (at least to my eyes) the OLED shimmer was problematic, in terms of making me nauseous and giving me headaches within 5 minutes of use. Other annoyances: the proturbation that sticks out at the bottom center of the screen and holds the toggle was in the way a lot more than I expected it to be. I could also easily see the blue fringe on the right edge of text (even at > 100% scaling) which was an issue for me but something that on it's own, wouldn't have been enough for me to return it. Those are the negatives though, the quality of the screen itself was excellent, and if you aren't affected by OLED shimmer/flicker like I was, then it might be a good choice for you. Yes, I did update the Firmware to the latest (MCM103). Ideally, see this in person at a Microcenter or someplace, before purchasing.

[bikerchrisukk]

L1 reviews really are like no other, kudos for the FX and script 👌

[MenealGosso]

The variety of textures in the kislux pack is impressive. From smooth leather to textured suede, there's something for everyone.

[corporealexistence]

Picked up the 42" model for my S/O and they love it for Photoshop, Blender and gaming.

[coolcat]

The 97.2% sRGB coverage is disappointing. This is such a small colour space, a good monitor should not have any trouble to cover 100%. An sRGB Delta E value of over 3 is not impressive for a pre-calibrated monitor either. Add to this that text clarity is compromised due to the pixel layout and that one will have to deal with burn in, I don't think this such a great buy. It will likely have VRR flicker as well. I have an Asus monitor myself, but have yet to see an OLED panel that is fit for purpose if one does not just want to use it for watching movies (even games can have static elements that can burn in if one plays one game a lot).

[Prophesr]

My main PC has been using 3x 24inch monitors for over a decade and it's getting time to replace them.
Unfortunately, having to buy 3 means they NEED to be budget conscious, because otherwise the cost get's insane.
Yes, I do use all 3. I would be willing to explore alternate layouts though. Right now I use the left for video most of the time, and the right one split into [1/3][2/3]. Maybe an ultrawide and a "regular" wide?
I have honestly been enjoying using my dirt cheap 50" 4k TCL Android Tv as a monitor on a different machine. From 1.5m away with a desk, it's just about the right scaling. But the shitty control board makes it useless for any fast paced gaming. I'm MORE than happy with it for the price.

$250 for an open box 50" 4k tv that I can sideload apps onto?
Hell yes. I bought 4 and gave 2 away as presents.
It even runs remote desktop software.
Shit for anything gaming related though.

I honestly don't want a 4k for gaming. Too many pixels to drive.
I'm not giving Nvidia any more money unless they stop being shitty (Yeah right...)

I honestly wonder if I'm better off doing something "dumb" and trying to find an open-box 65"-75" 4k tv with decent enough response times and using software to tile windows onto it to my liking. It starts to look less stupid when you consider 3x decent monitors are going to cost $600 anyway.

Anyone got any tv recommendations from the last 4-6 years that might work?

[TheCgOrion]

I'd like to keep my display long enough that I just don't trust OLED, even with every mitigation I could do. If you have a tendency to get anxious about stuff, you're just adding something new to worry about.

[profosist]

I have the LG one, really loving it. Finally flat and matte 4K 16:9

[DBliztk]

He is not wrong, I just bought monitor and man its beautiful.