This is a 180Hz monitor, the whole ‘overclocking’ thing is silly. As an aside, the fully 180Hz can only be accessed via an ‘overclocking’ toggle in the OSD menu which is a fairly silly tiresome gimmick we wish monitor makers didn’t bother with.
Assuming you have a fairly quick GPU, the 180Hz refresh also makes for super-low latency. The middle setting delivers a really quick response with little to no visible overshoot. LG has engineered three levels of pixel overdrive in the OSD menu.
More impressive, however, is the LG UltraGear 32GP850-B’s speed. It’s just not as rich and vibrant an experience as you’ll get from most modern IPS monitors, let alone something like a VA monitor with full-array, micro-LED local dimming, and all that cutting-edge shizzle. In reality, you adjust pretty quickly to the somewhat subdued image quality. That said, the colors are accurate and this is not a bad display, per se. But it’s a far closer call than it ought to be or would be on a monitor with true HDR capability.īest gaming monitor (opens in new tab): pixel-perfect panels for your PCīest high refresh rate monitor (opens in new tab): screaming quick screensīest 4K monitor for gaming (opens in new tab): when only high-res will doīest 4K TV for gaming (opens in new tab): big-screen 4K PC gaming Does a game like Cyberpunk 2077 look better in HDR mode rather than SDR on the LG UltraGear 32GP850-B? It’s probably a tiny bit punchier. Unsurprisingly, HDR content is unimpressive. There’s a tiny bit of ye olde IPS glow, too, resulting in a slightly watery, weak overall image. The moderate backlight power and mediocre contrast performance don’t help there. Likewise, the IPS panel is rated at a lowly 700:1 for static contrast, which isn’t going to help with hitting high peaks and deep troughs at the same time.Īnyway, if that’s the theoreticals covered off, what does the LG UltraGear 32GP850-B actually look like in practice? It’s not the punchiest or most vibrant gaming panel we’ve ever seen. But there’s no VESA HDR certification and the maximum brightness tops out at a relatively modest 350 nits. HDR10 signal decoding is supported, which is handy to have and means you can watch HDR video or play HDR games and see the correct colors.
If there is an obvious on-paper weakness, it involves HDR performance.
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