Friday, March 18th 2022
Dell Launches Pair of New 32-inch Gaming Monitors
Dell has launched a pair of very similar looking 32-inch gaming monitors, but looks can be deceiving as they say. The two models are the G3223Q and G3223D, with the G3223Q sporting a 4K 144 Hz Fast IPS panel, with the G3223D also using a Fast IPS panel, but dropping the resolution to 2560 x 1440 while upping the refresh rate to 165 Hz. The G3223D is only rated for HDR 400, while the G3223Q gets HDR 600 support, although both appear to be edge-lit panels. Other common features include a 1 ms response time (grey-to-grey), a contrast ratio of 1000:1 and a 95 percent DCI-P3 colour gamut.
Both monitors support AMD FreeSync, but the G3223D is also NVIDIA G-Sync certified. As far as connectivity goes, the G3223D offers a pair of HDMI 2.0 ports, a DP 1.4 port, a USB-C port with DP-Alt mode and 15 W power delivery, as well as two downstreams USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps) ports and a 3.5 mm headphone jack. The G3223Q on the other hand has a pair of HDMI 2.1 ports, one DP 1.4 port, a USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps) Type-B port, as well as two downstreams USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports and a headphone jack. Both displays come with stands that support height, swivel and tilt adjustment. Dell is asking for US$719.99 for the G3223D, which is available from today in most markets and US$1,099.99 for the G3223Q which will be available at the end of this month in most markets.
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Both monitors support AMD FreeSync, but the G3223D is also NVIDIA G-Sync certified. As far as connectivity goes, the G3223D offers a pair of HDMI 2.0 ports, a DP 1.4 port, a USB-C port with DP-Alt mode and 15 W power delivery, as well as two downstreams USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps) ports and a 3.5 mm headphone jack. The G3223Q on the other hand has a pair of HDMI 2.1 ports, one DP 1.4 port, a USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps) Type-B port, as well as two downstreams USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports and a headphone jack. Both displays come with stands that support height, swivel and tilt adjustment. Dell is asking for US$719.99 for the G3223D, which is available from today in most markets and US$1,099.99 for the G3223Q which will be available at the end of this month in most markets.
44 Comments on Dell Launches Pair of New 32-inch Gaming Monitors
As for monitor size, 32" isn't much larger than 27". These being 16:9 monitors, it's only around 1 extra space for a desktop icon on each corner of the screen. I would agree from a value/quality standpoint that 27" 1440p monitors are the sweet spot right now.
To the subject monitors at hand... they look overpriced, even looking at their own lineup, they already sell an ultrawide 34" 144hz 1440p monitor for only ~$500(S3422DWG). The 32" 1440p monitor has the same ppi as a 24" 1080p monitor, so it's not going to look great. The 4k monitor has an excessively high ppi, at 128(27" 1440p are 108ppi), and will be sacrificing a whole lot of FPS for something, something the consumer will almost certainly notice, over something that the consumer isn't likely to notice (ppi) unless they're sitting very close to the screen.
That can be cut into 8x 34'', 6x 55'' or 3x 65'' + either 2x 55'' or 6x 32'' (this last case is even on Samsung display blog - global.samsungdisplay.com/28976/). For now the target seems to be 65'' and 55'' only but i'm sure 32'' is certainly in the cards and likely not that far off (from a yield perspective it's better to produce more smaller units instead of larger ones because defects won't mean so many display thrown out but there's also more margin on 55'' high end TVs - it's a balance but there's a large demand for this kind of monitor and they'll want to spice up their next offering on the odissey series which has been stale-ish and riddled with bugs)
www.displayninja.com/best-oled-monitor/
AUO is the only one so far that mentions anything close to 32" 4K 144 Hz.