Asus rog strix xg32vqr review in Spanish (full analysis)

Asus ROG Strix XG32VQR is Asus' new creation to further expand its range of high-performance gaming monitors. An impressive 32-inch curved monitor with a native resolution WQHD, 144 Hz with AMD FreeSync 2 HDR technology because it is also certified with Display HDR 400. There is also no lack of Asus AURA Sync lighting or all our desire to try this beast made screen.

First of all, we must thank Asus for their trust in us by transferring the product to us for analysis.

Asus ROG Strix XG32VQR technical features

Unboxing and design

Asus ROG Strix XG32VQR is a colossal team, we are talking about a 32-inch monitor with a 16: 9 aspect ratio and also curved, so the space it occupies is quite impressive.

The presentation we see is exactly what we expected from Asus in its Strix variant, that is, a cardboard box fully printed in black colors and a huge photograph of the monitor in all its glory. It shows that it is an Asus product due to the color palette used. In the back area we have another photo of the monitor, this time showing the back with the lighting activated.

Although in the box it says that it is the ROG Strix XG32V model, it will be the XG32VQR variant, that is, curved.

Asus not only uses one box for transportation, but two (one external neutral cardboard). Inside, we have a monitor completely isolated and inserted in a polystyrene cork mold along with all the accessories, which are not at all few. In total, you should find all this inside:

• Power cord Power supply DisplayPort cableHDMI cable Quick start guideUSB 3.0 cable mount and softwareWarranty cardEmbellishment for LED stand lighting with two extra projections

Let's explain the latter a little better. It is a plastic trim that will be placed in the lower area of ​​the support, which has a powerful LED lamp that projects the shape of this trim on the floor. In such a case, we will have three spheres with two variants of the Asus logo and another transparent one.

Asus ROG Strix XG32VQR is a monitor with 1800R curvature and 16: 9 aspect ratio, so we have a full-size 31.5-inch panel. Aesthetically we see a panel with no side frames of the house brand in these latest models, with only one in the lower area, quite thin.

That is why the measurements are quite tight in the case of this great diagonal, with 713 mm width, 426 mm height and 118 mm thickness. But of course these 118 mm is due to the curvature itself, in itself it is a not too thick monitor. The weight with included support stands at 9.6 Kg, and the complete package at 13.9 Kg which is quite a lot.

Taking advantage of the photo in detail, we appreciate how its panel is completely matte and also with a really good anti-reflection treatment. The curvature also makes it much easier for light to reflect more diffusely and we have much better visibility in bright rooms. Great work from Asus in the finishes.

We begin to see gaming aspects in the design of the monitor already from the base of the same. The base of the support consists of three fairly wide legs in star configuration, although with one of them smaller so as not to take up too much space. Obviously they are made of aluminum and to install them on the support we only need to screw in a manual screw.

We appreciate there the bezel installed on this base, which is made of PVC and we will only have to tighten it to make it fit in place. Then we will see the projection of light in action.

It may appear that the Asus ROG Strix XG32VQR's feet are going to protrude too far from the wide shot of the monitor. But we see that it is the opposite, these are right on the edge of the image panel, without cluttering our desktop.

We continue with the back, specifically we are located on the support arm of the monitor and its articulation. We must say that in appearance it seems quite fragile, especially if we take into account the dimensions of the monitor, but it offers us surprising stability with minimal wobble against shocks and movements of the desktop.

The arm is hydraulic, like the vast majority of gaming monitors on the market and is completely metallic in its internal structure. The exterior finishes are quite thick and of good quality.

The back consists of a cone with a smooth curvature and abundant vents for your passive cooling system. In addition to the lower area, the Asus logo that we see on the support arm, also has Aura Sync LED lighting.

This Asus ROG Strix XG32VQR also has a VESA 100 x 100 mm compatible support, for this we would have to remove the support arm from the factory and we would find the corresponding screws.

We continue to see design elements, and we move to the support area. In it we see a bright circumference that also houses an RGB Aura Sync LED lighting system that can be addressed by the corresponding Asus software.

The factory support arm will provide us with very good ergonomics in various directions of space. To begin we will have vertical movement in a range of 100 mm, able to place the monitor at a maximum height of 590 mm, and a minimum of 490 mm.

We will also have movement on the Z axis with a total of approximately 45 degrees to the right and left, which is not bad at all.

Finally we can modify the front orientation of the screen to place it at +20 degrees up, and -5 degrees down. It is a range more or less similar to that of other monitors.

We come to see a fundamental aspect in Asus ROG Strix XG32VQR, and that of connectivity, which is very complete and varied. From left to right we have:

• Two HDMI 2.0 ports One DisplayPort 1.2 port 3.5mm audio jack USB 3.1 gen1 Type-B for data upload and system connection Two USB 3.1 gen1 Type-A ports Power connector

In this case, the power supply will be external and the input voltage to the monitor will be directly used by the product. The lighting can be customized if we have the USB Type-B cable connected to the PC.

Both the HDMI 2.0 port and the Display Port will provide us with a 2K resolution and the 144 Hz refresh rate.

A good detail from the manufacturer has been to place a cable router in the support arm and a plastic cover to hide the entire connection area of ​​the monitor.

Asus ROG Strix XG32VQR there is no doubt that it is a monitor with a great external design, from its good finishes to the complete Asus Aura Sync RGB LED lighting system that we can customize by installing the AURA Sync software and of course activating the option from the monitor OSD menu.

In this case, we can configure this lighting in the different effects provided by the software and also synchronize it with other AURA devices that we have. We recommend having the latest version of the software installed that the monitor is detected correctly.

Display and features Asus ROG Strix XG32VQR

We have seen the external appearance, now we are going to enter the section of benefits and functionality that this gaming monitor will offer us.

We turn on this Asus ROG Strix XG32VQR and place our website to give a good review of the technical characteristics of its screen. We have a 32-inch diagonal screen with a native WQHD resolution, or what is the same, 2560 × 1440 pixels or 2K with an aspect ratio of 16: 9. It is also a curved monitor with a radius of 1800 mm that will provide us with a diving experience.

With these measurements we have pixels of 0.155 mm in size and resolution we have a density of 93.24 pixels per inch. It is not the most impressive density, staying below 100 dpi, so we will notice a totally clear image experience at viewing distances of more than 50 cm. So why not a 4K monitor? Simple, current graphics cards are not capable of moving a game to the top of 4K graphics at over 70 or 80 FPS, so 144 Hz would be completely wasted. Currently, the ideal resolution for gaming is Full HD for mid-range teams, and 2K for high-end teams at 144 FPS.

The AMD FreeSync 2 HDR technology compatible with Nvidia G-Sync, which will be in charge of dynamically managing the 144 Hz refresh rate, is also a must. In addition, it has an 8-bit VA panel with LED backlight, contrast of 3, 000: 1, Support DisplayHDR 400, with a normal brightness of 450 nits (cd / m ²). The response speed is that of a gaming monitor with this type of panel, with only 4 ms and of course blue light filter with TÜV Rheinland certification. Let's not forget about the color space, as it provides 125% in sRGB and 94% DCI-P3.

Impressive features, right ?, but also Asus has wanted to introduce some improvements typical of gaming monitors. The first of these is Shadow Boost technology, which enables intelligent clarification of dark scenes. It has an option in the OSD menu with different levels of exposure, and we must say that the system is very successful, with hardly overexposing the clear image areas of games and images.

Similarly, we have different HDR modes from the OSD panel and also the GamePlus functionalities. It is nothing more than a range of OSD options to activate peepholes in games, timer, image alignment system and some other interesting utilities for the most perfectionist users.

We will have the Asus DisplayWidget application that will help us configure all these options whenever we have the monitor connected to the USB port of the PC. Finally we will have full compatibility with Nvidia G-Sync if we go to the Nvidia configuration panel and activate it. It is worth demonstrating the typical pendulum test.

Being a VA panel we have the good characteristics of TN and IPS panels. In this sense, the viewing angles that Asus ROG Strix XG32VQR offers us are 178 degrees both laterally and vertically. We can say that the color scheme is not as exact as in IPS at these angles, but notably better than in TN panels.

OSD panel

In this case Asus ROG Strix XG32VQR does not offer an application to manage aspects of its OSD panel, such as the configuration of image profiles. In any case, we have a very complete panel and with absolutely everything you need to provide complete customization.

Best of all, it will be as simple as pressing the joystick on the back right and navigating through all the menus very easily. If we do not have enough with this, we will also have two buttons to get quick menus such as the GameVisual (third button) and the GamePlus (fourth button). With the first button we can remove the OSD panel and with the second remove it, with the last button we will turn off and on the monitor itself.

We will have a total of 7 menus full of options of all kinds. As always, the most notable will be the color, brightness and contrast control, the menu to configure the lighting options, HDR and FreeSync, and in this case the Shadow Boost technology and also the blue light filter.

Calibration and color proofing

In these tests we will see the color and image adjustments of the monitor available from the factory and we will see how they adjust to the values ​​considered ideal. Then we will perform a new calibration and provide the values ​​obtained. To do this, we have used the X-Rite Colormunki Display colorimeter together with our own calibration software and free HCFR software to obtain the graphic results.

Factory Properties

Let's see then the levels obtained from the factory.

DeltaE calibration

Although it is a VA panel we can see that the factory calibration is quite good, especially in warm colors. The grays, to which the human eye itself is especially sensitive, are not overly optimized, nor are the cold notes.

Maximum brightness and contrast

The manufacturer specifies a contrast of 3, 000: 1, and in tests we have obtained a maximum of 2750: 1 which is not bad. We already know about the good levels of contrast that VA honeycombs offer. In any case, the blacks we see that they are quite deep (0.170 cd / m ² in ANSI).

We see a fairly stable distribution of values ​​across the entire panel with lows of 470 and highs of 546 cd / m ². In any case, in all the measurements made, the maximum brightness offered by the Asus ROG Strix XG32VQR is higher than the 450 nits specified by the manufacturer, so the quality it offers us.

Color levels

Next, we provide the monitor's color, gamma, and luminance levels. The dashed line marks the ideal levels, and the colored lines the actual levels of each color.

In general they are moderately adjusted measurements, we must consider that it is not the accuracy that an IPS panel would provide, but they fit the references in a stable way. We do see that the color temperature is far from the 6500 Kelvin ideal for the human eye and that the Gamma levels are also below.

Color spaces

We will now display the results in the sRGB, DCI-P3 and Rec.709 / 2020 color spaces. The black triangle represents the theoretical color space and the white triangle represents the monitor color space. If the white triangle exceeds black, it means that the monitor's color space exceeds the theoretical one. The central circle indicates the D65 target (6500 Kelvin) for the gray scale, the values ​​are intended to be within the circle, as well as the colors sampled near their corresponding boxes.

In accordance with the color temperature graph, we see that not all the sampled gray tones fall within the D65 range, we will try later to improve this with the calibration.

Properties after calibration

Then we have carried out the calibration process with the colorimeter and a stage with an average illuminance of 160 lux in the room. The calibration has been carried out for an advanced photography mode and with the aim of achieving tones within the D65 range and in this case with a brightness level freely chosen by the user.

The levels have improved significantly, but to a lesser extent than expected. However, better illuminance, color temperature and black tone adjustment has been achieved.

In real appearance, a much warmer image is presented, with better contrasting colors and more vivid brown tones. We will leave the ICM extension file in a link just below so you can download it and test it to see if it convinces you.

Click here to obtain the ICM file

User experience

We took advantage of this calibration, which in my opinion provides more comfortable color tones for the eyes and a warmer image, to briefly tell about our experience with Asus ROG Strix XG32VQR.

Games

As always, what stands out the most in the game is the Display HDR 400 support , it shows a lot, both in brightness and in bright colors. In this aspect we do not need real colors, but pleasant and that impress the player, and we believe that it does, despite not being an IPS panel.

The 2K resolution is ideal for gaming, since high-end cards like the 2080 will have no major problems in achieving FPS rates close to 144 Hz and even more. Of course AMD FreeSync will be very useful and also the Shadow Boost technology, which is configurable in levels through the OSD panel. We have verified that it works perfectly and that they provide a lot of utility in generally dark games like Shadow of the Tomb Rider and Metro Exodus.

Films

In accordance with the above, we have a very good video experience. Although it is true that 2K monitors are halfway between a video in Full HD needing rescaling, and 4K videos, wasting the image power they provide.

In this aspect, rescaling can be said to be good, at a safe distance from the monitor we will obtain a clear and quality image. For its part, 4K videos will of course look perfect, although limited in resolution.

Work and design

Being a gaming monitor, surely no one intends to buy this equipment simply to work, nor do we recommend it. Its use is in gaming, and it is a drawer that will perform well to perform typical navigation and office tasks.

It will not be recommended for professional graphic design for obvious reasons, its panel does not offer color quality and IPS calibration. Pixel density is also not the best as it is a large diagonal with a resolution of 2560 × 1440. If we are only fans of photographic and video editing, it will perfectly be valid, with its 125% sRGB and 94% DCI-P3 range.

Final words and conclusion about Asus ROG Strix XG32VQR

It only remains to capture our final conclusions and our experience of use after a few days with him, watching the odd movie and messing around a bit in games. Starting with its physical appearance, it clearly follows the line of other Asus monitors, the absence of physical frames and a very well used space. It stands out the fact of being a curved monitor with such a diagonal, since almost always this type of monitors are ultra panoramic

The factory calibration is very good, although we see that the DeltaE values ​​are not easy to optimize, it is clearly not an IPS panel, although at least we will not have to worry about bleeding on this monitor. To play it is perfect, curvature and great diagonal for an immersion that shows and makes a difference.

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FreeSync technology at 144 Hz and Display HDR 400 are very important aspects for a monitor of such a level and make it a high-end option on the market. The brightness and contrast deliver on what the manufacturer promised, although perhaps the most purist and demanding will miss a response time of 1 ms instead of 4 ms.

It is from the ROG Strix range, so the Asus Aura Sync lighting could not be missing, and here we will have a total of three zones, highlighting in our view, the projection on the ground of its base, with several options available. The lighting in the back area is very nice, but dim, so it will not serve to illuminate the wall behind us.

Asus ROG Strix XG32VQR we will have it available for a price of 600 euros that is in the logical price range for the most recent releases, although with the added bonus of being curved and being 32 inches. One of the best options we have in 2K, a range for which many manufacturers are committed to being the resolution where the new Nvidia RTX perform well, comfortably exceeding 100 FPS.

ADVANTAGE	DISADVANTAGES
+ AMD FREESYNC AND DISPLAY HDR 400	- IMPROVABLE GRAY TONES
+ GOOD FACTORY CALIBRATION	- DOES NOT HAVE SPEAKERS
+ 32-INCH CURVED MONITOR
+ RESOLUTION 2K IDEAL FOR GAMING +144 Hz
+ VERY FINE DESIGN AND FRAMES
+ PRICE

The Professional Review team awards you the platinum medal:

Asus ROG Strix XG32VQR

DESIGN - 95%

PANEL - 90%

FACTORY CALIBRATION - 88%

BASE - 90%

MENU OSD - 94%

GAMES - 100%

PRICE - 90%

92%