AOC CQ32G1 31.5" Curved Frameless Gaming Monitor, Quad HD 2560x1440, VA panel, 1 ms, MPRT, 144Hz, FreeSync, DisplayPort/HDMI/VGA, VESA

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I have a few firsts with this monitor, 1440P, VA, Curved, Freesync, 31.5". Coming from a AOC 1080P 27" 144hz monitor, I really liked it less the contrast issues of a TN panel. I also had the beef to move up to 1440P at this time. Out of the box this monitor scared me, imo you cannot use the OOB settings. VA white to black refresh colors react slower but with better contrast, just scrolling up and down in a browser the text would dim and get fuzzy until I stopped and then it took a fraction of a second to get solid for reading. This was really odd an annoying, however one of the reason I got this monitor was for the performance mode, so I quickly started messing with settings. With any monitor I get Im heading into settings to get the brightness, contrast, colors as right as I can. This one just a little extra. So here are the setting I came up with to make it work great via desktop or in game: Luminance: Contrast 45 Brightness 35 Eco Mode Standard Gamma 3 DCR Off Color Normal Game Settings: Game Mode Off Shadow Control 50 Low Input Lag On (On for desktop work, Off for in game, less lag much smoother, yes Off here per manual and it feels correct) Game Color 10 LowBlue Internet Override STRONG (For Desktop Work. Off for in Game, only setting when Lag is set off) Freesync On Doing this toggle and tweaking in the Nvidia Control panel color settings some, Ive been able to get the monitor to work and look great in all modes. Contrast is great and moving your head around doesnt change contrast like it does with a TN panel. This is a real step up from TN. The curve screen I could do without, to me it brings little, in fact vertical lines near the edges get a keystone type of feel going on, it isnt keystone for real, but an effect the curve brings. In the future I will give curve screens 0 points, Id be just as happy with a flat screen. The Freesync was already chosen in the Nvidia panel which is a brand new feature, like one week old. Good to see it recognized all on its own. Ill do some reading to make sure it is actually working well. With 144hz screen tearing isnt a thing anymore, so going by that in my tests (Is Freesync working?) doesnt tell me for certain. Even though I feel I got everything I need out of it, looking and performing well, I ended up with a 4 star score because there is no manual, there isnt anything telling you about the settings. I know what I was seeing at first and I knew I had to fix it immediately or return the product, so I went through all the settings until I found the ones I needed to fix. I did, but I do wonder how many people get one of these and think "OMG VA sucks!" and returns it? EDIT: This monitor puzzles me and 1/2 me wants to return it. I can get ideal conditions, but there are two settings I have to toggle in-game and out-of-game, the problem is I have to go into settings each time and make a change, also there isnt a way to save the presets. I updated the settings above to match this edit. So I dropped two stars since I believe you need to toggle this often for best results.

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UPDATE: My monitor has had two more dead pixels crop up. AOC support said that this isnt covered by their pixel warranty. I was told all three pixels had to be side by side to be covered. Pretty disappointed with preordering this. ————— I upgraded from a 1920x1080 60hz monitor. I mostly play games. The curved screen is novel feeling, but doesnt really add much to my gameplay. 144hz didnt seem like a big deal until I set it back down to 60hz, at which point I realized how wrong I was living my life. The adjustable stand is quite convenient. Good range of both vertical and horizontal tilt as well as height adjustment. Also has a nice hole in the neck for cable management. Considering all that, its quite unfortunate that yesterday it developed a dead pixel in the upper left quadrant. Ive contacted AOC about getting a fix and Ill update this review with my results. In conclusion the monitor is good if you want to hit that 144hz and try a curved monitor out, but YMMV.

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I love this monitor its my first pc gaming monitor and its perfect its stunning only issue is it didnt say that it has no built in speakers and i dont have any but for 300$ i was hoping it had some so now i have to buy speakers too

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I was searching a new monitor that has 144 hz and a big screen like 32 inch. If you looking for 32 you dont have too many option if you dont want to pay high prices. So i saw this new aoc c32g1 and price was okay for a brand new monitor. This one is really came out lately and you cant see a proper review. So i hope this will help you. İt came with a huge box thanks to its curve, i set up and look for a dead pixels, it has none. The monitor is too big that i couldnt guess so it stands big on my table. İt has vesa so i can mount the wall later. Curve level is well adjusted and its not disturb when you look far, and when you are playing games it feels nice. No commend for 144hz, if you used to 60 hz before, you definetly will notice the speed. You need to do some adjustment for color qualify, because it comes bad color setting out of box. One thing i tought it has a pivot feature like c24g1 or c27g1 but its not, you can just tilt the monitor and its a dissapointing for me. Another thing is using windows on 32 inch 1080p, well.. very bad. You need some time for get used to. Overall the price what you get is very well i like it a lot, thanks to amazon they help me to receive it nice as always. Pros: +Brand new +VA panel +Curved +Nice desing +144 hz +Vesa +Nice picture quality Cons: -No pivot -Texture quality badc(for 32 inch 1080p its normal) -No built in speaker

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Got this monitor as a replacement for an HP Pavillon 32”. Was mostly interested in the high refresh rate as Xbox one x now supports 2k @ 120hz. Was only able to do 1080p @ 120hz and 2k @ 60hz. Additionally the monitor came with some minor damage to the screen which looks like it occurred in it production. There was a dead pixel or two that I noticed and when I ran my finger over it I realized that there was a palpable, very fine hole directly over the dead pixels. Strange. Other than the small damage. The monitor performed okay. Just did not fulfill my needs.

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Beautiful design, love the curve, thin bezel is really nice too, and 144hz refresh is good and has low input lag. The picture quality is pretty good for the price too. I mainly play Fortnite and this monitor has greatly improved my gameplay with peaking, reactions, etc. I would suggest this gaming monitor to anyone.

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I am updating my review. Most of the negative comments about this monitor can be easily addressed with a return on a DOA/mfg defect/dead pixel, buying the extended warranty ( really cheap through Amazon) or simply by reading the little booklet called THE MANUAL (144hz through display port for example). Moving on; otherwise good picture out of the box, great picture once calibrated. I use X-rites i1 Display Pro with open source software called DisplayCAL ((free) does better then x-rites software IMHO). A screen not calibrated is like a sports car without a tune. Black levels are superior to IPS by a mile (not like OLED but very good otherwise). Coming from an IPS monitor to VA...colors are more vibrant and blacks are darker. 144hz is icing on the cake.

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I am very happy with this monitor. I use it for 1400p gaming at 144hz. Make sure you search for how to turn on freesync on Nvidia cards via Google. Its a very simply process and 144hz with Freesync was enabled on my monitor but NOT automatically enabled on my RTX2080. Once you enable Freesync, it works great with your monitor and all games look great. I also use this for my PS4 Pro and XBox One X.. All of them look amazing. No dead pixels for me.. Would absolutely buy again.

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Make sure to reinstall your graphics drivers after you hook this monitor up to your PC for the first time, Nvidia gives you the option to do a custom installation with a clean installation ,which will help to resolve any leftover conflicts with your previous monitor. Also, use the displayport cable that came with the monitor, I noticed that images in games were sharper compared to when I used any third party cable. I dont know if it just placebo but I tried using 4 other dp cables and the images were not as good in my opinion compared with the one added in the box.Okay on to the review,I took the plunge and bought this monitor. Its a 32 inch curved monitor and it is much larger than I thought it was going to be. if you have a small desk u might want to think of getting a larger one. I hooked it up to my pc using an RTX 2080 and it looked good but not great in gaming. I knew something was definitely off. I tried all kinds of configurations for 4 days but nothing worked until I played with the picture boost menu which I finally understood what it does. The picture boost option applies an extra virtual film over the screen which allows u to tweak the brightness and contrast more than in the luminance option. Just go into the menu under Picture boost and enable Bright frame to On , after that increase the frame size all the up to 100. My brightness setting in picture boost is 34 and contrast is 50.Adjust to ur own desire but I notice lower brightness improves in game shadows. I did notice if I used any of the present game modes (Hint: leave Game mode off) under game setting option, it would shut off Picture boost and I would have to enable it again and redo the entire process. I wish we could save our settings presets files in the monitor. Picture Boost Bright Frame on Frame size 100 Brightness 34 Contrast 50 Under Game settings, Game mode is off (if u enable, it will disable picture boost mode) set low blue mode to off , override to medium, Freesync to On Under luminance, Contrast is 45 Brightness is 95 (lower it if you like) Eco mode standard Gamma set to gamma 2 DCR is off Under Color Setup Color Temp is set to User Red is 43 Green is 48 Blue is 49 shadow control 50 Once I setup this config, I can now fully say that this monitor is a must buy and I am now totally loving it. playing games on it has been very immersive and u just cant go wrong with this product. Once properly configured this monitor is amazing. Edit: I just want to add that this AOC monitor is G sync compatible. I previously used a Dell S2417DG TN panel G sync monitor, I can say that I am having a much smoother and consistent performance with this AOC freesync monitor in G sync mode. The problem which nobody wants to address is that G sync on native Gsync monitors is broken on Windows 10 since last years Windows March update, the micro stuttering on the Dell monitor with Gsync was driving me crazy. I am having a much better experience now with adaptive sync on this monitor. Games like Far cry 4 and 5 are much smoother. I dont think this monitor will ever get official Gsync compatible certification due to the freesync range of 48 - 144hz. Nvidia will only certify monitors that are 30- 144hz. Even with that , i dont get below 48 fps unless the game is broken like Gears of War ultimate edition. All my games are running fantastic and smooth , u will probably need a minimum of gtx 1070/gtx 1660 ti or Vega 56/Rx 580/590 to fully enjoy this monitor. In freesync mode , the monitor automatically caps ur max fps at 144, u cant go higher even on powerful Gpu.It helps to ensure you have a consistent experience while game, native Gsync doesnt do this and u need to cap it yourself manually. Once again, no regrets with this monitor and it is worth the money.

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I love this monitor. I wish I had bought this one instead of going cheaper first. My first real gaming monitor was a 32" Curved Sceptre. I liked that monitor a lot and had bought a second one even though the first one I got lasted a year. But it was less then 200 bucks. That one was an upgrade from a T.V. So it blew that one out of the water. The second monitor arrived and was DOA out of the box. To say I was disappointed is an under statement. I searched and searched for another one with in the price range and could not find any that I liked. During this search this one popped up. More then I wanted to spend on a gaming monitor. I fretted over this decision for several days and finally went it is only money and if it sucks I will send it back. I can only say I wish I had the money to buy a second one for my dual set up. The colors are nice and crisp, whites are white not yellowish, and streaming movies look really good. I decided I wanted to test it on a game that would put it through its paces. So I played Pong on it. Ha! I played The Witcher 3, as a base, I went on to Sub Natica, Assassins Creed Odyssey, Far Cry 5 and New Dawn, WWZ, X4, every game I threw at it was better. I mod the heck out of my games that I can, So Witcher and X4 are running the best quality mods I can find, the immersion is wonderful. Even if you have a good graphics card like I do GTX 1080ti, and with a sub par monitor you never get the full experience. I have several other demanding games I want to try this one but so far the images can not be beaten unless I go with a G-force Monitor and spend twice as much. I would say this is a solid Mid-range gaming monitor. No pixel dead spots, no graying or ghosting of blacks that I have seen unless it is an older movie. Having 144Hz, even without an AMD is nice. The G-sync compatibility is a definite plus. My one gripe is the button placement for power, modes etc... For the price they should give you a remote, or at least put the buttons on top where you can see them or even put icons on the front side so if you want to change modes, power it off or whatever, you do not need a flashlight and mirror to see what button your pressing. Also the "Set Up Guide" could be more then one page in your language. A simple 5 page manual would be nice. Oh and the packaging was not bad, I have seen worse, well protected by foam and tight, shipped in a larger Amazon box with their standard cheap packaging. But the AOC was in it own box. Comes with an HDMI, power and even an Old school nine pin connector. I have better cables but having extra never hurts. Final thought, instead of settling for a cheaper monitor wait a little longer and get this one or as close as you can.

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