The Gigabyte M32QC is an excellent choice if you want a value monitor that works well with both gaming and productivity. Its high-contrast VA panel offers superb color performance and smooth visuals that will work great for games and movies. It has USB-C connectivity and KVM, expanding its applicability for professional and business use where laptops like MacBook Pros are standard. With 3 sizes (small, medium and large) and 4 ratios (1.5x, 2.0x, 3.0x and 4.0x) to adjust, Eagle Eye truly equips you with the finest weapon to beat the enemies! Having hard time aiming at the target? GIGABYTE’s eagle eye is the answer to your question!

Updated to Test Bench 1.2, resulting in changes to the results and scores with the Response Time and Input Lag. Added tests for Console Compatibility and macOS compatibility and made minor changes to other tests, which you can see in our Changelog. However, if you are using VRR and your frame rate is below 100FPS, ‘Balance’ will cause some overshoot, in which case, you should dial the overdrive down to ‘Picture Quality’ for better performance south of 100FPS. We bought and tested the HP X27q, which is a similar budget gaming monitor. We added a few relevant comparisons to this review. A lot of gamers have been waiting for 32″ 1440p 144Hz+ gaming monitors with a flat-screen IPS panel, and so far, the Gigabyte M32Q offers the best value for money in this category!Smart OD’ is the adaptive overdrive implementation as it essentially changes the overdrive level according to your frame rate when VRR (variable refresh rate) is enabled. However, it’s not well optimized and causes ghosting and overshoot at certain FPS. Calibrating it lowered the dE average to 1.65, which isn’t a whole world of improvement versus the default setting. It has an sRGB mode, but it only reduces the gamut average to 2.08. We don’t recommend getting a colorimeter for this model if you need absolute accuracy since that will raise your cost and put you in the range of a prosumer variant. The streamline appearance represents the simplicity of the GIGABYTE gaming series design philosophy, sturdy stand and matte finish built for functional and aesthetic features adding more to the characteristics. The Gigabyte M32Q has a few additional features available, most of them gaming-oriented. Some of them include:

We tested the monitor with the PS5's new variable refresh rate feature and confirmed that it's not compatible, since the PS5 only supports HDMI Forum VRR. Moving on, the Gigabyte M32Q supports AMD FreeSync Premium with a 48-170Hz VRR range for tear-free gameplay up to 170FPS. While it’s not officially certified by NVIDIA as ‘G-SYNC Compatible’, FreeSync works without issues when using compatible GeForce graphics cards (GTX 10-series or newer) over DisplayPort. The Gigabyte M32Q is based on an IPS panel by Innolux with wide 178° viewing angles and consistent colors covering 94% of the DCI-P3 color space (~125% sRGB).Besides the standard image adjustment tools (brightness, contrast, color temperature, etc.), you’ll also find advanced settings, such as color vibrance, gamma presets, sharpness and 6-axis hue/saturation.