ASUS ROG Swift PG32UCDM OLED Review
Up Close
Up Close
Such is the nature of the beast, particularly with products at the end of the market the PG32UCDM resides, they’ve often been elsewhere first. Our box bears the scares of a life well travelled. However, it also shows that the packaging is good enough to keep the monitor itself in mint condition regardless of treatment.
Inside you get all the goodies you’ve come to expect from a ROG product. As well as the Keyser Soze’s – Warranty Card, Quick Start guide, sticker pack – you get some cool ROG cables. USB Type-C, High speed ROG HDMI, DisplayPort and a Type-A to Type-B USB cable. Additionally the power comes via an external brick, rather than being built into the monitor as it is with ones like the MSI and Alienware OLED offerings.
Here she is in all her glory. As more an more displays go bezel-less there isn’t really much to talk about beyond the stand. So we’ll save discussions for the next page where it’s turned on. It’s certainly attention grabbing though, even powered off.
Around the back there is no denying you’re getting your full ROG monies worth. Massive ROG logo, heavily ‘designed’ stand. With the power block externally situated you also have a giant centre section that gives way to the razor thin OLED panel itself.
The other side has all the USB connections, but here are the main display ones. Two HDMI 2.1 and a DisplayPort 1.4 with DSC. With under 42W total power consumption it’s also clear that the Type-C USB connection isn’t one of the leading edge ones, but merely a regular port.
Stand
An art students dream. Not a rectangle in sight.
The top of the stand has a place to install all your streaming goodies. Ring lights, cameras etc. It’s becoming more common and we’re all for it. Even if we only use it for our TrackIR. The keen-eyed amongst you will have noted that the stand mount doesn’t allow for 100MM VESA. Fear not. Within the box is a ROG Wall-Mount kit that installs into this circle and lets you utilise a VESA mount/stand should you so wish.
We’ve seen a few ASUS ROG stands that project the ROG Eye onto your desk and the PG32UCDM is no exception. Yes you get blanks if you’re feeling artistic.
We’ve come a long way from big, square utilitarian stand designs haven’t we. At just north of £1300 we’d expect nothing less.
