Great 1440P 144 Hz RR Monitor for Large Desks

Monoprice provided this monitor as a temporary review sample.



First Impressions

The 32” QHD 1440p 144Hz VA Frameless Aluminum Freesync monitor has a great minimalistic look. The bezel-less design looks very clean & modern on my black desk. The 32” display has a 31.5” viewable area runs up to about half a cm to the edge on the top, bottom & sides. I’m happy to see that this monitor comes with their Pixel Perfect guarantee that basically promises replacement it develops any dead pixels in the first year. It also has a matte anti glare coating on the panel to avoid reflections, something I highly prefer for my gaming setup. The power cable plugs directly into the monitor so no large power adapters to contend with. It comes with one mini DP to full size DisplayPort cable, power cable, assembly screws & Phillips head tool.



Comparing Color To My TN 144hz 1440p Panel

As a quick anecdotal test of color reproduction I downloaded a 2560x1440 high definition color image & compared it by straddling the image across both monitors. I didn’t see any noticeable differences between the 2, but to be fair, my TN panel is supposed to put out much better color than a standard TN panel (it was 2x the cost of the 33822 when I bought it). While watching Netflix movies I could see less light-bleed on the MP monitor. This MP panel produces blacker blacks & a better movie experience (in movie mode).



Assembly

The monitor stand does require that the foot & post be assembled. Monoprice provides a magnetized screwdriver-esque tool that is much better than other rinky-dink options. The 3 pre applied locktight screws are used to attach the foot.



Audio Out & Video Inputs

If you plan to use the monitor for audio it does come with a 3.5mm audio out. As far as I can tell there are no speakers. TRRS headphones worked fine, but even after maxing Windows & monitor volumes, it’s too quiet for gaming. You’ll probably prefer using powered speakers or piping the audio through a mixer for a second audio out stream instead. The 33822 has 2 HDMI 2.0, a full-size DisplayPort 1.2a & a mini DisplayPort 1.2a inputs. The manual briefly warns not to use the daisy-chain DP out, but there was nothing labeled on the monitor to suggest either DP was anything other than an input.



OSD Settings

The on screen display menu has several helpful settings & presets including Advanced DCR(intelligent backlighting depending on the image signal which helps brighten dark scenes & darken light scenes), black stabilization(increased visibility by brightening dark scenes), blue light filter, Response time, overscan(helpful to fix hdmi resolution issues), & Movie, Web, Text, MAC presets. There are several sub presets under Game including 3 generic gamer presets, 2 FPS, 1 MOBA, & 1 RTS. It would have been nice to see a crosshair OSD for FPS games, but I’m not sure how many other gamers out there enjoy it as much as I do.



Gaming on the 33822

I’m a gamer so I’ll focus on its performance there. Note: I do not have a compatible Freesync AMD graphics card to test the Freesync performance. And if that’s a deal breaker for you before picking up a high refresh rate panel, remember that adaptive sync technology is most beneficial for games that run at the 45-60 frames per second rate on your system. High refresh rate games that you can play at 120-144 FPS are unlikely to see a noticeable difference using adaptive sync technology. Thus, I chose to test it on games that I can push past 120 FPS. Before testing I confirmed my RTX 2080 was still outputting a 144hz refresh rate signal to the 33822 & that my games were set to the appropriate resolution (1440p) before playing & using the OSD FPS1 setting. I played for several hours between games of COD Black Ops 4, Destiny 2 & Overwatch. Compared to my 27” at the same resolution, you can see the dot pitch difference at the 1.5-2 foot distance I sit from the monitor to play. The 32” is not as crisp because my smaller 27” panel because it’s the same resolution on a larger panel effectively blowing up the image. Which is why this monitor would be best played at around 2.5 feet away where the dot pitch is less noticeable & you can see the whole game without turning your head/eyes. If you are playing games on something this big you probably already planned to avoid sitting directly in front of the monitor unlike. I also wish this monitor had a response time of 1 ms. I could feel the slight difference playing on this 5ms response time monitor vs other 1 ms panels. Those negatives aside, the sheer size alone brings a greater feeling of immersion when I played & overall it is a solid gaming monitor. The monitor is selling for 349.99 on sale at the time of this review, which is nice if you’re in the market for a 32” high refresh rate gaming monitor. Make sure you can hit frames of above 120 (ideally above 144) on your primary games. If not you’ll probably want to upgrade your system/video card to see the true potential of this monitor.