ViewSonic XG321UG: Reddit's Verdict on Mini LED HDR

Wasn't that long ago that Viewsonic were almost universally better than other brands in OOTB calibration and overdrive tuning for gaming monitors. They seem to have fallen off in popularity but they are still the de-facto official brand of blurbusters fwiw.

$3000 and even worse performance because it's Viewsonic

The 27" 1440P 300Hz monitor with true 1000 nit HDR and Mini-LED is exactly what I want in a monitor. I don't like 4K because it's too demanding even for my RTX 3080, 1440P is just right. The monitor industry has been stagnant for far too long.

This display is insane, if you can find one for a reasonable price (I got mine for £410) get it, you won't regret it.

If it's priced $1k, I'd seriously consider buying it. I was a fan of OLED, believe me. But once I saw side by side comparison of brightness and colour accuracy between OLED and miniLEDs, I was converted. Now I can't find OLED to be as appealing as everyone made it sound.

Was wondering why i didnt stumble upon this specimen yet, sadly "only" 144Hz.

It's almost always the source material being pretty low quality. What color depth is your monitor set to in the graphics card control panel?

I'd prefer cheaper without a gsync module.

I'd never buy a glossy monitor...or an OLED. Productivity work isn't friendly on either which is the whole point of buying a monitor instead of a TV.

I'm really hoping TCL & Xiaomi start selling their Mini-LED monitors in more regions, it really feels like the Mini-LED monitor market is just held back because it's harder to advertise them compared to OLED monitors.

That model seems to be coming out around Q3. Next gen GPUs might come around then as well and they may bring a significant performance uplift with the new process nodes. So could be an option to move to 4k then.

Nice that you found a monitor you are very satisfied with! Problem for me is it has all the same downsides as the PG32UQX: no HDMI 2.1, only 144Hz and slow response time which pretty much rule it out entirely for my use case.

Incredible review, though I am intensely curious at where you managed to find it for such a good price. Was it second hand?

According to ViewSonic spec, XG321UG only support 10 bit. Even Windows is sending 12bit signal to the monitor. If the content itself is not, that doesn't help.

There's no point in this monitor if it doesn't have 2.1. The Asus PG32UQX is basically the same but has 2.1.

3ms gtg lmao. It's actually 10ms gtg and 30% overshoot probably.

I've been keeping an eye on the 2nd market for these displays for a bit now, in the UK there is a PG32UQX for £800ish and dropping and then I found this on CEX, drove 5 hours round trip and now it's mine.

I might consider getting this, I thoroughly enjoy my XG270QG.

This is not like the PG32UQX. It's local dimming behavior sucks in comparison.

I've found gaming on this to be perfectly fine and I've exclusively gamed on an OLED for the last 6 years.

I've been using the AOC Q27g3xmn for a few days now and I'm coming to the same conclusion. Local Dimming not useful for desktop task. When local dimming is turned on white text turns muddled grey and looks horrible and things just overall look darker.

Not a typo, on the viewsonic website it also says HDMI 2.0... outrageous for a monitor that will be $1.5k+

Consumer grade OLED isn't bright enough for HDR. Best HDR performers are mini leds.

I am looking forward to being disappointed again, just like with PG32UQ!

There's already a listing for the ELITE XG321UG. $3,699.00 AUD or $2,656.77 USD. This is more or less the same price as a G1 65".

The calibration out of the box wasn't great but after borrowing a display calibrator it was much better. Monitor looks clean af.

I think the market stagnated because OLED and Mini-LED were on the horizon but not ready for prime-time monitor usage. Going big on IPS wasn't cost efficient because people wouldn't pay the costs for that extra percentage when it was still an inferior technology.

I bought it for $670 on Amazon sale, everything good, but it's an almost 4 years old model. No DP 2.0, and it's certainly not for actual gaming, but more a TV substitute, and for watching HDR content. The cursor latency is very visible, so likely not for gaming.

Thanks for the review. 410 is insane. I actually see the slow response time on my mini-led even in some game menus, it's barely 120hz capable imho, but the tradeoff for brightness and color's worth it.

But at least this doesn't have flicker like most OLEDs. That's another big plus!

I think the BenQ EX321UX is actually the MiniLED HDR king for 4K. It's extremely bright and sustains that brightness, plus you get HDMI 2.1 and DP 2.1. Response time is great, too. It's much better suitable for a mix of productivity, PC gaming, and console gaming with VRR support.

My viewsonic tends to clip high brightness colors in mode 1, less so in mode 2 and completely fixed in mode 3 (but this last mode has the worst blooming).

I tried with HDMI 2.0 and it's limited to 60Hz which is a dealbreaker.

Do you use an nvidia gpu? In the nvidia control panel is colour set to full?

And it has not one but two HDMI 2.0 ports lmao

I saw the XG321UG (4K 32") is supposed to be $2500. Still a little too much for me personally, but I'm eager to see how these mini led displays perform.

It's disappointing, especially for the cost. They should have updated it with HDMI 2.1 and DP 2.1 for that price! It also has a physical fan inside for the gsync module. Again, not worth it IMO!

Overpriced

I'm another who is really wanting this model to deliver. Lately get used to disappointment is the mantra.

I've noticed similar issues on my cooler master tempest gp27u as well. I thought it was just the monitor but it seems related to local dimming — things look more noticeable when the monitor is brighter.

XG321UG and Acer X32 use same panel as PG32UQX so don't expect miracles.