ASRock's FIRST Gaming Monitor is a 34" ULTRAWIDE. It is Good, Mediocre or Terrible?

Donu think thisnis better than LG 34GP83A-B

I'm building a system and just picked one of these monitors up. I'll likely be going with a 7900x or 7950x cpu. Do you reccommend going for a 6950xt at $570, or a 7900xt at $700?

Bought one and although I loved the size, resulotion and contrast (coming from an ASUS VG279QM 27" fast ips 1080p) I cannot recommend this monitor, the response times are atrocious (up to 20ms) and overdrive does absolutely NOTHING. Upon further research found a review by tftcentral which has the same problem, and since they've tested on 2 samples I imagine this issue is very common. On the review (dated february 14) they claim to have talked directly to asrock about this, and would update if asrock fixed the problem, they never updated and since I just bought one (june 11) and received an unit with the exact same problem, I must assume they will never fix it. STAY AWAY from these monitors. (tftcentral reviwed the "3A", I have the "2B").

can i disable the rgb?

those monitors are disgusting

what's the difference between the 3A and the 2B?

"ASRock's PG34WQ15R3A (PG34WQ15R2B)... "

as far as I can tell from the Asrock page, those are two different products. The 3A version has the RGB on the back + the mini OLED you showed here being configured with the small images. The 2B version doesn't have these... features.

Great to see Asrock kicking ass right out of the gate with their first Monitor, love that they did VA panel, this might just be my next gaming monitor.

Can it output 10bit bpc color depth?

which one is better, this one or aoc cu34g2x ? thanks.

$429.00 is for 2b model. The reviewed 3a model is $459.00.

wow! such a great review

dude u put IT IS instead of IS IT in your title just fyi

This must be just another Samsung VA panel again, allready have a DELL 32'' 165hz 1440p monitor. So this really would not be much of an upgrade, and dell also has colours in check, minimal lightbleed etc.

Nice review, still considering whether to bring the monitors to Malaysia market, considering how over saturated as it already is.

Yo brian, can you make a video on how to unlock turbo boost, on the aliexpress lga 1356 motherboard?

$429 USD f*ck off...

Another generic 34" VA 1440p ultrawide using a Samsung panel.
Pretty meh.

I have a pretty similar but high end ultra wide from msi the MPG343cqr to be exact and it’s also a AV 34inch but 1000R curvature. but the black smearing everyone is talking about is basically non exsistant with newer VA panels and ive used IPS monitors and OLED TVs for gaming too so I’m not talking without any experience. I think people just have a bad taste left in their mouths from old VA panels and they never gave the new once a chance to show.

I'm glad they're coming into the market, but I have no interest in a monitor like this. For reference, the Lenovo Legiob y27q30 is perfect for my taste. It doesn't have RGB or any features I'd consider waste of money like the tiny display or the antenna. Also, can't stand TN panels. Even if their response rate is better I need the viewing angles of IPS. So far, after using the Lenovo for several months I haven't found any issues with it and I'd consider it perfect in terms of color, size, resolution, refresh rate, i/o, menu, mount, adjustable height, rotation etc.

On sale now for $369.99 at NEWEGG

i expect the 429$ is without tax? In germany the monitor costs 432€ incl tax. I am getting interrested in this monitor right now!

Check out Prisims+ 34 inch VA. It's even better value

Anything above 27" doesn't make sense unless it's for console gaming . . enlarging monitors just to enforce customers to buy expensive GFX (e.g. 7800XTX/ RTX4090) just because game software is lagging behind hardware is really cunning and hideous.

integrating a wifi antenna in the monitor is a brilliant idea

That base is a weapon lol

Not a word about common VA’s terrible issue : black smear

That wifi antenna feature is pretty cool

Lol asrock is a joke. I’ve bought 3 mobos where the pcie slots went bad. Maybe they got better over the years but I’ve had my experience and I can’t trust that company anymore. Btw cooler master makes a panel just like this but better in every way. Hdr also works on it.

VA panel, hard pass.

It looks good, almost the same price as the 31.5" has been recently. These will give the Gigabyte screens a run for their money, more competition is good.

That wallpaper is my city; Montreal ! Right ?

Can you buy me one ROFL can't 400 plus on a monitor

Techy yes just a question, do you have a computer Motherboards, cpu's and gpu's that are defekt that your gonna sent to the scrapyard? And if so could you send some of it to me bc im a pc builder and i like meching with computer tech, like for free or cheap and ill pay full shipping bc your gonna scrap it anyway. If you think its ok then reply or pin this comment so i know so i then can link my facebook 😁

Great channel, I might not know about this monitor if not for you. Thanks!

Hey Brian, what happened to the turning $100 into a high end pc series?

Great review Brian. It looks like ASRock is doing what they do best, coming out swinging. I love the fact that when they take a shot at a new product/market they throw down with all they have got.

I actually love that it's a VA panel, I may consider getting one myself. I get why some people hate on VA panels but I love them. Black levels on VA panels are second to none which makes contrast outstanding. That said, I am not a gamer that cares about response times, nor do I work with color accuracy, both areas where VA can be a bit behind IPS. For those that enjoy having deep blacks and detailed shadows and don't care about GtG response times, check out a VA panel. I "upgraded" my 32" VA panel to a high refresh, low response IPS panel and ended up giving it to my daughter and going back to the VA panel, I lost more I care about than I gained. Don't get me wrong, the IPS was great too (MSI Gaming display), in many ways better, but I love my contrast and have gotten used to my display looking a certain way. On this monitor if I pull up a black screen and turn out the lights the display is only just visible in the dark. Compare that to the IPS panel that looks like a light source and you will appreciate how black the blacks can be on VA panels. ASRock implementing a black screen shutter effect is a clever move IMO, it mitigates ghosting and gives a cleaner overall image which is an infamous weak point on VA displays.

Thanks for the detailed review Brian :)

.."Agent Smith and Neo for some reason.." 🤙🏻

Gotta love that d-pad on the back for the osd. I'm really tired of always pushing the wrong button for menus because HP assumed a vertical arrangement of (top to bottom) "back, enter, up, down, power off"
would make logical sense.

Nice thorough coverage of specs on this video, good job.

Love the tripod stance of the monitor. Maybe it can hold up to the wiggle and sway of a standard desk. Most can not so I toss away the stands and mount separately from the desk. Gameing monitor with yummy stuff attached goes in the Bin for me. P.S. dont desk mount a monitor if your an avid gamer.

I wonder if this is the same panel as the Prism+ XQ340 PRO I have. The specs nearly match. The Prism+ has 'Quantum Dots' however, so maybe not. Seeing a lot of new contenders in monitors popping up recently.

Incredible that just two years ago, 100Hz 34" Ultrawides were in the $1,500 price range. Personally, after owning an LG C1 OLED TV, I'm no longer able to stomach IPS monitors. IPS glow is just too much once you're used to OLED panels. I also do not think that OLED is ready for primetime in the desktop monitor space and mini-LED is still quite expensive.

Fast, well-calibrated VA panels are a really nice compromise. My Odyssey G7 looks every bit as smooth as my C1 OLED, even when running at just 60 & 120Hz, let alone its full, native 240Hz.

Should I activate free sync via the amd software and my monitors settings or just one or the other

ill be real, i dont care how good it may perform. i refuse to buy anything asSrock branded. i do circuit board repair for a small ma and pa shop and i can promise you, whenever i touch anything asSrock branded i get goosebumps from how FUCKING CHEAP they make their products. it is wildly visible that theyre trying to have maximum profits while giving you juussstt enough for the product to work. and thats it.

VA panel nope no thank you and yuck ASrock nope

Ancient panel

I am glad VA's have mostly lost the bad dark smearing over the last few years, Videogames pop so much on them thanks to their deep blacks and high contrast. IPS displays are nice, but the image is a bit flat in comparison, strikingly so side by side.

Wow Asrock comin thru with interesting features, thats about it tho

I would love more 40” (37-42”) 4K offerings. Too many 4k’s are 32” or less, what a waste since with monitors that small you need to use UI scaling.