Many impressive gaming monitors, components, and accessories made their debut during CES 2024, and one of them has finally launched: the Asus ROG Swift PG32UCDM.
What makes the Asus ROG Swift PG32UCDM gaming monitor What stands out among others on the market is that it combines a 32-inch screen size with a 4K resolution and a 240Hz refresh rate. Finding a 4K gaming monitor with such a high refresh rate is incredibly difficult, and one with a large screen even more so.
Its other specs are pretty solid too, including an OLED display, 0.03ms response time, G-SYNC support, 99% DCI-P3 color gamut, HDR support, up to 1000 nits of peak brightness, and further. It even comes with its own custom heatsink that keeps the motherboard cool, which is extremely important for a display with a built-in OLED panel to avoid overheating.
It also comes with decent connectivity options including DisplayPort 1.4 (DSC) and HDMI 2.1, USB Type-C with 90W Power Delivery, a headphone jack, and three USB Type-A ports.
However, all this advanced technology comes at a higher price, with an MSRP of $1,299.99 (around £1,030 / AU$1,990). It's not an unreasonable price considering everything that's coming, but the average consumer will still have trouble affording it. Availability is also an issue as it is difficult to find in retail stores.
Why is it so hard to find?
As I mentioned earlier in my guide on how to buy the best gaming monitor, a 4K gaming monitor with a 32-inch screen would be squarely in the casual gaming market, as combining such a high resolution with a high refresh rate is quite difficult. .
But the fact that the Asus ROG Swift PG32UCDM has all of these features and more, all for a much more affordable price than most inferior 4K monitors, makes it intriguing.
That's why their availability is such a sore point for me. Even the Asus official online store It's currently out of stock, let alone the other retailers who don't seem to have it either. Unfortunately, this is a common reality in technology: products that are promoted during major events, launch, and then immediately become a chore to find and purchase.
And this is in the US, where much of this technology originates from. Other regions and countries almost always have it worse and many never see these products. Hopefully this issue will be fixed soon, as there isn't much point in releasing great technology that is so hard to find.
