Gigabyte M32U 31.5" 16:9 UHD 4K 144 Hz FreeSync IPS Gaming Monitor

I bought this monitor after looking at options in the 4k, 32-inch range. This monitor was a decent deal (~$650), and so I went for it. Thus far, it's been a great monitor, and a vast improvement over my old 2560x1440 27". I run it simultaneously on two computers: a 15" 2018 Macbook Pro, and a 5th-gen Thinkpad X1 Extreme. The Macbook is hooked up via Displayport-to-USB-C for the display, and USB-B-to-C for the keyboard/mouse; the Thinkpad is hooked up via a single USB-C port for display/USB hub. I run both Linux Mint 21 and Windows 11 on the Thinkpad. The monitor works great on all systems (with a few caveats that I'll explain below). The stand is farily sturdy, and it has adjustments for height and pitch. It also has some fun features like picture-in-picture and ... MoreI bought this monitor after looking at options in the 4k, 32-inch range. This monitor was a decent deal (~$650), and so I went for it. Thus far, it's been a great monitor, and a vast improvement over my old 2560x1440 27". I run it simultaneously on two computers: a 15" 2018 Macbook Pro, and a 5th-gen Thinkpad X1 Extreme. The Macbook is hooked up via Displayport-to-USB-C for the display, and USB-B-to-C for the keyboard/mouse; the Thinkpad is hooked up via a single USB-C port for display/USB hub. I run both Linux Mint 21 and Windows 11 on the Thinkpad. The monitor works great on all systems (with a few caveats that I'll explain below). The stand is farily sturdy, and it has adjustments for height and pitch. It also has some fun features like picture-in-picture and picture-by-picture for viewing both input signals simultaenously (switchable via a dedicated KVM switch on the back). Settings in the OSD are fairly extensive, and navigation utilizes a delicate joystick on the back. The joystick took a bit of getting used to, but it's now second nature to me, especially with the configurable quick-access directional settings. This monitor has been great for both productivity at 60Hz (8-hours of coding and conference calls each day) and gaming at 120Hz (Elden Ring, Deathloop, etc), but there are a few quirks that I want to mention for potential buyers: 1) This monitor sports a built-in KVM switch, and that's great for going between inputs. However, make sure to go into the monitor settings and turn System -> Other Settings -> Input Auto Switch to OFF, so that the KVM won't try to auto-switch between inputs (at least not quite as aggressively). 2) Resolutions on OS X: I'm running OS X 12.6 (Monterey). For the first month or so of owning this monitor, I had a devil of a time using it at any resolution that wasn't an even divisor of its native resolution (3840x2160 or 1920x1080). Any other resolution under OS X caused extremely laggy behavior; the mouse moved smoothly, but there was significant delay when dragging windows, tab switching in Chrome, typing into text boxes, etc -- basically anything that required the renderer to update. (This was _not_ a problem on either Linux or Windows.) After dealing with this for a while and basically more or less resigning myself to having better picture quality with worse performance, I started poking around in various settings and looking around on discussion groups to try and figure out the problem. At some point I found a discussion of OS X and HiDPI which suggested that OS X always wants to look "Retina", even if that doesn't make sense for the particular display. I went to About This Mac -> System Information and found the information about the integrated Radeon GPU; lo and behold, the stated resolution was 5120x2880 - twice the actual resolution I had selected (2560x1440)!! It turns out that OS X, in its zealous pursuit of "Retina" everywhere, was setting the screen resolution *higher* than the monitor can handle, and then scaling it by 50% to try and get high resolution images! I looked around and found an amazing tool, SwitchResX, which offers some signficant resolution configuration (including setting custom scan rates -- beyond my paygrade on that one). SwitchResX let me select a non-HiDPI 2560x1440 resolution (among other useful non-standard resolutions like 3008x1692), and this monitor has been great ever since. Easily worth the shareware fee. Anyways, tl;dr, this is a great monitor with some quirks, not all of which are its fault. I'm posting this whole novella b/c it was such a PiTA to find any information on OS X's arcane scaling problem. Hopefully somebody else finds this useful.

Coming from an ultra-wide monitor, I was looking for something with a higher refresh rate, and a monitor that would work with my Gaming PC/Work Laptop/PS5 seamlessly. The quality of this monitor is truly excellent. It makes you want to go back and re-play your PS5/PC games now that you know what you were missing out on. The one-press button KVM switch has been really great for switching between my work laptop and gaming PC. I leave my webcam, Logitech receiver, and other devices connected to the monitor and they easy switch from my macbook to windows pc. The HDR with AC:Valhalla is insane. Just buy the monitor.

First of all, great monitor. It is big, has accurate color, comes with a great stand and more. There are a few areas that I feel hold this monitor back. They may not be deal breakers for you but I wish I knew them earlier. First, one item that I was aware of but still wish this monitor had is the ability to daisy chain the display port connections. Next, the KVM USB ports are not usb3. -The KVM switch is in a place that is not ideal for a multiple monitor setup, especially if this is the right-hand or center monitor, since the switch is behind the monitor you will have to keep a slight gap to reach your hand through. I read that the software allows a hotkey for this but I haven't tried yet. -This leads to my biggest issue, the KVM itself. 3 times now in 2 weeks my ... MoreFirst of all, great monitor. It is big, has accurate color, comes with a great stand and more. There are a few areas that I feel hold this monitor back. They may not be deal breakers for you but I wish I knew them earlier. First, one item that I was aware of but still wish this monitor had is the ability to daisy chain the display port connections. Next, the KVM USB ports are not usb3. -The KVM switch is in a place that is not ideal for a multiple monitor setup, especially if this is the right-hand or center monitor, since the switch is behind the monitor you will have to keep a slight gap to reach your hand through. I read that the software allows a hotkey for this but I haven't tried yet. -This leads to my biggest issue, the KVM itself. 3 times now in 2 weeks my keyboard and mouse stopped working altogether when switching back to the USB-B input. I had to connect another keyboard a reboot my computer. Also, I noticed if my main PC is in screensaver, screenoff or sleeping, when I switch to it, it just switches back to my laptop, I have to wake my PC 'manually' with another device that is only connected to my PC then hit KVM.