I'll submit my
PIXIO PX329 for consideration, but there's a lot of compromises (and just plain 'too hip for the room' headaches) they made to produce a proper 144/165Hz unlocked 32" gaming display for under USD$300. That price includes a very basic stand, so either you'll have to spend a few bux on a VESA stand from
MonoPrice, etc or get the $59 bespoke stand which does offer height/tilt.
It's one of the latest gen high-speed VA panels; a great mix of 1440P, speed, and a 180° viewing angle. But it has weird motion artifacting if Windoze resets the advanced display settings for an update, which for some reason with NVidia installed it does EVERY. FUCKING. TIME.
![Face Palm :palm:](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/xfacepalm.gif.pagespeed.ic.EBDwh1hCfo.png)
So you have to dig through NVidia's utterly idiotic throwback to the 80s configuration UI to reset the bit depth, color space, YUV bit format, and refresh rates back to something decent. And then you have to go through and do ClearType optimization.
![Banging Head |O](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/bangheadonwall.gif.pagespeed.ce.8iLbFYV4Bc.gif)
Again. And again... And again...
Don't get me wrong... it's an amazing panel for $300, and the signal processing is fucking god-tier speed (sub 1ms with a ~2ms panel), but everybody's GPU drivers are optimized to make slow-ass IPS panels and their molasses-slow 10-30ms signal processing look good while minimizing all the artifacts created by overclocking the signal processor and overdriving the panel to reduce blurring with anti-aliasing on.
![Face Palm :palm:](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/xfacepalm.gif.pagespeed.ic.EBDwh1hCfo.png)
(The 'too hip for the room' part)
If you run it on a AMD GPU, it's a delight. The Catalyst UI is quick & easy, allows multiple profiles for productivity vs gaming (even down to per-game profiles
![ThumbsUp :-+](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/icon_smile_thumbsup.gif.pagespeed.ce._JElyJQqdB.gif)
) , and it store those profiles in space that Windoze doesn't fuck with, so at worst all your favorite settings are just a click away. A cheap RX580/590 and this monitor are an amazing bang/buck combo.
But with NVidia... it's been a chore. Thankfully, this rig's primary purpose is still VR. You can see the review full of technical gobbledy-gook which is what sold me on the display here:
mnem
![Popcorn :popcorn:](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/EatingPopcorn.jpg.pagespeed.ce.yJ6TmC5fSa.jpg)