AOC CQ32G2SE 31.5″ QHD 165 Hz Gaming Monitor Review

Performance

I didn’t realise until I set it up, but the stand is fixed. It does not rotate or have any height adjustment. However, you can tilt it backwards like this.

Furthermore, it can also be tilted forward by a small amount, should you need to.

It’s a shame it does have such a limited stand. However, AOC has put all of the budget into the panel, and that’s no bad thing, as this monitor does have a very attractive price. At 1440p, there’s plenty of pixels to enjoy, and the colours look fantastic on the default monitor profile. However, there are many others, including 6 gaming profiles for you to explore too.

The 31.5″ panel is a really good size, in terms of monitors, it’s actually pretty huge. The benefit here is that you can have multiple windows open and the font size is still perfectly clear and readable.

Watching Lord of the Rings 4K (albeit, output on a 2K display here) looks superb. Really good monition and no real ghosting issues. However, for video I did set it at 144hz, as 24FPS video fits better to the refresh rate (144 / 24 = 6, while 165 / 24 = 6.875 resulting in frame skip/drop).

Overall the contrast and brightness is very good, even in a well lit room I found the picture to be nice and vibrant.

As for gaming, 165Hz is just awesome, especially for FPS gaming and MOBA. Now, why I chose to take only pictures of Cyberpunk running at 45FPS, I don’t know. However, the FreeSync certainly got put through its paces as a result.