What do you look for in a display?
This question is what it all boils down to. What are the features you absolutely need and how much are you willing to pay for it? This particular display meets what many people want in a general-purpose display. It’s not curved or ultra-wide for gamers, but that’s what the Dark Matter and Zero-G lines do. We will have to confirm this in future reviews. The color gamut doesn’t make much of a graphic impression on his artists, but he’s not going to buy a $360 monitor in the first place.
HDR fans will be a little disappointed as well. It has an HDR10 switching function, but it still only offers HDR400. Note that Intel and NVIDIA can handle 10-bit color and HDR, but you can’t have both if you’re running AMD. Even if I enable HDR10 on the display with 10-bit enabled in the driver, it remains disabled in Windows, but the monitor continues to try and the screen switches randomly between he two brightness levels. increase. Not unique to this display, but something to keep in mind. The fact that many options are disabled when HDR is enabled is a price point, and displays with better features will cost more.
If you’re looking for a way to increase the screen size of your working laptop, the CrystalPro monitor series is the way to go. A USB-C connection means it works with laptops without the need for a display cable adapter. And even if your laptop doesn’t have a discrete GPU, the 65W power delivery eliminates the need for a second power cable. You can also use the monitor as a USB hub for your mouse and keyboard, freeing up limited ports on the laptop itself and making your day easier. The fact that you can instantly switch from landscape to portrait and vice versa right out of the box can also be very useful.
If you have a dedicated desktop or mobile card, you won’t be able to charge it from your monitor, but when the workday is over, you can use DLSS or FSR to play your games in 4K or at least a little better. can be upscaled to It exceeds the resolution that the GPU can natively handle. It will also look much better on TV and in movies. If you don’t like IPS panels, the 32-inch CrystalDisplay monitor is VA with a MSRP of $399.99, which isn’t much of a price jump.
Both are on sale at the time of posting, the 28-inch CrystalDisplay monitor is currently $289.99, while the 32-inch is only $20 more. It’s hard not to recommend them at this price.
