Gigabyte G34WQC Review: High-Contrast, Immersive Ultrawide

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Viewing Angles

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The Gigabyte G34WQC isn’t a great monitor for sharing. At 45 degrees to the sides, light falls off by around 40%, and the color shifts to green. We can see a similar result in the vertical plane with a further loss of detail as gamma becomes lower. You’ll want to sit front and center for the best image quality. At 2-3 feet away head on there are no issues visible.

Screen Uniformity

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Screen Uniformity

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The top four monitors here all fall under 10% average deviation, meaning they have no visible bleed, glow or hotspots. The G34WQC is exceptional with a 7.67% score. Our sample looked perfect when viewing full-field test patterns in a dark room. There were no color uniformity issues either.

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Pixel Response and Input Lag

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The G34WQC breezed through our speed tests, showing typical performance for a 144 Hz monitor. 7ms is a low enough screen draw time that motion blur can barely be seen. Gigabyte’s excellent overdrive implementation reduces that blur even more. With 27ms of total control lag, competitive gamers won’t have any problem keeping up with their opponents. We observed smooth motion with no stutter or hesitation to either mouse or keyboard inputs.

Christian Eberle
Christian Eberle
Contributing Editor

Christian Eberle is a Contributing Editor for Tom's Hardware US. He's a veteran reviewer of A/V equipment, specializing in monitors. Christian began his obsession with tech when he built his first PC in 1991, a 286 running DOS 3.0 at a blazing 12MHz. In 2006, he undertook training from the Imaging Science Foundation in video calibration and testing and thus started a passion for precise imaging that persists to this day. He is also a professional musician with a degree from the New England Conservatory as a classical bassoonist which he used to good effect as a performer with the West Point Army Band from 1987 to 2013. He enjoys watching movies and listening to high-end audio in his custom-built home theater and can be seen riding trails near his home on a race-ready ICE VTX recumbent trike. Christian enjoys the endless summer in Florida where he lives with his wife and Chihuahua and plays with orchestras around the state.