Asus Unveil the ROG Swift PG32UCDM3 with a 4th Gen QD-OLED Panel and New BlackShield Film

Asus have unveiled today their new ROG Swift PG32UCDM3, a third generation of their super-popular PG32UCDM (reviewed) from 2024, now with a range of updates and improvements. The screen remains 32″ in size with a 3840 x 2160 “4K” resolution and a 240Hz refresh rate but now features a 4th Gen Samsung Display QD-OLED panel which promises improvements in brightness, along with a new ‘BlackShield Film’ coating which is designed to enhance coating hardness and improve black depth in brighter rooms.

BlackShield Film

As Asus explain it, the new BlackShield Film “improves the monitor’s black level in scenarios with brighter ambient lighting by up to 40%. Expect the black parts of your display to retain their darkness better than ever, giving you unprecedented contrast and colour accuracy no matter your lighting situation.” This is designed to help eliminate the purple tint that you get on QD-OLED panels in brighter room conditions, as well as improve the overall perceived contrast and black depth. It’s a long-standing challenge with QD-OLED panels, and it’s great to see steps being taken to help improve things.

They go on to say that “We’ve also given the monitor an anti-reflection surface coating to further enhance the clarity of your viewing experience. The BlackShield Film is also highly durable. It offers 2.5x more panel scratch resistance than previous designs, easing your cleaning routine.” That should hopefully help for anyone who has been concerned about scratches on these panels or experienced problems in the past.

Asus ROG Swift PG32UCDM3 Specs

The screen is 31.5″ in size (32″ class) with a flat format. The panel has been updated to a 4th Gen QD-OLED, featuring their latest EL 3.0 OLED material. This offers improvements in longevity, durability and also brightness. The screen now offers a 300 nits SDR brightness (previously 250 nits) and VESA DisplayHDR 500 True Black certification (previously TB400).

In other specs it has a 3840 x 2160 “4K” resolution, 0.03ms G2G response time, 300 nits SDR brightness, 178/178 viewing angles, 10-bit colour depth and a wide colour gamut covering 99% DCI-P3. It has a 240Hz refresh rate, with adaptive-sync offering VRR support from compatible systems. It is already certified under the AMD ‘FreeSync Premium Pro’ scheme. It’s also certified under the VESA DisplayHDR 500 True Black tier, although it still offers the same 1000 nits peak brightness spec. Both HDR10 and Dolby Vision HDR formats are supported.

Connectivity has been upgraded with this new v3 model, now offering 1x DisplayPort 2.1a (UHBR20, 80Gbps bandwidth), 2x HDMI 2.1 and 1x USB type-C (90W power delivery). There’s also 3x USB-A data ports and a headphone jack, and the screen supports a KVM switch function and PiP/PbP modes. The stand offers tilt, height and swivel adjustments (no rotate).

Another update from the original PG32UCDM is a shift to Asus’ ‘OLED Care Pro’ feature set, including loads of additional settings and their Neo Proximity motion Sensor.

Full Review Coming Soon!

The screen will be on show for the first time at CES 2026 in early January. We’ve been testing this screen over the last few weeks so we can bring you a review very soon as well, so stay tuned for that in the near future! To stay up to date on all the news, reviews and coverage from CES 2026 you can follow our tracker here.

Source: Asus

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