The Gigabyte M34WQ is a 34 inch ultrawide monitor with a fast 144Hz refresh rate. It's part of Gigabyte's M Series gaming monitors, designed with both productivity and gaming performance in mind. It has a great selection of additional features, including a built-in keyboard video and mouse switch (KVM), so you can control two sources with a single keyboard and mouse. It's a great monitor for a bright room, with impressive reflection handling and high peak brightness in SDR. Motion looks fantastic, thanks to its fast response time at the max refresh rate, it has low input lag, and it supports both FreeSync and G-SYNC variable refresh rate technology for a nearly tear-free gaming experience. Sadly, it has low contrast and mediocre black uniformity, so it's not the best choice for a dark room, and although it supports HDR, it adds very little.
Our Verdict
The Gigabyte M34WQ is a very good monitor overall. It's an impressive gaming monitor with low input lag and an excellent response time at the max refresh rate. It's great for office use, as the ultrawide format is excellent for multitasking, and it has some excellent productivity features, including a built-in KVM switch. It's great for media creation, but it has limited coverage of the Adobe RGB color space. It supports HDR, but HDR doesn't add much, as it's not very bright in HDR and has a low contrast ratio.
- Image remains accurate at an angle.
- Excellent gray uniformity.
- Excellent response time at the max refresh rate.
- Fantastic low input lag.
- Blacks look gray in a dark room.
- Stand can't be rotated to a portrait orientation.
The Gigabyte M34WQ is a great office monitor. The ultrawide format is excellent for multitasking, and visibility isn't an issue in a bright room, thanks to the impressive reflection handling and high peak brightness. It also has a great selection of additional features designed for productivity, including a built-in keyboard video and mouse switch (KVM), so you can control two sources with a single keyboard and mouse. It also has excellent gray uniformity and good text clarity.
- Impressive reflection handling.
- Image remains accurate at an angle.
- Excellent gray uniformity.
- Great selection of productivity features.
- Blacks look gray in a dark room.
- Stand can't be rotated to a portrait orientation.
The Gigabyte M34WQ is an excellent gaming monitor. The ultrawide screen delivers a more immersive gaming experience, and it has a fast refresh rate with low input lag. It has an excellent response time at the max refresh rate, resulting in clear motion with little blur behind fast-moving objects. It supports both FreeSync and G-SYNC VRR, which can help reduce tearing. It's great for gaming in a bright room, as it can easily overcome glare. Unfortunately, it's not the best choice for a dark room, as it has low contrast and mediocre black uniformity.
- Impressive reflection handling.
- Excellent response time at the max refresh rate.
- Fantastic low input lag.
- Fast refresh rate.
- Blacks look gray in a dark room.
The Gigabyte M34WQ is a decent monitor for watching videos. The large, ultrawide screen delivers a more immersive movie-watching experience, and the wide viewing angles make it a great choice for watching it with other people. Visibility isn't an issue, as it has great peak brightness in SDR and impressive reflection handling. Unfortunately, it's not the best choice for a dark room, as it has low contrast and mediocre black uniformity, so blacks look gray.
- Impressive reflection handling.
- Image remains accurate at an angle.
- Excellent gray uniformity.
- Blacks look gray in a dark room.
- Mediocre black uniformity.
The Gigabyte M34WQ is a great monitor for media creation. The ultrawide aspect ratio and large screen make it easier to see more of your workflow at once. It has wide viewing angles, excellent gray uniformity, and incredible gradient handling. You can turn the stand to share your screen with someone else, but it can't rotate to portrait orientation. Unfortunately, although it has a superb SDR color gamut, it has limited coverage of the Adobe RGB color space, which might disappoint some content creators.
- Impressive reflection handling.
- Image remains accurate at an angle.
- Excellent gray uniformity.
- Great selection of productivity features.
- Blacks look gray in a dark room.
- Mediocre black uniformity.
- Stand can't be rotated to a portrait orientation.
The Gigabyte M34WQ is mediocre for HDR content. Its IPS panel has a low contrast ratio, so blacks look gray in the dark, and there's no local dimming feature to improve it. Also, while it displays a wide range of colors in HDR, it doesn't get bright enough to make highlights pop, so those colors aren't vivid.
- Displays a wide range of colors.
- Blacks look gray in a dark room.
- No local dimming feature.
- Not very bright in HDR.
Changelog
- Updated Sep 30, 2024: Added that the Dell U3425WE is an alternative ultrawide monitor with a bigger USB hub and higher power delivery.
- Updated Apr 18, 2023: Confirmed that 1440p works on this monitor with the PS5.
- Updated May 02, 2022: We tested the monitor with the PS5's new variable refresh rate feature and confirmed that it's not compatible, since the PS5 only supports HDMI Forum VRR.
- Updated Apr 08, 2022: Updated to Test Bench 1.2, resulting in changes to the results and scores with the Response Time and Input Lag. Added tests for Console Compatibility and macOS compatibility and made minor changes to other tests, which you can see in our Changelog.
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Differences Between Sizes And Variants
We tested the 34 inch Gigabyte M34WQ, part of Gigabyte's M Series gaming monitors, designed with productivity and gaming in mind. There are many other M Series monitors, some of which are listed below. Unlike some of the recent M series monitors we've tested, this one doesn't support HDMI 2.1.
| Model | Size | Native Resolution | Max Refresh rate | Panel Type | HDMI Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M32Q | 32" | 1440p | 170Hz | IPS | 2.0 |
| M32U | 32" | 4k | 144Hz | IPS | 2.1 |
| M34WQ | 34" | 3440x1440 | 144Hz | IPS | 2.0 |
| M28U | 28" | 4k | 144Hz | IPS | 2.1 |
| M27Q (rev. 1.0) | 27" | 1440p | 170Hz | IPS | 2.0 |
| M27F | 27" | 1080p | 144Hz | IPS | 2.0 |
If you come across a different type of panel or your Gigabyte M34WQ doesn't correspond to our review, let us know, and we'll update the review. Note that some tests, like gray uniformity, may vary between individual units.
Our unit was manufactured in Aug. 2021; you can see the label here.
Popular Monitor Comparisons
The Gigabyte M34WQ is somewhat of a unique monitor with impressive gaming performance and some great office features. It's great if you're working from home and are looking for something that delivers great productivity during the day and excellent gaming performance at night. There are very few monitors on the market that offer this combination of features.
For more options, check out our recommendations for the best 34-49 inch monitors, the best ultrawide monitors, or the best office monitors.
The Gigabyte G34WQC and the Gigabyte M34WQ use different panel types, each with strengths and weaknesses, but the M34WQ is better overall for most users. The M34WQ has better ergonomics, much better viewing angles, a faster response time, and a great selection of additional features. The G34WQC is better for a dark room, as it has much better contrast.
The Dell S3422DWG and the Gigabyte M34WQ use different panel technologies, each with strengths and weaknesses. The Dell uses a curved VA panel, so it's a better choice for a dark room, as it has better contrast. The Gigabyte is a flat IPS monitor, so the image remains accurate at an angle. The Gigabyte also has better ergonomics and a better selection of additional features.
The Gigabyte M34WQ and the LG 34GN850-B offer similar overall performance, but each has a slight edge depending on your planned usage. The Gigabyte is better for productivity, as it has a few extra office features built-in, including a keyboard video and mouse switch (KVM), which allows you to switch between two sources with one set of input devices. If you only plan on gaming, the LG is a better choice, as it has a faster refresh rate and better motion handling, but it lacks a backlight strobing feature.
The ASUS TUF Gaming VG34VQL1B and the Gigabyte M34WQ use different panel types, each with strengths and weaknesses, so the best one depends on your usage and viewing conditions. The ASUS looks better in a dark room, as it has much better contrast, and it's a bit brighter overall. The Gigabyte has much better viewing angles, ensuring the sides of the screen remain accurate. The ASUS can slightly compensate for this, though, as it has a curved screen.
We buy and test more than 30 monitors each year, all of which we purchase ourselves, without cherry-picked units or samples. We put a lot into each unbiased, straight-to-the-point review, and there's a whole process from purchasing to publishing, involving multiple teams and people. We do more than just use the monitor for a week; we use specialized, custom tools to measure various aspects and deliver objective, data-driven results. We also consider multiple factors before making any recommendations, including the monitor's cost, its performance compared to the competition, and whether it's easy to find.
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