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ASUS ROG Swift PG27AQ 27-Inch 4K Gaming Monitor With G-SYNC Available
We mentioned this model before, ASUS now offers their latest 4K gaming monitor, the ROG Swift PG27AQwith G-SYNC. This 27-inch IPS LED-backlight monitor supports a native resolution of 3840 x 2160 pixels and provides 1000:1 contrast ratio, 350 cd/m2 brightness, 4ms response time and 178/178 degree viewing angles.
Featuring an ergonomically-designed stand with full tilt, swivel, pivot and height adjustment for comfortable viewing position, the ROG Swift PG27AQ comes with built-in stereo speakers (2Wx2) and has 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort 1.2, 2x USB 3.0 and 1x earphone jack. Unfortunately, there’s no word on pricing yet.
- 27-inch, 4K/UHD 3840 x 2160 resolution display feature in-plane switching (IPS) panels for wide 178-degree viewing angles stunning gaming visuals
- Features NVIDIA®G-SYNC™ technology for seamless visuals and smooth gameplay
- ASUS-exclusive Ultra-Low Blue Light, Flicker-Free, GamePlus, and GameVisual technologies provide a comfortable gaming experience
- Ergonomically-designed stand with full tilt, swivel, pivot, and height adjustment for comfortable viewing position
- Panel type: In-plane switching ( IPS )
- Contrast Ratio: 1000:1
- Brightness: 300 cd/m²
- Back light: LED based
In addition the new SWIFT PG27AQ includes an easy-to-navigate on-screen display (OSD) with a five-way navigation joystick and hotkey shortcuts, an ergonomic design with full tilt, swivel, pivot and height adjustment, and a smart cable-management system in a super narrow bezel design. Other gaming features like their 'game mode' presets and 'Black eQualizer' return, and there is now also an ‘Auto Game Mode’ setting which intelligently detects the genre of game you’re playing and adjusts to an ‘appropriate’ game mode setting (FPS, RTS etc). In other specs the screen offers 1000:1 contrast ratio, 300 cd/m2 brightness, 178/178 viewing angles and a standard gamut sRGB coverage from its W-LED backlight. A single DisplayPort 1.2 connection is provided which is required to offer G-sync support. Given that the maximum refresh rate is 60Hz on this model it is unlikely that the PG27AQ will offer support for Ultra Low Motion Blur (ULMB) or NVIDIA 3D Vision since those really require higher refresh rates to operate.
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#5174888 Posted on: 10/19/2015 01:06 PM
4k on a 27' screen..no thanks, the health of my eyesight is more important to me.
Seriously, such a high resolution on such a small panel will do you no good, you need a minimum 32' screen for 4k.
4k on a 27' screen..no thanks, the health of my eyesight is more important to me.
Seriously, such a high resolution on such a small panel will do you no good, you need a minimum 32' screen for 4k.
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#5174890 Posted on: 10/19/2015 01:11 PM
It will be a while...
Anyway, I'd rather put my money into one of those 21:9, 30"+, curved beasts, since they are basically like my current Dell 27" 1440p IPS, just a lot wider and with higher refresh rate and g-sync which is pretty nice as well. Too bad there are no monitors that support both freesync and g-sync, so I'm not too restricted GPU wise.
The Acer Predator X34bmiphz supports both Freesync and G-sync (30-100hz range) and has an AH-IPS panel. 3440x1440. Pretty expensive at ~1300€ though.
It will be a while...
Anyway, I'd rather put my money into one of those 21:9, 30"+, curved beasts, since they are basically like my current Dell 27" 1440p IPS, just a lot wider and with higher refresh rate and g-sync which is pretty nice as well. Too bad there are no monitors that support both freesync and g-sync, so I'm not too restricted GPU wise.
The Acer Predator X34bmiphz supports both Freesync and G-sync (30-100hz range) and has an AH-IPS panel. 3440x1440. Pretty expensive at ~1300€ though.
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#5174907 Posted on: 10/19/2015 01:39 PM
4k on a 27' screen..no thanks, the health of my eyesight is more important to me.
Seriously, such a high resolution on such a small panel will do you no good, you need a minimum 32' screen for 4k.
Um no.
The human eye can see a misalignment of 2 lines at a resolution of 2 arcseconds. Which translates into an effective PPD of 1800 @ 12 inches. By comparison a 5" QHD display is only 123 PPD at the same distance.
I would say the average person sits about 3' away from their monitor. So they'd need something like 64K in order to completely abolish any aliasing/artifacting caused by the lack of resolution. Now obviously there is huge diminishing returns as you push closer and closer to that number. But there is certainly a huge benefit moving to 4K @ 27" if you're sitting 3' away. And no, it doesn't hurt your eyes.
4k on a 27' screen..no thanks, the health of my eyesight is more important to me.
Seriously, such a high resolution on such a small panel will do you no good, you need a minimum 32' screen for 4k.
Um no.
The human eye can see a misalignment of 2 lines at a resolution of 2 arcseconds. Which translates into an effective PPD of 1800 @ 12 inches. By comparison a 5" QHD display is only 123 PPD at the same distance.
I would say the average person sits about 3' away from their monitor. So they'd need something like 64K in order to completely abolish any aliasing/artifacting caused by the lack of resolution. Now obviously there is huge diminishing returns as you push closer and closer to that number. But there is certainly a huge benefit moving to 4K @ 27" if you're sitting 3' away. And no, it doesn't hurt your eyes.
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#5174921 Posted on: 10/19/2015 02:19 PM
So hard to pick
34" 21:9 gsync
27" ips 165hz gsync or ulmb
27" 4k gsync
So hard to pick
34" 21:9 gsync
27" ips 165hz gsync or ulmb
27" 4k gsync
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It will be a while...
Anyway, I'd rather put my money into one of those 21:9, 30"+, curved beasts, since they are basically like my current Dell 27" 1440p IPS, just a lot wider and with higher refresh rate and g-sync which is pretty nice as well. Too bad there are no monitors that support both freesync and g-sync, so I'm not too restricted GPU wise.