Review: ASUS ROG Swift PG278Q GSYNC game monitor

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 07/28/2014 10:17 AM | source: | 59 comment(s)

We review the all new ASUS ROG Swift PG278Q monitor. ASUS outs their second GSYNC compatible monitor, this round they do it with a nice 27-inch WQHD (2560x1440) TN display that can handle a 144 Hz refresh rate and has 1ms response time.

Check out our review here.

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TheDeeGee
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#4883086 Posted on: 07/28/2014 10:27 AM

On larger monitors 16:9 looks even more out of place.

Good thing there is still a handfull of 16:10 monitors.

DarkOneZ13
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#4883096 Posted on: 07/28/2014 10:41 AM

Wow! This monitor is certainly not known for it's image quality. G-Sync just is not worth the huge loss in color accuracy & contrast ratio imho, certainly not worth $800!

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#4883103 Posted on: 07/28/2014 10:45 AM

Hilbert Hagedoorn
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#4883107 Posted on: 07/28/2014 10:53 AM

Thanks for the review Hilbert!
My first and biggest concern is: Can I turn the red LED ring off? Everything I have is blue on purpose.

Yet again, as I've only got one, low quality lcd screen, I'm sure I'd be good with the "inferior" iq, but then again, 800€ is no little sum...

Yes you can disable it, it is the LIGHT IN MOTION feature in the OSD. You can set it to on/off.

On color precision, really the screen is nice overall, no worries. Some take color precision into extreme detail as they work with say photoshop on a professional basis where this is very important. For gamers, that's a little different and less important.

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#4883112 Posted on: 07/28/2014 11:00 AM

"I really dig color precision and good viewing angles. Speaking in terms of color precision. With an aim of 6500K, you'll end up at just over 7500K. That's not that good."

So is the colour not good out of the box? At the end of the review you mentioned that it is out from 6500k I heard the colour was good out of the box and did not really need tweaking much.

So you really think this first of a kind monitor is not worth £680?

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