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Guru3D.com » News » Review: Asus RoG Swift PG27UQ Finally 4K G-SYNC 144Hz Gaming!

Review: Asus RoG Swift PG27UQ Finally 4K G-SYNC 144Hz Gaming!

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 08/13/2018 02:46 PM | source: | 73 comment(s)
Review: Asus RoG Swift PG27UQ Finally 4K G-SYNC 144Hz Gaming!

A product that has been discussed about a lot has got to be the Asus RoG Swift PG27UQ. This NVIDIA GSYNC enabled monitor offers 4K and 144 Hz HDR gaming. We tested the gaming monitor as quickly as we could to see if this screen was worth the very long wait.

Read our review right here.







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Andy Vanderbeken
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#5572582 Posted on: 08/10/2018 04:00 PM
hey @Hilbert Hagedoorn , nice pictures in your review. Been using the X27 on my desk for 2 months now.


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Netflix and other video content HDR is perfectly possible regardless your hardware but you will need to buy and download for 1€ the "hevc video extensions" from microsoft windows store. It took a while to find that out ;) You might want to revise that part of your review after you've seen it working for yourself.

Desktop chroma reduction only happens in 144hz, you can perfectly leave it in 120hz 8-bit RGB for everything. No need to go 98hz 10-bit as no almost no content is true 10-but currently and gets translated to 8-bit eventually anyway. We had entire discussions about it over on the overclock.net forums for both the X27 and PG29UQ. Also did you test with the old firmware that has black crush or the new firmware where this is solved ?

use the fastest FALD mode of the 3 in the monitor OSD to reduce or completely solve the blooming in dark movie content or games. After tuning brightness it's close to no longer noticeable

Windows HDR is indeed 1 big mess, I agree. Not standardized and mature yet. You can get it working but lots of tuning needed (and still buggy) but we're making progress :)



The fan seems to be hit and miss for both Asus and Acer. I can't hear mine over my silent watercooled pc while for other people it seems unbearable. QA issues again...



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insp1re2600
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#5572584 Posted on: 08/10/2018 04:03 PM
That is you're opinion.

I have asus 27 AQ 4k 60hz g-sync, and the size is perfect for me. Had it since release. Perfect as secondary monitor, on the right side of my Acer x34. Same hight. :)

maybe so, but i wouldnt be paying 2500 for a secondary monitor lol.

JOHN30011887
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#5572585 Posted on: 08/10/2018 04:06 PM
As other have said i too think this is too small for the 4k res, id prefer a monitor i can buy, plug in and use, not have to mess with the dpi settings on the os cause everything is tiny

Iv got the Asus VG248QE but might upgrade and just get the PG258Q
Or look/wait for a Asus 1440p monitor with gsync thats new

Prince Valiant
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#5572589 Posted on: 08/10/2018 04:09 PM
Its priced so ridiculously high simply because time and time again these companies have discovered that tech nerds with access to a credit card simply have no common sense/self restraint and will pay any price to have bragging rights on tech forums to complete strangers... :rolleyes:

What's worse is that there are a bunch of compromises being made; a 2560x1440 monitor wouldn't have had any outside QC and the backlighting zones and would've made more sense at the physical size.

Denial
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#5572593 Posted on: 08/10/2018 04:12 PM
It seems to me like this monitor is simply too early to the market. New GPU's are coming but currently nothing can really run it in all titles. The physical connectors are limiting its functionality to an extent. The beefy FPGA required to drive the G-Sync module not only requires active cooling but apparently is directly adding $500 to the cost of the monitor. MicroLED is right around the corner and will solve the FALD resolution problems + bring a bunch of other improvements to refresh rates, contrast, blooming, etc.

Unless you have a considerable amount of money to spend I'd avoid this monitor and derivatives built on the same panel. Nearly all the technology in it will be obsolete in two years.

Edit: I also want to use this thread as a soapbox and say it's time for Nvidia to end G-Sync. There are currently no QHD HDR G-Sync monitors on the market but plenty of FreeSync/Adaptive ones and now even TV's. At this point G-Sync offers no features over Adaptive Sync aside from arguably making this monitor possible.. a monitor almost no one can afford. The only thing it does is limit my choice in monitor selection and increase the overall costs of monitors it's featured in. When G-Sync offered noticeable advantages I was fine with it but now it's just pointless vendor lock in. I always assumed Nvidia would add features and make G-Sync a premium option while using AdaptiveSync for budget, but thus far they've done nothing to differentiate it. I'm not happy about it.

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