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August 2014
(89%)
132 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(74%)
872 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
Fast Refresh Rates
Looks Great
GSync Support
Physical Buttons
Thin Bezels
WQHD (4 times more pixels than HD)
Excellent refresh rate (144Hz )
Excellent response time (1 ms)
Nvidia G-Sync support
Highly comfortable (height
Tilt
Swivel
Pivot adjustability with VESA mounting)
Has a smart air vent that keeps the display cool
Excellent gaming experience
GSync
Great image quality for a TN panel
Changes the way you experience games
Amazing smoothness
Plug and play (it just works)
Need to see to understand
Pleasing out of the box performance
Particularly with respect to gamma. Colours were rich and inviting after a little tweaking
The most important ‘tweak' being to lower brightness
A good contrast performance free from peripheral ‘glow' (e.g. IPS glow)
The editors didn't like
Somewhat Pricey
Only A Single Input
Only one video output
Skewed greens
Moderate viewing angles
Limited viewing angles
Connectivity only via DisplayPort
Monitor price is a bit high so far
Only works on Nvidia GPUs
Some colour channel corrections needed to reach the desired 6500K white point on our unit. Vibrancy held back a little by screen surface and further down the screen due to TN viewing angle limitations
The screen surface provided a grainy look in places a
Published: 2014-12-23, Author: John , review by: pcmag.com
Abstract: In order to stay competitive, most gaming enthusiasts will outfit their PC's with powerful graphics cards capable of insane frame rates. Cruising along at 60 frames per second (fps) is all well and good, but if your monitor can't keep pace with your GPU...
Changes the way you experience games, Amazing smoothness, Plug and play (it just works), Need to see to understand, Changes the way you experience games, Amazing smoothness, Plug and play (it just works), Need to see to understand
Monitor price is a bit high so far, Only works on Nvidia GPUs, Monitor price is a bit high so far, Only works on Nvidia GPUs
Nvidia G-SYNC technology is something that is hard to put into words but if you try it you will understand it and it will be tough to game without it. 10
I mentioned above that G-SYNC is hard to truly appreciate simply from reading a review, so I'll try to do it justice here. Because I got a hands-on preview last fall, I pretty much knew what to expect from this monitor, and thankfully, it delivered. Wha...
The ASUS ROG Swift PG278Q is hands down the best gaming monitor that we have had the opportunity to use so far this year. The difference with and without G-Sync is very pronounced on most of the game titles that we play on a regular basis and it is a majo...
Published: 2014-10-17, Author: Adam , review by: pcmonitors.info
Pleasing out of the box performance, particularly with respect to gamma. Colours were rich and inviting after a little tweaking, the most important ‘tweak' being to lower brightness, A good contrast performance free from peripheral ‘glow' (e.g. IPS glow)
Some colour channel corrections needed to reach the desired 6500K white point on our unit. Vibrancy held back a little by screen surface and further down the screen due to TN viewing angle limitations, The screen surface provided a grainy look in places a
The ASUS PG278Q (ROG SWIFT) offers the unique combination of 144Hz refresh rate and 2560 x 1440 resolution on a highly responsive TN panel. To ice the cake, this is also a G-SYNC monitor which can adapt its refresh rate on the fly to maximise visual fluid...
Published: 2014-09-05, Author: Ryan , review by: pcper.com
Abstract: The first monitor to ship with G-Sync is the ASUS ROG Swift PG278Q - a fantastic 2560x1440 27-in monitor with a 144 Hz maximum refresh rate. I wrote a glowing review of the display here recently with the only real negative to it being a high price tag: $7...
Published: 2014-08-20, Author: Scott , review by: Techreport.com
I keep telling you that you need to see this thing in action for yourself—in order to appreciate G-Sync, in order to grasp how decent a "good TN" panel can be. Earlier, then, I pointedly directed you not to try out the PG278Q in person if you didn't want...
If you skipped right to the conclusion to gague our impression of the new ASUS ROG SWIFT PG278Q monitor with G-Sync, let me make it clear -- this monitor is awesome. It packs in virtually all of the features gamers crave, and it looks good while doing it...
Published: 2014-08-11, Author: Ryan , review by: pcper.com
It's really easy to fall in love with the ASUS ROG Swift PG278Q monitor when you start using it. The build quality of the display is top notch and, even though it has the TN moniker on it, the quality and viewing angles are better than you're going to exp...
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Published: 2014-08-11, Author: Christian , review by: tomshardware.com
From the tone of this review, you can probably tell we're excited about G-Sync. It's the first revolutionary display technology we've seen in a very long time. Advances in host and graphics processing performance are so frequent that they're practically p...
