ASUS ROG Swift PG27VQ 27” 1440p 1ms 165Hz DP HDMI G-SYNC Aura Sync Curved Gaming Monitor with Eye Care

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This display is not that impressive. I was actually happier with the PG27Q (which is a 2560 X 1440 flat panel with up to 144 Hz refresh rate.) This display is heavier,by far. The LED lights on the back are designed to provide a light show behind the display and underneath the stand. I dont know what you do, but I sit in front of the display, not behind, so whats the point?! In addition, I dont use the vanilla stand. I use a set of mounting poles with adjustable arms for all 3 of my displays, so again, the extra LEDs are just a waste. On a positive note, it comes with both an HDMI cable and a DP cable, so you have everything in the box that you need to connect up. On a sour note, the default color settings for all of the display modes are terrible! Absolutely horrible! The blue is extremely low, even with the blue light filter set to level 0 (which is off.) To calibrate, you need to get into the displays setup menu using the OSD, go to color temp., user mode, set R to 81, G to 83 and B to 100. Then to offset the loss of brightness, again use the OSD, go to color, go to brightness and set it to 100. You need to repeat that process for every one of the display modes. Fortunately, it does save the settings for each mode even after switching modes. I dont know why they chose such a horribly uncalibrated default color setting, but they should be ashamed of it. For what should be a high end gaming display, this model has too many faults. If I had known what I know now, before I bought it, I would not have bought it. The curve in the display isnt enough of an advantage to forgive th rest. The Q model has been replaced by the QR, which is a flat panel version of this, complete with blue light filtering. I do not know if it is also low blue in its default color settings. Once calibrated, it functions fine. Not super great, but fine. This really isnt up to the standards I had come to expect from Asus displays. What made it even more frustrating is that when I contacted Asus tech support about this issue, the support rep actually declared the display defective. They didnt even note the color calibration in their own database. If this had actually been returned, they would have charged me for putting a "functional" display through their RMA process. There is also another minor issue. If you need to remove the stand that the display comes with in order to use the VESA 100mm X 100mm mount, you need to remove the screw covers first. There are 2 covers, designed to look like 4 pieces. The bottom one has an obvious pry slot to remove it, but once that is done, there are no pry slots to remove the top cover. I applied finger pressure to remove it, but it did not budge. I contacted support about this to find out how that cover as removed. They kept referring me to the manual, which only stated the covers had to be removed. The manual said nothing about how to remove the covers. Finally, the rep referred me to a Youtube video showing it being done. It was indeed finger pressure on the lower end of the top cover until it popped out. I just hadnt applied enough pressure and it took quite a bit. So when it comes to this model, Tech support was/is extremely useless and it has a few faults that are kind of major. I am not impressed. I provided the details to tech support, who actually took the details and wrote out a ticket to include in the database.

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I love this monitor, but I ended up returning it because of the anti glare coating. Everything else was great, loved all the bells and whistles. Feel like I got lucky with no dead pixels, light bleed, etc. it was a solid unit, but the glare coating absolutely ruined the experience. It is the ugliest, most intrusive thing I’ve ever seen. I thought I’d eventually get used to it, but I ended up noticing it more and more the longer I used it. It makes it feel cheap and old, like a bottom-bidder office monitor. Ruins image clarity and looks like it’s covered in grease all the time. I have a much older 27” 1080p Asus TN panel that doesn’t have the coating and I’ve gone back to that for now. Asus, please stop using that coating. It looks awful and doesn’t help anything. It makes a high quality monitor look like something you’d by at Walmart with a discount sticker on it. Probably going to switch to another brand to try to avoid that altogether. I’d have kept it if it wasn’t for that.

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Here is my quick overview of the PG27VQ versus the PG278QR: 1. Curve! - Obviously the largest difference. At first I thought 27" 16:9 curved would be a bit of a gimmick, but after having used it some hours now I do prefer it. Granted, I have always preferred curved screens so this will be personal preference. 2. AR film - unfortunately the same matte film applied to seemingly every TN panel these days. 3. Backlight uniformity - VQ struggles a little bit on the left and right edges compared to the more uniform QR. 4. Backlight bleed - slightly more on the VQ, but nothing egregious such as on most IPS-type gaming displays. 5. Response time - This one I was hoping would be slightly better, but I found identical to the QR at around ~4.8ms MPRT. Supposedly there is new iteration TN technology coming out in Q2 2018 that can lower MPRT down to the ~3ms range. 6. Monitor overclocks flawlessly just like the QR. 7. Back case lighting, as does the image shooting down from the stand. I turn those off first thing. I use a true bias lighting system. 8. OSD - controls/joystick on the back right hand side are still top notch. ASUS has my favorite control system. 9. Stand - quite sturdy / tri-pod design. Although I quickly put it on my VESA arm. If I kept it on the stand I probably would have liked another inch in height adjustment. 10. Monitor feels sturdy and gives a feeling of quality. 11. Neither monitor had any dust, stuck or dead pixels. 12. Backlight - flicker free and this baby can get up to ~400 cd/m2. 13. ULMB - A dream on this monitor. Actually usable during the day as it can reach ~300 cd/m2! You set your brightness to 100% and then control luminosity with the backlight pulse duration. This allows the most clarity possibly under varying light conditions. Night time ~120 cd/m2 brightness is around the 35 pulse width setting, allowing for sub 1ms pulse duration for exceptional motion clarity. Strobe ghosting is also minimal on the display, given the fact ULMB pairs the best with TN panels due to their speed. Most of the strobe cross-talk is limited to the bottom 1/3rd of the screen, allowing for the center-top to be the clearest (preferred). One slight disappointment is that ULMB is capped at 120 Hz. I would have preferred 144 Hz as an option along with 100/120. 120 is still perfectly fine and so far this monitor is the best motion clarity experience yet Ive had for gaming. 14. Viewing angles - normal TN characteristic from top to bottom. For the sides, a bit of contrast shift that I believe is exasperated by the slight loss of brightness on either side edge. Final thoughts - If you want superior image quality, go with an OLED 4K TV. If you want "ok" image quality in the realm of the maximum quality LCD can provide, go with a high end VA or IPS (with the obvious speed/clarity trade-offs). If you want the best ULMB gaming experience, the PG27VQ is your huckleberry. Why only 4 stars? It does really well at its intended purpose. But it is still a LCD panel which comes with many inherant limitations.

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No excessive backlight bleeding but that is a personal preference. What this monitor does have is horrible ghosting and a shimmer effect noticeable in windows but not noticeable in games. Its TN so the colors are not nearly as accurate as an ips (imho), then there is the aura RGB control that gives you only a red LED for the logo in the base of the stand though it does give you full rgb control of the rear LEDs which are about as dim as an LED has ever been I could not see this stuff doing anything. I really tried to love this monitor but it had too many flaws so i sent it back. Ended up going for the pg279q and I am very happy. After this exp Ill never even consider a TN panel again. If all you do is game this monitor is great, but if you use windows at all you will quickly notice the flaws this monitor has. :-(

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First off the monitor asthetics are very nice, unboxing was pleasant, however immediately noticed ghost blobs in the screen color upon getting desktop displayed, even after 1 hour spots persisted. However beyond this obvious factory defect, the colors were just wretched, using a dual monitor display sitting next to an LG 4k HDR monitor, this monitor looked like it was 10+ years old, had a horrible yellow tinge to everything white and almost looked blurry around fonts mostly, no amount of adjustments made this better, I had it hooked to an Asus STRIX 1070 Ti, I am not even going to risk that perhaps I just got a dud, I am getting my money back and probably going with an LG monitor, if this is what Asus is trying to pass off as an 800$ monitor, they have lost me as a customer, for now going back to my VG248QE, the picture is far superior on a screen costing 1/3 the price.

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If youre looking for a high end GAMING monitor then this is your monitor. If youre looking for a monitor to play games on that will look good and still provide a high end gaming experience this is NOT your monitor. My main issues with this monitor are the colors being washed out, as to be expected with a TN panel, and the seriously aggressive anti-glare coating on the panel. This coating is very visible and ruins the gaming experience, which is why I say if youre just looking to have the highest advantage ie. youre a try hard, then this monitor is for you. All in all, this monitor is super legit for serious gamers looking to have all the advantages in FPS games. But if you like to have good colors but also want a low response time I would suggest the PG279Q which is what I picked up to replace this. The anti-glare coating is nowhere near as aggressive, the colors are way nicer as its an IPS panel, you still get 165Hz refresh and a low response time, 4ms

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Ive had this monitor for about 3 months now. Connected to a RTX 2080ti, I have no problems running all my games at 165hz except some where the game itself wont allow it. I get great frame rates and havent experienced any screen tearing or flickering at all. I like this monitor so much, I bought another one for my secondary build running a RTX 2060. One thing I dont like is the onboard menu...for a pricey monitor like this, i would expect a more fluid easy to use menu. maybe a software to control the monitor would be nice. Other than that, zero complaints. Ive noticed a lot of people hating on the RGB on the back of the monitor but honestly I like it. My computers are set up in a relatively dark area and i like how the RGB reflects off of the white wall behind it. honestly not that noticeable but RGB seems to be the future of everything so might as well get used to it.

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This is a very good monitor in its own right. It is very stylish and has a solid build quality. The performance is top notch at 165hz paired with G-Sync. For a TN panel, the colors are really good, but not IPS caliber obviously. The curved screen is neat but doesnt really do anything for you in my opinion. I purchased this monitor with the intent of using it mainly for gaming. There were a few things that caused me to return this monitor: 1 - The monitor is bright, and the backlight bleed on the lower right was just to much for me 2 - The anti glare finish on the screen really got on my nerves. It made it feel like you were looking at a grainy screen, especially when browsing the web or working in other applications. 3 - The price you pay for what you get is way out of line. There are several really good flat panel 27 inch 1440p 144hz G-sync monitors available priced around $400-500 that perform just as well as the PG27VQ. Id only purchase this if you have deep pockets or if you were needing the Aura Sync capabilities to match up with the rest of your ASUS gear. 4 - They pulled back on the Quantom Dot technology on this monitor and its not HDR. If these were included, perhaps I could justify the pricing on this monitor. To conclude, this isnt a bad monitor. It actually performed very well but you have to be willing to deal with the anti glare coating on the screen and you need to be ok with buying an over priced monitor for what you get. I ended up landing a brand new Acer Predator XB271HU IPS monitor for $250 less than what I paid for this monitor and it performs just as well if not better because of the IPS color quality. I love the ASUS brand but I can not give them my thumbs up on this product. If youre an ASUS fan, youd be better off purchasing the PG278Q or the PG279Q.

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I read another review on here by some guy who returned the monitor because of the anti glare coating. I ignore this, thinking "surely its not that bad" but holy damn it is. The anti glare coating makes one color surfaces look horrible, and it makes reading text distracting and a poor experience. It is also slightly distracting in games too, its like you have goggles on that are slightly fogged. I wish I could buy this monitor without the coating, or somehow take it off, but those options are not available, so I am returning it. Replacing with the Asus MG278A, which is much cheaper, and that monitors freesync is officially supported by nvidia.

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Ordering and Arrival : Ordered ASUS ROG Swift PG27VQ (Curved display) August 19th, 2018 at approximately 1:00am Received August 21st, 2018 at approximately 1:30pm Packaging : Monitor and contents were secured by a hard packing styrofoam shell as most electronics like this are and was packed in a high gloss cardboard box which was then packed in a standard brown packing box. The contents included the monitor, the power supply, a USB B cable, an HDMI cable, a Displayport cable detachable monitor stand and back plate, and LED lens cover (For the LED projection under the stand) Issues : I noticed some slight flickering (very minor and not even noticeable when in game.) Monitor is said to be 165Hz but its actually a 144Hz monitor with built in overclocking capability to 165Hz. I havent tried to go up to 165Hz just because from my knowledge overclocking a monitor will impact the colors which this being a TN panel, I dont know if it would have the color depth to sacrifice for an overclock and still look super crisp and sharp. Things to note : I havent touched the color settings at all and it looks really good. I have zero dead or stuck pixels as of right now. There arent any weird lines or discoloration and I havent noticed any back-light bleed yet at all. I will update this review in 6 months, unless anything changes between now and then.

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