The Asus ROG SWIFT PG278Q – a 27” 1400p 144Hz Monitor with G-SYNC

wunkley said:
It seems like the ocuk guys on this forum (like Gibbo etc) are definitely the route to go if you have any problems. I too see their responses and helpfulness, and whilst that's brilliant, it also makes me angry, as there is a lack of consistency across the company it seems.
I dealt direct with someone from customer services via webnote for a previous monitor debacle (an Eizo 2421), and the attitude and all round experience, was truly awful.
I've spent literally 1000's in the last 10 years here but the expereince ****ed me off so much I vowed not to buy from ocuk again, and I haven't. It's a pity, cos I still love the forum :)
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Can I ask when this was please and who you dealt with? Feel free to email me [email protected] so I can kick whoevers backside it was.
 
Gibbo said:
Can I ask when this was please and who you dealt with? Feel free to email me [email protected] so I can kick whoevers backside it was.
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Hi Gibbo, thanks for asking about this :)
It was back in May this year, and it was for an Eizo Foris 2421. The monitor had the endemic issue of the band of clouding down the whole right side, which is a very common fault seen around lots of forums. It also had very bad ghosting issues. You can see my comments in the big eizo thread here http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18553256&highlight=Eizo+wunkley&page=12

I can send you the persons name I dealt with privately if you really want, although I feel a bit uncomfortable about 'grassing' if you know what I mean.
 
wunkley said:
Hi Gibbo, thanks for asking about this :)

I can send you the persons name I dealt with privately if you really want, although I feel a bit uncomfortable about 'grassing' if you know what I mean.
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If you dont then ocuk wont know who it is that needs a spot of retraining, meaning other people might get the same level of CS that falls short of what customers expect
 
Got it this morning, pixels look fine so far which is great.

Noticed compared to the one I ordered from X this one lacked the Asus QC sticker, the box felt crisper like it had never been unsealed before and there was only a UK plug instead of both US and UK (and no dead pixel of course).

So far so good, I'm glad I ordered it from here, the £669 price match sealed the deal.

Thanks
 
Has the weekly deal just started today for £669.95 or did it start last weekend?

I've been waiting for some money now for awhile and its finally arriving on Wednesday and i've been planning to buy this monitor now since i saw it. Free delivery, free game.. i can't even say no but if the deal started a bit ago seems i will have to pay that little extra.
 
If you didn't get a game voucher with the monitor or an email from ocuk with the code get in touch with cs I had to do. Seemingly the game wasn't attached to my order, Damo sorted it out for me with zero hassle :)
 
Spent the whole afternoon messing about with my new delivery :)

I've yet to try gaming on it properly yet. Daft I know, but I'm colour/ quality obsessive so I've spent most time getting it looking as good as possible in 2d desktop.
I'm using my Dell Ultrasharp ips U2913WM in pre- factory calibrated and certified sRGB mode to compare to as it stands next to the ROG currently on my desk.

I have to say, after doubting TN for all this time.............the colour accuracy is very very very good. I've done a lot of testing and for 90% of the stuff I've done so far today I'm mightily impressed.
The only thing I can't get to look quite right is these bloody forums. The colours (blue and off blue tones), even after lots of tweaking still don't quite match my dell.

My current settings for anyone interested are:

Brightness: 20
Contrast: 50
Colour temp: User (r: 98 g: 96: b: 100 )

I'm also running the TFT central icc profile, and using their recommended 20 brightness, and contrast 50, but have slightly tweaked the R and G numbers down from 100 as you can see.

Using this profile, and these settings the colour accuracy between the ROG and my dell is very very very close. So close I'm amazed, and really wasn't expecting it from a TN panel.
A few months back I tried out an Eizo foris 2421, a VA panel, and I can categorically say the colour reproduction is better on the rog swift. Seriously.

Downsides, so far, for me are only:

1. One stuck/ fuzzy pixel but it's in the top right of the screen only 1 to 2mm in from the edge, so it's basically not 'seeable' at all unless you really really look for it. I'm very picky about dud pixles and would normally return a monitor for even one, but this is as it stands is fine.
The backlight bleed and any clouding seems very minimal on my tests so far, so I'm more than willing to take this when looking at the lottery of panels!

2. Viewing angles. To be expected from a TN. On this screen horizontal is not bad at all. It's only vertical (raising height/ yourself up and down) that causes shift, and the 'window' is quite narrow. But, if you're careful it's not too bad at all.

I'll write up more findings tomorrow, and specifically more gaming findings(!), but I think for now, this is a keeper, and I'm pleasantly surprised.
 
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wunkley said:
I have to say, after doubting TN for all this time.............the colour accuracy is very very very good. I've done a lot of testing and for 90% of the stuff I've done so far today I'm mightily impressed.
The only thing I can't get to look quite right is these bloody forums. The colours, even after lots of tweaking still don't quite match my dell.

Using this profile, and these settings the colour accuracy between the ROG and my dell is very very very close. So close I'm amazed, and really wasn't expecting it from a TN panel.
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The cream of the current crop of TNs are pretty good color wise aslong as you don't mind some gamma shift. Getting the blues right on these forums can be fun and games though, the benq's I have/had are laughably out with the best possible calibration - or I can calibrate the forums perfectly and everything else is way way out. Fortunately not an issue on the other panels I use.
 
Rroff said:
The cream of the current crop of TNs are pretty good color wise aslong as you don't mind some gamma shift. Getting the blues right on these forums can be fun and games though, the benq's I have/had are laughably out with the best possible calibration - or I can calibrate the forums perfectly and everything else is way way out. Fortunately not an issue on the other panels I use.
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It's weird isn't it. These bloody blues. It's seriously the only real niggle I've come across so far.

llamadal said:
Really great feedback, will give those settings I try when I get it
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Cheers bud
 
Crysis 2 in 3d with this monitor = mind bending, absolutely lovely. Will be getting some texture mods on it tomorrow :D

Finally convinced my self to adjust monitors display settings. So far I've settled on:

Monitor:
Brightness 100%
Contrast: 57
Color temp: Normal

NVCP:
Brightness: 55%
Contrast: 67%
Gamma: +0.8
Digital Vibrance: 63%
Hue: +4

Looks nice, sharp and deep in a very well lit room.
 
Overall this monitor is amazing, although it does have some serious backlight bleed at the bottom.

I'm using AMD so 144Hz causes the screen to flicker like crazy as others have mentioned. Running on 120Hz occasionally causes the screen to go black for half a second every now and then :( Hopefully they update the drivers to fix this. Pretty poor really that Asus never tested it on AMD cards, even though they clearly state it works with them, just without G-Sync. At least they have informed AMD about it now (from ROG forums.)

I was thinking of returning it, but the high res and 120Hz is too good :D
 
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