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

andybird123 · 29 Sep 2014 at 07:53

Dsr is supposed to be coming down the stack via a driver update, but for now it is 9xx only

Gregster · 29 Sep 2014 at 12:18

Sin_Chase said:
I think Gregster tried it on his Titans but could not get it to work.

Would wait for someone with a 9xx series card and a G-SYNC monitor to confirm for sure.

I did. I tried Single card as well as SLI but no joy. Might be that G-Sync was on or it just doesn't work yet but I wasn't that fussed to keep fiddling to get it to work in honesty. If nVidia bring it in a driver update, that would be cool mind and would happily have a play then.

Also, I tried Bioshock Inf on a single card and whilst it was better than SLI for smoothness, it was far from G-Sync smooth for me.

whyscotty · 29 Sep 2014 at 12:40

pgi947 said:
Right you 'orrible lot of Maxwell swift owners....

DSR...

Does DSR work fine with Gsync enabled?.

Yes

pgi947 · 29 Sep 2014 at 13:22

Goooood, now the wait for high vram nvidia goodness

Blame · 29 Sep 2014 at 13:46

it came!

box is hooooooge!

Gregster · 29 Sep 2014 at 15:53

Don't forget we have a G-Sync owners thread in the GPU section for those that are interested. Go put your name down for the honours list
:http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18612525

dannybates · 30 Sep 2014 at 09:38

Hello peeps. I have a light blue stuck/dead pixel on my Swift.
Has anyone found a reliable way to fix dead/stuck pixels?
I heard the rapid colour shifting can sometimes fix pixels.

andybird123 · 30 Sep 2014 at 09:46

Google udpixel or jscreenfix

Kaynar · 30 Sep 2014 at 09:54

Great to see some price drops lately. Picking one up for £638. I'll be able to compare it directly side to side with my Dell U2713HM (which I'm selling to a friend soon).

dannybates · 30 Sep 2014 at 09:55

andybird123 said:
Google udpixel or jscreenfix

Thanks. Will try these when I get home.

Rhaos · 30 Sep 2014 at 10:51

Any of you Swift owners play League of Legends? If so are you noticing any difference in gameplay with gsync?

StonedPenguin · 30 Sep 2014 at 11:39

Does anyone have issues with GPU not downclocking its self when idle with this panel? The card the monitor is connected to only drops as low as 910mhz when fully idle, Other card monitor isn't connected to drops to around 100mhz.

Gregster · 30 Sep 2014 at 13:04

StonedPenguin said:
Does anyone have issues with GPU not downclocking its self when idle with this panel? The card the monitor is connected to only drops as low as 910mhz when fully idle, Other card monitor isn't connected to drops to around 100mhz.

Put the monitor to 120hz for the desktop and game at 144Hz. That will clock the GPU down to normal levels.

StonedPenguin · 30 Sep 2014 at 13:26

Gregster said:
Put the monitor to 120hz for the desktop and game at 144Hz. That will clock the GPU down to normal levels.

Is there any settings anywhere to make it do this automatically?

Cheers

CertifiedDan · 30 Sep 2014 at 13:46

Well after living with the swift for 2 months now I can say the monitor is absolutely perfect in every way. It really does take gaming to another level and Gsync is a fantastic feature. Been using it a lot on Dayz SA & Epoch mod and it really helps with the constant frame dips on that game.

I don't know what a lot of people are saying about colours, I'm using mine next to a Samsung LED TV and the colours are near identical. I know my TV isnt 100%Srgb but its still an ips panel type.

Anyone wondering whether to pull the trigger on this but have doubts, don't just buy it

Dan

Arcane · 30 Sep 2014 at 14:52

Had a massive scare yesterday...literally. I was in the middle of a BLOPS2 session when there was the most enormous "bang" from the computer and it switched off! Dead PSU, luckily the rest of the PC seems ok, I thought i'd killed the Swift until I realised the circuit breaker had tripped, scary, scary stuff.

Gregster · 30 Sep 2014 at 15:16

StonedPenguin said:
Is there any settings anywhere to make it do this automatically?

Cheers

Not done it myself and remember reading it on a forum somewhere ages ago. I think you need to right click on the desktop - Resolution - Advanced settings - Monitor - and there should be a setting to change it to 120Hz there.

Let me know if that worked. I am watercooled, so never worried about it.

wunkley · 30 Sep 2014 at 15:21

StonedPenguin said:
Is there any settings anywhere to make it do this automatically?

Cheers

Actually, best way is to set your desktop to 120hz in the usual way (right click, screen res, advanced, etc).
But in the NV control panel go to manage 3d settings and either in global settings tab, or on a per game profile basis if preferred, set "preferred refresh rate" to "highest available".

This should always then be 120hz on desktop, allowing true idle clocks, but run your games at 144hz (unless you choose not to in in-game settings, or manually press the turbo button on the monitor)

Gregster · 30 Sep 2014 at 15:43

wunkley said:
Actually, best way is to set your desktop to 120hz in the usual way (right click, screen res, advanced, etc).
But in the NV control panel go to manage 3d settings and either in global settings tab, or on a per game profile basis if preferred, set "preferred refresh rate" to "highest available".

This should always then be 120hz on desktop, allowing true idle clocks, but run your games at 144hz (unless you choose not to in in-game settings, or manually press the turbo button on the monitor)

Good info bud

wunkley · 30 Sep 2014 at 16:04

Gregster said:
Good info bud

Cheers bud.

Should also add, you'll only get idle clocks on the desktop this way if running 1 to 2 monitors max off one card. If you try to run 3 screens off one card then the gpu clock has to ramp up a bit to compensate, just like it does to run 144hz on the desktop.
I found this out as I'm now running 3 screens for desktop (not gaming), and now have one of my dells connected to the motherboard GPU input, which gets around the issue nicely!