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

No dead pixels or excessive backlight bleed on mine, some people have had image processing issues after a few weeks.

OcUK is usually ok but Asus support is ropey, I doubt the experience will be much different with Acer.
 
What do you mean by image processing issues?

Not heard that one before lol.

I was looking at the LG but they all seem to have terrible amounts of bleed
 
Asus have finally agreed to exchange mine, it will be a refurb so who knows what condition it will be in (dead pixels etc).

So annoyed.
 
Silent_Scone said:
Mines just decided to give up the ghost :(. Or become one more to the point. Blurry text syndrome.
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Where are these panels manufactured I wonder? I think majority of high profile brands produce them in China or Taiwan if I'm correct. Its absolute insanity, that consumers have to deal with this kind of **** when paying for premium high priced screens. I would love to try the swift, but oh no, I'm not going to.
 
Tefal said:
What do you mean by image processing issues?

Not heard that one before lol.

I was looking at the LG but they all seem to have terrible amounts of bleed
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I read that there was about a 10% return rate on these and it seems that those that do have issues seem to struggle with the return process although OCUK seem to be really helpful. I've owned mine since launch and its been flawless. From reading though this thread there seems to be an issue where people get blurry text after some time. Other issues seem to be dead pixels or GSYNC not functioning as expected. Personally I think the juice is worth the squeeze. I would pull the trigger on it.
 
How likely is the chance we will see an RoG Swift V2 with a slight price cut and all the issues ironed out?
I would never purchase one in its current state, but lets wait and see.

How would my i7 4790k, 16gb, GTX970 faire with a resolution of 1440p, assuming I prioritize 120-140 fps minimum?
I have a V750 80 plus gold 92% efficiency PSU. When I checked benchmarks on the internet, there is a loss of up to 30 frames per second when going from 1080p to 1440p.

Now I have a great psu and mobo too, so I can SLI. But I didn't want to make use of SLI untill next generation cards 2 years from now. Assuming the gtx970 will last me 3 years maximum, I made the conscious decision to take a single cheaper high-end card, knowing I will make an sli upgrade in the future, to have a really beefy setup. Knowing this, I may go for a 1440p screen, but i'm not sure yet, still on the fence.

Do any of you run a game such as BF4 at 120fps minimum when at 1440p res?
 
PullTheTricker said:
How likely is the chance we will see an RoG Swift V2 with a slight price cut and all the issues ironed out?
I would never purchase one in its current state, but lets wait and see.

How would my i7 4790k, 16gb, GTX970 faire with a resolution of 1440p, assuming I prioritize 120-140 fps minimum?
I have a V750 80 plus gold 92% efficiency PSU. When I checked benchmarks on the internet, there is a loss of up to 30 frames per second when going from 1080p to 1440p.

Now I have a great psu and mobo too, so I can SLI. But I didn't want to make use of SLI untill next generation cards 2 years from now. Assuming the gtx970 will last me 3 years maximum, I made the conscious decision to take a single cheaper high-end card, knowing I will make an sli upgrade in the future, to have a really beefy setup. Knowing this, I may go for a 1440p screen, but i'm not sure yet, still on the fence.

Do any of you run a game such as BF4 at 120fps minimum when at 1440p res?
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Pretty unlikely considering there are new models on the way, you could always wait for one of those. I personally don't think the issues are as bad as this thread makes it seem, there are countless people who have a perfect screen like myself.

Performance wise you'd be fine with the above setup (not sure why you mentioned PSU efficiency! lol). The advantages of G Sync are clearer to see with a single card tbh and honestly if you don't want to go SLi G Sync of some description would be my suggestion.

You would however need a second card to get BF4 Ultra @ 120FPS all the time. So with a single card it would be a question of balancing performance and quality rather than having the best of both worlds.
 
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PullTheTricker said:
How likely is the chance we will see an RoG Swift V2 with a slight price cut and all the issues ironed out?
I would never purchase one in its current state, but lets wait and see.

How would my i7 4790k, 16gb, GTX970 faire with a resolution of 1440p, assuming I prioritize 120-140 fps minimum?
I have a V750 80 plus gold 92% efficiency PSU. When I checked benchmarks on the internet, there is a loss of up to 30 frames per second when going from 1080p to 1440p.

Now I have a great psu and mobo too, so I can SLI. But I didn't want to make use of SLI untill next generation cards 2 years from now. Assuming the gtx970 will last me 3 years maximum, I made the conscious decision to take a single cheaper high-end card, knowing I will make an sli upgrade in the future, to have a really beefy setup. Knowing this, I may go for a 1440p screen, but i'm not sure yet, still on the fence.

Do any of you run a game such as BF4 at 120fps minimum when at 1440p res?
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Dragon age inquisition at Ultra settings sits between 45 and 55 fps on my 980 @ 1440p. Your single 970 will struggle in my opinion, especially when the VRAM issue kicks in.

G-Sync has that game running great at those settings, but I think you'd be nearer 30fps with a 970.
 
Speed said:
Pretty unlikely considering there are new models on the way, you could always wait for one of those. I personally don't think the issues are as bad as this thread makes it seem, there are countless people who have a perfect screen like myself.

Performance wise you'd be fine with the above setup (not sure why you mentioned PSU efficiency! lol). The advantages of G Sync are clearer to see with a single card tbh and honestly if you don't want to go SLi G Sync of some description would be my suggestion.

You would however need a second card to get BF4 Ultra @ 120FPS all the time. So with a single card it would be a question of balancing performance and quality rather than having the best of both worlds.
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New models on the way? I've only heard of the 4k g-sync ips 60hz version. Wich I am not interested in considering how much twitch based games I play. Its a pretty big deal to me, wheter 144Hz is able to be utilitized at 1440p. Thats why we don't see 4k screens with high refresh rate, its pointless.

I mentioned the psu specifically, because I do have the intention to go sli 2 years from now. With both the PS4 and new XB1 out, I anticipated games system requirements going up a notch, so I decided to get a new system.
Before this I've used a Q6600 system for 7 years, and tbh it could still run most games such as skyrim, witcher 2 and mass effect 3 maxed out. (granted upgraded the 8800gts to ati 6870)

If I'd ever try out the RoG Swift, it would be a long term monitor for me. Considering i'm extremely paranoid to the point of having an lcd phobia, i'm gonna wait it out anyway. I don't want to beta test the R&D for Asus. Prefer a price cut and a RoG Swift V2. If not, then il keep being on the lookout for competition.
 
PullTheTricker said:
New models on the way? I've only heard of the 4k g-sync ips 60hz version. Wich I am not interested in considering how much twitch based games I play. Its a pretty big deal to me, wheter 1440p is able to be utilitized at 1440p. Thats why we don't see 4k screens with high refresh rate, its pointless.

I mentioned the psu specifically, because I do have the intention to go sli 2 years from now. With both the PS4 and new XB1 out, I anticipated games system requirements going up a notch, so I decided to get a new system.
Before this I've used a Q6600 system for 7 years, and tbh it could still run most games such as skyrim, witcher 2 and mass effect 3 maxed out. (granted upgraded the 8800gts to ati 6870)

If I'd ever try out the RoG Swift, it would be a long term monitor for me. Considering i'm extremely paranoid to the point of having an lcd phobia, i'm gonna wait it out anyway. I don't want to beta test the R&D for Asus. Prefer a price cut and a RoG Swift V2. If not, then il keep being on the lookout for competition.
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There is also a 1440p IPS 120Hz to compete with the new Acer models, not G Sync though as far as I can see but Adaptive-Sync. I agree that going 4K is a fools errand at this stage unless you have huge amounts of cash to burn.

I questioned it as PSU efficiency has next to no impact on SLi, its down to wattage and amperage.

Personally I think life is too short to sit on the sidelines umming and arring over a monitor for 6 months, if you want one, buy one. If it turns out to not be to your liking or faulty just return it for a refund. The issue here as far as I'm concerned is that this is an enthusiasts monitor and therefore will receive a lot more scrutiny than your average screen. That along with the price tag means there will be a higher returns rate regardless of any underlying issues.

If you have no plans to get a second GTX970 for 2 years and still care about having both extremely high / maxed out graphical fidelity and super high frames then this likely isn't the screen for you. Stick with a lower resolution screen with a high Hz. The benefits of G Sync decrease the more GPU horsepower you have, if you have enough to max game out all the time with a solid or very high FPS, then its next to pointless.
 
String said:
I'm trying to follow this guide, but I can't find the driver on the Asus page. It's some software called Asus Multiframe. That isn't the driver is it?
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Doing the same, I had to go to the Windows 8 64bit section to find the driver under "Others". The download is "ASUS_PG278_Windows_8_WHQL". It wasn't under Windows 8.1 64bit but updated fine through the device manager update driver option.
 
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Speed said:
There is also a 1440p IPS 120Hz to compete with the new Acer models, not G Sync though as far as I can see but Adaptive-Sync. I agree that going 4K is a fools errand at this stage unless you have huge amounts of cash to burn.

I questioned it as PSU efficiency has next to no impact on SLi, its down to wattage and amperage.

Personally I think life is too short to sit on the sidelines umming and arring over a monitor for 6 months, if you want one, buy one. If it turns out to not be to your liking or faulty just return it for a refund. The issue here as far as I'm concerned is that this is an enthusiasts monitor and therefore will receive a lot more scrutiny than your average screen. That along with the price tag means there will be a higher returns rate regardless of any underlying issues.

If you have no plans to get a second GTX970 for 2 years and still care about having both extremely high / maxed out graphical fidelity and super high frames then this likely isn't the screen for you. Stick with a lower resolution screen with a high Hz. The benefits of G Sync decrease the more GPU horsepower you have, if you have enough to max game out all the time with a solid or very high FPS, then its next to pointless.
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What you say makes sense I guess, I could see G-Sync being nice for DA Inquisition or Witcher 3. But for majority of twitch based games I play, I used ULMB in the short period I owned the XL2420g, and was really positive about it. in the end, weird backlight uniformity and overpriced tag made me return it.

Well, I was a little unfortunate with my recent 970gtx purchase. Fantastic card, don't get me wrong. But it makes my decision for 1440p a a little less favourable.
If I did PullTheTricker (:p) on the Swift, I could always get a second 970 when DX12 windows 10 and mantle allows for proper vram usage? Forgive my ignorance, but I only heard of the news recently, so don't know how that stuff goes.
 
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