I don't own this yet, but I'm glad your monitor has no issues yet. I'm planning on getting this later on in the year around November...hopefully all the issues everyone has come across will have settled down by then?
The Asus ROG SWIFT PG278Q – a 27” 1400p 144Hz Monitor with G-SYNC
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I don't own this yet, but I'm glad your monitor has no issues yet. I'm planning on getting this later on in the year around November...hopefully all the issues everyone has come across will have settled down by then?
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What kind of colour / brightness settings is everyone using.
I must have crap eyes, at brightness 65 seems a bit dim to me
I must have crap eyes, at brightness 65 seems a bit dim to me
What kind of colour / brightness settings is everyone using.
I must have crap eyes, at brightness 65 seems a bit dim to me
I use 65 and I reduced the some colours as well (I'm to used to my old monitor and found the Swift way to bright at night)
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Ok so don't ask me how, but I got 2 Swifts here atm. One from October 2014 and one from December 2014. Both no backlight bleed or dead pixels. Seems both look identical, except October may have a slightly better black colour uniformity when screen is completely black. The december version is slightly less black uniform but I'm getting a free game with it (AC Unity). Wich one should I send back? 
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Ok so don't ask me how, but I got 2 Swifts here atm. One from October 2014 and one from December 2014. Both no backlight bleed or dead pixels. Seems both look identical, except October may have a slightly better black colour uniformity when screen is completely black. The december version is slightly less black uniform but I'm getting a free game with it (AC Unity). Wich one should I send back?
Are the colours etc set exactly the same? My Swift seemed way off out of the box, everything was set to 100% and the colour temp on "warm" O_o
Also do both of them have this pixel inversion effect: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/9768004/stripes.png where you see a stripey effect on quick moving images? (it's quite subtle but noticable). Seems to get worse when you have brightness turned high. Theres quite a big thread on the Asus forum about it, but no one seems to know why it happens :/
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Hi, I have not noticed any vertical pixel inversion, and yes I really tried looking for it but nothing. The picture you linked is from WoW, I could try testing it as I have the trial.
As for brightness, it was for both october and december panels on 80% by default. And color is not on warm, but on user mode by default as well.
Just to be clear, I use 120Hz rather then 144Hz and OD (Overdrive) on Normal rather then Extreme. So you should see if that may be the cause of it. I just have the Swift a few days, and imo the panel uniformity, the colours and picture quality is absolutely outstanding, with only 1 major complaint from me... the overly agressive anti-glare coating on it. If it wasn't for that I'd give the Swift a 10/10, but the AG coating makes it an 8 or 9/10.
I was a little apprehensive after reading some bad experiences with this monitor to be honest, but there didn't seem to be an alternative at all. I was dreading turning it on and finding something wrong but up to now it has been perfect. Its a great monitor.
In some games it is more noticable. I use 120hz as well and have OD off so it's not that. The easiest way to see the effect is on muzzle flashes in FPS games.
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Why are people only using 120Hz when the panel is capable of 144Hz with Gsync?
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1. At 144Hz gpu doesn't seem to downclock on desktop
2. Swift is a 120Hz panel, oc'ed to 144Hz.
3. 1440p and my GTX970 I won't get much out of it anyway
4. I'm completely paranoid about overheating
5. I'm paranoid in general
No but seriously, i'l use 144 in games when I finally get my 980 TI SLI at 1440P it should be able to bring some good results hopefully.
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Can always set it 144Hz in game (game option dependant) and leave 120Hz on desktop if it bothers you
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Oh my God..
What the heck..
I feel like I have been living a lie all my life.. why an earth did I not get a RoG swift earlier.. just played dragon age, COD (newest one) and wow.. just wow. I am speechless. This changes everything.. I can't believe how different these games feel now. The Samsung 4K was better on GTA, but man the small stuttering which annoyed me for me for the most part has gone (bar Ryse).
I can see why so many of you are loving this baby so much. I was thinking of getting another 4K monitor at month end.. but not sure I can use anything without G-Sync now..
What the heck..
I feel like I have been living a lie all my life.. why an earth did I not get a RoG swift earlier.. just played dragon age, COD (newest one) and wow.. just wow. I am speechless. This changes everything.. I can't believe how different these games feel now. The Samsung 4K was better on GTA, but man the small stuttering which annoyed me for me for the most part has gone (bar Ryse).
I can see why so many of you are loving this baby so much. I was thinking of getting another 4K monitor at month end.. but not sure I can use anything without G-Sync now..
As above I don't get the inversion artefacts at 120Hz and do at 144, plus I can't tell the difference in blind testing from 144 to 120 in most cases.
What kind of colour / brightness settings is everyone using.
I must have crap eyes, at brightness 65 seems a bit dim to me
I'm at 15 atm.
I think my eyes are sensitive to bright white screens. 
Either that, or I'm some kind of vampire...
Welcome!
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I've noticed these "inversion artefacts" sometimes, (especially during really fast fps stuff) but thought it was just a characteristic of these panels? Is this considered a fault or one of those things inherent to the Swift? I can't say it bothers me particularly but I'd be interested to know.
I've been trying to get to the bottom of it. But it seems to be a characteristic of the screen, with the older ones having it worse. Some people may not see it because they are used to it, other monitors do it too apparently. It's especially noticable in 3D vision. Some suspect it's a trade-off for having very high response times or something else.
A high brightness setting as well as having OD enabled appear to make it worse though.
Asus remain quiet about the whole thing, as always. There must be a huge bulge in that rug by now with all the stuff under it
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Does the inversion appear at only 144hz or is it present at 120 also?
I can see it at all refresh rates and all resolutions.
This image from a review on tftcentral demonstrates it well: http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/images/pixperan/asus_rog_swift_pg278q.jpg
Compared to a BenQ: http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/images/pixperan/benq_xl2720z.jpg
You can see on the BenQ they appear to have hidden it by adding a checkerboard like pattern to the ghosting.
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Supposedly happens on all the 144Hz panels in some shape or form.
Not seen it at 120Hz myself, checked fairly exhaustively, but can't discount it happening - at 144Hz its pretty hard to miss once you notice it happening.
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It's what is holding me back from ordering one of these, both this and the acer suffer from issues i couldn't live with, particularly for the kind of money these go for.