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

Hi all, my first post. so greetings.

I am not sure if this is a problem, but i hate it, moving fast anything fast i get lines on that source but only in dark areas. this literally is hairs thick but lots of it.

This is view-able even on desktop moving the mouse back and fourth on any dark to black background the trail of mouse pointers i can pick out the grain.

This is also evident in games. Before i issue a refund or replacement, is this normal if so i don't find this acceptable.

Thanks in advance.
 
APEX_MECCA said:
Hi all, my first post. so greetings.

I am not sure if this is a problem, but i hate it, moving fast anything fast i get lines on that source but only in dark areas. this literally is hairs thick but lots of it.

This is view-able even on desktop moving the mouse back and fourth on any dark to black background the trail of mouse pointers i can pick out the grain.

This is also evident in games. Before i issue a refund or replacement, is this normal if so i don't find this acceptable.

Thanks in advance.
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I have been using mine for more than half a year now and I never experienced such a thing. Sad to say but I think you have a problem:(.
 
Mine started doing that when it went wrong - any movement had vertical grainy lines (screen door like artefacts) especially noticeable on dark areas never happened when it was working correctly.
 
texxx74 said:
I have been using mine for more than half a year now and I never experienced such a thing. Sad to say but I think you have a problem:(.
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My worst fear, thank you for replying.

Rroff said:
Mine started doing that when it went wrong - any movement had vertical grainy lines (screen door like artefacts) especially noticeable on dark areas never happened when it was working correctly.
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You have literally put my mind at rest, the lines are very fine its almost like a filter.
i am just glad its a fault, i was starting to think g-sync was cheating speed by finely splitting the signal. lol
 
Just took delivery of a swift this evening, but having an issue where its stuck at 24Hz, native res set. Tried reinstalling nv drivers but still no luck. Monitor is connected to my gtx 980ti via the supplied DP cable. Upon uninstalling the driver the screen just stayed blank, same on reboot. Had to connect the pc to my telly via hdmi to reinstall the drivers.
 
setter said:
Just took delivery of a swift this evening, but having an issue where its stuck at 24Hz, native res set. Tried reinstalling nv drivers but still no luck. Monitor is connected to my gtx 980ti via the supplied DP cable. Upon uninstalling the driver the screen just stayed blank, same on reboot. Had to connect the pc to my telly via hdmi to reinstall the drivers.
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Have you tried re-setting the card in the pci-e slot or a different DP cable?
 
I'll try the card later, also gonna see if I can get another cable. Got a second pc here, X58 setup, gpu is an msi gtx 650ti boost edition though I cant recall if it has a dp port. On the way to work at the mo so ill check later.
 
^it should I think, iirc gsync was 650ti and above.

You're late to the party setter but welcome to the gsync family :D

What happens if you hit the overdrive switch on the side of the monitor?
 
Cheers mate, by overdrive do you mean the turbo button? If so nothing at all. Just says turbo but no refresh speed displayed. Cant select anything higher than 24Hz in windows monitor settings or nvcp.
 
Ah it should force through available refresh rates and display them.

iirc I had to ddu and clean driver install when I got my swift, tried that?
 
I didn't have to re-install anything when I moved from my Philips, I also didn't use the Turbo button at all. Just set 144z in display properties and Gsync in NVCP.

Most odd...
 
Good man :)

I'm sure when I got my monitor I couldn't get 3dvision options to show in nvcp at all until I used ddu and clean installed - been fine since. So it is possible the plug and play approach may screw some things up at driver level.
 
Hi all ....


I am sending my PG279Q back ? WHY!

This monitor is amazing in allot of ways but for me fails in other ways ,I see that allot of people are bothered by the back light bleed i see next none on this monitor and on blacks it don't really worry me any ways ,

The newer model for me as allot to offer when it comes to monitors ie better color, higher refresh rate ? hmm, better view angles ,

But fails in other things ,From doing some homework online and reading reviews and testing sites found out that the higher refresh is in fact slower then the 144hz so higher means nothing its just a gimmick .

But my main reason for sending this back is due to noticeable ghosting on the desktop ,when moving the cursor. so if i can see it that there then I can see it ingame >?

The PG278Q I get no ghosting that i can see nor pickup on which is great and will be sticking to this monitor until IPS panels get better MS counts ,Asus and monitor companies have moved on so fast in one year so this time next year we should see a 1ms IPS ..

1ms vs 4ms I can notice it, some will say you cant but after using a monitor with 1ms for so long then changing to a higher one it stands out ... The only thing i will miss on the newer model is the better color and the screen just look some what sharper & clearer .But all so the PG278Q as an amazing image for a TN panel the best out there I would say at 1440p .

But too overcome the color matching on my PG278Q I have just made the Nvidia Digital Vibrance to 70 and now looks pretty close to the PG279Q color..

Not saying that PG279Q is a bad monitor because its not ,its an amazing monitor if you do more then just game this is the monitor for ,But if you don't all ready own the PG278Q then I would go for the newer model forsure .

Happy days ...
 
Yep, will give it a run on it in a bit. When i opened DDU it asked me to boot into safe mode, restart required for that. But straight to a blank screen. Again had to hook up to the telly via hdmi to remove drivers/reinstall.
 
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