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

[1kiwi]

120 is all good - I'll take that

Some users were requesting that he demo ulmb (synchonrized backlight strobing mode for "zero" blur) option. While you can't run this with GSYNC apparently its really nice for games like CS where you can easily maintain 120fps constant.

 

[Nickolp1974]

C'mon Gibbo give us a price!

 

[andybird123]

Thought I read somewhere that gsync itself can only go up to 120 atm? Maybe that's why, turn it off and the thing might shoot up to 144? You'd notice dips though where as with gsync on it shouldn't matter.

Maybe that's the delay, Nvidia fiddling with it to run faster?

You can see he selects 144hz in control panel, and the fps counter goes up to 134 was the highest I saw

 

[pgi947]

C'mon Gibbo give us a price!

This should be quoted on the hour every hour until we get what we want!!!

Go consumer power!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[pgi947]

You can see he selects 144hz in control panel, and the fps counter goes up to 134 was the highest I saw

He also flicks the osd switch on the monitor which shows 144hz

 

[Aryuvei]

How does 8bit TN compare to IPS?

 

[pgi947]

How does 8bit TN compare to IPS?

This is a 10bit tn iirc, not much to draw comparison from on the current market.

 

[jh30uk]

Better than a 2bit monitor.

 

[rare]

What are we thinking this is going to be? Circa £500? More?

 

[pgi947]

After tax and the usual UK price rape I'm expecting no more then £600. Any more you'd be far cheaper importing one from the states.

 

[Sin_Chase]

How does 8bit TN compare to IPS?

It wont. IPS will always smash a TN out of the water IQ wise. From what I have read/heard though the TN panel for the ROG Swift is of the better TN variety. So hopefully it will be good, but not IPS good.

 

[3t3P]

So are benq mobilising a similar panel?

Linus really loves that 34" LG and I can see why.

Dunno if I can justify £899 on a monitor but hey...

 

[fantasticCG]

C'mon Gibbo give us a price!

 

[PCM2]

So are benq mobilising a similar panel?

They are the parent company of the guys who make the panel for the ASUS. So they probably are interested in something along those lines if they feel the time and technology is right for them.

 

[pgi947]

C'mon Gibbo give us a price!

 

[rare]

I hope we hear about a release date soon. I know they are saying July, but its all a bit vague still to me...

 

[jh30uk]

This vapourware was announced when, Sep 2013?

 

[Sem]

This vapourware was announced when, Sep 2013?

CES 2014 so first week of Jan 2014

 

[jh30uk]

Pretty sure there was info about it out there in 2013 when G-Sync was 1st heard of and so far I can find links to that from Oct 2013.

 

[Sin_Chase]

Pretty sure there was info about it out there in 2013 when G-Sync was 1st heard of and so far I can find links to that from Oct 2013.

What's your point?

Don't want to wait, buy something else?