As 4K is quickly becoming the technology of choice, we take a look at the G-SYNC enabled ASUS ROG Swift.
ASUS PG27AQ ROG Swift 27" 4K Monitor Review
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IMO Asus have released this too soon. Maybe they should have waited for Pascal....
Also, whilst I accept that it's probably nice quality the asking price is plain daft. You can get an Acer with pretty much the same spec for half the price. Not only that, but it's 60hz, which once we do get the graphical power to run 4k properly will soon be left in the dust for higher frequency models.
A strange choice from Asus IMO though I guess it will cater to a niche![]()
60Hz is actually a display port limitation on 4K so right now you cant go higher.
I think 4k 30-32" would be spot on aswell although youd need a REALLY deep desk!
I thought £799 was lower than I was expecting for a ROG screen considering the original swift was £750+ at launch
Just recently my XB280HK was around £430 or so on Overclockers. I paid £500 for it this time last year. The Asus is £799. So that's almost double the price.
And the thing is, by the time you add the GPU power really needed for 4k (two 980ti or Titan X) and then realise how many issues SLI has with G-sync?
As I said, I just think it's still too early for all of these "Gaming" 4k monitors.
Apparently DSR does not work with G-sync and SLI, even if you disable G-sync. Kinda sucks. I also had lots of issues with SLI and G-sync whilst I still had the Titan Blacks (awful motion flicker).
I think after Christmas is over during the sales I will either buy another Fury (Nano) or just use that money and buy a more sensible monitor. Having witnessed 1440p @ around 15 feet on a 65" TV I can safely say that Fallout 4 looks no better or worse than it does at 4k.
Which of course is another issue, how many games come with real, proper 4k textures out of the box?
Witcher 3 did look better at 4k having tried it on both though.
I'm firmly in the 1440p camp here, I think it's the sweet spot right now for high end single GPU systems and I'm especially a big fan of the ultrawide 3440x1440 monitors out there right now - especially the Acer Predator 34" Freesync. Now that's a monitor that's worth blowing £800 on.
Ultrawides are a PITA and not all games come with support for them. Otherwise I'd have bought one ages ago.