ASUS ROG PG278Q Swift G-Sync Monitor Review

Proprietry tech premium, Applesque brand name premium. I'll pass. Not that I won't buy ROG; if the product makes it on the tech; I'll have it and if two products are on a par and not too dissimilar in price; I'll take the ASUS generally. The NVIDIA cards that would drive this are overpriced compared to their AMD equivalents. DirectCU II, 30% mark-up for a 7% performance difference? So if you think like me you'll be running AMD and have to shell out £1200+ plus fo the privelige of running this; which makes it even less sensible. I'll wait for FreeSync Tah Very Much.
 
Tearing is the display of part of a frame caused by the graphics card pushing frames at a different rate to which the monitor can accept them. It's particularly noticeable when panning the field of view because the part of the new frame being displayed at the top does not align with the old frame below. Hence V-sync, 'vertical' synchronization is used to prevent this from occurring, very simply it ensures that only whole frames are sent to the monitor. But in order to achieve this V-sync matches the GPU output to the monitor input, consequently you may well be creating more frames than are displayed and if the same frame is displayed twice this can be perceived as stuttering.

This is where G-sync varies as it matches the monitor input to the GPU output, meaning you always see the same amount of frames as you are rendering. Tearing is still eliminated in the same way as only whole frames are sent but the GPU influences the rate instead of the monitor. This is useful for both high and low FPS scenario's as no frames are wasted and no stuttering should be introduced.

JR

I knew all that, however i will quote your sentence. "you always see the same amount of frames as you are rendering". if a monitor has max 60Hz refresh rate what will happen when the GPU creates frames at a higher rate. What i imagine is that it will try and sync up with the monitor and thus there will be a lag.

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Another good review Tom, yet people aren't listening about 4k. Some people are going to get hardware butt-hurt and or ruin their eyesight when using that resolution in such a small screen. Yes, 27" is too small for 4k, fact. Yeah you can change text size, but that defeats the purpose somewhat.

One thing I would have liked to have seen you do is what Nvidia did - have two screens of the same resolution side by side displaying the same feed - one screen G-Sync and the other not with V-sync turned off. Run a demo of something that shows a wide range of frames per second, from the low 20's to over 100. Then record this with your camera but don't upload it to youtube as they fubar it as you say; instead put the file in your downloads section for us to view offline.

Regarding the screen, as fz2011 has already asked, why does the refresh rate have to be manually selected? Sounds a bit counter-intuitive, unless the panel forsakes something else for that high frequency.

Another video where I notice Valley is artifacting - and it's not just your system! I've been testing recently and I'm getting the same, even at stock clocks. Unigine Valley is borked, whether it be drivers, SLI or that time of the month, some thing's gone awry.

Though this is not the camera point of view for the rog swift monitor. But found this video of V-Sync & G-Sync comparison. Its actually very nice, might be useful to you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_uhrLySk64
 
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Size Vs resolution Vs PPI Vs image quality. Hmm.

TN is "crap" according to all the "experts".

BenQ VA panel looks great. However, there are complaints about streaks and quality control.

LG Ultra wide? All I have read about larger IPS/PLS is "Bleed" (and now, today Monday, I've seen it. The backlight at the corners is not good, so that is actually true).

I've saved-up a few hundred quid for a big screen. Now I'm more lost than ever.

Help me Obi Wan. Etc.
 
I knew all that, however i will quote your sentence. "you always see the same amount of frames as you are rendering". if a monitor has max 60Hz refresh rate what will happen when the GPU creates frames at a higher rate. What i imagine is that it will try and sync up with the monitor and thus there will be a lag.

I would imagine it would just start running conventional V-sync and start wasting frames with potential stuttering if you were exceeding the refresh rate of the monitor but I can't see that happening with either 1440p at 144hz or 4k at 60hz. I think the idea in order to get the most from G-sync is to run a higher spec monitor than your GPU can output. Obviously its far more gray than that statement and if you were running a g-sync setup you would crank up the settings more than if you were running v-sync and trying to keep it 'above 60' at all times.

JR
 
Perhaps - and I'm thinking aloud here, this tech will really make a difference in 32 inch or larger screens? The update rate on large screens is embarrassing. Like a slow left to right paint in gaming. Not a slideshow, but something looks wrong with big screens.

Fz - Interesting vid. So little difference. Thanks.
 
Though this is not the camera point of view for the rog swift monitor. But found this video of V-Sync & G-Sync comparison. Its actually very nice, might be useful to you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_uhrLySk64

Cheers for the video, shows the stuttering that can be witnessed! I was actually meaning something like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDNywwLa-tA

Perhaps - and I'm thinking aloud here, this tech will really make a difference in 32 inch or larger screens? The update rate on large screens is embarrassing. Like a slow left to right paint in gaming. Not a slideshow, but something looks wrong with big screens.

Fz - Interesting vid. So little difference. Thanks.

Let's hope so! It's not quite as bad as you describe on my 30" Dell, but it could be better. At this size v-sync is mandatory as tearing is so much more noticeable.
 
OK. I examined that video and yes, I see an improvement. Now we have to launch the debate. (See my other post).

PPI vs Resolution. Text size vs screen size. Colour vs contrast.

Ehh. The list is endless. I'll start a new thread.
 
OK. I examined that video and yes, I see an improvement. Now we have to launch the debate. (See my other post).

PPI vs Resolution. Text size vs screen size. Colour vs contrast.

Ehh. The list is endless. I'll start a new thread.

Isn't it more a case of Colour, Contrast and Viewing Angles vs. Refresh Rate, Response Time and Input Lag. Once you have chosen your size based on your physical requirements/viewing scenario and resolution based on graphics setup. There are a lot of difficult to balance qualities I agree but everyone has certain preferences from the start and there aren't actually that many products to choose from when it comes down to it.

But for the record you forget, Aspect Ratio, Viewing Angle, Bezel Size and Refresh Rate in the list of poorly paired trade-offs which make no logical sense.

JR
 
I'm looking for a desk now, can't handle all these monitors coming out and I have to use a 360 controller on a 1080 TV. Got to get it sorted!
 
Acer are about to release their 4K 1ms monitor with G-Sync built in but only in 60Hz at £120 cheaper than this.

Will be interesting to see how it measures up to this one.

Once the reviews for this come out I'll make decision as what one to get but TTL's comments regarding 4K have put me off getting a 4K screen a bit so I may get the Swift...
 
Good review, showed everything that was important. Just saying you could also take photos of the monitor switched on for the written review too (viewing angles etc), they'd be probably clearer than on Youtube after all the compression and what not, just a thought.

Once the reviews for this come out I'll make decision as what one to get but TTL's comments regarding 4K have put me off getting a 4K screen a bit so I may get the Swift...

Asus do do a bigger 4K screen, 32", if you've got 2 grand or so spare...
 
The last batch has sold out at OCUK and the next one comes in at the end if august FYI.

I asked them yesterday, albeit on FB and they said they were expecting stock on the 28th July? Perhaps there all sold I was just confused at how you knew more than the OCUK guy. :)

JR
 
I asked them yesterday, albeit on FB and they said they were expecting stock on the 28th July? Perhaps there all sold I was just confused at how you knew more than the OCUK guy. :)

JR

It's also about £50 cheaper at Scan. I did email OCUK about price matching and they said they can't lower the price.
 
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