Today, the time has finally come and I can present the ASUS ROG Swift PG279QM to you. Even if I end up being over a year late with it. At that time, I still lacked the necessary equipment to be able to do such a review objectively. I have been using the PG279QM on a daily basis since July 2021, so it has now clocked around 2,000 operating hours. This also makes today’s review a long-term test. The first use for the PG279QM was the article on FSR 1.0 vs. DLSS in August 2021. The monitor was kindly provided to me by ASUS ROG for testing purposes – especially for high FPS gaming, latency measurements as well as for comparisons of DLSS, FSR and DXR. The RRP is a whopping 1,046.90 Euros… So, now everyone is sitting again – I suppose.
I deliberately chose exactly this monitor at the time. Ok, because ROG was on the label, I have to admit that honestly. I always wanted to become an ASUS ROG disciple… I could have also had the “comparable” DELL Alienware AW2721D. Today I can say with certainty that my choice was spot on! Because 1440p with 240 Hz refresh rate is still the measure of all things for me. Why not 1080p with 360 Hz? I have too, but I prefer the larger screen and the slightly higher resolution! For example, I play CoD Modern Warfare in multiplayer with well over 200 FPS on the PG279QM and that with maximum settings. The RTX 3080 Ti does need DLSS Quality to pull this off, but the RX 6900XT pulls this performance out of the PCIe slot even without upscaling.
The ASUS Da Vinci code: ROG = Republic of Gamers; Swift = the series (e.g. also Strix); PG = Premium Gaming; 27 = screen size; 9 = (model status/serial number/equipment); Q = DisplayPort (I don’t understand how you don’t get QHD resolution for Q, but DisplayPort instead. But it is also kind of funny: Q=DisplayPort is similar to dog=desert) and M = yes, what exactly the M means, they could not answer me on the part of ASUS ROG until now unfortunately. Thus, M stands for mystery for the time being.
The ASUS ROG Swift PG279QM relies on an LCD IPS panel from AU-Optronics with RGB subpixel layout. Thus, text display is not a problem. I have summarized the essential features that the customer can expect from the monitor:
Unfortunately, misleading numbers regarding the sRGB color space coverage are spread for “marketing reasons”. The sRGB gamut is the color space volume and not the coverage. Thus, the information is not entirely wrong – but not entirely correct either. As always, more information is available on the manufacturer’s site (click here) and, of course, in the usual PDF form:
ASUS-Datenblatt_ROG-Swift-PG279QM_09.22
So now we know the most important data and we all ask the question: Why does the ASUS ROG Swift PG279QM cost 1,046 euros? Is it worth the money? We’ll take a closer look at that in the further course and also at what the PG279QM actually costs in the end. So let’s take off, next page please.
- 1 - Einführung und Ausstattung
- 2 - Verarbbeitung und Features
- 3 - Messaufbau und Messmethode
- 4 - Pixel Response Times
- 5 - Variable Overdrive
- 6 - Display Latency
- 7 - Color Performance @ default settings
- 8 - Color Performance calibrated
- 9 - Calibration with DisplayCal
- 10 - HDR und subjektiver Eindruck
- 11 - Zusammenfassung und Fazit
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