The ROG Swift PG279Q lives up to its flagship aspirations, and sets a new standard for gaming monitors.

Attractive design; Highly adjustable stand; Intuitive controls; Spot-on color accuracy; Insane 165Hz refresh rate

Limited input options; Gamma is too dark; Expensive for 1440p resolution

I have been considering buying a high refresh rate g-sync 2560 x 1440 monitor for a while now. I previously had a LGUC98 34 inch Ultra Wide monitor which was unbelievably good for immersion, but at just 60hz, not the pinnacle of online competitive gaming.

Frankly, i read many reviews about the Quality Control. I Didnt think it would happen to me. Dead Pixel on my screen after paying $700. Only had it for a week. Now, i have to deal with the headache of repackaging, shipping, and perhaps out of pocket expense for returning the product (shipping cost).

Temp. Review: I didn't have the backlight bleed issue so many reported. There is slight glow in the corners (mostly on the top and bottom on the right side) but it's nothing bad or noticeable really, it looks like just how any ips monitor would look but to me it looks better than some.

The Asus ROG Swift PG279Q is, on paper, the ideal 27-inch gaming monitor. It has an IPS panel, so overall image quality should be superb, plus it can refresh at up to 165Hz and includes G-Sync technology too.

Excellent image quality; IPS quality and fast refresh rate in one; Good build quality; Superb gaming experience

Expensive; Limited connectivity; Quality control issues

Very nice

There’s a lot of things gaming monitors need to nail to be worth the money. The Republic of Gamers Swift PG279Q does nearly that with it’s 27-inch, 2,560 x 1,440 display, boasting a very low four millisecond gray-to-gray response time, but more importantly, G-Sync compatibility and a maximum refresh rate of 165Hz. That’s the highest we’ve seen yet, and a good 21Hz “better” than the previous maximum of 144Hz. But is the 21Hz jump noticeably better? That’s a key question that must be answered. The PG279Q’s retail price is $800 – extremely steep for a 1440p display, and about $130 more than Asus’ early 144Hz gaming display. In other words, you’re paying about six bucks per extra frame of refresh per second. Let’s see if that’s a good deal. Most monitors are boring to look at, with chunky gray or black bezels attached to drab silver stands. But the Asus’ PG279Q is not most monitors. It combines bezels just a quarter-inch thick with a large, triangular stand neck, and red LED-backlit accent...

Attractive design; Highly adjustable stand; Intuitive controls; Spot-on color accuracy; Insane 165Hz refresh rate;

Limited input options; Gamma is too dark; Expensive for 1440p resolution;

Excellent image quality; IPS quality and fast refresh rate in one; Good build quality; Superb gaming experience;

Expensive; Limited connectivity; Quality control issues;

Thanks to the emergence of NVIDIA's G-SYNC, AMD's FreeSync, i.e Adaptive Sync, 4K resolutions and various other display technologies, we've had the pleasure of evaluating a recently. One of our favorites from this past year was the ASUS ROG SWIFT PG278Q.

After my time with the ASUS ROG Swift PG279Q, I came to fall in love with it completely. I was a huge, huge fan of the original ROG Swift PG278Q, but the PG279Q fixes all my faults with the PG278Q (and it's not like that list was huge). I really wanted to see an IPS-based ROG Swift, so here we are.

165Hz The Next Frontier; ASUS ROG Design; 1440p > 4K; NVIDIA's G-Sync Technology; Not Too Badly Priced

Requires Huge GPU Horsepower for 165FPS